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creamery. A considerable number of fowls were kept, but no 

 pigs. One horse did the horse work unless in the ploughing 

 season, when a second was borrowed. The farmer with the 

 assistance of his brother, did all the manual labour, save in 

 harvest time, when additional hands had to be employed. 



A Medium-Sized Farm 



We visited another farm extending to 120 acres, about 70 acres 

 of which were in permanent pasture. Thirty acres were devoted 

 to meadow, and 20 acres were cultivated. The rotation was : first 



STREET SCENE, CLONAKILTY 



year, oats ; second year, potatoes and turnips ; third year, oats ; 

 fourth year, hay ; fifth year, hay. Eye and vetches were grown 

 for spring cutting. There was a five plot test of varieties of oats 

 laid down by the County Agricultural Instructor — "Potato," 

 " Abundance," " Tartar King," " Waverley," and " Black Tartarian " 

 being the kinds selected. Each plot was a quarter of an Irish acre. 

 The County Committee of Agriculture supplied the seed. This 

 farmer kept ten cows and reared calves. Thirty ewes, bred to a 

 Border Leicester ram, formed part of the farm stock. A premium 

 bull was also kept. It was bought as a yearling at Dublin for £42. 

 The Department stipulated, as they always do, that the bull must 

 be well-bred and serve thirty cows, outside the farmer's own stock, 

 in the first year at Is. per cow, and afterwards forty cows per 

 annum. The County Committee pays the farmer £15 per year as 

 a premium. 



