AVGUST 29, 1868.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
829 
е" grey patches and marks the head, ears, and | utility ; but it is positively алеу b technical | warmly, that Ireland is on the 
r the back. If these pe: vitio ined "they will | and kuraie sei m ав tests s abilities. pw imports corn. Why, wa d pos cuu € 
dpi always be found to be thin, and badly furred, | Although a knowledge of the lan, ана! is ТӨ did for ss in her exports of live sto. ТЕ» 
indeed r pres ва sign of degeneracy. | ro duties of a clergyman, “S. G. О ," in mio) and | | | numbers for four well marked pe: 
The French rabbits, on the contrary, are id all of 
lumber when meddlin 
Dr. А іп Scotland, have furnished proofs that their 
an ol g 
fi Some believe. P science is 
good meat to the table In 
shape this rabbit i is huge and es over the baunches, 
d fe et, broad over the loins 
and shoulders, and very i ; the dewlap is 
very large and well lI de) eloped, the eye very bright did 
full, the ears в fine, small, upright, and pointed. It ів а 
£41 
н Cattle 
. W. | Shee: 
hem Plough Essays.—The in esting 'hotice | Pigs : 18, 
you gave of the steam plough essays viol byt nother тајы which „engages our attention in 
Journal Committee of the Agricultural Com- | travelling through Irel It is said on 
un all sides that the red d that country is not 
he 
Xoyal 
mittee, created general dissatisfaction me the J: v | 
mbers. Vim all adapted to tillage; en broadly state d 
nn not „у this M ma: 
Society has expende эү 
wa Ux we 
tet 
a practical ей of ni | d to oimpossibietogrov remunerative cereal crops. For 
Some excellent specimens "were shown at the poultry 
exhibition in Pari: эзы = 2 а since, апа from the 
evident they аге v 
attention they r Mrd 
t shou 
ved i 
known and apreti in н own country. 
be rae p the nie remarks do not apply to wild 
rabbits. E. th 
ation for Working Men.—The majority 
in rural districte эз being En to 
keep their children long enough at school is Ше/8 
principal lty which сир etent Хает мөө t 
contend with. Тһе prevalent practice of changing 
m. EU short intervals — e children's pro- | 
- steam power to the cultivation of the soil, and the only say, as the Duke of А 
tisfa 
ce of the sa 
t of оаа But th e Fooi farmers 
idée моё to obtain any infor- | raise Am red его 
age is as if the 
ubject—so 
У ad 1 
offspring, and ry 
son, а Forfar man 
mation the may pcm elsewhere. 
desert its ow 
k of supp lying information 
on "This iibject асе ES sd own creation. 
last лар Journals have been occupied to p 
the 
ong the railway "to Kil- 
finds no difficulty in raising "remarkably fine crops of 
Fenton and Champion Wheat. , Тһе eli mate of many 
Tes; 
s “ко oreign 
boy "will be зач ч 0л to pe n his jou 
through life, bu an e: — b state kat 
scholarship is берене for а man who aspires to 
е" 
1 pages iiy by t 
у Intelligence ? of - editor, jii Iv 
esie г the mbers do 
inter Ttw 
he slightest | th ti f Kild There are mrs of acres of unprofit- 
|able Grass land in Ireland at present, which by а 
imi] of treatment would yield re 
not take t 
was not until Tately that the paer 
bring himself u — of 
the highest са in rticular 
ра 
labour, I have been apt at some of the most — was makin 
advanced , agriculturists referring to the extensive use | prize f 
sphere of | with any irit of value upon the progress this | 
Crops 
is worthy 0! 
aijan Society w шон by a timely discussion of 
uld direct public opinion in а healthy 
and then came the offer of a 257. 
unt, w which accordin ng to to the rules mu ine 
Or ап ассо 
"nol 
. bette: er odumtion than formerly. I should like to be 
shown wher m wrong in stating that the Ире 
ы of iabour, к) bres applying a specified quanti 
of tent of surface, either broadcas 
- p important ү, of farm 
m rst-class pen vt n 
jm and a = са amount ів, called forth some | direc 
most remarkable instead of This pA Show is one of the most successful held 
inted in the Journ - they | іп the sister count The interest it has created in 
views | Kilkenny city and county, and the select character of 
the money, and therefore, instead of 1 members кае 
his for not 
growing taste; and the ques way in which the local 
- = of the Nati rd 
e to be paid. | 
nu is Ma =ч tea ns common for a paper offered to the 
дыд Socie ety а 
а new state of "things i in р. па. 
