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[K E L L Y S

The following table shows the acreage under each kind of crop, and the number of horses, cattle,
Berkshire, as taken from the latest published Agricultural R eturns:—
CROPS.
W h e a t...........
Barley or bere .......
O a ts .............
% e .....................................
Beans ..........
P e a s ...............
Potatoes ...........
Turnips ..........
M a n gold ...........
Cabbage .......
Kohl -Rabi ......
Rape...........
Vetches or tares.........................
Lucerne .................
Other cro p s..........
Clover, sainfoin and grasses .......................
Permanent pasture ..........................
Bare fallow ............................
Sm all fr u it...............................
Orchards :—
A pples........................................
Pears ..............................
Plum s ..............................
Others, including mixed orchards.............
Woods and plantations.......................

ACRES.

and pigs in

LIVE STOCK.

11,786
21,336
32,291

Unbroken horses :—
2,016
765

795

2,148
1,787
17,490
6,884
71Ó

In calf, but not in m ilk ..................................
Other cattle :—

18,581
6,626
7,689

56

Under i year ...................................................

5, i 94

Sheep, 1 year and above ....................................

I»333

Sows kept for breeding ........................................
Other pigs ............................................................

31,912
171,901

58

;

so
783
39,388

:

9,977

9,098
77,218
29.398
70,022
3,H 5
16,285

Agricultural holdings :—
Above i and not exceeding 5 a c re s ....................................................................................
040
Above 5 and not exceeding 50 acres ............................
1,611
Above 50 and not exceeding 300 acres ...................................
t ’oto
Above 300 acres ................
: ..........................................................................................328
Total

3,898

Mountain a n l heath land used for grazing, acres ...........................
q ¡-Q4.
Total acreage of the county...................................................................................................462,367

H U N T IN G .
Staghounds.
B e rts & Bucks (22J couples), T. & A. H. Headingtou
esqrs. m asters; W. Weall esq. sec.; C. Hoare. huntsm an ; W Roper & IV. Scrivin. w h ip s; kennels.
Maidenhead; hunting days, tues. & fri
Foxhounds.
Berkshire Old (50 couples), Louis Paine esq. m asterCharles T. Eyston esq. sec. ; William Farm er, hunts­
man ; J. Lawrence & A. Dowdeswell, w h ip s; kennels
Kingston Bagpuize; hunting davs, mon. wed. & fri
Berkshire South (20 couples). H. W. Boileau esq. m aster
& h u ntsm an ; W alter James Henman esq sec. ; E.

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J o n * & C. Harding, w hips; kennels, P u rle v ; huntino
days, mon. tues. thurs. & fri
Craven (50 couples), W. J. T o rte & J. A. Fairhurst
esqrs. m asters; R. Southby esq, s e c .; F. Funnell,
huntsm an; J. Goater & E. Warburton, w hips;
kennels, -/alcot, K in tb u ry; hunting days, mon wed
thurs. & sat
Garth (60 couples). Richard Henry Gosling esq. m aster;
J. Simonds & Edward M. Sturges esqrs. secs • J
Lawrence, huntsm an; E. Taylor & W. Perkins, whips
kennels, Bracknell; hunting days, mon. wed fri'
& sat