Ocronzz 12, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
913 
GRASS LAND а IN IRELAND. 
almost every qr 
the moist 
: e n ke 
Mr. Lees, of Gorsty Hill near 
f it, PS it is 
h to call 
articular subject, 
we, writes to the 
Editor torial note on this letter that I wis 
ста: 
are | ( 
xw 
eer t farmers breed from a flock of ewes large 
=ч to furnish the requisite — stock, 50 or 100 
eing commonly found. lar ram-breeders 
(of Ње old Irish breed mei ea by selection, some- 
times Leicester crossin g being adopted, in other cases 
the 
humid by bogs occupying one- ђе 
surface, and by innumerable I "х о a ros Shannon 
and many fine rivers, —lrelan а 
Au» Yi I!more favourable to the grow 
of the | cropping than for ri ripening a 
d 
harvest of Wheat. К 
| ben at about 5l. for the senson, or sell off at lE to 
| 207. a — and m зно ве жр mers also save а likely lamb 
nd en tup. The mdp re S 
| middle of October. "The venio in lambing e have 
‚ but very few r3 — E or тоо 
only some di istricts in whi ch 
yon their pa 
| Out of 100 ewes. 
ambs 
Min 
і ordine Agricultural 
p 
pes 
Е », roots, E other cattle-food 
e tracts also re the 
Societ 
the late s l. 17s. and a rer" mela for rns F while Oats, green forage 
307. and a|everywhere flourish, and larg 
and p 
pi lambs, &c., is 
care, &c., of t 
Chees 
12 Total pro of | to be а granary ; Nature makes it a meadow, 
offered t "i 8 bud their produce, | and а — and 
prizes 17. and tis Silv үч Medals. Тһе operati of tains, in proportion to = acreage, so many cattle, or 
extens; 
the Society ex 
а dairy. e 
no vue country in the gia. сый farm 
ions 
tend 16 miles beyond the limier ad the poiat such an ма ve trade in in beef, and bacon, 
including large portions of hi and butter. Thes pira Ebo 
UA 4 Bri amount to about 340,000 oxen—bulls, co 
ed and 0,000 sheep and lambs, - 270,000 
swine. Within the years 
— — in Ireland ме во increased that, МЕ at | 
u Ael -— onal live-stock is | 
county, th 
and 
terested 
byshire, 
АП counties are 
in the manufacture of cheese. In Ch 
and a large portion of Staffordshire, the 
pays e" ent, and in fact, from the commencem 
of the ch eee making. ба nto the e 
Кеше thought, a = ене, 
y d Worcester- | made a more с fade У das 
s айша as the impro "ub by Short-horn bi 
es from vido districts or i 
Short-h 
ossessor 
57 prize cheese, an 
r badness, and often 
and 4 avour 
о іу 
nem proclaiming its f fle 
fattening property, end р тт 
horns ud utwards, 
goodnes 
with comments as to its “not "bein ing so good as 
we have -yi home. I have no hesitation in saying that пуа: апа ге gi 
еге is more exeitement in MÀ н 5 но m" than ө muzzle, almost enclosing t 
| inany onia чай that its m «баре ап At Ballin len 
discussed. why? Beca ght | October fair dt ju were shown ibo d 18,000 — E 
. of the dairy farmer vM his wife Айё the horned cattie. v year ^ : л А 12,000 beas 
, and the important m ns by which he pays. his Tent, | shown there ; өг any gre rs have aae ai in 
many parts o Ireland since [- ‚ leaving Ballinasloe | 
i ong- 
. ау sci weight fro: 
De and ON more, "except whe: 
| lambs, LS lhs. flee! 
price à ptm is about 1s. r lb. нор of 
the horned cattle are bought i E ФК many. аге 
те сея along with fattirg heifers 
р 
well-to- 
re always „plenty of ap ЖО. for 
MZ С 
very & 
of prosperous Rock . 
de - r, ri poi Irish Grass lands, before coming to 
ing. pastures of ue [A may add that in 
ne Irish vi! “2 515 
big co 
{Бау lá May. having been milk ior 
she E ihn ri? -— beautiful beef 
a fav. were told o 
the c 
Rosco 
the statute) z^ IL 
though 
rs graze x them ; 
.in May ənd 65s. in October, will, 
realise over 47. 
interest of 
Vae, Y. Forti 
with the improvement о of the heifers, 
| per. acre, which rent and ond an 
| capital эү г to be dedu i 
much to boast of by way of р 
lation УР that a larg 
I fed sure that no person acquainted with tbe still the supreme, but not t 
T districts in question, will for an instant attempt i 
| to deny the correctness of these statements, and land has a fine b 
E Led trust эзен another year "the ope of a mee: to d leer ray plains, as 
¿holding ch а position "жш taffordshire | woolled sort the. Wi cklow an 
s 
and sell. 
breed of же Аа е —- y^ — sheep 
Даг "ad 
rn 
ive us 
 Сошму per "s proceed- | 
s de epartm 
like ей рейн; when the ime nee ot 
| shown at Ballinasloe © ; 81,0 
| (lasting five days, during Wi de rail 
40001. v transit of sheep, са 
TES rs) has р source orit 
ings in thi 
At a time 
ing from 50 to 2000 acres, 
500 ng 
are commonly ONE of any 
buildings e the i tme mer p stable, 
and € ae. - е Кр perhaps. а s single shed 
e farms 
sick animal. 
