Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1879 — Ireland. [ARTICLE]

Ireland.

The report of the agricultural statistics of Ireland for 1878 has been recently issued. In 1877 there were, in round numbers, 16,000,000 acres of land cultivated in Ireland. But of this quantity 90,000 acres were last year returned as having been abandoned to barrenness. The total number of occupiers of agricultural lands during last year was 531,442, being 2,284 lees than in 1877. Archers in England have for centuries been supplied with bows of En glish make. Two years ago the manu facture was begun in this country, and America? bow? are pow largely fxports tp Epglaud. ' ' *