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II. In Grazing Counties. 
Percentage of Rotation Grasses to 
Corn and Green Crops and Bare 
Fallow in 1877 
Tercentage of Rotation Grasses to 
Corn and Green Crops and Bare 
Fallow in 1887 
Per cent. 
35-6 
40-8 
Rotation 
grasses ■ 
acres 
1,484,(!12 
1,484,083 
Crops 
Percentage of Rotation Grasses to 
Corn and Green Crops and Bare 
Fallow in 1877 
Percentage of Rotation Grasses to 
Corn and Green Crops and Bare 
Fallow in 1887 
In Corn-growing Counties. 
1,2,52,775 
19-3 
22-9 
1,341,051 
acres 
4,170,218 
3,G34,981 
6,4G7,9(5.'] 
5,848,983 
III. In Great Britain, 
Acres 
Percentage of 
laud under all 
crops, bare 
fallow, and 
gi'ass 
Increase 
per cent. 
acres 
1877 over 1872 
Total acreage of 
Permanent 
12,575,606 
40-6 
1,152,749 
9-1 
Pasture in 1872 
1887 over 1877 
Total acreage of 
Permanent 
13,728,355 
43-2 
1,943,040 
14-1 
Pasture in 1877 
1887 over 1872 
Total acreage of 
Permanent 
15,671,395 
48 
3,095,789 
24G 
Pasture in 1887 
IV. England. 
1877 
3.979,050 cattle at £10 
18,330,377 sheep at 30/, 
2,114,751 pigs at 30/. . 
£ 
39,790,500 
! 27,495,505 
3,172,126 
1887 
4,023,715 cattle at £10 
16,452,508 sheep at 30/, 
1,940,507 pigs at 30/, . 
1877 
acres 
7,302,772 corn crops, in- 
cluding straw 
1887 
6,347,008 corn crops, in- 
cluding straw 
Decrease 1887 from 1877 . 
70,464,191 
£ 
46,237,150 
24,078,702 
2,910,760 
73,826,672 
£ 
56,427,110 
48,120,123 
8,298,023 
Total value 1887 
} » „ 1877 
£ 
73,826,072 
70,404,191 
Increase 1887 over 1877 . 3,362,481 
Decrease, corn , 
£ 
8,298,023 
Increase, cattle, sheep, 3,362,481 
and pigs 
4,935,542 
