“THE JOURNAL 
OF THE 
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 
Vol. Vil. No. 4. MARCH, 190). 


EBS BiviiisSr CMOrS OF “1900: 
In the December. number of the fournal, attention was 
called to the particulars made public respecting the estimated 
yield per acre of each of the three principal corn crops, and 
aiso that of hops, in Great Britain in the harvest of rgoo. 
The yield of all these crops was more or less materiallv below 
the average of the preceding decade. The official estimates of 
the produce of the remaining crops are now published in the 
usual form, and will be found to give a somewhat less unsatis- 
factory picture of the results of last year. The crop of pota- 
toes proves to have been considerably, and that of peas 
slightly, below the decennial average, but, on the other hand, 
the hay and root crops of Great Britain were substantially 
above that average. ‘The variation in all the crops for which 
returns of yieldare collected, is shownin the accompanying 
table : 






Vield | Above Ral Above 
Cro CEENCue nm Ss Crop ef a 
- aa | Below we iM Below 
Hy : | AACYe. j 
| Average. Average 
es — | eee 
Bushels, | Bushels. V  SGPS Tons. 
{ Wheat - - 28°53 | —1:62 | Potatoes - eae S7, — 1°03 
§ Barley - - Diese elo ee nEnipSse ST LATO Se eanls@ 
f# Oats - : 37°95 | -0°86 | Mangold 2042S e310 
Beans” - - 2811 | +0.95 | Hay fr. Clover,etc. 28°96 | +1:24 
Peas | 25°89 = Or Gee blay trelenmt.cnasse|» 24542 + 1°99 
Tiops - - = 6278 | — 1°63 


Examining in detail the figures not previously issued it 
will be observed that, in the case of beans, the crop in 1900, 
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