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Wheat, Sheep , and Cattle in 1894 . 
grass land was mown for hay upon a greater area in England and 
in Wales, but upon a lesser area in Scotland ; and that the area 
under potatoes declined in all three sections of Great Britain. The 
table further indicates that in England, in Wales, and in Scotland 
the number of cattle as well as the number of sheep diminished, 
whilst the number of pigs increased. 
In a note upon “Wheat and Sheep in England in 1893,” which 
appeared in the Journal last year (3rd Series, Yol. IV. Part IV. 
pp. 866-77), tables were introduced to show that in 1893 the area of 
wheat and the number of sheep had alike decreased in every county 
of England. Such a sweeping assertion cannot be made this year, 
though it is possible to make the hardly less startling statement that 
cattle have diminished in numbers in every English county. Save 
for moderate increases recorded in a couple of counties, it would be 
correct to say that sheep also had undergone an equally general 
decline, whilst the total diminution under this head in England 
exceeds the serious decline recorded in 1893. With regard to the 
areas of wheat the changes in the counties are usually of but mode- 
rate extent, though the number that register an increase is greater 
than the number that show a decline. Moreover, whilst the largest 
decrease is 17,274 acres in Norfolk, the largest increase is only 
6,492 acres in the North Biding of York. Table II. is specially 
constructed to show the changes which the English counties have 
severally experienced in the areas assigned to wheat, and in the num- 
bers of sheep and cattle of all ages. It may, perhaps, be usefully 
studied in conjunction with the paper, already referred to in last year’s 
Journal, where the table on p. 868, which shows the acreage of wheat 
in each county of England, and that on p. 876, which shows the num- 
ber of sheep in each county, are more particularly of interest. 
Wheat in England . — In Table III. are recorded the changes in 
Table III . — Number of Acres of Wheat in England in each 
Year from 1885 to 1894. 
Year 
Acres 
Increase ( + ) or 
decrease ( — ) oui 
previous year 
Year 
Acres 
Increase ( + ) or 
decrease ( - ) on 
previous year 
1885 
2,349,305 
-181,106 
1890 
2,255,694 
- 65,810 
1886 
2,161,126 
-188,179 
1891 
2,192,393 
- 63,301 
1887 
2.197,580 
+ 36,454 
1892 
2,102,969 
- 89,424 
1888 
2,418,674 
+ 221,094 
1893 
1,798,869 
-304,100 
1889 
2,321,504 
- 97,170 
1894 
1,826,626 
+ 27,757 
the area of the wheat crop of England for the last ten years. It is 
seen that the diminution in area which has been in progress since 
1888 has received a slight check this year, when for the first time in 
six years an increase is registered on the year. Ten years ago — in 
1884 — the wheat crop occupied 2,530,711 acres in England, or 
704,085 acres more than in the present year. The average annual 
area for the 5 -years period 1876-80 was 2,863,288 acres, and for 
the preceding period of five years, 1871-75, it was 3,284,445. The 
