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published for all tlie world to read, have 

 shown the Irish farmer that his old-fashioned 

 Champion potato is out-dated, giving place to 

 Up-to-dates, Factors, and Ninety folds ; that 

 by sprouting potatoes in boxes before planting 

 he can get an extra yield of 5 tons per Irish 

 acre, and by following the new methods of 

 tillage, manuring, etc., he can obtain altogether 

 an increased yield of 11 tons per Irish acre. 

 Furthermore, it has been shown that by 

 growing potatoes, oats, mangolds, and turnips, 

 the increased profit per Irish acre of tillage 

 over grass amounts to £9:18 : 9. 



The dairy instructors have added their 

 quota to the prosperity of the country by 

 showing that the Irish farmer annually loses 

 money by sending over to England his heifers 

 as twinters or yearlings, instead of calving 

 them down, making butter from the cream, 

 and feeding pigs or calves with the separated 

 milk, and producing their own bacon. 



One of the most interesting features in the 

 revival of rural life in Ireland is the practical 

 education of the girls, who are being trained 

 to become efficient housewives and mothers, 

 — to become, in fact, helpmates to their 

 husbands. This educational movement, making 



