TH LAND OF TODAY 33 



-e compare these figures, we find a decrease 



in miK h cows of nearly 3 per cent. ; an increase 



itiU ,.iui< r .1 yr;ir old of 114 per cent.; an 



icase in the total stock of cattle, excepting 

 the cows, of 62*7 per cent., and including cows 

 of 33*6. These figures prove that Ireland 

 developing more and more from a milk-pro- 

 du< mtry into a meat-producing counti 



Other live stock amount to 



Sheep (which are diminishing in number) 4,200.000 

 1'iri 550,000 



565,000 

 Asses 239,000 



312,000 

 i'ouhry about 18,000,000 



The exports of live stock to England for an 

 rage of three years (1900-1902) amounted 

 to 



Head. 

 Cattle 782,466 



or 13*8 per cent, of the total live-stock ; ex- 

 cluding the cows, some 25 per cent. 



Sheep ... 920,000, or 19-3 per 



I 1 :. 650,000, or 48*9 per cent, of the total. 



The value of these live stock exports amounted 

 to 



Cattle j 1 1, ooo, ooo 



oep ; oo, ooo 



1'u 



Total, ,13,740,000 



1 Agricultural Statistics, 1904. * Thorn, 1903, p. 639. 



