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 II. The agricultural area

Collection:: Economics Books

This represents about 84 per cent. of the land area of the country. In addition, it is estimated by the Forestry Commission that nearly 1,900,000 acres are under woods. forests or plantations. 2. The area not used for agriculture.—The balance, consisting of about four million acres, covers the area occupied by towns, villages, houses, and buildings of all kinds, roads, railways, etc., together with public parks, open spaces and pleasure gardens not used for agricultural purposes. It has, however, frequently been suggested that there are substantial areas of land in the country which are not used for any agricultural or productive purpose, but which might be so used. It is true that there are certain areas, particularly the areas returned as rough grazings, which are not and, in many cases, cannot be very productive, but they are used for agricul- tural purposes, that is to say they are grazed at some time during the year by cattle or sheep. They are thus brought within the agricultural returns, and there is little room outside the area covered by the returns for purely unproductive land. With a view to testing the question as far as possible the Crop Reporters were asked in 1925 to report any land not already included in the Agricultural Returns which could be regarded as having some potential agricultural value. It was not possible, without considerable expense, to undertake an exhaustive investigation in regard to this matter, but it was thought that the Crop Reporters from their own knowledge and a moderate amount of local enquiry would be able to give an approximate indication of land not included in the returns which might be regarded as available for agricultural purposes. Enquiry was not made as regards land in urban districts. The areas returned were as follows :(— Swamp or scrub land - Waste or derelict land, including land formerly used for agriculture but more or less perma- nently abandoned - - : - Park land not used for grazing - : : Common, heath, moor and rough land not used for grazing - z = - - - Prospective building land not actually in course of development (excluding land in urban districts) win - g - - = Recreation grounds, playing fields and golf links not used for grazing 2 Other land - Acres. 04.000 37,000 10.000 230.000 13.000 23,000 13.000 420.000 Of this area, it will be seen that swamp and scrub land, and common, heath and moor land not used for grazing account

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