. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1868 A PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. ^By a Resident Landowner and Farmer.). T/ic CoNcy^sc of 1845. A\"ING for the last fifteen years de- voted myself to the improvement and cultivation of my own estate, I have had numerous and varied opportunities of investigating the system of agriculture pursued in the south of Ireland, and of forming an opinion as to the causes that operate to connect the land question with that discontent and agitation which are now di
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1868 A PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. ^By a Resident Landowner and Farmer.). T/ic CoNcy^sc of 1845. A\"ING for the last fifteen years de- voted myself to the improvement and cultivation of my own estate, I have had numerous and varied opportunities of investigating the system of agriculture pursued in the south of Ireland, and of forming an opinion as to the causes that operate to connect the land question with that discontent and agitation which are now dis- turbing the public mind, and seriously imped- ing the development of our natural resources. To know Ireland one must hve in it. A casual ramble through the country may give the eye a supei-ficial view, and a few notes jotted down from policemen, national schoolmasters, or mine host of the hotel, may lead a hasty traveller to beUeve he has learned something of her people. But one must go deeper to understand those national peculi- arities which lie at the bottom of such a question as that of the land. The English- man or Scotchman is naturally struck with everything he sees which differs from his own notions, of what is right and proper, and instead of making allowances for differ- ences of soil, climate, custom, and tradition, varying with each district, he jumps to the conclusion that the peculiarities of Ireland arises from ignorance, bad laws, or some other cause, which up to the present time has not been clearly ascertained. The national peculiarities of Ireland arc neither so unmeaning or stupid, as some of our detractors would wish the world to be- lieve. The mud wall and the thatched roof present to the mind of a man who has seldom seen anything but substantial walls of masonry and brick, covered with good slate, nothing but a state of discomfort and wretchedness ; but the Irish peasant, often with scant fire, will tell you, that there is a degree of warmth and cozine
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