Agricultural Returns of 1903. 



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1902. The area returned as not for hay declined by 46,353 

 acres, leaving a net increase in the grass land of 127,888 acres, 

 which was sufficient to place the total for the current year con- 

 siderably above the largest area previously recorded. The 

 extension in the surface devoted to the hay crop is also a 

 distinguishing feature of the Irish returns, and the figures for 

 1903 show that 55,466 more acres of meadow and clover were 

 cut for hay than in 1902. 



Turning to the statistics of live stock, the particulars relating 

 to horses and cattle will be found in the following table : — 





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Great Britain. 



Ireland. 



— 



1903. 



1902. 



1903. 



1902. 



Horses used for Agricultural pur- 



Doses* ... 

 Unbroken Horses : — One year 

 and above ... 

 „ ,, Under one 

 year 



No. 

 1,106,448 

 297,121 

 133,585 



No. 

 1,076,170 

 298,606 

 130,013 



No. 

 364,657 

 89,337 

 69,856 



■ No. 



358,312 

 81,897 

 69,073 



Total of Horses 



L537,i54 



i,5 0 4,789 



523,850 



509,282 



Cows and Heifers in Milk or in 



Calf 



Other Cattle : — Two years and 

 above 



,, „ One year and 

 under two ... 

 „ ,, Under one year 



2,588,205 



1,430,625 



1 1,368,134 

 i 1,317,646 



2,556,126 



i,33 2 ,362 



L385,776 

 1,281,712 



1,495,204 



1,032,211 



1,036,244 

 1,100,509 



1, 5io,737 

 1,077,625 



1,067,705 

 ji, 126,154 



Total of Cattle 



6,704,610 



6,555,976 



4,664,168 



4,782,221 



* Including Mares kept for breeding. 



The number of horses used for agricultural purposes, including 

 mares kept for breeding, in Great Britain was 1,106,448, as 

 against 1,076,170 in 1902, while the number so returned in 

 Ireland was 364,657 compared with 358,312. There was com- 

 paratively little change in the number of unbroken horses. 



The number of cattle in Great Britain in 1903 was 6,704,610, 

 or 148,634 more than were returned in 1902. This increase 

 was made up by an addition of 32,079 cows and heifers,, 



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