CROPS IN IRELAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 27, 24 October 1884, Page 22

CROPS IN IRELAND.

The annual general abstract return showing the acreage under crops m Ireland, and the number and description of live stock in the present year, has just been issued by the Registrar-General. It is, in tne main, a repetition of previous issues of the abstracts. Grass land is round to flourish while the crop acreage diminishes, and cattle accumulate while men decay. A return with such a theme does not afford particularly pleasant reading, and it is not our purpose to 12 * Ti. abstra cts through their dismtl details. The totals show that the extent of land crops is 4,872,969 acres, being a decrease from the extent in 1883 of 63,732 acres, or 1-3 per cent. The decrease m Lemster was 24,562 acres, or 1 8 per cent. ; in Munster, 4,418 acres, or 0-4 per cent. ; in Ulster, 28,473 acres, or 1-7 per cent. ; and in Connaught, 6,279 acres, or 0-9 per cent. In 1883 the extent returned ?« Tal fno 88 W!iß 10 ' 192 -* 47 a<*es ;in 1884 the amount returned is iu,tf4b,dUß acres, being an increase of 153.861 acres. The P™.^ ? an(i under tillage in 1883 was 3,004,917 acres: in 1884 it is 2,910,239 acres, being a decrease of 94,678 acres. l a o. e yjf« er the decreas e amounted to 32.487 acres ; in tfunster, J° SI'S.? BCMS ;in Ulßter » to 26 > 730 acrea ; and in Connaught * otia acres " Com P ared with 1883 there appears a decrease c ,H«, acre 3ln tbe acrea ge under wheat ; of 34,509 acres in oats ; ot 16,294 acres in barley ; of 2,462 acres in beans and peas ; and of to acres m bere and rye ; showing a total decrease of 79,062 acres in tbe extent under cereal crops. The acreage under potatoes has decreased by 7,525 acres ; turnips by ,2,768 acres ; and mangel wurzel and beet root by 3,433 acres. The extent under cabbage \ n ?l% & y |672 acreß > carrots, parsnips, and other green crops by i o o^ reS ' and vetcfaes aDd ra Pc by 14 acres ; leaving a net decrease °5 . Pu acr u S ln the extent and er green crops. As legards the live stock, there has been an increase in the number of cattle amounting to 15,314 ; m the number of sheep, amounting to 24,261 ; and in the number of horses and mules, amounting to 928 ; whilst there has been a decrease in the number of pigs amounting to 42,169.— Dub1in