TABLE 3. 
Acreage under the Principal Farm Crops in England and Wales in five-year periods from 1871-5 io 1921-5 and in the 
year 1925. . 
(See Chapters II and 111.) 
Period. 
[871-1875 
[876-1880 
1881-1885 
1886-1890 
1891-1895 
1896-1900 
1901-1905 
1906-1910 
1911-1915 
1916-1920 
1921-1925 
1925 
Wheat. | 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
ACTesS. 
3,404 
2,959 
2,646 
2,341 
1,907 
1,858 
1.594 
(,679 
1,877 
2,097 
1,746 
1.500 
Barley.| 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
Acres. 
2,115 
2,243 
2,034 
L911 
1,881 
1,769 
1.641 
1,501 
1,435 
1,488 
1,352 
1.318 
Oats. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
ACT'eS. 
1,664 
(717 
1,870 
1,935 
2,116 
2,039 
2,134 
2,104 
2,022 
2,392 
2,039 
1.868 
Beans. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
ACTes. 
528 
142 
£19 
337 
266 
232 
237 
285 
281 
248 
240 
TGs. 
Peas. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
ACES. 
337 
278 
231 
225 
21% 
175 
172 
166 
166 
145 
152 
131 
Total 
corn 
STOPS. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
ACT'es. 
3,097 
7,684 
7,242 
5,803 
6,434 
6,132 
5,833 
5,786 
5,832 
6,538 
5,725 
5.182 
Pota- 
toes. 
T'urnips| 
and 
swedes. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
acres. acres. 
382 1,625 
354 1,560 
388 1,538 
t14 1,476 
390 1,460 
t14 1,313 
144 1,160 
118 1,121 
152 1,046 
318 959 
506 | 843 
193 06 
Man- 
oolds. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
acres. 
338 
349 
237 
344 
349 
365 J 
106 
139 
140 
390 
390 
259 
Small 
fruit. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
acres. 
UX 
_¥ 
ea 
61 
67 
71 
76 
77 
66 
7 
[RK 
Hops. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
acres. 
64 
69 
68 
61 
58 
52 
49 
39 
35 
20 
26 
28 
Clover 
and 
rotation 
oTasses. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
ACTeS. 
3,051 
3,076 
2,914 
3,121 
3,044 
3,191 
3,140 
2,801 
2,474 
2,378 
2,515 
9 574 
Bare 
fallow. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
acres. 
601 
668 
711 
489 
442 
356 
347 
300 
327 
481 
133 
163 
Total 
arable 
land. 
Thou- 
sands 
of 
acres. 
14,766 
14,348 
13,747 
13,243 
12.676 
12.356 
11,914 
11,444 
(1,131 
11,805 
11,144 
10.682 
— 
9) 
~1 
# Not separately distinguished until 1887. 
Figures for individual years will be found in the annual issues of the Agricultural Statistics