A

100 acres of tilled land the area occupied by the different Crops
is shown below :—

DistriBurioNn or Crops PER 100 ACRES OF TILLAGE,

Average of
Years.

1871-75
1881-85
1891-95
1901-05
1906-10
1911-15
1916-20
1921-25
1925

Average
of

Years.

Potatoes.


Acres.
1871-75 3-3
1881-85 3-6
1891-95 4:0
1901-05 5-1
1906-10 4-8
1911-15 5-2
1916-20 = 5-5
1921-25 | 5-9
1925 6-1

Wheat.

Barley. |

Acres. Acres.
29-1 18-0
24-4 18-8
19-8 19-5
18:2 18-7
19-4 17-4
21-7 16-6
22.2 15-8
20-2 | 15-7
18-5 16-3

=

Turnips
and
Swedes.

Mancolds.


Acres.
13-9
14-2
15-2
13-2
13-0
12-1
10-2
9.8
10-9

Acres.
2-9
3:1
3:6
4-6
5-1

Oats.

nd

Acres.
14-2
17-3
22-0
24-3
24-3
23-4
25-4
23-6
23:0

Bare
Fallow.

Acres.
5-1
6-5
4-6
3-9
35
3-8
5-1
5-0
5-7

Other
Corn.

Acres.
7-8
6-4
5-5
5-3
5-8
5-7
6-0
6-8
6-1

Miscellaneous

Crops.

Acres.
5-7
5:7
5:8
6-7
6-7
6-4
5-7
8-5
9.9

Total Corn
Crops.

kal

Acres.
69-1
66-9
66-8
66-5
66-9
67-4
69-4
66-3
63-9

Total
(excluding
Corn).

Acres.
30-9
33-1
33-2
33-5
33-1
32:6
30-6
33-9
36-1

It will be seen that although wheat and barley are less
cultivated, their place has largely been taken by oats, so that
about two-thirds of the land that is not in grass of one sort or
another is still devoted to corn.