THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



I ive erected, aud that such I 

 property. 



-■It should be rebutted by a 



I J it your < , mmittee cannot, though fully alive 

 i'.\ nrtaiiLv of the object proposed, recommem 



1. Improvements for which compensation is 

 llowed should be carefully specified by means 

 jrmatiou obtained from persons of agricultural 



2. No compensation should be given unles 

 'enant has given the landlord the option of doing the 



4. Disputes should be settled by arbitral 



5. Compensation should be limited by r 



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6. It should be subject to deduction, p 

 ild, for tl 





acceptable service 1 



, I feel I shall be" do£ 



capable of observation and of judging of that which 

 e position in which the loss by the Potato disease 

 ►laced Ireland ; and holding that it is essential for 



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: mrosity, and that goodness of 

 raity which distinguish them, I am most firmly 



her agricultural produce and her loc 

 trades. It is stated above that Potal 



When i 

 l rent of c 

 ;re (I hav« 



[Nov. is 



. Davis has ( 

 . i by allowing 

 1 2 tons for cattle, 



inly (C) underrat. 



is much too low. When the people have enough, to 

 those wholly fed on Potatoes, about 8 lbs. a head 



(D), and this for six millions of people 



eight millions of tons ; and allowing two toni 



■ nearly to tin 



Old agricultural writers reckon the pr 

 Potatoes in England to average eight tons to t 



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jy the people is well understood, and 



alwa^KS 



* give it ; the 

 s that the besi 



i required (the famine allow 



i beyond the coi 



year 1831, was 1\ lbs. to a family, and this pri- 

 i was of only two months' continuance). A larger 

 ity than usual of their own Oats has also been con- 

 1 by the Irish ; the quantity of grain then im- 

 1 cannot have exceeded an equivalent to one-fourth 



■Su ih- 

 so, the early 1' 



not considered in general sufficient^ malured^ "* 

 till the middle of August. It is usual on theld A 

 leave them till a\out A^Sh/ It a u^iiSe^j 1 and * 

 the disease attacked the Potato stems injfUl^w^" K °* 

 these early Potatoes were more than half g ■ beforeeT *a 



middle of October when the general crop b e co ffi ^ fi !t 

 dig. As the first 12 days of May arecoSfJ ^ 



mon| ^^^^1^^^ J* 

 us J the tubers of the general crop were but formi™ 

 and we2e g fhen am ^ "^ ^'^ ■ l " ,an Crab - A FPK 



532 



t in the ground to be di 



averaging 200 lbs.f I am i 







nderstood. I distincth -Uot ,1 v.'.i.tt im <>! i ' > -: - 

 tated that I did uot write to oppose Mr. Ginh-o :. wi c 

 ad written on the subject the week before, but merely 

 3 set forth the system ot dunning land wluc. i »<u'i ' 

 ecessary to lay the foundation for my system of grow- 







ronr months ;L 

 as well as of d i ^FJZL 1™ ^ P lent ' tul ?**"» ver 



Potato has been to the Irish as thel 





thorough draining was considered by ni j 



idation of my system of thin-seed.ug, wdj » ft 

 •eiJr7, M^Baker had carefully paid »*•? jJJ" 1 ^ 



private worth of Mr. Baker mo: 

 and no one would be more willing 

 defend him with something of more f 

 were he unjustly attacked; but as 1 

 peatedly condemned my system oMJ 



whole and examine the w ^ole b^fore^th. 



This, I repeat, was my motive J or J^ 1 " 

 and alluding to Mr. Baker. Mr. Gird* 

 himself that he may proceed with his a 



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