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The number of trees felled both for clearance and for thinning 

 plantations during the same period amounted to 537,101, the 

 area returned as cleared being 809 acres. 



Of the 537,101 trees felled, 149,585 were used for "propping," 

 which appears to have been the chief purpose to which the 

 timber of almost ail descriptions was applied. As regards the 

 disposal of 85,066 of the trees felled the only information 

 obtained is that they were " used locally/' and 152,900 were 

 " exported." 



Agricultural Statistics, Ireland. Tables showing the Extent in 

 Statute Acres and the Produce of the Crops for the Year 

 1895, and other Information. [C. — 7956.] Price 3^d 



This publication shows the area and yield of the several crops 

 in Ireland in 1895 compared with those of 1891 to have been as 

 follows : — 



In wheat there was a decrease of 12,806 acres, or 26*0 per 

 cant. ; in oats a decrease of 38,436 acres, or 3*1 per cent. ; in 

 bere a decrease from. 176 to 139 acres; and a decrease of 406 

 acres, or 3*4 per cent., under rye ; with an increase of 7,055 

 acres, or 4*3 per cent., in barley. In green crops, potatoes de- 

 creased by 6,604 acres, or 0'9 per cent. ; turnips increased by 

 1,971 acres, or 06 per cent. ; and mangel wurzel and beet root 

 increased by 988 acres, or 1*9 per cent. Of other crops — flax 

 decreased by 5,878 acres, or 5*8 per cent. ; meadow or clover, 

 sainfoin, and grasses under rotation decreased by 5,472 acres, or 

 0*9 per cent. ; while meadow on permanent pasture or grass not 

 broken up in rotation increased by 17,350 acres, or 1*1 per 

 cent. 



Compared with the average acreage for the 10 years 1885- 

 1894, turnips increased by 13,399 acres, or 45 per cent. ; mangel 

 wurzel and beet root by 7,533 acres, or 16*6 per cent., and hay 

 by 61,642 acres, or 2*9 per cent. Wheat shows a decrease of 

 38,419 acres, or 51*3 per cent., compared with the average ; in 

 oats there is a decrease of 48,754 acres, or 3*9 per cent. ; in barley 

 a decrease of 3,169 acres, or 1*8 per cent. ; the area under bere 

 declined from 326 acres to 139 acres ; rye decreased 1,080 acres, 

 or 8*6 per cent., and flax decreased 5,233 acres, or 5 - 2 per cent. 

 Potatoes also decreased by 59,600 acres, or 7*7 per cent. 



The average yield per acre of cereal crops in 1895, compared 

 with 1894, exhibits a decrease in wheat of 0*3 cwt., in oats of 

 0 - 4 cwt., and in barley of 0*5 cwt., while there is an increase in 

 bere of 0'8 cwt., and in rye of 0*7 cwt, In other crops — potatoes 

 show an increase of 2*3 tons, turnips of 0*6 ton, mangel wurzel 

 and beet of 1*0 ton, while flax shows a decrease of 13 5 stones: 

 Hay from clover, sainfoin, and grasses under rotation shows a 

 decrease of 0*5 ton, and hay from permanent pasture or grass not 

 broken up in rotation, a decrease of 0*3 ton. The rates for 1895 

 compared with the average rates for the ten years 1885-1894 



