THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



^gfv^n^nTrticle on « D™™ n g J^™'" 



^ b J^ftnS e M e i then" was that a great 



nev was being thrown away from 



jjtf Ubcur ana ^ , ^ drainage, on some soils 



i. Considerable experience since 



I pebbles carried up in 







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the agricultural money premium-Mr. M.w.', of Mi!. 



ing,«i throw ior the Rojal .Apr eu tura. > .c • tw n , : . 



we believe, rested between the pros< 1.1 ' icr f the . • 

 Mr. M-Craekt-n, of Balhriokard. and Mr. Robert Boy 



i pipes. But if the princi 

 a of air underneath the s 





o wonderfully cheap. 



«e principle of thorough draining. io conv 

 commeud them to put two long parallel drains, 1 

 *esairy, for no fixed rule, as to depth, is suited to 



pat into this last an air shaft at the upper end, let 

 !o»erends be open to view, that when rain comes 

 jftaoa of each may be compared, and also obs' 





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AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY 



OF IRELAND. 

 Instructors in Husbandry appointed under Lord 

 Clarendon's Letter.— They have received dir"* 5 — 

 from the Council, immediately on their arrival 



Ifp and such other persons as are prepared to 

 cooperate with them, and to bring them in contact 

 with the farming classes. They will then visit such 



• \ • ' ■ ntl . - ..\ , r' f\ consider best adapted 



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locality, and decide upon such a system of cultivation as 

 % consider most likely to increase the quantity of 





His cows, like Mr. M'Cutcheon 

 red, but IN |tt 

 omplete— although rathei 



acres. H 



j fiTa", 4 

 Clover, 3 acres; Vetches, 2 



her with the plough or spac 



^^King^t 



scription, and that now, 



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•; >'' rota:i.„ 1 > „| ^rain ami mvcn w\«, li..u^'.f«-f.ling 



^Sff c -' and point out to them the destructive 



;it system. They will also call on 



Turnin to e arran gements earlv in spring for sowing 



*ll !SV7f 8ni P 8 » ^rrots, Mangold Wurzel, &c, as 



tsand Beans, as being all calcu- 



Cetl SUp ?!>' of good and wholesome food early in 

 tftWT* llie ^structors will also keep a journal 

 !»tE^ C JJ din S?» an * report weekly to the Council 



^^r ^^^^^^^^^* that 

 for th e ° , d agdn vi5it the same districts early in spring, 

 ingthefV«? 0Se of P rac tically encouraging and instruct- 

 ed T^ ° lasses in the above s >' 8tem of husbandry, 

 U P the „« at critical P e riod of the vear, and to follow 

 Buiul f ect of their P^sent instr 

 *"«»> Secretary. * 



Tb 8 r„, Farmers' Clubs. 



^^■ y T 8 K ted that ' fFOm the Btart "^ aCC ° U f 



* bistkrT, Jol ? nBto ne, Larg-Liddesdale, of the result 

 ^ fc P J amiD 5 Swedes in June last the lea ' 



^eo^/ 1 " over as green food several tin 

 10lb a tl ' ,"?; th « bulbs of which now weighs 

 1d1 K he (Mr. Harkness) thought it 



, society's med'al. Before en 

 itoZ Tuf tlSthou? ^e n ls°trict 8 im generally 

 tural improvement appears to be making as rapid 

 EESSi" SjVftJ &?2£ in 7 ^ 



itcheon, Bally w 







; Turnips. :. acn-H (abbaije, 1 

 - 1 rood ; Carrots, 3 roods ; Fota 



theory laid down. (This may perhaps have arisen 

 from a misconception on our part) Let ms sjBtem, 



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My we had seen ; bnt all too thickly left in the ground 



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?prr a Sv vTy few, and very' trifling, ^ amend or alter. 

 We next visi/ed the farms of ^^^'^ent and 

 others, entitled to compete, and whose ma g d . 



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to the overgrown, as payers ir, , he d. 

 Mr. Boyd's farm u natural!) i 



SS'h.« been finptoyed^; andalthou 



wmalVbesoon repaid, and this we 



they were getting. 



