722 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Avevsr э, к. 
Lism The n Lord 
RICULTURE OF IRELAND. | acres D "Galway. ‘and Roscommon, He has on the Home | moderates д land (sd Tet at u 
zn. сла visited friends. in Connaught, ё t 16,000 per асте, The poorer tenants ar 
toits ими limits, minous | acres. ‚ By paying the pr evioüs occupiers "very liberally | on t ini Curlew mouhtains, Where thë land 
portions irc f Leinste 2I from the country, or settlin else- | by the acre but by bulk. "Phe size of the farms is 
form à probably just pr of еи condition. vof the where i in it, or taking us pred wit Ui him as labourers 10 to 15 acres, though there ar some even from 
growing and now прие сторё obt tai ining clear ana their rent is about 10s. per aere, "These ot 
of land whicli I have viewed witli dá бЪӨ УАЙТ у f the land whieh are situated "e the -forth ef 
during a tour of опе goitia duration. sive agriculturist (in арче jene M in Europe, | are чт nearl the summit айй By, 
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My first halt—after a railway transit through the | giving constant work to hundreds of people, and higher thickly dotted over with amali white Bal 
* luxuriant, He cultivated, ind English-like counties of | wages than are кыа ы paid. His 16,000 acres E ис occupants are just now much reduced in m whose 
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Carlow and mero wit th large and ан с пора county of Ga way present e appearance of the best | facts which I have learned on good authogity a 
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d Mangels е дЫ ена = "i the | (avoiding hedge rows, very grises it bes be this district. For s everal years there hay 
residence of Mr. Dundas, in the vicinity of Athlone, on | said) a and т regulariky o of field rora jone and culture, 0 
the 18th of June. This "town, which is in modious and appropriate farm buildings possible to eoll s 
Ireland, оп the confines ` of Leins ster and Connaught, | with steam engines, gas A E wills, &с. The Ho: че т Fre Uv: is always let o grazing de h 
has trees; but g plantations of gre ers; and a few? years - je vas ub A. 
crossed here by a very 1 d bridge), has some o extent have been e ide on the "external boundaries of mo dati ion for one half the appieations, whereas Я 
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M и. of turf on cafe, an в on don ee haios of Mr. арч estates — to £200. extent of 10007. in the course of t the last year, Th 
qe jostle ^ eg — and Е p let with с "1 "hat he had expended twice that sum on "he реб 1 in some pied i iu the neighbourhood of 
DM ack pea! eclaimed bog land close to ent | improvements. His p^ кас expenditure in wages is are Dying [ег rents by bills, which they hope to 
wn, gno ming peni rte nt cropsof Potatoes, Cabbages | about #2000 per month. The appearance of |r o as to carry them on vail the 
(nese in great quantities), and Oats; alternating with | failure in any of the crops, and E^ s fock of sheep pond gale of rent will come on them. [i is alsoa 
xurian sy and Lage meadows on the calcareous ы herd of Y tie appe td ы. Р n hi o ondition. act that whereas a year or two adi there were no hn 
resent distinct agriculbural| From June ent from Athlone | vacant, and people were always found in abundance 
pressi to Castlerea by бену mibór ably рой т bog land along anxious to purchase the good-will of any holding that 
Near the town the E reclaimed bog. ор the Ros- | th те line, wretc hed i м Ment inhabiting them, | might be in the market, there are many farms noy to 
y g ut bog ecla imable, but totally be had on comparatively cheap ua те 
mall mp ngs. Its conitignity to the town (in which | negle travellers | аге not so numerous or so eager as formerly, AIl 
t ually a garrison of 1000 he | to ену arterial drains ra "which I have seen but few these facts plainly show a considerable бшшш 
facilities of obtaining town manure, ed to the thronghont my tout) a and trámways. fo ог conveyir ag me t п 
