198 The Agriculture of Glamorganshire. 
some departures from old rules. Our imports are pointed out 
with a significance that farmers generally are on the wrong 
tack. England imported in 1882 :— 
Butter, costing £11,350,909 
Cheese ., 7,749,870 
Eggs , 2,385,263 
Poultry and game 501,008 
Pork (salted and fresh) 583,797 
Bacon and hams 7,772,063 
Agriculturists are reminded that nearly all farms can pro- 
duce the above commodities in a greater or less degree, and 
that more attention must be paid to them if British agriculture 
is to accommodate itself to the wants of the million. 
With all the disadvantages of having a very large area of 
inferior soils and a moist and fickle climate, there are great in- 
centives to further agricultural improvement in Glamorganshire. 
It may be noted that I have hitherto omitted any, or made little 
reference to, bare fallows, although they occupy about 3000 acres 
in the county. In the Vale of Glamorgan they do not occupy 
any considerable area, and they are chiefly confined to the 
heavy undrained clay soils which I have recommended should 
be laid down to permanent pasture. In the hill districts, when 
isolated fields are broken up and cropped, they are commonly 
subjected to a year's bare fallow. They could, as a rule, be 
much more profitably cropped with roots, but the farmers of 
the hill districts have not taken kindly to turnip growing. 
This may be considered one of the weakest points in their 
management. The fallowing and liming of medium land is a 
relic of bygone days, which is still too much adhered to. 
Should root-growing ever become general in the hill districts, 
even on a limited scale, it would be safe to predict that a vast 
improvement in the character of the live-stock of many farms 
would be the result. 
Appendix. 
The Agricultural Returns for 1884, just to hand since writing 
the above, do not materially alter the conclusions arrived at 
with respect to the county. There is an increase, as compared 
with 1883, of 272 horses, 3202 cattle, and 13,420 sheep ; but there 
is at the same time an increase in the area of permanent pasture 
of close on 5000 acres. From my own personal knowledge 
of the county, I am convinced that the increase in sheep if 
chiefly in the hill districts. Respecting the increase in cattle 
