THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



40 



,1 c«M!l!"l 



boar* I their 



t vear. In 



annual r^po' ,. it uniie cessary to enlarge on the 



go doi»g l!ic - f . j a b ur scheme, as carried out in this 

 •dr»nuses oi - vears. or upon the beneficial 





^f Smnst be admitted to have followed it. 



_ qi " * ] - J. -vl,^.. hn«TA -ri^rwlt* 



111 



'their balance-sheet they have made use of 

 preparing i bv them ]ast year# Thev CO nsider 



d» * ir!0 ji C onvey in the most concise manner, all 

 ffSmltion which may be required as to the 

 * tw the different crops grown, and their disposal, 

 I 1 *".;- - - *-:■. atAtemeut of the pecuniary results of 



the 

 aider 



-♦ rt » trw Biiiuuiu vt *-*j _ _ 



■Potatoes, 241 bags (not 

 ^^7JV^ J to'v^); Wheat, 13 bags; 





•tar's proceedings. The total quantity of land 

 , uhivation is about 6 acres ; and the following is 

 ^f «-nt of the amount of the principal crops grown 

 aaUtementoi u ._P ft tatoeR. 241 baes fnot 



adopted had no etfecc. Considering the nature of the 

 poison a " narcotic irritant," I believe that oil, of what 

 ever kind came first to hand, would be the best remedy, 

 acting as a purgative of a mild kind, and sheathing the 

 intestines from the irritating effect of the Yew, The 

 oil should be repeated at intervals and gruel also. 

 Some of the sheep lived several days, and one 10 days ; 

 but touched nothing but what was forced down as a 

 drench. It was a sad sight to see the poor things 

 standing for hours in the same place and position. In 

 the last that died the intestines were almost in a rotten 

 state from the intense inflammation. T. T. 



Bt-st livw Leu-eMf r Ewes, win. tfreir lAiubfr— thr< envfcN 

 R«wt tivu iint'trot ' c . iiHve.r dinned — sixentriv- ... 



■ • • 



7 O * 



Swedes, 10 cwt. ; 

 flariev, ^ Jjp^j* V Jfanopid Wurzel, 6 tons ; Onions, 

 mZ] Lee^'lOOO fbs. ; Broccoli, 8 cwt. The 

 .amber' of hours of labour, &c., performed during the 

 > v**r bv the different classes of inmates employed 

 Ke land, has been as follows :-The aggregate 

 ^mher of hoars of field labour done by adult paupers 

 S5 a*ed and infirm), 12,983* ; the number of 

 •dolt papers at work on an average o I BJ hours 

 daily 5 ' the total number of hours of held labour done 



bv bovVl4- 18 > the number of ,)0 - vs at work > five da ? s 

 each "week,' and on an average 4 \ hours daily, 1 3 ; the 

 number of boys in the house fit for service at Christmas 

 was 8. By a comparison of these figures with those on 

 the last year's report, it will be seen that there is an 

 increase in the number of boys whose labour has been 

 made available during the last year. Nineteen boys 

 were provided with situations in the course of the 

 year. The committee cannot conclude their report 

 without adverting to the loss which they, as well as the 

 koard, have sustained by the death of their late chair- 

 man, Mr. Story, whose deep interest in the success of 

 the agricultural scheme, and the zeal and energy dis- 

 played by him in promoting that success, are well known 

 to every member of the board. K S. Bearne, Chairman, 



March 7. 



Agricultural Account, 1S54. 



o ctrttcs 



Royal Dublin 



This 



Long-woolled Hams, not as Leicesters, one-shear 

 „ n two-shear 



Ditto of any age 



Best three do., never dipped— three entries .. 



