Mr. MALONEasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will furnish a table showing the acreage of arable land in this country for 1913 and for every year since 1918?
Mr. GUINNESSThe acreage of arable land in England and Wales as returned by occupiers in 1913 and in the years 249W 1918 to 1927 is shown in the following statement:
Year. Arable land acres. 1913 … … … 11,058,233 1918 … … … 12,398,640 1919 … … … 12,308,876 1920 … … … 12,019,745 1921 … … … 11,618,236 1922 … … … 11,310,515 1923 … … … 11,181,137 1924 … … … 10,928,673 1925 … … … 10,682,053 1926 … … … 10,547,n5 1927 … … … 10,310,087