[Aveusr 27, 1864, ; 
826 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
add not granted by the sickening stench which pro-| well know the reverse to be the fact, for it w ad f all kind en pleased | 
ceeds from the numerous pits in which the Flax is|found that as a cow put on fat milk ire one peculiarly adapted 
t her 
rich, though it might not — in quantity. 
m 
A 
A = pone steep the Flax in these pits—or cannot feed well and milk ll at the same time. f 
nagement of this crop differs e much in —— recommended the feating system. In War- 
FLAG n Ireland, I , cannot d pe ar k f ickshir re nd Northamptonshire, where one statute 
information; for surely, the | acre will feed a large ox fat for the London — 
dissimilarity of climate, it must be t either | th $ system would pay; but — land will not do 
r they have much to learn, rerin comparing | this: Cheshire farmers are well aware that po 
porte mutua l assistance may be derived; any how the 
importance: of grow ing Flax appeurp to be no w dis- 
and in several 1 
mak king pays better than cattle feeding. Horses and 
sheep had € been recommended good payi 
"as land cannot com ons 
lectures on a? agg on e and mana, gement were given | 
during the puth. g appr rehe end that all crops | 
Ireland 
pastur pshire and gong eh or the lime- 
| for mane s coe 
stem of farmin, 
sidering the niga in ‘hich | Providéaan m [o 
With respect to the 3d point, the force of custom 
our ancestors have le: arned from Nature what the wll 
and climate were best suited for, and I think that we 
had better not set aside the ^w old eustom of our 
cestors. n the 4th point, the mighty 
power of profit. Take, for instance, a farm of 150 st statute 
acres; an active farmer, bless ed wit th an a pee. 
ilc 
3 
of 
| stone du of “Derbyshire , and horses row 
in agriculture i is steadily progressing. At Lough Gall, 
h, a 
g 
they grow large in the "belly, long in 
the p^ "mal in muscle. Sheep also v our land 
only keep a fl 
n county Armagh, a rich fertile district, by some calle 
“the garden of the Nor th,” I remain ed several d ys, 
dh ity to observe carefully the porch | 
ing. I found well | managed farms, several good imple- | 
mai 
and I should imagine liberal and considerate land-| 
owners, 
In the South again are many well-farmed parts, and | 
that can pu 
7 ewt. of chee shag ar, hear. No, no, 3 
of which, if M rightly, tna fed rightly, would. make6 or 
3 cwt.) I kno 
that in a rpm near Nantwich each cow produ ? 6 
would take car are of the | rses; his w. 
| Soc ciety f “for the last. 10 om cat I have observed that, 
with some slight chan ps wor ae 
and all rahe same. 
e subjects. have n dis- 
cussed year after Pos 
"Com. growing, steam , engines, 
that he 
ould only require a honra: or Pee Pd mag: i 
a a fow extra hands at har est time, These pies ah 
eit an English 
man ged 
and “ 
less Pen, a more plentiful supply of i des r- 
tuna! te beg: fear it tt 
Docks and weeds, ust be 
n 
eya A flourish and abound in ied wii fn pey bue 
bave been talked 
I had the honour o! val 
er and over _ Now. 
f being a member of this Roy 
be and if ^ had the Less p pecia of f being 
ted by t he thei: ual 
|h 
Societ tend 
, if 
tillage farm. Cheese at m. per cwt. would Pty 
better than a corn crop in this county. A Cheshire _ 
farmer on not per: a grain of corn for sale; nor& - 
Tur urni t f ivg thus, I hope, 
Ra di ces On m Id 
propaga 
“Shure, yer honour, what would we do €— nea 
when the horses had clusive). 
I saw many good and la s of Short -horn 
cattle, and some pose specimens of the pretty MÀ 
Kerry cow, but rs kind mal which we kno 
“ Irish,” seems to be d sk 
Sheep, generally ‘peaking, T fancy do not thrive, 
probably the soil an mosphere is too moist. In the 
little island of Inn Sateen: in one of the lakes of | 
Killarney, they are said to “ get fat in three weeks," 
at all events those I saw, though I know not how long | 
they had been located there, appeared to be almost fit 
for the — Either the c D, Or a cross 
between t and the Leices! are the varieties 
generally -- erre 
Large far 
m horses I o saw ; on the farm of one 
teur 
"a ish horse is justly 
e of the 
h 
vt lag | 
anticipated ; w I fear the pig is regarded as | 
a member of the family, frequently enjoying the sam 
p as the vostro and though perhaps ice 
tually permit itted to occ "zt the same bed, may often 
corn ounty,— suppose, when I made a speec à at the 
dine table, I told the farmers present that they did 
pe 
$ Puts far rming is ased on Pro videnee, ani 
directed by profit, I consider that the man, a strange 
i ) the e ounty, who should tell us farmers that we w wer 
in the wrong, 
not know how to farm their land, and tha’ 
pect them to i 
keep milking cows instead 
not be! — that re would say to me—“ go back to 
| you county, and milk ycur iu. and feed your 
sows.’ 
