I have attentively examined into the working of the system APPendix D. pursued on this farm, as explained to me by the intelligent steward, and I think it superior to any thing I have seen either in II. Appendix this country, in England, or in Belgium, where I have visited several farms. The great amount of produce, and the simplicity of the details of management, appear to me to leave nothing to be desired. 4th December, 1851. PETER DOWDAL. to Dr. Kirkpatrick's Report. Glasnevin Model Farm. SUMMARY of ATTENDANCE at GLASNEVIN MODEL FARM ESTAB- NAMES of AGRICULTURAL PUPILS and TEACHERS who left the GLASNEVIN MODEL FARM ESTABLISHMENT between 1st April, 1851, and 31st October, 1851, inclusive. Cormac M'Sharry, Leitrim, Patk. Prendergast, Mayo, Thomas Barnes, Tipperary Antrim. Mr. Andrew Burns, Down, Jan. 15, 1849, April 23, 1851, Clare, Antrim, Rev. S. G. Cotton, June 15, 1850, Aug. 8, 1851, | Left on account of bad health, Agriculturist at Kilwaughter, near Larne, Left on account of his father's death, Agriculturist. borough P. 1. Union Workhouse, Agriculturist. Appointed to the situation of agricul | Got Removed by order of the Beard,. Honie, to manage his father's farm, APPENDIX D. patrick's Report. to Dr. Kirk II. Appendix Model Farm. Not known. Ditto. Dr. Farm. £ S. d. To Amount of Valuation of 1st November, 1850, 1,911 4 BALANCE SHEET of the GLASNEVIN MODEL FARM for the Year commencing 1st November, 1850, and ending 31st October, 1851. Implements purchased, Feeding for Horses (farm produce), Contra. 6 By Sales of Dairy Produce, 15 17 43 3 Parsnips, 7 Garden Produce, 5 5 Hay consumed by Horses, 32 3 Miscellaneous Expenses, including Fat Cows, 47 12 2 Pigs, 218 4 8 Miscellaneous Sales, 47 14 3 15 18 10 By Debts due, 15 13 0 By Amount of Valuation of 1st November, 1851, 2,192 18 7 VOL. I. The discrepancy in the amount of rent charged against the Farm in this as compared with the foregoing two years arises from different causes, amongst which may be mentioned the deduction from it of the rent of the Vegetable Garden, now under the management of the gardener; also a similar deduction for the rent of ground which had of necessity to be left uncultivated for the accommodation of the materials used in the erection of the new buildings, &c. With the view of ascertaining both the cost of feeding the horses and the yearly produce of the farm, the above account is debited with the marketable § It is necessary to remark, that the farm-yard manure applied to the land in 1851, amounted, at a moderate calculation, to £147 10s., for the unexhausted 2 No. of Field. 1 No. of Field. STATISTICAL RETURN of the CROPPING of the MODEL FARM, 007.4 0 0 5.8 0 0 13.8 005 Cabbages-large (Plants 14th April,. { dibbled,) Parsnips-Jersey, 15th do., burg, Green, Beet-Red, Mangels-Long} Red, . 73 61 About 12 15th do., Used in Oct. for "feeding Stock, . Raised in the first week of Nov., do., 15th do., Raised in October, GLASNEVIN, for the Year ending 31st October, 1851. 101 tons per) These Cabbages followed a stolen crop of Rape sown in July, 1850, and used in March, 1851; produce of plot sold for £5. Remarks. Cut for hay during the first stat. nere in a week in July, green state, 4 barrels, 17 brls. 7 st. Valued at 10) early? Not taken, Valued at 1 ton. cwt. qr. Ib. 0 16 2 0 barrels, 57 bris, 11 lbs. The second cutting weighed per stat. Acre (green,) 4 tons, 17 cwt. Ogr. 161b. This field was laid down with grass and clover seeds-13 bushels Italian ryegrass, st. yellow clover, and 21 st. red do. Some were gown irregularly with the hand, some dropped 2 by 2, and the remainder dibbled. The manure for the carrots and parsnips was ploughed in on the 21st October, 1850,-12 stone charcoal, and 8 cwt. vitriolized bones were applied in spring, as stimulating manure. |