STATISTICS. (Hansard, 16 July 1931)

§ Mr. L. SMITH

asked the Minister of Agriculture the acreage in 1875 and in 1930 of agricultural holdings in England and Wales devoted to arable land, permanent grass for hay and not for hay, respectively, to rough grazing, wheat, barley, oats, mixed corn, rye, beans, peas, potatoes, turnips, swedes, mangolds, sugar-beet, small fruit, and orchards, and for the same years and countries the total number of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs; and the total number of poultry on

ACREAGE under certain crops and grass and number of livestock in England and Wales as returned on 25th June, 1875, and on 4th June, 1930.
—	1875.	1930.
England.	Wales.	England and Wales.	England.	Wales.	England and Wales.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Arable Land	13,576,026	1,029,830	14,605,856	9,176,035	656,914	9,832,949
Permanent Grass—
For Hay	3,118,554	381,677	3,500,231	4,414,134	636,802	5,050,936
Not for Hay	7,417,729	1,284,636	8,702,365	9,029,664	1,466,898	10,496,562
Rough Grazings	^*	^*	^*	3,575,469	1,718,175	5,293,644
Wheat	3,128,547	111,797	3,240,344	1,325,717	20,433	1,346,150
Barley	2,090,423	154,444	2,244,867	978,724	41,501	1,020,225
Oats	1,421,951	237,170	1,659,121	1,604,757	173,840	1,778,597
Mixed Corn	†	†	†	108,691	22,004	130,695
Rye	43,544	1,593	45,137	43,742	254	43,996
Beans	533,455	3,398	536,853	174,939	930	175,869
Peas	310,623	3,776	314,399	133,707	614	134,321
Potatoes	320,477	44,505	364,982	404,080	20,580	424,660
Turnips and Swedes	1,569,049	70,326	1,639,375	629,623	41,813	671,436
Mangolds	352,198	7,261	359,459	277,730	10,556	288,286
Sugar Beet	292	—	292	346,359	898	347,257
Small Fruit	^*	^*	^*	65,432§	777§	66,209§
Orchards	150,600‡	2,535‡	153,135‡	241,779§	5,200§	246,979§
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Total Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) and unbroken horses.	1,031,776	124,711	1,156,487	704,195	104,647	808,842
Total Cattle	4,218,470	651,274	4,869,744	5,065,026	784,750	5,849,776
Total Sheep	19,114,634	2,951,810	22,066,444	12,213,438	4,102,405	16,315,843
Total Pigs	1,875,357	203,348	2,078,705	2,104,299	205,942	2,310,241
	1913.	1930.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Total Poultry	29,422,472	3,020,976	32,443,448	47,416,052	4,139,146	51,555,198
^* Not collected.
† Not separately distinguished. The area of mixed corn was apportioned among wheat, barley and oats.
‡ Acreage of arable or grass lands used for fruit trees of any kind. This acreage is also included with the crop, grass or bare fallow beneath the trees.
§ Includes small fruit in orchards.

802W

similar holdings for 1930 in England and Wales, and for the earliest year for which figures are available, together with the total number of farm workers, seasonal and not seasonal, not including employers and their families, for England and Wales for each of the two Census years nearest 1875 and 1930, and the total number of farmers for the same two Census years?

NUMBER OF PERSONS (†) returned as employed in Agriculture (‡) in England and Wales at each Population Census, 1871 and 1921.
—	1871.^*	1921.§
England	Wales.	England and Wales.	England.	Wales.	England and Wales.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Total number of Farm Workers	941,243	55,411	996,654	581,199	34,356	615,555
Total number of Farmers	211,788	38,119	249,907	225,959	38,134	264,093
^* Figures for 1871 include those who had retired from agriculture and not taken up other employment.
† Excluding relatives assisting in the work of the farm.
‡ Excluding horticulture.
§ Comparison with 1871 is affected by alterations in the classification during the intervening period.