HC Deb 17 February 1908 vol 184 c444
MR. FELL (Great Yarmouth)

I beg-to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, how many acres were planted with wheat in the United Kingdom in the past year; and what was the total quantity of wheat produced.

SIR EDWARD STRACHEY

The acreage under wheat in the United Kingdom in 1907 was 1,663,579 acres and the total production 7,066,399 quarters.