Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett
1951 Dublin, Annual Convention of the Irish Farmers’ Federation
Source: Wicklow People, 07.04.1951
The General Secretary in her report stated: The year 1950 has not been such a good year for farming, for while we welcomed the good prices for sheep and wool, and the steady price for cattle, the pig trade was very uncertain and the poultry trade, with the exception of turkeys, ended disappointingly and will, I fear, be greatly reduced in the coming year. The harvest was very bad in many parts of the country and has left a great shortage of fodder. While all our cost of production continued to rise. We asked the Minister for more satisfactory prices for our exportable surplus. During the year we continued to urge that a satisfactory price be paid for fat pigs and early in the year we pointed out to the Minister for Agriculture the serious decline about to take place by the selling off of a great number of brood sows, the Minister thought all was well, but when the June census came out it showed a decline of over 7,000 brood sows, hence the present bacon shortage.