Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census in 1871.

Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1871-	1871	1877
Wheat	3,438,884	3,087,355
Barley or Bere	2,133,961	2,147,743
Oats	1,707,816	1,729,297
Rye	60,093	50,059
Beans	517,000	473,132
Peas	386,638	309,864
Potatoes	443,384	346,906
Turnips & Swedes	1,662,766	1,566,698
Mangold	358,903	356,002
Carrots	18,975	14,821
Cabbage, Kohl Rabi, & Rape	175,705	177,523
Vetches, Lucerne & other Green Crops	374,353	426,759
Flax	16,124	7,238
Hops	60,029	71,239
Bare Fallow	522,092	599,073
Clover, Sainfoin, & Grasses under Rotation: For Hay	1,816,952	1,816,369
Clover, Sainfoin, & Grasses under Rotation: Not for Hay	1,252,504	1,272,815

Date:	Source:
1871 - 1877	Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1871	David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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