Ocroner 8, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ EUER AND ——M— GAZETTE. 978 
whilst the total area under Oats has diminished by | horses and pigs, there from the middle of Octobi 
rade Barley, ME and Rye increased by|total value of stock tbis year eati with last, 3 £N. k put "hera : ^ 
and Beans ied Peas s by 873 arri eer i amounting to 632,4117. e the end of ee year, and then into yards to eat 
on eile hole ae ecrease in tidal su of 122,437 acres, a This increase, combined with the larger extent of| Mangels. We have some fair crops of Mangels, and 
given in the following su Flax— 87,761 acres—and the consequent greater yield | hope E be able to gun uus 400 to 500 lambs in this 
= value of that crop in 1864 compared with 1863,| way up to April, n they go on the pas 
ABSTRACT OF CEREAL CROPS. o the expected increase in the “average yield of Mangels on d lands are a pretty good crop, but ou 
LES aS CK CLUSTER UD PATENE | O e crops this year, may be considered as gie other soils are p No Turnips are grown. A. S. R. 
| 1863. 1964. | in 1864. | in 1864. rae hope of a return to more propitious — for th iei uth P Petherwyn, Launceston.—The 
armer, than Ireland h has ic — me years past, | harvest in pa- nügibeuhond being completed for 
| acres. | acres. E pha RATIO to d pori 8 iar iir some tos any a farmer has put his threshing- 
one. EV 058,883 1 m. E gi usi 965 | 84,586 persons eft pomi this y year up to the 31 lst of machin e to work under an idea that asa whole the 
ley...  ..| 171,892 por 770 | July, who stated it was their ; re i eda — wipe as high as at any time for 
| Bere and Rye ..| — 8,059 8,992 933 B inc an increase of 4080 on the number ae last Our markets are therefore 
Beans and Peas..| 15,153 16.028 or year. The entire number of emigrants since the date | liberally ‘supple, which offers an opportunity of 
Total _.. 2,409,839 461 | 21.598 | 143,965 - 965 | when their enumeration rat the — ports pee B judging th po — adn the e nt re of 
it mmenced,— 1st May, 1851,—to the 31st of July last, | grain. d eat is heavy an gly g 
Decrease in cere Crops in 19, Tots» mounted to 1,499,642 persons. William Donnelly, | quality, -— E full average crop. The Barley varies 
n Green Crops there is a slight decrease this year Registrar. eneral, ‘Generol Register Office, Dublim, | greatly, lands giving far above an average of 
aiaiai with last. Turnips show a diminution of pt exe cellent ‘malting quality, others again not one-fourth, 
14,153 acres; Mangel Wurzel and et Root of 
2328; — of 2369; and — and —Ó( & E else but for feeding purposes. The Oats o n thin dry 
20 acres. otatos, however, have increase y oils s are light, and almost worthl but on T tter 
15,868 acres, and Carrots and "other green crops bj THE PAST HARVEST AND THE IF Ni im some — 
| 685 acres,—so that, on the whole, the green crops in COMING WINTER. indeed. The hay crop is light 
1864 have only diminished REENE bay acres, on a total| Essex: Tiptree Hall. EK M rvest was completed but ore well made. Potatos d in eda: but 
| amounting to nearly 1,500,000 before the 1st of dictos mber. a Ao finding — M —_ ae and Swedes have suffered so much 
The acreage unde + Tein sin crops i in n 1863 and 1864,and| my stock dui Mun sare approaching winter I s the ught, that notwithstanding the great 
the increase or dene each crop, in the latter year, | difficulty ; I ha erefore, my t t that has taken place since the rain 
were as under :— of live stoc + Man ngels are good and my hay came, they cannot be more shan two-thirds of an 
ABSTRACT or GREEN Crops, peser e Medis; to irrigation. Of Swedes * 4 ie average crop. The white and others of the late 
en ms [grow mall acreage, and m — evene d be two-|sowings of Turnips are most promising. The Grass 
“1863. | 1864. | Increase. | Decrease. | thir ds of a crop. These fine ot rea eached has been n so very scarce, and the pastures 8 o dry and 
tam ME Um EES the subsoil and the uniti fi f shifts 
Potatos ..| 1,023,414 | 1,039,282 | 15,868 a favo re complete sn. EE our root and | have e resorted to to keep the cattle iim. This is, 
