556 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. Aa 
STATE OF THE CROPS—continued. 
COUNTIES, WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. BEANS. PEAS, GREEN CROPS| POTATOES. NAME AND ADDRES, 
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IRELAND. He ʻ a 
3 od ee sath Average sie —.— very bad 5 Morgan, = 
ker covers Generally good T . Very good. e Backward = Diseased J. M. @ ic, omer ý 
WESTMEATH ......... Good Good Cr ae eee Average gry goo otal failure Kab. Bagneli, Tran 
: %% eee Over average Coed s) Gis owen ven good 5 Walter Neyburd. en 
GALWAY Average Good Very good Good Good ery goo Very te R. B. Seymour, j 
e Good Very good ees ee 0 00 Blich = James Ellis, Levt 
ae N m Good ore Very good [> canis: wore Dis — mn 8 n Lamb M.D 
Goo G 0 rdon 
5 i J ee 8 rt pane ge tle 
OLARE 5 Partly blighted 1 Smut Fe . ; Promising Partially bii ghi rine J. Wien, B 
Good WAV OO SES Thana eo Bel acc ng fa R. Morray, M het 
faM Average Vary kood boscai verse Pretty * Much blighted Henry Franks, Killalog ` 1 
Gout Very good p er AAA hc Re Good 20 per cent. diseaged Me 928 Killaloe "i 
TIPPERARY 09.0... Very good ery good Very good E E E oe vey aa a iis st D. Bolton, Massey, 
Somewhat damaged rae good Veg poba: Poona v 00 fee 8 de- i 1 Upper r Cooks ait 
Very good F E.. 1 Very good Injured 1, Clon 
Average Aai Sahin ts he Good 50 per cent. rotten 11 ames Mu 
QUEEN’S COUNTY...| Average crop—much laid | Average—laid | Average—laid | DUNO {foo ome Pr yee nd reer Anes ; 
Good F asses 8. Roe, Coalfirm 
CARLOW......... 8 2504 Good ß teens nara ONN i Very good Much diseased John de Reuzy, Clonegal “ 
goo ji 
‘ Partially damaged Good PP. E pean ree > Good Greatly damaged F. B. Hope, Rutland Hous 
e RA San j Under average r . Promising To nju — James Bryan, „an. 
r Seriously injured from rain Damaged F . Good Une John Dickson, Tinakelly n 
WEXFORD. .. Slightl roved Good e Very good Greatly b ighted Geo, Fare Carolin a 
Fair average Various Half a crop Superior Much improved Edw, Carroll, 0 a 
Partially . Good Spring 3 VVV Late Much — Alex. Pr reston, P 
jure 
Under average Average Fair . Middling Back ward Much diseased George Gordon, 
Promises well Very good Slightly blighted} —...... Good Very good Much injured John Deane, Stokeste 
Injured Very fin BESS, SS eS ee Sees Very fine oe ree T. Rudd, Cloon Fe 
BILRENR iia. „„ Fs Ba ease Good % Fair Blighted John Richardson 
> Fair crop Various SS OPS Pn See è Under average Various Rotting Mase Murphy, Ù 
rsebridge 
Good Very good Very good nder average 3 Good Much injured |W. Somerville, Cast 
Goo. 1 A * Good Middiing . Grant, Upper. 
WATERFORD ......... Blighted hort by rain Very fine „ ee ks Fe Pair Blighted E. Kennedy, j 
` Much aF — a rain Go sod Injured Good Good Very good rron, Kilm 
Very good Very #000.) fos sone Good Much Sighteg 6. Hin, Cappo 
C te A Very good Very good Good EEN Very good E A Es a J. Creagh, Tar 
te 5 
Tolerable Fair Excellent 5 Indifferent Rotting fast E. M. Dill, M. D., Kil 
DORK» iiai Indifferent Good UO See a re) eae ‘ Very good Blighted J. Wilkinson, J. P., € 
W and deficient Average 2 8 è Good Very bad R. Hudson, J. P, Yo 
Fair Good C à Gocd Ba gai H. Lon 3 
Good my, og a eg: a 00 Muc sed 
Somewhat at fnjured Thin BET ES RET EE eae ake a Seas Very good Devidedly injur ed 
Good I: O Promising Blight in easing 
Fine goal Average e pecans Fair Goin ng fast 
Partial blight Good Very good Good Good Promising Diseased 
Under avera waga r Good Nord T E A peon Fair Worstyearslace 1846 
quality eee 
Good Very good C aiia Good Diseased nis M‘Gallivey, 
F 7% e Average Slight blight J. ae Boyle 
Average Good re e Average Under average Dise ee various |Isaiah Gibson, 
2 Good Good nitive estes Good Bad G. Gubbins, Braff 
Home Correspondence. as well as Mr. Smith and « Numskull, ” have sown Wheat merit, the credit is due to us, as he borro ed the notion 
A Word in Season (see p. 509).—Many have read with | thinly, but ye; hear of no other of them reaping | of us last season from a plot which he ie growing 0 
little profit the book of Ete and i ght K Mr. iy han | — — of chaff. Another reverend gentleman allows | our grounds, sown on the 4th of J 1 i 
the habit Smith bw | each of his grains of Wheat (Mummy) 2 feet of ground 2 is a sample of it harvested last Sept 
hy e cannot to luxuriate in, and they gratefull hi how 
: d y give him enormous the of 5 ere, which crop, how 
= aie nee pamphlet — . N returns of grain, without any preponderance of the less late to 15 be een as a general rule, an he 
edie oli tow fekai “Numelk, Me NN p at ok e ng weighty article of chaff. We have often admired the not to be recommended, We have this rar tt 
d co in attaching to his eee a ous so venti mmense growth and p ve productiveness of isolated | to improve the growth both of Wheat a 
generally disclaim ed by his family pi A Mani lanis ry grain, pat. have been told i ae would come to | combined with — trust with 4 
of him, z 7 5 ; o good, and truly it was 22 for the birds took away | satisfactory results, when the harvest is ended. 4. 
