Chapter XXVII: Appendix

Whilst this Work was passing through the press, a valuable Report on Agricultural Statistics was issued by the Board of Trade. The following statistics, collected from this Report, are here given, because they modify the statements made in page 5:--

POPULATION, AREA, ACREAGE UNDER CROPS, ETC., AND NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK,
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1867.

+-------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | England. | Wales. | Scotland. | Ireland. |
| | | | | |
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Population (1866) | 20,276,494 | 1,187,103 | 3,136,057 | 5,571,971|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Area (in Statute Acres) | 32,590,397 | 4,734,486 |19,639,377 | 20,322,641|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Under Corn Crops | 7,399,347 | 521,404 | 1,364,029 | 2,115,137|
| " Green Crops | 2,691,734 | 138,387 | 668,042 | 1,432,252|
| " Bare Fallow | 753,210 | 86,257 | 83,091 | 26,191|
| " Grass--Clover, &c.,| 2,478,117 | 300,756 | 1,211,101 | 1,658,451|
| Under Rotation | | | | |
|Permanent Pasture, | | | | |
| not broken up in | | | | |
| Rotation[39] | 9,545,675 | 1,472,359 | 1,053,285 | 10,057,072|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Per-centage of | | | | |
| Acreage:[40]-- | | | | |
|Under Corn Crops | 32.3 | 20.7 | 31.1 | 13.6 |
| " Green Crops | 11.7 | 5.5 | 15.3 | 9.2 |
| " Bare Fallow | 3.3 | 3.4 | 1.9 | .2 |
| " Grass--Clover, &c.,| | | | |
| under Rotation | 10.8 | 11.9 | 27.7 | 10.7 |
|Permanent Pasture[41] | 41.6 | 58.5 | 24.0 | 64.7 |
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Number of Cattle | 3,469,026 | 544,538 | 979,470 | 3,702,378|
| " of Sheep | 19,798,337 | 2,227,161 | 6,893,603 | 4,826,015|
| " of Pigs | 2,548,755 | 229,917 | 188,307 | 1,233,893|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Number of Live Stock | | | | |
| to every 100 Acres | | | | |
| under Crops, Fallow, | | | | |
| and Grass:-- | | | | |
| Cattle | 15.1 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 23.8 |
| Sheep | 86.3 | 88.4 | 157.4 | 31.1 |
| Pigs | 11.1 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 7.9 |
+-------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

+-------------------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------+
| | | Channel Islands. | |
| | Isle of +-----------+-----------+ Total for |
| | Man. | | Guernsey, | United |
| | | Jersey. | &c. | Kingdom |
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Population (1866) | 52,469 | 55,613 | 35,365 | 30,315,072|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Area (in Statute Acres) | 180,000 | 28,717 | 17,967 | 77,513,585|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Under Corn Crops | 27,039 | 2,827 | 2,157 | 11,431,940|
| " Green Crops | 12,670 | 5,636 | 3,075 | 4,951,796|
| " Bare Fallow | 1,990 | 2,550 | 709 | 953,998|
| " Grass--Clover, &c.,| 26,884 | 3,250 | 874 | 5,679,433|
| Under Rotation | | | | |
|Permanent Pasture, | | | | |
| not broken up in | | | | |
| Rotation[39] | 15,915 | 6,092 | 6,143 | 22,156,541|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Per-centage of | | | | |
| Acreage:[40]-- | | | | |
|Under Corn Crops | 32.0 | 13.9 | 16.7 | 25.1 |
| " Green Crops | 15.0 | 27.6 | 23.7 | 10.9 |
| " Bare Fallow | 2.4 | 12.5 | 5.5 | 2.1 |
| " Grass--Clover, &c.,| | | | |
| under Rotation | 31.8 | 16.0 | 6.7 | 12.4 |
|Permanent Pasture[41] | 18.8 | 30.0 | 47.4 | 48.7 |
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Number of Cattle | 18,672 | 10,081 | 7,308 | 8,731,473|
| " of Sheep | 70,958 | 529 | 1,348 | 33,817,951|
| " of Pigs | 7,706 | 5,804 | 6,718 | 4,221,100|
| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Number of Live Stock | | | | |
| to every 100 Acres | | | | |
| under Crops, Fallow, | | | | |
| and Grass:-- | | | | |
| Cattle | 22.1 | 49.5 | 56.4 | 19.2 |
| Sheep | 84.0 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 74.3 |
| Pigs | 9.1 | 28.5 | 51.8 | 9.3 |
+-------------------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------+

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[Footnote 39: Exclusive of heath or mountain land.]

[Footnote 40: The per-centage of acreage is exclusive of Hops in Great Britain, and Flax in Ireland.]

[Footnote 41: Including under Flax, 253,105 acres.]