( XXII  ) 
Table  XIII. — ACREAGE  under  each  Description  of  Chop,  Fallow, 
and  Ireland, 
Gbeat  Bbitain. 
Descbiption  of  Chops  and  Live  Stock. 
1880. 
1881. 
1882. 
Corn  Crops  : — 
Acres. 
Acres. 
Acres. 
Wheat 
2,909,438 
2,805  ,809 
3,003,960 
Barley  or  Bere  
2,467,441 
2,442,334 
2,255,269 
Oats  
2,796,905 
2,901,275 
2,833,865 
Rye  
40,781 
4G567 
56,553 
Beans 
426,667 
440,201 
436,882 
Peas  
234,470 
216,790 
246,851 
Total  Corn  Crops  ..  .. 
8,875,702 
8,847,976 
8,833,380 
Green  Crops  : — 
Potatoes  
Turnips  and  Swedes 
Mangold  and  Beetroot  
550,932 
2,024,207 
343.116 
17,082 
579,334 
2,035,642 
348,872 
15,519 
541,064 
2,024,326 
333.645 
13,442 
Carrots  and  Parsnips 
Cabbage,  Kohl-rabi,  and  Rape  .. 
161,575 
143,128 
149,941 
Vetches,  Lucerne,  and  any  other  crop) 
(except  clover  or  grass) / 
379,741 
388,073 
413,242 
Total  Green  Crots  ..  .. 
3,476,653 
3,510,568 
3,475,660 
Other  Crops,  Grass,  &c. : — 
Flax  
8,985 
6,534 
5,220 
Hops  
66,705 
64,943 
65,619 
Bare  fallow  or  uncropped  arable  land 
812,566 
795,809 
784,425 
Clover  and  artificial  and  other  grasses'! 
under  rotation J 
4,434,339 
4,342,285 
4,327.392 
Permanent  pasture,  meadow,  or  grass) 
not  broken  up  in  rotation  (exclusive) 
of  heath  or  mountain  land)  . . . . ) 
14,426,959 
14,643,397 
14,821,675 
Live  Stock : — 
No. 
No. 
No. 
Cattle 
5,912,046 
5,911,642 
5,807,491 
Sheep 
26,619,050 
24,581,053 
24,319,768 
Pigs  
2,000,842 
2,048,090 
2,510,402 
Total  number  of  horses  used  fori 
agriculture,  unbroken  horses,  | 
and  mares  kept  solely  for 
breeding J 
1,421,180 
1,424,938 
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VI 
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Acreage  of  orchard,  or  of  arable  or  grass-) 
land,  used  also  for  fruit-trees  .. 
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Acreage  of  woods,  coppices,  nnd  plan-) 
tations / 
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