Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census in 1881.

Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1881-	1881	1885
Wheat	2,731,071	2,423,163
Barley or Bere	2,171,817	2,019,874
Oats	1,870,548	1,894,205
Rye	34,277	43,744
Beans	420,327	411,518
Peas	215,233	228,610
Potatoes	390,173	399,737
Turnips & Swedes	1,545,038	1,530,745
Mangold	346,771	353,028
Carrots	14,309	15,304
Cabbage, Kohl Rabi, & Rape	139,437	147,246
Vetches, Lucerne & other Green Crops	370,775	415,623
Flax	6,423	2,449
Hops	64,943	71,327
Bare Fallow	776,167	537,134
Clover, Sainfoin, & Grasses under Rotation	2,880,353	3,082,428

Date:	Source:
1881 - 1885	Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1885	Robert Schwartz (Department of History, Mount Holyoke College). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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