• • 



• t • 



• - r 



• « • 



• • • 



I 



4.3 



2 

 

 1 

 9 



Total long-wool h 



• - • 



12 



Best five long-woolled Ewes with lambs — two entries 

 Best live Hoggets, never dipped — two entries 



• • • 



• ■ 



( • ♦ 



Total long-woolled Ewes 



• ■ • 



• • • 



Short-woollrd Bams 



• • • 



• • • 



if 

 ft 



99 



n 



V 



• ft • 



• a ■ 



- • • 



. ■ « 



• • « 





Dr. 



ToRent 



„ Rates and Tithe 



„ Seed Potatoes ... 



„ Ditto Barley ... 



„ Seeds and Cab- 

 bage Tiai its ... 



„ Purchase and rc- 

 pair of tools ... 



„ Expenses of hnr- 



tuting, thresth 

 ifl^.and drawing 



Wbeat& Barley 



40 10 

 7 



13 5 

 1 1 



12 



1 12 



d. 







5 











24 



o 



£ s. d. 







\ 



Cr. 

 By vegetables & straw- 

 used in the house 44 

 „ "Wheat and Pota- 

 toes sold 14 



„ Potatoes for seed ... S 13 

 „ V ->les, &c, in 



store at Christinas 37 



1 1 



Spring Show.J April 10, 



Society, the patron and parent of all the other various 

 societies for the improvement of the agriculture of 

 Ireland, is now holding its annual spring exhibition of 

 farm stock, farm implements, and to some extent farm 

 produce, and never during the 30 years in which I 

 am acquainted with its exhibitions, scarcely one of 

 which during that time have I missed the pleasure of 

 seeing, have I seen one which told so well as this is 

 likely to tell for the real improvement of Irish agricul- 

 ture, in as far as the production of improved stock and 

 of improved implements are concerned. At this early 

 stage of the exhibition it would be premature to give 

 anything like a full description of the various animals ■ 

 or various implements in anything like detailed 

 accuracy, for at the moment I write the judges are 

 only entering on their arduous task, nor would 1 so soon 

 give you this brief notice, but because at a later period 

 it might be too late for your next publication. Indeed, 

 but for the obliging disposition of the Curator I could 

 not give you as much information even as I now do, as 

 the catalogues are very properly kept out of sight till 

 the judges have made their awards. 



Short-horned Stock muster in large numbers, and 



are quite select in character. 



Short-horns— Yearling Bulls 

 Two-year-old do. 

 Three -year-old do. ... 



one-shear 



two-shear 



of any age 



in lots of three, never clipped, two entries 

 Total of short- woolled Rams 



Best short-woolUd—^n of five Ewes, one entry 



„ never clipped, two entries 



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• • • 



Total of short-woolled Ewes 



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ft 

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Cheviots— on«-shear Rams 



two-shear ,, 

 of any other age 

 three never clipped, two entries 



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• a a 



• • • 



■ ft t 



■ . * 



■ I ft 



Total Cheviot Rams 



• » • 



• • • 



Cheviot Easts with lambs, one entry 



„ Hoggets never clipped, two entries 



Total of Cheviot Ewes 



Fat JVedders—yen of five long-woolled, one entry 



„ short-woolled 



Cheviots, one entry 



• a a 



• • • 



a • 





• - ■ 



• • I 



6 

 6 



12 



6 

 2 

 4 

 6 



18 



5 



10 



15 



2 

 3 



*J 

 6 



13 



5 



10 



15 



■7 



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• * ft 



a a • 



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• •• 



• • • 



• • a 



Total of fat Wedders 



• a • 



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5 

 

 5 



10 



The sheep show is limited (as all Dublin shows are)* 

 but very select, yet it so far proves the rage for Cheviots 

 is much diminished. 



- 



■ > a 



ft * ■ 



ft • ft 



* ft* 



« • • 



• ft • 



• • ft 

 ft«« 

 • «• 



101 



46 

 13 



T 



• • • 







6 

 4 





5 8 



! 



4 5 



70 10 5 

 Proiit of Labour 33 10 1 A 







Topu* *e of TO pigs 



n -Br.in, poiVucl, and 



"aharps, bought... 



£104 7 



Piggkry Account. 



