§ 69. Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the total number of acres of wheat and oats under cultivation in 1913, and for each year down to and including 1922?
§ Sir R. SANDERSAs the reply is in the form of a statistical statement, I propose, with the permission of the hon. Member, to circulate: it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The statement is as follows:
§ The area under wheat and oats in England and Wales in the years 1913 to 1922, as returned by occupiers of agricultural holdings exceeding one acre in extent, was as follows:
| Wheat. | Oats. | |||
| Acres. | Acres. | |||
| 1913 | … | … | 1,701,588 | 1,974,700 |
| 1914 | … | … | 1,807,498 | 1,929,626 |
| 1915 | … | … | 2,170,170 | 2,088,047 |
| 1916 | … | … | 1,912,208 | 2,084,674 |
| 1917 | … | … | 1,918,485 | 2,258,909 |
| 1918 | … | … | 2,556,661 | 2,780,063 |
| 1919 | … | … | 2,221,195 | 2,564,326 |
| 1920 | … | … | 1,874,652 | 2,271,703 |
| 1921 | … | … | 1,976,004 | 2,148,943 |
| 1922 | … | … | 1,966,917 | 2,163,965 |