ACREABLE PRODUCE IN 1779 AND 1849. 127 



In the foregoing table there is much to explain the 

 bad feeling which exists between landlord and tenant. 

 But it must not be overlooked that the present scale of 

 prices is lower than has been known for some years, 

 and probably below the future range, on account of the 

 quantity of stock and crop thrown on the market through 

 the general alarm of falling prices, and the fears of, 

 and necessity to provide for, the payment of heavy 

 rates. 



It will be noticed that the price of butcher-meat does 

 not stand much higher than in 1799 ; but the size and 

 quality of the animals have greatly improved, as may 

 be seen by the relative prices of three-year old 

 wethers, which have thereby increased in value 60 to 

 70 per cent. 



Some progress in the same direction, though not in 

 an equal degree, is shown by a comparison of the ave- 

 rage produce of grain crops for the whole of Ireland, as 

 estimated by Arthur Young, with that of the constabu- 

 lary returns for 1848. 



PRODUCE OF GRAIN CROPS PER ENGLISH ACRE. 



1779. 1848. 



Wheat, in bushels, . . . 18 21 



Oats, ... . . " . 28 35 



Barley, ... . . . 28 35 



Potatoes in barrels, of 20 stones, . 52 30 (bad crop.) 



* Eent previous to potato failure. 



