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Show English Lord and Irish Farming. . The marquis of Londonderry, presiding presid-ing at the annual meeting of the Northeast North-east of Ireland Agricultural association associa-tion at Belfast on Friday and agriculturists agricul-turists in Ireland had a right to congratulate con-gratulate themselves as regards prices in nearly all branches of their indus-trv indus-trv The Irish farmer was holding his own with English and Scotch competitors competi-tors and by his energy and ability and zeal' he had been making more out of his land than for some years past. The department of agriculture were taking up the question of flax-growingj in Ireland, and he appealed to farmers to Krow flax of such a character as would compete satisfactorily with that introduced from Russia and Belgium. Owing to the technical education given on foreign countries Irish agriculturists agricultur-ists had had dangerous competitors against them. His advice to them was to follow their example, and thoroughly thorough-ly learn their Xrade. develop the re-' re-' thetr land, and make the most of every improvement that haa Toml out. If they did this, though h did not say they might ee again the nriees they had seen in days gone by still they might hope to see their great national industry of agriculture hold-ing hold-ing its position with other countries, and maintaining itself in a condition of prosperity. ' |