asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the number of acres which must be sown with Irish wheat each year for our own bread supply, reckoning seven barrels per acre to include seeding for the following year.
Written Answers. - Production of Native Wheat.
Mr. Moylan
On the basis of a yield of seven barrels per acre approximately 580,000 acres would provide the quantity of wheat required each year for the production of flour and bread and for seed for sowing in the following year.