Average Yield Of Grain In England

The Mark Lane Express, of Feb. 15, 1862, gives in detail the average yield of wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas in thirty eight counties of England, for which we find that the grand average yield, in bushels per acre, in all those counties, is as follows:

	Bushels.
Wheat	29
Barley	37 ½
Oats	48 ½
Beans	52 ½
Peas	30

Farmers will do well to preserve this table and compare it with the average yields of the same articles in this country.  The lowest average of wheat, in any county, is 22 1-4 bushels per acre in Devonshire, and the highest 34 1-4 bushels in Lancashire.

The lowest average of barley is 29 bush. per acre, the highest 34 ½ bushels in Lancashire.

The lowest average of barley [sic] is 29 bush. per acre, the highest 44 bushels in Northampton.

The lowest average of oats is 34 3-4 bush. per acre in Westmoreland, and the highest 59 1-2 bushels in Cambridgeshire.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, April 4, 1862, p. 2