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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jul 09, 1819
Page
2
An OCR fragment presents a garbled line of verse with odd capitalization and misread words. The text references a “lover’s sight” and a “Jay” while mentioning unnamed actions, but the surrounding context is missing, leaving an unreadable, jittery snippet rather than a coherent poem or article.
A Dublin Castle letter from 1818 endorses drill cultivation over broadcasting for soil cleanliness and yield in Ireland. It cites trials across Kilkenny, Meath, Louth, Sligo, and Tippperary, detailing perches, acres, barrels, and yields, with strong support from landowners and officers who favor drill method for certain soils and crops while noting limitations in wet or poor-drained land.
An extensive examination describes drill versus broadcast sowing, noting costs, yields, and farm practices. It covers English and Irish statute acre measures, returns of barley and wheat, and opinions on sowing depth, tillage, and machinery efficacy for bri ll farming and crop protection. The testimony emphasizes soil preparation, seed quantity, and the need for careful tillage to avoid losses.
The month opened with fair weather but a severe change on the 6th brought heavy rain and storms. Flooding damaged potato plantations and hindered planting while haying and crops suffered under the wet month. Meantime, potatoes look fair in parts, prices rise for old potatoes, and unemployment grows as beggars increase amid hardship.
Fragmentary notes reference a July 3 entry in the London Gazette concerning base conditions and naval matters. The readable text mentions an army or fleet context with vague references to officials and locations, but specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A historic notice details promotions and half pay retirements among officers, naming surgeons and assistant-surgeons in the Royal West Indies and 98th Foot units. It records appointments to half pay, new postings, and a general commission granted in consequence of service. The document notes individuals such as J Athaoe mir and G Keere among others, with references to the Purveyor and Town Major roles and the event date in April.
A fragmented OCR shows dairy, grain and meat prices with per bar and per stone figures for Waterford, Carlow, Dublin and Cork markets. Entries list wheat, oats, barley, beef, pork, potatoes, butter, flour, whiskey and cheese with varied unit measures and dates, hinting at a mid 19th century rural trade scene.
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