KnJ Agricultural Intelligence — TrelattS. Aug", 



IRELAND. 



[The following Letter was received too late for Lift Number; but, judg- 

 ing it may be ufeful, we have now given it a place.] 



Ldfcr from a Gentleman at Dubliriy April 20. 



The Farmer's Magazine renders important fervice to the caufe of 

 agriculture, by laying before the pubhc a variety of valuable informa- 

 tion. Every wellwifher to the caufe mull be gratified to find, that the 

 circulation of this Work is fo exteiifive, as a rapid improvement in rural 

 fcience mull thereby be cfTetSled. I will be happy to render every affill- 

 ance in my power, to increafe the demand for it on this lide of the wa- 

 ter. 



In the county Surveys, which I now do myfelf the pleafurc of fend- 

 ing, you will find that the rural management, which has long prevailed 

 in Ireland, is that of raifing repeated crops of grain as long as tJie foil 

 is capable of yielding any. The land is then left, for a feries of 

 years, to acquire a fcanty herbage from fpontaneous vegetation, which, 

 for a long time, proves of little or no value. This mode was fo unpro- 

 duclive, that tillage was almofl altogether confined to the loweil: order 

 of landliolders ; thofe of more affluence limiting their views to padurage, 

 badly conduclcd. 



To induce a fpirit for the improvement of Hock and tillage, the 

 Farming Society of Ireland was inftituted. By tlie exertions and 

 example of feveral of the moft enlightened members, improved huf-- 

 bandr)' has become falliionable, and ver}- generally diffufed throughout 

 the country. County focieties are eftabhlhed in numerous fituation?, 

 and a happy influence now prevails, for a general improvement, and for 

 promoting the comforts of the lower orders. Thefe confequences are of 

 ineflimabie value. 



The mod enlightened of our agriculturlfts confider that land, once 

 brought into a fair tillage Hate, may be kept with advantage, without the 

 necelTity of a naked fallow, under continual cropping, through means of 

 alternate * fallow crops, ' here denominated ' green crops ; ' as, by means 

 of green crops in drills, an opportunity offers of keeping the land com- 

 pletely clean. The culture of green crops in drills is invariably recom- 

 mended ; indeed the driUing fyllem for grain is gaining ground, Cooke's 

 machine being much approved by thofe gentlemen who have tried it. 



A ploughing match was held here during the fpring fhew, .which 

 proved a veiy latisfa£tor\' exhibition, and truly interefting. The work 

 perfonncd by the Leiceiter wheel-plough, and Small's plough, was ex- 

 cellent. The latter was declared vitfcor. 



A boat, conftru6led for the conveyance of fat (lock, lately fitted up. 

 Las been plying with much fuccefs on the grand canal from Tullamore 

 to this town, diflance 59 miles Englifh. Fare for oxen, 8s. each ; cows, 

 7s. ; veal calves, 3s. ; Iheep, lambs, and fwine, is. Britifii money. This 

 eilabhfhment, wlien increafcd, and the canal more extended, will prove 



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