448 Past and Present State of A(/riciilture in Ireland. 
and has given a splendid instance of the good which may be 
effected by a single individual, where high station and sound 
judgment are united with business-like habits and an inclination 
to promote the welfare of those around him. 
That I may not appear to overrate the importance of the part 
which his Lordship has taken, I beg to give the following sum- 
mary of the success of the Ballinasloe Union Society, to which I 
have alluded above, taken from the report of their agriculturist, 
upon the second meeting of the Society, held in less than two 
years from its commencement — it has been published in the ' Se- 
cond Annual Report of the Royal Irish Agricultural Improve- 
ment Society,' p. 51 : — 
" Report of the Judijcs appointed to View the Crops of Turnips and 
Drill Potatoes. — In discharge of the duty assigned to us, we beg to state 
that we have inspected the crops of the several persons who have served 
notices of exhibition, as well in the class of farmers for whose improve- 
ment your Society was established, as in the class of competitors for the 
Royal Agricultural Society's Premiums. The increase in the number 
of competitors is so great that it would too much occupy your time to 
enumerate them. Last year there were but 13, while this year we found 
above 500 growers of turnips alone. The general improvement in cul- 
tivation is as remarkable as the increase of competitors ; and, with a 
very few exceptions, is such as could only have been looked for in a 
country long accustomed to their growth. 
" Agriculturist's Report. — In addition to the book which I recently 
had the honour of laying before you, exhibiting what each farmer, act- 
ing under my instructions, has done, in proportion to the extent of his 
farm, I have now the honour, at your desire, to submit the following 
condensed Report : — 
" Number of Farmers ivho have soivn dijf 'erent Green Crops this 
Year, viz. : — 
Manjjold- 
Clover and 
Turnips. 
wiirzel. 
\'etdies. 
Rape. 
Grass. 
Total. 
On the Right Hon. Earl Clancarty's 
Estates .... 
302 
10 
ism 
107 
131 
746 
On D. H. Kelly's, Esq., Castle Kelly 
25 
17 
18 
00 
Oil Kelly's Grove Estate, under T. H. 
Graydoii, Esq. . 
13 
1 
3 
I 
2 
20 
On the Right Hon. Lord Ashtown's 
Galway Estate 
S3 
2 
28 
10 
11 
134 
On Captain St. George's Estate, under 
T. H. Graydon, Esq. . 
76 
08 
26 
15 
185 
On Miss Donelan's Estate, under 
Thomas Birmingliam, Esq. . 
5 
3 
13 
S 
28 
Total 
504 
13 
315 
156 
185 
1113" 
* The report for the present year (1843) shows an increase in the total 
number to above 1730, who have changed their mode of cultivation under 
the instructions of the agriculturist, besides many others following their 
example. 
