268 
Farm  Prize  Competition , 1910, 
Acreage  under  Crops  and  Grass  and  Number  of  Live  Stock 
in  the  Counties  of  Lancaster  and  Chester  in  the  Years 
1910  and  1877. 
1910. 
1877. 
Lancaster 
Chester 
Lancaster 
Chester 
Acres 
Acres 
Acres 
Acres 
Total  Area  (excluding  water).  . 
1,183,018 
647,816 
— 
— 
Total  Acreage  under  Crops  and 
Grass 1 
795,216 
533,329 
766,595 
529,381 
Arable  Land 
237,575 
193.351 
226,420 
174,365 
Permanent  Grass 
557,641 
339.978 
540.175 
355.016 
Wheat  ........ 
19,757 
14,951 
28,984 
25,606 
Barley 
4,427 
1,162 
9.089 
3,322 
Oats 
83,786 
65,641 
55,354 
47,409 
Rye 
1,029 
2,122 
1.091 
1,598 
Beans  
589 
199 
4,702 
2,879 
Peas 
722 
223 
420 
288 
Potatoes  ..... 
42,604 
20,778 
33,783 
20,360 
Turnips  and  Swedes  .... 
8,208 
10,437 
11,327 
8,599 
Mangold 
1.951 
5,170 
1,653 
2,067 
Cabbage  
2.813 
1,245 
) 
Kohl-Rabi 
17 
22 
j-  1,421 
511 
Rape 
121 
9 
Vetches  or  Tares 
626 
173 
Lucerne 
Other  Crops 
24 
2.560 
7 
1,602 
[ 2,513 
1,240 
Small  Fruit 
Clover,  Sainfoin,  and  Grasses  under 
1,222 
1,200 
) 
Rotation 
65,789 
68,143 
72,863 
58,443 
Bare  Fallow 
1,330 
267 
3,220 
2,043 
Mountain  and  Heath  Land  used  for 
Grazing . 
104,846 
13,047 
— a 
— a 
No. 
No. 
No 
No. 
Horses  used  for  Agricultural  pur- 
poses 
34,455  3 
20,707 3 
23.271 
14,122 
Unbroken  / One  year  and  above  . 
6,896 
4,681 
} 13,527 3 
8,081 3 
Horses  1 Under  one  year 
2,755 
1,814 
Total  of  Horses  . 
44,106 
27,202 
36,798 
22,203 
Cows  and  j In  milk 
117,940 
104,034 
}•  123,299 
95,053 
Heifers  1 In  calf,  but  not  in  milk  . 
18,812 
11,916 
Other  Cattle Two  years  and  above  . 
22,677 
10,886 
30,688 
14,203 
„ „ One  year  and  under 
two  .... 
„ „ Under  one  year  . 
32,874 
35,113 
28,666 
28,810 
} 74,958 
46,713 
Total  of  cattle  . 
227,416 
184,312 
228,945 
155.969 
Ewes  kept  for  Breeding  .... 
128,203 
35,819 
| 202,103 
68,522 
Other  Sheep One  year  and  above  . 
54.437 
21,318 
,.  „ Under  one  year  . 
141,844 
42,324 
126,134 
44,720 
Total  of  Sheep 
324,484 
99,461 
328,237 
113,242 
Sows  kept  for  breeding  „ 
7,561 
7.573 
— 4 
4 
Other  Pigs 
62,371 
64,90 1 
— 4 
— 4 
Total  of  Pigs  . 
69,932 
72,474 
44,456 
68.152 
1 Not  including  Mountain  and  Heath  Land. 
Returns  of  Mountain  and  Heath  Land  were  not  collected  in  1877. 
3 Including  Mares  kept  for  breeding. 
* Not  separately  distinguished  in  1877. 
