Exeter and Its Region
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... crops and Bulletin 138 gives the following estimates of the frequency of irrigation need for most shallow rooted crops . In both counties in areas with annual average rainfall up to about 33 inches the need will arise in nine years in ...
... crop . . South Devon comprises the eighth region , a large and varied area with a complex geological background ... cropping with cereals in some areas , notably the Kingsbridge district . Current trends are towards increased dairying ...
... crop occupying 83.6 thousand acres out of a total cereal crop of 135.2 thousand acres , but by 1967 , the acreage had fallen to 18.6 thousand or less than 10 per cent of the total cereals . The massive increase in the barley acreage has ...