men must labour disadvantage. For instance, | Society to be printed elsewhere. Із there any reason | | Society p? its last meeting in ТАЛ. Ireland was 
set an illiterat apply cubic yards | why Mr. Hutchison's TT work did not appear Lue rained to the dregs, and ү Е tion of disaffection 
f farm-yard manure à Е — a 30 acré | in ihe Society's Journal? If so this reason should be | was tho! ht , more bout any of e labouring 
field, and he quiete 35 їп а systematic | known. Сап any of your еден supply tillage of y or the чо of stock, 
manner; but - e o 2% Ё Gatto simple to a | on this Ке It would be worth Énowing if they E time at our disposal only permits us to give a 
ploughman w. ucs an acre of land : a — P" Society having expended so mu uch of the | of the principal prizes :— 
t n or 
very € notice 
5 
ibo 
Although I анаа ot bonst c of my accomplishm my 
state that there is уе очы 
h 
ection 
and prev е to January 1, 18 
iti is мге та due to the members that they through 
the 
to h a young — who can read the Journal should be supplied with a proper and|to Mr. Butler of Bellyeerron, Co. Tipperary, for 
English орле, to quain dimer Meet cue or | satisfactory а account of the of the " of Li 
oreman а farm wher steam engine - 251. » handling of the as the 
and the с kap = е, ву i Lam em — (P of all the pun be "en k woll тонот аала} lug 
on. Some complicated threshing жекелеу. propelled by | your views that such а apportioned for "атаву pe mds among other good points, a rarely- 
an engine is managed and worked by very illiterate obtaining фену endi thorough тан of the | d эңе tw The prize is awarded to Mr, 
men... A thoro I practical knowledge of farm imple- | subject as may be rein to the trouble and ex Cooke f New Jio, for a massive bull, Paterf: а 
ment Į g к the same time I would make one express | b е тө Mr. Carr, of Stackhouse, Yorkshire. This 
бебек an von ent men be the | animal is well bred, as many ints, а very full 
tbe most е мг of a presto Мт уар. 1 is the misfortune now a days for “ patrons” | brisket, but is a little plain about the tail. 
duties, f that tion 2.—Bulls calved in 18 e Marquis of 
fusing indispensable knowledge with what are useful but | they are “ indie ? jin matters upon which they | Waterford has € off the two prizes in this class by 
accomplishments, Farm management and | are scarcely novices. Another word—to repeat the о animals Mr. Christie" на Foundation, 
land improvement embrace во many details that very е 186 pri ше wis won by Fok the 2nd, 
In addressing you tbus, | essays : Wo were the judges? ” A а of the 
T do ot al Agricultural ef Жен», а well I furnished white bull. Both these 
pretend to be able to score many points either | Royal Agricu Society. T п "he heir feet feet; TES Ките 
уагїей experience: has given me o unities of ob- | of — n rum p. че їе {оо Ift 
мш, g pportu Societies ајан d 
ol i o literature an d science, and • removed, we rtt think dk the points toi would 
enables m em е research ; but very few R RICULTURAL OF IRELAND. пег very considera! € 
теп aeq “а knowledge of common things" like The Kilkenny meeting of the Royal Irish Agricul- "Sectio n 3.—Bulls calved on or Ji 1862. 
land e, the su f labour, our social | tural Society opened under most favourable auspices. | T Viscount e PR Crown 
sy , the payment of wages, and a knowledge of - city is in a rich district, is large and populous, and | of Lothian, out of Lam p of Lothian, an bred by Mr. 
nical endabstrusesubjects. It is not creditableto farmers | is surrounded by а spirited gentry intelligent | Crosbie, of "whom, it is ва , he was purch: for 1501. 
that жее, should be indebted to the James | and well-to-do class of tenant farmers, Тһе season, | Crown of Lothian is а ма thy bull for his аре, His 
^ Denholm, by Hawick, for ‘his essay on Grub | has aed up the dad s e d cbr nation, И ribs, Toe Marqe d viter sen cel satisfy Mr. 
in Turnips, sects n propitiated this year er votaries | Do e 
жүз К ree mpm а fo Them- |; in th ae j А | а 2d prize with his white bull Anthony, which is over- 
our railway run from Dublin to Kilkenny, | fed an corpulen nt. Allan Pollok has a very nice 
^ Аза general: rule, well-to-do ) farmers give thei 
During d too 
the ' emn objects directed our thoughts to the | animal, John o'Tuam, out of Dr. McHale, in this вес» 
positio! ects of Irish agriculture and the tion, possessing, however, some of the weak points of 
gan, of 
d much 
ieans, 
nated 
heep, | 
pati 
osp 
| оеш следна thereon by the Коуа1 wn Society, | his sire. 
ition we have come to examin ; Beich d 4.—Bull Calves, форей on or after Jan. 1, 
863. 
den: so ae 
it since 1859; sore dist istress prevailed too 
assa | 
g seeds, | ni 
In 
t sure AE dA in intensity to the privatim 
in у parts of Britain by р causes. dE had „рй 
u, Sir, 
would have ge 
ij the duties of & 
„and even of wou 
trusted you with the management of a farm. 
ve seen the most highly cce districts in 
eR às been brought | 
you 
ы мы 
of practical | i 
ud € M by comparatively i ignorant that | 
man. — too Ireland, and all her light lands 
enr run argue, 
over — the junior ju 
prize was 
property 
but 
said they 
himself 
t progress of Ireland, Ды arme i ie rem The 1st 
бе Royal Irish oni n nd и rupi with | the 
— rm notion that that ng fast to 
т беч Жар 
=» when Mr. Wetherall waved his 
TET 
is preposterous to 
