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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Aveust 30, 1856. 
VESLUEg tO Nand 
<a = as closely as possible, i which end the best 
to thank Mr. Donnelly, Registrar-General 
quence = 
Ireland, for this early information on a very im por- | ticles being: not s so iutimately connected. 
e can dev vise is to ha ve eac h r ridge — tant s ubje Clay pipes when ed ready 
the reap j for the kiln loses as near as as may be one-fifth br its weight 
— ae the.case “may be, escefully examined by ii "ade of and | Difsewens between | in the three days at a temperature of 80° in the e drying 
women or boys, who should pi e the reapers priis PINE coer Picas 1856. shed alluded to above, whilst the Grass lost three-fourths 
and..s0 gareiully, pick out ô fas hea __ Paovixers 1855. 1856. | Increase. | Decrease. H jesi TEn so that I t of 120 
bulbels ; this should be done quietly, as if ripe th ispi. = Sioa F Aone | “Acres "| Uae wily. ‘resumed rset the Grass m 
bulbels will readily become scattered over th farir e wha | Pat ae 697 es iya lo the 
t e prepared for propagating the | Capai n z 0,917 | -1,609 ra o render t © opera- 
0 ringer a A 034 6,024 r 
oo i Aasia wo telicvkad shanti Donegal h 15779 | roi pap 10 tion practic ically reef Ue ting ot arpa dimensions — 
. € | “iy 
demenntt together, = with the notion of rotting a ai Tyee a a A naa “7, | say that it ought to be large e pone = admit of a ton 
manure, but order be burnt, this - | Londonderry 11,760 13'959 | 2,199 a of dried Grass being t turne q out e y 24 hours. 
caution, usually the only yE Haa one in the destruction | Monagha 11,858 | 12137 | ‘279 i“ Now from tha view 
weeds in general, is mparably so in the g 19,228 -414746 Shades 3 tain the room it A to a msi = Grass prod 
mage ni (betiro Garlic. al of Ulster 87,876 | 96,911 | Increase, 9,035 acres. pe an acre of ground producing one ton of hay per 
with every precaution some of the Garlic | cre, I found that a ouperhias of 100 sq feet 
heads will escape Seeraties ; it wal — ae Cla ee | goa | gag 57 covered 7 inches deep would carry Grass enough to pro- 
to overlook every sheaf of Whea Conk: cate ‘| ©2887 569 3 sig | duce 22} pounds of dried Grass. On the meadow the 
; eis: RE sed 585 1,039 454 cro spread t S ood 
ry to threshing, Ke 242 y 2 P z anly 
It however frequent y.happens: that sa eample of Tipp perar e ra eo wi 3 inches deep, but on the heated — where there 
Wheat is so fi ae ieee lans, however carefully | Waterford .. ~ A vagy a eae aye Seas cage pon 
uc vailing ™ preven ing an il Total of Munster 4,252 3,935 | De 317 ne ao chante ae PN iy A itam d re pd 
r : y ow 2 £ crease, acres. inches in epth pro y ac 
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coped te LEINSTER, eriment T th in would 
rite no stand except letting the crop stop in| Carlow a 81 159 78 sendin be ay that it would dry spread 8 inches 
the rick for oss ete of from two to three years, Dub ID ide tim abil i 1 é m de SK taking the depth, however, at 7 inches, a floor 
lie cloves, whether in the form of} iy, 7! = a E x: 
bulbels or bulblets, become dried up, in which state Kings a S 54 a rå 16 to turn « out haifa ton of dried Gr whilst @ second 
they are lighter than the grains, and can then be | Longford ... 262 388 126 floor immediately over the first in the same building 
om the s by winnowin Meath Sni Pe 213 P 
b. eas The hatiidange of these processes, which Quee! se 7 8 si The lower noe might be con enienty maile of the per- 
Westn oh 199 : 4 iù forated maltsters’ tiles resting upon iron pa su] 
of trouble and e iya se, should be z an E eap 825 1,551 726 ported on pigeon-hole ekwa z six hot-water Pipes 
important E object ig the amm, g fe gs end ve Wicklow se na] 1 2 1 inches diam eter, supplied with boiling water kept in 
would recommen the colonies o the Garlic—for | quick circu 
k or in alu sters where ihe kas eu of oe 2,141 3,032 | Increase, 891 acres. tile flog 
A en undisturbed—to well oy ONNAUGHT. Thel Pine iis 12 feet high to the square, so 
hauled with the fork, and if the b are thus btn a on pea see a = allow of a second ae r of open lattice k o Pani 
up in spring they will then not have made | Mayo 745 823 “izgs | bei laced above the ground floor with-a height of 
ulblets, and if carried away to weed or Roscommon 386 | 436 50 | 6 feet 6 inches between er two. The slope of the 
rubbish heaps and burned there will a an effectual 379 | Bee TAS would allow sufficient head room for the workmen on 
stop to the 240-fold increase which might otherwise | Total of Connanght 2,772 2,918 | Increase, 176 acres. | the upper floor. Four planks 9 inches broad tobe 
be develop Seer ee ce aie e placed longitudinally uP ae pp fioor for the 
; grr Sh ae men o re upon as 
Later this i increase may be prevented by pullin ng, ” in 1856 * 108; 826 acres 
t Increase in 1856 me 9,785 acres. upper floor to be provided to let down the 
but by this process the bulbs are almost certain 
be left in i TRER ARA b The bint cr Flax ¢ h Pekida the | Sea tesa placed there for 6 h to be finished on 
e soil an anah ey at once ain „grown in Ireland during the | the lower floor. A hay-hous sts two, at con- 
throw: ngo out root buds or bulblet Hoese 2 istan sca from each other, abutting upon the 
lantity, when propagation by ulbe els is denied, 18 1851. 1852. : dr; shed at right angles to receive the hay.as it 
yin ight ang y 
: ie ir nat Acres. Acres. pare ry. 