£ s. & I 

 iffs 9 19 6 



£104 



7 



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it 



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♦ « 



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&& 



• . . 



... 



Long-horned Bulls — None. 

 Hereford B alls— One solitary entry 

 Devon Bulls— Yearlings 



Two-year-olds... 



Three-year-olds 



West Highland Bulls — one single entry 

 Scotch-polled Bulls, of any age 



hjrshire Bulls of any age 

 Aldtrney Bulls 

 Kerry Bulls of any age 

 Best Bulls of any age or breed, calved prior to 1852 



Total of Bulls 



160 



1 



1 

 2 



1 



SWINE— BLACK PIGS. 

 Boars, not exceedin- 24 months «>ld 

 Sous iu pis:, or had littered during the last six months 



Breeding Bi<js in lots of three ; 14 entries 



Litters not exceeding 4 months old ; 13 entries, probable 



average of S 



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• •• 



Total number of black Pigs 



• •• 



• a ft 



• • ft 



24 

 18 



42 



104 

 1SS 



• •• 



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... s 



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fl • • 



ft f ft 



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4 

 1 

 4 

 S 

 2 

 3 



15 



SWINE— WHITE PIGS.. 



Boars not exceeding 24 months old 

 Soics with litters or in pig.- 



- • i 



• • • 



in 



• •• 



Breeding Pigs of three in number ; 2 entries ... 

 Z, liter* 'not over4 months old ; 7 entries, average 8 



• •• 



• • • 



• • • 



1 1 • 



• ■ • 



• • • 



• •• 



Total of white breeding Pigs 



• • • 



♦ •• 



• •• 



• •• 



• ■ • 



10 



10 



6 



56 



72 



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• «• 



• ■ • 



• • ■ 



i « a 



* • • 



• • • 



193 



i 



£ 8. d. 



5 5 



ntfntt 



• •♦ 



15 4 6 

 24 11 





£39 16 



By produce of 3 pigs 



slaughtered, 21 

 score21bs.,atl0.s\ 10 11 



ti mated value of 

 7 p in store ... 24 

 „ esti muted value of 

 Barley and roots 



n 











Heifers, short-horned, yearlings 

 Do. two-year-olds 

 Do. three-year-olds 



« « • 



* • • 



• • • 



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* • • 



■ •• 



• « • 



• • ■ 



... 34 



11 



8 



• • « 



• i • 





• • • 





on hand 



• • ■ 



5 5 



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t 



Profit on vegetables 



Summary. 



• . • 



■** B^BBB 



Ditto Pigs 



■ « 



• - • 



. •• 



... 



s. 

 ■j 10 



24 11 



3° 



£39 

 d. 



H 



6 



10 





£58 1 7i 



SCmpEN'TAL STA.TEHF.XT.— DISPOSAL OF THE CROPS GROWX. 



vegetables, &c, consumed by the Inmates of the Vr'ork- 

 p^ . house, to Christmas, 



rowwes, 83i score 15 lbs., average price 



f ato* m - ? er score ^ 4 13 ** 



^Wtog«s, 28 cw-t. 1 qr. 22 lbs., at 2s. Ad. per 



cwt 



S\V^ e ' a ^-p? rscore 



SCT. 



Cows, short-homed, in calf, or having had a live calf since 



April, 1834 ^ 



Cows, Heifers, long-homed. None. 



Cows and Heifers, Herefords. None. Y 



Devon, Heifers, yearlings^ 



Do. two-year-olds 



Do. three-year-olds 



Cows 



Bert Highlands. None. 

 Scotch-polled Cows 

 Ayrshire Heifers 

 Cows 



53 



28 



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2 



1 



3 



|2« Runners, 6 score, at lOd. 

 J2*H pecks. ai&T. per peck 



P^L P £ cks * :lt m - Vtt peck 

 sSf 7 i'a J SCOre ' U &*• P er score 



UiW , 10 seams, at 3s. per seam 



• •• 



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Vd 



Vegetables, Ac, sold. 



