asked the Taoiseach if he will state (1) the number of milch cows and in-calf heifers and (2) the number of acres of land under tillage crops in the year 1952.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Agricultural Statistics.
The total number of milch cows and heifers in calf in the country on 1st June, 1952, was 1,247,827. The total area under corn, root and green crops and flax on that date was 1,708,177 statute acres.
Is the Taoiseach aware that the figures which he has given reveal a further reduction in the number of milch cows and in-calf heifers as compared with 1951? The reduction is continuous, and does he not regard that in a serious light?
It is a continuation of the process that operated in the years previous.
The Deputy is quite mistaken, but we will not blame him for that.