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THE inset CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
[DECEMBER 31, 1864, 
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e animal for its young that induces the 
acre e in ¢ draining, a and 21. to 3Li in manure, t 
A f. 
val uable as it uow 
nów at our command, it seems a great pity i UM 
. J have this year m made 
fG 
was 0 1L, the latter he is selli 
ng at 4 iq 
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‘the tongue of the dam; it is not for the | per n [7] For his Potatos he i offered d 
— PM of play that all young animals run and skip di to variety, some being new and elus oui 
about; it E ft a m 35l (o : 
hea althy ci on of the blood, the full development 
vital organs of the bo ody 
T7 mary: tahlich 
v the Ae pee that the 
obtained from imported stocks, at fro 
b 
per acre, to be retailed as seed S agai 
an farm stock is small in both numbe d 
eed, tho: ouly WO: 3 pr ps 
some rass 
land. — after © expe ending on re meadow field 107. 
in draining and 67. in aid 1 got 4 tons of hay more 
than the field had € year, age ant than the lan 
immediately adjoin This, at the ordinary 
These things being so, I trust the Councils of our 
of the Oxford Tow: variety, 
a 
rthy of especial n 
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ing. 
price of hay, will repay the while peat Pre and leave the 
enry 
that due consideration which in my humble opinion : 
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BORIDBU PEP 
land in much better condition than before. Hen erits. T. Duckham, Baysham Court, Ros. hen at home, and a aking a total of 2297 
Richardson, York rin ec, 1. shire, Dee, 23. hey reared 80 lambs, for whic "rue — for 
Autumn v. Spri Calvi ng.—In reply to the English and Scotch Farming in Ireland.—During De gir ege 105. each as an a -. £20 9 9 
remarks I made at the » rn meeting | of the members the _ last half century a great many English and ere 295 0$ 
J commenced farming in Ireland, believing, mM 
was e be v possible month in the year for cows to iudi in many n very justly, that in Ireland we had First cost of sheep . 200 9 H 
one A Lord Ferien expressed himself | great room for improvement. The successes c failures pre ag Re ee ae A r^ 
opposed to the alteration I suggested, on the ground of each are very Y aried. The Englishman did not so Value e ewer Wow sold too Patcher, aik 09 
id the Scotchman. Englishman LT 
ual shows of the Royal Agricultural Society. With | came from a country rich in many ddvihitages a way 
all due deference to suc ch high authorities, I Vm vun resources warte well developed ere he learned —- M5 93 
g than ł far m, to a untry poo r because Ts resources were Total for r shoop alono £0 0 
hitherto been urged should be set forth as t ted of his fiai: suppos m 
for upholding a system whic 2d A attended Mi 80 much | to the ends he had in view. The Scotchman came | to be a dear one. ‘Those sheep, except the Ping 
practical inconvenience, e oss, and disap intends to stock one of his large farms in thy 
ose who follow "i and which is Pill; many things well adapted to the land of his adop- West, to which he will add pure Hereford tte 
men w 
manifesting itself as a great national ss inasmuch as 
it is professedly the best animals that subjected to 
ihe unnatural A A it involves. The pon stions d 
nse to the practical farmer 1 
have repeatedly dwel ra upon in my former letters. 
now propose to account, on Saviiologinal grounds, fox 
t P chien by thos 
Ferd rd Nature 3 la endeavour to make “the 
succumb to science, Nd of bringing science to her 
aid, do this I will A the case of a 
mths. H 
tion. They both, though at 2 much well 
adapted to the circumstances left behind them 
had each something to unlearn rite altered. cir- 
cumstances. John Bull was too full of pluck, 
and thought too much of himself to let him 
suppose he had anything to learn from or through | 
ealou n to : 
dhstild be py. that trout the dirty slate i in which j 
f 
necessity kept in the house, warm and well fed 
the whole of tlie winter, and, if elidel for exibition, 
kind of forcing e 
owyard, it may | 
win a gold medal, and, having done so, he is the 
admiration of all who can look upon him Without 
e who | Paddy. Seen was a y “ canny,” xa MER Pa " 
cai | aso Qu hians thi od se ho Pr day’ | found the land, eg n iu y li bene oo ae g 
faults, he mw himself in every peus ity f Hapo would expect $ 
so, but not only kept his ignorance but his skill s hi 3 we ee 
e is of | much a eed to both John Bull and Paddy as he | Oats were very fine, x Swedes and Turnips fair 
bly and “sucked the brains” of both all of whi he is comic in stock feeding. ie 
without their feeling it. have known many fine advantages Ma first, he had good security im his 
mil worthy Englishmen come to Ireland to farm, but y, he had had capital work it; 
who give it up, and return poorer, if not in sorrow. | duit thirdly, pr oe in his Mimi. he made a 
I have scarcely ever known Scotchman to go | mista (which will be of use to him), he soon 
