On the Kohl-Rahi. 
515 
us with information relative to the weight per acre, as well as 
other particulars of the mode of cultivation supplied to the Com- 
mittee of Agriculture, and affixed to the Prize List of the Royal 
Dublin Society from the year 1850 to the present date. From 
the particulars placed at our disposal we make the following 
selection : — 
1850. — Grown hy the Right Hon. W. F. Tighe, Inistiage, Kilkenny. 
Soil, clay ; subsoil, clay-slate ; preceding crop, oats ; method of cultivation, 
land subsoiled 18 inches deep, sown in drills 32 inches apart ; quantity and 
quality of manure, 40 loads of farmyard-manure and 2 cwt. of guano ; time of 
sowing, 15th of April, 1850 ; produce per Irish acre, 25 tons. 
1851. — Grown by the Earl of Charlemont, Marino, Clontarf. 
Soil and suhsoil, deep loam, yellow clay ; preceding crop, grass ; method of 
cultivation, drills ; quantity and quahty of manure, 35 tons of farmyard ; 
time of sowing, 2nd of April ; produce per Irish acre, 30 tons. 
1853. — Grown hy Alexander Tate, Esq., Castlehnock, Dublin. 
Soil, clayey-loam ; subsoil, yellow clay ; preceding crop, wheat ; method of 
cultivation, drills, 2 feet 3 inches apart, thinned to 12 inches apart ; quantity 
and quality of manure, 40 tons to Irish acre mixed dimg, principally horse ; 
time of sowing, first week in May ; produce per Irish acre, 60 tons (leaves 
included). 
1853. — Grown by Mr. Robert Hawkins, Agriculturist of the 
Enniscorthy Union, Co. Wexford. 
Soil and subsoil, heavy clay, brick-clay subsoil ; preceding crop, flax ; 
method of cultivation, in drills 3 feet apart ; quantity and quality of manure, 
45 tons cowshed, with that from workhouse ; time of sowing, second week in 
March, transplanted last week in May 5 produce per Irish acre, 40 tons. 
1854. — Grown by Mr. Robert Hawkins, Agriculturist of the 
Enniscorthy Union, Co. Wexford. 
Soil on which the crop was grown, strong clay ; subsoil, brick-clay ; pre- 
ceding crop, turnips ; method of cultivation, in drills, 3 feet apart ; quantity 
and quality of manure, 55 tons of compost ; time of sowing, transplanted the 
first week in May ; produce per Irish acre, 40 tons. 
1857. — Grown by John E. V. Vernon, Esq., Cloniarf. 
Seed sown in drills, with 6 lbs. of seed, and 30 tons of manure per acre, in 
April, after an oat crop ; produce, 34 tons per acre. 
1859. — Grown hy the Earl of Charlemont, Marirw, Co. Dublin. 
_ Soil and subsoil, light loam on gravel ; preceding crop, oats ; method of cul- 
tivation, in drills 28 inches apart ; quantity and quality of manure, 35 tons of 
farmyard compost ; time of sowing, in March, on the seed-beds, and trans- 
planted to the drills in June ; quantity of seed, 4 lbs. per Irish acre ; produce, 
35 tons per Irish acre. 
2 L 2 
