In the eastern counties it is naturally at its maximum and
diminishes in the counties with a large pasture area. Thus in
West Suffolk, 84 per cent. of the total cultivated acreage is in
farms of this type, in Cambridge 80 per cent., Lincoln (Holland)
and Isle of Ely 75 per cent., Norfolk 72 per cent., and East Suffolk
69 per cent., while in Leicester, Hereford, Somerset, Westmorland
and several Welsh counties the proportion occupied by arable
farms is less than 2 per cent. The figures for each county are
Siven in Table 24 in the Appendix, and they are also shown
graphically in Map XVII. For this purpose the cultivated area
which is occupied by holdings under 20 acres is not taken into
account as the object is to show the extent of land in the different
counties occupied by the definitely agricultural holdings of
different types.

5. Farms exceeding 20 acres in extent, mainly pasture land.—
The farms included in this group have as a minimum 70 per cent.
of their area in permanent pasture, and the following table shows
that the average proportion is over 87% per cent., and in farms
from 20-50 acres, nearly 93 per cent. in permanent pasture. In
addition, these farms have small areas under rotation grasses.
The number of live stock carried is generally proportionately
heavier on the smaller sized farms, and is appreciably larger than
On the mainly arable farms, except as regards pigs.

DistriBUTION OF CROPS AND Livestock oN HOLDINGS OVER
20 ACRES IN EXTENT CONSISTING MAINLY OF PASTURE LAND.
(Per 100 acres of Crops and Grass.)

20-50
Acres.

50-100
Acres.

100—
150
Acres.

150—
300
Acres.

300-500

Acres.

Over
500
Acres.

Average
all sizes.

Corn Crops - -
Potatoes  - .
Rootg : -
Rotation grasses
Other crops (including
 bare
fallow) - .
Lota] arable -
b Srmanent pasture
 a

Acres.
3:08
0-49
1-22
1-46

Acres.
5-37
0-45
1-74
92.57

Acres.
6-68
0-38
1-91 |
3.19

Acres.
7-44
0-29
2-04
3.57

Acres.
7-67
0-24
2:00
3:38

Acres.
6-82
0-20
1-77
3-11

Acres.
6-09
0-37
1-79
2-87

1-06
7-31

1-06
11:19

|

1-18
13-34

1-32
14-66

1-46
14-75

1:59
13-49

1-22
12-34
87-66
No.
13:99

92-69
No. |
18-88

88-81
No.
16-14

86-66
No.
14-17

85-34
No.
12-35

85-25 |
No.
8:79

86-51
No.
6:26

Dairy cattle =
Other cattle (including
 calves)
Lota] cattle -
Sheep -
Pigg . .
Fowls

16-36
35-24
72:59
14-81
202-86

15-63
31-77
84-34
9-70
17-96

15-27
29-44
78-35
7:76
75-58

15-39
27-74
79-43
6-73
50-66

15-66
24-45
83:39
5-00
33.65

15-51
21-77
97-06
4-61
26-11

15-62
29.61
80-43
8-68
03:33

The average number of cattle carried on these farms ig
early 30 per 100 acres, as compared with an average of rather

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