452 Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests. 
The Yield of Mangel . — The interest in the Mangel crop centres 
in the more southerly counties of Great Britain. The average esti- 
mated yield in 1892 is 1*3 tons below the standard of 1 9 '8 tons. In 
Norfolk, which has 49,000 acres under this root, the results are 
given as 17 tons to the acre, against somewhat more than 18 tons last 
year, and against an average of over 1 9 tons in a normal season. In 
Suffolk, where 34,000 acres are grown, a like deficit of 2 tons below 
the standard is reported. Devonshire, with nearly 30,000 acres, 
estimates a yield of 16 ^ tons in place of 18 ; but Dorset, where 
much higher yields have been reckoned on, comes nearly up to its 
average produce with 25*7 tons to the acre in the past year. 
The Yield of Hay . — The remarkable shortness of the Hay crop 
of 1892 must be noted as one of the most serious features of the 
year. Hay cut from Clover, Sainfoin, and Rotation Grasses, shows 
a reduction per acre from the average figures of 3 - 82 cwt., or 13 per 
cent., while in the case of the Hay cut from Permanent Grass the 
decline is 6 - 45 cwt. below the standard, or nearly twice the above 
percentage. The north has, on the whole, no ground for complaint, 
while probably three-fourths of the country has suffered. 
In Clover Hay yields have been recorded in 1892 varying from 
43 cwt. to the acre in Westmoreland to between 12 and 13 cwt. in 
Hampshire and Berkshire. A large diminution is reported from 
Bedfordshire, where the crop is estimated to be 16 cwt. per acre 
below a standard yield of 38 cwt. ; but the largest relative decline 
is that of Hampshire, where the report gives 15*79 cwt. short out 
of 28 '35, or much less than half a crop. Some estimators state 
that in the South thousands of acres showed so thin a crop that it 
was not even cut. Decreases of from 7 to 1 0 cwt. below the normal 
yield are reported from many Midland and Southern counties. On 
the other hand, Northumberland is nearly 7 cwt. over average. 
In the Hay cut from Permanent Grass only Northumberland 
and Westmoreland break the English record of short, and frequently 
very short, produce. In Hampshire, Berkshire, Wilts, and Somer- 
set, the estimate of the crop secured in 1892 falls to little more than 
half a ton per acre. In Wales the net yield was nearly average, but 
with great variety between different districts. In Scotland, where 
the extent of Permanent Grass cut for hay is relatively small, a crop 
nearly 48 per cent, over average is reported from Stirling, and one 
nearly 30 per cent, over average in Perthshire, while, at the other 
end of the scale, the Hay crop credited to Dumfriesshire, where, 
with one exception, the largest area of Permanent Grass in Scotland 
is cut, is reduced by 41 per cent., whilst inclement weather has 
reduced the Hay crop of the Orkneys, cut from permanent grass, to 
a quarter of a ton. 