sick ‘sua TO Aiah a „An jection might here be raised that the steam 
: ama | AS | a | elie re degree 
this Sooke Tastee art not i interfere „in 
practice, at least it ae es noi 
pipes, where I find 
the ra eks ia twice as fast 
pipes on the higher shelves od 
see the subjec 
ibed 
a drying Grass by artificial — tk below 
OF OR. LLORES: | ty ov the surface of journal. Living as I wet climate, AER, on the tt the hay harvest _was over the building might 
nd thus an- š uniform suc- | average I think we lose one-third o our hay crops, I full: 
‘ amply ‘ovided for. But regards that | h | have ue, a been led to consider how that loss could Septem the lower floor. would make an exi 
taken with Couch by harrowing, a p a à kept 3 feet deep, a 
caution will not be out of place. We have in our | drying. itgently and turning it until it was fit for market. 
mind’s eye a large heap of Couch which was taken| I believe that in some localities and under certain | whe fuel, I believe that half a ton of coal ber 
from a field greatly infested with Crow Garlic ‘idleness this mode of operation might be co! nducted T a mperature of 126° of heat in a house of these 
is Couch * was Gaps on na bi t of waste ground without its cost interfering so the pelle Piste -3 the space of 24 hours. 
bbe result which e It t appears to me that if fire bricks 
‘ouch only T af oil for thesar omihand | The land ought to be aein A flat, so that th p ying yan artificial heat that Ras oust i 
d t of the accompanying C w Garlic, and ‘atlas — spoin iae be easily effe cted, it. By parison—fire b 
at this moment its surface i n with the leaves seme mmediately adjacent to the ying bee at 30s. Ad. per 1 4 
: ett ; oal, labour, di; alge, , royalty, moulding ani 
peer ded js ts, whilst a sp ikl. of © | vide -a sora of Grass in a small “compass, ; 50 Een oe iain ESAE By, os $ z 
swag gyal between ; and ind fog gs reared | that the the Teraa be carried on on over as limited an area — se 10s. kan ton) per 1000 for drying on hot oor oss Sa 
ry 3 
cimens enumer: were yt ptt or late i Peewee ~ } 
from this source. ad AR y idana Ko pi 
° x ow, on the average, hay is sold here at 
Here then we see the curious and unusual Pie no deant either but that 4l. The cost would ace. 
ppa of propagation of this plant ; we have noted |lities might be given to the ‘Grass Rt the o Judicious’ use| Rent of land producing 1 ton per acre . £1.10 0 
great vitality which, unlike Couch, aera such as bones, lime. nd| Tithes and parochial rates covered by a after Grass. 0.0 0 
destroyed aay. drought t and ure to Vi oat that the Grass, undergoing no sivas b by vite proce airy ae nd haymaking, the sam oo. EN 0100 
even by rot a ting in eap: its kuier. teaches | except being deprived of its moisture, would retain the alf a ton of coal, at the price in this country, one 
us that wherever uate it should be rooted | Proper rece Pat sy S via 15s. 
out in the best manner that can be devised Its | fattening animals’ in the stall in th sal a ee ect sag we 
bulbels should never be left to the chance of being | ™y' 's dearers as itis in the fi dry 60 tons i on s 
enance ot eng) Theidifficalti are the ex; niin ab eet a =. = 
scattered abroad, but being collected, all power of ar reene ABE EE m8 219 2 
vitality should be destroyed by as speedy and riage of the Grass. nema ote co vaak ould Profits NAR TT, 
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i o fork out Crow Garlic from 
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one crop if we sow it in the supposed rotted 
y, for diminishes a great saving would be 
1+ es 
or spread with the manure for its successor 
Tue following table, being the first penicibehign 
eee Arie cultural Statistics of 1856, Fak prams} 
From some experiments ts made in a draining pipe 
e drying-shed heated by flues, I found that 20 lbs. of hay 
tha 
on much more = that red in cake ia, m A bwo in, ter rick ; sear ey 
d be our to asain andj loading and drd Grass post's 
unloading, as the ‘pitchfork woul all | į g o change but tha caused b by the expul- 
quantities at once, would be in in the same pro- | sion rr ts musty T cons heatin; ting in the rick 
n | portion inadmissible. 
Agricola. 
POTA ATO DISEASE. 
tural Returns of _1856, no 
ce wi 
of 24 hours at a temperature of f 80° or ar ge and 
h 
‘time ‘required to dry clay, the substance being 
to 
y been latı k, indeed some 
Crue E given for the| In this shed the drainin ing pipes co ia be.eufficiently than i be in ern TE 
hich omg Rapa soe for burning in about three days, half a day more since rms of Lath henge 
n. | or less, according to the . The result agreed Ear ca ony genus The is 
with what I. should naturally have expected, viz., that ing rapidly everywhere, and pert 
e much appearance of disease in the prid 
I herits fromthe breadth under the 
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