iyo Agricultural Returns of 1901. 



Animals in Great 

 Britain. 



1901. 



1900. 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



Horses used solely for Agri- 

 culture (a) - - - 



Unbroken Horses : — 

 One year and above - 

 Under one year 



No. 



1,089,418 



294,162 

 127,851 



No. 



1,078,371 

 295,477 



126,295 



No. 

 11,047 



1,556 



No. 

 1,315 



Total of Horses 



i,5n 5 43i 



1,500,143 



11,288 





Cows and Heifers in Milk or 

 in Calf - - - 



Other Cattle :— 



Two years and above 

 One year and under two - 

 Under one year 



2,602,294 



h 427,983 

 1,407,653 

 i,325,9 6 4 



2,620,901 



1,372,532 



1,460,808 



1,350,929 



55,451 



18,607 



53,155 

 24,965 



Total of Cattle- 



6,763,894 



6,805,170 





41,276 



Ewes kept for Breeding 

 Other Sheep : — 



One year and above - 



10,161,830 

 5,940,896 



TO Ol A A 7/1 



10,350,326 

 5,963,869 



TO OlR f"i 9 T 

 1 \Jy <. J Oj \J j L 



- 



188,496 



22,973 

 3,557 



Total of Sheep 



26,377,200 



26,592,226 





215,026 



Sows kept for Breeding 

 Other Pigs - 



319,724 



1,860,201 



332,521 

 2,049,411 





12,797 

 189.210 



Total of Pigs - 



2,179,925 



2,381,932 1 



202,007 



{a) Including Mares kept for Breeding. 



The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction 

 for Ireland have also issued preliminary statements showing 

 the area under the various Irish Crops in 1901. A com- 

 parison with the crop areas in 1900 furnishes the results 

 shown in the subjoined table. It will be noticed that all 

 the different kinds of corn in Ireland show a falling off, 

 the most serious reduction being one of 20 per cent, in 

 the small area under wheat. The areas under oats and 

 barley are also less in extent. Irish green crops, as a whole, 

 also show a decline of over 17 per cent. This is entirely 

 attributable to the reduction of nearly 19,000 acres, or 



