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number for the previous year, but 51,947, or 1.2 per cent, more than the 

 average for the ten years 1 891 -1900, the "one year old and upwards" in- 

 creased 405, as compared with the number in 1900, while those " under one 

 year" decreased by 8,531, or 0.5 per cent. Pigs were returned as 1,219,935 

 in 1901, showing a decrease of 49,386, or 3.9 per cent., as compared with the 

 previous year. The "one year old and upwards" increased by 31,145, or 

 23.0 per cent, while those " under one year " decreased by 80,531, of 7.1 per 

 cent. Comparing the number of Pigs returned in 1901 with the average for 

 the ten years 1 891 -1900, we find a decrease of 78,782, or 6.2 per cent. 

 The number of Goats in 1901 was 312,409, being 6,331 more than in 1900, 

 and 343 or O.i per cent, under the average for the ten years 1 891 -1900. 

 Poultry numbered 18,810,717 in 1901, being 263,410 more than in 1900, 

 and 1,906,463, or 1 1.3 per cent, over the average for the ten years 1 891 -1900. 

 Of the 18,810,717 Poultry in 1901, 1,124,975 were Turkeys; 1,962,359 

 Geese; 3,040,880 Ducks; and 12,682,503 ordinary Fowl. Compared with 

 1900 Turkeys increased by 16,333, Geese decreased by 45,360, Ducks in- 

 creased by 13,770, and ordinary Fowl increased by 278,667. 



The following statement shows the number of Milch Cows in Ireland m 

 each year from 1854 — the first year in which Milch Cows were separately 

 enumerated — to 1901. The average number for the first five years of the 

 period v.^as 1,579,851, and for the last five years, 1,450,106, being a decline of 

 129,745, or 8.2 per cent. The highest number in any on? year was 

 1,690,389 in 1859, and the lowest 1,348,886 in 1864. The number for last 

 year was 1,482,483, being 42,915 over the average for the preceding five 

 years, and 24,409 over the number for 1900. The number of Milch Cows 

 enumerated for 1901 was higher than that for any year since 1879. 



Statement showing the number of Milch Cows in Ireland in each year from 1854 — 

 the' first year in which the Milch Cows were separately enumerated — to igor, with 

 the Proportion per cent, each year to the Total Cattle enumerated. 



