THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[Nov. 24, 



a part. The pastures are 

 rt than nature for what I 



dition boas probably" better than outgoin 



generally leave farms, but still very full of weeas. iw 



then value may be perhaps judged of thus : an adjoin- 



ttVSth^ (tDgetteMof an'acS I "let ItVaUime for 

 owing statement 

 may help to form a judgment : the year I entered a 

 small field, a Bean stubble, was dunged forme by the 

 wJ "nearly S^qrs. to the acre. I sowed Vetches 

 ,1 



off, partly mowed, the sheep having nothing but the 

 at, and the pro- 

 duce wasover 3 qrs. per acre, in 1848. tbi 





ystem. I l 



e into a regular I 



r Oats, Beans, and Wheat, which t 



tirely excluding Clover was that the pasture would aff< 



me ; < ■■■ ■ of hay, and Beans would better clean i 



but Wheat, sheep, and pigs. 

 ewe3, their lambs to be reared ai 



mshel of Beans i 



-them. Thes; 



the whole of the pasture 



to the arable 



the land requires 

 together with my 



.steady. I to to 



to", 



fallow for Turnips, and the Barley stubble f 



the neighbourhood. All the yard di 

 on the fallow for Turnips, and the I 

 Beans, the Wheat to be dressed with 



I turning up i 





n beln fold™ 

 now diminishe 



course I had to begin with buying 

 ieans for sheep, as well as hay for 

 , also, has been rigidly adhered to 



i turned out to graze. The r 



happen in the dry summer two years ago is, tt 

 Of the arable land was Saintfoin, concerning whic 

 speak presently. Until this year there has n< 



at was in Turnips prod 



5 quarters (by estimation) of e 

 this year, 1849. The grounds f 

 iat are these : 90 shocks per ac 



in Turnips. From what has been Baid, it is evic 

 that it is time to judge of the effects of the system u 



The first field that was in Turnips produced 

 quarters of Barley per acre in the fine season of 1! 

 5 quarters of winter Beans in the wet and wretc 

 season of 1343, 



nceforward will be of equal size. My horses doing 

 thing so great a part of the year, I consider that 3| 

 res of Oats after Turnips will be sufficient for them, 

 timating the produce to be near 10 quarters per acre. 



Ik used or sold to the men 



that lis. a score 

 whence I calcu- 



liowingestimate 

 ■ farms similarly 



alfpenny a quart, Having 

 each and upwards, I have 

 paysal ut -7s. a quarter for 1 

 late that 8s. a score will pay a 

 Barley. From all 

 " " future produce of this and 



periencewHl'bTas'foilo! 



ntroduce the Ham 

 phich would effect a material saving 

 ,nd keep the horses employed during 

 hat they are now idle. He would, 1 



: above all, I am certain that the weight of 

 the fat sheep might be great 





with Ireland than y „ 

 correspondent can be, I beg leave to protest as 4at 

 such silly reflections of unthinking, thoueh rJh™. 

 welUdispos^ 



1; he ought also to hareinquir^ 

 . property at the I 



er the Encumbered Estates Bill 

 r. Taylor has not!: 



: land m tt « ^r 



Vetches on the Turnip tallows, and though I have 

 piece of Saintfoin and Clover, yet two ponies having 



three heifers bi used such a de 



mand for Grass and hay that the lambs have bee 

 penned upon the pastures very far too hard. This I ai 

 told is the cause they have reached but 9 stones, fc 

 they have had plenty of Turnips as well as hay an 

 corn. Hereafter, however, the land being so clean, 

 will be perfectly easy to have 4 acres of Vetches every 

 year. Moreover, as 5 acres of Beans, at 6 quarters per 

 acre, afford half a bushel a day to 60 I 



ins can evidently be Clover. There 

 rce whereby the supply of hay, and there- 



ut.iilv. 



^"I'i-'v 





;r& 



and he will find 



it is perfectly compatible with his personal safety. 



miles long ; they should not visit upon the whole 



tv. fiitU'thsof Ireland agrarian 

 i even where they have been 

 : Mr. Tay 





There is supposed to have b 

 my Wheat land this year. 



Many other defects there undoubtedly must be in my 

 I have no practical knowledge worth 



aid make a difference of many pounds if I 

 could do them well myself. So that I am compelled to 



under the system produced 51 quarters of Barley pe: 

 acre in the bad season of 1848, and, judging by th< 

 quantity of Beans already threshed, 6£ quarters o 

 winter Beans per acre in 1849. The third field that 

 came under the system, judging by the quantity 

 threshed, is estimated to yield near 7 quarters of 

 Barky per acre this year. The crops of Oats have 

 been 8 and 10 quarters per acre. In •:•-■ 

 effects of bad seasons, I this 



serving of mention. Adjoining the small field of Wheat 

 above-mentioned as producing a little over 3 quarters 

 per acre, were two acres of Clover which had been un- 

 rell done by my predecessor. It was mowed 

 once by me, lightly fed by sheep with corn, and again 

 .' • 



: 



timated, then agriculture is an a 





s not so. I can plainly see that were I able to buy 

 I sell my own stock, and personally to direct all the 

 lor details, I should gain in many ways. One, I am 

 1, would be thus : I should do better to sell the 

 ibs and buy older sheep for the Turnips. But my 



the sale and another 5s. in the purchase. Perhaps, 

 n.the experience and estimates of one so ignorant 



iision. I have broached no novelty, but merely 



? the^malidous^ana ^gltutouTb^ °*Uh 



■'■•■'';'■;■ '■ - : • 



isonings" at present so commm; 

 tn'ent any further upon the present subject than 

 cially at the present moment, is tending to < ft •» 

 unt of injury, both to Irish tenants and Irish P** 

 tors, in fact unjustifiable. Mr. Taylor could have 

 d plenty not only of farms, b ^ g e ™ n * d ha „ 

 jTuito unknown. ^ATolTsubscriber. 

 Manuring for Wheat.-lnthe ^ricuUnrMatetU 



liable? it" would be carried 'into the soil j***^ 

 ,. Coin in .'a fri did spoke correctly wn ^ 



that he believed the crop was betterwhen tje ^ ^ 



•ept under some unforeseen i 



iTches deep ; and the manure being nader, ^ tf 



. ■ • ' '■ ■■■■ -'" " , ..,..::;■ 



the greatest part of ite u ;^ U c ^ 1 ^ e h l ^radTtop-^ t S8 ^ 



■.".-,': '■'■■ 

 Ae e one grSan^dX Sr mowed (when y»*>& 



