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Agricultural Returns of 1902. 



In opposition to what has been the case in Great Britain, 

 the Irish stock, both of horses and cattle, is shown in the 

 following Table to have increased, the former by 3*6 per cent, 

 and the latter by 2*3 per cent., while pigs also showed a 

 substantial rise, amounting to 9 per cent. Sheep, on the other 

 hand, diminished by 3.7 per cent. : — 



Animals in Ireland. 



1902. 



1901. 



I 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



Horses used solely for Agri- 



culture~rrr 

 Unbroken Horses : — 



One year and above ... 



Under one year 



No. 

 358,3H 



81,897 

 69,073 



No. 



354,750 



73,691 

 62,989 



No. 



3,564 



8,206 

 6,084 



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No. 



Total of Horses 



509,284 



491,430 



17,854 



1 





Milch cows, including heifers in 



calf 



Other Cattle :— 



Two years and upwards ... 



One year and under two , ... 



Under one year 



1,510,701 



1,077,615 

 1,067,725 

 1,126,163 



1,482,483 



1,041,506 

 1,046,203 

 1,103,131 



28,218 



36,109 

 21,522 

 23,032 





Total of Cattle 



4,782,204 







4,673,323 



108,881 





Ewes, kept for breeding ... 

 Other sheep : — 



One year and upwards 



Under one year 



1,653,290 



845,834 

 1,716,616 



1,691,506 



894,945 

 1,792,299 





38,216 



49,111 

 75,683 



Total of Sheep 



4,215,740 



4,378,750 





163,010 



Sows kept for breeding ... 

 Other pigs 



141,625 

 1,185,967 



130,580 

 1,088,555 



11,045 

 97,412 





Total of Pigs 



L327,592 



1,219,135 



108,457 





By adding the numbers of cattle, sheep and pigs in Ireland 

 to those above given for Great Britain, as in the following Table 

 it will be seen that for the United Kingdom, as a whole 

 (excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), the total 



