Dairying and the production of eggs are also important industries in all sections.
West, west-central and eastern France outside these areas, where meadows are predominant and both dairying and fattening are general.
Included therein are the dairying and horse-raising district of northern Brittany and the dairying regions of Jura and Savoy.
Nevertheless, the decade closed more hopefully than it opened, and found farmers taking a keener interest in grass land, in live stock and in dairying.
Higher education is given at the Royal College of Science, Dublin; the Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin; and the Munster Institute, Cork, for female students, where dairying and poultry-keeping are prominent subjects.