SEPTEMBER 5, 1857.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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time for stacking 100 sheaves therefore, be gr ages >= 3 — 
ants = “a repre-| THE EXTENT "UNDER t FLAX IN “IRELAND | mUsication with the column, three at a time, at diferent 
The quantity of corn which a man can thresh with column: :thise different ale wn va i a 
a ı day varies with the yield from the sheaf, and Counties Extent of Land |Difference between | vane so" a Mms No1, seam t throws off 
condition ess. Subject to these circum- an tinder Flax. | 1856and 1867. aaa ope: fine ee a oo bere | 
prenes the following are the quantities of the different ; < 30° over, and No. 8 is to be added ‘When No. Sapa A 
kinds of grain which ear t h A day’s wii” Provinces, 1856 1857 nerease. | Decrease. | under proof—No 1 at thi time giving 80° to 48 male yall 
the variation in re quantity being, of course, by Uster. Acres. Acres, | Acres. nor onde ve mixed. a ba te ee! together about 90 
sania. Antrim ..., 6039 | "assa | S an reneth for rostiSosidn. as - 
Wheat 4 toi impettal buitis, Aeh 10,934 | 19,229 | 1388 | S the spirit ds mover eom Pie pie 
Reklog Tto y, » Donegal ccs tog ere ee 1082 | anda:continuous 7 iastieahsaamnted ens te so that a aria, 
en lado ee e Dou a BE el en a neo ny 8, do not enter the receiver till they are fit for sale, that 
Two men will p A EF pre-and oo | 1573) .. ad eel : 7 
ak and m pase A Pon tips thy uarters nase Monaghan 12183 ines? "506 Pub ida ge Ve ea zain pr sag oa! 
hels of grain pa that the aie aia a | Tyrone 14,777 | 14,362 415 : fer di till i 
anto of multipliers; ae — of the thresh. “í eossets” as mies se rane Continent alg 
and different kinds of Total of Ulster ..| 96,7 90,986 ta" a large Eigar -A of the arinnat parmi raja 
in per. masi Roget: baka s Anna tt s == 
i m wà = no condition, and have moreover the 
inv; ; i 
viii: MUNSTER. ? = -i om propery rie for a paan one or 
Tans toa | Korty x aar n ‘ 289 s ed up like Potatoes, or kept in csmrvolaasest id 
1888 to -2606 ra ~ os — u “The fermentation,” says M. Leplay, “of the slices of 
-0986 to “1166 ee 101 | 180] “do .. [saccharine in a juice saturated its own 
0636-to -ig77 | Waterford.. 50 a7}... 8 poss has the effect of leaving to the root ‘its — 
Of ‘threshing and —— azotic nutritive and other valuable » ad 
of day's. ; Total of Munster s575 | © gees soe changing into alcohol the saccharine matter only. The 
ó tabular mil- acres. _ nutritive “yoo matters, being Te fixed by the 
the product will be the | Tieren, barnes: Ca, and h solidified 
wages ° day. Carlow... 5 128 r ‘ slices d e fermentation 
biplane dbo «nd niiies tko Dublin .. ; 2 1 i | and diat lalian, sadaro thani sang tho fern h 
8 we Kilkenny 4 “i é 7 karmn 80 am ne anma their Presa te oat 
before ueidation ‘by example will Longford `. s a # ine — they drain off themselves, and thus conse 
roel i : on 91 321 | 108 Ry trate themselves into a volume of 50 per cent. less in 
xcepting upon _ small fem, threshing flail 21 195 . 17 retaining all the nutritive mie they con- 
has now “sata ed by threshing da Swen ` eemi eath 20 a 7 is re their fi ti ‘The ae 
driven by horse ts wate, or or by steam. | Wexford ... 155 456 ` | -yogs |tilled, and thus cooked by the eurrent of steam, sand 
When Sone are moved by horse-power, they are Wicklow ... Te eee eee T in thick layers in a in 
ewe of four or six power, these require pae ground, or even to the air, drain 
of six men and women or boys Total of Leinster Decrease and form.a compact 
ory them to advantage. Rat hen =» M Piee Wg on mihura amk and re 
steameor water power is used, ing machines are | Goxx ‘without: covered earth.” 
frequently o 0, and even of 12 horse power, and | Galway so gp 585 ii * ‘ment of M. L 
they require additional people in their.worl ‘These — i" 678 564 114 | Chief features by successful 
additional may, however, be women ‘or 925 789 136 i who use the: 
two to an 8 or a 10-horse jownramachinnyaeBomstovons | ' Roscommon e H ra= aro hoidin bigh ostoen :as a valnthio 
power. material. It, is, however, i 
ep nena ition the "labour of two we | a our readers anal 
mals ia the ‘manual labour | Total ofConnaught ..| 2955 | 2449 513 or by John Mite E ny oon a residues 
rein shonshtsajremtbace et * different powers will —————— us sent him by Messrs. Dray & Co. for examination. 
