418 Tlic Prize System as applied to Small Farmers in Ireland. 
marks. He has held his ground in the interval very well ; but 
others, in whose farming there was more room for improvement, 
have made greater progress. He holds 6 a. 0 r. 12 p., divided 
into five fields, which in 1876 bore the following crops. One 
field of 2 a. 0 r. 0 p. was in permanent pasture. The tillage 
crops were : — 
1. One piece of potatoes, 1 a. 3 r. 0 p. 
2. Wheat, 1 a. 0 r. 0 p. Last year, the crop being lighter than 
usual, the produce was 6 barrels, which were sold at 23s. 6c?. 
each. In 1875 the yield was 9 barrels per acre. 
3. 1 a. 3r. O p., of which 1 a. 2 r. 0 p. were under potatoes, 
and 0 a. 1 r. 0 p. grazed by a jennet. 
4. Manured roots, viz. : turnips, 0 a. 2 r. Op.; mangolds, 
0 a. 1 r. 0 p. ; carrots, 0 a. 1 r. 0 p. 
The remainder of the holding is occupied by the garden, house, 
offices, and roads. The live-stock at the time of my visit con- 
sisted of a very good jennet, a very good milch-cow, an excellent 
yearling out of her, two pigs, and a large number of poultry. 
The potatoes are used by the family, which consists of Wynne, 
his daughter and son-in-law, and their two little children. 
In 1876 the sales included the wheat above referred to, butter, 
pigs, and a yearling heifer, which was sold in February for 91. 
Of butter, twelve "rolls" of 15 lbs. each were sold at an 
average of Is. Id. per lb. 
From 1 lb. to 1 J lb. of butter was kept for home use out of 
every roll. The greater number of the eggs having been con- 
sumed by the family, the receipts from this source did not exceed 
30s. in the year. 
The following figures show that a considerable income was de- 
rived from pigs. Six were sold fat during the year 1876, viz. : — 
£ s. d. £ s. d. 
2 bought in January for 3 0 0) f 7 ir> n 
Sold in March for 10 10 Of net u 
2 bought in March for 4 17 0) , 7 , n 
Sold in June for 12 0 0( net ' 13 
1 bought in June for 2 0 0) ^ 3 0 0 
Sold in September for 5 0 0) 
1 bought in September for 1 5 0[ * q n n 
Sold in November for 4 14 Of nei 6 J u 
21 2 0 
Deduct cost of 5 sacks of Indian meal, at 21s. each .. 5 5 0 
Leaving to the credit of farm . . . . 15 17 0 
It will be seen that the net cash receipts amounted to 41/. 5s. 6d. 
which was available for buying flour and other necessary articles 
of diet, for paying rent and taxes, and for putting by some- 
thing for the " rainy day." The son-in-law, John Kennedy, 
earned, outside the farm, a sum of 4/., not accounted for above. 
