HC Deb 22 July 1931 vol 255 c1509W
Sir H. SAMUEL

asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the acreage under beet and the acreage under potatoes in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, and Cambridgeshire (Isle of Ely), taken together,

— Year. Sugar Beet. Potatoes.
Acres. Acres.
Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and 1929 144,511 183,107
Isle of Ely. 1930 219,703 147,052
Increase or Decrease + 75,192 - 36,055
Percentage Increase or Decrease. + 52.0 - 19.7
Rest of England 1929 84,842 313,134
1930 126,656 257,028
Increase or Decrease + 41,814 - 56,106
Percentage Increase or Decrease. + 49.3 - 17.9