TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFATORY LETTER it rr CHAPTER I.— INTRODUCTION Methods of obtaining statistics - Re i D3 CeAPTER II.—THE AGRICULTURAL AREA 1. The Agricultural area in relation to the total area of the country 2. The area not used for Agriculture - - 3. Agricultural land suffering from lack of drainage - 4. Agricultural land on holdings not being ordinary farms or small holdings - - - 5. Rough Grazings - - 3 6. Changes in the Agricultural Area over 50 years 7. The conversion from Arable to Grass land. 8. The Arable Area : Tillage Crops and Rotation Grasses = +, 5 CoarTER III.—THE PRODUCTION OF CROPS 1. The average yield per acre 2. Crop yields and extent of cultivation (a) Corn Crops Wheat - Barley - Oats - : Mixed Corn - Rye - - Beans and Pees (b) Potatoes - - (c) Root Crops - - Turnips and Swedes Mangolds - - Sugar Beet (d) Clover and Rotation Grasses and Hay Crops Clover and Rotation Grasses Seeds Hay - = Meadow Hay - (¢) Other Crops mainly used for fodder Straw - - 7 Vetches or tares - Lucerne - % 2 Flax (for seed and for fibre) Kohl Rabi - = % Cabbage for fodder - Rape - r - Mustard - x (D)27712 Wt 10461—69/A/4382 2000 3/27 PAE viii J 5 6 7 8 9 9 li 13 17 17 19 19 20 A fu 22 22 22 23 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 aT 27 £1 23 29 29 29 29 50 20