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38. yd. to lose 20 ? Only the Irishman, and he 

 has done it systematically for several generations, 

 as an approved policy imposed in the name of 

 economic wisdom. 



Our Department of Agriculture has done more 

 than take one man's money to teach another how 

 to farm at a loss. There is a little world of 

 commerce in calf meals, and I have never been 

 able to get one as good as that recommended by 

 the Department : 



1 part ground flax seed, 



2 parts oatmeal, and 

 2 parts India meal ; 



all ground fine and boiled together, in a minimum 

 of water, twelve hours before feeding. When the 

 calf is five weeks old, it is quite enough to pour 

 boiling water on the meal, stir it to water every 

 particle, renew the boiling for a few minutes, and 

 leave it to simmer by the fireside as long as 

 convenient. Knowing my countrymen, I can 

 never lose an opportunity of showing them how to 

 shorten work and lengthen leisure. One little boy, 

 under my direction, can, and does, produce more 

 from a given area of land than a whole big family 

 of them, working harder than he does. 



During March and April, 1915, our local prices 

 for some farm produce ran high above the 

 prices in Dublin, Liverpool and Birmingham. I 

 sold mangolds for i IDS. per ton, and hay for 

 .5 ios., which is fully twice the feeding value in 

 both cases, One twenty- fourth part of my 



