THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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right 



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by ih-j ! ;.'■ i 



Jn attempting 

 which so many imp 



features of existing systems, and incorporate with 

 them Mich ofh. r con litions as will tend to give them 



greater practical criVet mid permanency. For in- 

 stance, the -hire might be 



• I' the one with the perpe- 

 tuity of possession which, comparative 

 the oilier affords. If these views h 



lad appears to require (in addition to 

 the existing 19 years' lease), to make her farmers 

 prosperous, is a generally admitted tenant-ri:;ht ; 

 and what England must get quit of a 



at the hub >i. Patbiob 



must exon-is. the middlemen who have so long 



iiilfstnl 'ii- Irish soil, and depressed the energies 

 of bee formers, True, ail 





i\voi- the present 

 cumbered estates 



of the United Ki 









mate and definite 



which the detai 





system than the 







: protection has b 



a/W-WV luii.l. a 

 of dispute. Let i. 







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by antiquated cust 



cms Irom within. 



n the most pen* 



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 under trii;mt> ;- . 

 still !h. o v His not msurmount- 



dy cur. Um It 



be de- 



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1840. Barley very good, 4 bushels per ara 



1841-42. Seeds good both years (grazed). 

 1 l ;. Wheat, part drilled part pressed 



1844. Barley, ouce ploughed ; a little manure, s 



this crop ; drilled 3^ bushels per acre ; produ 

 62 qrs. ; during summer patches all over the field, ve 



•. Tares ; got a nice stack of fodder, 

 345. White-top Turnips, the fall( 



1846. Barley, 56§ qrs. ; 3 bushels per acre drilled. 

 Barley a general failure in this neighbourhood this year. 



1847. Seeds good, and to be grazed another year. 

 The first 10 or 12 years I fetched a great deal of night- 



, good deal of cake, malt-coom, 



ug and to top dress the Wheat. 

 In addition to the above, as tc 



y straw or roots, except 50 or 6 



) set the Turnips 





on the land, chiefly by 



i or six calves reared annually till the year 1842, wiie 

 .the farm was enlarged, then eight or nine annuallj 



kept c .a h'iy an 1 straw and Mangold Wurzel, with fror 

 : 1 to 2 lbs. of cake each per day during the winter ; th 



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1 portion of hay 







M6HIRE FARM, 

 y farm for 20 ye 



think me tedious, as my system has not be 

 regular, and the rotation so long compared with your's 

 sate one), that I fear you will think mean 

 old-fashioned bad farmer. My plan, in general, has 

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 and last Barley, lightly manured for ; a. 

 get as much Barley after Wheat as after 1 

 field I have selected is nine acres, one of five in a range 

 of gravel ; one end w her wft,°but SainedVany^ears 



2/ 18 re' o?3 ea . WheU J entered ' after * W0 yearS 8eedS ~ 



'"-'■ '" acre* Barley— 25 qrs.; 1 acre Mangold 



il t crop; 1 acre Potatoes, go I 



ires. 



ips and Swedes, very good 

 Sow how* l haVB DeVer weighed the Turni P cro P 3 t0 



neter re rated *"?* ^^ ^ the Barit ^ 5 l have 



1834 V, , : 'mly middling. 



i«?5' ^l 9 * ft8on ' not 8 ° 8 w,d - 



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the farm was only 100 acres (15 years), the quan 



now eight or ten. All the tail corn is ground and used 

 on tie farm (I cannot say the quantity), and a good 

 deal of Oats and bran have been bought for the cart 

 horses. As to the manures, what I have bought has 

 been chiefly night-soil mixed with ashes, obtained from 

 Newark, and mixed with the yard dung, sometimes 



in the heaps in the fields and covered with soil. As to 

 how much and how often, I can hardly answer correctly j 

 but as I said in my last, I always think I manure well 

 for the root crops, say 12 to 15 one-horse cart-loads, 

 and six or seven on the Wheat stubble for Barley, 

 which is twice in the six years ; this has been the 

 general plan with some exceptions. I must also 

 mention that I have generally a large heap of compost, 

 everything I can get fit for the purpose, mixed with 



n H° d 8alt ^ for which ide * and mauy ot ^ era 1 a,n in " 



a L d r'8s V ee D d g s ^T^ett^ikl "* ^^ ^^ 



side) the last, and is of much the 

 ^Fwleafst 101 qUlte S ° g °° d : 

 qrs. ; 3£ acres Oats, cut for horses ; 1 ton Rape- dust 



1828. White Turnips, fair crop, limed. 



1829. Barley, 46 qrs. 



1830. 5 J acres Wheat, 16 qrs. ; 3 acres Oats, light, 

 ; Wheat, half pressed and sown, half drilled, the 



issed part much the best. 



1831 and 1832. Seeds, grazed, good. 



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1834. Red Wheat, ploughed, draj 



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1835. W; 



White Turnip and Swedes, light crop ; 



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Tsii 2 ^.^x'ssS^ija 



1842. 3 J acres drilled with 11 busheT wh?^ 



th March, 6 qrs. 2 bushels per a M 



fetai; Sot!' ^ r0lUDg ' 4f "** Barle y-'grSt t% 



Seeds, grazed, good. 



Red Wheat, November 28, 2 qrs. ji, 



part sown, 5 qrs. per acre. q 7 b ' » 



1845. Red Clover, i 



1846. White Turnips, very great crop, manured win, 

 yard manure and a heap of compost, and drilled wJJ 



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This field adj. 



de, 9$ acres. Soil much the same, but 

 aturally dry and very gravelly, just on tl 



1827. White Turnip 



1828. Barley 45 qrs. 3 hi 

 1829 and 1830. Seeds : 



Swedes, very go*, 



grazed, very good, tin. 



""1831*." Wheat prelsedTnd sownfl Sels per «5T 



mildewed ; 23 waggon loads mown, 4 qrs. per acre. ' 



1 83-2. 81 acres Barley dragged and cleaned ; onljpm 



of it manured ; 5 qrs. per acre ; 1 acre Potatoes mod. 



1833. White Wheat, part manured, 31 qrs. j taAMt 



«p, auu oweaes, capital era ; 

 nd Mangold Wurzel, go«d: 

 I; nothing drilled in. Swede* 



icre early ■ 





uiover ; i§ acre 1 



1000 square yards re I Carrots. Ci tons. 



1840. 3 acres Swedes manured, and 10 stones bones 



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 Potatoes 130 sacks of 10 pecks each ; 100 bushels of lime 



1842 and 1843. Seeds, gnu.. . 

 1844. White Wheat, - rilled 1 ith to 1 th N.vemte 

 23 i bushels, 5 qrs. per acre ; very dry summer ; mack 



is, Mangold Wurzel, and Carrots, all good. 



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33 loads (sheai 





CONDITION OF IRELAND. 



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St. Ernan's, to whose efforts we called toe attenttcee' 



our readers at pages 153 andJ69.] f ^ ^^ ^^^ 



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