»Utoe 



ditto 



• •• 



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• •• 



3 6 



4* 



8 



4 



3 







5 







7 







6 



8 



4 



7 



1 10 







10 1 



6 



3 19 







Alderney Heifers 

 Cows 



Kerry 





• -• 



• •• 



• • • 



* • • 



• • • 



• •• 



• * * 



1 



3 



• • • 



-Heifers, yearlings 

 ditto, two-year-olds 

 ditto, three-year-olds 

 Cows in calf or giving milk 



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 9 



Fat Pigs of any breed 



The Royal Dublin Society, with much good judgment* 

 separated the whites from the black breeds on this 

 occasion, and it is to be hoped, if the funds admit, they 

 will, by the next show, separate the large ironi the 

 smaller breeds in both the classes. Having run this 

 analysis, I fear, over long, I will merely add I had a 

 hasty look through the above stock yesterday evening, 

 and hence the impressions glanced over in the intro- 

 ductory part of this. The poultry I had not time to see. 

 Of course the horses I could not see, as they will be 

 only on view during the week. The implements as well 

 as the farm produce are select and valuable, which, with 

 the poultry and horses, as well as the stock generally, 

 deserve a more detailed notice. Edward Carroll) Triton 

 Villa, Phibtboro, Dublin, April 10. 





I 







44 1 1 



• •• 



TwonK. -• % Potatoes far seed. 



PotitAoa oa ^ VwtoWts, dfe. t in store, at Christmas. 

 ww *s, 80 bags, at 6s. 8d. 



• • • 



14 

 8 13 4 



•• 



For the best three heifers in calf 

 For the best three milch cows 

 For the Tenant's Challenge Cup ... 



Fat Stock— Oxen, short-horned, two-year-olds 



• •• 



• • • 



• •• 



• « • 



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• *• 



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!•• 





70 



10 



6*. 



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ter 



y ^°fwe, at 10d. 

 Jfnt< 



■Saw in. t, '* tls, '* ert « 

 ' I0 sean » ! i, at 3*. per seam 



• •• 



• •• 



fttft 



... 



• •• 



• • 



• •• 



• •• 



• • ft 



31 

 I 13 

 7 



10 



1 17 



7 



1 10 





 4 

 6 

 

 4 



6 







37 5 8 





i 





£104 7 



^*^% J;/ hr0l ^ n 9 Yew.— On the night of Jan. 



H*« J of shee P ? ot into the gardens of Gosfield 



tfc^ j fe(i °n the Yew trees growing in abundance 



• in the mornifiir *k^ mur**-.** «-<* a o-anf far* *nfi in 



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Fat 'kwet 



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... 



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^ainder 

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JL V "*-* *• ^** — •» ^-^ ^™ 



greater port 



Mfc'i mi *' Cutting at the mouth, and in a stupid 



*ne number was 63, out c 

 •t of the ground being c 

 T °**domL l ■?. 8hee P were vel 7 hungry, and ate 



F 



I 



ft A ne number was 63, out of which 42 died 

 * ct °* the ground being covered with snow, 



The treatment 



three-year-olds... 



„ aged 



Long-horned, two-year-olds 



three-year-olds... 



aged 



Herefords 



Devons 



Any other breed 

 West Highland ... 

 Scotch-polled 



Kerrics, three-year-olds 



Best pair of Fat Plough Oxen... 



Short- horned 



Lon£-horned 



Hereford ... 

 Devons 



West Highland 

 Scotch-polled 



Ayrshire " Half-bred Blaeh" ... 

 R'rries ... 

 Fat Heifers, of any breed 



From a review of the foregoing it will be seen how 

 deservedly the Short-horns are taking the lead ; the 

 Long-horns, the Herefords, West Highlanders, Scotch 

 Polls, have all but disappeared; the Devons, too, aie 

 very few, whilst the Kerries not only hold their places, 

 but appear to be taking those left vacant by their 

 hitherto more highly favoured neighbours. 



