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wa a bates DR BS EDITOR'S NOTE: William Bullick of Camlachie, Ont., past presjdent of Ontario Plowmen's Assn, og man of the Canadian plowing eam at the second annual World Fpwing Match at Killarney, Ireland, fecently returned to Canada with team members James Eccles of Brampton, Ont., and Robert Timbers of Stouffville, Ont. Here is the sec- ond of his reports on the trip, 'By William Bullick One of the most frequent topics of conversations I've had with other far- mers sincé my return to Canada has been about farm life and farming me- thods in Ireland, compared to the con- ditions we know on farms in Canada. It's quite impossible to make any sweeping statements about Irish far- ming as a whole for we noticed a mar- ked contrast batween conditions in the eastern part of Ireland and those In the west. Farming in the east in such count- ies as Wicklow and Kildare, seems far more advanced in every way. In fact, there's probably far more con- trast to be found between conditions in the east and west of Ireland than between those in eastern Ireland and those in Canada. Of course, consid- erable differences are to be found be- tween all three areas. Eastern - Irish farms seem; onthe whole, to be much larger than those in the west, and this may have much to do with the fact that living stand- ards are also much higher. The hous- e§ we saw:Wwrre nicely kept stone or brick structures, and nearly all the farm work appeared to be done by machinery. Most farmers in the east have some kind of a car or truck to get to and from town, and although we didn't visit inside any farm houses in the eastern area, I imagine most would have telephones and radios os "well. One castern farm near Dublin con- sisted of 3,000 acres, which was the first indication we had of how large some farms there really are, although I'm sure the average eastern farm would be much smaller than that. If IT were a farmer in Ireland I would naturally want to have a loea- tion somewhere in the east, possibly near Dublin, which is on the east coast. But as a visitor, I found such coun- ties as Cork and Kerry in the western area more fascinating, because farm- ing was so different from what we were used to at. home. When you first sce farms in western Ireland you get a feeling that something is missing. After a while you realize that hardly any of the farms have barns. The mild Irish climaté per- mits the farmers to graze their live-! tific farmers in the world. SRE Jost PAN a 8 SR in PSG R Sg fi HE ARE NE R Yor ESV TRL TEAR Pt x CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD by W. R. BULLICK, fou Presidest ONTARI - PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION "I don't know why it is that the grass "eastern sector they grow a lot of bar- Jan ~ 2 5 SAI hea 2 4 ord OY 1) stock in the fields the year round. They never have to provide them with shelter even during the-winter, The other thing you notice on a western farm is the little donkey-drawn cart whic! he typical farmer uses insteaa of an auto, I suppose farmers in that locale hive been using that same type of cart for centuries, The typical western Irish farm is divided into small fields of perhaps an acre or so each enclosed by a stone | ~- fence which has earth piled on top of it. In the earth hedges are planted, giving the fence a total height of per- haps five feet or more. Thus .even the' fences were green like the fields; and I've never seen greener fields anywhere in my life. and foliage in Ireland seem greener than anywhere else in the world, but I expect the considerably heavier rain- fall there has a lot to do with it. In addition to livestock Irish farm- ers go in a lqt for wheat and other grains, sugar beets, potatoes and veg- ctables, especially turnipsi- In the ley as well, producing it under con- tract with the breweries, which use it to make ale, Barley production seemed to be quite a specialized and profitable business. One of the most interesting customs among the Irish farmers is their "fair day"--what we would probably call "market day"--and which takes place about once a month. On this day, a farmer from the west of Ireland will either load his produce in his little cart; or, if he has quite a number of livestock to sell, set out on foot for the nearest village or town, driving the animals ahead of him along the road. In one place we visited the, towns- people were quite annoyed because the farmers persisted in driving their pigs, sheep and cattle along the main street (which was very narrow anyway). The farmers also insisted on doing their marketing right on the same street, instead of using the fair grounds on the edge of town, which were laid out for that purpose in the first place. In contrast to this ancient and tra- ditional marketing system, the Irish government has recently begun spon- soring farm services, such as soil test- ing and plans for scientific rotation of crops. 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