§ Sir J. Gilmourasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average yield per acre of the crops of barley, wheat, oats and potatoes in Scotland in each of the last five years; and how this compares with the yield in England and Wales over the same period.
§ Mr. RossThe information is set out in the table below.
Barley (cwt. per acre) Wheat (cwt. per acre) Oats (cwt. per acre) Potatoes (tons per acre) Scotland 1962 29.6 32.2 21.0 8.8 1963 27.0 27.8 20.6 7.3 1964 30.9 36.4 21.7 8.7 1965 30.9 32.4 22.4 8.7 1966 27.7 31.7 22.4 8.8 England and Wales 1962 29.0 34.8 25.2 9.2 1963 28.3 31.3 24.6 9.0 1964 29.4 33.7 26.4 9.2 1965 29.9 32.4 26.7 10.6 1966 28.2 30.5 27.6 10.1