THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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he would ' plough against any man m England, for 

 he had been bred np to it from a boy.' The cele- 

 brated rejoinder, " Then I have no doubt 

 )od 



K^addr 



passenger who could not read. The 



conveyed to one hearer an instructive and important 



1st gone on to explain to his 



it what he meant by a Farmer, he wouH 



incomprehended, or (as soon as 



e probably both, 





nfpryhttfgh* 



By the very «' 



hearing from the mouth of a Liebio, a Johnston, or 

 a I'i.a-i f v i i : of our own >'< 

 the term, he would have probably smil J 

 .11 as he had himself been 



. laughed a 





i"\vledge' of 1 



g called l carbonic acid <,'as " '. Who would be- 

 lieve or suppose that this by simply pai 

 oxygen becomes that! That the ponder 



a deposit from the carbon of the view- 



And who does believe it, or any other fact of 

 science, if he has been allowed to rush upon Nature, 



journey of a ; 



that brings him into d; 

 ' Nature, unprovided vs 



nd benefit ? For they are the true Genii of 

 dry tale, which either obey Hi 



us inexorably. It is one thing to £ - till the 

 ," another to " subdne it." The agriculturist is 

 the governor, or the slave, ever the winner or 

 ith thoH natui il 1 iws by 

 h his calling ' 



vriter, 'has welcomed and claimed kindred with 

 it:* Botany, Vegetable and Animal Physiology, 

 the sciences concerned with Air, Water, and Steam, 

 Mechanics, Meteorology, Chemistry, and Geology, 

 —each in turn has paid tribute to it, and held out 

 the means of progressive improvement, only limited 

 ability of the agriculturist to avail himself 

 resources, until it has become more and 



ore apparent that scarcely any knowledge is 



perfluous to the tiller of the soil.'* 



f this be true, can there be a doubt of the neces- 



Practice of Agriculture 1 Can there be much 

 ubt what the course of that education should 



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sity 



.' 1 hese questions surely deserve a detailed con 

 eration ; which we hope in some future number 

 supply ; and meantime earnestly invite every ex 



iportant, on so many accounts, at th 





Theuk was good i 





,o remark upon the want 



r Society at Dublin. As 

 may record the facts that 



.„ the implements till the 



Thursday, after a large number of visitors, who would 

 gladly have been guided by the award, had seen 

 them and departed— that the report. 1 



d, incorrect, in what 

 hereafter be able to state— and 

 lecture, advertised for 11 a.m., 

 b.en postponed till Thursday 

 as, we may say, thrown away 

 of two dozen hearers. No doubt 

 may have upset many arrange- 

 ensured greater 



tattle and sheep is, v 

 particular we shall 

 that Mr. Sullivan's 

 Wednesday, 

 evening, wh< 



Her^UjS? 



ments which would otherwise 



Should be allowed to 



uter\ene. Judges should noi 

 finished, even though it be tc 

 W r e have at length, however 





We have only to add to the above that, let the 

 merit of the exhibition of implements and cattle be 

 what it may, it is surely one part of the Society's 

 plan that its influence be exerted upon all classes of 

 farmers in Ireland ; and we think this would be more 



mment, i " 

 on one of the days to 



A NORTH ESSEX FARM. 



The farm wite - the northern 



several good market towns, and in the midst of a rather 



numerous labouring population. It contains 155 acres, 



I i are arable, 20 are meadow and pasture 



The rental is 30s. per acre. The soil may 

 be said to be of an average quality, variable in depth 



of the subsoil, which consists chiefly of beds of clay, 



marl, sand, and gravel, such as usually characterise the 



formation. A large portion has been 



ii the last few years. The following is my 



usual course of cropping on the arable land, subject to 



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Dg may be consider* 

 Mangold Wurzel, Swedes, and Carrots, per acre, 10 to L'O tons. 



