IRELAND. 
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“The ith {pring thew ‘of ‘the Farming So- 
tiety of Treland, took ‘place at Dublin, in the 
tronth of March, and continued five days ; 
and it was acknowledged by thofe who have 
attended jimilar extbitions, that they never 
wiitnelied a more gratifying difplay of zeal 
amd ‘attenlion than in the members of this 
fociety. The premiums offered at this fhew 
were—for fat cattle and fwine—for fat fheep 
of different breeds—for feed corn and plough- 
‘ing. For the exhibition of:cettle and fwine, 
which are great objects of the feciety, being 
the ‘bafis of the provifion trade, there ap- 
peared evidently ‘great exertions in making 
improvement, and inuch actual! advancement. 
Some of the cattle -were’certaimly not mferior 
to thofe produced laf year at the Chrifmas 
and fprixg flhews in London. ‘The Jong- 
horned herfer, which obtained the medal, 
was ander four years oid; and though fmall, 
fie'was confidered fuperior to all the ref, 
from the lightnefs of offal,-and carrying meat 
of the ‘beit quality on the moft profitable 
parts. ‘Fhe improvement in fwine was fully 
equal to any thing in London, which im this 
enimal is more fpeedily extended by its more 
prolific tendency aud early maturity. Amongft 
the cattie, the loug-horned, the native breed 
of Ireland, were mot numerous; ‘but there 
were fome excellent Terefords, two of which 
gained prizes. _ It wes obferved, witb regret, 
that there were no Devons, or Highland Scots, 
which are fo much -efteemed inthe London 
market. Some of the fatteft- animals exhi- 
bited had been broughrto that fate without the 
very expentivé proceffes made ufe of in other 
places, and fome of them chiefly by potatoes. 
‘this is cf more importance than can well be 
imegined, as every inducement fo raife great 
quantities of that ufeful root will oceafien it 
to bein greater plenty, and at a lower price; 
wand from fome late mprovements made in 
encreafing its prodace with a fmall quantity 
of manure, there isno faying to what an ex- 
tent tliis mmay be carried. . There were two 
pens of South Down theep—the Hoggets were 
very much approved of. ‘Fhe five Hogget 
wethers of the new Leicetter breed'fhewn by 
dr Garnett, of Summertfeat, which bad al- 
ways been fed on grafs, without hay or any 
other food-in winter, »were. fold to a’ butcher 
et 4l-each. The ploughinganateh ~was con- 
ducted with eqnal fpirit and order, at Mr. 
Garnett’s, of Htmtfown, about ‘four -miles 
fren Dublin. This is the fecond-feafon that 
Mr. Garnett has accommodated the fociety 
with land for the purpofe. This fitaation was 
particularly interefting, exhibiting all around 
the ploughing-ground the -great- benefit Mr. 
Garnett has experienced from converting Into 
dillage old motly grals lands, fome of whici: 
had, by conftant mowing without manure, 
become unproduttive “ef “grafs, and, fince 
‘being tilléd and 4daid‘dewn «with-elover and 
ray-grafs, has aiforded la year two very 
Treland. 
-ftate as at that ~ 
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luxuriant creps of lay. At former exhibi- 
tions, feveral ploughs with four horfes and 
drivers were entered, butfo general was the 
advantage felt of ufing two horfes without a 
leader, that not ‘one ith dour horfes or four 
oxen was brought forward on this occafion. 
The ploughs were all of them, except threc, 
the Scots fwing plough, and the. execution 
was in general good, though there is fill 
room for improvement. Some were imade 
in Ireland, that of the Reverend James 
Symes, of Ballyarthur, who gained the fir 
premium and prize cup, was drawn by two 
very {mall fpayed heifers, and held iby a 
lad nineteen years of age, a native of the 
county of Wicklow. To remedy the mcon- 
venience of importing thefe ploughs, and 
other agricultural implements, feveral mem- 
bers of the fociety have joined, in order to 
raife a fum of 30001. for the eftablifhment of 
a manufactory in Dublin, which is expected 
to commence immediately. From the fteadi- 
nefs of draft of the fpayed heifers, as well 
as the eafe with which they are trained, 
it appeers defirable that they fhould be ‘more 
frequently tried. The Suffolk punch-mares, 
exhibited by Mir. Grierfon, were noble draft 
animals, and were highly approved ef by all 
the itpectators. This breed, when mot too 
large, combine ftrength and aétivity, and 
feem well adapted to the country. The-feed 
corn produced was deemed by the judges 
equal to any famples imported. Mr. Grier- 
fon’s eats, which gained the prize, were fown 
‘on the 14th of April, and reaped the Sift.of 
Auguf, producing 25 barrels to the Trift acre, 
or 8 quarters 2 bufhels to the Englith acre; 
each buthel, Winchefer fticked, weighing 
451b. 9oz.. A-very miftaken opinion has been 
inculcated by fome perfons, that the greater 
degree of moifure in Ireland is fo unfavour- 
able to the ripening of grain, that pafturage, 
inftead of tillage, thould meet the greater 
encouregement. There cannot be a -more 
pernicious and unfounded error. Forty years 
ago it was believed, that wheat would not 
ripen inthe North of Scotland, whereas, now 
wheat of the bef quality is grown in that 
patt of the United Kingdom. His Excel- 
jJency the Lord Lieutenant vifited the exla- 
bition, and exprefled himfelf highly pleafed 
with the inftructive. arrangement of ‘the bufi-_ 
nels. A great concourfe of people attend- 
ed every day, and feemed to be maprefied 
-with the advautages and rapid progrefs of 
the inftitution, af 
‘The Port of Dublin, whieh, (accerding*te 
one of the numerous promifes. made m_ the 
year 1800, when the: Union. was carried m 
the Trith Parliament) was to: have beenvaftly 
improved, remains pretty muc¢h in the fame 
period. After having beem 
furveyed by one of the ableft. engineers in 
Europe, and his plan having met the fanttien 
of the then Mimifter, the proje€t .appears — 
-to be. entirely owas ise 
tained, that .by effe¢ling.a deep-water nawi- 
It owas . afcer- 
abandoned. 
gation 
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