Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests. 449 
The Yield of Beans. — The aggregate reduction in the Bean crop 
of 1892 amounts to fully 33 per cent. But as this crop was grown 
on an acreage some 12 per cent, smaller than that of 1891, the result 
is due in part to this circumstance, although the low yield per acre, 
which gave an average of only 22 bushels, was a still more potent 
factor in the reduction. In Essex, where we have over 29,000 
acres -the second largest county area — under Beans, the estimate 
for 1892 only represents a yield of 11*6 bushels per acre against the 
32 bushels expected in an ordinary year. In Lincolnshire, where 
over 25,000 acres are grown, the deficit is 1 6*6 bushels per acre, and 
crops of from 10 to 12 bushels short are reported from Suffolk, 
Berkshire, Buckingham, Oxford and Rutland. 
The Yield of Peas. — Less marked deficiency appears to have 
characterised the Pea crop of the past year. The general yield is 
about 9 per cent, short in this case, while in Lincolnshire and in the 
East Riding the crop seems to have been fully 24 per cent, under 
average. In Essex, where Peas are grown on 23,000 acres, the 
deficit comes out as 5}j bushels per acre below an ordinary crop, but 
in the adjoining county of Suffolk the crop is little over one bushel 
per acre short. 
The Yield of Potatoes. — The estimated average yield of 5*80 tons 
to the acre is a little above that [of the crop of 1891, but under the 
standard average of 1885, which slightly exceeded 6 tons for Great 
Britain — the English standard being about a third of a ton over, 
and the Scotch a fifth of a ton under, that figure. In Bedford, 
Northampton, Hereford, Somerset, and Wilts the cultivators report 
crops running from 1'2 to 1*8 tons above average, while on the other 
hand a complaint of deficient crops comes from the East Riding of 
York, where on 13,000 acres only 5J in place of 7^ tons have been 
secured, and the Cheshire, Derbyshire, and some of the Scotch crops 
are estimated as below average. Reports as to disease have not 
been numerous, but damage of a special character was complained 
of from the occurrence of late and severe frosts in several districts. 
The Yield of Turnips. — The Turnip crop in Great Britain must 
be regarded, relatively to the crops recorded since 1883, as a good 
one, the estimate standing as it does above 1 4 tons to the acre. 
Only thrice before, out of eight estimates, has an average of as much 
as 14 tons been recorded in Great Britain, and, in such years as 1885 
and 1887, little more than 10 tons of Turnips to the acre was 
reported. The Lancashire estimators claim this year the largest 
English crop, 19*4 tons to the acre, while the smallest crops are 
reported from Dorset, with 10*7 tons to the acre, and the East 
Riding of York with 10 - 5 tons to the acre. In both these cases the 
results are far below the mean. In Scotland there would appear to 
be an even wider range of experiences this year than in England, 
for an estimate of as much as 21*4 tons to the acre is on the one 
hand hazarded from Caithness and one of little over 9 tons to the 
acre in Kinross. It must, however, be admitted that a close estimate 
in the case of this root crop must at all times be attended with 
especial difficulty. 
