— se 
Jury 28, 1860. ] 
THE wera ade Rl ca aoe. AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
699 
mote 
its provisions scabbe d sheep, that ey ape is 1 
A 
J 
4 Fiata 
; fifth, to pr 
new varieties ag grain and other vege- 
n 
wian s pi for the in 
from t Mr. monds Rage A -> 
refore appear: 
"hit ; the Society ou 
amen at some othe 
o, 
an 
o ook into this Act ual sét tit | 
th 
pared there fore has been 
or for the food of domestic 
ollect information with regard to 
of woods, plantations, and fences.’ 
The ‘date of the charter is March 26, 1840, and be 
for r upwards of 20 years pro 
= Essay on the best paise of thë Rotation, a and 
me e best time of year for applying the Manure of the 
erm. 
In are Ill, the essays are not considered worthy of the 
The "Council mij adjourned to its Monthly Meeting 
on the Ist Augus 
ISH AGRICULT 
j 
greater number: and 
S I agree with Mr. Symonds that the fesh ` is not 
oep 
fe ly 
let her now retain the “services of one of our leading 
ROYA RAL, 
edt trea i y peoting of oe Nation al Ay 
"of Ir ela nd has 
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q 
DOI 
ured by. scab farther than tha t „the 
of the 
eas sease can Jeadiy be cane, such 
ought not to take Pe rn If 
and fanaticism were wed to 
Ie eland, wholesale, we 
ey ey 
prova and a 
wholesale joris rke 
i u prejudice, 
¿ hill at, 
iio materially ab: e you 
his ear arly dea eath); 
when once it is pant sea a the members that ‘the 
esti- 
Tiaa on PW ednesday ‘aide the most 
auspi ces and under the most favourable state 
ae og of the botany of "nen is duly 
ted ae A Council, and cont Sire ions ref 
tharad A 1 receiv We fait an dp ration, ther 
will be no Tack of opportunities T the BIRR of 
ideas be tw n the Dre =i nd the scientific to the 
ged. I m 
an account of what took ‘se nearly re prod A 
Tand; from communications I have had from R. M. 
Smith, Esq., regarding this dis during 1857-8 :— 
sn existed among the 
me ap plc very probabi by 
ps ge ot y herbage, increased, n 
miner of 1856-7, eT and the want thereb: 
me: 
throughout that 
pasturing too 
incurable, bu ise: 
ina flock, the SHA must of necessity become disea: 
Ata meeting of the peers or pens held every two |“ 
t Re 
ital, in June 1857, there being 25 
D 
aay ar ELDEN is taken in the 
F her most 
Breton Cow: 
Bretonne cows imported by Messrs. Baker, of Py 
e Agricultural Gaz 
wate oa referred to them, will you pene my fs 
sa) words on the e subject Fad) I od endeavoured 
h t 
some 
to 
She i is py years only. My man speaks of 
Alde emey. 
high ly as a pr omising cow, and „two several | 
Taken as ole there ~ not beé 
Semena a more sui ecco or creditable show. It has 
brought out more A arie wal erer seai previous hii 
exhibition n the pee "Trish agri riculture, 
“of he province in 
| large badly po i atelligent tenant acon wealthy, intel- 
ligent, an ntry, and a spirited and intelligent 
local 
| been a larger entry of first-class 
| of we ell-bre d Short- horns; for instance, fell short of w! 
Wot eee oF 
firs Ke 
aids are jast suite 
They are of ae es hardy, a al 
milk for a family’s coadeaplion: 
a right to. expect. But 
the Royal Dublin Societys S 
TE the Royal National Show id 
Royal Dublin holds its Show always in the same place, 
the capital of the country me w Ayt Lo x of her 
lines of railway; the season favourable’ 
An unicil at Copenhagen has declared that Io 
right, dh hat the governors of the north and w yar of Ie 
ite wr ong,” 
It is an open question whether, by. 
keeping the ir pda of are 
by lng, on 
u to determin re 
Soubt c of this, that the n Abe might have been 
gain, not loss, to the Pasig tB 
and left n where the} fell, at 2s. 6d. 
or 30,000 apparently sound sheep at 5s, a head, or 75007. which 
is a low n late of the value, ‘as freight could be had to 
rE to oy the latter dey Bh, 87 including hay.— 
R. M. Srta, Jan 
ts conversation ta | 
aosiy” bhig Eta Denmas me, after ering a Teh 6 on a th 
on igh pra of 
a trage asl r A 
3 quarts f m 
re es A Subirdanite 
Potatoes.—I should feel obliged if you or 
any y corteaioedit could inform me what is the largest 
upposing it to be pure and 
3. 
