Viscountess ASTORasked the Minister of Agriculture the wheat acreage for the past two years and also the anticipated acreage for the coming season, based on the last available reports in his possession?
§ Major ELLIOTThe acreage under wheat on agricultural holdings above one acre in extent in England and Wales, as returned on the 4th June, 1931 and 1932, was as follows:
Acres. 1931 … … … 1,196,701 1932 … … … 1,287,944 Information obtained from the Ministry's crop reporters on 1st January, 1933, indicated that the area of autumn-sown wheat was about 17 per cent. greater than at the end of 1931. Later reports indicate that the area of spring-sown wheat is also rather larger than last year.