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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



Agricultural Statistics, Ireland. — Tables showing the extent in 

 statute acres and the produce of the crops for the year 1899 

 (CY 9488). Price z\d, 



The yield of the crops in Ireland in 1 899 was generally 

 below that of 1898, but above the mean rate for the ten 

 years 1889-98. The following table shows the area and pro- 

 duce of the principal crops in 1899, compared with the 

 average of the ten preceding years : — 



I . Crop. 



Area. 



Production. 



Yield per Acre. 



1899: 



Average. 



1899. 



Average. 



1899. 



Average 



Wheat, - - 



Acres. 

 51,866 



Acres. 

 61,728 



Cwts. . 

 927,452 



Cwts. 

 1,010,448 



Cwts. 

 i7"9 



Cwts. 

 16-4 







1.215,524 



17,895,880 



18,119517 



15-8 



*4'9 



Barley - : - - 



169,469 



172,755 



3,040,083 



2,962,293 



18 -o 



17-1 





209 



280 



3,090 



3,74o 1 



14-8 



i3'4 



Rye-: - - - - 

 Potatoes - 



12,1 r 3 

 662,914 



I 3,299 

 726,045 



155.738 

 Tons. 

 2,760,287 



167,720 

 Tons. 

 2 583,098 



i2-g 

 Tons. 



4'2 



12-6 

 Tons. 

 3-6 







304,580 



4,309,053 



4,428,232 



i4'3 



H'5 



Mangolds and Beet - 



Flax 



f Clover, Sainfoin, and 

 Kay -J Rotation Grasses, 

 v Permanent Pasture. 



62,714 



34 989 

 624,163 

 1,494,744 



5 1. -079 

 77,189 



638,479 



1,519,628 ! 



1,065,961 

 7,i58 

 1,362.569 

 3,513,226 



773,602 J 

 13,639 

 i,?55,326 

 3,4i9,o53 



170 

 Stones. 



327 

 Ions. 



2'2 



2-4 



i5"i 

 Stones. 

 28-3 

 Tons. 



2"I 



It will be noticed that, with the exception of mangel and 

 beet, the areas under all the crops included in the above 

 table were below the average in 1899, the greatest difference 

 being shown in the case of potatoes and flax. As compared 

 with the previous year, 1898, the most noteworthy changes 

 are an increase of 11,457 acres i n barley, 6,759 in mangel, 

 and 520 acres in flax. Wheat decreased by 932 acres, oats 



