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758 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE [Avoust 6, 1854 
THE PRESENT APPE ARANCE OF THE CROPS—( ‘Galen 1 
| moor WHEN WI ILL 
COUNTY. WHEAT. BARLEY. | OATS BEANS. PEAS POTATOS. HAY. | CROPS. geek ort EN NAME AND ADDRESS, 
ENGLAND. half Not Aug.l |G T B 
bo a is vane 440. Early so Early sown Bad crop Bad crop  |Quite a failure| Promise fairly | About halfa ot very ug. eorge Turner, Dearne 
avenage i spring Br A late avr ee Downes i 
sown much sown bad e rop 
d í 7 
— M bw ave pue None Noae Good crop ; n Light crop Good g. 7 George Langdon, Ashe Jf" 
ene i Indifferent Aug. 8 ibid. ou sapis 
ve i A d Very deficient n rnis! near — 
Above average | Above average Deficient i om roe ery Kingsbrid , 
Crops excellent Average None Bad Good Slight; good | Roots good Aug. 5 Ere eda Clark, 
CORNWALL ...... Fair ave Various but Below average ood Not half; bu Promising Aug.l |James Wills, South- 
crop average crop well got petherwyn : 
bove averag Average Averag à Above average | Very deficient Average Aug. I T. Davey Simmons, 1 k 
í Killiganoon 
Above average Average Average Thin and light Good Aug. 5 i Michell, Tregoose, 
WALES. E 
CARMARTHEN ..f Good; average Average; | Average; d Splendid Halfacrop  |Good; average Aug. 8 John  Musoott, Jun, 
short straw short straw " 4 zi s: , Laugharne 
Aboutaverage;| Good; average Fair is si p g y lig ki t mid n Burnell, Llanelly 
a few pieces of Aug l 
ready 
commenced 
IRELAND. we ws 
LONDONDERRY ..| Little sown; None Short; under None None Good Light ; Promising Sept. 20 |C Pdllock, Mag s 
average average 8-4ths crop 
RNIN: i oo ara Face A fair average Very short; | Winter good; |Good quantity Scarce and | Good; vtri About ud a |Turnips very Aug. 20 |W. M‘Cleery, Portaferry 
with a slight inferiorin | spring very ba id very bad bad 
speck of rust quality ^a 3 
Good nt eragi Not average Average Light Average Sept. 8 m Burniston, Randals- 
Sii wn 
Very good -— tag Ears well filled ;} Very good Good crop Light crop Very good | Last week in yd 
short in straw 
Very good ery produetive| None sown None Very good Light crop | Good End Ta Aug. wire Sig Hardy, 
| bles : 
LOUTH Looks well; not] Very good Very good  |Little or none None Very good Over average | Looking very | End of Aug. William McCulloch, — 
much extent here well Dundalk £ 
ROSCOMMON .... Good io Light Very good LE E IM m" Good ept.10  |Joh qd C.E., Brook 
s odge 
WESTMEATH .... Good Average Good PES de Very good Short Middling Aug. 20 W. Newburn, Mullingar — 
TYHONS 1:227 Thin Non Good None Noue Good Half a crop Very good Sept. 1 RS ade Pabble 
ge H 
LEITRIM  .....;.. None None Good None None Very promising| Average crop | Very good Sept.10 |J E S. 
