THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 





i.l^l by the ^ 



it grow anything else. Its 



i necessary an 



on of capital, v 



uiployment of 



lore effectively employed, could extrac 



essentially adapted to the growth o 

 . produce sufficient to support them- 

 nfort,and to feed at least twice theii 



i ; ' ■- h mds can be employed 

 de them to purchase the surplus food 

 •soiling, and other | 

 are the proper work of landlords, or o: 

 rital sufficient to enable them to perforn 

 s work, on conditions which will remu 



[e demand for labour, but it would In 



be a smaller agricultural 

 efficiently. This source, 1 

 amative employment is ii 







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g populatu 

 sxempt. But the growth of such i 



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r ion. The people appear t 



opposed to them, men v. 



n acted upon in aU ages, whenever the 



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at the rate of at least a 

 quarter of a million annually. They are doomed 



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 by those who 



. a population of pauper 



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 some remain. One district is depopu'a 



tensed in another. The 



dose of Indian meal, is compelled to ■ 



pool and Glasgow 



of fresh n 



to Limerick and Bally 

 of an Irish Leeds, Birmingham, and Man- 

 he manufacturers of Britain have glutted 



y may supply with 1 3 

 co, and hardware; are requiring the cr 

 irkets by the extension of our colonies, 



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state in which the first Potato blight found it. 

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if the resources of the country 

 developed and the soil effectr 

 slowness of the process by which these resul 



speculation is cherished that Irish Potato-pl 



those of Belgium. This policy has defeated 

 'iich havt 



expended in the relief of destitution in Ireland had 

 ; om could hav< 



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vhere land was a drug a 



n the 0f oo a r-r 



r readers interested in the Show of 

 Cattle Club, to be held early in the 

 . •• th Bak r- treet Bazaar, will be 

 iember that the 17th inst.— this day 

 .st day on which they can enter stock 

 People are so apt to put these things 



carcely time to get t 

 riiere they live at 

 iberty therefore of p 



signatures, in cases 



juitly or unjustly, 

 ribution of a'tew™" 



though we hear so n 



non principles i 



capital, if attempted to 1 



r even to Ireland, soil 

 a paid capital ; but ch 

 aining strength, that in 

 nequal than high, i 



ustify the shilling per 

 eing regulated by the 



profit, or there are 



England farm r 



1! bring to bear the energy and sk-11 



quisite for prosperity elsewhere, or in other callings, 



xy cultivate the land to good profit at home. 



The above may be matters of opinion, but all are 



r.ture prices will bo very low, not leas, 



ides should naturally be how far does the 

 ring depend on the price of produce ? It 



u me landowner are beggared to support no concern whatever in the price of such produce 

 i trie iormer takes a moonlight flitting to : nia y be consumed at home, either by hia family, 



demands increased capital banfll 7> be will find by reference to his farm accot 

 i- -plovers of labour, both are I e been so fortunate aa to keep any, that 



rous employers < 

 dshing. The n 



xiie unaided pauper emigratio 

 sin its train, the result of the priv. 

 emigrants endure, and has cause 



I is more than one-half 

 competition being i 

 , and the cost of fooi 



If the produce 



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where formerly he only reared or fatten °l fn* *°* i 



recent legislative changes, and it was for th«™ Wb J 

 h^mone h ° a 'men^T ^ wi *°" 4 ffi£J 



The first subject to which I pointed attention was * 

 !vJ^ 0U ff VMto "j*™* from the all but univ^rS 

 Bjstem ot manufacturing farm-yard manure «*.) VC 

 Gazelles for the 14th and 28th July last oon»«v 

 tieal suggestions on this head. To induce Sec^ 

 as to the relative values of fermented and unfermeoted 

 cent analyses of guano "by ProSov Wa^l^tE 

 the ammonia m one ton of unfermented bW-dronninl, 

 was of the value of 9/. 14s., whilst the ammoniaT£ 

 or more tons of similar bird- droppings which had k«n 

 subjected to fermentation was worth only lSj. The 

 dung of birds, containing the liquid as well as the solid 



especially the dung of those birds which feed on fish; 

 crop depends upon certain fertilising elements in his 

 farm-yard manure, and that not less than eight-tenth 





able gas am 



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nent contemplate his o 

 f manure-making. It i 



mg stock. Ihis accutnu ating mass 

 of mixed dung and straw, with such of the urine from his 

 s- ck aa can i n I its way there, lies decomposing during 

 the winter and spring months, washed by every shower, 

 occasionally flooded, and nothing whatever to prevent 

 the gaseous products of decomposition from passing 

 into the air, and the soluble phosphates and other salts 

 from being washed away. That no portion may nave 

 turned over once or twice, or perhaps carted to a field 

 in readiness for the root crop. It is spread under » 

 June or July sun, and ploughed in, but the straw being 

 dry, or not perfectly decayed, the plough unperfeeuj 

 covers it, leaving a considerable portion wasting on the 



ferm-y ard manure TTs S°not to Te expected that t* 

 exposure which in guano brings down the ™ ae ™ 



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Imv™ doubled tnTcrop 5 * Would not the av ^^ 



S'origLl richness of cattle jroppinffin"^ 

 fa turned 8 SafSUc, taCntioi ctS J 

 IdeTstaw'oon'tainTrbont one-third per «n^ 

 rogen; Clover and meadow hay, anograw^ 

 percent. ; Peas, Beans, and odcake j mu^ 

 r cent. As nitrogen combines with aoou^ ^ 

 weight of hydrogen to form ammonia, ^ 

 e a s D S ScS?oSnS n it m?^ «i2n- Jj 

 fmoriaintfie excrements is fully ^'^j'JJ fr£ 



-ri.teasmucha3lparcent.oi 



10nia; r b U duce u ^- ( 



e as much as 1 per o 



v;i a the m dTgV 



| be on a farm 



rtially regained by 1) 



