THIS BOOK is DEDICATED TO 



JAMES TALBOT POWER, ESQ., D.L, 



OF LEOPARDSTOWN PARK, co. DUBLIN, 



A sincere and energetic Mend in the;cause of Irish Farming, 

 in which the cultivation of the Potato forms so prominent 



a feature, 



In grateful testimony of the kind and ready assistance he as 



Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Agriculture of 



the B-oyal Dublin Society 



accorded to 



THE AUTHOR 



During the two years he was associated with Irish 

 Agriculture. 



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