BRITISH AGRICULTURE
REDUCTION IN AREA UNDER CROPS. GROWTH OF BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. Rugby, August 12. The annual figures just compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture show a reduction in the acreage under crops and grass and in the number of horses, but an increase in cattle, sheep and pigs. Forecasts based on the conditions prevailing at the beginning of this month anticipate an increase in wheat crops, but a decrease in barley and oats on last year. A further increase in the acreage of sugarbeet is recorded, and a total of 221,700 acres larger than in 1926, and fully four times that of 1925.—British Official Wireless.
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Southland Times, Issue 20256, 15 August 1927, Page 7
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