THE IRELAND OF TO-DAY. 



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If we compare these figures, we find a decrease 

 in milch cows of nearly 3 per cent. ; an increase 

 in cattle under a year old of 114 per cent. ; an 

 increase in the total stock of cattle, excepting 

 the cows, of 627 per cent., and including cows 

 of 33*6. These figures prove that Ireland is 

 developing more and more from a milk-pro- 

 ducing country into a meat-producing country.^ 

 Other live stock amount to — 



The exports of live stock to England for an 

 average of three years (1900-1902) amounted 



to- 

 Head. 

 Cattle ... ... ... ... 782,466 



or 13 '8 per cent, of the total live-stock; ex- 

 cluding the cows, some 25 per cent. 



Sheep ... 920,000, or i9'3 per cent.; 



Pigs ... 650,000, or 48*9 per cent, of the total. 



The value of these live stock exports amounted 



to— 



Cattle ... ... ;^ 1 1,000,000 



Sheep ... ... ... 1,300,000 



Pigs ... ... ... 1,350,000 



Total, ^13,740,000 



^ Agricultural Statistics, 1904. 



Thom, 1903, p. 639. 

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