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 III. The production of crops

Collection:: Economics Books

25 (¢) Root Crops. Tuwrnips and Swedes.—The area under turnips and swedes has declined from 1,538,000 to 806,000 acres since 1880, and whereas in that year this crop occupied 11 per cent. of the arable area, the proportion in 1925 was only 74 per cent., and that upon a greatly reduced arable area. The reduction has been most marked in the eastern counties, while in the northern, north- western and Welsh divisions the proportion to arable area has been practically maintained. But even in these counties there has in fact been an appreciable reduction in actual acreage. By far the heaviest yields of turnips and swedes are obtained in the northern and north-western counties. The average yield per acre for the country during the past 10 years has been about 12} tons, and apart from Yorkshire (West Riding), where the average is only 12 tons and Durham with 13} tons, the counties in these two divisions average from 14 to 17 tons per acre, the latter figure being recorded in Cheshire. Many of the Welsh Counties also exceed 14 tons to the acre, but otherwise the only yields of these dimensions are secured in Lincoln (Holland), Isle of Ely, Salop and Cornwall. The decline in the growing of turnips and swedes is mainly due to the high labour cost involved in proportion to the feeding value of the crop. The reduction in the acreage of turnips and swedes in the arable counties is reflected in the reduced sheep population in these districts. In spite of the substantial reduction in the acreage of turnips In some districts, this crop is still among the most widely diffused through the country. The two divisions with the largest acreage {the northern and north-eastern) together furnished 45 per cent. of the total acreage in 1925 but only 42 per cent. of the total Production, which was 9,198,000 tons. The north-western Counties, with 8 per cent. of the total acreage, produced over 104 per cent. of the country’s yield. A small proportion of the turnips are used for human con- Sumption, and these are dealt with in section (f ). Mangolds.—Mangolds are grown most extensively in the astern half of the country, but there is a general dispersion of the crop throughout the country. In most counties the actual Acreage of mangolds has changed but little since 1880, although fairly substantial increases are recorded in the midland divisions and decreases in the eastern divisions. In relation to the arable ozone there is a fairly general increase except in the eastern Vision. Apart from Lincoln (Holland), the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough, where the average yields are from 24 to 27 tons ber acre, the highest yields of mangolds are secured in the western divisions of England with averages of 21 to 21} tons per acre. In the eastern and north-eastern divisions the average yields wre about 18 and 18} tons respectively or less than the average for the whole country, viz., 19 tons per acre.

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