asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state (1) the gross total and (2) the total number of acres in each county under (a) oats, (b) barley, (c) wheat, (d) potatoes, (e) turnips, (f) mangolds, (g) hay, (h) sugar-beet, in the year 1935; and (3) the total number of acres of each of these crops in each province.
Written Answers. - Acreage of Crops.
The following is the information required:—
YEAR 1935.
|
COUNTIES and PROVINCES |
Oats |
Barley |
Wheat |
Potatoes |
Turnips |
Mangolds |
Hay |
Sugar Beet |
|
acres |
acres |
acres |
acres |
acres |
acres |
acres |
acres |
|
|
Carlow |
15,151 |
4,694 |
6,532 |
5,538 |
3,702 |
1,821 |
31,320 |
3,453 |
|
Dublin |
7,311 |
584 |
4,172 |
5,105 |
1,848 |
1,448 |
35,796 |
3 |
|
Kildare |
11,866 |
9,867 |
10,969 |
4,948 |
4,989 |
2,049 |
53,189 |
2,164 |
|
Kilkenny |
20,035 |
13,617 |
12,041 |
7,871 |
7,507 |
4,935 |
68,000 |
3,092 |
|
Laoighise |
13,839 |
15,338 |
11,662 |
9,346 |
6,943 |
3,795 |
65,149 |
7,594 |
|
Longford |
8,234 |
81 |
1,174 |
6,567 |
1,070 |
650 |
44,942 |
6 |
|
Louth |
17,491 |
5,000 |
7,257 |
8,999 |
4,548 |
1,461 |
29,591 |
639 |
|
Meath |
20,260 |
891 |
7,555 |
7,445 |
4,397 |
2,266 |
89,658 |
36 |
|
Offaly |
13,543 |
13,737 |
6,522 |
9,991 |
6,864 |
3,480 |
59,993 |
1,188 |
|
Westmeath |
10,153 |
646 |
2,621 |
6,585 |
2,537 |
1,516 |
53,579 |
52 |
|
Wexford |
38,267 |
32,568 |
17,327 |
12,337 |
15,497 |
6,746 |
63,242 |
4,223 |
|
Wicklow |
20,169 |
445 |
2,562 |
5,739 |
5,052 |
1,481 |
46,863 |
235 |
|
LEINSTER: |
196,319 |
97,468 |
90,394 |
90,471 |
64,954 |
31,648 |
641,322 |
22,685 |
|
Clare |
7,840 |
1,060 |
2,135 |
13,410 |
3,751 |
3,116 |
126,578 |
312 |
|
Cork |
96,800 |
12,519 |
27,277 |
31,833 |
25,782 |
19,757 |
231,485 |
9,631 |
|
Kerry |
21,389 |
1,315 |
3,318 |
16,555 |
5,611 |
5,260 |
123,303 |
895 |
|
Limerick |
8,791 |
712 |
3,717 |
9,378 |
3,351 |
3,149 |
140,520 |
987 |
|
Tipperary |
25,459 |
17,627 |
11,424 |
15,852 |
13,409 |
8,343 |
165,868 |
7,009 |
|
Waterford |
22,626 |
2,639 |
4,455 |
6,172 |
5,253 |
4,340 |
27,297 |
2,324 |
|
MUNSTER: |
182,905 |
35,872 |
52,326 |
93,200 |
57,157 |
43,965 |
815,051 |
21,158 |
|
Galway |
40,382 |
2,918 |
8,959 |
28,452 |
7,103 |
4,621 |
122,003 |
10,518 |
|
Leitrim |
6,710 |
19 |
673 |
7,917 |
519 |
187 |
57,850 |
1 |
|
Mayo |
31,189 |
915 |
2,226 |
28,122 |
3,203 |
1,371 |
99,563 |
2,344 |
|
Roscommon |
15,798 |
453 |
1,823 |
14,664 |
2,529 |
1,199 |
95,979 |
494 |
|
Sligo |
10,520 |
203 |
387 |
9,901 |
1,378 |
379 |
51,943 |
85 |
|
CONNACHT: |
104,599 |
4,508 |
14,068 |
89,056 |
14,732 |
7,757 |
427,338 |
13,442 |
|
Cavan |
26,923 |
82 |
3,765 |
18,132 |
1,234 |
393 |
91,927 |
1 |
|
Donegal |
67,923 |
284 |
1,322 |
27,937 |
10,948 |
215 |
60,042 |
— |
|
Monaghan |
35,447 |
436 |
1,598 |
16,907 |
2,917 |
357 |
47,523 |
2 |
|
ULSTER (3 Cos.): |
130,293 |
802 |
6,685 |
62,976 |
15,099 |
965 |
199,492 |
3 |
|
SAORSTÁT ÉIREANN |
614,116 |
138,650 |
163,473 |
335,703 |
151,942 |
84,335 |
2,083,203 |
57,288 |