106 REPORT—1849, 
The proportions in which the land was employed for different purposes in 1848 
on farms of different extent, are given as follows :— 




Under | 1to5 | 5to15 | 15to30/ Above 
1 acre. acres. acres, acres. | 30 acres. 
Wiha ti. ccscrceseetsesves 6:98 9:90 9:26 | 10:10 | 12°29 
Oaks wens sank apcesenaesh 26°54 | 41:07 | 45:46 | 42-71 | 32:34 
Barley, bereand rye .| 13°46 | 9:27 | 7:18 | . 6:35 5°55 
Beans and pease ...... 0:94} 101 0:98 1:04 | 0:97 
Potatoes .....+... eeees-| 07°60 | 23:24 | 17:95 | 15°84 | 11:95 
PLnnips).f4svewetiaws0<es 4°44 410 4:20 4.49 5°57 
Other green crops.,..| 5°71 0:98 0°81 0:78 0:93 
Blaxiicsetess bev ones anita 0°25 0:60 118 1:39 0°89 
Meadow and clover .| 4:08 9-83 | 12:98 | 17°30 | 29°51 
100-00 | 100-00 | 100-00 | 100-00 | 100-00 



The stock of various kinds that existed at the time of the last census (1841) and 
in 1847 and 1848— 
1841. 1847. 1848. 



Horses and Mules| 552,569} 498,221| 499,343) 
y roy Rae 90,315} 112,029} 105,017 
Horned Cattle ..../1,840,025|2,367,139|2,481,501 
=P Oe eae nen’ 2,091,199|1,981,635|1,809,107 
Pi sSeisisesecaee tei 1,353,101] 517,476) 549,583 
Poultry ...s.cessee0s 8,334,427|4,956,148/5,889,412 

afford a strong commentary on the distress occasioned by the failure of the potato 
harvest. It appears, that comparing 1847 with 184], the number of horses was less 
by 54,348, but the deficiency in farms not exceeding fifteen acres, amounted to 
163,622, while there was actually an increase on farms above that area of 109,344. 
Of asses there was an increase of 21,714; but on the small farms there was a falling _ 
off in the number of these animals amounting to 32,955, while there was an increase 
on the larger holdings of 54,669. With respect to horned cattle, there was an in- 
crease of 527,114, but this was wholly experienced on the larger farms, there having 
been on those not exceeding fifteen acres, fewer in 1847 than in 1841 by 336,47], 
and consequently more on the larger holdings by 863,585. The number of sheep 
was less on the whole in 1847 than in 1841 by 109,565, but the deficiency on the 
small farms was 529,226, while there was an increase on the larger. The greatest 
deficiency has been experienced in regard to pigs and poultry, which in Ireland are 
especially domestic animals, and, as might be expected, the falling off is found chiefly 
among the cottier class. In the larger farms—those abcve thirty acres in extent,— 
there were 42,643 more pigs in 1847 than in 184], whereas in- all the smaller 
holdings the difference was very greatly in the other direction, On farms not ex- 
ceeding one acre the numbers were 295,048 in 1841, and only 19,108 in 1847, On 
farms from one to five acres, there were 251,587 in 1841, and only 21,422 in 1847. In 
the next division, between five and fifteen acres, the numbers were 350,825 in 1841, 
and no more than 80,098 in 1847. Persons holding from fifteen to thirty acres kept 
in 184], 215,340, and only 113,864 in 1847; whilst on farms above that size, the 
numbers, which were 240,301 in 1841, had advanced to 282,984 in 1847. The entire 
deficiency of this description of stock between the two periods was 835,625, or more 
than 60 per cent. The diminished number of poultry was 3,378,279 upon 8,334,427, 
or 40 per cent., which, as in the case of the pigs, applied entirely to the smaller farms. 
On those above fifteen acres there was an increased number, amounting to 1,048,974, 
showing that the lessened number on the smaller farms was 4,427,253. The lessened 
number of pigs is clearly referable to the failure of the food upon which those animals 
are usually kept in the cabins of the peasantry; and as regards poultry, it could 
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