430 The Weather of the Past Agricultural Year. 
Hay from Permanent Grasses also showed an increase of 
3 per cent, in England and 4 per cent, in Great Britain. The 
yield per acre being above the average for England, Scotland 
and Wales. 
Hops showed a decrease of 31 per cent., and every district 
was considerably below the average yield per acre. 
Exports and Imports. 
Last year the Imports of Wheat into the United Kingdom 
were less by 3 per cent, in quantity than those of the previous 
year. In value the decrease was 5 per cent. There was a drop 
in the imports of wheat from Russia, Argentina, India, and 
Australia, whilst those from the United States showed the very 
large increase of 70 per cent. There was a 17 per cent, increase 
in. imported Flour. 
With Barley there was an increase of 11 per cent, in quantity 
and a little over 2 per cent, in value. 
In Oats we find a slight decrease in quantity but one of 
10 per cent, in value. 
Peas imported last year show a decrease of 2 per cent, in 
quantity whilst in value they decreased by 2.2 per cent. 
Beans on the other hand advanced 22 per cent, in quantity, 
and 20 per cent, in value. 
The imports of Maize again show a large increase amounting 
to 12 per cent, in quantity and in value 1 per cent. The supply 
of maize did not, however, reach the amount imported in 1907 
(53,379,950 cwt.). 
Other kinds of Corn and Meal ” were imported in greater 
quantities than in the previous year, the increase being 6 per 
cent., whilst in value there was a decrease of 5 per cent. 
THE WEATHER OF THE PAST 
AGRICULTURAL YEAR. 
The wet summer of 1912 was succeeded by a fair dry autumn 
which proved of inestimable value to the farmer, and rendered 
the outlook for the coming year more than ordinarily favour- 
able. The following winter months were, however, characterised 
by an unusual prevalence of wet stormy weather, which con- 
tinued, with unimportant breaks, throughout the greater part 
of the spring. The land became in time thoroughly soddened, 
and, in addition to the damage which resulted to the autumn 
sown crops, the work of spring sowing was delayed to quite 
a serious extent. Nothing, in fact, appeared to be thriving 
well but the pastures, which made luxuriant growth, and as the 
