548 
will have an ample 1 next winter — 
wl pae 
ing the merits of and I hope so ies w 
favour us with of their eee e No 
one can ha re sin desire than I have to see 
every in fairly ed for his labour, but I 
deem it unjust to keep back any part of the truth, or to 
w without notice one person to reap of 
the labours of others, and appropriate th own. 
and cheaper than Cantelo’ h were well known 
y his name ever appeare rint. ` I learnt lately 
that a gentleman in Sussex had spent more than 10007, 
in fitting plete tus, to produce 
200 fowls a day, but that, finding hundreds of the 
chickens dying every night, and many other unforeseen 
difficulties, he wW tee b up, would now 
<o : small rent, but the 
let the premises all comple 
patentee and oam — 
used under a prem re 
stock nome ni wil do the b 
uld like to 
joint with sin 
oe Ate T wo o die invention i properly tested, 
success i in 
an u 
iets, Feed Sheep. ate drown — we: results | it as a neutral groun h 
of an experiment bebe ciples or peculiar opinions what they might, to unite in 
Leices nd Cheviot — cut e votë. Ther ndeavouring to raise the agricultural condition of Ire. 
nothing peculiar, I dare say, and eh it land, and enable the inhabitants of this country to enjoy 
proves nothing, except that we farmers of the north the plenty which * proper cultivation of her soil would 
country cannot boast of our profits in the ee de- place within their reach. There was 1 3 
rtment lik our more fortunate brethren of who did not enger himself, more or less 
the south. patriot in some ner or oth here was . an 
20 hogs in 20 weeks i N Irishman who did not love and wish well to his country, | Ma 
ees ee .. . £3 4 & | however each might di to the bes e of pro- 
Satoni Linseed, py br w „. . T 0 6 o [ moting her interests; bu ugh entertaining the 
1400 Ibs, hay, at „ e hap os nts towards their country, they had 
1s tons yellow ok sol at Bs per ton 4 10 0 great div of views as to the best mode of carry- 
£10 16 10 ing” their sentiments into effect. at 1 8 5 
Add value of hogs when put up in Nov., 18s. each 18 0 0 never met wit one who could v to gainsa 
— . — the a a no z now made, that tho pehi of the 
: farm n point of re ue gauge of 
O DODE EATE e oT tho ravea oe Ireland. All th a country had there- 
Profit . £313 2 | fore an interest in improving the ocak of the Irish 
and litter considered equal in the d farmer, for in proportion as he prospered so would the 
The average live weight of 10 of the ‘best, when | othe ing 2 ere poor and un- 
hou 833 los.; mr, after 20 weeks’ | thrifty, the owner of the soil could never be in a good 
feeding, krm Walde, 1042 lbs.; so that d a | wu E ht 
eee more than 1 Ib. per week. 0 —— oH e aon 
ie di Be eyory Fost wee pe down to a state of bankruptcy. But if the farmer be 
Ast ee average gain, 4 K ante den fed with Tur- pnts the sito to a poo deil Bo na oe 7 ie Sn 
2d „ Pe 2m. n to shed their he e ia his p and to whom he pays wages will partici- | 
8 T 2 Sey “tat hi, Madi and pee in his is prosperity ; the owner of the the a n a feel 
3 
4th , 5 bs. 21 Othe ditto, he he —— re “of poor-rate, while go la — wield feel the 
“tures k 4 Ibs, 2.10ths— ditto, ditto, ditto; efit of increased wages, eater tainty 
rip began mi not to be good, and several of the hogs suf. receiving them ; and he Sonli be enabled to enjoy that 
Bach's dm yi the 1 Ist * weeks ate daily Ili of So which he at t 5 a t excluded 
45 from—much of of civilised life. These 
5 ” i 5 5 5 Ie. ene — bee the — of the Society biis 
» » 2 ” e advantage o . the general 
<3 Ibs. genera 
” Cost of feeding each sheep for 20 ake 108. 10d. welfare of all, the Society was formed; and if they 
8 e eee. * of expenses, 3s. 73d. should succeed in blishing a sound and beneficial 
le, near L , Dumfriesshire, ie 22. te system of agriculture, commercial an ufacturing 
per we sold by ae the sprin ore | prosperity ld redly follow in its hey 
2 3 oe average, at the butcher's 113 had forwarded agricultural instruction through the me- 
entieths of their live weight, . Os dium of treatises suitable for the circumstan nees and the 
p —.— which th mers of Ireland were — and 
these publications had been most successful y had 
all parti * out t the 
Benevolent —— of producing poultry fo 1 fo r the million; 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
best shear- | 
of East Lothian, . off the prize for the 
ram. Th a fair show of pi igs. 
Int the butter departmen 
London — 
d 50 entri 
The fowls 
a 
TE 
an 
within tbe farmer ch; ofessor Sullivan, Sir 
Robert Kane, and others, stated the theory of the sub- 
jec ~~ gst the practical oe w — n the 
| subjects above considered, was a radle o de- 
> 
8 8. 
1 in pe pert a gir 
applied, would pr — better effects than 
amount would ‘if 3 to become ‘decompose 
ies for | 
en . — of dung, dine having do 
ilar 
| leases co 
basis of leases 
other consideration 
mately prove prejudiciat to mit ia 
question was -advocated in East 
cessity of having tenant 
e best method was, that 
Jul 
2 
rin- 
Sorieties, their Transactions published, first in . arat 
. AL AGRICULTURAL — OF ate ge volumes, but now ina —— . journal f a den 
USEY, eee of th Com- Though last not least, they had sent, acting on the 
dee has reported | a farther juication byt — judges pes and with the liberal and cordial co ep 
department — d Cla 
The Prize of 207. for the best i —— the Manage- — otest aria of Ie — With — to the 
ment of Hops, to SAMUEL —.— f W 
` eo , of West Yaldham, 
Roya. Acricuyrona 
Pouey M 
Society OF IRELAND. — This 
paya 
Kilkenny, o 8 J 7 55 26 and and the * — 
3 the judg having c ee to the 
Ys J es eile eir ee. n the 
sek were 5 eee 
r. Douglas's Gipsy King got the | 3 
Hon. A. F. Nugen uy ing gos t bull Bam prize 9 the 
not be su symmetry. 
aye t got the gare: ms in clans, and ap anr 
lass, at. the e Royal Dablin Societ 
2 April I las 2 onl * y’s acy 
state ig pointe that decided them in their a: 
will 1 ae 
s0 15 
t took them 
r. Todd's Judith, 
Tu s Primrose. 
