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SMALL BREED. 



Boara under Eighteen mouths old. 

 First prize of 5 sovs., Commiasioners of National Edu- 

 cation, Glasnevin. 



Second of 3 bovs. — No merit, 

 Boars over Eighteen months and under Thirty-six months old. 

 First prize of 4 sovs., Commissioners of National Education, 

 Dublin. 



Second of 2 sovs. — No merit. 



For the beat Boar in the above sections, the Medal, Com- 

 missioners of National Education ; and to breeder, the Medal, 

 H.R.H. the Prince Consort. 



Breeding Sows under Eighteen months old. 

 First prize of 4 sovs., Tbomas Franks, Mallow. 

 Second of 2 sovs. — No entry. 



Breeding Sow over Eighteen mouths old. 

 First prize of 3 sovs.. Commissioners of National EducatioD, 

 Dublin. 



Second of 2 sovs. — No merit. 



The best Boar, bred in the county of Cork. 

 Prize of 3 sovs. — No entry. 



The best Sow, bred in the county of Cork. 

 No entry. 



IMPLEMENTS. 

 Judges. — W. Featherstone. 

 H, Carrick. 



Professor Murphy, Queen's College, Cork. 

 R. C. Wade, Stonabraney, Meath. 

 The Irish Farmers' Gazette Challenge Cup, value 50 gs- 

 For gener*l collection of implements manufactured by the 

 exhibiter, and suited to the agriculture of Ireland. Award 

 deferred. 



DAIRY PRODUCE. 

 Judges. — Garrett Barry, Greenville, Cork. 

 T. Mc Douall, Carlow. 

 T. Keating, Meath. 



Firkins of butter, not less than G5 lbs. weight, independent 

 of the firkin, suited for the English or Loudon market, and 

 made on the farm of the exhibitor during the season of 1860, 

 £4, Thomas Forrest, Blarney; second best, £3, John 

 M'Auliffe, Carrignavar; third beat, £2, Bridget Forrest, 

 Blarney. 



To the dairymaid, whose butter wins the first prize and 

 who shall have been at least six months in her employer's 

 service (in a idition to the society's certificate), £1 ; second, 

 15s. ; third IOj. 



Firkins of butter, of not less than 65 lbs. weight, in- 

 dependent of the firkin, suited for the foreign market, 

 and made on the farm of the exhibitor during the season of 

 1860, £4, William R. Meade, Ballymartle ; second best, £3, 

 Thomas Forrest ; third beat, £2, John M'Auliffe. 



To the dairymaid, whose butter wins the first prize and 

 who shall have been at least six months in her employer's 

 service (in addition to the society's certificate), £1 ; second, 

 158.; third, lOs. 



Cool of butter, 30 lbs. weight independent of the cool, 

 made on the farm of the exhibitor, during the year 1860, £3, 

 John M'Auliffe ; second best, £2, Daniel Driscoll, Blarney ; 

 third beat, £1, Tliomas Forrest. 



FLAX. 

 Judges.— De Cooke Kenifeck, Cork. 

 S.N. Penrose, Cork. 

 W. Shaw, Bandon. 

 Bundles, not less than 16 lbs weight, of mill-scutched flax, 

 grown on the farm of the exhibitorj^being an average sample 

 of the produce of at least half an acre of British growth, and 

 of the crop of the year 1859, first prize, £3, David Patton, 

 Glasalough ; second, £2, David Farley, Gleveloughy, Clones. 

 Bundles, not leas than IGlbs. weight, of hand-scutched 

 flax, grown on the farm of the exhibitor, being an average 

 sample of the produce of at least half an acre of British growth, 

 and of the crop of the year 1859, first prize, £3, David Patton; 

 second, £2, David Farley. 



Six hanka of bandspun yarn, £1, no entry. 



CEREALS AND GRASS SEEDS. 



Four 80V3. and medal for the best collection of ceieah and 



grass seeds, Dickson, Hogg, and Robertson, Mary-street» 

 Dublin. 



