Acreages of different crops, as reported by Agricultural Censuses 1957-60

Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1957-60	1960
Wheat	1,986,660
Barley	3,020,146
Oats	964,279
Mixed Corn for threshing	160,720
Rye for threshing	17,079
Beans for stockfeeding	80,665
Peas for stockfeeding	11,483
Potatoes, first earlies	88,370
Potatoes, main crop & second earlies	477,287
Turnips, swedes & fodder beet for stockfeeding	188,601
Sugar Beet	419,327
Mangolds	120,977
Rape	43,310
Kale for stockfeeding	322,348
Cabbage, savoys, & kohl rabi for stockfeeding	18,074
Vetches or Tares	18,961
Mustard	25,913
Hops	20,288
Orchards with crops, fallow or grass below the trees	223,619
Orchards with small fruit below the trees	7,791
Small fruit not under orchard trees	31,303
Vegetables (excluding potatoes) grown in the open	389,989
Fruit & vegetables not grown primarily for sale	5,977
Crops under glass	4,373
Bulbs & flowers grown in the open, & nursery stock	31,189
All other crops	46,777
Bare Fallow	179,635
Lucerne	80,656
Clover & Rotation Grasses: For mowing	2,097,747
Clover & Rotation Grasses: For grazing	1,714,770

Date:	Source:
1960	Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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