The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14

Acreage under each Crop, Fallow, and Grass; and Number of Live Stock in Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands

Acreage under each Crop, Fallow, and Grass; and Number of Live Stock in Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

Corn Crops.

Years.	Wheat.	Barley or Bere.	Oats.	Rye.	Beans.	Peas.	Total Corn Crops.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Years.
1868	3,951,018	2,348,068	4,469,387	54,827	538,943	397,612	11,659,855	1868
1869	3,981,989	2,483,277	4,480,125	72,986	584,251	397,483	12,000,111	1869
1870	3,773,663	2,623,752	4,424,536	74,527	539,968	318,607	11,755,053	1870
1871	3,831,054	2,616,965	4,862,139	81,222	550,613	391,250	11,833,243	1871
1872	3,839,532	2,543,581	4,340,748	75,849	534,341	364,194	11,698,245	1872
1873	3,670,259	2,574,529	4,198,495	60,121	598,121	321,007	11,422,532	1873
1874	3,830,767	2,507,130	4,088,825	56,274	568,984	312,854	11,364,834	1874
1875	3,514,088	2,751,363	4,476,177	64,579	574,414	818,110	11,399,030	1875
1876	3,121,342	2,762,263	4,298,722	64,951	528,556	295,012	11,074,846	1876
1877	3,321,065	2,652,300	4,238,957	70,703	506,701	313,170	11,103,196	1877
1878	3,381,701	2,722,879	4,124,029	71.074	446,466	284,026	11,030,175	1878
1879	3,056,428	2,931,809 2,695,000	3,998,200	58,288	453,751	278,983	10,777,459	1879
1880	3,065,895		4491,716	47,937	436,361	235,177	10,672,086	1880
1881	2,967,059	2,662,927	4,306,391	49,084	451.310	217,928	10,654,697	1881
1882	3,163,899	2,452,077	4,244,639	64,382	447,115	248,084	10,620,196	1882
1883	2,713,282	2,486,137	4,370,076	58,082	458,440	240,501	10,326,518	1883
1884	2,749,470	2,346,102	4,277,915	54,234	454,839	230,697	10,113,257	1884
1885	2,553,235	2,446,868	4,283,481	59,301	441,267	231,203	10,015,355	1885

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Green Crops.

	Potatoes.	Turnips.	Mangold.	Carrots.	Cabbage, &c.	Vetches, &c.	Total Green Crops.
Years.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Years.
1868	1,584,213	2,495,536	268,780	17,815	157,525	341,188	4,865,057	1868
1869	1,635,347	2,502,512	314,421	18,831	187,667	407,155	6,095,933	1869
1870	1,639,296	2,559,629	332,409	19,925	189,344	366,532	6,107,135	1870
1871	1,693,825	2,500,565	392,941	25,047	222,610	436,410	6,271,398	1871
1872	1,563,691	2,439,336	864,699	20,977	228,118	495,173	6,111,994	1872
1873	1,425,720	2,479,847	364,552	19,891	212,326	468,776	4,971,112	1873
1874	1,420,825	2,476,757	361,499	17,865	210,578	470,159	4,957,683	1874
1875	1,431,879	2,485,256	405,527	18,833	231,717	483,817	6,057,029	1875
1876	1,391,885	2,500,425	397,217	19,845	220,439	427,986	4,957,797	1876
1877	1,392,784	2,419,296	407,518	19,943	229,786	492,364	4,961,691	1877
1878	1,364,508	2,372,198	389,306	19,163	218,855	468,165	4,832,195	1878
1879	1,392,822	2,341,527	415,450	20,913	208,808	492,036	4,871,556	1879
1880	1,380,578	2,336,499	385,348	21,402	204,016	418,450	4,746,293	1880
1881	1,443,434	2,341,045	394,651	20,012	177,560	426,509	4,803,211	1881
1882	1,388,307	2,328,880	370,974	17,271	192,638	450,187	4,748,257	1882
1883	1,359,726	2,346,216	368,811	17,184	187,685	429,312	4,708,934	1883
1884	1,373,845	2,342,577	363,060	17,062	192,397	444,958	4,733,899	1884
1885	1,350,111	2,322,469	392,945	20,040	201,062	472,656	4,765,283	1885

Other Crops, Grass, &c.

