I II ND OF TO-DA 



in turf that tin : f it only in a corn- 



er of badly 'places. 



i lives from October to May for 

 otatocs, milk, and tea. They 

 s, and poultry. 



tie have of ed, as the best 



-old and the worst r 1 for 



s are frequently 



very poor, both from nent and from 



. erstock ; many of them 



ipport not: ut the most easily 



:ied Scottish mou From May 



to Octc. hen the old harvest is 



used up, the peop! on American flour, or 



on maize n not only an article of 



o furnishes the principal fodder for 



stock on the farm. Oats are eaten in 



orm of porridge, or given to the animals 



people M ent their S( 



with bacon, it is of the worst American 



The good Irish bacon made from their 



much too expeii The income 



from the sale of cattle and from other farming 



transactions is not sufficient to pay the rent, 



defray the taxes, make the , r s to 



md meet all necessary expenditure. 



Some additional source of profit is absolutely 



necessary. This is (i) Work on neighbouring 



farms, tor which, however, there is seldom a 



demand, as all the West is pasture land ; there 



is a regular demand for labour only on the 



s of the richest landlords. Much more 



