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STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
A summary of the Agricultural Returns of Great Britain, 1891 
is given in Tables I. and II. on this and the following page. 
Table I.- -Acreage under each kind of Crop, Bare Fallow, and Grass 
as returned upon June 4 in the Years 1891 and 1890 in Gie%t 
Britain; with Total for the United Kingdom. 
GREAT BRITAIN 
UNITED KINGDOM, 
incluiling Isle op Man 
and Channel Islanes 
1891 
1890 
1091 
1890 
Total Area of Laxd and Wateu 
acres 
56,786,199 
acres 
56,786,199 
acres 
77,799,793 
acres 
77,799,793 
TdTAL ACRKAGS Under ALL KiXDS of) 32 818 514 
Crops, Bare Fallow, and Grass (o) . ; j ' ' 
32,768,335 
48,179,473 
48,045,755 
Corn 
CRors. 
- 
Grek.v 
Ciioi'S. 
/■Wheat .... 
Barley or Bere 
Beans 
2,307,277 
2,112,798 
2,899,129 
46,640 
354,702 
204,277 
2,386,336 
2,111,178 
2,902,998 
54,826 
358,413 
219,382 
2,392,245 
2,298,978 
4,128,127 
60,148 
359,039 
204,972 
2,483,595 
2,300,994 
4,137,790 
69,458 
362,242 
220,170 
v 
7 924,823 
8,033,133 
9,443,509 
9,574,249 
/Potatoes 
Turnips and Swedes . 
Cabbage, Kohl Rabi, & Rape 
Vetclies or Tares 
other Green Crops 
532,794 
1,918,535 
354,704 
156,891 
228,258 
106,387 
529,661 
1,947,598 
331,288 
159,761 
233,071 
96,149 
1,296,763 
2,227,050 
406,930 
207,260 
234,210 
138,440 
1,321,272 
2,251,220 
378,313 
213,165 
239,310 
130,865 
Total .... 
3,297,569 
3,297,528 
4,510,653 
4,534,145 
Clotkr, Sainfoin, and 
Grasses under . 
■ For Hay 
Not for Hay 
2,130,124 
2,586,458 
2,292,194 
2,516,625 
2,737,850 
3,275,835 
2,938,680 
3,158,530 
Botation. 
. Total 
4,716,582 
4,808,819 
6,013,685 
6,097,210 
Permanent Pasture 
or Grass. Not broken ■ 
up in Rotation. (6) 
For Hay 
Not for Hay 
4,503,108 
11,930,742 
4,778,639 
11,238,853 
6,973,757 
21,593,906 
6,248,352 
20,867,073 
t Total 
16,433,850 
16,017,492 
27,567,663 
27,115,425 
Flax . . 
Hark Fallow or Uncropped Arable Land 
1,801 
56,145 
58,704 
429,040 
2,465 
54,555 
46,234 
508,119 
76,477 
56,145 
(rf) 60,138 
451,203 
99,326 
54,855 
{d) 46,733 
524,112 
(rt) Not including nursery grounds, woods, and plantations, or unenclosed mountain and heath 
laud. 
(6) Exclusive of unmclosud mountain and heath land. 
ic) Gooseberries, strawberries, and other small fruit, including what is grown between trees in 
orchards, and also in market gardens. 
(,d) Not including Ireland. 