— 9 were but few, i a but of 
— ae oe 1 
Royal Dublin 
— up in 5 
* 18 tons are the average 
produce of an acre hereabouts 
3 when NA OMS very fair pay “for one acre 
— Siam vis. ie. per to — ae, I have valued the Turnips 
ment, but px 
ho 
d credit for the e and attention which they pe to — 
and he firm 
r thei — * the judges — to on 
ward, as 
the information of the 0 i in their er nee 
clas althou igh — — means o ofi 
s short- ais 
T he | Were co 
= 85 April last; and Mr. Douglas, inm 
ith 
his Excellency auge it was with the utmost 
eee which was given, of the 
Li and — rity to Ireland, so cordially 
n by that? — mbly. In the course he had 
taken, he not es 9 0 4 the agricultural improve- 
d set a mple, which 
all Lord "Li teuants would follow, of 
leading — — the Agrieu 
8 
great benefi 
Council the justice to say, that they deserved the u 
seleetio 
n of thes n instructors ; 
8 
G 
ped the su 1.— of their operations would fally justif: 
the labour and atten tn which had been gives d th y 
department. In 3 to that subject he might 
mention that he had seen in the 
gentlem 
08 to —— sending ors —— the 
Most happy ieh the Connell: of the Society be 
$ so; but in most of the localities they visite — ~ 
might not be amiss to obse 
paaie gratuitous. 
roprietors 
st of those districts which the 1 1 was 
e short-horne 
it was to be for 
ee Dunover House, Moynalty, fo 
t. 1.—For the best bull, pe i after 
sio 
coe oe 5 that ee 
to them as to the labo 
Met was not as w le 
and laughter 
to-night wi ats ope — 
stone a aeea 
and now Ireland felt 
ody, the 
8 every pr erred 
ball, “ Andrew,” 3 years old; 2d, 10l., to the b 
| — Cavan, for Tariff,” 4 years and 8 months 5 mh, 
Sect. 2.—For the best bull, calved k the year 1846, 
Wm. David Fergusson, Rosebank, arnham, 10 
horned bull, “ Safety,” 2 years . tais bal ae 
second best in 3 yard ; 51, e Bg $ 
Cav Hm 2 ee onnet,” 2 ears ca 
e best bull caly rie Re i 
101., 
"> 
d yea 
. Willan, Mitchelstown, Finglas 
heifer in 
ad 1 6 
Sect. 5. —For the best h 
„ 104. 
horned yearling heifer, 
to the con of Charlemont, Marino, 
ball 1 ham 
Sect. 2. —— the _ = er calf, 
5l., to the Earl of Char 
Sec 
the yon 1848, 5l., to William 
cow, 6 z 
Sect. “For th * 1 2 
the Ist EF * 
7 lot of two 
erry heifers, 
T STOCK. 
Pa r the 
Blesinton, for — 
Creina, 3 years 
. 
Sect. 2 
r for a fat Kerry co 
— agriculture, and where he trusted the foundation 
3 
follows — “ttre, "109 10 ee cree) Ib. per wosk, it 
1 Ib. of live weight, 
bs. of of Tarnipe were required to add | 
Mr. Stevenson returned thanks for the 
jud The 
gentleman who proposed their 3 had — — 
| allusion to the forms of Scotch He was, unfor- 
Judges. Mes 3 WALS: 
. Sect. 1. For the best ‘cart 
os the Ist gr 1841, t 
den 333 ry, for Clydesdale 4 S 
20 10ʃ, amberlain Lewi 
n foaled 
1 
tor 
— 5 the best cart $ 
Sect, 2.— For the i 
| 1845, 20l., to Sir John C. C 
t Lothian, as to th. 
ght a m 
ion the so g wh 
ig "popula for 
— an "intelligent hind or plo ughman fie 
able to cultivate the 
The universal r nce and land asia 
the 7 8 was of the causes of the indy 
of the property of Scotland, and he was sorry tose 
their claims an were too much overlooked— 
Mr, Fergusson, in returning 3 as a successful cat 
didate, said : won to-day the premium for tw. 
i rned class, with his bull, 
Safety, and the week before last he ited the same 
ork for the honour old Tada 45 ; 
not belong to the much ab lass of Irish landlords; 
p 
very peculiarly cireumstanced, but 
were no better ane 2 the landlords. (a 
e fact was afforded by 
ear to the 
the Highland aud English Societies. The 
i n two years established 
and sug 
LIST OF PRIZES. 
Judges of Stock.—Messrs. Hunt, Srima 
—For the best cow Hyr veal o or 
225 
Fat 
r the best fat 2 51. to 
m 
Scotland 
benefit of iint Soay 
and omn 
Se — e f, or tha 
the y 1848, 15l., 2 en Carter, 
cullen, Toe short-horned cow, “ — 6 years 
calf jo in milk, 
year 1845, 101. and a piensa * 
for short-horned 
ou 
or the 1st of 3% 
„ Clontarf, for 
e 
age ath 3 
that bas b 
, Kilkenny, fe | 
