AGBICULTURE.] IRELAND 221 TABLE VI. Showing tlie amount of Increase ( + ) or Decrease ( - ) between 1841 and 1880 in the various classes of Holdings above 1 acre in extent in the different Provinces and for all Ireland, with the proportion per cent, of that amount. Classes of Holdings. Lcinstcr. Munster. Ulster. Connaught. Ireland Above 1 and not exceeding 5 acres Number -31,277 62-4 -20,223 43-9 + 1,893 9-2 + 21,724 1211 -47,037 81-3 -42,767 69-3 - 3,018 10-9 + 40,122 240-8 -81,829 80-1 -31,334 31-5 + 30,485 120-9 + 33,156 343-4 -86,001 85-8 + 2,860 6-3 + 27,816 477-6 + 17,837 408-9 -246,144 79-3 - 91,464 36-2 + 57,176 72-1 + 112,839 2321 Percent Above 5 and not exceeding 15 acres Number Per cent Above 15 and not exceeding 30 acres. Number Per cent Number Per cent ... . Number -27,883 207 -52,700 32-2 -49,522 20-9 -37,488 24-1 -167,593 24-2 Total Decrease Per cent TABLE VII. Classification of Farms above 30 acres in extent in 1851, 1861, 1871, 1876, and 1880. Classes of Holdings. 18-31. 18C1. 1871. 187(5. 1880. Increase. bove 30 and not exceeding 50 acres 70,093 72 449 72 787 72 761 72 923 2 830 Above 50 and not exeeedin- 100 acres 49,940 53 933 55 062 55 365 56 229 6 289 Above 100 and not exceeding 200 acres 19,753 21 531 21 696 22 060 22 413 2 660 Above 200 and not exceeding 500 acres 7,847 8,329 8 190 8 176 8 340 493 Above 500 acres . 1,457 1 591 1 568 1 510 1 559 102 TABLE VIII. Percentages of Acreage of different sues of Holdings, with percentages of Crops. Up to 1 Acre. Up to 5 Acres. Up to 15 Acres. Up to 30 Acres. Up to 50 Acres. Up to 100 Acres. Up to 200 Acres. Up to 600 Acres. Above 500 Acres. Total. Percentage of acreage in each class of < lioldinf 1854 1861 1871 1854 1861 1871 1854 1861 1871 1854 1861 1871 1854 1861 1871 | 1854 { 1861 ( 1871 6-5 6-8 8-2 86-8 85-8 85-1 67 5-8 5-5 0-7 0-3 0-2 0-8 1-0 0-8 5-0 7-1 8-4 13-8 14-0 12-6 65-0 64-8 63-5 28-0 261 27-5 0-5 0-2 o-i 07 0-9 1-0 5-8 8-0 7-9 30-3 30-1 28-9 48-3 49-0 47-4 43-8 41-1 42-9 0-4 0-2 o-i 0-5 0-5 0-6 7-0 9-2 9-0 23-3 231 23-4 40-6 41-8 40-6 481 45-6 481 0-4 0-2 o-i 0-5 0-5 0-5 10-4 11-9 10-7 12-0 11-9 12-3 34-7 367 35-3 50-4 48 3 "1-1 0-6 0-3 01 07 07 07 13-6 14-0 12-8 8-9 8-9 9-3 28-9 301 28-9 51-6 50-8 54-8 0-6 0-3 01 1-0 1-2 1-1 17-9 17-6 151 3-6 3-5 3-6 21-2 22-0 21 -.3 52-5 52-9 57-2 0-5 0-2 o-i 2-0 2-1 2-0 23-8 22-8 19-4 1-3 1-4 1-4 12-6 13-1 127 47-3 501 52-5 0-4 0-2 o-i 31 3-2 3-3 36-6 33-4 51-4 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-8 3-8 3-2 29-5 34-0 33-2 o-o o-i o-o 3-1 3-1 3-3 63-6 59-0 60-3 100 100 100 27 6 -29-0 277 471 46-9 49-6 0-4 0-2 0-1 1-5 1-6 1-6 23-4 22-3 21-0 Under crops Grass Fallow Woods and planta tions Bo^s and waste Average extent ( 1854
1861
( 1871 ac. ro. po. 2 23 2 22 024 ac. ro. po. 3 1 36 3 1 38 3 2 10 ac. ro. po. 10 1 10 1 21 10 1 39 ac. ro. po. ac. ro. po. 22 3240 1 32 22 1 240 1 1 22 1 640 1 19 ac. ro. po. 74 6 2 73 1 13 73 2 6 ac. ro. po 153 5 149 3 4 150 39 ac. ro. po 355 25 340 1 341 3 33 ac. ro. po. 1241 1 32 1244 2 27 1320 39 ac. ro. po. 33 1 6 33 1 9 34 1 TABLE IX. Areas (in Acres) of Land under different Crops in 1847, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1879, and 1880. (The figures for 1880 are taken from the Agricultural Abstract, and differ slightly from those in the complete return.) Wheat. Oats. Barley. Bere. Rye. Deans. Pease. Total Cereals. Potatoes. Turnips. Mang. Wurz. Other Green Crops. Total Green Crops. Flax. Meadow and Clover. Total. f!847 277,147 564,711 98,555 23,899 3.411 7,6 CO 975,583 08,141 109,857 