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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 6 



in the house, while the remainder are engaged in 

 the cultivation of a farm of 130 Cunnincrham or 

 165 statute acres, in ihe management of which 

 they are directed by the head larmer, an expe- 

 rienced and clever man, a native of Scotland, who 

 has a skilful ploughman umler him. The pupils? 

 who are employed one part of the day on the 

 farm, are replaced by those in the school, so that 

 the education always advances in and out of doors 

 pari passu. 



The pupils are thus instructed in al! the practi- 

 cal parts of farming, and are also lectured several 

 times a week on the theory of agriculture. They 

 are made acquainted with all the properties of 

 difitjrent soils, the manures\most"applicable, and 

 the crops best adapted to each; points in which 

 most of our practical farmers display great igno- 

 rance. They are also made acquainted with all 

 the numerous varieties of cattle, and their quali- 

 ties, such as early maturity in some breeds, hardi- 

 hood in others; and have strongly impressed on 

 them that one of the most essential poinrs in 

 farming, is to select the cattle and the crops best 

 adapted to the situation, soil, &c. 



The stables, harness- rooms, cow-houses, win- 

 ter-leeding houses, piggeries, barn, tool-houses, 

 are arranged in the best manner, and the pupils 

 are required to keep them and their contents in 

 the highest order, A respectable and intelli- 

 gent matron has the superintendence of the dairy, 

 cooking, and cleaning the house, and the charge 

 of the domestic servants. 



The formation of this establishment has caused 

 its founders an expenditure of above four thousand 

 pounds ; of which about three thousand were 

 raised at its commencement by shares of £25 

 each, by the noblemen, gentlemen, and members 

 of the North-west Society. The Grocers' Com- 

 pany, on whose estate it is situated, have been 

 most liberal in their assistance, and have earned 

 a just reward in the improvement of their proper- 

 ty, by the valuable example the farm of Temple- 

 moyle presents to their tenantry ; and it is gratify- 

 ing to state, that the example is not confined to 

 so limited a circle, but is followed, to a very great 

 extent, by the larmers to a considerable distance. 



In sending a pupil to Templemoyle it is neces- 

 sary to have a nomination from one of the share- 

 holders, or from a subscriber of £2 annually. 

 The annual payment for pupils is £ 10 a year ; 

 and for this trfiing sum they are found in board, 

 lodging, and washing, and are educated so as to 

 fit them for land-stewards, directing agents, prac- 

 tical farmers, or surveyors, schoolmasters, or clerks. 



From fifteen to seventeen is the age best suited 

 for entrance at Templemoyle, as three years are 

 quite sullicient to qualify a student possessed of 

 ordinary talents and a knowledge of the rudi- 

 ments of reading and writing, to occupy any of 

 the above situations. If this very short and im- 

 perfect sketch of what must and will become a 

 more generally useful institution, as it is more 

 known and appreciated, should lead the reader to 

 wish any fuller information, he may easily be 

 gratified by visiting the agricultural seminary, or 

 by applying to the zealous secretary to the com- 

 mittee, Pitt Shipton, esq., Londonderry, under 

 cover to Sir R. A. Ferguson, Bart , M. P., who 

 will furnish printed reports containing the history 

 of the rise and progress, the names of the share- 

 holders, the rules and regulations of the society, 



hours of school and labor, dietary, and a variety 

 of minutice, which, though extremely valuable 

 and necessary to be known, yet from their length 

 might prevent the insertion of this outline of the 

 Templemoyle Seminary in those works which, 

 from their circulation, may both increase the utili- 

 ty of the publication, and the knowledge of an in- 

 stitution of which the advantages have been felt 

 and appreciated in the north of Ireland. 



N. B. — Upwards of two hundred young men, 

 natives of sixteen different counties in Ireland 

 have passed through, or remain in the school. Of 

 these between forty and fiity have been placed in 

 different situations, such as land-stewards, agents, 

 schoolmasters, and clerks, or employed on the 

 ordnance survey. Nearly one hundred are now 

 conducting their own or their fathers' farms in a 

 manner very superior to that of olden time ; and 

 the accounts of those who have been placed from 

 the seminary are such as to gratily the gentle- 

 men who have its interest at heart, and to con- 

 vince them that the good seed sown is producing 

 an ample and valuable harvest. 



Templemoyle, Oct. 14, 1837. 



[It gives us unqualified pleasure to lay before our 

 readers the above gratifying account of an institu- 

 tion so eminently calculated to confer lasting be- 

 nefits upon the country. We have been long 

 strenuous advocates for the establishment of agri- 

 cultural schools in all parts of Ireland, feeling as- 

 sured that they would ultimately be the means of 

 breaking down those absurd prejudices which 

 have been hitherto the most insurmountable ob- 

 stacles with which agricultural improvement had 

 to contend. — Editors.^ 



NEW PLAN PROPOSED FOR DUNNING DELIN- 

 QUENT SUBSCRIBERS. MARYLAND TWIN- 

 CORN. 



To the Editor of tlie Farmers' Register. 



Chillow, jfpril '20th, 1838. 



Dear Sir — Enclosed I send you ten dollars^ 

 whether more or less than the amount due you, I 

 can't say ; if less, please advise me by an account 

 upon your next number. 



You publish in every number the names of 

 those who make payments ; why not publish on 

 another leaf the names of delinquents and the 

 amount due by each? I think it would be an ex- 

 cellent regulation. It would have very much the 

 effect of mounting a truant school-boy upon a 

 "dunce-block" — none ever desire to attain that 

 honorable destinction a second time, nor would 

 your subscribers ever desire to appear twice upon 

 the delinquent list. In nin«ty-nine cases of a 

 hundred it is procrastination, and not inability to 

 pay, that keeps us delinquents from forwarding 

 our subscriptions. It would be a cheap and sure 

 substitute for the impertinent little gentlemen who 

 so uncivilly remind one "that they will be glad to 

 cret your subscription for the Farmers' Register, 

 Whig, Enquirer," &c. 



In your article upon "Hobbies and Humbugs" 

 you quote from Mr. Carmichael the following, 

 "viz: "My experience (speaking of the Maryland 

 twin-corn,) induces me to think that no great ad- 

 vantage is derived, if this corn is planted on lands 

 naturally poor, or exhausted by cultivation ; but 



