BRITISH AGRICULTURE.
INCREASED AREA UNDER
CROP.
A and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter,
(Received August 29, 12.40 p.m.j
LONDON, August 28. The Board of Agriculture reports that the arable area in England is 12.400.000 acres, an increase of 1.150.000 acres compared with 1917, and a record for twenty years. The wheat acreage increased 'by 038,000 acres, oats by 23 per cent, and potatoes by 25 per cent.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12409, 29 August 1918, Page 6
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