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ducts which are always called for in cities, such as celery, cab- 

 bage, potatoes, beans, peas, carrots, etc. 



The actual improvements hi English agriculture. — By what 

 method has the husbandry of England been improved and brought 

 to the present high condition of the art? 1. By draining, irriga- 

 tion and warping. 2. By attention to live stock and vegetables. 

 3. By improved agricultural instruments. 4. By the aids and 

 facilities which steam power gives in bringing the market to 

 every man's door, and by driving machinery for thrashing grain, 

 etc. 5. Increased production. 6. By the energy, activity and 

 enlightened labors of the agricultural societies. Especially have 

 these societies improved the English agriculture in giving a right 

 direction to farm labor, and in exciting inquiry upon proper sub- 

 jects, and devising the best means for securing important and feasi- 

 ble ends. 



One subject more and we shall dismiss part second of the Eu- 

 ropean Agriculture. It relates to agricultural education and 

 model farms, and schools for the improvement of the Irish. The 

 accomplishment of several important objects are proposed by the 

 establishment of this institution. 1. To promote the cause of 

 education, and extend its benefits far and wide, and particularly 

 into those fields which are so far removed from intellectual light 

 that scarce a ray ever reaches them. 2. To raise up and qualify 

 teachers or school masters. 3. To furnish opportunities to the 

 young to acquire skill and knowledge in practical husbandry and 

 the details of farming. The model farm and school is located at 

 Glasnevin, three miles from Dublin, and has connected with it 

 fifty-two acres of land, the whole of which is under cultivation, 

 and a perfect system of rotation of crops. The master of the 

 school rents the land at five pounds per acre; this, together with 

 the taxes and expenses, carry it up to eight pounds per acre. 

 Twelve poor boys, or lads, live with hhn and devote six hours 

 per day in labor, in addition to which the master receives eight 

 shillings per week. The time, when not employed in labor, is 

 devoted to the study of the most useful branches of education, 

 such as arithmetic, geography, natural philosophy, and agricul- 



