asked the Taoiseach the total number of farmers in the State in 1956, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970.
Written Answers. - Number of Farmers.
74.
The estimated numbers of farmers in the State which are available for census of population years only were 235,331 in 1951, 210,331 in 1961 and 200,625 in 1966. The last census of population was taken in 1966.