1 70 Spirited Exertions of Mr. Codd. 



individual, Mr. Matthew Codd, the country is 

 highly indebted ; this gentleman is largely 

 concerned in the distilleries of Drogheda, and 

 has not only greatly contributed towards pro- 

 moting the corn trade at Navan, but has set 

 the neighbourhood a good example in the 

 management of a farm he occupies, and the 

 use of the Scotch cart, which he has the merit 

 of introducing. 

 



I am not disposed to quarrel with the farmer 

 lor being slow in adopting the practices of 

 gentlemen agriculturists. They, no doubt, apply 

 to others, what has often been said to myself 

 that I " might do what I liked," meaning, I 

 suppose, that I might play the fool without 

 incurring the penalty attached to my folly ; 

 as the expense which would not be seriously 

 felt in my case, might be ruinous to others. 

 This is fair reasoning ; it is indispensably 

 necessary that farmers should have convincing 

 proof of the value of experiments by gentle- 

 men, before they embark in. them ; but the 

 success of intelligent persons in their own line 

 will naturally have due weight on their minds, 

 and tend to remove their inveterate prejudices 

 against every new species of improvement, how- 



ever advantageous. Adieu, 



.1. C. C. 