Now this is just the tx sme has been given to 
ae + Cty our land, must indeed be a 
Posi e endeavoured to 
ntle e 
Cheshie; aes ia in aval 
y 
— 
| us Cheshire farmers, viz. ow corn, to feed cattle, ( 
ns " d to breed lore, 
tee yea 
advise had better | E or then so surely will 
our subscription of 50007. be thrown away, If I were 
appointed by the Societ y to attend tbe,Meeting in a 
corn- growing o ounty, I would ds eg ~~ county, and 
live there for three or more month er to study 
the ciate the soil, the ole of rae pe ei the popula- 
e | tion, and the markets sie then at ae dinner table I 
able to say so 
might be ething worth hearing, and 
probi y to rr some A: M ice to cas audience. I 
ester next wd 
that some of t v 
consult a the Committee of | 
| cultural Society on py ect 
e|gestion be carried out , I would POM a hope 
that something of the 1r might be done, and I 
would take this Papae ‘i of Res arom 3 the 
Agri- 
Whether the sug- 
Royal 
ate ega a ed mii 354 irin 
linen, on going ti a ndress m E pua it, 
gere that he fond his shirt es A the pios bed 
to dry !” _In he parts frequen ented by tourists a great 
ee: 
his county 
t were; a new system of farming, on which — 
pecia nd er ne 
yal | f 
south I - tod that affer en season “a 
chicken may be 
ae. 
to w une of * Home, sweet 
Home,” still in tel fcr will h have iiim agreeably | 9 
at som at Roy 
that the ee ‘appointed for T show, 
Cheshire next spring to learn the 
| dn mode of farming in this mcs I — ; 
and I feel certain that the houses of all n 
his room, and of every farmer in the county, "nu 
| be open to them, and a hearty welcome given. I hav: 
| said that the ge of Cheshire is very Lanna rtd it 
jis at t the same time very simple, a r that he 
woul ers mesi advised 
| them to ond EN the old plan; E ai ee that a 
er old syste ing 
w present in 
rom the 
would pursue it to a loss. say again that the system 
of farming ge nerally pursued i in the county i is not ; only 
r, surely such oon to he 
| wish that a plan et. d Dye afi E $a dass out ee w 
Ch to sugges 
ag county new to them; mew axes finn ups soil as | hea 
; there is much to be admired in her, t 
there may Aem cedi etd 
Barring the riots whe me 1864 must be a 
myat P scit dor Treat. W. J. P., August 16. 
D 
is based upon fo ur great points 
Ist, gin the voice of Nature 
she i is one large 
= 
HIRE FARMING iar A EARS AGO. 
Over Peover and 
The following was the 
ears) Maisy pea tera ata e Agricultural 
AM rather surprised that no allusion has been made 
to the MT of. the Royal Agricultural Society at 
Ist point 
strong deep alluvi ^, 
except here and an ud arte A derer 
three sides by hills, and on the fourth ty the am. > 
caused b 
Grass, at a 
fine remp a nang the land green and full of | her 
er counties = — me up; and | 
and those 
farmers say, * 
milk well, Ps ey will fee 
to 
want to honey little - 
bo heshire farmer, M La hee si 
requires only tw two cart horses, and o 
to dran, his shandry cart, and to prt in the ¢ qo 
— "s Yeomanry Cav valry. ” Still less do vo vati 
abo ut sh e do not want to hear an, edo 
abot Ham except when we can throw. a river 
de ge limestone wa Mr 7 t meadows; hay 
amem watered with dir rm-yard water is 
good. for cows, nor will de ^ p ipee 
We do not o he N y 
implements some "y 7 besstifa inne a 
n the yard e. day they are 
of very little i in Cheshire,— v 
ploughs, a hem; ane of harrows, y 
three Tapen tá eure 
] 
hear one word about ylaagts: ie consider a T 
be a much more pernicious weed thai oe 
5 She. has 
Sua 
wan ysis 
ws for making. 
nothing p this e todak as the subject 
cussed his room last year. = seat however, 
it is pud acknowledge t the cows are 
inferior to what "i sedg a 
much pleased 
plaeed there by the £z 
was 
2 JA 
in 
an 
quantity r£ "T Infrae m 
worthy of the prize: accordin 
the prize to a co very inferi 
as she "y gave 
nilk, they did not consider 
ngly they had pe 
appearance 
tothe uw 
EST aS 
which h Save lately been belgi in the county, excepting at 
Macclesfield, where Mr. Humberston had made. some 
rye Grass 
for milk, 
"us 
in abu andant , quantities. T oes Nature 
very suitable tieni ea said that 1 
50007. had been subscribed to 
ere | large towns are 
As to the 2d point, the direct dass of Providen 
the south side of the county are the Staffordshire | 
pats geo with u rau Ging mish s 200,000 — 
iren 
ide mining an rap ced 
Hyde, bridge, and Ashton ; then 
half erm of bats the prm of Oldham, | coac 
nage ant green herh for S ee use of man, | 
hus le ad the | 
then Birken- | 
bead sad. Biverpook mr lur ONO? terse 
: vell supplied with corm, and bee 
utton, from. Treland and A [sn 
nmi 
all | they look to Cheshire for cheese, and milk, and Potatos, ` 5e 
me & 
their work pe ra mil 
of the dairy farmon, 
2d. We wat to hear what is 
bet mode of wintering co l give 
ws. penc 
kosa 
the as had i and they 
up to their ; at last, a 
condition, sleek in n their coats as race Hrsg 
all over fit to 
coachman how he aimed 
he oth: 
berries 
sense! At the time 
