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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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extent of land ; I took some inte- | I ss a few of the seeds over the winter, and fe ptt | eoi from furrow drainin ntl: 
” who la vaici ih ey proc cess of preparing the ground, them n Mar ch, si some of which also vegetated, a t as yet developed i = eg sale of of seat ‘bat 
PA ein ental dressing different Pe f it, and | plants Sia pean e earth will, i in due make an ample return from 
be subsequent oes ent of thinni ing, clearin » &e, John pests rere ge sae me rs rthing invested, to 
walked Sam weed to = y PE to your directio sa, 1 "beg to lay before | of the eee permed, by which her productive powers 
sia 3 were chaine: w 
eden =e s, to Seay ne He ae of the whole, c = you how the Tu eee Grass has spa ceeded here I re but th Heeii vet as pny ng diay peers t, 
and lying vetted. begwers the runs 117.2 8 last, and immediately sowed some of i Pie nts of sig atte Much ground (to say the least 
sg Here repent ala iep msr such a * | Grasses soon made their appearance, w hich were all poll e ee as lying comparativ l Seg less ght 
ogia knowle dge, X T pisa pie ery ee has dps a ko map bronght under profit table cultivation, and paying for 
e a and la bour agumis Y deteriorate sa pede: gon a, I la a t 7 p ezi i; diés E i itself ; and I consider th: tye emi of such groun 
om y pr omising crop by such a H rete sas Feii nd ii > ee a ding ee aa “igi which is ght from a state of sterility to a state of 
y, : ertility and productiveness upon an eight- 
laf o ene, sould hae ‘aly expect to see “in the month of toca Moe e, of th ys se tee vane (and more or Nos in pruisuctiaaly m e ied ek 
September , 1845.— Quercus. We quite agree with caer eg pide ou a poets OCEAN kE the entire farm fully 2s. per acre, taking the 
= ie as the leaves of the plant are green, oF 7 S ee PER OAO AK et that | Tent at L. per ood effected j t 
re engage ed in feeding its roots; when they are Goa Si as d E gwar to. like i is- both felt and seen, although tu a moderate 
fithered, they are both useless” and harmless. ] pretenses ig Pon 64 By russe al bora ai cale ; there are many p: bear 
Ps rps z Foy has tf ati d vs Del looks. use ample attestation to the truth of other statements I am 
Societies. ama rot pls been well sav ? yan a Se bout to make, viz., that many who did not a 
AGRICULTURAL Far ROVEMENS SOCIETY OF | 5 ow.”—Dublin Farmers’ Gazette. Je ow for several preceding years have now realised 
i one ; others, who had only one, have no two, with a 
ouncil, Thursday, Sept. 4 Mis TE proportional increase of minor stock ; and many of 
long © Reacts 1 from letters from per. = them can send Potatoes to market now, who could not 
to whom portions “Of the seeds of the Tussac Grae he Appointment of * srr sorts in Agricul- previously raise an adequate supply for their own 
om the eee nd eat SeA be een co iven at the re- hat Union Socie SAER Re fr ethod of rg seg cv ge Im- | families. nd I can tell you more, my and 
Rost of th as ey provement. — [ Conti p. 570. ut it is Gent le emen, I know a good many instances (and many 
As yg ro a $ not ie arguments alae: the value of the plan for as well as I = Si wh e farmers would 
“I much pas that the governor of the Falkland Is g S i f their farms before this, had it not 
en imposed upon, in regard to the seed of |is to be estimat case sa or to of Ballina- | been for the improved system an husbandry which they 
he sent home, sloe -affords su iag ras as E the matter beyond 
The plants obtained 
came from the seed; but 
o stool, and throw u ss 
ks, but n ot at all like the stamina of the 
po: ad plant.” 
> Fron Mr. J. T. X College Botanic Gardens, Dublin. 
_ Although I pecs y ‘a ap o the seeds of the 
and t kin mould, 
ts the 
d, which hav: not eo flow- 
is, I think, a ‘Tolima, Fa the other 
J: B 
arm ; 
is orase to 
adopted. Green-crop 
stampe 
pping ap seen 
heir Berega 
ped th 
qua 
the fi 
rm upon a remu rating scale.’ 
