The crops of the farm /

INTRODUCTION".Of the 50,815,354 acres which are included within the area of Great Britain, 32,211,512 acres were last year returned as being in agricultural occupation.Of these, 14,043,397 acres were in permanent pasture, exclusive of moorlands and commons ; 4,342,285 were in clover, sanfoin, and grasses under rotation ; 3,510,508 acres were in green crops ; and 8,847,976 were in grain crops.Besides those, there were smaller areas in flax and hops, market gardens,' &c.; and 795,809 acres were in bare fallow.If Ireland be added in, the figures for the whole United Kingdom be- come 47,046,112 acres in occupation, 24,707,707 in perma- nent grass, 0,384,172 in clover and grasses under rotation : 4,803,211 are in green crops, and 10,654,097 in grain crops.These figures sufficiently illustrate the relative import- ance of the crops of the farm in this country.We have to describe the cultivation of the plants which make up nearly 25,000,000 acres of permanent pasture, nearly 3,000,000 acres of wheat, about 2,000,000 acres of barley, 4,300,000 acres of oats, 49,000 acres of rye, 450,000 acres of beans, and 218,000 acres of peas.And in addition to var.loliacca.,, Iccviuscula.Hard Fescue.,, ovina.Sheep's Fescue.Fua jrralcnsis.