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 72 CORNWALL Whereas the number of people to the square mile in England is 558, that in Cornwall is only 230. It must, however, be born in mind that the Adminis- trative County and the Geographical County are not coextensive. Thus, parts of the Registration County of Cornwall are in the Administrative County of Devon, such are Broadwood Widger, Northcott, North Petherwin, St Giles in the Heath, Virginstow and Werrington, with a total population of 2460 persons ; and on the other hand parts of the Administrative County of Cornwall are in the Registration County of Devon ; these are Calstock and North Tamerton with a population of 6203 persons. Thus the population and acreage in 1901 in the Registration County would be, population 318,591, acreage 886,384, but in the Geographical or Administrative County the population would be in the same year 322,334 and the acreage 868,208. 14. Agriculture Main Cultivations. Stock. The lack of hot sunshine makes Cornwall an unsuit- able county for cereals, but the mildness of the climate and the rainfall render it on the other hand favourable for dairy produce and for stock. A recent writer, Mr W. H. Hudson, in his book on the Land's End, thus describes a Cornish farm. He speaks of the neighbourhood of Penrith, but the description applies to many other parts of the Duchy, though not to East Cornwall, where it is scarcely applicable at all, and is