General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy, Present State and Circumstances of the County Wicklow; With Observations on the Means of Their Improvement, Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Dublin Society (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1801 Excerpt: ... For the best acre of Rye, Sown oh stubble in the autumn of 1804-5 0 6 For the best acre of Winter Vetches, sown on stubble--5 O O The Premiums for the drilled crops to be adjudged in the week before the harvest of 1804-, and the premiums for the winter and spring feed in the December following. N. B. A drill plough, sowing barrow, arid Horsehoe may be seen at Bargy, intended sot the use of the candidates for the above premiums, who are requested to send in their names immediately. Bargy-Castle, 23rd JAMES HARVEY." December, 1803. The same premiums be has continued for the years 1805 and 1806. Barley. This is the principal crop throughout the whole of this county, and bears the character here, which it floes in England, df being very uncertain. In moderately good years, however, their crops are very luxuriant, affording twelve, fifteen, ami eVen twenty barrels to the acre. On On the sea-coast they take barley after beans, which are richly manured with sea-weed. This year the barley failed every where, on account, as the farmers said, of the cold and wet spring. The same indeed was the case with the wheat, which did notproduce half the crop, that is common in moderately good years. The great defect in their management bf barley crops arises from their commonly in the internal parts of the country taking them after wheat, sometimes immediately, or with only an in- lerrricdiate crop of oats. If instead of this they would take a crop of drilled turnips after their wheat, Bnd then barley and clover, they would have a much more certain crop, and would keep their ground in toot only good heart, but in an improving state; and, ven if on their wheat stubbles they would sow tares, "Hv/ily when they were fed off, sow turnips, and then fcarley, they would be able t...