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

| ) past 50 years, although in some cases the change is not of sufficient magnitude to be shown by the maps. The continuous gain which has taken place in the area under permanent grass at the expense of arable land is shown in the following table which also shows the area actually under the plough (described as tillage ”’)* as compared with the area under grass (both rotation grass and permanent pasture). CuLTivATED LAND (i.c., Arable land and permanent grass) In ENGLAND AND WALES. 1871-75 to 1921-25. Acreage (Millions of Acres). Percentage of area of cultivated land. Acreage (Millions of Acres). Percentage of area of cultivated land. Average of Years. 1871-75 1881-85 1891-95 1901-05 1906-10 1911-15 1916-20 1921-25 1925 Arable land. 14-77 13-75 12-68 11-91 11-44 11-13 11-80 11-14 10-68 Pore 4| Arable poh 4 manent| ‘| = © manen oTass. orass. Per cent. 55-6 49-8 45-6 43-4 41-8 41-0 43-9 42-9 41-5 Per cent. 44-4 50-2 54-4 56-6 58-2 59-0 56-1 57-1 58:5 11-80 13-84 15-11 15-55 i5-90 16-01 15-08 14-81 15-07 Per- manent Tillage.| grass and rotation OTASSes. 11-72 10-83 9-63 8-77 8-64 8:66 9-43 8-63 8:11 14-85 16-76 18-16 18-69 18-70 18-48 17-45 17-32 17-64 Tillage. Per cent. 44-1 39-3 34-7 32-0 31-6 31-9 35-1 21.5 Per- manent grass and rotation orasses. Per cent. 55-9 60-7 65-3 68-0 68-4 68-1 64-9 66-7 68:5 Between the first and last five-year periods the arable area declined at an average rate of about 70,000 acres per annum, due partly to the encroachment of towns and partly to conversion to grass land. During the first 20 years of this period, when the average annual reduction in the arable area was at its maximum, the total area under crops and grass increased and the reduction of over 2,000,000 acres of arable land was thus more striking. During the following 34 years when the arable area again declined by somewhat more than 2,000,000 acres the total area under crops and grass decreased. This latter period includes the war years towards the end of which there was an increase in the arable as well as the cultivated area, but since the end of the war there has again been a marked loss of arable land. * Tillage is the arable area less clover and rotation grasses, and is consequently in the main the area actually ploughed in the year of the return. It still includes, however, a relatively small area under lucerne which is left down for a number of years, and also the area under fruit.

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