268 The farming Establishment, and 



ances exist, in any community, it cannot be 

 surprising that they should be exaggerated, 

 which, when fomented by mischievous parties, 

 lead to the fatal adoption of measures for re- 

 dress, that in the end do but augment the suf- 

 ferings previously endured. 



The farming buildings and offices at Reynella 

 are judicious and extensive, and the management 

 of the land is superior to most specimens of 

 husbandry we have had an opportunity of ex- 

 amining. A certain portion of the farm is 

 devoted to the growth of green crops, which 

 were well managed, and great pains bestowed in 

 cleaning the ground the clovers grown with 

 ray grass were luxuriant the stock well se- 

 lected, and excellent the Hereford oxen were 

 equal to the best I have usually seen. An ox, 

 a descendant of one of the Woburn bulls, much 

 resembled the far-famed bull, bred by the late 

 Duke of Bedford, and was a very fine specimen 

 of the breed. The Leicester flock was a choice 

 collection of the breed of sheep from that 

 county. Ten pounds of clover, and twenty- 

 seven pounds of ray grass, are sown per Irish 

 acre : had a less quantity of ray grass been 

 used, the crops of clover would have been 

 better. Potatoes were principally cultivated 