п | upon hid d vilagos нб to 
olate of i aes itants, 
2-а and та! 
of prize cattle and паровой. The dairy des 
kapoia to tae fursipg Inferos a: and and trave y the sh > pie > and his dog; and con 
enn cm mti of 1а ve been lately wn 
to Gra But the chief. portion of the district has | 
Саам d : ГИ т old pasture for tim immemorial. PAIR. t^ 
the ey bad e 
Ee for judges who were in yt Жау 
fied for the cx. and nes = Mm minate appreciate 
the various de ion ют m less 
е cia үл озн А Бе 
ni Is 
siesemaane T 1а 
farm hav nent Grasses for the 
g- 
rofitable 
e 
m good 
ted, 
owsed by еер aad cattle, О 
El English farmers who come mo expressly to till d cnm de 
graz 
varies much—255., зон гаці 35s. Lm үүт being | 
while а high rent. Good Grass 
| 15 Irish ac 
so misappro 
bites 
m 
"- puce bage, and stocking E 
han at sd would b 
thickly t 
der з ТЕГУ 
hovels, are ims too ten 
the inclemencias of ear Ao ur cattle will that 
ve been out but tor, Кт» 
food, with de zal 
ttention 
and health of the animal, are a qve 
markets are flooded 
English as well as rican, we co 5 hope that | ес calcareous Colon s and hills of Roscomm From | hardiness 
the press will lend us its aid in helping our ju Я rd kestown, id further accessory of g in Ireland. In Westmeath 
as 7 е is the best meth proceeding, by giving | northward to вое «Тебе: of som vane mil lain | good Grass is considered to fatten one 70 or 80-stone 
us full descriptions of the e classes of cheese mostly of fine limestone so soil, but with some pom ox and one wether to the Irish acre—that is, eight 
brou apt t before the Pe icul s, and | q nodig CA „is а menis of permanent | bulloc ht wethers on 13 statute acres; the 
E recording non th anam: among it very little tillage go nico G good fi long time, as in parts of 
© competitors. А pne Farmer, Oct. 9. re ing bein even farmers of| Wicklow, where it is S enough be stocked in 
ў - 9000 or 3000 acres have sometimes to риге Oats | March, and so growing li 
their riding and a horses. There | tinue а most luxuria! а СТ іп EL when Englicl 
во rge properti the farms, in the | Grass iaia аса 
tenants, including a few Scotch апі) А! hel, in Эрен, the best Grass land 
bout 
eeds one Tiba of x hien and one large wether 
ta 
бок, on whic 
n hay, 
h 
бош 31. per acre. S 
at extent, is said to lie 
eep, rich, naturally-drai bier soil, which, from the 
ar of the limestone ben eath, throws up white 
Clover in abundance, and, from the 
раа онома 
у the | са һе ша E mon 
ird Сы ы a-half 
mop be тал шой тозы оч Sith a- ttin veter r statute y 
ў dig. Й E We heard 
sowie i; ture which grazes one 
ld (anoen and one hogget Irish 
is, equi pag bullocks and eight hoggets 
how is | 13 statute There are many lands in Irelan 
he makers which we shall & - — ike our best 
than this. No re of а, а whatever, no 
сап they тоаг ve- Г, чаја uj, aged 
dt bene onourably | giyen жэн де felis i boymi dc es 
Gorsty Hill, near ics! Oct. 2, 1861. d fen Me rt шан ів луі 
ТномаАЗ LERS. ат each, =ч 
| of mixed каме d od pes, with | roots and 1 Clovek 
d 9. the above ааа аз 
as his panis 
3 emnes of г фе show so еаг our epe рч tcr 
accepted jority of our readers asa suffi 
ion of з brevity wh. Chic we were eme € Dx 
Ed. 5. 4.] 
vut in 
; to eatit; butno cake or to Mp сла only P E 
: who 
| tome of the minor departments of the exhibition.— bay 
few farme TS ү e a small deer nof ана 
junction with their Grass—are re given 
of Grass land and mowing of hay . And,c 
of this view of the mann А їп ыса Ire m A 
! " v à vast breeding and. meat-inakiug kingdom, we 
(khe 
