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STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
A summary of the Agricultural Returns of Great Britain, 1890, 
is given in Tables I. and II. on this and the following pages. 
Table I. — Acreage under each kind of Crop, Bare Fallow, and Grass 
as returned upon June 4 in the Years 1890 and 1889 in Great 
Britain ; with Total for the United Kingdom. 
GREAT BRITAIN 
UNITED KINGDOM, 
including Isle ok Man 
and Channel Islands 
1890 
1889 
1890 
1889 
Total Area op Land and Water 
acres 
50,786,199 
acres 
56,780,199 
acres 
77,799,793 
acres 
77,799,793 
Total Acreage under all Kinds of 1 
Crops, Bare Fallow, and Grass (a) . } 
32,708,335 
32,733,357 
48,045,755 
47,931,165 
Corn 
Crops. 
Green 
Crops. 
- 
/Wheat .... 
Barley or Bere . . . 
Bye 
2,386,336 
2,111,178 
2,902,998 
54,826 
358,413 
219,382 
2,449,354 
2,121,530 
2,888,704 
69,438 
321,220 
224,926 
2,483,595 
2,300,994 
4,137,790 
69,458 
302,242 
220,170 
2,544,549 
2,310,044 
4,140,563 
85 281 
325,'l91 
225,726 
\ I 
8,075,172 
9,574,249 
9,637,354 
'Potatoes .... 
Turnips and Swedes . 
Mangel . ... . • 
Carrots .... 
Cabbage, Kohl Eabi, & Rape 
Other Green Crops 
529,061 
1,947,598 
331,288 
14,92G 
159,701 
314,294 
579,222 
1,920,641 
320,128 
15,730 
147,091 
310,829 
1,321,272 
2,251,220 
378,313 
18,417 
213,165 
351,758 
1,377,451 
2,220,734 
370,654 
19,217 
196,637 
351,067 
Total 3,297,528 
3,299,647 
4,534,145 
4,541,760 
Clover, Sainfoin, and 
Grasses under - 
■ For Hay 
Not for Hay 
2,292,194 
2,516,625 
2,476,734 
2,400,564 
2,938,680 
3,158,530 
3,162,002 
3,020,440 
Rotation. 
. Total 
4,808,819 
4,877,298 
6,097,210 
6,188,502 
Permanent Pasture 
or Grass. Not broken ■ 
up in Rota/ion. (b) 
For Hay 
Not for Hay 
4,778,639 
11,238,853 
4,987,486 
10,878,377 
0,248,352 
20,807,073 
0,512,730 
20,303,302 
. Total 
16,017,492 
15,865,803 
27,115,425 
26,816,092 
Barb Fallow or Uncropped Arable Land 
2,455 
54,555 
46,234 
508,119 
2,375 
57,749 
41,933 
513,320 
99,320 
54,555 
(<Z) 40,733 
524,112 
116,192 
57,749 
(<0 42,506 
531,010 
(a) Not including nursery grounds and woods. 
(!>) Exclusive of heath and mountain land. 
(c) Gooseberries, strawberries, and other small fruit, including what is grown between trees in 
orchards, and also in market gardens. 
(d) Not including Ireland. 
