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 VII. Number and size of holdings

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y, CHAPTER VIIL.-NUMBER AND SIZE OF HOLDINGS. 1. Definition of a holding.—The foregoing chapters of the Report have dealt with the production and output of crops and live stock in England and Wales both in the aggregate and to some extent in relation to their geographical distribution by counties or groups of counties. The geographical distribution of crops and live stock is probably in the main a reflection of soil and climate, though it is not possible in a general report of this description to attempt to establish any direct or precise relation between the two. Those interested in the subject will find in the Agricultural Atlas* maps showing the distribution of the various crops and live stock in relation to the soil and rainfall. Another aspect of production in regard to which some infor- mation can be extracted from the agricultural returns is the distribution of erops and live stock on holdings of different sizes and the number of holdings of different types. Little has been done in the past in the direction of classifying holdings except by size, but any classification by size alone tends to combine under one heading farms which are, it is true, of the same area, but which differ very considerably in the character of their farming; for example, farms that are mainly arable and devoted to the growing of corn and other crops become mixed with farms of the same area which are mainly pasture and entirely different in type. A division by the nature of the business—e.g., sheep farming, dairy farming, &c.—is not, un- fortunately, practicable owing to the fact that no clear-cut line of demarcation exists. On the present occasion an attempt has been made to meet this difficulty to some extent by dividing the agricultural holdings of this country, excluding small holdings under 20 acres and excluding fruit and vegetable farms and poultry farms, into three groups which afford a rough indication of the nature of the farming carried on, viz. (1) arable farms with 70 per cent. and over arable land, (2) pasture farms with 70 per cent. and over pasture land, and (3) mixed farms—i.e., the re- maining farms lying between these two extremes, By an ex- amination of the extent of the crops and the number of live stock on the holdings in these three groups, it is possible to get a clearer idea of the average character of the farms in the country than would be obtained if they were merged together and classified merely by size. It is necessary, however, to remember that there are many instances included in the returns where the word “ holding ” is misleading. The agricultural returns are obtained * An Agricultural Atlas of England and 1 ; Ordnance Survey, price 10s. net. Wales published by the

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