for'an engine of 4 or’ 6-horse , 8 men; for 1856 Fil Mr. Mitch a aaie Arah, Sa ae 
maar or 1 »9 men; and for one of 12-| “Acreage under Flax in Ireland .. .. 106,311 .. 98,094 | TOOtS, he EN aimee the mean 
horsepower, 10:men. ‘Thus, whatever may be the «per- Decrease in:1857 .. 78217 ‘ .- 86470 
poor rermrwerepsnsac k ‘the cost of their use, Retant af TH nn aE a h af the fall Suar, d mu aiii aes x or 
nee gt ae of moving power, and of 6 TS Armoa Spe ien i nee een 
wear l interest-upon eost of machinery, will | 1850 | 1851 ~ oe 1858 | 71854 |) asss mene mer heroes 
be the wages of eight, nine, or 10-able-bodied Acres. | | Acros Acres, || “Acres. Anmoniacal salts - traces. 
S A P ; 91,040 140,506 rote 174570 | Prenat 97,041 Alkaline and earthy salts ‘TIA 
performance of a»good fixed Willi i an | ~ 100000 
princi iam Donnelly, “egistrar-General, a AE: l| Of thea + asty gs 
ee nalyses of fresh residue (pul p), after distillation 
a — a 2 ar jen Statistics Office, 5, Henrietta Street, Dublin, August 15. | of Man wz masaia Wurzel root, the a ee is the mean :— . 
THE DISTILLATION or BEET-ROOT, Sagar d 
Horse-power of Machine. inued from 604). ee easel 
a Kimmie; alkalino, and and earthy salts’) “T 
Might 20 oy tae ene aes 
len. ee have. communication column, the analyses-of old-residue (pulp p), which has 
Daske: as a Si. 20 | The Beet is not filled en masse b 2 kepbabost:® months, the fellowing ) en | 
re amon A eee peter a i 
; r1 | niaan by-acentral| Sugar . Hs -2038 
bens - see, mack iá be poirie ka vertically in the cylinder. Each diaphragm Pectine and mucilaginous matter - - i8302 
through a Sissa e to complete | is provided with a central hollow „projecting some Aine mastat m ey Abro T PH 
a oe measuring and fi e from its side; the central bar alkaline, and earthy saits <- DoT. 
efor market, will cost 01,or 1-100th óf a day’s wages | through the boss, one is filled with ite —— : 
— el, in addition “inseam er of Beet, and is lowered into its place in the cylin- | : wow 
aa or a hiia aie soo ssa diis 2 cost óf the | der, the next s on the upper From. a table pey by Mr. Mitchell, it-appears that oe 
do the of a driver, will idib eat of the boss of the lower leaving a space be- | the residue or pulp contains Jess. of the non 
expense of the Wines” have ` added. e maer Sider. On — ce scare -ie matters than the fresh root; that is, of the element, 
consumption of fuel per horse, power by a fix i racy pagar. par feeding purposes ; while, on t 
seam enġine may be states at 10 Ts; per hou of eral vided with oe fal hl op TE ering element than tho desirous nthe proportion of 
F iwi 
eee A mm ai ee mantity will include | escapes when it exceeds a. certain ‘The eias 14 to 1; “or, in other words, 60 Ibs. of the residue 
i icerwithes 4x Cae ed rr ders being filled, the steam. frou ‘the boiler is -admi (ou) have the same mutřitiva válno bead 6 100 Ibs. of fresh 
according certai plan, the cock 
© sen lso on the cost of the'machinery, | der and gh raher peia The ‘fo recent experiments 
together wear ar of all threshing mills,} 4; ino pi : Pearce n pea 
À , : period ber three si ema pY Ware ‘toi 
Snina taken into an estimate of threshing by their Pevare were used, and the following isa description the rege omnes exten ebruary 16 eto] = 
a which items, however, being | process of distillation pipe communi- | ewes, 3 with 2 lamb, swith 1 lamb each— 
e caleulated by constant rule. cating from t he upper part of cylinider” No. 3 ‘tothe lower part Per day 224 Ibs. 
Great as is the saving of expense by the use of ma- aioe ma ue a ‘to the oe esata eed i 
re be of ene ee hoar efter th hanes an 49 ito. T 
condenser. Siem had at this 
but.as the process continues the: 
-result is arrived abim three-| _ + 
the distillation of No. 1 is going | “On M 
A on at tho spinit tom cylinder NoT rans Porday 
nr ap rey ag cae ong.“ Shennan! » bks 
topped ; at the same: 3 a ER 
E of No.. 1 and the bettas Of No d “Weight 
be opened. “The ‘cylinders land 2 are now.in communi-| ~ : ` 
sA ‘the «top of No.1) passing from the 
neem Sere 
RR Rd ee yg 
ý 7 in the 
words of the eee ee Soe third a ewe 
in this try, which he | Those fed on residues, on the 
A Go atthe agen me In ‘the the first week, 1 owt. the second, 
tothe bottom of a rectifying column, “so that ho has 
‘had mos 