recla aiming of this particular portion or to og; but vast 
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ht migl re healthy peria of Potatoes (for which | Ето Boyl е I accompanied a friend who i$ im the 
be rendered equally fertile by beers. and the com- guano a e Men: ;are applied) e oer looking, pes | парта to the Court House аб Carrick-on-Shannon, 
mixture with it of the lim e gravel, which is|though partially injured by wet Lo dM whieh i is par Aw in Res County of Leitritu whence I 
abundant. . Carrots an. oi n 4 not grown here— | Sandford has the reputation of ta a goo ndlo Boyle, disheartened by tlie 
at least in Mo e quantities, and these would flourish in | but the town looks hopelessly poor.. The dos vem able ame of. the. rural population assembled in the 
che б окер е te and holdings generally icht 
oup te course of the Shannon, from Athlone to | towards T UN h Park are better in appearance than а very favourable site for commercial traffic seems 
No arbour, the "Tees between the two|those about the latter village and adjacent demesne, to ШАР little benefit from the broad e of the 
provinces is apparent ; the land on the Leinster side | апа farms, бошу the Ме soil Nir ere is extremely | 8 e p pun s dps a Allen, which flows 
, Боп f the finest crops I have seen were = Ux i ven a single boat at 
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c is еуідеп d, where arb and саге seem to hav where а little fleet might be expected to have mooi 
n the son. Ms except: ting on low lands ivi the | been еа апа a worst жос of тешу All round Carrick however the ek Mm у 
pis erops (Oats especially) were sown late in management and relessness аге nspie cuously | e excepting those late sown on col t lani 
season, there was ы. [d romise of harvest yield— | observable. je Hoylé, he band о ll, but will — йон Deo 
unless the low tem re (not тае eve 60° during | a appears, the I houses of Mr. Lloyds t m ed and weather. ea he probabili 
the summer hitherto) s should continue. in qe » distanco all throug 
On the 21st of June I drove to the Seven Churches, ws. rpm indicators of the landlord'& care. And of s в alti was no sufficient 
f t farm houses—new, and well thatehed and hs. es perles cies of existing and anti 
the oc i of Sir Arthur Maginnis. It contains чта оп the more northern parts of Lord Lo rton "s distr ess Whi ch had been so eagerly circula 
eis t S000 acres, of which 5000 are bog land; yet it is | estate in Roscommon, are some of the t to ap 
ery dod: model о improveme ent and £üecessful of that good nobleman, whose death has bee to indolent or apathetie landown ners who 0 
сон on the arit) portions. It contrasts advan- gr -— calami ity. In such a grazing district, thero Mie otherwise have supplied the fuel and employments _ 
tageously with some  'adjoining properties, іп |fe or indeed any babitations to be |indispensably necessary to avert the pul, eris 
regularity ad m neatness and commodiousness of | веер, and there is à lamentable deficiency of shelter of on the failure of turf and Potatoes ina great 
farm houses, the evident comfort of the tenantry, poa е Cattle and sheep grazed in large pce during the last year. The dem and dor. aid was 
who hold ties l epe ab very moderate rents, whereas | and tena ants who will not take the trouble or incur the responded to by several of {1 E white 
other proprie e rents excessively, and d Mr. Coulter has particalarized. “The Wheat, 
nothing ЧЫ. to benefé their tenaniry. This | е sites of vanished cabins and of Cabbage gardens or | Potatoes and meadows about p ү grent 
2p tty ely is by a gentleman mies еве likely ise of qos but. а а АК 
enlightened and liberal mind, and watched over by an break up the large grazing fields fi 
nt who—himself a gentlemán of independent тпейпз Ny А M f employ labour which Misit à not bit la ave not a dis Led bed or dci of "Киш 
and bigh local position—takes pleasure in personally | prove remunera! anywhere нос in бой naught or in Leinster. 
