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

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was on the whole tending to expand, notwithstanding the steady decline in the arable area. In the last twenty years the area under these grasses and clover has been reduced, though there has been some increase since the war. The average acreage under clover and rotation grasses and under tillage from 1871-75 to 1921-25 together with the total arable acreage, is shown in the following table :— Average of years. 1871-1875 1881-1885 1891-1895 1901-1905 1906-1910 1911-1915 1916-1920 1921-1925 1925 Clover and rotation oTasses. Thousands of acres. 3.051 2,914 3,044 3,140 2,801 2,474 2,378 2,515 2.574 Land under the plough “ Hllage.”’ Thousands - of acres. 1Y,715 10,833 9,632 8,774 8,643 2,657 9,427 8,629 8,108 Total arable Crops. Thousands of acres. 14,766 13,747 12,676 11,914 11,444 11.130 11,805 11,144 10,682 Percentage of rotation grasses to total arable. or 20-66 21-20 24-01 26-36 24-48 22-23 20-14 22-57 24-09 The bulk of the reduction in the total arable area as compared with 1871-75 is attributable to the decline in wheat, barley and turnips. - Oats and potatoes have increased, and this also applies to mangolds though the alteration has not been very marked. ACREAGE UNDER VARIOUS Crops, 1871-1925. (Thousands of acres.) Average of years. 1871-75 1881-85 1891-95 1901-05 1906-10 1911-15 1916-20 1921-25 1925 Wheat. 3,404 2,646 1,907 1,594 i,679 1,877 2,097 1,746 1,500 Barley. 2,115 2,034 1,881 1,641 1,501 1,435 1,488 1,352 1.318 Oats. 1,664 1,870 2,116 2,134 2,104 2,022 2,392 2,039 1.868 1 Other corn, 914 692 530 464 502 498 561 588 496 Total COrn Crops. 8,097 7,242 6,434 5,833 5,786 5,832 6,538 5,725 5.182 5

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