The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1757028552

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135495

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XV, 152 Seiten; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VII. Number and size of holdings

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The proportion of arable and. permanent pasture in the three Broups for each sized holding is shown in the following table :— ACREAGE OF ARABLE LAND AND PERMANENT GRASS ON Horpings oF DIFFERENT TYPES AND Sizes PER 100 ACRES. Mainly Arable Holdings. Mixed Holdings. Mainly Pasture Holdings. | Total All Holdings. N1Z6e Arable. Per- Per- Per- Per- manent Arable, manent| Arable.| manent| Arable.| manent Grass. Grass. Grass. Grass. 20-50 Acres | 50-100 ,, 100-150 |, 150-300 ,, 300-500 ,, Over 500 , Acres. 86-6 34-1 82-7 82.3 82:0 83:0 Acres. 13-4 15-9 7:3 Acres. | 48-1 47-8 “a0 Acres. 51-9 52-2 52-0 51.9 +4 177 Acres. 7-3 11-2 2.3 7 Acres. 92-7 88-8 86-7 85-3 85-3 86:5 Acres. 30-0 36-4 40-2 44-1 50:6 87-7 Acres. 70-0 63-6 59-8 55-9 49-4 42-3 Average | S304 17-0 40 1 50-9 [112-31 87-7 | 42-8 57-2 In each size group the area of permanent grass on mainly arable holdings is somewhat greater than the area of arable on Mainly pasture holdings, and over the whole country arable holdings have 17 per cent. of their area under permanent grass, While pasture holdings have no more than 12 per cent. under the Plough. In mixed holdings permanent grass predominates very Slightly except in the holdings of over 300 acres, but on the whole the land on mixed holdings is fairly equally divided between Pasture and arable. These three types of farm naturally have a very different character as regards crops grown and the number of live stock Carried on the holdings. Their distribution over the country is also very different. The three succeeding sections of this chapter attempt an analysis of the three groups which affords some approximate indication of the character of the farming of the Country, of the relative importance of the different types and their geographical distribution. 4. Farms exceeding 20 acres in extent, mainly arable land.— The farms in this group have on the average 83 per cent. of their reg, in arable, and in the smaller sizes the proportion is even higher. Generally, although there are variations, it will be seen from the following table that with the exception of potatoes there is a certain similarity in the type of farming practised on these various sized holdings though there are striking differences In the number of stock per 100 acres, cattle, pigs and poultry decreasing and the sheep increasing as the farms become larger. z 21710

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