926 THE GARDENERS CHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 8 
EPTEMBER amis... 
321,801; and of pigs, 241,413; ltogether, when I | moment, viz. :—Abouk 10 years ГУ 
es РСЕ os of 14,291. а end а letter in The Times, whieh.: inspired "me with | "иу, NE € of | a: с лыы 
The following are бене numbers for each year from | hope It was there recommen: -— that, as — - have prov — рс 
1855 to 1865, in hoki ssible after the Potatos w dps hat а ü 
"Number | Number | Number | Num ub ж — hed, bil t eo m Perd 1 im е to the Мә. i zt 
vun. Nusaber | umbe | crushed, а pen ted in layers—in words, pickle a - give 2d. a gallon 
ek EARS of Horses. | | of Cattle. | of Sheep. |, of ug d arat d to try it, and the next year I planted i in | cou uld bring me toa c да т безет 
1855 556,287 | 3,56 c udi: Б zt иок the same field of nine acres fresh sets of ws vibe ztl а glad when mer ue Tus 
1858 573,408 | 8,997,858 | 3 8, Kemps. As soon as thé tops began to show blig ht we |an а severa пиће" s delivered after лы 
p uu E зн за бз | pere commenced. getting ups and. car refa ally ME all|half the prie eight dut dag 
1859 620,075 | 3,8 3592804 | 1,265,751 | which exhibited even isease. | could not im сім —- т сй 2 g to do 2 
18 619,811 | 3, А 374 | 3,54 42,080 | 1,271,072 | Each day at noon these were taken to the farihifard, черан І sent the em to the үт ill to be bed 
1861 614,232 3,471,088 3,556,050 | 1,102,042 were well washed in a Наб and s omiewha t sha llow ‚аЬ Ihat ғ ik 
1862 692,894 | 3,254,890 | 3,456,132 | 1,154, эм есеб; i 1 ечат. pu 
жы | и 8, = у Өт ài | enter 480 | in а second vessi sel. They were then boiled, for Н nd ia od Mesi and iion rd same quantity о 1 
1865 547,8 3,493,414 | 3,088, 742 | 1,299,893 | no steaming apparatus, : and laid i in one corner of a shed ог bran—I аш п not sure which - two latter a: 
which It e it pal 
Difference in% | Decrease. | Increase. | Тпогейве. | Inerene wooden beater till they p a layer three or four | one dose proved quite ибан [инин 
Бе. неа) 14,291 231,120 | 321,801 | 241, 413: inches thick, A sprinkli ng of salt w: ee Syr over һай severi s after this d in cows ET. 
D d the layer, and in the evening the in Му te getting | treated іп a simila —- with similar st 
iin ih cR p* EGET зг, tang я ап vinee of up was simi larly tr ir ested, So we "proceeded till all were d pue ora иги, requires a larger ire eiiis 
live | got up. f Pot call it, than a calf or eep. 
2,043, pP compared with 1864. value of liv 5 а 
of the partitioned space, 9 ft. long ‚5 ft. wide, and 6 ft, |suecess in euring this disease A 
Ко Кш оке ооо таз high, a add the whole became one "mass of Pota pulp,|be very prevalent tha E 
fece odi der: фы c» Tavm БДЫ n Тнк : ҮЕ ith just as much e as kept it from putrefaction.|and my neighbours came to beg or buy gw 
FROM 1855 do 1805, calculated erre to he ates наны spri d with it the | of ac 1 Mete 
by the Census "pagani of 1841, —For 
„ each; cattle, 6/. 10s. ; shee T: 29s.; а and "pigs, 258 
YEARS. | torsos | Cattle. | Sheep. Pigs. ET 
РЕ £ £ £ 
,296 23, 168,000,3,062, 576 |1,472,006|33,053,478 
87,264 23,321, ah v 063,723 L 148, 156 5 120, 2 
98,250 /23,536,20 3,797,AT1|1, 568,982 00,9 
890,568 23,837, 178 3,844,492|1,762,354 За, 834, $90 
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,488 23,411, ,4313, 
,856| 22, 565, tn 
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1,412,905/31,224, 587 
620 824| 20, 437 501 | 639 си р 334,322 |30,050,671 
1497, 264/21, 204 911) 8,708, 6351, 323,100/30,728. Ж 
2,98 36 22, 707,191| 14, 057, 616, 1,624,866 |82, эг, 2,6 
d ————— 
Жж 
Hd value ke 
n 1861 
1865. 
р 
zs ч Increase Increase! Inerease| Increase. 
£114,328 e 502; e £353,981 | |#зо, да n 043,699 
horses, 
each. Ei 
60 20 24, 801,387 |3,959,08411,582,188|35,869,259 | fifths of the ^ 
3,896,288 1,588,810/33,585.047 | removed to а 
$,911.6551, ‚371,859|39 780,085 | discontinued farm 
s 
ng we fe 
orses, om. pigs and erii They all liked gla 
it. We t 
daré Jut I4 the diseases E. although there were а 
few Pota ach crop 00 
e to be saved, my | 
M. 
