§ Mr. LEONARDasked the Minister of Agriculture the acreage under wheat cultivation and the number of agricultural workers employed in general agriculture in the county of Northampton during each of the last 10 years?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe following statement shows the acreage under wheat and the number of workers* employed on agricultural holdings above one acre in extent, as returned on 4th June in each of the undermentioned years, in the county of Northampton (including the Soke of Peterborough):
Year. Wheat. Agricultural Workers. Acres. No. 1922 … … 55,678 † 1923 … … 48,746 12,906 1924 … … 43,682 13,219 1925 … … 41,482 13,271 1926 … … 45,436 12,908 1927 … … 45,005 12,333 1928 … … 37,110 12,160 1929 … … 35,536 11,859 1930 … … 37,259 11,015 1931 … … 30,989 10,438 * Excluding the occupier, his wife and domestic servants. † Not collected in 1922.