Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 12 Dec 1934

Vol. 54 No. 6

Written Answers. - Acreage under Crops.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under oats in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under barley in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under wheat in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under potatoes in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under turnips in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under mangels in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under hay in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934.

Mr. Doyle

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the gross total, and the total number of acres in each county, under sugar beet in each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934.

Mr. Lemass:

I am circulating with the Official Report a table containing the statistics asked for in Numbers 30 to 37 (inclusive).

Following is the table:

Area under Principal Crops, 1931 to 1934.

County and Province	Oats	Barley	Wheat	Potatoes	Turnips	Mangels	Hay	Sugar Beet
			In Acres
SAORSTÁT EIREANN:
1931	622,779	115,735	20,848	346,073	181,858	83,933	2,313,189	5,012
1932	632,135	103,453	21,388	347,576	177,329	81,263	2,281,747	13,686
1933	634,675	117,422	50,491	341,134	169,902	80,152	2,244,212	15,076
1934	583,430	142,725	93,817	342,918	159,419	83,064	2,146,571	45,581
LEINSTER:
1931	198,114	88,136	8,994	90,657	78,663	31,296	711,711	4,606
1932	204,109	76,763	8,626	91,684	75,443	29,597	698,190	13,041
1933	205,457	86,761	23,172	89,204	72,388	29,073	694,313	14,424
1934	178,112	99,711	48,596	90,957	65,108	29,638	667,528	30,410
CARLOW:
1931	15,624	4,486	293	5,917	5,669	1,846	35,726	723
1932	15,189	2,760	120	5,521	4,804	1,566	34,946	3,212
1933	15,268	3,431	1,247	5,445	4,631	1,620	34,026	3,672
1934	12,132	4,283	3,510	5,148	3,426	1,586	32,277	6,044
DUBLIN:
1931	6,995	429	1,162	5,073	2,370	1,465	38,755	12
1932	7,124	365	856	5,240	2,130	1,393	34,752	5
1933	6,893	440	2,169	4,975	2,025	1,418	35,239	4
1934	5,935	631	3,154	5,043	1,954	1,510	37,280	6
KILDARE:
1931	12,580	9,447	340	4,808	6,630	2,038	59,705	491
1932	12,873	7,730	346	4,753	5,961	1,871	58,289	1,893
1933	13,131	8,935	1,921	4,608	5,723	1,814	57,502	2,142
1934	11,060	10,078	6,129	4,931	4,919	1,856	56,217	3,531
KILKENNY:
1931	21,487	10,560	966	8,070	8,692	4,716	81,841	407
1932	22,390	9,625	1,102	8,100	8,605	4,716	83,555	966
1933	22,222	11,239	3,240	7,854	8,344	4,599	77,938	1,059
1934	18,531	13,087	6,044	8,147	7,677	4,717	71,298	3,753
LAOIGHISE:
1931	16,819	17,256	217	9,978	9,715	4,121	74,157	484
1932	17,915	14,161	219	9,796	9,085	3,843	72,696	2,974
1933	17,288	15,850	1,115	9,518	8,556	3,623	70,805	3,302
1934	13,709	17,307	4,287	9,544	7,144	3,566	68,011	8,503
LONGFORD:
1931	8,060	130	162	6,742	1,147	750	49,140	2
1932	7,746	45	193	6,632	1,054	606	48,652	—
1933	8,337	88	483	6,895	1,194	728	49,616	2
1934	8,609	104	768	6,750	1,058	711	47,159	1
LOUTH:
1931	17,216	6,095	327	8,749	5,728	1,513	34,170	221
1932	18,821	4,922	196	8,799	5,605	1,328	32,494	464
1933	18,805	5,484	1,401	8,236	5,416	1,391	30,798	672
1934	15,031	6,204	3,827	8,736	4,965	1,458	30,725	662
MEATH:
1931	15,747	494	470	7,085	4,352	1,856	87,319	4
1932	16,905	399	479	7,236	4,305	1,729	87,456	3
1933	17,777	504	2,000	7,143	4,085	1,742	95,649	4
1934	16,483	920	3,945	7,535	4,024	2,022	92,841	24
OFFALY:
1931	15,912	10,656	182	9,565	7,276	3,277	64,110	135
1932	16,521	9,816	172	9,978	7,215	3,280	64,875	340
1933	15,411	12,738	716	9,817	6,980	3,168	64,865	446
1934	13,430	15,027	2,395	9,998	6,698	3,272	59,480	1,349
WESTMEATH:
1931	9,671	390	71	6,320	2,814	1,466	59,861	8
1932	9,815	316	82	6,419	2,836	1,409	58,845	17
1933	10,439	449	556	6,331	2,592	1,391	57,775	11
1934	9,822	745	1,540	6,570	2,462	1,455	55,881	31
WEXFORD:
1931	38,636	27,791	4,628	12,564	18,452	6,679	73,237	2,047
1932	38,923	26,371	4,737	13,236	17,888	6,520	69,951	3,032
