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Table III. — Preliminary Statement showing the Estimated 
Total Produce and Yield per Acre of the Principal Crops in 
Great Britain in the year 1906, and the Average Yield 
per Acre in Great Britain of the Ten Years , 1896-1905. 
Crops 
England 
Wales 
Scotland 
Great Britain 
Average 
of ten 
years, 
1896-1905, 
Great 
Britain 
Total 
produce 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Total 
produce 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Total 
produce 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Total 
produce 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Wheat . . 
55,823,839 
33'61 
1,268,112 
28-56 
1,999,821 
39-95 
59.091,772 
3366 
3P22 
Barley . . 
49,968,508 
34-71 
3,020,608 
32-54 
7,564,861 
34-59 
60,553,977 
34-58 
33-04 
Oats . . . 
81,532,511 
43-34 
7,816,634 
38-11 
34,034,712 
35-57 
123,383,857 
40-55 
3892 
Beans . . 
9,526,457 
34-67 
38,046 
29-27 
406,389 
36-96 
9,970,892 
34-73 
28-59 
Peas . . . 
4,475,332 
30-23 
23,291 
27-15 
17,160 
28-70 
4,515,783 
30-21 
26-61 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Potatoes . 
2,439,063 
615 
143,420 
4-91 
846,228 
6-04 
3,428,711 
6-06 
5-78 
Turnips. . 
14,104,146 
1303 
934,997 
15-81 
7,588,697 
16-90 
22,627,840 
14-22 
1296 
Mangels . 
8,288,300 
19-81 
203,385 
19-15 
46,795 
19-44 
8,538,480 
19-79 
18-70 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Hay 1 . . 
2,205,545 
27-99 
258,246 
27-14 
737,178 
34-68 
3,200,969 
29-21 
29-06 
Hay 2 . . 
4,618,526 
22-36 
545,942 
21-37 
220,424 
30-72 
5,384,892 
22-51 
23-49 
1 Hay from clover, sainfoin, &c. 2 Hay from permanent pasture. 
Table IY. — Preliminary Statement showing the Estimated 
Total Production of, Hops in the Years 1906 and 1905, 
with the Acreage and Estimated Average Yield per Statute 
Acre , in each County of England in which Hops were 
grown. 
Counties 
Estimated total 
produce 
Acreage 
Estimated average 
yield per acre 
1906 
1905 
1906 
1905 
1906 
• 
1905 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Acres 
Acres 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Hants .... 
10,263 
30.207 
1.939 
1,978 
5-29 
1527 
Hereford 
24,953 
88,802 
6,481 
6,851 
3-85 
1296 
Kent .... 
166.631 
443,470 
29,296 
30,655 
5-69 
14-47 
Salop .... 
442 
1,626 
127 
135 
3-48 
12-04 
Surrey .... 
3,399 
,10,248 
777 
843 
4-37 
12-16 
Sussex .... 
22,070 
69,059 
4.379 
4,647 
5-04 
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Worcester . 
17,893 
51,961 
3,672 
3,807 
4-87 
13-65 
Other Counties 1 . 
37 
570 
51 
51 
072 
11-18 
Total 
245,688 
695,943 
46,722 
48,967 
5-26 
14-21 
NOTE. — The following counties show decreased acreages in 1906 to the extent named : — 
Hants, 39 acres ; Hereford. 370 acres ; Kent, 1,359 acres ; Salop, 8 acres ; Surrey, 66 
acres; Sussex, 268 acres; Worcester, 135 acres. 
The total decrease on the year is 2,245 acres. 
1 Gloucester and Suffolk. 
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