appearance ottage E 
FERMANAGH Very good Good eer good Good nd of Aug. [Andre A , Brooke | 
ong 
SERI eee Not grown Not grown Now looking | Net grown | Not grown Excellent ; Under Not very | Endof Aug. |Thomas me E 
well never were finer| average, bat good borough E 
well got E 
Late short; None None Very fine A ahei light | Swedes good | End of Aug. J. e Nesbitt, Bel 
LONGFORD "i y ie gt good Ligh Bad Aug and Sep.|J. HE Go Goodriff 
NGFORD ...... vh Ax» er 18s Very t a a e 
CLARE..... Reva Average Much under à Sid 3 Mus Sound, bat About half a Very bad jee 15 Hatia. ond 
SEDNA Good Average Sh Noné N Exco oat Fine Want of 39:0 |i Disses Russ 
SX EOM vi Short me. one cel ; : ug, ; us rne 
KILKENNY ......| Very go iverago Bods Mort in . None OSEE it eS TS Average | Average | _ Lug. 10 Dawson A. Milward 
Average Average Light a Underaverage | Under half | Verybad |  Aug.10 |Patrick Grace, 
average 
OW core eee} Good Very good Very poor N y so good as Very bad Fair Aug. 20. , Clonegal 
ast year 
WEXFORD ........ Good Very good Early. good ; Not so good for| Early,good; |Early eropsof| Aug. 15 "Ed. Glaso 
late, short 20 years late, very bad Turnips good; lin 
: late, véry poor 
KERRY ..........| Very good None Good, but skort Note None The "- since Short erent Aug. 20  |J.O. gano P.E 
d 1816 
Average Good Good Very good Light crop Good About Aug. 25 ron 
TIPPERARY ...... 5 Very good Very good Below the Below the Aug.15 |R. D. Bol 
avera average Bally wire 
Good None Good a Aug.20  |Wm. Ryall, Cashel 
OOBR 1o isis Jes .| Very good Good Good wee Very por but| Very poor crop | Very bad Aug.1 D. Clauchy, D.L., C 
f rae straw short swall ville 
Good ; injured Very short in m Under average | Under average Very bad Aug. 10 ames Byrne, 
by insects Straw more 
Good Average;little | Under average 4 Very small but Very light {Not promising Aug. 8 F. A. Twiname, 
grown and short | sound to be good 
Good ETT Short None None Small Short H September (Sam. Piddell, Kil 
A orresponde |farms are getting money fast. Just the | f th 8, t found in their 
s at ill, Farnsj sfield, hwell, Notts. |  Turnips and sheep. Now, the soil to the S.,S.E. ds prn or Dor 
—I daly received y note of inqui iry ye — s in|Of this farm is clay, in some parts good es It  rememb d "bat n whole of the oe 
this locality, and have filled ; at the sheet and retu! nd era weak, wet, hungry soil acted, peas they had from Ton mber, 1 1863, u^ à 
you by Io Loses - this poa On the good elay all the Grain crops are good, 10t period oi of their death May last, 
A eine e soil. Now good as last year; the Beans are very — mie at a distance from the t b 
last y pet six | better than they have or several y The| Rifle Volunteer Corps, had, to N 
ductors rters pe uarters e ; fiel aceti pn appear- been ina imn e [joint 
_ per acre, all of | ance, and at a distance is ore like mer fallows | This field was earefully examined by Mr. 
a, this year 1 feel than land sown with Swedes t tery few Masel are — the herbage he fragm: 
near so a yielding yeir-- but t the soil to the north | nox n, and they are looking heal , but small | w ine "Tre oe eed 
and east, and to the west of this farm for many land backward. On my farm all my — crops are stomachs of the cows. Now Va the lead here refe 
miles is various, from good sand to forest land, that is | very good; Hay and — onm pem e an average | that which had been seattered from the Fi 
ery light, and in some places ** blow-away sand "—on | crop of hay, and Clo ove average. | pre upon the impact of bullets, and is cid 
that class of soils ali grain crops are very bad | Pastures are brow, bat still plenty of teed for stock.| spray.” Some of this 
indeed ; in some parts there are many acres of Wheat I ought to tell that this farm is‘‘high-farmed,” | picked up by the cows 
and Barley t not more than four to six inches | and being in var prj" ondition and clean, the dry | in their stomachs several mort 
high at this time, and will not pay to eut; the hot dry | summer has not hurt it. i t it slowly, b t 
sum.: is the ca bad ; the seeds omersetshire Crops. elow an average; rp 
(farms on these soils have only a few of Grass, | Barley, early sown on good soils, good, otherwise poor ; m aes the animals in i question, 
ot any) are quite bare of herbage; the | Beans, various ; Peas, Potatos, short deat of the three —— 
Turnips are a regular plant, but very late and backward | but nur Hay, light but good; Root crops, b under pr the sa 
indeed, pc are just busy s striking out sing! gels came badly; Harvest will be general 2 the related. The viscera of one se the cows W 
‘Swedes a Mace ( Farnsfeld) to M: ginning a A Charles Frederick Perkins, | were sent to me for analysis, an 
id» dance of eight miles, were SM a very few years | rnv near Taunton. ionstrate the presen 
sordium ion of the old Sherwood Forest, and grew only n to Farmers and Riflemen. —Believing that} of the stomach and int 
dus, sek Ling, and su porte a few rabbits; | the qmm voee i ith the under-| but likewise in the liver 
whole of eden h w enclosed, and | mentioned facts I shall fee obliged by your Kindy | | the passage of that poisonous 
stents ` fuis tho inserting et letter early impression of hag” I also had an ep 
of a Tee cows, the prope of|spray, which enabled 
of ie toms i enc: with 
could not be la, by Mr. CIR 
pego nor gh A to an; — ar xn 
he was acquainted. On ng a pokorio 
$ ante 
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