1933	39,255	27,377	7,836	12,384	16,947	6,271	69,040	2,982
1934	34,787	30,829	11,544	12,735	15,621	6,096	65,552	6,125
WICKLOW:
1931	19,367	402	176	5,786	5,818	1,569	53,690	72
1932	19,887	253	124	5,974	5,955	1,336	51,679	135
1933	20,631	226	488	5,998	5,895	1,308	51,060	128
1934	18,583	496	1,453	5,820	5,160	1,389	50,801	381
MUNSTER:
1931	184,160	24,900	6,981	92,712	64,019	42,248	872,172	381
1932	184,495	24,473	7,826	93,587	64,566	41,697	878,076	617
1933	186,451	28,006	17,471	93,339	62,486	42,305	858,611	639
1934	170,601	38,253	30,710	94,583	61,238	43,973	825,116	11,185
CLARE:
1931	8,103	406	489	13,437	3,894	3,120	134,101	—
1932	8,199	335	465	13,518	3,987	3,068	134,220	3
1933	8,254	604	1,122	13,740	3,869	3,116	133,356	1
1934	7,932	938	1,720	13,875	3,944	3,253	128,245	70
CORK:
1931	96,952	9,289	4,693	31,761	30,424	18,845	250,905	26
1932	96,600	9,503	5,068	32,199	29,995	18,471	245,671	42
1933	98,466	10,621	9,946	32,043	29,376	19,129	243,336	29
1934	89,895	15,924	15,860	32,534	28,565	19,931	238,866	4,001
KERRY:
1931	23,209	1,046	358	17,683	5,679	4,928	130,375	40
1932	23,268	938	420	17,544	5,935	5,031	135,871	39
1933	23,501	1,064	1,162	17,295	5,727	5,164	128,904	15
1934	21,041	1,473	2,409	16,921	5,391	5,213	123,810	486
LIMERICK:
1931	8,932	150	553	8,554	3,407	2,873	152,716	16
1932	7,919	118	968	8,653	3,265	2,715	155,612	10
1933	8,423	205	1,797	9,063	3,325	2,860	151,446	14
1934	7,791	516	2,483	9,110	3,190	2,894	141,921	492
TIPPERARY:
1931	26,555	13,073	834	15,419	14,747	8,353	174,033	126
1932	27,397	12,694	829	15,743	15,295	8,265	177,118	258
1933	26,603	14,410	2,729	15,371	14,367	7,855	173,429	293
1934	24,133	16,931	5,665	16,004	14,613	8,438	164,448	4,562
WATERFORD:
1931	20,409	936	54	5,858	5,868	4,129	30,042	173
1932	21,112	885	76	5,930	6,089	4,147	30,484	265
1933	21,204	1,102	715	5,827	5,822	4,181	28,140	287
1934	19,809	2,471	2,573	6,139	5,535	4,244	27,826	1,574
CONNACHT:
1931	110,791	2,166	4,326	94,687	20,022	9,014	496,531	15
1932	111,075	1,771	4,413	95,089	19,071	8,917	480,875	17
1933	109,184	2,190	7,445	93,273	17,801	7,796	472,066	8
1934	105,739	4,065	10,075	92,760	16,979	8,390	444,602	3,981
GALWAY:
1931	41,825	1,805	3,732	29,950	10,464	5,581	148,474	7
1932	42,299	1,455	3,748	30,716	10,018	5,655	143,169	3
1933	42,217	1,788	5,248	30,476	9,448	5,088	136,745	4
1934	40,116	3,017	7,098	30,305	8,935	5,321	129,010	3,067
LEITRIM:
1931	7,859	7	26	8,516	829	275	67,356	—
1932	7,641	30	22	8,527	639	230	65,375	—
1933	7,385	23	240	8,337	624	160	64,713	—
1934	7,084	11	328	8,217	582	152	62,221	1
MAYO:
1931	34,032	206	379	30,997	4,322	1,434	114,292	1
1932	34,652	194	451	31,198	4,217	1,487	112,560	10
1933	33,086	184	1,131	29,804	3,722	1,118	111,028	—
1934	32,650	574	1,411	29,665	3,606	1,391	101,674	598
ROSCOMMON:
1931	15,838	98	158	14,637	2,854	1,308	106,507	6
1932	15,522	72	151	14,208	2,703	1,088	104,025	2
1933	15,682	142	635	14,565	2,525	1,054	103,363	3
1934	15,403	331	1,022	14,516	2,387	1,097	99,697	262
SLIGO:
1931	11,237	50	31	10,587	1,553	416	59,902	1
1932	10,961	20	41	10,440	1,494	457	55,746	2
1933	10,814	53	191	10,091	1,482	376	56,217	1
1934	10,486	132	216	10,057	1,469	429	52,000	53
ULSTER (3 Cos.)
1931	129,714	533	547	68,017	19,154	1,375	232,775	10
1932	132,456	446	523	67,216	18,249	1,052	223,706	11
1933	133,583	465	2,403	65,318	17,227	978	219,222	5
1934	128,978	696	4,436	64,618	16,094	1,063	209,325	5
CAVAN:
1931	26,737	75	317	18,293	1,807	469	93,836	2
1932	25,904	45	334	17,849	1,605	424	95,031	2
1933	26,893	51	1,362	18,069	1,459	332	94,333	2
1934	26,391	102	2,432	18,103	1,458	386	92,445	2
DONEGAL:
1931	70,067	211	82	33,312	13,765	580	85,539	1
1932	76,623	206	62	32,608	13,105	281	76,672	3
1933	71,844	176	393	30,724	12,531	249	72,089	—
1934	68,848	251	953	29,723	11,644	306	65,515	—
MONAGHAN:
1931	32,910	247	148	16,412	3,582	326	53,400	7
1932	33,929	195	127	16,759	3,539	347	52,003	6
1933	34,846	238	648	16,525	3,237	397	52,800	3
1934	33,739	343	1,051	16,792	2,992	371	50,365	3