29 
Farm Prize Competition , 1913. 
Acreage under Crops and Grass in Gloucester , Somerset , and Dorset , 
in 1912 and 1878. 
Gloucester 
1912 
1878 
Changes 
shown 
Arable Land .... 
Acres 
232,053 
Acres 
341,769 
Acres 
-109,716 
Permanent Grass 
422,078 
307,026 
+115,052 
All Farm Land .... 
654,131 
648,795 
+ 5.336 
Rough Grazings 
8,917 
O) 
— 
Woodlands 
61,184 
( a ) 
— 
Corn Crops : — 
Wheat 
47.680 
90,565 
- 42,885 
Barley 
23,662 
42,132 
- 18,470 
Oats ...... 
34,449 
18,009 
+ 16,440 
Rye 
481 
285 
+ 196 
Beans 
7,849 
14,816 
- 6,967 
Peas . . . . . . 
1,984 
6,708 
- 4,724 
All Corn Crops .... 
116.105 
172,515 
- 56,410 
Root and Green Crops 
Potatoes 
2,942 
5,674 
- 2,732 
Turnips and Swedes . 
25,130 
39.697 
- 14.567 
Mangolds 
7,547 
3,061 
+ 4,486 
Cabbage 
814 
477 
+ 337 
Kohl-Rabi .... 
138 
.25 
+ 113 
Rape . . . 
490 
570 
80 
Vetches or Tares . 
4,953 
10,551 
- 5,598 
Lucerne 
896 
277 
+ 619 
All Root and Green Crops 
42.910 
60.332 
- 17,422 
Clover, Sainfoin, l For Hay 
42,073 
57,262 
- 15,189 
and Grasses under V Not 
Rotation . . j for Hay 
24,125 
37.017 
- 12.892 
Total 
66,198 
94,279 
- 28,081 
Permanent 1 For Hay . 
178,082 
131,125 
+ 46,957 
Grass . j Not for Hay 
243,996 
175,901 
+ 68,095 
Total 
422,078 
307,026 
+115,052 
Orchards : — 
Apples . . . . * 
11,1187, 
( 3 ) 
Pears 
2,405 
( 3 ) 
— 
Cherries 
259 J 
( 3 ) 
— 
Plums 
1,030$ 
( 3 ) 
— 
Mixed . 
4,154 
( 3 ) 
— 
All Orchards . . 
18,967? 
12,290 
+ 6,677? 
Small Fruit : — 
Strawberries .... 
1634 
( 4 ) 
— 
Raspberries . . • . 
79f 
( 4 ) 
— 
Currants and Gooseberries 
438| 
(V 
— 
Mixed ..... 
966$ 
n 
— 
All Small Fruit . 
1,6484 
( 5 ) 
— 
Other Crops: — 
13 
Carrots 
86 
99 
Onions 
130 
( 6 ) 
— ; 
Buckwheat . ... 
37 
( 7 ) 
— 
Flax 
2 
1 
+ 1 
Sugar-beet .... 
60 
— 
— 
Celery 
65 
— 
— 
Rhubarb 
80 
— 
— 
Others 
1,433 
2,280 
- 847 
All other Crops 
1,893 
2,380 
487 
Bare Fallow .... 
3,299 
12.236 
- 8.964 
Total Area of Land and W ater 
805,794 
804,977 
— 
Somerset 
Dorset 
1912 
1878 . 