The root crops are entirely consumed on the farm ; 

 the Mangold Wurzel and Swedes chiefly by bullocks, 

 the Carrots by horses and; pigs, and the white Turnips 

 by sheep. The Tares are mown for horses, and con- 

 sumed by them in the yard ; the Oat crop is mainly 

 consumed by horses, and the Beans and Peas are 



farm. The Wheat and Barley crops are grown for 

 market. Two good dressings of manure are given 

 during the course, viz., in the first year for the root 

 crop, and in the fifth year for the Beans and Peas. 

 Having always an ample supply arising from the farm- 

 yard and stall-fed beasts, I seldom purchase any other 



f the farm. The 



THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A LAND-AGENT. 

 There is a subject most intimately connected witl 

 he cultivation of land which I have often wished wouh 

 >e taken up by some of your correspondents qualifier 



of estates duly qualified for such en- 

 one possessed of the smallest share of 

 be otherwise than forcibly impressed 

 nt of capacity and knowledge in per- 

 this class of employment, and this is a 



been hrst errand boy, and gradUillf^Tr^-S!!" 



Some have been taken from ifca ■ 



farmers or tradesmen ; in shor^o e'E*^ 



eTeryCo^^^ 



e^ucaTonso^to'fit 1 &■£&£ suc^Tut^ "^ 



a vlm e ^ n0 iT ely E? iQt m i theU idity of fe 

 system, " or the heavy blows and great discount 



Does a manufai 

 What, indeed, i 



bis old habitual obedience, gi Te Bttw> 

 ance to opinions by which agriculture will be benefited t 

 or if he did, would a tenantry be likely to idopttf* 



always lived in the n 

 and firmly fortified a 



ably applied to h 



such ignorance ? Should not the great landowner! Ml 

 a better example in the choice of men for condartjnt 

 their affairs ; reading men who would be able toiflori 

 the farmers all requisite knowledge upon agricnltaal 

 and other subjects connected with estates, as well uuw 

 best systems of cultivation known in practice. Tit 

 total change takes place in this respect no marked {in- 

 gress will be made ; and the landowner, instead of flyinf 



with his property, ought to entrust his estates to those 

 competent to advise him to carry out his views, without 



STEEP AND LEVEL LAND. 



a problem in philosophy, although the results may net 



Every point established is, however, a stepping.** Il 



that we can safely afford to leave behind us unreducri 

 The principles on which land "is measured are in ftet 

 affected by it. The the * 



Ithe surface is really me* 



[.Not ii 





, practical husbandry. 



The only way to accomplish this is to lay down j«* 

 — •— from which the deduction is to be drawn, ana" 

 uestion is confined to " steep v. level, we bib 



at once clear it of all diftic- 



things are equal," viz., depth and quality 



and cannot be compared on 



■tie? 

 t principle in ^^^[ 



that the prosperity of a : 



most deeply conceri 

 due appreciation of 



ends much°u oTthe 



by appointing as their 

 viduals possessing re- 



, it seems (which is a sample 



he kingdom) no qualification 



rsons employed 



21st July as correct unt 

 are true, they settle tb< 



Protean form bj 

 Leader marked bj 

 It is obviously impossible to arri 



aeierence tnat tne vrazecie »uuu.» ~- - o ,^-n 

 to controversialists in this respect, having I^JS 

 of talent that we do not all possess. The jWgJfi 

 irTuel In the Gazette on mechanical *>££££ 

 it is a very compound question m f^™^^* 

 cupy a subordinate part. * »? J^fifir *W 

 no comparison of good with bad land. henJ o* 



being equal » is the ^^^^ce^^ 

 undertakes to answer an article hesn ^ g that *&!# 



there is not a single word. immersion'' * 



But let us consider further ^ "fJ^TS* 



the land. Take half an orange-it has i & , 



one flat, the other semicircular. D. >J£* •&* 



to the level and the hill *»££* t t? Dg s W" 1 * 

 Sri ^air^alET^ S kW 



„ .... JEStS arrtft Sp^.^Sf « 

 inuire for them grow faster by supplying » 4. ^ 

 ;y, having | food, the internal circulation of fluids being 



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