6*: 



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those who have been taught to look to high fanning as 



a substitute for protection are left in suspense, whether 



there is any profit in that system or not. It is true we 



have had Mr. Caird's pamphlet, and have been told of 



the large profit made by Mr. M'Culloch : no doubt the 



latter gentleman deserves 



energy and skill he has displayed, which has made his 



farm a sort of model, and well worthy tli s 



any fanner. But, as to his extraordinary profits, when 



we find he has been growing 80 acres of Potatoes, and 



good crops and escaped the disease which has desolated 

 other Potato fields, our surprise at any profits must 

 ceasi ; for even at 40*. per ton, we know that a good 

 crop of Potatoes will produce a larger money return 

 than can be realised by any other crop ordinarily grown 

 by a farmer. Mr. M'Culloch's profits, therefore, do 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



large breadth of 

 plant. Thequesti 

 U farmer to b 



f prudent English farmer 





■ance. Still, as you near Limerick, to the west- 

 the tubers are very bad ; in one field I entered 



quiry on the subject, she replied, that although 

 me owjids were black the tubers themselves were quite 

 sound ; but, on examination, nearly one-half were found 



• - . 

 ugh they have it so palpably present to them. A 



ibly existed to a very serious extent in that district, 

 ana he greatly feared that the coming winter would be 

 nearly as disastrous as the last, although, from the great 

 breadth of land planted with the Potato, the people 



.!:■-' :---.■-■. -■ : 



~^" a greater extent of land has been 



tion has materially decreased by emigration and 



1 the profit of his high | future prospect 





hitherto appear to have been. C. 1 



Royal Agricultural Society.—' 



excluding subscribers from the tria 



virtually o ; riving them of a da 



v.... y it has excited a ^. v ^..o^^c, 



of dissatisfaction. I can readily imagi 

 presence of the public on such occasions ■..,„,, „„ 

 inconveniences, but are not these balanced by counl 

 "ing advantages ? On the one hand, a judge will 



vailing advantages ? On the one hand, a judge will do 

 bis duty none the worse for having a crowd of witnesses 



»ns. On the other, the implement makers pendence wher 

 will look to the public, as, after all, their best, and most informed by s 

 important judges. I make every allowance for the the same carri 



aouDtiess more clamorous witn tneir tenants ti 

 others having large rent-rolls in England or Scotlar 

 indeed, one gentleman stated to me that some of 

 English landlords were the best they had, and at 

 present moment had scarcely any rent over due. 1 



had scarcely l_ # „ 

 hitherto great hope, which is expressed by all 

 ittractive j down to the car drivers, seems to be that 



prinkling subjects to follow in her wake ; and 



i^onaon uouncil) has attempted to whitewash hia col- 

 leagues, by blackening the Norwich Committee. He 

 asserts that the society not only paid the 

 he asked, but of their great 



of turtle soup into the bargain ! Here Mr. Shaw, as 

 many an over- zealous advocate has done b 



many an over- zealous advocate has done b 



beyond his brief, and proves too much. He is choked 



with his own turtle soup—- r 









t too nagrant a cnarac 

 . Samuel Taylor, Ba 



Ireland. It 

 ly true that the soil is naturally fertile to an 



Scotland, and labour is cheap, too cheap for the welfare 

 intry, but, for want of * u 



much towards changing the aspect of the coun 

 . sreat. In comnarin? it with th 



105. 6d minus the soup so magnanimously and men- , rHlSs^mi 



tonously relu, , • substance of on Lord Cha! ..Dublin the 



5«M S? l8 ( '?*V he c ° ntractor wa ? ?ot cheated. Swedes and Mangold Wurzel surpassed B • 



but the public were, and it is of this saw so early : a not have been 



that the pubhc complain, and with reason ; for, look at less, at that time, than 25 to 30 tons per En B li 8 h acre, 



of thrTY ' *? * P^ wa y ? f getting money j one I also saw a field of Oats, which was Wt 



of those transactions about which the less said the I have seen this season an v.. 



too fiaerant a chara | 0ato taken in success i V e years 

 from that field ! Bad farming notwithstanding. In the 



•h is to English as 71. to 41. 

 Edgar Slade. 

 Lucerne — The following 



The Potato Crop in Irelgnd.- 

 conflictine accounts of the on 



In the 



a»w laneut of Lore 

 very highly manured, 

 affected ; and the si 



to .Lucerne growers. " Having a small half acre of 

 unemployed ground (2200 square yards), I sowed it 

 with Lucerne last year. I have already (Sept. 12) cut 



le f tte^nd e tLTorrec?nts y of M h; ^ *»£** 



- 

 m j ne " asa P iece of bad breeding," withooTH 



horses selected for the prizes, and the bad tarte ' 

 attempting to shift the responsibility of the council * 

 the shoulders of the mistaken judges. Fjritu 



Cumberland One horse Carts.— I am surprised that 

 none of your correspondents has commented omd 

 "A. B. C.'s" letter on this subject, which I «»*£ 



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not machine makers, and do not sympathise with air 



■ 

 himself. «L. V. R.,» I take it, means and ment 

 nothing but good- will to all in general, and to farmen 



of the English Agricultural Society's ei 

 er, I have no' doubt is well fitted for the 



Ransome's description 



s point may be, I hare a 



emned by someVch Simony, as I believe the ito 

 » be, of the general feeling regarding agncnlmn 



Sox-feeding.— I 



'ing.— I am perfectly satisfied mat ro- 



i very admirable plai 



k, and the wonder is that it » not more 

 ...... .ollowed by farmers. To taT Jenta J 



3ethod,Ibadboughtforment;. 



t 



a day, ground very nne, auu = 



a day ; he improved amazingly Ten g^^ 



S a iS^a3^haff^^^J^,J 

 his work on the cultivation of Flax. On tbe» tf 

 I substituted oil-cake { OT .*° L ^f^2fl3 *« 

 afTer I in^eftwlSto •^rf^ 

 During the whole time he had «»"■ e fhiris Vha* 

 eat, consisting of one-third hay «^T^ he «* 

 straw. He was in the box six weeks ; bew 

 cleaned ^ ffl ^J « JJ^SSS^fl 

 cleaned e w^th1 fbrush, anTsome pS b«kj % 

 to* have him regularly and pwP^.^ben*'? «*l 

 box was cleaned out about a «j*^ ^d outJ 

 large barrows full of good manure ^^ 



have been and still am very P*^^ n,airj<* 

 noting down all the cost and manage^ ^ .^ ^ 

 my neighbours are very sceptic woa jd be so g«» 

 several boldly told me that the "en ^ , 



that the place would be ^f^mal wool * 

 would be too wet, and some tn« w ;t i u 



so unhealthy that I could do ^Uby^^S 



box the animal is confined m » "J ^ y jf* 



in box or stall-feedmg they are m 

 An Amateur Farmer. Aarie uW<* flf*^ 



Climate a Hindrance to ^"f^ton* T^ 

 The valiant manner of jour Pg bD I 



soondent would_ tempt me to Q ^o* 