	Flax.	Hops.	Bare Arable Land.	Clover, Sainfoin and Grasses, under Rotation.	Permanent Pasture.	Woods, Coppices, &c.	Total.
Years.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Years.
1868	224,034	64,488	984,216	5,690,318	22,164,584	321,314*	29,448,984	1868
1869	250,120	61,792	761,369	5,149,552	22,811,284	320,461*	29,354,578	1869
1870	218,870	60,597	630,294	6,320,126	22,085,295	320,853*	29,636,035	1870
1871	174,269	60,033	565,886	6,236,588	22,525,761	2,500,461	32,062,998	1871
1872	137,360	61,927	667,299	6,354,319	22,838,142	2,512,251	32,571,298	1872
1873	144,115	63,278	720,990	6,240,900	23,363,990	2,512,251	33,045,524	1873
1874	116,280	65,806	673,376	6,284,925	23,680,416	2,512,251	33,333,054	1874
1875	107,999	69,172	570,005	6,337,953	23,772,602	2,512,251	33,369,982	1875
1876	140,519	69,999	668,363	6,641,184	24,053,273	2,511,106	34,079,444	1876
1877	130,846	71,239	633,495	6,460,404	23,903,314	2,515,491	33,714,789	1877
1878	119,076	71,789	650.238	6,557,748	24,065,394	2,517,894	33,982,139	1878
1879	135,060	67,671	738,264	6,450,905	24,395,905	2,523,924	34,311,729	1879
1880	166,521	66,698	823,778	6,389,232	24,717,092	2,798,158	34,966,479	1880
1881	153,624	64,943	817,698	6,384,172	24,767,767	2,787,003	34,975,207	1881
1882	118,722	65,619	806,167	6,333,064	24,963,205	2,788,299	35,075,076	1882
1883	100,262	68.016	803,225	6,371,799	25,288,520	2.789,605	85,121,427	1883
1884	91,444	69,259	773,542	6,392,159	25,667,206	2,790,306	85,783,916	1884
1885	110,639	71,327	579,707	6,740,113	25,616,071	2,787,747	35,905,604	1885
						Ireland only.

General Summary.

Years.	Corn Crops. Acres.	Green Crops. Acres.	Other Crops, Grass, &c.	Total. Acres.	Years.
1868	11,659,855	4,865,057	29,448,984	45,973,896	1868	The area of the United Kingdom, including the Channel Islands, being about 77¾ millions of acres, and only about 50½ millions being accounted for in the foregoing Table, upwards of 27 millions remain for land covered by orchards, nursery gardens, market gardens, buildings, bogs, moors, lakes, mountains, ana waste lands, much of it capable of reclamation and cultivation, and which would undoubtedly be reclaimed if there were free trade in land.
1869	12,000,111	6,095,933	29,354,578	46,450,622	1869
1870	11,755,053	5,107,135	29,036,035	40,188,223	1870
1871	11,833,243	6,271,398	32,062,998	49,167,639	1871
1872	11,628,245	5,111,994	32,571,298	49,381,537	1872
1873	11,422,532	4,971,112	33,045,524	49,439,168	1873
1874	11,364,834	4,957,683	33,333,054	49,655,571	1874
1875	11,399,030	5,057,029	33,369,982	49,826,041	1875
1876	11,074,846	4,957,797	34,079,444	60,142,087	1876
1877	11,103,196	4,961,691	33,714,789	49,779,676	1877
1878	11,030,175	4,832,195	33,982,139	49,844,509	1878
1879	10,777,459	4,871,556	34,311,729	49,930,744	1879
1880	10,672,086	4,746,293	34,966,479	50,384,858	1880
1881	10,654,697	4,803,211	34,975,207	50,433,115	1881
1882	10.620,196	4,718,257	35,075,076	60,443,529	1882
1883	10,326,518	4,708,934	35,421.427	50,456,879	1883
1884	10,113,257	4,733,899	35,783.916	50,631,072	1884
1885	10,016,355	4,765,283	35,905,604	50,686,242	1885

Live Stock,

	Horses.
	Used solely for Agricultural Purposes, breeding Mares, & Unbroken Horses. Duty free. No.	Other kinds subject Duty in Great Britain only.*				Pigs.
Years.	No.	No.	Total. Horses.	Cattle.	Sheep.	Exclusive of those kept in Towns, and by Cottagers.	Years.
1868	No Returns	...	...	9,083,416	35,607,812	3,189,167	1868
1869	...	...	...	9,078,282	34,250,272	3,028,394	1869
1870	1,750,498	880,808	2,631,806	9,235,052	32,786,783	3,650,730	1870
1871	1,742,599	955,624	2,698,223	9,346,216	31,403,500	4,136,616	1871
1872	1,747,899	967,408	2,715,307	9,718,505	32,246,642	4,178,000	1872
1873	1,759,840	972,991	2,732,831	10,153,670	33,982,404	3,563,532	1873
1874	1,789,467	972,681	2,762,148	10,281,036	34,837,597	3,537,354	1874
1875	1,819,687	971,164	2,790,851	10,162,787	33,491,948	3,495,167	1875
1876	1,863,410	970,331	2,833,741	9,997,189	32,252,579	3,734,429	1876
1877	1,894,128	971,597	2,865,725	9,731,537	32,220,067	3,984,447	1877
1878	1,927,066	971,845	2,898,911	9,701,288	32,571,018	3,767,960	1878
1879	1,955,394	973,767	2,929,161	9,961,536	32,237,958	3,178,106	1879
1880	1,929,680	972,869	2,902,549	9,871,153	30,239,620	2,863,488	1880
1881	1,920,619	...	...	9,905,018	27,896,273	3,149,173	1881
1882	1,905,317	...	...	9,832,417	27,448,220	3,950,495	1882
1883	1,898,745	...	...	10,097,943	28,347,560	3,986,427	1883
1884	1,904,515	...	...	10,422,762	29,376,787	3,906,205	1884
1885	1,909,200	...	...	10,868,760	30,086,200	3,686,628	1885

^* Repealed 1869.

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