cannot realise the exceeding 
calamity ; but consider that the — which failed w 
the exelusive food of three * of eight millions of 
people; that we have had l- failure in . 
failure and corn in 1846, partia 
total ure a ur fo 
failure in tl nes uem a partial failure bothof Eraras Í 
orn and 22 another 
ro 
see if histo 
o e its), were alf numerous 
ugh. own — — 2 since the famin 
they have 2 e proof of prom 
ra * ia e 
ever it pleases God again to giv blessing of 
plentiful barv: cele, Jet no one doubt but 25 the work 
Ireland on more 
improve N 
à The grew 
ings, as — — ‘the official report of 
proves that pe pay porting < on a sounder foundation ; 
the million half actually now spending o 
to bring forth fruits. 
Let onl in 5 
rying 8 t the com ent, i 
struetion, ney Ha i — 3 — a Teel. Clarendon s 
ins tors, or the Scote teh and E w he 
thorough —.— paeronia 
nse and roe m apos 
asto resist the evidence of their own eyes an 
F. B. J. 
mae PROSPECTS. OF F. co 
Tue Tithe Commutation Tables show ER 
passing of — jee Act in 1835, and * |! 
the altera rn-law. 184 846, the 
1 up each year on the averages of 
the ept kably 
uniform, e 
at much 1 . een generally sup- 
ugh the yare "8 grim in this. period may 
lave ae vaio gdh 
the the Tike C bre, Pg highest were She seve 
years oping uaina en the Commutation 
een, ‘Aa 12s. 24, ere the 
951. 7s. 9d. Of the 12 
1836 1 to 1848, seven have ex- 
on's and five have fallen below; 
if 
r 
ave been cultivating | © 
nee 1820 upon the prices of the 
Tithe Commutation, namely— 
.. 08 oo os 
. 
at 56s. a per TIE 
Barley > — 
And as during, this ‘period oe 8 rane rents been 
n 
weas 22 land 
ability to support 2 
price of 56s, 6 6d. per quarter for 
and caref 
ann 
back-deavoured 
we | landlord to aid his tenants 
w| rect eee ee is rather a 
22 
iekson 
| other — 
n 
wi fc trado lenda me to tin that of — prion * 
has amounted to 
S. per quai 
8 — in faturo al 
ore have 
pape — will p 
to be based at most upon an average of 49s. sow that is 
= age a reduction of 124.per cen 
we take 
| 2 vere this maa 
uri the race. 
Beye better ban. “the — 
afi if it be not so great as to 
on in price, in improving his 3 and a 
ing and to higher — ani „ 80 
eee e 
Paper I en- ki 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
w the occasion on the part of 2 
— Jn objeet here is to poin 
reciproca 
out the sone ty for the farm eiprocati The | d 
Iteration in price L have 2 is sure] 
coming, whe as pe: way m t 
ening the om 
ng 
some practice or  implem 
with advantage, 
works on 3 eee 
mation th 
those for who sy are wri 
s | Frederick’s-place, Old Jewry, London 
NAMES w POULTRY 
Breeds. fowls spoken 0 by “ Chan 
? —The of b 
j eleen? 4 116 293, wr she 3 by a dark, glossy, pheasant 
like plumage, and usu 
mm 
— 
aa 
Be 
ich e —— = traced back to the blood 
ood. Near Melfell (mis- 
spelt Metfell in“ — —— ph of inquiry) there 
may be s wees a few of — birds spoken of, but the name 
of Bolton bays is unknown. 
The — — ion in the 
and the impossibility of pt — 
ee ane ale 
tg 1 5 the 
eds become confused a 
and endless crossing 
none more perha e, the widely dissem 
p breeds. fowls of — — — 
— and legs, and — of comb, crest, and tail, 
y be seen, 2 of which still retain — 
eee hape as s to justify the common — 
tion of their ‘atic owners, ours is dis e 
* eross sh the paias ock (the 
s still disgraced | by cock- fighting) | 9 
. the. bah crest and l lighter Dey while from other 
crosses endiess varieties arise. same eee * 
tends, more or less, to other breeds; “ands ins 
as in the Hamburgh, et me others, — per 57 bi 
ree 
9 length to be lost 
Until these eee crosses pra a voided a cor- 
» may b 
however, very so 
eeds of poultry, among other things, throughout 
s of the —— 7 te 
e 
Dorkings, and 
83 re to be called Folands, the difficulty in the 
e Way * a uniform would in 
sim 3 Ver pe rsons, however, wou 
La 
d to fie "general ee of | 
that this people—perhaps in the old 
wee the breed e de 
ben a E. oa 
er, is said to be very ancient ia 
ar or en 
. | the first couple of Dorking fowls to the banks of the | 
mes, and to the 
old — at Ambleside Castle 
Hill, — — ana in the same year. m 5 
Eve d t e Spanish breeds, though 
W e e ch aracteristics, | . 
a A which diffe j 
and 0 
n that an 3 
. of the pure aces sit should mo appron 
of by the chief metropolitan 
u 
poultry elubs, or appoin 
ociety, 50 ob 
ided that 0 only fives 
o be suw sidered 7 ings, 
rather cutting than untying the Gordian knot, But 
with this! a and the reduction of the endless 
of “dunghill,” “bar n-doo r, and domestic 
n upon bewildered amateurs. 
aaps 6 real old fashioned 
cti 
country atur 
ie fi y per rhaps be more successful thin 
csp e OF the first object a be to try 
get the scientific > metropolitan eresi agree to 
some uniform system of n sh is is done, it 
is vain to pee 2270 mprovemen sear kio informed 
amateurs. Vet, among authors md intelligent breeders | 
the most discor — ist on the subject. 
‘al poultry fanciers, =“ 
ver, 1 ow eet a 3 
and — — * ce. 
this old fam ers bey r. 
ur readers will con- 
Richardson’ 
my description 
writ 
satire fowl | — two beaut RR MO as they stand this 
before me on the table in the house of their 
se fo 
f the Royal pe sa Impro mt So- 
ciety of Irel a host of very worthy, but = 
far inferior, a consequently, in my case, 
blunder can ly occur.” All tufted ee it — 
pears, are called Polish ae ee raten reeders; 
vet the common bird, ich we oo all. been 
familiar from h gh, or Hammy, 
os ve 
‘hen, regarding the and 
multitudes of breeders, insist on calling th he five- 
fo most con 8 Pe arate e: ae W 
r. 
m I cannot 
cultural wer —— ben e | 
tieleer said i fi i h, | (from the 
in a former ie de the ar 
8 ‘Orna amental Poultry.” 
Before conc dluding these une hints in aid d 
this desirable object, I would refer to the ol 
rese existing respectin p 
he 
still ie much ae s 
scended -from 
could be amsn à i would ver) m 
. | Simplification of o 
vious paragraphs I . eee this opinni ; 
7 8 nee to these apparently that 
o state it onee for all in 
00 
erroneo vee 
bred isa 8 z deer ge ee and 
n, but that the well-marked peculiarities 
are e derived from the N of the wood. 
“ mule’ 
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