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grow tobacco in Ireland profitably. The Colonel has also a splendid 

 herd of Hereford cattle, which proved of more interest to the 

 farmers, being more in their line than tobacco. Before leaving 

 Eandlestown they were entertained tD lunch by Colonel and Mrs 

 Everard. As they drove out of his beautiful grounds, which con- 

 tain the most luxuriant grass in Ireland, and trees that could not 

 well be matched anywhere, they felt that if all landlords had been 

 like Colonel Everard the Irish land problem would have been less 

 difficult to solve. Navan was reached in time to catch the 4 p.m. 



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train for Dundalk. The evenincc was spent discussing the Agri- 

 cultural Credit Banks of Ireland with Father Lyons, an earnest 

 worker in the great movement that is designed to recreate Ireland. 

 Mullaghbawn was the destination on Tuesday morning. It 

 lies in the hills, 8 miles from Dundalk. The farmers were much 

 struck with the good quality of the soil in the neighbourhood of 

 Dundalk and the neat trim homesteads. They reminded them of 

 the small farms of Denmark. Farther out, the holdings became 

 smaller and the land of poorer quality. At Mullaghbawn they 

 did not exceed 5 or 6 acres each. The object of the visit was a 



