Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970.

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Year Wheat Barley Oats Rye Beans & Peas Potatoes Turnips & Swedes Mangolds Cabbage, Rape, etc Hops Clover & Rotation Grasses Other Crops
1871 491,405 Show data context 222,834 Show data context 3,270,096 Show data context 19,347 Show data context 20,462 Show data context 2,116,721 Show data context 327,035 Show data context 31,810 Show data context 111 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,829,044 Show data context 412,019 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 147,085 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 74,672 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 55,442 Show data context
Date: Source:
1871 - 1901 General Register Office, Agricultural Statistics of Ireland (HM Stationery Office) ,

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This system for crop classification has been designed by the GBH GIS project to enable comparison of all farm censuses from 1866 to 1970. This inevitably means including many crops in a large 'Other' category. Although Farm Census data for Scotland as well as for England and Wales have been converted to this structure, the Scottish classification for 1961 fits particularly poorly, not identifying rye or beans and peas. Hops are not identified in the Scottish classification for 1931 or 1961, but there were no hops...


at all in Scotland in 1871 or 1901.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ireland Dep through time | Agriculture & Land Use Statistics | Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970., A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th November 2024