rnips 351,436 | 337,283 . 14,153 pesto ini cold clay soils in our southern | as regards the eM of the land, the result of the 
Maogel Wurzeland ie démos we should ways make a Mangel crop our | dry, but still, as u Boula ay, — E" beautiful 
iraak ae iH ne e 2360 | main dependence, for reasons which I will some day | summer of 1864. The iat es te in 
Carrots, Parsnips, 3 give in a separate paper. The N thered 
and other Green | higher and drier r temperature than Tucnips. My usual | of showing how seasons affect the production z ‘the 
Wane ph AES ed AM ve "go | mode of winter stock wi pulped roots and | land, time of harvest, and so forth, ve the 
NOS ko Ere TEM Į fi g brief statement. x “1857 edi spring was 
Total —..!1,477,852 | 1,475,585 "76,558 18,870 oes portion of cal dingly wet and unfavourable for the Barley 
Decrease in Green Crops 2 1864, E acres. "Yr growing animals of d t combs and bran, "t tillage, ec onseque ntly it was very late. We sowed a 
The following Table gives the total area und er the I think, be Jargely adopted this vini: At most I — ot eem ry land m n the 7th of May ; = — 
eral crops in each of the years 1860 to 1864 Á miia bees et qid ew siis aget rro — 
w^ This season half a bushel will , be q y bot in quantity and quality, and put to stack in 
NT Let those who are deprived of roots consult Mr. Pa nt eere the i ar: ig aot This year the 
BHHOORs yeeros | Horsfall’s able papers (Royal Agricultural Society's | same fie n Barley sown the 15th of 
$REREBBEPRGZ. E. 1 Journal, vols. 17 and 18), and they will see how easily | April, and a benutifal tillage ad ag and entirely from 
S RR Ei Gece ea - | roots may be dispensed with by the use of a little | the want o n the crop is not one-third of the year 
St: ee eS “2 e Linseed-oil or Linseed. I find half a lb. to llb. of | 1857; : con very low, and harvested Aug. 18. 
5 : E Ea a tt : Linseed meal always very useful when fattening | The doni re dry summer of 1864 has not only given 
wn FT z 2.2 bullocks. Let us always bear in mind that selling | us a very short quantity of cattle food, but the supply 
») Sing ; Sa qoe is x i sin 
3 LEE" p ELI hate oie ema with us | wells that were never to be dry be ix 
diis. E yt p E 3 as manure. Agai to fertilise our farms, let | been so, putting the in too many in ¢ 
hes es econtra : us feed unhealthy and deplorable state. It has also 
% E farm. When wil farmers oem the value of Bean- placed the stock master in no enviable position, wit- 
^ S. 5 : pore : es raw, i as he has, hi starving flocks and herds, and 
z tuff? This winte t to teach e viv f one the|having - means of sa tisfying the cravings of the 
: as a sale T straw for nd purposes. My old friends | hungry an mals that scat him in his usual vocation 
2 of the London | Farmers’ Club will no i^ laugh at | Nor ed is his anxiety over. On looking at 
age! hee T = g winters provender he feels how inadeq it is to 
`- 1a ye eiii chaff is now ji ng the order of the day. For our | fill the stomachs sati he animals t| e most 
E ee ew pee as ae ewes malt combs, bran, a little e and Pea straw, ly eep in a thriving condition. He is 
RES5USBEPÓSZSeBSZ8!Z2 will carry them well through the winter, especially therefore put to his T rite! end. Rape, Trifolium incar- 
VU GE X NAUES ACER hus uis | with'a pint or half a pint of Indian Corn. When corn | natum, ecm Rye-grass, winter aoe — ed 
aoaarwar oon  O ww C P A yeg 
is cheap and meat is ought to m: o plenty of | aro so as spring feed, and 
ae ee ee ei the latter. By-the-bye have any of your correspon merenti. E 
z ABosBPRSREL-LSSISIS ents foun t cotton-cake i M to — the wool|of one and all. da igit inier m cm HA, 
BeBESZ22288252^7 i pq ook reto ins spring? I have heard of| various opinion: arg perlars me ver aly rrr cem 
ai pillar cuc Mee, i Acme | such cases, and e th " mine were slighty a — work can best be accomplished. Itis said, * 
m a mi M With teg ad - hereabout, sity is 1 dde mother of invention. 2 -— oak 
EZEsusESZLEESES E sider Whea "im n quantit ad e no doubt, will result from ea scarcity. 
