asked the Taoiseach if he will state the average cash return per statute acre in respect of wheat grown here during each of the years 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950, and the average yield per acre in each of these years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cash Return on Wheat.
The estimated average cash value per statute acre of homegrown wheat sold off farms and consumed in farm households, and therefore not including the part of the crop used for further agricultural production, during each of the years 1945 to 1950 inclusive was as follows:—
|
1945 |
£12 17s. |
|
1946 |
£12 13s. |
|
1947 |
£9 14s. |
|
1948 |
£16 8s. |
|
1949 |
£22 1s. |
|
1950 |
£18 1s. |
The figure for 1950 is provisional.
The estimated average yield of wheat in cwt. per statute acre in each of the same years was 17.3, 14.4, 10.8, 15.8, 19.9 and 17.9 respectively.