CORN: PRICES. No. 73.-AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH WHEAT, BARLEY, and (Compiled from Returns made to the Ministry of Agriculture and Act, 1882, and published in the OATS, per CWT. IN ENGLAND AND WALES in EACH MONTH. CORN: PRICES. CORN SALES. No. 74. QUANTITIES of BRITISH WHEAT, BARLEY, and OATS (Compiled from Returns made to the Ministry of Agriculture and Act, 1882, and published in the NOTES.-The Corns Sales Act of 1921, which came into force on 1st January, 1923, provides that all transactions in British corn to be legally binding must be carried out in terms of the cwt. instead of the bushel or quarter. For purposes of comparison, figures for 1922 and prior years, formerly shown in quarters have been converted to cwts. at the following rates:-Wheat - 60 lbs. per bushel, Barley - 50 lbs. per bushel and Oats - 39 lbs. per bushel. Returns were collected from 190 towns for 1910 to 1912, and from 173 towns for 1913 to 1924. Returned as SOLD, in ENGLAND and WALES, in EACH MONTH. CORN SALES. ACREAGE OF CROPS AND NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. No. 75.-ACREAGE under each CROP, and also under FALLOW and GRASS, together of the under(Compiled from the Agricultural Statistics 5,004,943 Not for Hay 5,002,878 5,108,269 5,226,803 4,942,113 4,806,294 4,985,211 4,953,957 Total 12,472,097 | 12,443,992 12,227,452 12,340,311 | 12,664,331 12,772,594 12,509,537 12,297,179 17,477,040 17,446,870 17,335,721 17.567,114 17,606,444 17,578,888 17,494,748 17,251,136 Cattle Sheep Pigs No. 1,545,376 No. No. 1,480,575 1,441,023 No. No. 1,324,404 1,296,188 No. 1,212,756 No. 1,292,626 No. 1,323,923 7,037,327 7,114,264 7,026,096 6,963,854 7,092,918 7,288,087 7,412,155 7,437,007 (a) Including Rivers and Lakes but not including Foreshore and Tidal waters. 24,043,091 2,051,486 |