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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



[Dec. 1896. 



Bog, Marsh, Barren Mountain Land, &c." was 4,845,034 acres 

 in 1895, and 4,831,960 acres in 1896 being a decrease of 13,074 

 acres; of the acreage thus returned in 1896, 1,192,675 acres 

 have been entered by the enumerators as turf bog, 442,330 acres 

 as marsh, and 2,252,970 acres as barren mountain land. 



Crop. 



Acres. 



Crop. 



Acres. 



Wheat .... 



37,919 



Turnips - 



308,491 



Barley .... 



17.3,014 



Mangel wurzel and beetroot 



54,280 



Oats - 



1,193,604 



Cabbages - 



44,196 



Bere and Eye 



14,095 



Vetches and rape - 



10,313 



Beans and Peas 

 Flax - 



Potatoes .... 



2,089 

 72,301 

 .705,652 



Carrots, parsnips, and other green 

 crops. 



Clover, sainfoin, and grasses under 

 rotation. % 



Permanent pasture or grass not 

 broken up in rotation. 



24,782 

 654,894 

 1,547,311 



Compared with 1895 there appears an increase of 1,387 acres 

 in the acreage under wheat: a decrease of 22,797 acres under 

 oats ; an increase of 1,364 acres under barley ; an increase of 

 2,436 acres under bere and rye ; and a decrease of 763 acres 

 under beans and peas ; showing a net decrease of 1 8,373 acres in 

 the extent under cereal crops. 



The acreage under mangel wurzel has increased by 1,253 

 acres ; cabbage by 4,478 acres ; vetches and rape by 495 acres. 

 The extent under potatoes has decreased by 4,834 acres ; turnips 

 by 4,787 acres ; and carrots, parsnips, and other green crops by 

 642 acres, leaving a net decrease of 4,037 acres in the extent 

 under green crops. 



The acreage under flax in 1895 was 95,203 acres, and in 1896 

 the extent returned under this crop is 72,301 acres, being a 

 decrease of 22,902 acres. 



In the returns the area under meadow and clover is shown 

 as the extent " For Hay only," subdivided under the headings 

 « Clover, Sanfoin, and Grasses under rotation," and " Permanent 

 Pasture, or Grass not broken up in rotation." The extent for 

 hay under " Clover, &c," in 1895 was 635.586 acres, and in 1896 

 it is 654,894 acres, being an increase of 19,308 acres. The area 

 for hay on permanent pasture in 1895 was 1,558,890 acres, and 

 in 1896 it is 1,547,311 acres, showing a decrease of 11,579 acres. 

 There is, therefore, an increase of 7,729 acres in the total area 

 under meadow and clover. 



As regards the returns of live stock, it appears that between 

 1895 and 1896 there has been a decrease of 598 in the number 

 of horses and mules. Cattle exhibit an increase of 49,709, sheep 

 an increase of 167,245, and there has been an increase of 67,044 

 in the number of pigs. Of the 17,545,771 poultry enumerated 

 in 1896, 1,090,539 were turkeys, 2,142,186 were geese, 2,973,233 

 were ducks, and 11,339,813 were ordinary fowl. 



