its area mown for hay, is an outstanding exception. Nottingham 
and Lincoln (Kesteven and Lindsey) are also exceptional with 
about 55 to 65 per cent. mown. The west midland division 
averages 75 per cent. with little variation among the counties in 
the division.” The proportion is lower in the south-west, declining 
to about a third in Cornwall. There are great variations in 
the north ; Lancashire and Durham mow from 80 to 90 per cent., 
whilst Cumberland and Westmorland mow only about 50 per 
cent. In Wales a hay crop is taken from rather over 60 per 
cent. of the clover and rotation grasses. 
The highest yields per acre of seeds hay are obtained in the 
northern and north-western divisions, which have yields averaging 
about 323 to 34} cwt. respectively (during the 10 years 1915 
bo 1924), the average for the whole country being about 28% cwt. 
Per acre. The eastern and south-eastern divisions, which have 
the lowest yields in England, average between 26 and 27 cwt. 
ber acre, and Wales about 243 cwt. The northern and north- 
Western divisions, with about 21 per cent. of.the mown acreage 
of rotation grasses in 1925, yielded 612,000 tons or 24 per cent. 
of the total yield of 2,562,000 tons of seeds hay. 
Meadow Hay.—Tt is only natural that the arable counties of 
the eastern and north-eastern divisions should have the smallest 
areas of meadow land used for hay in proportion to the cultivated 
area, the former having 10 per cent. and the latter 5. For the 
Other divisions the proportion varies between 17 and 221 per 
tent. In relation to the total area of permanent grass most 
divisions use about 30 per cent. for the production of hay, the 
North-eastern division exceptionally using rather less than 
20 per cent. 
. The north-western division has by far the highest yield, averag- 
Ing over 25 cwt. per acre of meadow hay, and the eastern and south- 
Pastern divisions the lowest yields with 18% cwt. per acre. Of 
the total acreage of permanent grass from which hay was taken 
In 1925 (4,312,000 acres), the north-western division furnished 
less than 15 per cent., but yielded 750,000 tons of hay or nearly 
17 per cent. of the total production of 4,538,000 tons. 
(€) Other Crops mainly used for Fodder.* 
The area and production in 1925 of the less important farm 
CIOps are given in Table 6 in the Appendix. The output of these 
Crops is not as a rule estimated annually. 
Straw.— Estimates of the total production of straw have been 
Made each year since 1906. The acreage of straw is, of course, 
the same as that of corn, but the yield per acre fluctuates differ- 
ently from the yield of the cereals themselves. The estimated 
* Hstimates of the yield per acre of the crops dealt with in this section 
Were obtained from the Crop Reporters for their respective districts. 
Ihe acreage is returned by the occupier on the Agricultural Schedule.