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seeking work in other counties of Ireland. As a rule, 
these labourers do not go north of Perth and Forfar in 
Scotland, or south of Warwick and Northampton in England, 
although a certain number are also to be found in Hertford- 
shire and Middlesex. 
counties in succession. 
Many men, of course, go to several 

Treland.—Abstracts showing the Acreage under Crops, and the 
number of Live Stock in 1899-1900. [Cd. 339.] Price 
14d. | ? 
This publication gives the preliminary returns of the acre- 
age devoted to the various crops in Ireland in 1900, together 
with the number of live stock, and the table reproduced below 
enables a comparison to be made with the preceding four 
years. 





| | 
Crops. 1896. nGloyjo | 1898. 1899. - | 1900 
Mg | 
Acres. Acres. | Acres. Acres. | Acres. 
Wheat | 38,019 47,235 | 52,798 50, COOm Eee 535797 
Oats - 3 , . = - | 1,193,581 1,175,118 1,165,359 1,735,536 1,104,848 
| 
Barley 173,032 170,504 155,012 169,469 | 174,006 
Bere and Rye 14,008 13,200 | 12,538 12,322 11,588 
Beans and Pease 2,090 1,817 | 2,247 2,415 2,739 
Potatoes 705,065 677,216 | 664,864 662,914 654,413 
Turnips” - - ‘ - 308,471 308,966 | 306,929 301,449 297,395 
Mangel Wurzel and Beet Root: | 54,301 54,649 | 551955 62,714 | 68,838 
Cabbage 44,198 40597 | 441285 41,671 2,900 
Vetches and Rape - - 10,314 9,945 8,254 7,938 73553 
Carrots, Parsnlps, and other ° 
Green Crops - - - | 24,774 24,074 | 24,680 25,355 27,272 
| 
Flax - .- 72,253 455537 34,469 34,989 47,327 
~ (Clover, Sainfoin, and) | 
=e | Grasses under Rota- 655-071 637,128 652,040 624,163 607,367 
» > tion. J | 
93% | 
BO | Permanent Pasture or, | 
S Grass not broken up | 1,547,353 1,539,014 1,522,430 1,494,744 1,558,084 
\ in Rotation. J | 
Total Area under Crops - 4,843,229 4,745,006 | 4,704,860 4,627,545 | 4,058,627 


With regard to live stock, the number of cattle in Ireland 
has been steadily rising for some years past, and a further 
increase of 100,986 head took place in 1900, making a total of 
4,608,443. Most of this increase took place amongst cattle 
