Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.3. Correspondence, Letters to newspapers

1953 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Sunday Independent, 08.02.1953

Fall in Number of Cows

Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Springfield, Kilbride, County Wicklow, writes: Farmers are no fools and if dairying was leaving them a reasonable profit they would continue it, but facts speak for themselves.

Official figures show that on June 1, 1951, we had a decrease in the number of milch cows and heifers in calf of 52’843 and on June 1, 1952, a further decrease in cows and heifers in calf of 28’800, making a total decrease of 81’843. As the cow is the keystone of the agricultural industry, and any decline in the cow population is a national calamity. A decline of 81’643 cows at June 1, 1952, will mean, roughly, 80’000 fewer calves to be born in 1953, and, looking forward, it means 80’000 less three-year-old cattle for the export market in 1956.

At present the country has a very large number of unemployed. If those industries which have their base in agriculture, such as the canning industry, the dead meat industry, the tanneries, etc., are to lose their raw materials, it will add to the unemployment.

Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Springfield, Kilbride, County Wicklow.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Sunday Independent, 08.02.1953, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1953-02-08-187.html, consulted on .

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