OF TO-D. 47 



15 acre Sgi there were only 42-1 per cent, 



ol t Then been a sub- 



:iution of small holdings and 

 1 increase of large holdings. This 

 mo\ was most pronounced in Connaught. 



s of 



Over 30 acre* increased by ... 4277 per cent. 



3 6l '5 



*45'3 



In ! by 1 19-4 



The great number of small hol 



;ained proves that the h which 



peared <>t utilised to raise small 



of middle-sized ones ; 



: welded into large farms. In 



is explained that a large 



number oi" Irish fanners find themselves to-day 



r more prosperous condition than in the 



rs before the famine; but that the circum- 



nces of the owners of small holdings who still 



not substantially improved. 



Mere areas have a meaning only for those 



o have formed from personal observation an 



idea of Irish conditions. We can find in 



Connaught gigantic holdings, as far as area 



rs, on which, by reason of the poverty of the 



miserable mountain sheep find a bare 



ng. The following figures may serve as 



imples : In the Poor Law Union of Belmullet 



md, Agric. and Ind.," p. 317. 