him. We admit that to the uninitiated it does Appear the grain as fast as it filled and left the chaff, 15 aa and Son, 77 Maldon. 
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facts are stubborn things, and Mr. Smith does so. There an item in his account for bird watching, We cantik 
zs both in the in the | "Ao Societies. 
8 E erstand what there is in thin sowing or in dee 
. ee d we deny . caltivation to produce chaff instead of — me Mr. Smith 
* Numskull” to fail in this ei ity of r: Smith 5g the fanes and yet l 8 If a wid where e N eae | SOOIETY or Pa 
x 2 and yet leave himself a wide margin of profit: 
poy ara . . on 3 ga] sides, some gentlemen find it of v lu Lor — ing, Ma 12.— At the e peng Trimmer 
to these diggingsand workin bigs ees = indeed of ch to thro der the cattle. But already given to our re 
rows of Wheat, may be well ttrib Ae “Numskull” himself has offere ry excellent | #uce of a of th 
all sufficient, the large returns r: KA e asd as | reason fo opting Mr. Smith’s plan; if «ther t soils lying on different geological 2 
t the land i Nid 5 ; a afte h profit now a da stoc the e, i afi ote 
of Wheat. We believe Mr 888 a po agate da advantage is much enhanced of growing a succession of | by Lord Sen and” "seconded by Sir John 
experience gives us good reason to s do so, inde: „ crops t yield a pry without i injuring the soil, a Ba art., M.P., for Mr. Trimmer’s kindness 
of any respect we may have for him; or wn ine gen profit of from 87. to 91. an acre, G. in your | that valuable — and his trouble in illus 
for 30 years the: great productivencas of © Seen No. for Aug. 7 a e correspondent 1 2 the pamphlet with so interesting a series 
rows at wide intervals. It is not by a 9 “ A Wo in Season,” in stating his opinion 5 thin | diagrams, the meeting was ad by 41 
but by a 12 month’s fallow, that Mr, Smith hig | Sowing says, that having teed Newington ee eee 
results. P as is the action on vessels, wheth * ee to the acre, that the result mong e Johnstone. 
of inorganie or organie composition ternat sa as large as three o . ones; but o; — hi Cray-pank DANN. Lord Berners, on! 
and thaws, of . i ce «lots chaff and little pana Hay vin, l on pro a vote of thanks t to Me. 
and separating ing their 2 Sower for years, using not more than 6 pecks of seed to | resting lecture then delivered e mem 
ink the ea CF che winter, inelined to | the 3  two-borse i * i s at if he had unders the lec 
effects Fe hes acre, with a two- ll, and always reaping as that if he h ri 
nave been overrated. h xposure | much as m neighbours 9 furrows to which he had alluded in reference 
0 i or by Keeping the soil open ` Gi — a ‘this n be . i e shat in Leicestershire were 
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we obtain of a in ‘this neighbourh > yrdship © 
allow, | x February I used Dr, i ’s di i ‘ “clay-banks” ; and if 80 aga 
Mie ech et = e 8 . 5 may, O hee T costae hae Ye = perga in planting an | known as “ clay bene 
the winter’s frost, its en finer crop could not possibly be, having tillered ‘out in| Trimmer's views on that subjec I 
loes not depend on it, it imbibes ent ahia Pee satisfactory ag As — result e yield shall be found the only way ee effectual 
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d carbonic acid by its 12 months’ communicated > The utin to ascertain the direc 
alle te Seige ea though the gol 3 Soil, a rich 3 was twice hood drain parallel to a clay-bank would not ine 
latter re: i i break | Ehh their top-dressed with English guano. Dr. Newi ;| drain to an exten 
parts. We have also buried e ür and brou dibbles, from their delivering only two or three corns at one across the bank would be found to 
up the subsoil, manuring high] ly and with ve — dib „Tequire the land to b c a garden, and | or even a still greater number of yards 
fects for years, but this 5 not Mr varies a 3 = answers best with planting in the turn of the year, I he had proved the correctness 
small portions of 05 pe ee have always used it at that ti with success have | the fields. He found that in some spo 
iently operated on by natural > Sp!¢ndid crop of Mangold Ware this season put in | clays, there were, at various 
a pate ue with Newington’s, and a more n plant is not postli fissures, fibres, stones, or some, 
on the surface |‘? be seen; not a blot over the: while e piece, Amic that between oe 3 ae. 
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„and renders it fit deference to our esteemed riend vol 3 iship 
away the grain, which ia the high ond to to perfection. With ref ate i tah oblect, such 28 3 ar 
ee ants irs yah sing 
