There are about 1000 acres annually under beans, rye, vetches, fallow, etc. The figures for 1854, as is so often the case with the returns for that year, seem unduly high. The acres under sown crop, exclusive of hay and grass, amount as given in that year to 30,268; but in 1866 the number was only 26,297; in 1874, 25,261; in 1884, 24,185; and in 1896, 20,044; but the whole area under crop, including hay and grass, and permanent pasture, has risen from about 90,000 acres in 1874, to 92,217 in 1896. The yield of the different crops is about average. The falling off in the area under crop, and the increase in that appropriated for grazing purposes, since 1854, is probably entirely due to the large towns in the neighbourhood, which afford a ready market for stock and for dairy produce. The agricultural live stock in the county at different periods is shown in the following table:--

     The principal mansions, excluding the villa residences in the neighbourhood of the large towns, are Ardgowan, Arthurlie House, Upper Arthurlie House, Auchneagh House, Barochan House, Barshaw House, Bishopton House, Blackstone House, Blythswood House, Broadfield House, Broom House, Capelrig House, Carruth House, Castle Semple, Castle Wemyss, Cathcart House, Craigends House, Crookston House, Dargavel House, Duchall House, Eaglesham House, Eastbank House, Eastwoodpark House, Elderslie House, Erskine House, Ferguslie House, Finlayston House, Garthland, Glentyan House, Gourock House, Gryfe Castle, Hazelden House, Hawkhead, Househill, Houston House, Johnstone Castle, Jordanhill House, Kirkton House, Kelly House, Langhouse, Levenhouse, Linn House, Lochside House, Merchiston House, Milliken House, Muirshiels House, North Barr House, South Barr House, Park House, Pollok Castle, Pollok House, Ralston, Scotstoun House, Southfield House, and Walkinshaw House.
     Industries, Communications, etc.--The industries of Renfrewshire are more extensive and diversified than those of any other county in Scotland, except Lanarkshire, and with those of the latter county they are, indeed, very intimately connected. Weaving, at one time the staple everywhere, is still extensively carried on, as well as the cognate trades of bleaching and dyeing. From 1740 to 1828, the principal fabrics were linens, but since then cotton has obtained the upper hand. Large numbers of the population are also engaged in the working of minerals, the manufacture of chemicals, the making of machinery, foundry-work, shipbuilding, and rope-making, and for more minute details in connection with all the industries, reference may be made to Glasgow, Greenock, Paisley, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, and several of the parishes. At Greenock and Port Glasgow the commerce is also important.
     The county is intersected by a number of main lines of road, all starting at Glasgow. Of these, the first passes westward through Govan and Renfrew, along the S bank of the Clyde to Greenock, and round the coast until it enters Ayrshire. A second strikes WSW by Kinning Park and Ibrox to Paisley, and, passing up the valley of the Black Cart, enters Ayrshire near Beith. The third and fourth pass to the W of the Queen's Park and separate at Shawlands, one branch leading by Pollokshaws and Barrhead down the valley of Lugton Water to Irvine, while the other passes also to Irvine by Newton Mearns and Stewarton through the valley of Annick Water. The main line of road from Hamilton to Kilmarnock passes through the SE corner of the county by Eaglesham, and there is an important road from Paisley by Johnstone, Kilbarchan, and Kilmalcolm to Greenock, which is joined at Kilmalcolm by another road from Lochwinnoch. There are also a large number of cross and district roads. Railway communication is provided by both the Caledonian and Glasgow and South-Western railways. Of the former, one of the lines leaves Glasgow on the SW, and follows the line of the road by Barrhead and Neilston to Ardrossan and Irvine, and joint with the Glasgow and South-Western to Beith and Kilmarnock, while the other passes westward and then NW and W by Bishopton and Port Glasgow to Greenock, Gourock, and Wemyss Bay. The Cathcart District Circular railway leaves and rejoins the first-mentioned line at Pollokshields, and further down the line, near Pollokshaws, another branch strikes off, and passes SE by Busby into Lanarkshire. The Glasgow and South-Western line to Paisley runs parallel with that of the Caledonian as far as Paisley, but it then strikes south-westward along the valley of the Black Cart into Ayrshire. At Johnstone a branch goes off by Bridge of Weir and Kilmalcolm to Greenock, and a short branch strikes off E of Paisley for Renfrew. The bed of the old Glasgow and Paisley Canal has now also been converted into a railway.
     The only royal burgh is Renfrew; the parliamentary burghs are Paisley, Greenock and Port Glasgow. The police burghs are Barrhead, Pollokshaws, Gourock, and Johnstone. Places of over 2000 inhabitants are, Kilbarchan, Neilston, Old Cathcart, and Thornliebank; villages and places with populations between 100 and 2000 are Blackstoun, Bishopton, Bridge of Weir, Busby, Clarkston, Clippens, Crofthead, Crosslee, Eaglesham, Elderslie, Gateside, Houston, Howwood, Hurlet, Inkerman, Innerkip, Kilmalcolm, Linwood, Langbank, Lochwinnoch, Newton, Newton-Mearns, New Cathcart, Nitshill, Scotstoun, and Wemyss Bay.