Yield of Principal Crops. 
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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 1905, and the Average Yield 
per Acre in Great Britain of the Ten Years , 1895-1904. 
Crops 
England 
Wales 
Scotland 
Great Britain 
Average 
of ten 
years, 
1895-1904, 
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 . . 
55,669,890 
32'66 
1,167,228 
26-59 
2,065,381 
42-46 
58.902,499 
32-78 
30-56 
Barley . . 
47,288,182 
33-53 
2,817,436 
30-88 
8,004,446 
3?73 
58,110,064 
33-91 
32-82 
Oats . . . 
74,116,954 
39-41 
7,042,126 
33-87 
35,277,807 
36-63 
116,436,887 
38-16 
38-81 
Beans . . 
7,806,620 
32-13 
30,292 
25-89 
364,818 
36-76 
8,201,730 
32-28 
27-66 
Peas . . . 
4,403,110 
25-73 
19,265 
20-54 
17,108 
27-16 
4,439,483 
25-71 
26-30 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Potatoes . 
2,619,276 
6-02 
163,889 
5-57 
979,541 
6-79 
3,762,706 
6-18 
5-83 
Turnips. . 
13,906,669 
12-83 
771,119 
12-78 
7,162,794 
16-08 
21,840,582 
13-74 
12-88 
Mangels . 
8,002,318 
20-43 
165,833 
16-55 
45,109 
18-94 
8,213,260 
20-32 
18-32 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Tons 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Hay 1 . . 
2,243,712 
28-59 
232,655 
24-21 
666,985 
31-19 
3,143,352 
28-72 
28-89 
Hay 2 . . 
4,395,414 
2179 
482,649 
19-07 
209,908 
28-46 
5,087,971 
21-71 
23-23 
1 Hay from clover, sainfoin, &c. 2 Hay from permanent pasture. 
Table IV. — Preliminary Statement showing the Estimated 
Total Production of Hops in the Years 1905 and 1904, 
with the Acreage and Estimated Average Yield per Statute 
Acre , in each County of England in ivhich Hops were 
grown. 
Counties 
Estimated total 
produce 
Acreage 
Estimated average 
yield per acre 
1905 
1904 
1905 
1904 
1905 
1904 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Acres 
Acres 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Hants .... 
30,207 
9,137 
1.978 
1,900 
15-27 
4-81 
Hereford 
88,802 
14,101 
6,851 
6,767 
12-96 
2'08 
Kent .... 
443,470 
216,807 
30,655 
29,841 
14-47 
7-27 
Salop .... 
1,626 
280 
135 
140 
12-04 
2-00 
Surrey .... 
10.248 
2,515 
843 
877 
12-16 
2-87 
Sussex .... 
69,059 
27,726 
4,647 
4,474 
14-86 
620 
Worcester . 
51,961 
11,736 
3,807 
3,752 
13-65 
3-13 
Other Counties 1 . 
570 
28 
51 
48 
1T18 
0-58 
Total. 
695,943 
282,330 
48,967 
47,799 
14-21 
5-91 
Note. — T he following counties show increased acreages in 1905 to the extent named: — 
Hants, 78 acres ; Hereford, 84 acres : Kent, 814 acres ; Sussex, 173 acres ; Worcester, 55 
acres ; other counties, 1 3 acres. The decreases are Salop, 5 acres ; Surrey, 34 acres. 
The effective increase on the year is 1,168 acres. 
1 Gloucester and Suffolk. 
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