Agricultural Returns of iqoi. 



.about 3 per cent., in the area under potatoes ; a decrease 

 in turnips being counterbalanced by an increase under 

 mangold and beet. Flax and all kinds of grass and clover 

 show an increase in Ireland. 



Crops in Ireland. 



1 901. 



1900. 



Increase. 



Decrease. 





A. eves. 



Acres. 



A cres. 



A cres. 



Total Area under Crops 



a 6^0 _i8o 



a 6 ;8 / 11 



'4-5*0°, / 3* 





28,252 



— ■ 



Wheat ... . 



42,920 



53,821 



— 







10.901 



Oats - - 



1,0 -9,403 



1,105.050 





5,647 



Barley 



161,499 



173,996 



— 



12..497 



Here and Rye 



11, 1^4 



11,584 





430 



Beans and Peas - 



2,614 



2,738 





124 



Potatoes .... 



635*340 



654,079 





18.739 



Turnips - - - - \ 



289,849 



297,859 





8,010 



Mangold and Beetroot 



77,437 



68,803 



8,634 





Cabbage - - - - 1 



43,486 



42,913 



573 





Vetches and Rape 



7,8o 7 



7,543 



264 





Carrots, Parsnips, and other 









Green Crops 



25,51° 



27,180 





1.670 



Flax 



55,471 



47,45! 



8,020 





Hay : — 









From Clover, Sainfoin, and 











Rotation Grasses - - j 



617,211 



607,380 



9,831 





From Grass not broken up 









in Rotation - 



i,56o,779 



i>558,335 



2,444 







10,578,409 



10,563,372 



i5>°37 





The changes in the number of Irish live stock are given 

 in the following table, showing, as in the case of Great 

 Britain, the horses used for agricultural purposes and 

 unbroken horses only. 



The Irish figures for cattle differ from those for Great Britain 

 by showing increases in all the classes enumerated, although 

 the total gain is under 1-5 per cent. The decline in sheep in 

 Ireland is fractional, and that in pigs is relatively less than 

 in Great Britain. 



It is to be noted that the Agricultural Returns for Ireland 

 distinguish for the first time both ewes and sows kept for 

 breeding. 



The Irish live stock statistics also contain estimates 

 of the number of goats, 312,386 in 1901, and of poultry 

 18,807,766 head. 



