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361,617, in 1875, to 347,889 in 1876, nearly the whole being in England. 
Carrots occupied 16,129 acres, an increase of 1,193, seven-eighths of the 
acreage being in England. Cabbage, kohl-rabi, and rape were returned 
at 179,475 acres, a reduction of 10,258; nearly the whole was in En- 
gland. Vetches, lucerne, and other green crops, not including clover or 
grass, fell from 432,470 acres in 1875 to 380,089 acres in 1876; England, 
359,759 acres; Wales, 5,854; Scotland, 14, 476. 
The flax- crop rose from G, 751 acres to 7. ,641, nearly the whole being 
in England. Under hops, England had 69, 999 acres against 69,171 in 
1875; none reported in either Wales or Scotland. The bare fallow 
rose from 557,879 acres to 651,212 acres, England having all but 43,307. 
The grass acreage under rotation was 4,540,273 acres, an increase of 
186,202, a little less than half being dev oted to hay production ; of this’ 
area about 61 per cent. is in England, 30 per cent. in Scotland, and 9 
per cent. in Wales. In permanent pastures, meadows or erass, not in 
rotation, (excluding heath or mountain land,) the reported acreage is 
13,515,944 acres, an increase of 203,323; 10, 638, 629 are iu England ; 
1,697,946 in Wales, and 1,129,369 in Scotland. 
Of farm-animals, horses have increased from 1,340,129, in 1875, to 
1,374,576, in 1876, England having 1,057,545; Wales, 128,363, and Scot 
land, 188,668 ; about 70 per cent. are used solely for agriculture. The 
total number of cattle was 5,847,802, a decrease of 165,022 ; this includes 
2,227,867 cows and heifers in milk or with calf; of the cattle, other than 
cows, about 57 per cent. are under two years old. The total number of 
cows fell off during the year, 25,374; England has 1,573,646; Wales, 
259,462 ; Scotland, "394, 749. The total number of sheep was 28 172,951, 
a reduction of 994, 487; about two-thirds are over a year old ; Eng- 
land reports 18,320,091 ; Wales, 2,863,141 ; Scotland, 6,939,719, all three 
showing a reduction in their numbers. Swine increased from 2,229,915 
to 2,293,620, all sections showing increase; England reports 1,924,033 ; 
Wales, 215 488 ; Scotland, 154,0. 09. 
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF [RELAND.—Official returns show the 
total acreage in Ireland under crops of all kinds during 1876 to have 
. been 5,206,053 acres, or 126,170 less than in 1875, and 63,519 less than 
in 1874. The total area in cereals was 1,848,487 acres, viz: wheat 119, 3015 
a decline of 39,398 ; oats 1,487,086, a decline of 14,781; barley 220, 662 
a decline of 13, 241: bere and rye, 9,232, a loss of 1, ,098 ; beans and pease 
11,910, an increase of 197 ; net decrease, 68,321 acres. The acreage in 
flax was 132,878, an increase of 31,704. The areain green crops was 
1,363,224 acres, viz: potatoes 880,693, a decline of 19,893; turnips, 
344,721, an increase of 12,183; mangel-wurzel aud beet-roots, 48,631, 
an increase of 5,407; cabbage, 33,546, falling off, 1,400; carrots, par- 
snips, &c., 36, 026, losing 1, 103 ; ; vetches and rape, 19 607, a decline of 
2,125 ; net loss of green crops, 6,931 acres. The area in meadow and 
clover was 1,861,464 acres, a decline of 83,212. 
The decline in general acreage under crops is shown in each of 
the four provinces of Ireland. The area in grass, not ineluding 
meadow or clover, was 10,507,249, or 97,920 more than in 1875, all the 
provinces except Ulster showing an increase. Fallow lands occu- 
pied 11,652 acres, or 788 more than in 1875, the increase in Munster and 
Ulster more than counterbalancing the decrease in Leinster and Con- 
naught. Woods and plantations were returned at 324,028 acres, an in- 
crease of 5,363, which was distributed through all the provinces. Bog 
and waste lands amounted to 4,278,214 acres, an increase of 22,689; 
Leinster and Ulster showing an enlargement and Munster and Connaught 
a falling off. The total agricultural area is given at 20,327,196 acres. 