1 | laying before you the sta ents m Mr, Clapper- 
ton, the agriculturist there, and MEL Egan, one of | w 
the small farmers in that neighbourhood, at the last 
meeting of the Society, in the third year from its for- | 
ion ; upon whi on Mr. Clapperton being 
called upon, spoke ollows, addressing the 1 of 
Clancarty :— My ,I am happy to say I receive 
| the most ample and efficient support from both land- 
brews ER agents, in trying to accomplish the philan- | } 
ic designs of this insti itutio $ when couple 
fi 
ce Egan said, ‘My Lord, I feel not a Sofiren 
th 
bn efficient machinery to work 
many resi sre and ‘distinguished 
are 
he 
individuals, oh on whom a 
in the general march of i mpro ovement, rhe a kai 
z than me; for I a 
well as a small 
and ssive sensi: 
doubt, sins done much in opening. Lup 
m bu ka a you ne a 
farmer ; for althou gh I d the farm which I now hold 
Soci 
rt 
Union, beyond a 
facilities ed improvements, rms: were jee s 
se ical oe small farmers have don ae ‘ood 
g into pr: racticat effect the improve- 
he of 
previous to the organisation ot this 
r I farmed w 
I may, therefore e, date t 
pa with 
o MAAA of ies were probabl Agricultural Society, and the arriv: ai of Mr. Cupa 
p pa I can safely pai in the hearing o this wert in my rst ourhood. vr that 1 am yet an experi- 
* Since ‘om Will ter No. 2. me em. in the face of the world, =the in very | enced far far from it, for I ha ye 
ce writing es we seapectng ‘ie ‘Tose Grass, | m. any instances their zeal and energy surpass their learn a child of the Society’s, E 
in better Pui regard to it Some ability. It e I presume, been a hundred times as- | sh my one during the 
P are n „in pots, and which I had and re-asserted, that „the small farmers of Tre- i: op and as my inks has been e 
nfor a TIe ime, coming now to re- l] candidate, I will t ea 
cl the spread of the original plant, as pon ee that, la is with diniy c can Drai ing I believe to e root 
ae oung plants that I have taken persuaded to abandi em ; but as far experi pest inne k ork of fi I had a very wet piece 
ve found the original seed sticking to the root tp goes in the pee E have invariably found Bora be land seaehed to my tari; the upper stratum con- 
sl k aroue sa its | all which is sae ee to obtain their rea ted “3 ha av, vy kniei clay, uneni Er or hes in 
abou rested u velly 
on being , is to | nature, ingl ‘sad. ede us to 
pai seed thi eae fro the sowing fis a year ‘will think, meet phy on eauable A rrera terms ; for any- | aera to ingly cept the Pore r This sub- 
s Mr. J. 8 say 3 ge ea in the shape of pride or superciliousness on se ee ote of about 8 inches; and when broken 
‘Tt is fuite res = Sus eke ic Garden, Kew e the part of an agriculturist, my Lords and Gentle t was ano bstratum, consisting of a 
he Tussac G iega e young seed et edling mane" im |l amp ded would n any. nim best advice ; Maiy peat yellow, 10 inches deep ; and under this a 
ing Phat dare theese ste | but only meet them on fair ‘ground, and I presume | blue-black clay, or gravelly » with an odd 
cr them to be cotrect. Woe are atte Cus erg is not a race of men in this extended uni erse | stone, perfectly black and rotten from water. So that 
they grew from e e rant toed ; and ha vince a more ers land, This. disposi : | e agr Pai the bowels of = pe had y of 
more : e in Ire nis year, as far as water e clouds t get 
— that that seed was genuine, by hav- AaLi y vaporation, The Wad 
pronounces to be 
e rom th 
eceived the seed still on the spikes, which | 2™ C° 
ier the Tussac Grass spe 
in greeneropping generally, but particularly in th 
d nie et away, except by ev: 
Fla 
wing = _— and for which operation eta gh weather | 
d i 
lly had, and fı h 
of the latter ined ieee we we the young se 
g abo 
in its native c€ country.” 
voraciously i 
> Royal Dublin 
Olaisen. 
Imm mediately on getting the Tusan 
the course 
: cee 
ggers, Rushes {Carices), a kind of 
Grass which 
rot sheep. Mr. Clapperton pointed me thi 
which I sustained, in allowing this land to remain „as it 
was, and advised me 
ai and lene a 
Howe wever, he overcame all | my 
ble to the ult of the 
But, to pr n 
32 of Mangold Wurzel, 275 of _Rape 
of Vetches, sp arte of Clover and Grass ; ex iii 
. Lio e last year of 227 Turnip-growers, ar 
angold Ware, 131 of Rape, 159 of Tiia, and 
105 6 of Clover and Grass And the extra bri eadt a 
the fa 
tim pow 
= this failure, my Lords and Gueteuice: was by no 
attributa! seed, but 
piles “drained land under 
eriy 
of compost, com 
guano, bones, night-soil, an black mud. The. 
z eae era in 
extra number 
e fran 
all failed ; but 
e Society, after the thinning out, as trans- 
planted the rood of ES, and this rood of Mangold 
ere acl 
they began to show themselves ; and | M.: eres of Rape, 11 of obtain ined the first prize if I were to contrast 
em were those = eee Vete hes, and 146 a acres of Clover and Grass; giving , th trast 
Some plants of the true Tussac, along with | t last year of "331 Irish made be very striking Tadei " Five years ago my 
iar ah mized Thad the | two latter trans- | acres, and the total breadth of ground g; 
A eyt as p fi viz. go I pi —— and 
sr some o The | Turnips, 146 acres ; under Mangold, 5 acres gen al = because the manure was bad. Well, the 
is now soa Rac — cs begin- Rape, 306 aeres ; ;, under Ve etches, 58 acres; under | co ence was a bad erop of Potatoes, and a scarcity 
offsets, an tural habit dth of | of "Potatoes the er . fe so that I had to to buy 
psc to pongo I | ground under green crops oe 880 acres, adequate en, 271. 10s., and 
ving, in this ce, | support respont the year about 2000 = of black | oatmeal to the eons Ao 8l. state of things could 
Tussac to Ire- ane. <3 there are executed since | not continue long. _ Bat i this ar I have been able to 
as as could | Nov se i e lsh T. 17484 Irish perches, Jeulated to put "ane. Mangold, 
going so longa voyage;|a drain i a over an extent of 109 Iris pei this of a superior 
instances, where pro) | S. that we kave such an ample Ayaa m pe m have also poate un s laid down under 
lost afterwards. In Siasa rasses, an t this has a most lu 
farther other a plant in this coun- | and Ge am happy to be able to congra- 
State that, by way of experiment, | have naag or are $ = to sed the ite oer pac your par indichip a the success of your tenants, and 
