The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

BOYfIL ACI.RICULT URAL IMTROYENOr

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Thy great 5e11.2
.„., TITTIRSD,
catt!., which was year held at Cathie',xbi
Vie everal
';11: J:.r 'ay wite wore th ii ordieary eclat.
of stock was highly creditable to the seheep
breeders, and altogether the show is said to hvel:.„,
at least an average one as compared with former .D
The banquet took place last night, his Grace thsrAlr,
of Leinster, the president of the society, in the.ero,
The health of the Lard-Lieutenant having Poo
posed, his Excellency rose to reply, and in the e13#300
of his speech took occasion to refer to the iieproferS
effected in Ireland during the last 20 years mer
'r For example (.aid his Excellency), let Ice Je" tee
tion that I find, from the latest official returns, tba,lo,
quantity of land under cultivati in Ireland attheiugi
of the establishment of y, ur society—in the rere„ped
—was 13,464.300 acres ; iu the year 1851 it at—oloo
to 14,802,581 acres. (Hear, hear.) Then, ant thecooL;
of live stock, in 1841 it was computed to be 19,33‘,960y
in 1851 it bad reached the figure of 27,36' d to
(hear, hear) —in 1853 it had further increase of
31,844.0001 ; and in the last year, 1855, it is COMP so
at 33,508,0001. (Cheers.) And, observe, this deo "be,
even give quite an accurate measure of the illereese;oo
cause, for the sake of forming a comparison, thiecettlo
price was affixed upon the average
in each of the two periods, whereas I take it thevice;ir
is that the great increase has been in the better
tions of stock—(hear, hear)— and that as the tPlads'oes
improved still inure than the quantity, weals halite
without fear of exaggerstion, that the value ot,oreel
stock of Ireland now, in the year in which we °tool
together, might at least be put at double the,litheea),
that it was when your society began its career. tool
Then, again, one of the most important oPereifeefor
this society must have been to make it Mae of
what species of production the soil and eliteetest SOY,
land were most suited, and for what species— oso,
duction the different parts of Ireland trdthot
description °I este
adapted. I believe of late years it will be I°,o/oss
the growth of wheat has diminished, but that theivii ors
and barley has increased ; but the increase la "Id tor
striking with respect to green crops, tureirof seen tbers
gold•wurtzel ; for I believe it is true that in I°' dope'
was an acre of green crops to every two of 01100
Even as far back as 1847 the proportion bau
and there was an acre of green crops to f°ll,--ssel,:
wards of corn crops. (Murmurs of dissent/ nee'
make it clear ? I beg pardon—that there is 'doll
1855 an acre of green crops to every two acres 400
crops. No longer ago than 1847 the proportio° pot
acre of green crops to four and upwards of co_Areo.ctiotol
hear.) Then, with respect to one of the Pr's' of JP^
Ireland, and a very important one, of the erseP,,-,
bead
for which the climate and soil f Ireland
of
thought particularly suitable, and to the greet 11(1°'
which the present war with Russia gives ail`B49?fs.
tional importance. (Hear.) The flax crops "on
copied 60,314 acres ; in the year 1853 the "noet'u'
174,379 acres. (Hear.) I believe the great °instil;
flax that is grown is chiefly still confined to rieto
but there are not wanting now enlightened Prfolsoc4
who have made the experiment in this Part °`„s toisti;
in the west and in the south ; and if it be {0 the $
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neretive—which I beg to remind you j 5 .)300111:
and sound test of all practice—their patriotis_i, by
ple, I have no doubt, will be largely folios/6'i sls
the crop of flax, as those acquainted so with tie
well aware, is too bulky, in proportioe.as.°l
commercial part of it—ti.e fibre—to bear t'isd
of carriage, without the aid of scutch-lniii,6se; sad
find that the scutclemills last year ainctolk—i ow:
number cf 1,100. (Hear.) Therefore, thereusofra
reason to believe that this most important arise,'" Dr
duce is being largely and increasingly of itlr„,
you must not forget that while the productio7o"
land have thus strikingly increased it is no doll,l)"itellts.",,
true that to some extent the population has (litnni r
(Hear.) Therefore, the condition of the reie-11 °llse
pulation, take it, has been benefited in twe",,,-01.
so far as their means have command over the 08-4,secv"
of life and the chief articles of sustenance artsc,h3ll,K.S
not only is the amount of food which is at "a"-.06.5.
mend increased, but there has also been te—A:7i
provement in the soundness and nutritive char"'s
food. Thus, gentlemen, if such a: been the elreitl..s
progress, despite the blight of fa ein, and the tietrei
emigration, and the dreadful calamity of war' „setr
we refer to the productiveness of the soil, the "
of the proprietors, or the general condition of th:„4o
nay not our hopes for the future—sobered ilnitO_.%
reliancedenc upon the inscrutable will of an all-rulie"oe
g—minemngataynindnsloartnisotuurinelpes for the future he it
m'
Irish population, let me earnestly And
agriculture ifasnhudocpht
ebbe:hots:tried:hi
teitiii;:ooo7loo.7ll
the great Irish Agricultural Society itself, nlisle'saa.
tinue to witness and dovelope its inestimable s""stiosr:lt
under the genial auspices of your Grace-401.feet tis
and that gathering still increasing support 01.,41'
classes and from all orders—from those witaltreb'ol.2
the most ancient lineage and the largest vie loin,.
country, and from those whose hard-workioitif-,b0%.
and labour sustain the wide basis of our socisiriclre
(applause) bringing to bear all the new lights 0,0 itls7
applying all such new methods and preferrioligtirONA
old ones as experience may approve, this sei.e: Arm
progress each future year as it has done esePr4l,..o''
of its valuable existence, and find its best reice,i FP!
acknowledgments of new advantages conferre "11
peaceful, a prosperous, and a grateful people..

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