PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. Our various Essays upon Agriculture are often more suited to the taste of the Gentleman Farmer, than to the wants of the practical Husbandman ; they are too expensive for the purse, and too learned for the unlettered mind of the humble peasant. It has been my object to supply such information as my own judgment and experience, and the published observations of much better Agriculturists, have suggested. The Agricultural Societies of the County of Wexford, by their zeal and liberality, have already effected so great an improvement in the habits and practice of the Small Farmers of their County, that it gives me great pleasure to co-operate with them in promoting the comforts of that class, as well as gratification in extending to Farmers, on a greater scale, the informa tion I have been able to collect. Ballyorley, August, 1828. MARTIN DOYLE PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. To my kind Countrymen and Readers When to my humble country neighbours, And shew myself the poor man's friend- Health, competence, and peace of mind.- Ballyorley, February, 1830. MARTIN DOYLE. |