THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



JAprilm 



j^dfrSTthTO^th^TdLnribed, at p. 69. Thin 

 is a different problem from that by wh- L — 

 the Telocity of a given quantity of fl 



iated in rrUining the decaying plant within the 



»f In. upturn i— To this inquiry 1 think 



k eggs (the eggs were the 



. Tho top of t 



not be kept regular, for a 

 lit, I found the heat not a 



and Lndfour"^! 



irchase chance eggs, an 

 i duck eggs, and they * 



at night, I found tl 



but after they had been in long enough, to determi 

 which had got birds in, and which had not, I examined 

 them, and found four with birds (or likely to be), the 



ompletely formed, the o 



...- .- lays 

 ,- ll.-m li. 1 f- 





i the single egg than on the otl 

 ne corner, and that did not suffer 

 the others, when the glass indicated 

 ■\- r i | int it reached. But lam 



n, I shall place TinTST ding bed* 



,Hdloxeay. 



B»x- filing. -\ have just read the Rev. Mr. Wil- 

 ins s letter in your Paper of the 7th inst, and as I am 

 "d *at h * qUeSd ° n hy ^ ' mU9t aDSWer U ' 



©Si me qB,rer ; ' do y° a reall y P u y me V Trut 



let him meet with what rub3 he may, who writes O 

 only on the subject of Mr. Warnes's statements as 1 



and holding up to ridicule a well meanine man ar 



his statement of profit from 10/. 

 W. 12*. If I am wrong in this opinion, I am tru! 

 ■orry for Ft Mr. Wilkin, alone knows whether I am 

 «T Th n0t ' • S . ,at P d ' as Mr : Wi,k!n! » correctly quotes, 



Mr. Wilkin, adds, « Now be so kind as to turn to 

 5Sl W , a T^\° Wn artic,e ' P ub '''shed at page 59, and 



WAT wh c y S&^it^Mift 



3W 8 * I *? ™* ° f ii ^ ; three week8 8ince l "*»«* 



faking £ ^^^S^j^S'XtS: 



ml of s i x ™ mt J™»t l«. each"? whTcb* e time° this' oSe 

 W be?n sold* ,".' woul^Ee^ ^ °™ ^ "* th?t 



™»g b« plainer ! In June the an 



191. ; wnotthUlO/ foTsTxmontha ! 

 JnJra* beef\Y, ,1 i 1 n n , S v^.l*5 e - Mered . by Be * io 8 that 



"sincerely regret having expressed 



has no right wbad 



adversary, and I would just hint 

 Bb Charles Burre 



rould remark, in reply 1 



nation, that Mr. 

 ience, has eulogised 

 scussion, March 7 ; 



know 1 when the remedy is obvioui 

 put their hands to the plough and 

 have often asserted that the regei 



by those who have any knowledge of the Emerald Isle, 

 that the land is capable of bearing the burthen of a 



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: , ;..,",::' 



. Mr* Hanrttoi 



gentlenu: 



advantage, and for the benefit of their tenants and 

 labourers, cannot other proprietors follow so bright an 

 example ? Supposing the exertion to require a certain 

 sacrifice of comfort and money, would not the incon- 



the finest countries in the worid rival England, both in 

 agricultural and manufactured produce. There is 



It is only craving for a portion of the intelligence and 

 perseverance of the United Kingdom, to excite its hidd. n 

 treasures, and bring into action the vigour and strength 



Mr. J. O'Connell is not far wrong in recommending a 



country must not be withdrawn to be spent in other 

 lands, a free circulation of money is required which can 

 only be brought about by consuming the fruits of 

 industry in the country. The soil of Ireland is un- 



for road making ; a mild climate ; 



.ri-v.-v 



fairly asked, ho w come famine and disease to over- 

 whelm so fine a country I Well may foreigners express 

 their astonishment at thousands starving in a country 

 rich in everything necessary to insure the happiness 

 and prosperity of mankind. It is an anomaly. Is 

 nntlmr spring to pass and half the land remain barren ! 





