CHAPTER VI. 



THE IRISH TENANT AND HIS HOLDING. 



Ireland is a country of ' extensive ' agriculture, 

 and at the same time a country of small farms. 

 The area of the holdings in 1902 amounted to : — 



From these figures it follows that 543,649 

 farmers are in possession of 590,409 holdings ; 



' The statements as to total area are based on calculations. 

 ^Agricultural Statistics, 1902, pp. 18, 22. 



