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STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
Agricultural Returns of Great Britain, 1891. 
Preliminary Statement compiled from the Beturns collected on June 1, 1894, 
showing the Increase or Decrease on the Beturns for the Years 1893 and 1892 
respectively . 
A. — 1894 compared with 1893. 
Crops 
1894 
1893 
In- 
De- 
In- 
De- 
crease 
crease 
crease 
crease 
Per 
Per 
Acres 
Acres 
Acres 
Acres 
cent. 
cent. 
Wheat 
1,927,962 
1,897,524 
30,438 
1-6 
Barley 
2,096,034 
2,075,097 
20,937 
.. 
1-0 
Oats 
3,253,146 
3,171,756 
81,389 
.. 
2-6 
Potatoes ... 
504,454 
527,821 
23,367 
4-4 
Hay, Clover, & Rotation Grasses 
• 
2,121,904 
2,047,008 
74,896 
3-7 
„ Permanent Pasture . 
4,852,442 
4,270,480 
581,962 
13-6 
Hops 
59,535 
57,564 
1,971 
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Live Stock 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Cows & Heifers in Milk or in Calf 
2,460,086 
2,554,624 
94,538 
3-7 
Other Cattle : — 2 years A above 
1,516,672 
1,580,242 
63,570 
4-0 
„ 1 year & under 2 
1,217,145 
1,354,523 
137,378 
10-1 
„ Under 1 year . 
1,153,210 
1,211,287 
58,077 
4-8 
Total of Cattle 
6,347,113 
6,700,676 
353,563 
53 
Ewes kept for Breeding . 
9,668,002 
10,128,676 
460,674 
4*5 
Other Sheep : — 1 year & above . 
6,342,730 
6,911,063 
568,333 
8'2 
„ Under 1 year . 
9,850,768 
10,240,595 
389,827 
3'8 
Total of Sheep 
25,861,500 
27,280,334 
1,418,834 
5-2 
Sows kept for Breeding . 
351,119 
308,722 
42,397 
13-7 
Other Pigs 
2,038,907 
1,804,808 
234,099 
13-0 
Tota«l of Pigs . 
1 
2,390,026 
2,113,880 
276,496 
13-1 