se eae ‘Te 
Pay, cad tere ate 208 the 
had Before I decided apo having one, I put ves oT i w th Y3 oa ord 
h k of destructi Sub- o the owner, the ay Monal k imple 
Govertior of i te Wants mols by Tittle lo tafi willingly pi his n pe bo Mesire- Ba ker, who I poe tt manufacturer ; and the consequence has been that 
aid; and even in the south and east of the island, the people, r-colour h a slightly interrupted has crowned its 
by & mad infatuation, joined in the crusade, and a AGREE. erased of many letters from purchasers, one of whom Petes aden Dublin thus has 
estimated by some at not less than 40,000, and by others even | writes that his Bretonne cows give with their first calf in the order of time of the National. It often placks 
t 60,000, were destroy; he result of numerous inquiries a8 | 4 to 5 lbs. of butter per week; another i leased f the frisk exhibition abtiedls, Putehases abe gine 
to the number of actually diseased sheep among.the number that h id his Ald d hae taki to gems of the Iris: 70n y 4 ases more 
thus shot down gives an estimate not exceeding 9000 to 10,000. e rid or his erneys an en freel at the provincial . It isy 
The number of sheep in Iceland, calculated from the returns | the Bretonne ; ile a third says, “I find the | then É winder tha collection of Short:horñs 
= BA Be lev Mh a ba pee rietors, tg 400,000; but the | as good, if not better, than the Alderney ;” while a fourth | gp Cor! should in number and quality fall infinit 
The number of inhabitants is about 70,000 observes that his give great = of excellent | Short of the April muster on Leinster Lawn. 
The nature of the disease ha 14,000, fully explained to | milk, and “if you want to recommend them send yor redeeming f features ih the pi 
gu by ag Hage doctors : gae gi e IAR che friends here and see specimens.” Judgin gi iake soine amende for fuk ance 
no on tha Watiect. 1 met t A pentiometi tn dier ory | little that my cow consumes, the expense a ng incr in ie “Short. hone Glassé3. Thus the several sees 
Paris OF Been Meboutinie. to Over Soiie. the isll frenzy of the ay at the present price is weet ing. | tions appropriated to sheep are represented in a 4 
P ze ing See ih JA a hy ee ms to Ages the Nothing can yr ag yf ore woe ara of meets Tredtitable, The Bei $ 
the eah ins spector at eek) a or ht to a very high dégrée of excellence in Troland, 
p H Sirasa saait meat pë veto with at an 
th ilies hoer pig sae vit ache “he si eens a amonget pondent bal "Pey oe sing à doubt reton oo a Aliaa Mr. Owen, Mr. Thunder, and others have, y 
as lessen: vē t L + . 
' Songer tbe Fo ei I ery th therdtors, Hort ey bat He The speaks i y t5 the Ker = hen he, ve Tost e admirable p eria yin 
will perceive in our prize list, othe 
i, Dave at aint he 
farm 
roù! ger Be be ne igh go as soon as the dr vate Froptenieite, TE ; 
ce ee Sa giog the oe te came ti ae droop, m Brik to oo declined Bara Bren ing Bag! and leading lowe e 
tha rer er. The neighbourin hes mn tri 
a Ai =y TE y the ‘the ate ie ithe lias | ven up g that had no guano appear strong pie in full | have the rival eied of Howard and Hornsby; 
disais. wan Bai ea kim, tor health. I ordered it to be applied at the time of | the rival hoés of and Garrett; the steam 
sorte pats bye hment. At the same time, cone planti f about 3 cwt. pe . I find | engines of the great firms of Clayton, Shuttleworth, s 
no doubt it , as it depends on , | that by mistake my labourer applied Car te more, | Co., of Garrett, Ransome; Hornsby, Barrett, 
which readily escape from one sheep to another; but not exceeding however 5 or 6 c il is a | Andrews, of Turner, &c. ; ‘so that we have the gro Ss 
these ily destroyed by the ordinary and well- gravelly clay, well rog and iaaenell; it w as a wet,| a oa) the an makers, 
known and a cure effected; hence the|™ en now ary. ery fairly productive, ould have ire in gr ewhat 
absurdity of such wholesale destruction.— Professor "6 ew of guano damage a crop on such go | detailed account of oa ur examinati ose implé= 
Dick, in Transactions of Highland and Agr victeltesal aade érdin nay uditions ? Would the agp D ments which in our opinion are best adapted to the 
Society, Hela tel till so late, and then so sudde enly ? Oe circumstances of Irish farming, did spate permit us. 
ree ould n Be) extraor dinar: ary we et season admit of a | But canno! ot indulge i in such a duty ; and must, there: 
gre on 
e se far ge ce. | than would a a one such as that of last yea fwi 
Agricultural Botany.—Can any of your hg on- | garden: n if ik of no other reason for the fain a thie J ournal favourable mention was years 
dents (Gloucestershire a woul, , be superabundance of this manure, and I shall be of the oe ap contrivance of a working 
es not a 
secre’ 
tin cheini 
eee tobea i 
e Society 
p fl 
than the 
than for a. opinion from you on the subject for 
my o bseriber, 
ago m 
man—Alexander Macp 
table 
E.C., the prize 
I, Philip Debell Tu Tackett, 25, ons Street, 
best rt on eo Modifications of the 
. HS ina parti pee: modernimprovements have 
a consu 
The che 
e charter of the defines some of its to 
be: “Fourth, tö men of science “aa 
rE disi College, Birmingham, for an 
n guidance and that of others. 4A Sw makin ng. pre 
ew [See enai last _week.—Per] 
Invernes smay mings e experience on 
Societies, 
ROYAL eOe 0 NGLAND. cross 
Weekly Council held on ‘te 25th July, Mr. 
Fd Bilge e , V.P. in the chair, slender wires 
cw: on candidates for aiia ‘were read. 
—The following awards were an- a, a 
fise from the Judges of cai specimen of 
a 
