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area tilled or meadowed. Thus Irish farmers with 

 30 acres or less, crop more of their holdings than 

 does the farmer holding 100 acres or more. 



MAN-POWER IN IRELAND 



Another point of importance is: — the agricultural 

 man-power of Ireland, in proportion to the area 

 cropped, is greater than any other part of the 

 United Kingdom. Thus statistics show that on 

 the 1st of June, 1913, there were in Ireland 

 approximately: — 



Male members of farmers' families 



Permanent male labourers 



Casual male labourers 



Female members of farmers' families 



Permanent female labourers 



Casual female labourers 



492,000 

 126,500 



97,000 

 178,800 



16,000 

 207,000 



Thus the whole total actually employed on the land 

 consisted of: — 



Males . . . . . . 715,500 



Females . . . . 401,800 



Grand total . . 1,117,300 



(In each case the figures refer to people of 18 years 

 of age and over). 



In 1913, there were 2,338,749 acres of land in 

 Ireland under the plough, or approximately 26 male 

 workers for every 100 acres of tillage land. Including 

 the area cut for hay (2,481,862) and, therefore, 

 requiring human labour, the total area cropped was 

 4,814,611 acres, giving approximately 13 male 

 workers for every 100 acres cropped. 



