62
THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
in Great Britain and Ireland in thousands of bushels and tons for the years named : —
Great Britain
Ireland
Description of Crops
, , , 1
1909 1,000
1910 1911 1,000 1,000
1912 1,000
1908 1,000
1909 1910
1911
1,000 1,000
1,000
Quatrs.
Quatrs. Quatrs.
Quatrs.
Quatrs.
Quatrs. Quatrs.
Quatrs.
Wheat ....
7,680
6,860
7,832
7,010
174
219 -215
207
Barley and Here .
7,617
7,059
6,374
6,411
856
1,001 822
852
Oats ....
15,378
15,229
14,294
13,736
6,548
6,964 6,746
6,073
Beans ....
],117
1,084
960
966
9
9 10
8
Peas
550
501
462
4901
1
1 1
1
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000 1,000
1,000
Tons
Tons Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons Tons
Tons
Potatoes
3,674
3,477
3,825
3,180
3,200
3,203 2,871
3,695
Tiirnips and Swedes
25,124
25,695
16,397
20,278
5,417
4,970 4,624
5,273
1 Partly estiinated.
The following table sliows the estimated average yield per acre of the principal crops : —
Description of Crops
Great Britain
Ireland
1909 Bushls.
1910
1911
Bushls.
1912 Buslils.
1908
1909
1910 Bushls.
1911
Bushls.
Bushls.
Bushls.
Bushls.
Wheat ....
33-69
30-34
32.87
29-12
38-02
40-23
36-03
36-76
Barley and Bere .
36-61
32-67
31-91
81-12
44 -.30
49-09
39-12
43-08
Oats ....
41 -26
40-33
37-98
36-28
49-40
53-79
50-26
46-70
Beans
•28-66
32-42
25-21
27-61
40-15
44-53
41-96
35 92
Peas ....
25-89
26-17
-26-37
—
24-90 _
30-67
27-94
27-85
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Potatoes
6-39
6-44
G-69
5-19
5-45
5-52
4 -84
6-25
Turnips and Swedes
16-15
16-41
10-49
13-41
19-41
17-95
16-80
19-47
For the quantities of cereals and live stock imported, see under Commerce. The number of holdings in each of the 4 classes into which they are grouped (from 1 acre upwards) is given as follows for 1911 :—
Size of Holdings, 1911
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
1 — 5 acres 5— 50 „ . . 50—300 „ . . Over 300 acres
82,536 167,628 110,110
14,377
10,210
32,112
17,965
370
17,848
34,300
23,122
2,679
110,596
234,040
151,197
17,426
Total Average size of hold- ings . . acres
374,653 65-3
60,657 45-7
77,949 62-2
513,259 62-5
Of the holdings in England, 48,124 were owned, or mainly owned, and 326,529 rent<!d ; of those in Wales, 6,05iJ and 54,605 respectively ; in Scot- land, 6,041 and 71,908 respectively. The acreage under crops and grass occupied by owners was 2,970,632 acres in England, 276,339 in Wales, and 569,881 in Scotland : total, 3,816,852 in Great Britain.
