AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



Clay Soils Manures, & 



Home Correspondence. 



t the converse of the prop 

 Like the infant offspring 



sitiou d( 



become stained sad 

 rity. The pied sort is striped like 

 and not to be distinguished from it fo 

 laced fowl I have > t. v -. :i in its adult state : judging 

 from experience iu similar e 

 also would to strip, .1, and .scarcely dh ' ' 

 all, in its joimgcr stage of existence 

 .•rv fowl dealer.-, v 

 to have reared them than ilm-o in La 



The laced guinea- 



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!... s not fail off, is nol " " 

 duous like the annual coating of feathers, but is j 

 : or changed into feathers, as th< 

 advances in growth ; so that his term of second plumage 



by of one of the 



f Ireland is deficient this year. The extent of I 

 ind, as averaged by M'Culloch, is 2,000,00(f a 

 lcrefore, as there has been only one-fifth the 



the following authorities viz. De Joun< s, Kortes, 13 

 singault, Wakefield, Low, Johnston, Kane, &c, he i 

 find that the average produce of the Continent, Engla 



- - to see published 



g Tables, which art 

 mthorities named, will 



the vegetables named : 





regoing th 



can be had for an acre of Wheat, 



as a crop is nearly four-fold ; and taking the weight 



material of the Potato, as only one-fom 



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I i 3.600,000 tons of Wheat. 



.- his farm. ..j,. 



Let us, then, turn to the svstem of the s 

 vators; to that of Mr. D 



rhom I could mention. In tl 

 they have no blight — no mildew ; not a BfH 



advantage, or it is so considered by t: 

 means to condemn, he in the highest pom 



'. B.'.' terms ther 

 o has no blight li 



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i-street, Dublin. 



s about 8,850 grains of corn. An acre of land 



I could hardly tear myself from a scene whic 

 i:id even for hogs. And next to 



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member Tiptree before Mr. 



*OfMfW«*, [ and despised 



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^"i-ld. And how has this b 

 By pursuing a plan diameti 



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Mr. Mecln's predecessors growing Wheat on not 

 ^rtuof the farm yearly, and that from nearly 3 

 bushels.of seed, which produced not more I 

 -' per acre, Mr. Mechi himself, on the ; 



, has made half the same farm prodi 

 free from blight or mildew, Wheat of the Bi 

 and a quantity equal, if not superior, to 

 give so sorry an account of thick sowing ; and of course 

 he is resolved never to practise it more. But again, as 

 as to my own doings, I dr.ll 2| pecks of Wl 

 and I have nearly 13 coombs of fine Wheat per 

 acre; and I drill 3 4 pecks of Barley per acre, 



am only offering to instruct otheri Tin m " P t *V 



land as I do my own, and to have luxuriant cS^ 

 Barley was not three pecks an acre, aK 



Full 1 4 coombs an a 



Wheat, and fit for any miller in the world In c2 



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I e riel 1 \\\n drill, d vh! 1 '' bushels per acre ; pro. 



:e 40 bushels per acre; the soil a strong loam and 



.vel, once ploughed after Beans. The above cxperi- 



tied under my own eye ; drilling, 



thing and dressing, and measuring; 



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 2 3 to 4 bushels per acre. What he crew •- h 



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Mr. Davis's system, i.e. Wheat after Beans and f eu 

 well hoed. I have observed that fallow Bean and Pea 

 stubbles, where they have been kept clean, n quire 

 ploughed, in which 1 we frequently iose plant. For 



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best in wet summers, of which I suppose we J^" 



of four, namely 1844, 46 and 47 dry ; 1845 wet I be- 



AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY 

 OF IRELAND he 



Sept. 30.— The Council met this day to ?°™™ T J m , 

 roposition of his Excellency the Earl of t 

 ontained in the following letter to his Grace 



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Mr. "J. B." seem 



selves ; but why nc 

 o teach what I di 



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