Répertoire des administrateurs & commissaires de société, des banques, banquiers et agents de change de France et de Belgique

The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1751319059

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-129553

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Title:: Répertoire des administrateurs & commissaires de société, des banques, banquiers et agents de change de France et de Belgique

Place of publication:: Paris [u.a.]

Year of publication:: [1926]

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Title:: Répertoire des administrateurs, commissaires, liquidateurs, curateurs, etc., de sociétés

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The estimated selling value of the total production of crop! grown in the 2,725 acres of glasshouses in England and Wales if 1925 was about £4,800,000. Tomatoes are by far the most important crop, nearly all the returns including some quantity of this crop. On the basis of the distribution of output as show? in the returns received, the yield of tomatoes in 1925 was estimate at about 47,000 tons, valued at £2,350,000; of cucumbers almost 50 millions, valued at £750,000; and of grapes 1,500,000 Ibs: valued at £130,000; other fruit and vegetables being estimated at £250,000. Chrysanthemums, roses and carnations wert valued at £200,000, £250,000 and £85,000 respectively, and including other cut flowers, bedding or decorative plants, &c- the estimated total value of flowers, etc., grown under glass wa about £1,350,000. These are only approximate estimates and afford merely a rough indication of the importance of variou crops grown under glass. Information was also sought on the special inquiry forms regarding the numbers of workers employed in glasshouses ant it seems probable that there is a total of roughly 18,000 worker regularly employed in glasshouses in England and Wales. The average value of the output per acre as shown by the returns was £1,770, but there were appreciable variations from district to district. Essex and Hertford, which include the greater part of the Lea Valley area, had an average output of £1,890 per acre, and West Sussex, which includes the Worthing area, as much as £2,220. Middlesex returned £1,590 worth © produce per acre under glass, Kent £1,275 and Lancashire £1,625 The cropping of glasshouses varied considerably in these districts. In Essex and Hertford about 60 per cent. of the total value of the output was in the form of tomatoes, 15 per cent cucumbers and 15 per cent. flowers, mainly roses, leaving about 10 per cent. for other crops. In West Sussex about 20 per cent of the value of the output was in the form of grapes, and 30 pe! cent. cucumbers, with less than 25 per cent. tomatoes. Thi area also had 15 per cent. of its output as flowers, the great bulk being chrysanthemums. Mushrooms and beans were also grow!’ in appreciable quantities. Middlesex had about 40 per cent. ©’ its output as tomatoes, about 15 per cent. cucumbers, 5 pel cent. grapes, 5 per cent. forced vegetables, mint, etc., anc 35 per cent. flowers and plants. The cropping in Kent was fairly similar to that of Middlesex, about 65 per cent of thé output being fruit and vegetables (tomatoes accounted for abou! 45 per cent., cucumbers 10 per cent., and grapes and strawberrie about 5 per cent. each), and flowers and plants accounted fo 35 per cent. Lancashire had the largest proportion of flower* of these counties, with 40 per cent., and plants accounted fo 15 per cent., leaving only 45 per cent. for fruit and vegetables of which tomatoes accounted for about 35 per cent., cucumber 5 per cent. and lettuce 5 per cent.

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