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 III. The production of crops

Collection:: Economics Books

+ Green Peas—Between 43,000 and 44,000 acres of peas were picked green in 1925. Essex, with over 11,000 acres, had a much larger area than any other county. Yorkshire (West Riding) came next with 5,500 acres, Worcester, Lincoln and Kent being next in order. The total production was estimated at about 73,000 tons, or an average of nearly 33} cwt. per acre. Green Beans.—The area of beans picked green in 1925 was reported as including about 5,500 acres of kidney beans and almost exactly the same acreage of scarlet runners, together with 3,000 acres of broad beans. Essex and Worcester seem to be the most important districts, together with Kent and Bedford. The total production of beans picked green was estimated at 34,000 tons. Minor Vegetable Crops.—About 21,200 acres were reported as devoted to these miscellaneous crops (parsnips, beetroot, lettuce. ete.), the value of the produce being estimated at £830,000. al? (g) Fruit Crops. Small Fruit.—The area under small fruit—viz., strawberries, raspberries, currants and gooseberries—is ascertained annually in the Agricultural Schedule. The bulk of the small fruit grown in England and Wales may be grouped in three areas, although the dispersion is fairly general in the counties lying between these groups. The most important group consists of Kent, which had 17,386 acres, or over 25 per cent. of the whole acreage of small fruit in 1925, and the neighbouring counties of Sussex, Essex, Middlesex and Surrey which had some 6,050 acres. The second group consists of Norfolk, Cambridge, Isle of Ely and Lincoln (Holland), which together had 22,211 acres, or 32 per cent. of the total area. Thirdly, the county of Worcester, with Gloucester and Hereford, had 6,578 acres. Hampshire had 3,858 acres mostly devoted to strawberries, and Cornwall and Devon together had about 2,100 acres. Figures of the acreage in each county are given in Part I of the Agricultural Statistics for 1925 and are not repro- duced here. Of the total area of 68,352 acres of small fruit, 40 per cent. was under strawberries, 44 per cent. under currants and goose- berries, and 10 per cent. under raspberries, the remainder being mostly mixed fruit. The proportions do not vary very greatly in the different counties, except in Hampshire and Denbigh. where over 80 per cent. of the small fruit consisted of strawberries. The yield of small fruit varies locally according to varieties and other factors, and the task of ascertaining production is one of considerable difficulty. During the past three years estimates have been made by persons with local experience in the important fruit-growing areas and the results are given in the following table together with the estimates made in 1908 and 1913.

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