SHEEP. 



One-shear Leicester Bams 



Two-shear „ „ 



Best Ram of „ „ any other age 



Best three Hogget Hams, never shorn- tie ven entries 



•» » 



... 



. • * 



■<• 



... 



... 



• . . 



... 



15 



1 entry. 

 5 „ 

 5 „ 



No entry. 



1 entries. 



4 M 



None. 



None. 



4 entries. 



None. 

 None. 



2 entries. 

 None. 

 None. 



2 entries 

 1 entry 



11 

 None 

 1 entry q 



None 



None 



1 

 2 



10 



• • • 



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1 ■ • 



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• a • 



a • 



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• ft • 



• •• 



• a . 



• •• 



ft • • 



12 

 4 

 1 



21 



Total of Leicester Rams 



t »t 



■ f « 



38 



Farmers' Clubs, 



London : [The following remarks followed the reading 

 of Mr. Bennett's paper last week on Root Crops] : 



Mr. RrjSTON observed, that he happened to be one of those un- 

 fortunate men who farmed fen land, and he assured them that 

 they were entitled to all the sympathy they could obtain. In 

 their cultivation of that description of land, however, they hardly 

 needed the caution which Mr. Bennett had given regarding a 

 thorough pulverising of tiie clods ; for their real difficulty was not 

 how to pulverise but how to compre^ and consolidate, so as to 

 prevent dry winds blowing away the soil; hence the growingot 

 roots on this sort of land upon the ridge svstem did not succeed 

 so well as upon the flat, fur the influence of sun and wind so dnea 

 up the land that the seed no sooner became a plant than it dnea 

 off. During the last spring he sowed eight acres of ^g /?-- 

 four on the flat and four on the ridge system-fresh jnoughing 

 and manuring tho whole. The four acres cultivated on 

 the flat svstem did extremely well, but the four cultivated 

 on the ridge, after vegetating immediately died awaj, 



which compelled him to follow with a < P °^ Sw ^: t ^ :,*? 

 been most successful on light soils by manuring ^in ^"ter.just 



before Christmas, ploughing the manure ** l .^* n ^^^^^ 

 till the spring, then working the laud two or three times, so as to 

 thoTOUghlv incorporate the manure with the soil, ^dconsoli- 

 daUng^it 'with Crosskiirs roller. He had derived ^nsidemble 

 advantage from the use of the liquid manure drill, and believed 

 thai * Mi ^ I e nnett ha* some of his Mangold in his eye when 

 lie mentlcue the benefits he had witnessed from the apph- 

 catio^of the water drill in the fen districts Last year he used 

 it to a considerable extent, when it answered so admirably that 

 he invited Mr. Bennett down to see for himself the difference 

 between the dry and the water drill, where all things were equaL 

 A cousin of his had also made an experiment with the two sorts 

 of drills on a piece of Swedes, but he did not know the dates of 

 the sowing and weighing. The produce per acre on the land 

 sown by the water drill was 16 tons 10 cwt. : on that sown by the 

 drv drill. 12 tons 7 wt. 4st.: being au excess in favour of the 

 water drill of 4 tona 2 cwt 4st. r the manure used being in the 

 proportion of 2 cwt. of Lawea' superphosphate of lime, and 10 

 loads of yard manure per acre. In his own experiments the 

 produce resulting from the liquid manure drill was about one- 

 fourth more than that from the dry drill; but be was convinced 

 that the water drill would not be equally effective on all soils, 

 though generally where there was a difficulty in getting the seed 

 to germinate and the plant to grow well in the early stages of 

 its existence, which was the case in hi3 district, it would produce 

 satisfactory results ; indeed he had never experienced a failure. 

 However his experience had led him to the conclusion that fen 

 land was unsuitable i«>r Turnips, and he intended never to sow 

 them on such land again. 

 Mr. J. William ("Wilts) said that after nearly 30 years 



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