The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1011594110

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-26769

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Portaszewicz, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/125641958

Title:: Der Deutsche Post-Zeitungsgebührentarif

Place of publication:: Königsberg i. Pr.

Publisher:: [Quatz]

Year of publication:: 1914

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 109 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Einleitung

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for over 300,000 acres, and this was usually stated to be useless for agricultural purposes. The recreation grounds, &ec., must also be excluded, so that only about 75,000 acres were returned as having some possible agricultural value. The extent to which any of the land included in the returns is insufficiently cultivated or only used to a limited extent for agriculture is an entirely separate question. Whether land is insufficiently cultivated or *‘ underfarmed is a matter in regard to which the statistics can hardly be expected to afford any guidance. Enquiries have, however, been made from the Crop Reporters in regard to certain points which may throw some light on the question. These are (1) the area of land suffering from lack of drainage; (2) the area of land included in the returns other than ordinary farms and holdings, and (3) the increase in the area of rough grazings. These are dealt with in the next three sections. 3. Agricultural land suffering from lack of drainage.— The Crop Reporters were asked to give some indication of the approxi- mate area of agricultural land which in their opinion could be said to be suffering badly from lack of drainage, excluding land where pipe, tile or mole drainage alone was required, or extensive areas which could only be dealt with by large drainage schemes. The types of land coming within this category are land which is liable to flooding or land which is more or less permanently waterlogged, and which might be improved by a small drainage scheme designed to secure the effective flow of water by the clearance of main ditches and other watercourses. This enquiry showed 650,000 acres of agricultural land of this character distributed as shown below. It may be noted that the large area in the northern counties is accounted for in the main by rough grazings where open ‘sheep drains” are required or old drains of this type require cleaning out. Acres. Eastern counties North-eastern South-eastern East Midland West Midland South-western - Northern counties North-western - North Wales South Wales Total - 53,000 27,000 34,000 5,000 64,000 10,000 355,000 66,000 17,000 19,000 650,000 These figures are substantially confirmed by information obtained by the Ministry from county councils and other sources,

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