Second of three govs, and small medal, T. Jones and Sons, 

 Grand Parade, Cork. 



Third of two sovs. and bronze medal — no competition. 



THE DINNER, 



or banquet, took place in the Market Hall on Wednesday 

 evening, when about 400 sat down ; Lord Clonbrock as 

 president of the Society was in the chair, supported by his 

 Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Marquis of Waterford, 

 the Earl of Shannon, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Belmore, 

 Lord Monck, Lord Caighton, Lord Duulo, the Earl of 

 Erne, Earl of Cork, Earl of Bandon, Lord Carbery, Lord 

 Doneraile, Lord Talbot de Malaliide, Sir Pi. J. Paul, 

 &c., &c. 



After the other customary loyal toasts, his Excellency the 

 Loud Lieutenant, in responding to " The toast of his 

 Excellency and prosperity to Ireland," said : I can assure 

 you all that I look upon it as one of the most pleasant of 

 my functions, when i have the privilege of attending this 

 great annual gathering of the Pioyal Irish Agi'icultural 

 Society. For, besides tlie animation and the gaiety which 

 lie upon the surface, I attach a deep, wide, I may say 

 national importance to these occasions. It seems, from 

 the very nature of things, that agriculture in Ireland is 

 the most important of all subjects connected with her 

 material prosperity. Agriculture employs, as appears from 

 the census of the year 1851, more than 53 per cent, of 

 the whole population, while those occupied in trades and 

 manufactures, some of them appertaining themselves to 

 agriculture, only amount to 24 per cent. It may be men- 

 tioned, however, that this proportion is diminished, and 

 that the number represented in 1851 by 53 per cent, 

 stood as high in 1841 as 64 per cent. But I think it cau- 

 not be doubted that trade occupations alone are disadvan- 

 tageous to the full development of the talents and faculties 

 of an advancing people. In sight of this noble harbour 

 and those ?jeautiful waters, I need not remind you that 

 it is not one branch of industry or one kind of commerce 

 which could increase the industry and enterprise of an 

 alert and quick-witted race. Our business, however, to- 

 night is with agriculcure. Now, the crops and produce of 

 any country must depend upon her structure, position, and 

 climate ; not but tliat the laws of the market as well as the 

 laws of science will have considerable influence upon 

 the degree in which it may be advantageous to grow one 

 kind of production cr another, even sometimes at greater 

 cost, or under comparative difficulties. Now, with reference 

 to the climate of Ireland, some of you may remember a 

 very beautiful passage, in which the late lamented Lord 

 Macaulay speaks of the unrivalled beauties of the scenery 

 in the neighbouring county of Kerry. He says, in his 

 History, " the south-western district of Kerry is now well- 

 known as the most beautiful tract in the British Isles. 

 The beauties of the country are too often hidden in a mist 

 of rain which the west wind brings from the boundless sea, 

 but on a day when the sun shines out in all his glory the 

 landscape has a freshness and warmth of colouring seldom 

 found in our latitude. The myrtle loves the soil, and the 

 arbutus thrives better in it than it would even m Italy." 

 In Ireland, the heat of the land extending to the ocean, 

 through a great portion of the year, draws towards it the 

 western sea breeze, and the atmosphere is thus charged 

 with humidity which breaks upon the surface of the land, 

 which, through more than three-fourths of its extent, con- 

 sisting mainly of lime-stone, does not rise above 500 feet 

 over the surface of the sea, and being fringed by mountains 

 ready to condense the vapours suspended in the air, neces- 

 sarily produces a large allowance of rain without a great 

 mixture of extreme heat or cold. Here we find, in the soil 

 and the climate, the condition best suited for pasture ; and 

 pasture frequently of too rich a kind to be good for sheep, 

 ^l^icii_l say it in the face of the show of sheep in the 



yard will be found to browse better on such high uplands 



as Scotland abounds in. Hence it appears that cattle, 

 above all things, seem to be rendered, by the condition of 

 the soil and climate, the most appropriate stock for Ireland, 

 and the laws of the market to which I have before adverted 



