§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, S.E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture if he can state what amount of land in Essex has gone out of cultivation, i.e., from under plough into rough grass, practically out of tillage, during the last 10 years?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron WaldenA comparison of the Agricultural Returns for the year 1892 with those for 1882 shows that in the County of Essex there has been a decrease of 36,861 acres of arable land, an increase of 34,439 acres of permanent pasture, and a decrease of 2,422 acres in the total cultivated area.