FARMING IN BRITAIN.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE RETURNS. ■..<»•;. (By Cable—Frees Association—Copyright) (Australian and .i.Z. Cjabw Association.) (Received August 10th, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 10. The returns of the Board of Agriculture for 1920 show that the farmed area in England and Wales under crops or grass was 26,189,000 acres, a decrease of 368,000 acres. The area under wheat nas 1,978,000 abres, an increase of 103,(00 acres. : The acreage under barlev declined: by 202,600 acres, and under oats by 137,000 acres. The live stock figures were:—Horses 1,384,000, an increase of 18,000; cattle '5,515,000,' a decrease of 81,000; aheep 13,806,000, an increase of 423,000; and pigs 2,505,000. an increase of 611,000.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17221, 11 August 1921, Page 7
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