APPENDIX 



No. I. 



As an instance of what can be done by an Irish farmer, I here 

 give the particulars, ascertained by myself on the spot, of the 

 farm of Mr Boyd of Castle William, on the estate of Lord London- 

 derry, about seven miles S.E. of Belfast. He has 60 Irish acres, (94 

 English,) land of fair quality, red gravelly soil, partly but not 

 thoroughly drained. The dwelling-house is much larger than in 

 Scotland would be thought necessary for the extent of the farm. 

 The steading includes a dairy of two apartments, floored with 

 tiles, fitted with horse-churn, stove, and thermometer ; pig-houses ; 

 cow-houses for forty-seven cows; barn over the cow-houses, with horse 

 threshing-mill and straw-cutter attached \ stable for seven horses. 

 The dung court is at a lower level than the cattle-houses, the liquid 

 from which flows over the dung. Moss is carted from a consider- 

 able distance to mix with the dung, and great attention is paid to 

 increasing and accumulating this valuable substance. The farm 

 is managed in a four-course rotation. But as a great stock is kept 

 on this small farm, principally by house-feeding and cultivating 

 green crops, it may be worth while to note particularly the system 

 followed by Mr Boyd. 



8 acres are kept in permanent pasture near the cow-houses, on 

 which the cows are turned out daily for exercise and water. 



1. 13 acres are in wheat, 9 of which are sown out with Italian rye- 



grass ; 4 after the wheat is cut with winter vetches. 



2. 13, — 9 in Italian rye-grass, cut for soiling, and watered with 



liquid manure after each cutting ; 4 in winter vetches ; after 

 which, white turnips. 



3. 13, — 9 acres after Italian rye -grass are sown with oats ; 4 with 



rape, after the turnips are taken up. 



4. 13 acres. One half of this is planted with early potatoes — 



" cruffles ;" and immediately after they are raised, the ground 

 is filled up with transplanted swedes. The other half of the 

 ground is partly sown with swedes, and partly with mangold 

 and beans. 