superintending the improv rae д on it. Many miles| The ез кий. Жоо estate їп the county of| "The antiseptic goalies of peat soil, more 
of new stone wall fences on the boundaries have been | Roscom ontains nearly 30,000 acres, and in tlie | in the first and second years after it has been 
built nt the proprietor's cost, a long course of arterial| county o "of "gli; igo upwards of 15,000. The princely | afford ground for more hope as to the ultimate sound- 
drainage has bee n cut through the bog, and about 50 | eg mesne with its noble mansion contains 2,488 acres, | ness of the Potato crop in Con naught than Leinster, 
iron gates have been give n to the tenants. It was d the magnificent mansion house T еи оп Lough | of the eà pes Ars of Ireland, where bar 
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stated to me tha t no p lad been y extrem fiora N.W. to di: some compa раке 4 
їп PA Birr Workliouse for many years, and that tlie | S.E. апа 21 miles from Wt oE. An da П this expanse | genera infans ci КҮҮ ГЛ prevailing 
poor rates are but 84 in the 17. on ыны valuation. | of Salut and well wooded islands is backed by the | dist ы 
Bote families have been оп the лаг ears; | Curlew — hs oh rid divi P ea e pru | ака "Boy le to Ballymote the courity of Sligo i 
and the repr esentative of one of. iben te е8 families, of Rostomimon and Sligo. Fro the here I attende d another Quar ced 5 АН 
t Ct abd iu | Ыбы йай "imber Was айо цар p desolate road, uusheltered by a Wedge ее along the E 
95 agen ears "3 MES with. honest e of both. landlord к=] апа qe for fue 1 to ue 6 now there |limestone mountains, which д оп 5 ges уша 
and agen nd new of cofisi rable depth. 
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І ват an Oak po "there at least 40 eo ^ length and ане бен: isa quee nursery kept pae by a Hae above these caves comprehi uM se "district , 
upre en (e bogs. 
of great diameter, which had been n a who i o quove t to sell de trees from ib. He |scen X» From the want of Co bye-roads ronda 0 
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the bog ; it was erfectly sound. Sir ав Ыар = aemar Fir, is so suitable to | in Cor maught, the tur f is broug & to to 
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or y appointment, yet doing the duty d di i b. не 1000. for the best lote. ba through narrow passes АН to the ke d 
owner їп Ireland by сокр ре m his Рета рор t t s; апа this ма for the great us онар. 
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не n attend on office days twice їп the year to ve preserved architeetural remains of а lies 
rents and sign receipts. n some estates abont Athlone ay | dered y d ун г elegantly kept gardens, bor- Lm: d. (hé w wearihg of а hoo lv. D 
te g deos кл. id sud clear river and fine timber) f trimme Sun and veil oecasionally, DY footed. 
thei r last p + maa dreading Potato blight i D to ib Es rey: and that of е | deners walking to market, though they pe re 
йс à rrence of which this year w d | Sligo ph to 4125. Mr. Coulter, the accürate ionge ‚1 specially noticed two girls in this со had бг 
ruin ова, of Rom farmers, Happily the old pud etie. of Бадр pos “сурар répor rted in |lonely zan to Ballymote. They probably hac. m. 
turf of last year's cutting, which had pen left on the | April last* as follows :—*“ The e 1 d ockings u under their shawls, to us ; 
bogs, is being now dried and sold for fuel at about one | | deal a iod rough ап аа Ы, pora as well as some of their EIR into Ballymote, © 6 
fourth of the price of dry turf last T Turf eir TE the best soil in the „соп mtry, The „latter includes the pover erty bu t Ит om habit, and, the comfort 
is x sies vigorously, and i n shoes. 
that a reserve of supply will i а {ште b red u undulating surface, without trees or rocks, fam Heädfort, County of Galway: лу Y pe 
ne 20th, fine meadowsand "um eps ү amis | for their Pos aen and their геа of fattening | Wheat and other een Lys on the cal Tr 
e ое. т tenantry on d Clancarty" s| These plains are divided in grazing farms, | here look very weak, ase 6 7 
па Lip ee d DENM nd their | av id ng from o wo to three hundred acres, but there | of comfort and go ood. uet i around бегей 
dia iveness if God shall yea are several fid ranging from six to eight hundred The dsome mansion and etm Mme 
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ыр ере ттт ернеу lan Mr. St. George, апа the excellent Беййегу "e guod — 
x К” суттон дра з жеу pects ar О ЙЫ о, TEE aiot A53 Ping 6 Жей kep кэтдеп# аяй йи айеб tho е 
з adeed at Athlone, with scarcely an exception. | iens ve been published in a hand: | enerous і incumbent, 
1 p cad Hon o pu at | ee got ар можа Оло with а Map and several Engravings of pod Eee ne ble "s ribs ce of Mr. St, George 
