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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



; readily admit, no longer open to var 

 ; but our cotemporary errs if he thin! 

 ution of that design is not as fairly c 



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which had animated it. And as a man may 

 foe has nevertheless reached the heart 



could." A collection of extracts from his columns 

 would, ve 1 r opinion; but 



the easier method of determining its accuracy would 

 be to apply to the gentlemen who have conducted 



opinion of Mr, H if.loch, or of 



Thea we are perfectly ready to appeal to those on 



been encouraged — that the editor of tl 



nents ? We are perfectly ready to m I 

 decision on our accuracy, or, as our cot ; 



But the gist of the difference between us may 

 arise from an error of desciifinn. •■ TI. ■■ w! , 



:.. 



Words. " It is not our object to silence Mr. C,\nuv' 



says our cotemporaiy, "it is our obj,- 



ments and facts < 

 and advocating ll 



ng to the charge with f 

 al facts to repel the a 





r inose^wE^Ted 

 las hardly done more that we 



'had originally prepared; but 



we have heard a^ingle^-ofce, 

 uttered loud enough, echoed and re-echoed repeat- 

 :: portion, not only to the 



i make upon the Mark I. 



rrty and intelligent exe* 

 rider of Monday last 



1 depends 



[OarjT 



1 by the river Ba 



the largest mills in Ireland, which afford a 

 market to the farmer for his produce. A railroac 



metropolis advantageous. It is therefore not surp: 

 that the leaseholders of a period when agricu 

 produce was high, and the fee of the soil sold f 

 and 30 years' purchase, and when the acquisiti 

 laud held by lease was desirable, from political c 

 —that land, moreover, being situated in one o 

 mcst favoured counties in Ireland, and taken l 

 poor rates were imposed— should now complain 

 period of agricultural depression, and after a 



increased by any perceptible introduction of manu 

 factoring wealth, and that ihe excessive competitioi 

 which formerly existed in Irelmd for land has nov 





rt of value. Land tested by the 

 therefore cheap. For example, Mr. Carter, 



21 years, covenanting to allow 

 . possession at the expiration of 



of such a lease as 1 have mention d ' See8 '^^lii 

 value of the fines 1,1,2, I . ^" *"»*•! Jf 



stcr£i^r s *4^ 



he have not sufficL^pital to do^'V' °«£ti 

 land he can do the latter' firs ^ ** «I 

 te^re 52"^ * ^ "^^ « S* 



beted Estates Actf P urchasers ^mS^S 





gaged 10 years ago for 20,000/.. it 

 ca'se), musShe'r maki u^^' * ^ S5 

 or lose 5000/ I think hiwiU a°dopt tfflSjLlS 

 and become the purchaser, in the strong, nikS 

 opinion, well grounded assurance that the soffit 



attract the capital of others" and tewilhrtSJS 

 Uriush farmer who has the power and the will J? 

 prove the soil, and he will be ready to give u h£ 

 amU lon^iease^ that Ca " be accom P«shed by loYj 

 ' y e 'a credi 



does no^aUe/wOnX; 



shouldVT™-' SU - PP<?S 





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of London may not purchi 



property of Ireland ; they probably do not mot 

 the whole rental oi Ireland being 13 miidft 

 rly two millions of that rental, according to the *• 

 uon of Mr. MGn,m his very valuable erjdew 



aight hereafter have been willing to" e^e his 

 nee for the information and encourage- 

 ment of his agricultural brethren. We only add 

 that in so far as this charge is made the subject of 



we do not de& ; ut in so far as 



the proper office and dnj 

 trnalists, we make no apology for occupy- 



AGRICULTURE IN I&ELAND.-No. III. 



r remains for me to endeavour to prove that I 



ihera, that * here r 



:<;iy grazing land 



nly being under 1000), and from 

 lining 23,823 statute acres", ^t the . 



varying [ that rental is i 



:res should give employment to one family, it would 

 ave no poor on the rates, « a clear proof that nothing 

 it employment is wanting to set the country to rights,' 1 

 i Mr. George R. Crampton * the clever and very 

 alous agent of Mr. Carter's vast property has re- 

 >raea\ Many of those farms are adjacent to good 

 irboura and bays, with abundant facilities of obtaining 



uts, "Falcon,"' 

 emigration to 



id when applie 

 Kingdom), th. 



• • . . i • : 

 Mr. Hewitt Davis- j results from the rapid t 



mt has no interest in improving, w ■»- 



■ 



;ie country. Miserable themselves, they baveb^ 



seryto the adjoining properties^" 



jh the burden of their poor has been «* » 



. of things cannot continue, ^^fff, 



,h Equity ft* 



perty has been placed l 





ish proprietary, and imp 



japital, but he is c 

 the people, and 



correspond! 



fiV '". . 



land is to be had, do not 

 ment. Mr. Dorant, another 

 t he has dissuaded several 



'.'"Kfeio 



and the efforts they have made within the ^ 

 years to support the people upon 

 feelings of the deepest sympathy. I ; J « ^ rf * 

 posure that I can think ot the a nmhiiat a ^ § 

 ancient gentry of that part of Ire and-g m^ 

 time-honoured race. They have naa . fe 

 what class is exempt from them I but JJ ^T^ 



and generous hospitality, their cor ^'^ Jbetflj »»j 



England, aud yet for a thorough knowledge of this sub- j I lament for their sakes the stern ^J/^ 

 ject they require to be so. 



A very frequent species of tenure in Ireland was Tl '> uhZet^K 



that of I i,i 5 t,,r lives, n« .lie f. l£ ever ; that is, as the population, and driven the smaU W ^^l 

 each hfe expired, a new one was added to the lease on , home to escape for his life, has bee >n in tr ^ ^ 

 payment of a fine. This species of tenure led to m li,at l \ Vn has e^'P*! 



fiequent litigation ; as a matter of course it never could j who lias suffered most intensely, and wno lo west^ 



art of the 1 S >v oi the one brougi 



leery on Subpart of tin2 oHhe other. '^^ S jfX 



to a very fearful e 



