1 8 A HISTORY OF 



three coloured balls are to agree in the nomination 

 of candidates for offices vacant or expiring. These 

 candidates are to be voted for by ballot, by the rest 

 of the present members, and if any should not have 

 two-thirds of the voices present, let there be a new 

 drawing for nominees, in order to choose new candi- 

 dates to be balloted for, and so proceed until the 

 respective vacancy of Officers are filled. 



22. That no Statute or Rule of this Society be 

 made or repealed from the first of May till the first 

 of November in any year. 



The nineteenth of these Rules, namely, that as to 

 each member choosing some particular subject either 

 in husbandry or manufacture, and making himself 

 master of it, was of great importance, and was loyally 

 carried out, many Essays on various subjects being con- 

 tributed to the proceedings. 



The bill due to Rhames for printing now amounted 

 to ji2, ioj. 3^. Richard Gunne of Capel street was 

 employed as stationer to the Society. 



The next year opened with experiments as to 

 methods of cleansing corn, and clover grass seed, and 

 reference to a committee to draw up short instructions, 

 by way of question and answer, for the use of charity 

 schools. The Society also interested itself in distri- 

 buting copies of Slater's Culture of Flax, received from 

 the Linen Board, and in the growing of saffron. 



At this time there existed great cider plantations 

 at Castle Hyde, at Mr. Crotty's and Mr. Hill's, near 

 Fermoy, and at Curryglass. Colonel Barry of Rath- 

 cormack, and the owner of Waterpark, co. Waterford, 

 cultivated apples extensively, while near Lismore were 

 many noted orchards. From its inception, the Dublin 

 Society interested itself in cider and its manufacture, 



