Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Apr 1947

Vol. 105 No. 5

Written Answers. - Creamery Milk Supplies.

Risteárd Ua Maolchatha

asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state, in respect of each county and province, the number of milch cows from which milk was being supplied to creameries, for each of the years 1936 to 1946 inclusive; and the total of all counties for each year.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Smith)

The following table sets out the information asked for:—

NUMBER OF MILCH COWS FROM WHICH MILK WAS SUPPLIED TO CREAMERIES FROM 1936 TO 1945 INCLUSIVE.

County	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946
Cavan	30,958	29,739	26,791	26,635	25,988	25,310	23,386	23,820	24,110	23,282	Figures not yet available
Clare	25,297	26,854	25,787	25,176	28,370	26,100	25,588	24,347	23,933	25,234
Cork	134,890	128,643	137,924	140,005	132,612	134,542	137,536	133,410	134,622	139,653
Donegal	9,037	7,887	8,282	8,803	8,372	7,163	5,130	4,743	4,099	5,262
Kerry	101,756	73,752	78,368	82,741	87,466	86,647	85,905	84,257	87,319	88,742
Kilkenny	36,463	32,964	32,874	30,145	31,077	27,083	27,203	26,427	27,277	25,166
Leitrim	26,297	20,773	19,445	17,474	18,337	16,502	14,688	16,132	16,511	17,662
Leix	1,540	1,330	762	620	600	500	510	500	530	593
Limerick	107,040	98,800	95,008	94,902	90,761	87,669	86,128	84,833	84,398	84,711
Mayo	435	511	1,240	920	675	—	—	—	—	—
Monaghan	20,723	19,002	19,065	18,707	18,046	16,368	15,210	16,332	15,587	16,517
Offaly	1,669	1,377	1,393	700	600	—	—	—	—	—
Roscommon	2,963	3,180	2,715	2,055	2,255	2,103	828	780	860	735
Sligo	18,169	19,701	23,950	24,019	23,171	21,537	21,792	19,591	20,745	20,049
Tipperary	81,549	75,522	73,693	69,488	66,331	63,690	62,647	61,533	59,851	61,921
Waterford	22,392	18,451	20,589	19,896	20,398	18,636	19,361	19,504	19,968	21,949
Wexford	5,095	5,224	4,886	6,296	3,798	1,776	2,005	2,103	2,306	2,382
TOTALS	626,273	563,710	572,772	568,582	558,857	535,626	527,917	518,312	522,116	533,858
PROVINCES:
Munster	472,924	422,022	431,369	432,208	425,938	417,284	417,165	407,884	410,091	422,210
Leinster	44,767	40,895	39,915	37,761	36,075	29,359	29,718	29,030	30,113	28,141
Ulster	60,718	56,628	54,138	54,145	52,406	48,841	43,726	44,895	43,796	45,061
Connaught	47,864	44,165	47,350	44,468	44,438	40,142	37,308	36,503	38,116	38,446
TOTALS	626,273	563,710	572,772	568,582	558,857	535,626	527,917	518,312	522,116	533,858