т gon 
farm peces à of m chat we always made four- 
otatos useful. Having 
cena ge for health, I have 
ing; but I am convinced that if all 
would adopt the course whic 
-— ыы of what are өс diseased 
made for ens leaving a larger 
pibe e ihe writer of te 
n The Tim about 12 or 14 yea 
ngo be still Yving- And оо 4 see this, I beg to ee 
him my hearty tha nks for his suggestion ; and, being 
em y 
ћ pe erfect Suécess, and wé | 
ws e % 
ү” г gehen ^d 
Peur des fact, =. 
five (two ewes and thr 
exbremel y Ан 
| coughing most 
whole place, and 
ШЕ аб once 
ailiff 
G 
twice 
nd animal life. Tliey mill 
e Grass, and xil the sheep si 
mals at night and in t 
ef is prevented, The 
HN is = sutisfaotory to observe т тна 
тв by ы болоте of this year, — 
er of cattle, sheep, a 
vi 
= 
а 
"Аа (85; 368, 2590) it ad е prior to the 
«Нау Famine" in 1859, by which, and the excessive 
rains of т e tl three following years, 
and the cultural prosperity of Irel 
and in general 
were so y injudpesly 
Еті, rst seven months of 1865 the 
cur, the number of stock | eom 
EM. aid of your exteu- 
sive е сиин, ken some, m gu t, may benefit y it. 
Iamn agricultarist but tnerelf farmed for my 
for the use of my household. 
o 
et 
"The sa 
Р) 
critico € 
n the 
siđeration зач yarding аб night in the 
not go far towards ийе е7 em 
le, if not rinderpest among cattle. W. 1, 
рё. 
sure erg 
against the in "d бт rather te growth and 
development of ted rasses. I н we are running a 
said vA that point. Professor Simon 
that all cure s impossible. 
In 1864 
subject of Grass land 
| happens to be. у а very ligh price. By all neatis liave 
advisable to hold the usual Christ 
per iod 
rease zi 22 324, The 
Islington tlis year. Balesmen, 1 тона 
a moist, iwi hilly, or elevated district mde [^ 
herdsmen, and others are likely to! Teonvey to som d 
Irish ports, in Мау, 1851, to the 
31st = Tuy, е. is г ,591,487. 
Ib observe thi 
| of our 
dry, sunny, cereal and seed. producing districts, | са 
would be — a great mistake. а rule, our 
south and eas ntry pastures are pied red 
duri ring summer, While tg кана and along the 
the 15 нд, e ha s th 
em - a i friend interest pa 
Donnelly, | 
orrespondence. 
Potato 
ing the devastation 
juncture, when the cattle iet „has dim 
more than ever necessary that such a "dedic e 
nutritious esculent should. be 
ese 
libited 
e shown to learn the | 
iP William 
ec 
Disease, —I hear се а much кш (all things consi: 
of the rot; and at this|Straw to their rye glor than LA ed 
mini ие те с сте of e 
oasb, and іп morland, Cumbetlaud, 
e 
fn -growers 
nsidered) 
= 5 ч Oats or 
їв | Beans, if а good crop, will, if properly " prepared with 
its straw, produce a large qiti o of meat, e ужс, : 
harm, but may do much good, if, with you 
I can make known more extensively Me seu iui 
mM 
H е do our Grass— мб Ж, 
farm, ; tha means for future pro- 
itor ut w 
ttle there shown will most 1 
buishers from s ат — in tient 
El 
lesbu vun follow 
dd. s of Г emia 7 
1. 07 the 
the дару ры ngham 
harv: — M Ithin 
anxieties has 
some Eres ioi eq as to our position. 
harvest is а subject upon w PaE 
considerable 
assembly 
| trea! corn corps 
consum h 
duction are left with us; not во 
The ener G rks and pastures (which 
of Buc хавза 
Mq 1 may venture 
on à fur 51-2. 
servin h were affec of our Grass pa: 
with Many ago I went to reside at half of ће kingdom) is generally а melan- 
osicy НТ) Hill, about item les from Liverpool, ly record of sy ctia ant унн and omitting to 
ere I cultivated, for my ка аө about 30 acres: of replenish it, Тһе conse із poverty, and a аир [эре 
-y found it advan my rre Ss , | out of the best Чын Ө mona by Moss and worthless 
pigs, and poultry, vo piwas 10 or z 12 acres with Pota Cover these lands with sheep consuming cake 
each year. P The first year I в about half үз: у | and corn, add guano, and the rich fattening G 
neighbouring farmer told me mld soon reappear. the ħe were supplanted 
sü 
land was too rich, and tl by st teeth, John Ball would no БЕШ Ше to | pa 
if it was ыды? сын So I got off a 9-acre field a crop of | complain of short бет М and dear meat, The 
Wheat, and carted a large qu ity ot sand to mix | ordinary calculation is that 71b. of grain will pro 
with the soil. But 16 was in vain. Nearly half the | llb, of t, net butcher's weight, As Whentis under 
erop again diseased. My neighbour then ай- |14. рег 10., and ment is at 8d. e d., it requires no | brig 
ivised to cut off the tops just as they eonjuror to show that feeding will pay. д J. Меем, | 
to brown, and ingly the seythe ав | Tiptree Hall, near E peg! Зан Sept. 
the following re when A n tops began to Disease. My experience as qe does not | year, 
their greenness, Tt nouse, for, on digging | extend over seven ч, И the way I prevented 
Es the tubers, there, with LN муче was the ——— from developing itself into МЕ Ап worse 
deadly enemy of the esculent, у dishes enel, І | among my stock may not be out of place at the present | sions 
and oth 
sequence of t 
Later эса ati zu 
