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Show Irish Industry Declines The condition of the Irish pig trade is described us the worst for :)U years The Irish pig is heinc driven from the British markets, mainly owing to the competition of the Danes. Before the World war Ireland had 'JTii.flOO pig, while Denmark bad U00.0OO. Now, Mr. MucKenna, a member of the dull, es timates Denmark has 1,800.(100 pigs and the Irish figures have declined He also attributes the Irish decline to the high cost of feeding stuffs, to the part failure of last year's potato crop, and to a more or less widespread disinclination dis-inclination to breed pigs. |