1905.] Agricultural Returns of 1905. 339 



Crop. 



1905. 



1904. 



Increase or Decrease. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Per Cent. 



Wheat 



38,039 



30,825 



+ 7,214 



+ 2 3'4 



Barley and Bere 



154,642 



158,103 



— 3,461 



- 2*2 



Oats 



1,066,592 



1,078,772 



— 12, l8o 



+ 738 



— 1 *i 



Rye 



10,152 



9,414 



+ 7'8 



Beans and Peas 



1.725 



2,075 



- 350 



- i6 - 9 



Potatoes 



616,623 



618,540 



- 1,917 



- 0-3 



Turnips 



282,217 



285,831 



— 3,6l4 

 J) i 



- i"3 



Mangold and Beetroot 



72,747 



75,828 



~ 3,o8l 



- 4'i 



Carrots and Parsnips ... 



2,378 



2,727 

 39,665 



349 



-12-8 



Cabbage 



42,679 



+ 3.014 



+ 7 -6 



Vetches 



2,587 



2,761 



174 



- 6-3 



Rape ... 



2,999 



3,481 



482 



- 13"9 







2 1 650 



+ 513 



+ 2-4 



Flax 



46,153 



44', 293 



4- 1,860 



+ 4'2 



Clover and Ro-| For Hay ... 



628,618 



631,748 



- 3,130 



- 0-5 



tation Grasses ) Not for Hay 



626,474 



647,416 



- 20,942 



- 3'2 



Permanent^ For Hay 



1,665,956 



1,628,412 



+ 37,544 



+ 2-3 



Grass ) Not for Play ... 



9,971,374 



9.939,223 



+ 32,151 



+ 0-3 



Bare Fallow ... 



8,903 



9,36o 



- 457 



- 4-9 



diminished, as did also that under turnips and mangold, while 

 there were increases in the acreage of carrots and flax. Clover 

 and rotation grasses, as in Great Britain, exhibit a decline 

 while permanent pasture, whether for hay or not, exhibited 

 an increase of 69,695 acres. Bare fallow also fell off, and thus 

 all the main categories of arable area showed a decrease, 

 amounting in all to 36,796 acres, as compared with 1904. 



Among Irish live stock an increase of horses is to be noted, 

 but cattle, sheep, and swine all declined. Only in one class of 

 cattle, viz., " other cattle of two years and upwards," was there 

 any increase. The totals are as follows : — 



Live Stock. 



1905. 



1904- 



Increase or Decrease. 







Number. 



Number. 



Number. 



Per Cent. 



Horses 

 Cattle : 



— Milch Cows 

 Other Cattle 



608,992 

 1,487,065 

 3,158,157 



604,930 

 1,497,647 

 3,179,071 



+ 4,062 



- 10,582 



- 20,914 



+ 0-7 

 0-7 



- 07 





Total Cattle 



4,645,222 



4,676,718 



- 31,496 



- 07 



Sheep 

 Swine 





3,749,313 , 

 1,164,322 



3,827,919 

 1,315,126 i 



- 78,606 



- 150,804 



- 2'I 



- II -4 



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