Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-10
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FARMING m GREAT BRITAIN.
Not Nssy Changes Shown n the ne.
porte for the Year.
A parliamentary paper has Just been
issued containing the agricultural re.
turns for Great Britain during 1894
and showing the acreage and produce
Of crops. prices Of corn and number Of
live stock, together with summaries OF
agricultural statistics for the United
Kingdom, British possessions and for.
elsn countries. The returns ere pre-
ceted BY Q report signed By Major p.
q. CrSigie director Of the intelligence
and statistical department Of the
hoard Of agricultural, and by Q colored
man Of Great Britain, In agricultural
divisions, prepared By the ordnance
survey department. The map appears
for the flrst time with the returns now
issued and ID an Interesting and useful
addition to them.
In the last year, % IN the case Of the
yearly returns since 1887, statements
have been furnished BY the occupiers
Indicating the total extent Of the land
under crop. bare fallow, or grass, which
II farmed by Ito owners or by tenants,
respectively. Last year, Of the %, $780,.
600 acres returned, 4,8l3,000 acres, or
II per cent, were reported to be farmed
by the owners. AZ compared with 4.
672000 acfes farmed By owners In 1903
the difference shown ID too small 10 be
Of any material consequence. The
mountain and heath graxlng lands for
Great Britain were returned - ~, 461,-
900 acres, Of which total Scotland re.
turned more than three. fourths. The
cultivated" land Of Great Britain In
1894 embraced 81, $780, 900 acres, an ag.
gregate less BY 1900 acres than that
returned In 1903. This IL relatively o
very small variation, and one to which,
owing to various causes, no statistical
importance attaches. The amount Of
arabic land was 1885, 900 acres and
Of pasture 1896. 900 acres.
A comparison between the crop areas
Of 1904 and 1903 discloses the fact, now
somewhat unusual Of an incfe6Ss OF
the area under wheat IN Great Britain,
amounting 10 the aggregate to $4,000
acres. This, however, 10 Q recovery Of
less than one out Of every ten acres
withdrawn In 1893, for Il follows the
remarkable loss Of $4,000. acres Of
wheat In that year. This wheat exten.
sion Of 1894 was, however, by no means
uniform. Barley was more largely
grown In 1904 than 1903, the net nd.
vance In England, however, being only
14,600 acres, or less than 1 per cent.
II Scotland the increase Of barley acre
age was 3 per cent, or upward Of 0,O0O
acres. Oats show an advance Of more
than half 90 much again % the entire
extension In wheat and barley together,
bringing the total under this cereal up
to 3.26S,O00 acres In Great Britain-the
largest extent yet returned under this
crop. Rye has made . remarkable I'D.
vance In area In 1904, the increase
being 34,88S acres. or nearly az per
cent. Beans have again declined, while
peas cover an area greater by 10 per
cent. than In 1903. The cultivation Of
potatoes has decreased.
Only 375.101 acres are reported %
bare fallow-a smaller figure BY at
least 5000 acres thanswas returned
In 1901, hitherto the smallest fallow
year on record. In the several classes
Of grass, including clover, sainfroin
and rotation grasses, % well % perma.
nent pasture. whether for hay or grax-
ing, the aggregate for Great Britain
falls slightly below the figures for
1893, but the extent, Of the grass area
which has been cut for hay In Great
Britain shows considerable recovery.
The breadth Of permanent grass cut
for hay In England increased by b72,.
600 acres, or nearly 10 per cent. Flax
shows an exceptional increase. and
hops have also been moro extensively
cultivated. while small fruit Of all
kinds continues to claim larger areas.
Orchards also are apparently extend.
inE, The live stock returns show that
the horses used solely for agriculture
have diminished by 6.676 UnbrokeS
horses and mares kept solely for brce0.
Ing continue to increase In numbse.
The diminution In cattle 10 shown h
every class, and the decline In sheep
and lambs has continued. The Irish
crops continue to show Q still increas.
Ing acreage In corn and oats, and o de.
cline In wheat and barley. Glover and
rotation grasses show an increase,
while slightly diminished acreage II
returned under permanent pasture. The
area under fax has again begun to rise
In Ireland. There ID reduction shown
in the area devoted to potatoes In Ire.
land, and~an, Irish increase OF 20 per
cent. In pigs. The statistical tables ap.
pended to the report are very volumin.
Gus and important.-London Times.
Able 0w0rdsmen.
Elephants are completely disabled BY
ono blow from the Arabs two-handed
sword. which almost sewers the hind
LEG. biting deep into the bone. This
feat 10 varied by slashing OF the trunk,
leaving It dangling only by q piece Of