HC Deb 23 November 1916 vol 87 c1642W
Viscount WOLMER

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he can state the amounts of the hay crop for the years 1912–16, inclusive?

Mr. ACLAND

The total production of hay in England and Wales is estimated to have been as follows during the last five years: 1912, 8,125,484 tons; 1913, 9,052,322 tons; 1914, 7,265,378 tons; 1915, 6,586,737 tons; and 1916, 8,837,079 tons.