556 . THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. | Aue, 31, 
REPORTS ON THE CROPS—Continuep, 
se WHEA AR ° a GREEN CROPS. POTATOES. STOCK OF OLD| Waeat Har- AUTHORITY, 
IRELAND, = 8 en WHEAT, VEST GENERAL. 
MAYO... x L. S, Perkins, Killas 7 
PLO E TT E T T Sa SE Bad Very fine Injured Tops goi ot average ober erkins, Killaloe 
Fine Fine Tolerable — nanan 3 . August 28 t ag oies nd, Westport 
Very g good Good Good Middling Diseas „ eptember Rer. B. Stoney, Castlebar 
SLIGO Good Very good Very good “Goi 8 September J. Knot, Battle efield 
LEITRIM: wdc Not average None Very good Vario ighted 9 September 8 D. Boyd Carrick-on-Shannon 
„ crop Good Disease increasing ara gust indsay, Manor. hamilton 
r e a L T o Fine Very well Stalks going - Nesbitt, Belturbet 
Good Average Very good Good „„ Set E a a (ME ite . Gibson, Baillieborough 
LOUTH Half destroyed Fine. Kow ery goo jamy or PRA August 24 V. M‘Culloch, Dundalk 
GALWAY } below average Average so good Very goods RS . ˙ 1k ree August 20 d. B. Symonds, Banagher 
N 838 ia average Very good Tubers 4 diseased intense 4 Ellis, Clifd 
VOCUS E o eee Very fine Various Average August 25 - Sheil, Killoquet 
Very good Good Abonati Well Leaves “highting PT September 10 |J. F. Blake, Galway 
ROSCOMMON ..}.......000 845 Good Very good Good ( sions September 1 . Kelly, Faran 
'LONGFORD ....... ood Good 0 . ae 3. Morgan, Edgworthstown 
hah Average Good Prosperous Leaves black September 1 |W. Officer, Newcastle 
Complaints Good Goo Tubers going September . Goodiff, Granard 
WESTMEATH all air Average Very goo Were: bade > 7: 225 ee August 25 h E agnall, ford-bridge 
Failure ood Good Goo Not half a crop August 28 d. Bagnall, Tyrrell’s Pass 
Bad Average very good Promising . August 25 V. Neyburn, —.— 
QUEEN’S COUNTY ............ t average ont Good Goo C Tb ag af Ross, Rathdown 
Variable Good Excellent Goo r V. Neale, Mount M Melick 
DUBLIN Blighted Average Very good Diesel! August 20 a ali, „Malahi 
KILDARE ario Good 0 Good ee ee ere August 20 * „ Cas 1 
CLARE Not average om ayer e | Over average Not good Severely peered itis August 25 . acer 8 
Blighted very good Late Stalks binek |". i g So ee tered 2 “Stoddart, Kilkishea 
ete Pr — well Good Various Panie pier a 4 88 J. Wilson. oe ag 
— Indifferent | Generally good ee Aaja 3 ee erre [. Franks, K 
Bad Good . E yore 1 . Murray, Miltows, Malbay 
Very poor Good Good Good Dice Nen ust 20 F. Dig an, Killal 
c on One-third lost Excellent 1 N Excellent Stem bligùhtel as Sept — 1 . D. — — a Massy, Ballywire 
Not so good Pretty good Good Leaves diseased August 24 [. F. Fennell, Cahir 
a y good Ve — os Good Disease apparent August —, Cl mel 
oor ood Very soi Promising Ld | ee T a Sameer ote )’Brien Dillon, Nenagh 
% ˙ ASEP One-third failed Good Very — Good Stalks gone September 1 . Somerville, Castle Comer 
Very bad Good Goo Good Stalks bad 082 fo <i sien August 18 J. Ryan, Kilfare 
y blighted Very fine Very Fair Good, but gone 2 ). A. Milward, Tullogher 
