The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-19
AGRICULTURE AND GARDENING.
omcinl British Returns for 1904.

Omcini BRUSH Returns Tor 16BA.
From tie Gardener CGronid..
1t Is not so long since farmers. and garden.
ers. too. for that matter. objected to give any
assistance in the compilation Of official statis-
tics. They had a wholesome dread OF fresh or
Of increased taxation. They did not realize
that the information obtained could be used
Tor any HIT oppressive purposes. and they
his love for facts. but lie did not. care for any
himself within the four corners Of his own
premises. For other peoples facts he had u
specially tt tie stress i OF iSreisn au eHmpetiti Hna
have altered :his stat, OF things The love OF
facts Is rs great MS everyday. greater; it
satisfied with his own limited range. but eS-
tends his gathering ground as widely as. he
come . Better appreciatid %'" q The q ps f5%e Hes
and 81 the relative Importance OF facts. The
eeansss o; OF t any psrticular depression. II not
known to be complex. and not to be attrib-
utaoie to any one cause, and therefore not
re ddtps Il by my 1nacL remedy. hoyeye.
al the Agricultural Returns OF Great Britain
cost !! one s" shiil ing i by Eye Ssen & S spos,is1o % a
and which may be had from any bookseller.
comment Much Of the Information contained
IN the report is out OF our score; so tnat, we
L'ai w III ttc httcuttDu
they are likely to be specially Interested. leav-
Ing hem to make fuller perusal of the docu-
Arable land has steadily diminished in
fanf III n a nrr , the ,w Last mi twenty y years to tn the ex.
dtminution does not amply, TO Scotland. where
there has heen an actual increase Of 1900
grass has increased In greater proportion than
the arabic land has diminished. owing to rec
Hons are chiefly grown in Kent. which vje,ds
more than one half OF the annual crop: never
thsless. there has been a diminution in the
extent of nearly 1000 acres.
Nursery groupds in Ensland covered II 1892
county acreage Is Surrey, with 1,733-m3re
r nest in ii94 or'isr .r psin %: the an" Vest ot" iiidi EEsS at Yio sRe
Hsrtio wl.h 5 90? afRg esii. c4 4Ss: M hsi s"5 aG GSf:
land. with l.. aud WostmoreIand. with II
In Scotland. the total acreage Of nursery
grounds in 1892 is given at l.3S3. Of which 373
IRE in the county Of Edinburgh, 152 in Dunn
sire. While H raithnyss. K KIM : I iqrptf.soa.
Orkney. and Shetland have none at ali.
Market gardens in Great Britain are ac-
e pared WITH T't 3 .s5 tS' n i fsSl' Kent 9l an leads I'll the sG iist
With eyer i, 100 ceres: MiddIosex comes next
t Eitn 4 s;5s:' f tnsn b !. iS5! S Tirn VII 5'7,a WoHsf ifsr
these there Is II sudden drop; and. after that. q
gradual d:minution. ~ In Westmoreiand we
In! scot!and alone thsrc are {. 1922 acres under
Ianarf shire. i.57s. AMI EdlnbnrSh I0' f.o26.
while suit erlandshire is ut the other end Of
N" Sr ,iS + Mit" we're Sns r rel Tese mt Hii IN i tssH a Is t osea!
pyinc All aren Of 2os.r50 acres. a slight dimi-
mutton as compared with ]rTevious years.
But II Is 10 The rAturnS relltipg to fruit cul-
.]enslon, q our rsaders' In drsat I Brita i%' and
3.425 acres devoted to small fruit culture.
In the year 1892 we lean that the number OF
s %ssisf nsS S]Snnti IS s N Ens a1iSlti w ,h i7. SS5tat1, . po or
countIes tho ingures are 35.455s and the fh'i FER.
English counties being still onlyH2. In refer
eneH to this subject we tpks this extract:
Increase, The area returned Tor Great britain
vase II ncres. OF which 26.oO2 were In Eng
iia a9n. a A sentSiG ae sysIy E unass tS siGun ns,5 now t re,
ret astu H : nv s NTH heads ss Ht the. ia iist WITT with "|i i5.s! Il
s ssts. Tis acreage f=stasnsa hipMSHi da!ssss s" i
bridge. 2.OGA Full details are given in table
NIL; which indic ate the extent to which
fruits are cultivated. either along with larger
fruit trees in orchards or n mgrket gardens.
The Imports Of fruit are alluded to monthly
In our columns. and In the return before us we
have q statement of the quantities. and values
OF imported fruits, nuts. and vegetables for
ten years We can only say. Ivy way OF illus
~tration. that in 1891 the number OF bushels Of
apples Imported was a.l47.s73. OF the value OF
In the same year 3.le2.s3e cwt. OF p~otatoes.
Of tho value OF 81. 1915, 1924. we're imported.
which. as We sec by another table. means nine
pounds per held Of the entire population.
Onions In sol were I'm ported to the extent
Of 4.2Sl. O4J bushels, va lued at E7.3. 745.
The total value OF oil kinds OF fruits. nuts.
and vegetables imported In 1901 amounted to
No fewer than 1875. 100000 eggs were i'm
ported, valued at s3. 50dOUU France and Ger
many supply more than half Of this enormous
number. belgium. Russia. and Denmark com:
Ing next. Tho Canadian quota has Increased
from 1000. 900 to 3 I.OOO.OJ In y single year.
and We have now laid undor contribution a
variety Of minor sources, among which II "
curious to note the Canary Isios. Turkey. and
Egypt! Thee figures are certainly artound-
Ing. In another tn BILE We md that thirty-tour
such eggs were eaten by each member OF the
entire Population of tho United Kingdom, II Is
We could not raise enough for our |
con within our snail islands. Tut
thar IL should pay commercials to hung such
things as eggs from such very distant coun-
tries surely suggests q lesson to our people. |
and accounts for the difficulty of procuring
new-lald eggs in London.
The report goes on to enumerAte the cor
responding statistical details relating to sgri. !
cultural products OF foreign Countries and OF
most carefully studied and taken TO heart BIZ |
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