The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
TIE MEM PATRICK

TIRE NEW PATRICK.
A writer in the Round Table. n
quarterly devoted to the interests and
affairs of the British empire, draws a
vivid and most encouraging picture Of
the irish agricultural revival. by con-
trast with agricultural conditions and
methods there some two decades ago
the picture is not only a gratifying,
+ but little less than a phenomenal reve-
latioii. The transformation as the
writer we'll says, dlspols the illusion
that the Irishman lis political
animal Much and deserved credit is
given to Sir Horace Plunkett
| Taking Patrick Maloncy" as SYM
bolizing his race and individualizlng
the new and metamorphosed Irish
/ farmer Round Tables writer saws:
Patrick used to call On the govern
ment to start q new enterprise; now
lie boasts that he has done for him
self what the State could not do for
him. Tho only form In which he
now cares for State aid we are tod
t is in the form in which 1t is offered
by tho Department of Agriculture and
Technical instruction.
/ In explanation OF how far this
change is due to the work of Sir
Horace Pluniett and what it means
In respect of increased prosperity.
wealth. contentmcnt ana progress. IT
is stated that in less than twenty
years the Irish agricultural organ
i2ation society, which was founded by
SIR Horace has organized 100000
farmers In about 95O societies. with
Il turnover" that has long been above
two and half millions annually, and
will probably reach 5000. OOo this year
The societies. besides dalryinE. deal in
! poultry and eggs scutch, naX, buy
agricultural instruments, secure cheap
credit, and cure bacon, while some
find employment in crochet and lace
| for the women.
| Patrick now knows that he is n
manufacturer and a producer for the
outside world. and. through CO. opera
tion, he stands out for all his rights
in these fields. He snaps his finger
3 /.
and, thanks TO the chances given him
/ by the Land Acts and the Irish
Agricultural Organization Society, he
has become inspired with a new pride
and new self-rcl'ance.
AS TO the future. Round Tables
writer does not hesitate to prophcsy
that it VIII be as difficult to nnd an
Irish farmer % the next generation
ignorant OF scientific agriculture as it
/ is now. after the education acts. TO
:. find an ilitetatc. Then he adds:
Farmers all over Ireland, who used
to talk OF fertilizers as bag stun
aud judged their potency by smell.
now talk OF units OF soluble phos-
phates and percentages OF ammonia.
) our typical Patrick Maloncy. instead
OF digging up six tons of mediocre
potatoes, Is much more likely TO dig
up a dozen tons or more per acre
The queer picturesque Irish fowl of
) ihcaienloble ancestry and with IA
, marked Discrimination TO lay enough
F.. eggs to pay FOR it's keep is .,ivinr
way TO more aristocratic fowl with a
sense OF nublessc obligc In this mat
, ter There were 100000 moro
! poultry in Ireland last year than there
were six years before. The lou..
rn%or-+ackcd pig, which had some
OF the agility of the Irish horse In
= ieapins stone walls, is being replaced
, 10y creature far less picturesque or
, paintahlc more comfortably rounded
, III whom good feeding shows rap;dlv
= fNcrywhere the quality of the dairy
p NIX cattle imprbyes ana there are
y Stems oi a revival OF tn!age."
" In truth the contrast disno, ,ha