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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In the eastern counties it is naturally at its maximum and diminishes in the counties with a large pasture area. Thus in West Suffolk, 84 per cent. of the total cultivated acreage is in farms of this type, in Cambridge 80 per cent., Lincoln (Holland) and Isle of Ely 75 per cent., Norfolk 72 per cent., and East Suffolk 69 per cent., while in Leicester, Hereford, Somerset, Westmorland and several Welsh counties the proportion occupied by arable farms is less than 2 per cent. The figures for each county are Siven in Table 24 in the Appendix, and they are also shown graphically in Map XVII. For this purpose the cultivated area which is occupied by holdings under 20 acres is not taken into account as the object is to show the extent of land in the different counties occupied by the definitely agricultural holdings of different types. 5. Farms exceeding 20 acres in extent, mainly pasture land.— The farms included in this group have as a minimum 70 per cent. of their area in permanent pasture, and the following table shows that the average proportion is over 87% per cent., and in farms from 20-50 acres, nearly 93 per cent. in permanent pasture. In addition, these farms have small areas under rotation grasses. The number of live stock carried is generally proportionately heavier on the smaller sized farms, and is appreciably larger than On the mainly arable farms, except as regards pigs. DistriBUTION OF CROPS AND Livestock oN HOLDINGS OVER 20 ACRES IN EXTENT CONSISTING MAINLY OF PASTURE LAND. (Per 100 acres of Crops and Grass.) 20-50 Acres. 50-100 Acres. 100— 150 Acres. 150— 300 Acres. 300- 500 Acres. Over 500 Acres. Average all sizes. Corn Crops - - Potatoes - . Rootg : - Rotation grasses Other crops (in- cluding bare fallow) - . Lota] arable - b Srmanent pas- ture a Acres. 3:08 0-49 1-22 1-46 Acres. 5-37 0-45 1-74 92.57 Acres. 6-68 0-38 1-91 | 3.19 Acres. 7-44 0-29 2-04 3.57 Acres. 7-67 0-24 2:00 3:38 Acres. 6-82 0-20 1-77 3-11 Acres. 6-09 0-37 1-79 2-87 1-06 7-31 1-06 11:19 | 1-18 13-34 1-32 14-66 1-46 14-75 1:59 13-49 1-22 12-34 87-66 No. 13:99 92-69 No. | 18-88 88-81 No. 16-14 86-66 No. 14-17 85-34 No. 12-35 85-25 | No. 8:79 86-51 No. 6:26 Dairy cattle = Other cattle (in- cluding calves) Lota] cattle - Sheep - Pigg . . Fowls 16-36 35-24 72:59 14-81 202-86 15-63 31-77 84-34 9-70 17-96 15-27 29-44 78-35 7:76 75-58 15-39 27-74 79-43 6-73 50-66 15-66 24-45 83:39 5-00 33.65 15-51 21-77 97-06 4-61 26-11 15-62 29.61 80-43 8-68 03:33 The average number of cattle carried on these farms ig early 30 per 100 acres, as compared with an average of rather TE —————————— Tz 27712

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