629 
STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
Summary op Agricultural Returns of Great Britain for 1892. 
N'ote. — The Returns mere collected on June 4 in the Years 1890, 1891, and 1892. 
Acreage of Land in Great Britain under — 
Y-eap. 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Potatoes 
Hops 
1890 
1891 
1892 ...... 
Acres 
2,386,336 
2,307,277 
2,219,839 
Acres 
2,111,178 
2,112,798 
2,036,810 
Acres 
2,902,998 
2,899,129 
2,997,645 
Acres 
529,661 
532,794 
625,361 
Acres 
63,961 
66,142 
56,263 
1892 
compared 
Increase 
— 
— 
98,416 
or 3'4 
per cent. 
— 
121 
or 0-2 
per cent. 
with 
1891 
■Decrease | 
87,438 
or 3-8 
per cent. 
75,988 
or 3’6 
per cent. 
— 
7,433 
or 1'4 
per cent. 
— 
1892 
compared 
. Increase | 
— 
— 
94,547 
or 3-3 
per cent. 
— 
2,302 
or 4'3 
per cent. 
with 
1890 
166,497 
or 7'0 
per cent. 
74,368 
or 3-6 
per cent. 
— 
4,300 
or 0-8 
per cent. 
— 
Number of Cattle in Great Britain. 
Year 
Cattle 
Cows and 
heifers in 
milk or in 
calf 
2 years old 
and above 
Under 2 
years old 
Total 
1890 
1891 
1892 
No. 
2,537,990 
2,657,054 
2,650,891 
No. 
1,439,119 
1,504,649 
1,666,706 
No. 
2,531,523 
2,691,118 
2,627,186 
No. 
6,608,632 
6,852,821 
6,944,783 
1892 [I^'='^ease | 
compared J t 
with 1 , 
^Decrease | 
— 
162,057 
or 10'8 
per cent. 
— 
91,962 
or 1‘3 
per cent. 
6,163 
or 0’2 
per cent. 
— 
63,932 
or 2'4 
per cent. 
— 
Increase in 1892 com- 1 
pared with 1890 . . 1 
112,901 
or 4-4 
per cent. 
227,687 
or 15-8 
j per cent. 
95,663 
or 3- 8 
per cent. 
436,161 
or 6-7 
per cent. 