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' the affairs in Ireland. The error of Government h 



hTh T ng fo * * part of the : 



ffers so widely from that of England. WnereXeS 



;'i-r.-' l 



* ™ heep, i lmprovemei 



guard against our hard 



- they have been. As 



I Ireland unite with 



echi, in which he offer, some very intelligent remark, 

 fessedly of great interest and 

 •ence in the progress of land 



press this point no j The 



™^.M > .:*safi£5«& 





1 of working drained clays. In anv 



drainage ; and 2d. 

 aed clays. In at 

 would not distui 

 operation, obviously 



vourable to the plan. I happen to h... e,pwi * , » 

 in 30 acres of clay land, drained w i*,* F *^ 

 .age, although beneficial, by no means exh\2* 

 avement corresponding to the outlay I u* 7* * 



irking drained clays, fl» uakSS. 



on the flat, and to tnm^^Z 

 tne arains tor carrying away all surface u »►'! 

 bottom water. Here Mr. M. suggests the kwpS, 5 

 strong soils still in lands, and I can speak tou*W 

 pnety of such management from a dozen yean" ei* 

 rience. To gain the full advantage of draining on dm 

 the true policy, I am persuaded, is to treat then a 

 almost every respect as if they were still wet, ploufnbt 

 them into sufficiently raised lands of any determine] 

 width, keeping the interfurrows constantly open, i&< 

 cutting all the requisite surface aids to facilitate tie 

 speedy running off of all superfluous water. Upon tti 

 system hasty or long continued rains can do no hum ■ 

 the underground drainage will not be tasked beyond is 

 power (and clays draw slowly), and the greatest poesiV* 

 amount of benefit will be seen to arise from the combined 

 operation. On every occasion when I have been ks it. 

 tentive than usual to surface furrowing, I hire tnr»- 

 riably suffered in proportion to the negligence. 0, r conse- 

 quence I now regard it as a prudent, if not an established 



rows be treated as of equal importance with under dniia." 

 As regards the steps preliminary to the actual drainage 

 the wet and strong soils we are speaking of are laid up, 



I:-. '.: '.::■:.- :-.:- ' . . . :■;■ . 



tolerable surface dryness. Nevertheless all our expe- 

 rience goes to prove that this is not enough for the 

 requirements of profitable cultivation, which English 

 taxes, coupled with Legislative changes, stimulate to tW 



should, to this end, economise in the laying out u wi5 

 as in the execution of our plans of improvement. Sop- 

 pose the drainage of a field to be decided upon, toe 

 common mode, I am afraid, is, to take the itravM 

 hedge, and after setting off the first line, to lay off m 

 rest according to the predetermined width, without ny 

 reference as to how such lines may fall. Accordutfy 

 a field so lined off shows one drain in the ^"J^ 

 eve^Tpo^nt be'twTen thfoTher two ; and upon com- 

 pletion of the cutting, the variations ""J^gJjJ 



across them at various angles, and thus the fall MJ» 

 utterly compromised. For myself, when I b *?* a .^ 



straight as poss.ble, gathered them w ce 'Zmut- 

 executed an under drain 20 inches deep m every n« 

 furrow. It is in the fields drained at this aep.^ f 



after the same preliminaries, I «J ^ S^ 

 a cutting really equivaentto 3| and 4 feet, 

 were again ploughed level. And, lastly, i ' • , 

 4 yards instead of 8 yards, that is, P^ "^„ 

 land into two 4 yard lands, but ^f^goTtr* 

 drains? This final arrangement does "^'Jjli* 



drains admit of easy reference. As these are e ^ ^ 

 deep interfurrow in the first . instance »*l g 3 feet U* 

 economical as it can well be— in some case ^ ^i 

 nearly equal to 4 feet, but of course a , 



3 feet. I have been so satisfied with the J^ 

 whole, that I thought it worth mentioning J** 

 of those who may be about commencing .the „ 



any stiff land. I would earnestly *<*%£«*<* 

 adopt my first step as the readiest, and ftcf* 



the most satisfactory for the ^BpWJJ^ 

 Upon this plan there need not be .an ^ ;, U 

 inch of cutting, nor need a smgle men 



A Weekly Council was held at f tn .* e 24th of Ap£" 

 in Hanover-square, on Tuesday ,a9 ' M.P« Tn & 

 fn the Chair ; Earl of TyrconneU ^ *„ p. Bo^ 

 John V. B Johnstone, Bart., M-P-. J* &. &* 

 Bart., Mr. Almack, Mr. Raymond atx 



