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England, where the deficiency averaged 1*3 bushels per acre. In Scotland the 
mean was slightly exceeded, and Wales had nearly f of a bushel to the good. 
A few English counties did very well, such as Bedford, Cambridge, Gloucester, 
Hereford, and Somerset ; the worst results being attained in the extreme north, 
particularly in Northumberland and the North Biding, and in Huntingdon, 
while the returns from Salop, Durham, and Derby were also low. Merioneth 
and Montgomery had very poor returns, Anglesey being the best of the Welsh 
counties. In Scotland the eastern division had almost universally poor results, 
the greatest deficiencies from the mean being reported from Berwick and Nairn 
as well as Ross and Cromarty : the western division, with the last-mentioned 
exception, generally did well, particularly Sutherland, Ayr, and Renfrew. 
The quality of the oats is not very favourably reported on. 
Beans and Peas . — Beans were one of the best crops of the year, 4§ bushels 
above the mean being secured. Not since 1891 have over a million quarters 
been harvested in Great Britain. The acreage was, however, much larger in 
the eighties, and the only occasion when the present yield per acre was 
exceeded was in 1890, when 3265 bushels per acre was returned. In England 
the best results were secured in the midland counties, Leicester, Northampton, 
Nottingham, and Rutland all having 8 to 11 bushels over the average ; results 
were more variable in the northern counties. The largest bean-growing county 
in Scotland, Stirling, also had 1 1 bushels above the average. Peas were below 
the average by nearly two-thirds of a bushel ; on the small areas in Wales and 
Scotland slightly over-average crops were reported. The results in England 
were variable, and a failure was conspicuous in the county of Lincoln where 
much the largest acreage is grown, the crop there being 6£ bushels below 
average. 
Potatoes. — Potatoes, although the total production is somewhat larger, have 
yielded rather less per acre than last year, but still 7 cwt. above the ten-year 
mean. Scotland was the most favoured of the three divisions of Great Britain, 
its 6‘79 tons per acre being 18 cwt. above the average, and only a third of a 
ton below last year’s record yield. The English and Welsh crops were 4 cwt. 
above the average. The eastern, and one or two western counties fared 
relatively badly, Wiltshire having If tons below the mean ; while Norfolk, 
Huntingdon, and Cambridge fell short by fully a ton. From 1 to 2 tons 
above the average are returned from Buckinghamshire, Essex, Lancaster, 
Nottingham, Stafford, and Warwick. In Wales, Denbigh did best, and 
Merioneth the worst, while north of the Border, Berwick, Bute, Kinross, 
and the largest potato-growing county, Fife, all had over 2 tons to the good ; 
the extreme north (Orkneys and Caithness) came off worst. Estimators 
generally mention the existence of disease, although some districts were 
reported as practically free. 
Turnips and Swedes . — The yield of Turnips and Swedes was good, although 
not up to that of last year. England and Scotland had almost a ton above 
the average, but Wales was 2 tons below : the net result being an increase of 
17 cwt. above the mean throughout Great Britain as a whole. The early 
summer was too dry for this crop in Wales and the north of England — Durham, 
Northumberland, Westmorland, Merioneth, and Montgomery all had from 4 to 
5 tons below the mean. The best English counties were Buckinghamshire and 
Berkshire, followed by Bedford, Gloucester, Middlesex, Northants, Nottingham, 
Rutland, Wiltshire, and the East Riding. Inverness had 8J, and Caithness 
nearly 6 tons above the average. 
Mangels . — Mangels did much better than turnips, and the estimate comes 
out exactly 2 tons more than the average for Great Britain as a whole. The 
past year’s yield per acre has only been surpassed three times, and the total 
production only twice, in the preceding twenty years. The English yield was 
relatively rather better than that of the small Scotch area. An average yield 
of nearly 30 tons was returned from Derbyshire (nearly 7 tons over the average), 
while Cornwall, Gloucester, Somerset, Stafford, Wiltshire, Brecon, and Radnor 
all report over 25 tons to the acre, but the north of England was less successful. 
