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blood. He thought they were all greatly to blame for 

 not having taken proper steps to ascertain the cause of 

 the disease, as that might have led to the discovery of a 

 remedy. 



Mr. Wallis said, he appeared to have been misun- 

 derstood both by Mr. Marshall and by the Chairman. 

 They appeared to have supposed that he advocated 

 uxuriant pasturage. Now he did nothing of the kind. 

 What he contended vras, that they should not keep so 

 many sheep per acre on the land, but that they should 

 have a given number of cattle with the sheep, in order 

 that the two together might keep down the pasturage. 

 He never saw good management where the pasturage 

 was rank. 



Mr. Trethewy moved a vote of thanks to Mr. 

 Marshall for his excellent introduction. 



The Rev. C. T. James in seconding the motion said, 

 he believed the reason why there were not more flock- 

 masters present, was that it happened that several of the 

 great sheep fairs were being held at that time. 



The motion was then put and carried unanimously. 



On the motion of Mr. Little, seconded by Mr. 

 Marshall, thanks were also voted to the Chairman, 

 and with this the proceedings terminated. 



IRISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 



We give the following Tables from a return -which 

 has just been presented to both Houses of Parliament, 

 by the Ri^gistrar General for Ireland. There are other 

 valuable Statistical Tables contained in the series, but 

 we think those we have selected will be found most in- 

 structive and interesting : — 



Table of the Acreage under Crops, the Esti- 

 mated Average Produce per Statute Ache, and 

 THE Total Produce of Ireland in 1856 and 1857. 



Wheat 1856 . 



, 1857 . 



Oats 1856 . 



„ 1857 . 



Barley 1856 . 



, 1857 . 



Bere 1856 . 



„ 1857 . 



Rye 1856 . 



„ 1857 . 



Beans & Peas 1856 . 

 1857 . 



Potatoes ... 1856 .. 

 ... 1857 .. 



Turnips 1856 .. 



1857 .. 



Mang. Wurz. 1856 ., 



1857 .. 



Cabbage.. .. 1856 ., 



.... 1857 ., 



Plax 1856 ., 



„ 1857 ., 



Hay 1856 .. 



.. 1857 . , 



Extent 

 of 

 Crop. 



529050 

 559846 



2037437 

 1980934 



182796 



211288 



6554 



6026 



13337 

 15348 



16034 

 13586 



1101704 

 1146647 , 



351451 

 350047 

 22071 

 21449 

 27968 

 30011 



106311 

 97721 



1302787 

 1369892 



Averajje 



Produce Estimated 



per Total 



Statute Produce. 



Acre. 



.. 5-2 .. 



.. 50 .. 



Brls., 14 8t. 



.. 7-3 .. 



.. 7-2 .. 



Brls., 16 St. 



.. 7-5 .. 

 .. 7-3 .. 



'.'. 7-3 '.'. 



BriB., 20 St. 



.. 5-4 .. 

 . . 5-2 . . 



Bush., 8 gals. 

 .. 270 .. 

 .. 25-9 .. 



Brls., 20 St. 



.. 31-9 .. 

 .. 24.5 .. 



Tons. 



.. 12-9 .. 



.. 12-5 .. 



.. 130 .. 



.. 13-9 .. 



.. 11'9 .. 



.. 109 .. 



Stones, 14 lb. 



..28 3 ,. 

 .. 23-7 .. 



Tons. 



.. 1-9 .. 

 .. 19 .. 



Quarters, 



1629963 

 1662957 



9236869 

 8895347 



757536 



848783 



32773 



28553 



44520 

 49252 



53945 

 44046 



Brls., 20 St. 



35268345 

 28074751 



Tons. 



4581172 

 4360197 

 287838 

 298515 

 332650 

 327875 



St., 141b. 



30U6553 

 2315980 



Tons. 



2492732 

 2566644 



Total Extent under Crops. 



Years. Statute acreb, 



1856 5753547 



1857 5859117 



The following changes in the extent and produce of 

 the Crops, between 1856 and 1857, according to the 

 foregoing Table, were as under — 



Wheat 

 Oats ... 

 Barley 

 Bere ... 

 Rye ... 



Increase or De- 



Extent 

 Crops in 



Increase or De- i Increase or De* 



crease in the crease in the 



Total Produce 'Average Yield per 

 in 1847. Acre in 1857. 



De- I In- 



In 



crea 



Acres. 1 Acres. 



30596 — 



— 56503 

 28492| — 



— 528 

 2011 — 



De- 



In- 



Potatoea 41943 — 



Turnips ' — I 4404 



Mangel Wurzel — 622 



Cabbage 2043( — 



Hay , 67105; — 



crease. ' crease, crease. 

 (Jrs. I Qrs. | 



32994 — i — 

 341522! — 



91247 

 4732 



10677 

 73912 



Flax 



— 8590 — 



4220 — 



Tons. 



899199 

 220975 



4775 



De- 

 crease. 

 Barrels. 



•2 

 •1 



•2 

 •4 



— j 2 



Tons. I Tons. 



— ' 7-4 



— I -4 

 •9 — 



— 10 



St., 141b. 



4316 — 



iSt.,l4lb. 



i 46 . 



The Agricultural Statistics of Scotland for 

 1857 having been published, the following is a com- 

 parative statement of the Acreage, in statute measure, 

 and of the produce, in quarters, of the principal crops 

 grown in Ireland and Scotland in that year : — 



Wheat 



Barley 



Oats 



Bere 



Beans and Peas 



Turnips 



Potatoes 



Ireland, 1857. 



Scotland, 1857. 



Acres. j Quarters, j Acres. 



559646 {1662957 '< 2231521 



211288 848783 ' 1933871 



1980934 8895347 i 938613i 



6026 ' 28553 ' 21fi07i 



13586 I 44046 428734 



! Tons. 



350047 [4360197 476691| 



1146647 3509344 139819 



Quarters. 



769373 



820554 



40938'!5 



83972 



129720 



Tons. 



6690109 

 430468 



The comparative yield per acre of the principal 

 Crops in Ireland and Scotland for 1857 was as under — 



Wheat (brls. of 203t:) 

 Barley{brls. of 16st) 

 Oats (brls. of 14 at.) 

 Bere (brls. c.f 16 st.) 

 Beans and Peas 



Turnips (in tons) .... 

 Potatoes (in tons) ... 



Produce, per Statute 

 Acre, by WBIGHT. 



Ireland. Scotland. 



5-0 

 73 

 7-2 

 73 



125 

 3 06 



5-8 



7-5 

 70 

 60 



Tons. 



140 



3 08 



Produce, per Statute 

 Acre, by Measure. 



Ireland. Scotlanc, 



Bushels. ; Bushels. 



23-8 27 6 



321 I 331 

 359 34-9 



379 31-9 



25-9 242 



