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 IX. Motive power on farms

Collection:: Economics Books

IR CHAPTER IX.—MOTIVE POWER ON FARMS. The Agricultural Schedule for 1925 included questions re- garding the use of motive power on farms, and replies were received from 144,000 occupiers in respect of 59 per cent. of the acreage of the country. A large proportion of the returns which gave no information on this point related to holdings under 20 acres where probably no motive power is employed, so that the returns are estimated to cover from 70 to 80 per cent. of the engines in use on farms. The numbers of engines returned in England and Wales in the years 1908, 1913 and 1925 are shown in the table below. It should be noted that the returns in the earlier years represent a somewhat larger proportion of the cultivated area than those of 1925. NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINES RETURNED AS USED ON Farms IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1908, 1913 AND 1925. a) Fixed or portable — Steam - Gas - - - Oil or petrol Electric - Wind - Water - - Others or not stated (b) Motor tractors .— For field operations - Used solely for stationary work 1908. 8,690 921 6,911 146 Fh 563 1913. 7,719 1,287 16,284 262 63 J 3,663 1 28 1925. 3,731 1,125 56,744 700 990 3,543 21 14,565 2.116 This table shows the striking changes which have occurred in the character of the motive power employed on farms in this country. The use of steam engines, already declining before the war, has fallen off very considerably since 1913, while gas engines, which increased between 1908 and 1913, appear to have declined slightly since. Electric power has made some progress, although it is not yet used very extensively, while wind and water power appears in somewhat greater use now than in 1913. Wind and water power were not distinguished in 1908, and it is possible that the return of ggg « other engines” includes some of this class. The most important change, however, is in regard to petrol or oil engines, which have increased from 6,911 in 1908 to 56.744

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