l eeRPHPEHEBREEESR|? quality ; bebat. than. wai on the cold clays, ind One thing we think is quite cer "tha bu cem 
RSSSERTEREREH rather under on the warmer or mixed soils. Barley | will not, as heretofore in many 
p" - m almost everywhere over average. Beans and Peas a| over crammed with roots, but wil have lr aor 
3 2 BEES Ed Ei a 3 Ei Ei i3 z very poor crop. adn are good.) M dini dobi | and more chaff, corn, or cake. Then again the farm 
Soogun asn grew $ E under average. Clovers and Grass bay a very ves 4 | horses will have some substitute for the amazing 
$ $5 9u-359w-0ooim58mnu crop. Mangel half a elo, ‘generally FSE improved | quantity of hay given them. We remember many, 
p = "m |by the rains. Turnips quit a failure, past redemp- | very many years ago (and we always think of it with 
S855ecB Eo ue3e |e be n; Rape o only just com sed nói Every one hoping | delight) visiting Earl Ducie’s Whitefield Example 
Re utu de 5 ee Oe of some sort for spring | Farm, and seeing, amongst other rare and rese. | 
SSII OR 
| food. I havea good crop of Mangel, ps of Clover =e sights, the fattest and best lot of farm hors 
thanks as a whole, on any , and ira er 
ob of "Bar never were allowed ó 
farmers, as far go 
and some good growin g Ca bbag 
to the 1] 
du EBAY, 
The number of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs, at the | irrigation. Owi e low e; nile cement 
ime of taking the agricultural statistics, papain | Revett Wh ing to die lom prio of Talo 
1855 to 1864, both inclusive, is given in the |stock feeding, jally as roots are so i 
psi crop. J. J. Mechi. Pus : [etie 
TOTAL NUMBER ros 37 STOCK IN IRELAND, IN EACH YEAR | neighbourhood ood we Mrs reason 6 bá Aves Bere à d ert 
IUD MU e TO 1864, INCLUSIVE. t. Wheat, where threshed, has uod vell and | may be 
Years. Number | Number | Number | Number > heavy in weight and of gaon TEN Perhaps this | a very 
of Horses, | of Cattle. | of Sheep. | of Pigs. | district will "m last y e ped pem à cens "i mii 
556.987 — A UE only be emod. at, as very ilie 
1386 hae 573,408 iust Ss $1004 294 "is 525 wo must therefore defer our vemm upon these, and | sound an ve made 
1857 -. «| 509,782 |3,620,954 | 3,452,252 | 1,255,186 | give it We shall be short of inter | surprising — i fibers iy Sebo “cory mbles 
e ipu UT esee 3,667,304 | 3,494,993 | 1,409,883 p^ eeping. ald generally inferior, and where | over man in this part of the raiet vum 
1860 NU ee Sissi SOC TTD ey moderately good are realising almost fabulous prices | noticed some eim fair pieces of Swedes and common 
1861 ++ «| 614,232 "| 3,471,688 S556 000 1,102,042 | An effort will be made to keep sheep on Grass, whi bres ri a Anna the general remark of avas, 
TH -. «| 602,894 | 3,254,800 | 3,456,132 | 1,154324 | is now growing as long as able, giving them “there is no cover for birds,” proves the great 
ee ++ e| 679,978 | 8,144,231 | 3,308,204 | 1,067,458 | or corn. As this is not a breeding vere oa deficiency in the Turnip crop. It was quite astonishing 
501,861 | 3,257,809 | 3,303,008 | 1,056,240 masters will not suffer so much, as to see, after the first rain, the quantity of young 
i eau is Decrease. | Increase, | Increase. | Decrease. | according [to their prospect for food. EA which had been - in 
jene cmi 18,07 | 113,078 | 54,864 | 11, $09. i nei low price of coetum a e induce: | the ground for a period of two months o ore. 
—————— nent purchase as many can pos ] Mangels Th i and" 
Te ueram the decrease in the number of [ding t tho winter. We Parnes using oars rome once more assumed a lively appearance, but too late 