Bad as can be Good productive Bad FFF i. Stone, Freshford 
Half blighted Average Good Very good Appearance of blight August 15 I. Murphy, Goresbridge 
e-third oss „ Very good Very good Stalks blighted | =... August 20 Richardson, Pilto 
CARLOW Partial blight Good Good Goo S ks Darii N August 20 2 5 * — Carlow 
on N ee daa Biel Rar Ponte Very good Very good Cc ie y, M.D., Carnew 
Indifferent Middling Good Indifferent Les ee Pec een, ame ee "Dickson, abe house 
Partial blight Very good Over average Never finer iseas aly, E 
WETTORD . Various Good Good Good %%% de, Sa — — my 
One-fifth spoiled Good Various Promising Top much burnt i EE J. Gordon, va 
Not half a crop Middling Various Good Getting worse August 17 . Glasscott, Camolin 
Half a crop Very bad Not average Very good OFF WR es See August 20 . Rudd, ve 
rr eee Good Good Very good Bad Angust 28 k Gubbins, B 
KERRY Middling Promising Good Good Buznea. p ri eta ae a 8 Tarbert [mare 
Damage Good Good Very good Half the roots black . O'Sullivan, P. P. z * Ken- 
CORK Indifferent Very good Indifferent Bad * Much blighted Wilkinson, Clog! 
Injured Good Average Good = f „ . ©. Cole, J. P., 3 
2 aoe Inferior Very good Excellent FC . W. Cooper, Macroom 
erally good | Generally good Fair Leaves blighted | è č maua I. Longfield, Donerail 
Fair, pase Well 5 heavy As bad as ever Y. Kingston, Bantry [kilty 
Slightly bur: Good Very good Backward iseas ), Macarthy, Gallinay, Clona- 
Light Light Light Rather good Blighted . Hudson, Youghall 
Not average Aum Very good Very good One-third RP bt Sa L Twi „Kan 
Good Goo air Not so good Stalks blighted’ [ee eee . Jenkins, Ballymahera 
Average we: Good Promising 8 — eei August 20 „ Piddell, M.D., Kildorry 
Under average Ave Over average Good Lea one August 26 . Barclay, Skibbereen 
"WATERFORD Short crop Good Light ario Gene — diseased | — iien August 25 F. S. Barrow, Kilmact 
Mare,. T Fair Various Stalks withered |  — mes e E. Kennedy, Kilmacthomas 
Injured Fair Under average Very good Blighted | aie Hill, Cappoquiti 
A DAIRY erg bad. Nothing but — by working the butter, Cow Parsnip as Z rood. ioa Sn only 
I Recommen the following mode of managing a milk will — real solid sweet butter, and make it keep p indi, ur, country is t 
wk the principles of which are followe d by | the best | sweet. The following is a statement for eight years, | Heracleum sphondylium. Diller s species 25 een in- 
e once previous to 1840, of the stock, produce, &e., of a dairy | troduced, and those who have had to travel by 
a = day, give water twice a day, when in the stal stall,» and fi in the ne d of . The f. is the Great Western way may have observed some 
hour’s airing in the yard. Let the food be given to on the mixed f dairying, is, part of the fine specimens of the Heracleum siberi¢um on the bank 
them at exactly the every day, and likewise | milk is sold in the new, part skimmed, the cream being of the ere: to = Paddington unan Mr. 
