FRODirCTlON AND INDUSTRY
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Gy^cat Britain : Live stock : —
Horses .
Cattle .
Sheep .
Pigs
1904
1909
1910
1911
1912
Number Number I Number Number Number
1,560,236^ 1,552,9931 1^545^3761 1,627,3932 1,610,891- 6,858,352 7,020,982 7,037,327 7,114,264 7,020,844 25,207,178 27,618,419 27,102,945 26,494,992 25,045,261
2,861,644 2,380,887 ; 2,349,946 ; 2,822,154
2,655,749
Ireland : Acres Acres ' Acres Acres Acres
Corn crops . 1>279,189 1,251,795 1,300,079 1,254,431 1,265,597
Green crops . 1,050,483 1,001,671 1,012,167 1,013,727 1,022,128
Flax . . 44,293 38,110 45,974 66,618 54,917
Fruit . . 9,360 12,583 12,994 14,045 15,327
Clover, &mature\ 1 i
grasses. .( 1,279,164 2,326,592 1 2,468,015, 2,594,988 2,479.159 Permanent ( ,
.! 11,567,1
pasture
Total
Live stock Horses . Cattle . Sheep . Piffs
,635 9,949,391 1 9,821,896 ! 9,766,120 9,711,000 '15,230,124 14,580,142 '14,661,045 14,709,929 14,548,128
Number
531,0641
4,676,718
3,827,919
1,315,126
Number 528,8061 4,699,564 4,133,358 1,149,179 I
Number
539,5171
4,688,888 \
3,979,516
1,200,005
Number
616,331^
4,711,720
3,907,436
1,415,119
Number
617,532»
4,848,498
3,828,829
1,323.957
1 Horses for agricnliure, mares kept for breeding, and unbroken horses.
'■i The total number of horses on farms.
'■> The total number of horses in Ireland, including ponies.
4 Area under h ay.
In addition to the live stock shown above, Ireland had, in 1912, 30,911 mules and jennets, 243,437 asses, 252,722 goats, and 25,525,724 poultry.
The following table shows the area (in acres) under each of the heavy corn and green crops in the years named : —
Turnips
Year
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beans
Peas
Potatoes
and
Aci-es
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
Swedes
Qreat Britain
Acres
Acres
1908
1,626,733
1,667,437
3,108,918
295,024
163,739
562,105
1,550,897
1909
1,823.498
1,664,386
2.981,877
313,864
183,910
575,461
1,555,548
1910
1,808,854
1,72S,6S1
3,020,974
270,042
168,728
532,684
1,565,34.5
1911
1,906,038
1,597,930
3,010,671
311,833
167,903
571,801
1,563,390
191-2
1,925,737
1,648, -201
3,029,054
285,989
•202,319
612,671
1,51-2,535
Ireland :
190S
36,677
154,596
1.060,301
1.794
297
587,144
279,044
1909
43,600
163,100
1,035,735
1,6-26
264
579,799
276,944
1910
47,631
168,008
1,073,690
1,839
230
592,985
275,296
1911
45,056
158,180
1,040,185
- 1,683
301
591,259
270.805
1912
44,845
165,366
1,045,921
1,421
279
595,218
271,761
The following table shows the total produce of each of the principal crops
