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. 1838. Excerpt: ... Every man that has one gets into cattle, which will give him an idle lazy superintendance, instead of an active attentive one." 111. Sketch of the Present State of Tillage. There exist the most ample materials for a comparison between the defective mode of managing estates and cultivating farms in former times, as just described, and that which prevails at the present moment. The labours of the Commissioners of Poor Inquiry have never been sufficiently appreciated: they have compiled and published a much richer store of valuable information than seems to have been generally acknowledged; and the public has not been led to read and understand it sufficiently. The Commissioners have not contented themselves with inquiring into the diseased condition of the poor only, but have sought out and collected ample materials from which the cause of the disease may be discovered, and the true remedy easily applied. They pointed their attention particularly to the most important branches of rural economy, and they directed a special and distinct inquiry to be instituted into the nature and state of agriculture in thirty-one different districts of Ireland by Assistant Commissioners selected for that express purpose, who seem to have been well qualified for their task. The remarks which they have written on the subject are buried so deep in the vast mass of papers which were printed by the Commission, that they have not attracted all the attention which they deserve; but they will be found well worthy of the perusal of those who are anxious to make themselves acquainted with the most important economical features of the country, and the whole of that appendix should be carefully considered. It certainly must be a matter of surprise and wonder, upon reading the rep...