to | back waa? begat except he bue: both richer acquire x such a fair share of bo fi theoretical A 
and wis were exceptio. it is true, 
in both. idi ‘but they only helped Lo cue 
he general rule. Of those things I could g 
But, to the practical “eye, his legs display ioseph 
approaching deformity, and „many are the „expressions | 
HE 
many examples if neede ne or two of Xie: 
had ren id 2 Aip but SEA to learn, and 
— knowledge as to render eu es be 
for such farming than a man wou 
uch to unlearn. I look forward w fh d 
to his next year's proceedings, and nite hae still to the 
time at which he will embark in farming exten 
o 
one who o unlearn though he ha = oe cie t hich 
would have proved of great value, has been ruined, and | he could ench, ail el d te Englan iid; os suffice idis piled Bort tenant Uii 
his genes powers either destroyed or materially | aen 20 Jen s ago » Seotchmen, brothers, to Flai The st year rent free; second, Is. per 
injur ite Lo ifu Vas ie and i it has been his | settl dente i midia The cre, with a ris n each year till the rent comes 
aim 14 ie phar i-r epist ru th up to 5s. (the Irish) acre, beyond which he will mo 
to what, un S Ser bat es V whilst és from his raise it till the expiration of 31 pe from the time ai 
8 d had ue “ ploughing ur sait sea." The} which they commence to improve Xo you, 
placed TE. the walls his house; ME ended | farms held by them stood beside each other, cheaply but bb for Dublita eer dx TT "s 
for further exhibition, hori forcing food is ^ me and | P ; 
sed. But supposing he is not intended 
for stock 
Dr. Gai 
for further ‘exhibition, and is to be used 
purposes care and judicious are 
2€ lutely re ste to reduce his condition, or death 
war I Yn gods me, or perhaps dan 
at and therefo: Mb: fom the A T his birth wail 
his death, he never even beholds the green fields 
ee Nature he was destined to vis Is it, iré, 
to be wondered at that loss and disappointment 
should be the renee: of the - Aii 
- | one would ep the man who 
set | fi 
té the ca 
rented, and ofa good but improvable quality. Here 
had been bred to 
and 
the for the sailor ett - 
hrnie beck’ bankrupt; and "in bad o rs i3 = 
learn from the in whose ia 
rom having been a of Paddy's trifling 
cation was obtained | Soci 
petes to in the foregoing. Edward Carroll, Dall 
December 17. 
Societt 
—At the t meetin; this 
"Mr. gpa anid it it Tu a den satisfaction 
lf, after having been con n etol tr ber 
S - for 25 years. odi ies it pA T sustain 
vx tore Yo e than usual number of | 
obser 
successes and E o brother fans which, -when 
S ; and he is now 
he nd in “ie ependent men o 
his class in the whole province, and in possession of ed 
so | brother’ VEO. who died without issue. Now fi 
se o 
of | applications for priz 
objects most benefici 
bons with S Checa that 
m 
reared ? Pire the cow put to di ned 
abortion e uld follow | M use? That his 
and flesh so 
success, and which s 
l himself dis ou ayed? What, I would 
ig oye result if the human race 
hat if our = ea ren were confined 
pered with every 
and n unlearn a farmer. He was 
systematic habits and ine. He acquired 
a new estate in the West, but on ‘which circumstances 
did not admit of his residing, nor e - ies the 
end of the nex ars at near 
xt two ye s he must 
during that time remain in the ‘south. E enable "him 
othin; re ah 8 
seta? and a higher profesion where he had learned 
strict discipli: 
Pe sition 1$ 
imme 
Ve a e 
mur They are same Bed 
the same blood h their veins ; but—*' they 
havenot the ion ? must assuredly | 
be the VE - = of — 
calf she spring mon cordance 
Nature's laws). When a few w 5 s old he is pigs 
out with his dam to erm = his Page a: the 
milk he sucks is enric e young and succulent 
G ; hejplayfully res he aout = boned Sois wem | 
the race with the ith | 
her ror toi Mn ending: one ng s hie 
skin many times during the day ; n ae ber fear the | 
drenching rain by day’ nor see chilly pw — n 
he growsstrong and 
becomes established. 
at experim as I lear 
h | Royal Dublin lernan bv E^ and is higb, dry, 
arm of 50 a cres, on whic ich to acquire that kno 
iunge "Mosi for himself, and by which to help his 
he 
irme when he goes eside amongst them here- 
after. The better to ele “him to do so he engaged | * 
the services of an old Irishman to give him lesso — on | 
land cropping and stock feeding on a small scale for 
^e Ta for most kinds of Topp Dg, but was, when he 
t, dirty in the extreme ; so gə that his Potato 
fand produced last. year over 10 pe of root-weeds, 
think he satisfied his audience at the e 
them result of what he h 
statements which he made were no 
suco 
bah but four of Potatos. Amongst his crops for experi- 
ent he had one acre of : 
mtd witbin some score of miles of the place | — 
They were pem in various MÀ by spade hus 
|bandry, in and drills and ri E ros 
M Fageeivaly 15, 18 21, 24, an as 28 i dioe s apart. 
| average produce of the bre proved af e. 52 bushels 
per acre, for which he has refused from a seed merchant 
a pa bushel to il e 141. - e (statute 
;but 
the e competition of the RENE nd 
with these burdens, not i 
