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In the Coleraine districts, two co-operative flax-scutching 
societies had been formed ard numerous plots established for 
testing seeds and manures. 

ACREAGE OF HOps. 
On the z9th August last the Board of Agriculture issued 
the following preliminary statement compiled from the 
returns collected on the 4th June, I9g00, showing the acreage 
under hops in each county of England in which hops were 
grown, with a comparative statement for the years 1899, 
1898, 1897. 





COUNTIES. 1900. 189y. 1808. 1897. 
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. 
GLOUCESTER . - - - 47 42 40 
Hants : Se Ren een 2,319 2,263 2,306 
HEREFORD - : Sinai: ne 287 WB2Y 6,651 6,542 
Mu SS OS | ang Ty 31,988 30,941 31,661 
MONMOUTH- - - - : — = 2 2 
SALOP - : 2 t 2 : 138 138 126 129 
SUFFOLK - - - - : 4 4 
ROW ec es | FE OO 1,388 1,313 1,416 
puree me | 4 823 4,949 4,829 5,174 
WORCESTER - : < SIP Sf, 3,788 3,567 3,591 

Total - - = 5,305 51,843 49,735 50,863 


THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 
The last annual report issued regarding this colony 
states that the staple industry of sheep farming is in a 
flourishing condition which is likely still further to improve 
now that scab among the flocks has been eradicated. 
There are 30 occupiers of land in the Falkland Islands, 
whose holdings and stock vary to a striking extent. There 
are only four farms of less than 6,000 acres, with an average 