the water. When food is given, and cow d urned, and the -milk and butter-milk sold as well ted informed M. Vilmorin, on 
take to it readily, take it her and let her be with- | as the butter. I referred to irp at 523, that he had, for some s 
out any until next feeding time i way man x fF been in the habit of sowing varieties of Heracleum in 
should do remain in ). Never pamper imme- 2 lat Zing the autumn in ge ay amongst his W The aged 
diately calving. At milking time the r = S235 35 | Value of Value of Total | Average | plant in the following spring, and for the ith 
mistress assist, or be present, in order to t| 3 Butter Milk | value of |produce of four y he says, “ I have fed them off regularly wit 
the milkers milk briskly, and without talking. A great 3 38 JJ! ae three times in the course of the year. I begin 
deal depends on these two points. A milker may sing Z 828 , When they furnish me with the first green 
or whistle, bu but then it must. be tuneable. 3 | food I have to succeed my Turnips and other ue 
There is an old saying, that the last drop is the richest, Ibs. Orts. E s. d| £3. d £a s. g. erops. Young sheep that have never before fed on r 
pros rawn, is is wrong, for the last drop TER — cera pica pos : 2 H; 8 5 705 4 7 — ; seem to dislike it at first, hose t have 2 a 
om er I have seen | 18° 5| 347 13 9| 712 4 the previous year devour it g , as > 
milkers pulling at the udder for the “last drop,“ while — — ve jon — 1 a — te a i 1 bed a s young stock in a very short time; and so well 33 
a weakly tuted been néarly si 1837| 25 |6010|11396| 376 5 4 334 19 10 711 41 8 114 | agree with them that I give them nothing else 
—o ve is, 1839 25 8618 pet al 313 13 4 623 12 9 25 11 14 remainder of the year.” Mr. Taunton observed that 
j 5 = 2 them, 
and yet I have known thoughtless mothers to forget it | 1840| 23 |5530] 2144| 348 0 371 511| 717 10 11| 31 3 11 Sheep eat s a other. 
: a a cow, a without any apparent prefe: . of o 75 
finishes with his right hand ing the teats in rota- n addition to the above there were papa td Ibs. of The H. sphondylium and H. s A seemed to 
, and getting what he can out; and when he gets butter, a ’ and 1000 quarts of milk annuall med in by horses, or but there pager 
hold of a teat, if he can get twice, he must try t ouse ; value about 15/, The cows were re kept on | other kinds which the latter animals will not — 
again afi as gone them round ; but if he can pasture in the summer, with about one quarter bushel : m seemed to be the most relished by Af 
only get milk once, he should give mp, fa for the last 2 = grains each daily ; in the win pz ys dopr 8 ae | ils the ebe 
which ought to be taken is : and if m ps, and grains, i Bean flour or Oatmeal. not attain that height and luxuriance of growth w ~ 
after this is got, it is a pull upon Wes ca ‘sai wales 475 an average 11 cows were changed (boughs and wid) distinguish it in its own indigenous deep rich earth. 
no richer i the first, or rather, it is of oer year, at about él loss for each cow changed. requires a light soil into which its roots can ran deeply 
an average quality. Ifa milk farmer intend to follow | farm was an en E concent ail the down. Where Mr. T. the land but 
his business to the best advantage either he or his wife nder had to s an average, plants grew to the height of from 6 to 9 feet; 1, 
must elves 2 or be present during the time of | = per year. 3 s pyr kann of 3 when on a hard shallow piam soil, 
One o uain i after three or four years, 
F 5 — _ Home Correspondence I ee ee ee 
iy aie pp kis himself, and Live and —— elu gad of some Pigs, yee Martin | Was : d should be ploughed 
the regular milking. Farm, near 8 land y for i À better still, 
to, at least, the depth of 1 or 14 foot; or, pade. 
No. of Pigs. Dead Weights. it ven y with the $ wll 
548 grown in a J fe ed. a8 
374 and deeply trenched, proved to be biennial, —— 
595 soon as its cation was over ; whilst, mn A fer it 
nr reous soil, where it was fed by off by sheep (wheth 2 
168 the spreading of 
695 was that the hard subsoil, that the same 
786 roots, prevented its running ors it was 
a 312 the browsing of the sheep), for 
— long li other varieti like : 
398 as long lived as the "Tt is not easily 
373 five once run tos head. if A piecè 
338 destroyed where it has once established a 
394 feo hy agent + had been too thinly 8005. 
in the 
“i r by the ones 
512 None of the old roots seemed to be injured | increased 
ae tion; on the contrary, they shot out cultiva- 
— — i to prove that, in an extensive 
$ M, Sandford, ’ 
