yx 
(1) Farms and holdings of 
20 acres and over. 
(a) Holdings consisting mainly 
of arable land (i.e., 70 per 
cent. or more arable) - - 
(b) Holdings consisting mainly 
of pasture land (i.e., 70 per 
cent. or more pasture) - - 
(¢) Mixed holdings of arable and 
pasture land (not included in 
(or (BY) = eo 
Total - = = = 
Number in each 
oroup. 
No. 
Per 
cent. of 
total 
number. 
39,600 
O.7 
104,200 | 
25-4 
72.900 
17:8 
216,700 
52-0 
Area of each 
group. 
Per 
cent. of 
total 
area. 
Acreage. 
Acres. 
5,460,000 
91-1 
9,146,000 
35-4 
9,522,000 | 
36:8 
24,128,000] 93-3 
(2) Small Holdings, fields and 
parcels of land under 20 acres. 
(@¢) Above 1 and not exceeding 
5 acres - - - - - 
(b) Above 5 acres and not ex- 
ceeding 20 acres - 4 
(3) Fruit and vegetable holdings - 
(4) Poultry holdings - - 
Total all kinds «a 
59,300 
100,500 
28.400 
4,500 
109.400 
14-5 
24-6 
i 
6:9 3 
1-1 
100-0 
189,000 
1,150,000 | 
0-7 
4-4 
379,000 | 
1-5 
31,000 
0-1 
25,877,000 100-0 
The distinction between ordinary holdings and those devoted 
to poultry, fruit or vegetable produce is not very definite. The 
importance of poultry or vegetables in relation to other kinds of 
produce of the holding shows infinite variety, and there must 
inevitably be a large number of borderline cases which a slightly 
different standard of judgment would transfer from one category 
to the other. Hence the classification which has been made is 
somewhat arbitrary, but it has served to remove from the other 
groups of holdings those upon which poultry keeping or the 
growing of fruit and vegetables are quite clearly the main concern. 
The bulk of these fruit, vegetable and poultry farms would, so