Mi \DOFTO-DA js 



turo, ami with < ve' technical methods. 1 



876,000 persons were engaged in 



agri i whom about 140,000 (men and 



;cd as 1 ind cor 



^5,000 as indoor serv.i id in addition 



t also add to the agricultural 

 ome of the 181,000 individuals 

 ally il labour. 



i l.uul of iK-imanrnt j>;i>ture. 1 



out of 15 million acres of arable 



350,000 acres arc allotted to turnips, 



how little an intensive system of crop 



rotation is followed in 1. As a denser 



poj Me without agriculture, and 



ve agriculture can scarcely be pursi: 

 .iout turnii ii question is ultimately 



i 'turnip ii.' Two-thirds of the country 



inks to the extraordinary ftuitfulness of the soil taken 

 Is from the various crops are sub- 



stantially greater than in England. The average yield in the 

 fears 1893-1902 amounted to: 



England. 



at per acre ... 30-52 bhls. 32*21 bhls. 



Ottl 40*36 44*47 .. 



Icy 32-62 39-23 



:n permanent 



past 22*62 cwt. 46*51 cwt. 



Potatoes 5-96 tons. 3*87 tons. 



The potato is the poor man's crop, and is therefore wrung 

 from poor soils (Agricultural Statistics, 1903). [Considerable 

 don .is to the accuracy of the estimated yield of crops 



Ireland, and in the returns for 1905 (cd. 2854) the question 

 is stated to be under investigation. Trans/.'] 



