Browsing by Subject "Irish agriculture"

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    • Address at the opening of the thirtieth session 

      Pim, Jonathan (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1876)
      The honour you have done me in electing me as your president, brings with it the responsibility of addressing you on the occasion of this, the opening meeting of the thirtieth session of the Statistical Society. Having ...

    • Address at the opening of the twenty-fifth session 

      Lawson, James A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1872)
      As President of your Society, I have been called upon to discharge the usual duty of delivering the opening address from this chair. I take the opportunity of returning thanks for the honour conferred upon me, and of ...

    • Address at the opening of the Twenty-second Session 

      Monsell, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1869)
      It has been the custom at the commencement of our annual sessions to direct attention to laws passed during the year, likely to affect our social or industrial progress, and to consider the remaining impediments to that ...

    • Agricultural developments in Ireland, north and south 

      Attwood, E. A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)
      The agreement on the reduction of the trade barriers between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has given rise to hopes of a new impetus to the development of Irish agriculture. Economic history is not ...

    • Agricultural education and research 

      Senior, Brendan J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1953)
      In recent years agricultural education has been the subject of discussion and inquiry in many countries and much reorganisation of research, teaching and advisory services has been undertaken, in an effort to enhance the ...

    • Agriculture and economic growth in western Ireland 

      Attwood, E. A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1962)
      In the development of the economy of the Western Counties of Ireland industrial expansion, in order to diversify employment opportunities, has been given considerable prominence and insufficient attention given to the need ...

    • An analysis of land potential for grazing in Ireland with particular reference to farm size relationships 

      Lee, J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1974)
      While much research has been carried out on the role of soil survey in the application of agricultural technology to farming, its possible utility as a basis for systematizing statistics on farm size has not been ...

    • An analysis of recent policies for beef and milk 

      O'Connor, R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1970)
      Special policies have to be introduced for agriculture in developed economies. It appears that if present policies are continued the expenditure will continue to grow in future years. Hence, a crucial matter for policy-makers ...

    • The capitalisation of Irish agriculture 

      Johnston, Joseph (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1942)
      The value of a farm from a strictly agricultural point of view is a capitalisation of the income which a purchaser, whose principal occupation is farming, might hope to make in virtue of his ownership as such. In making ...

    • Co-responsibility and the future of Irish agriculture 

      Sheehy, S. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1983)
      Since its institution the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been under continuous attack (Fennell, 1973). In recent years the criticism has centred around the budgetary cost of the policy (Hayes, 1979). The cost was ...

    • The condition of small farmers in Ireland, and their position with reference to the land question 

      O'Brien, Murrough (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)
      The average size of farms in Ireland is so small that it may well be matter for wonder how the tenants upon them are able to pay any rent alter supporting themselves and their families. In 1866 the number of farms of the ...

    • The development of an agricultural incomes policy 

      Attwood, E. A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1970)
      Considerable attention is now being given in Ireland to the development of an incomes policy for the community. There is general agreement that such a policy should apply to all incomes?not only to wages and salaries ...

    • Discussion on the problem of full employment 

      Lynch, Patrick; Whitaker, T. K. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1946)
      I feel very uneasy in opening a debate on a subject like this, a subject on which so much has been spoken and written by experts. It is impossible to discuss the subject without expressing views influenced in large part ...

    • A dynamic model of the Irish economy 

      Quinlan, P. M. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1962)
      The present paper is the result of a spare-time study over the past three years, first on the effects of increased production in agriculture on all other sectors of our economy, and more recently on the combined effects ...

    • An econometric method of forecasting the demand for food in Ireland in 1970 

      Hart, Julian (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1966)
      In the present decade, there are two major factors that can be expected to affect the demand for food in Ireland; the first is the country's becoming part of the European Economic Community, the second is the attainment ...

    • An economic basis for an Irish rural civilisation 

      Johnston, Joseph (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)
      The general argument of this paper is that if we would establish a suitable economic basis for a worth-while Irish rural civilisation we must have, not only co-operation of farmers living in their scattered homesteads, ...

    • The economic utilisation of grassland 

      O'Connor, R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1960)
      Recent experimental work has brought to notice the remarkable yield potential of Irish grassland. In experiments at Johnstown Castle on poor soils, yields of about 40 cwts. of starch equivalent (S.E.) per acre were obtained ...

    • The extent of the potato crop in Ireland at the time of the Famine 

      Bourke, P. M. Austin (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1960)
      Any attempt at a quantitative analysis of the failure of the potato in Ireland in 1845-6 requires a knowledge of the extent to which the crop was grown in those years. The collection and publication of official returns of ...

    • The Farm Management Survey 1966 to 1969 

      Heavey, John F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1972)
      Farm management surveys are now a relatively common feature in developing and developed countries. Their prominence is largely due, no doubt, to increased interest and concern with social and economic equity amongst all ...

    • Future possibilities of Irish agriculture 

      Kennedy, Henry (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)
      In a country lacking any considerable resources of raw material, with but a limited export trade in industrial products, but having a fertile soil and favourable climate, it is to increased production on the land that ...