
PRODUCE /OF-HGES: 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT showing the ESTIMATED TOTAL 
PRODUCTION of Hops in the years 1900 and 1899, with 
the ACREAGE and ESTIMATED AVERAGE YIELD per 
STATUTE ACRE in each CouNTY of ENGLAND in which 
Hops were grown. 








Estimated Total | Estimated Average 






1 
Produce. ASSESS Yield per Acre. 
CouNTY. | , 
{ 
1900. | 189y. 1900. | 1899. 1900. 1899. 
Cwls. | Cwts. Acres | Acres. Cwrts. Cwrs. 
GLOUCESTER 235 619 47 42 500 14°74 
HANTS | 12,291 30,580 2,231 2,319 oie 13°19 
HEREFORD | 32,680 83,950 7,287 7,227 4°48 11°62 
KENT - 230,028 | 418,997 31,514 31,988 7°30 13°10 
SALOP - 690 966 138 138 5 “00 = 00 
SUFFOLK | i 34 A | 4 E75 8-50 
SURREY | 5,311 15,213 I, 300 | 1,388 4°09 10°06 
Sussex | 39,717 | 73,807 4,823 | 4949 8-23 14°91 
WORCESTER | 26,935 37,207 3,964 | 3,788 6°79 9°S2 
| | | 
Total | 347,894 | 51,308 | 51,843 6°78 12°76 
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