5,698 22.035 205,731 1,644 451,339 1,634,297 1851 202,578 614,535 97,750 27,642 3,940 5,931 8,507 960,883 191,299 104,069 13,344 30,365 339,077 4,889 481,564 1,786.413 Lcinstcr j -,r, 133,167 68,897 482,546 390,551 120,323 156,140 1,988 1,182 1,439 1,241 6,002 5,244 598 487 746,603 623,742 214.558 209,540 102,386 105,531 11,914 14,444 21,997 26.417 350,855 355,932 1,134 3,219 547,122 621,765 1,645,774 1,604,658 j 1871 1879 43,770 278.290 174,146 232 1,354 4,579 138 502,509 158,032 99,660 17,995 21,787 298.074 1,030 606,924 1,408,537 [1880 44,889 307,389 152,186 1,1 24 5,056 511,244 153,410 102.051 15,646 21.290 292,397 2,157 597,566 1,403,364 f 1847 317.507 384,159 106,116 11,315 2,080 1.779 823,022 99,372 114,833 5,306 11,363 230,874 1,156 315,848 1,370,900 1851 Munster -j j^- j 180,269 159.299 91.907 399,534 3X1.545 298,246 131,991 54,060 46,611 5,577 293 320 2,838 1,385 2.200 8,927 731 593 3,158 122 48 732,294 597.435 439,991 243.137 291,000 200,140 125,493 110.293 89,434 7,470 5.916 12,891 21,882 22,451 28,321 397,982 429,060 390,786 5,991 1.529 2.935 372,072 448.171 525.266 1,508.339 1,476,795 1,358,978 1879 1 1880 03,507 57,852 222,390 249,811 60,016 49,576 140 ! 1,831 1,389 419 5 24 18 348.927 358.946 189,270 191,307 81,113 77,8(8 20,178 16,626 25,822 24.394 316.3K3 310,190 1,046 1,142 608.790 669.714 1,235,140 1,239,992 f 1847 1851 UW-r J 1861
- - i: lLl ] 1871
88.206 90.188 80,740 64,194 957,307 888,419 838,492 720,437 41,718 27,483 14.241 9,066 11,049 15,441 672 293 4,430 6,942 2,872 2,107 13,1 13,498 5,090 3.616 95 4.446 697 684 1,116,511 1,040,417 942,804 800,397 87,186 282,089 388,417 375,506 107.261 108,216 81,973 90.479 1,894 3,761 3.887 2,609 20,200 25,960 19.895 52.682 216.001 53,701 420,026 125.407 494,172 143,200 491,336^47,065 263.149 260.145 372,801 465.687 1,649.902 1,851,995 1,952,983 1,904.485 1879 42,203 C49.675 9,699 133 1.782 4,262 015 708,369 316,539 102.297 8,093 24,008 450,997 124,680 499.446 1,783,442 1 1880 38,828 641,361 7,088 1,797 4,106 693.780 301,687 93,158 5,891 22,250 422,980 152,996 474,483 1,744,245 f 1847 1851 60.951 31,213 294,693 287.287 37,198 25,393 2,805 4,087 2.482 5,977 3 179 34 5,071 398,463 359,807 29,417 151,976 38,393 45,770 808 1,272 5.854 16,503 74,532 215,521 1,811 4,249 108.610 132,627 583,416 712,204 Conn aught . "> i-i 28,037 296,577 10,331 99 2,834 28 149 338,055 239.529 39,452 41 591 1,116 1 806 16,632 16 990 296,729 273 635 2,088 3,451 178,112 216,326 814,984 753.310 1879 19,393 8,031 220.902 179,906 9.162 9,831 GO 48 4.146 4.132 68 37 173 77 250,904 202,062 178^230 31>27 4^889 14, 490 229 ,230 262,095 694,708 1 1880 7,067 1S3.382 8.509 3.358 78 202,454 174,324 29,696 3,347 14,419 221,786 1. 239 268,144 093,623 f!847 1851 Ireland -J ^ 1879 i 1SSO 743.871 2,200^870283,587 504.248 2,189,775 282.61 7 401.243 1,999.160 198,955 244,451 1.636.136 220,979 157,511 1,330.261 254.292 148.606 1.381,943 218,019 49,008 53,347 3.052 1,855 553 7,< 12,415 19,697 8,530 9.700 9,099 .08 23,7 28,535 12,451 9,521 9,297 10, 68 3,313,579 21,182 3,099,401 1.506 2,624,957 1,392 2,124,034 854 1,761.867 158 1,766,424 284.116 808,501 1,133,504 1,058,434 842,671 820,728 370,344,13.766 383,548 25.847 334.104 22,833 327.035 31,810 314,697 51.155 302,708 41, 510 59,512 727,738 58,312 94,710 1,372.006 140,536 80,975:1,571,416147,957 94.410 1,511,689156,670 86,167 ! 1 294,P90 128.021 82,353 : 1 ,247,359 157,534 1,138,940 1,240,408 1,546.206 1.829.044 1,937,255 1,909,907 5.238,575 5,858,951 5,890,536 5,621,437 5,121,833 5,081,224
