THE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



IN the last issue was given an illustra- 

 tion of cattle grazing on cocksfoot 

 grass at Mr. John W. Moor's farm, Mooi 

 River. The present illustration shows 

 another of Mr. Moor's winter fodders— 

 mealie hay. The crop is cut when the 

 mealies are becoming glazed. The land 

 is the poor light red soil common to the 



M ooi River District, which, without assis- 

 tance, will not grow a mealio two feet 

 high. The fertiliser used was superphos- 

 phate : 2^ cwt. to the acre. What the 

 soil with that assistance can produce is 

 seen in the illustration. For further par- 

 ticulars see No. 7, Vol. IV. 



Farm Education for Ireland. 



STATE education for farmers and for 

 children who will probably become 

 farmers has become one of the most re- 

 markable features of modern civilisation. 

 In Great Britain the principle of volun- 

 tary or individual effort so cherished by 

 the great economists of the earlier part of 

 the last century has done much to retard 

 State aid and direction in agriculture. 

 Gradually, however, this principle is 

 weakening, and before long it is possible 

 that the British Parliament may take the 

 lead in agricultural matters instead of 

 being, as at present, in the wake of the 

 Legislatures of her colonies and foreign 



countries. The following, which is sum- 

 marised from the article of Mr. James 

 Long in the " Manchester Examiner " 

 shows what is about to be begun in 

 Ireland : — 



The Memorandum which Mr. Horace 

 Plunkett as Minister of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction has prepared for the 

 guidance of the Irish people is a docu- 

 ment which is crammed with matter 

 which must prove helpful to all who read 

 it carefullj through. There is always a 

 danger where men and money are avail- 

 able of going too fast ; but Mr. Plunkett is 

 apparently determined that no unsound 