Changes 
shown 
1912 
1878 
Changes 
shown 
Acres 
Acres 
Acres 
Acn s 
Acres 
Acres 
172,416 
282,735 
110,319 
167,082 
233,865 
- 66.783 
678.035 
566,356 
+111.679 
309.861 
249,883 
+ 59,978 
850.451 
849,091 
+ 
1,360 
476.943 
483,748 
- 6,805 
58,967 
C 1 ) 
— 
28,115 
( x ) 
— 
46,78.8 
( 2 ) 
— 
38,869 
( 2 ) 
— 
29,807 
72,775 
42,968 
19,742 
43,607 
- 23,865 
18,916 
32,408 
— 
13.492 
20,742 
38,652 
- 17,910 
30,724 
22.174 
+ 
8,550 
34,130 
21,320 
+ 12,810 
428 
426 
+ 
142 
1,249 
956 
+ 293 
7,184 
11,824 
— 
4,640 
1,148 
2 514 
- 1,366 
723 
2,705 
— 
1.982 
529 
3,392 
- 2,863 
87,782 
142,316 
— 
54,534 
77,540 
110.441 
- 32,901 
3,916 
8.659 
4,743 
1.715 
2,559 
844 
18,760 
32,408 
— 
13,648 
31,223 
41,732 
- 10 509 
14,381 
10,170 
+ 
4.211 
7.458 
4,567 
+ 2 891 
1,066 
366 
+ 
700 
437 
495 
58 
170 
16 
+ 
154 
93 
45 
+ 48 
2,245 
3,048 
— 
803 
1,542 
2.911 
- 1,369 
1.755 
7,403 
T- 
5,648 
3,881 
7,906 
- 4,025 
586 
126 
+ 
460 
273 
169 
+ 104 
42,879 
62,196 
— 
19.317 
46,622 
60,384 
- 13,762 
20,395 
37,780 
- 
17,385 
25,181 
36,060 
- 10,879 
16,785 
28.552 
— 
11.767 
14.061 
19,230 
- 5.169 
37,180 
66,332 
— 
29,152 
39.242 
55.290 
- 16.048 
269,115 
203,411 
+ 
65,704 
103.975 
85,808 
+ 18,167 
408,920 
362,945 
+ 
45,975 
205.886 
164.075 
+ 41,811 
678,035 
566,356 
+111.679 
309.861 
249,883 
+ 59,978 
23,540 
( 3 ) 
4,021$ 
< 3 ) 
. 
57$ 
( 3 ) 
1 
22$ 
( 3 ) 
— 
144$ 
( 3 ) 
— 
18$ 
( 3 ) 
— 
54$ 
+ 3 ) 
— 
11$ 
( 3 ) 
— “ 
177$ 
< 3 ) 
— 
67$ 
( 3 ) 
— 
23,974 
22,492 
+ 
1.482 
4,140? 
3.636 
+ 504| 
311 
( 4 ) 
38| 
( 4 ) 
_ 
35$ 
( 4 ) 
— 
10$ 
( 4 ) 
— 
187$ 
( 4 ) 
— 
37 
( 4 ) 
— 
564 
( 4 ) 
— 
113$ 
( 4 ) 
— 
1,098 
( 5 ) 
— 
199$ 
( 5 ) 
— 
125 
162 
37 
35 
64 
29 
42 
( 6 ) 
— 
9 
( 6 ) 
— 
42 
( 7 ) 
— 
13 
( 7 ) 
— 
70 
600 
- 
530 
18 
430 
412 
47 
— 
— 
1 
— 
— 
10 
— 
— 
3 
— 
— 
20 
— 
— 
7 
— 
— 
• 1,300 
1.323 
- 
23 
737 
874 
137 
1,656 
2,085 
- 
429 
823 
1.368 
545 
1,821 
9,826 
— 
8.005 
2.656 
6,382 
- 3.726 
1,037,642 
1,049,815 
— 
625,902 
627.265 
- 
i The acreage of Rough Grazings (mountain and heathland used for grazing) was first collected in 1892, when the areas m 
Gloucester, Somerset, and Dorset were 39,417, 12,867 and 5,059 acrasjespe^vely. ^ B1 0fi7 for somerset 
a, The acreage of Woodlands was not collected in 1878, but the acreage in 1880 for Gloucester was 51,967 acres, for 
Details of the acreage under Small Fruit were first collected m 1907 when Somerset had 367 aci es of! ! 
of Raspberries, 1294 acres of Currants and Gooseberries, and 134ft acres i of Mixed Fruits ; while ^[setre turned 494 . 
of Strawberries, 4$ of Raspberries, 20 of Currants and Gooseberries, and 54$ of Mixed Fiuit; and Gloucester returned 501 
acres of Strawberries. 170$ of Raspberries, 567| of Currants and Gooseberries, and 375$ Mixed rAtnrnpd 2fiS fi3 and 
The total acreage under Small Fruit was first collected m 1888 when Somerset, Dorset and Gloucester returned 288, 63 ana 
The ^Lfreage' 'o^Onions was first collected in 1904, when Somerset, Dorset, and* Gloucester returned 20, 6, and 80 acres, 
TheTcreSunder Buckwheat was first collected in 1903 when Somerset, Dorset, and Gloucester returned 28, 31 and 20 acres, 
respectively. 
