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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Ihe steam-plougb, we should uot succeed. Therefore, again I 

 prove, I thiuk almost logically, the partnership interest which 

 we all have as members of oue community. I would that 

 such meetings as this were held even oftener than they are — 

 that some meeting of the kind might take place in every 

 parish. I feel indebted to you for receiving me as you have 

 done on this occasion. I do feel that it has been a privilege to 

 be with you : it has made me acquainted with many gentle- 

 men who knew me by name, though not in person ; and I will 

 conclude by saying that I am unable to express the feeling of 

 gratitude I have to you. 



Mr. Wji. Mawby followed, with an address of considerable 

 ability and humour. He stated that in January, 1856, he at- 

 tended a lecture on steam cultivation ; and he then heard it 

 stated that £159,000,000 a year was expended in agricultural 

 pursuits, and that the agriculturists consumed a quarter of the 

 produce of the land. On hearing this, he thought it was time 

 something should be done to improve the present system. It 

 was also stated that it was of no use going on the land with a 

 less power than a 40-horse steam-engine. He thought that if it 

 was not to be done without that, it was useless trying it at all. 

 At present, a ploughman bad to walk eleven miles to plough 

 an acre of ground, and not with the most comfortable shoes. 

 They would excuse him, but the question of agricultural la- 

 bourer's shoes ought to be considered. He thought the Koyal 

 Agricultural Society of England should offer a prize of £50 

 for the best pair of high shoes. Remarking on the footprints 

 be had noticed on land ploughed by horses, Mr. Mawby said 

 he had calculated that nearly 150,000 reservoirs for stagnant 

 water were thus produced on a single acre. He had always 

 understood that those reservoirs were very injurious, and that 

 a quantity of bad grain was always grown there. Now farmers 

 were always careful to select their seed, and why should it uot 

 glow all alike if it were ploughed alike and treated alike? 

 With the steam- plough they would have no reservoirs for stag- 

 nant water, and the men instead of " driving their teams a- 

 field," would ride like gentlemen. After meutioning an in- 

 stance in which the produce of a piece of land had been almost 

 doubled by the use of Mr. Fowler's plough, the speaker con- 

 cluded by expressing his belief that the time would come when 

 all the chief operations of agriculture would be performed by 

 steam. 



Mr. A. Caparn proposed the health of the two gentlemen 

 who now represented that division of the county in Parliament. 



Mr. Wilson, M.P, in reply, said: Having received, in 

 common with my friend Sir John Trollope, an invitation to be 

 present at the annual meeting of the Long Sutton Agricultural 

 Society, I am here, I may say, as a visitor ; and it is solely in 

 nay character as a visitor that I now presume to address you. 

 I extremely regret that my right hon. friend is not here to re- 

 turn you thanks, in common with myself, for the distinguished 

 and kind way iu which our healths have been received ; and I 

 concur entirely in the remark of Mr. Caperu, that nothing but 

 an illness of a serious description, which has occurred to one of 

 his family, would have prevented him being present on this oc- 

 casion. I have ever heard him speak of the agricultural meet- 

 ings held here as days which are to him sources of the greatest 

 gratification. I need not tell you that this is the first time I 

 have had an opportunity of being present ; but I should be 

 wrong if I did not express to you the high gratification which 

 I have derived from this meeting — a gratification, I may say, 

 that has been increased in great part by the exhibition of the 

 various implements witnessed on the ground this day, imple- 

 ments various in their character,'but all tending very considerably 

 towards the prosperity of agriculture. But there is one instru- 

 ment which we have all seen with the greatest interest, and which 



has been the cause, I believe, of this meeting being more 

 largely attended on this occasion than formerly — au instrument 

 which has made a stride, and a very powerful stride in advance, 

 to the perfection of agriculture, aud oue which you have heard 

 dtscribed, not only by the inventor, but also by oue of the 

 workpeople, who, from his own account, has brought it to its 

 present state of advancement, for I cannot say at present per- 

 fection, judging from the remarks of one of the gentlemen who 

 spoke this evening. But from all I have heard, there seems 

 every prospect of that implement being brought to perfection 

 and into general use, as tending not only to the saving of 

 horse labour, but also to the increase of the produce of the land^ 

 which we heard to-day would be one result of the employment 

 of the steam plough. A remark was made in the field to-day 

 that one of the great advantages of steam would be its saving 

 the agriculturist from the heavy incubus of the maintenance of 

 horses. I may say that this is one of the greatest expenses to which 

 the farmer is liable; aud if this instrument is brought to the per- 

 fection which we hope to see it attain in a few months, it will 

 have the effect of displacing, to a great extent, horse labour. 

 But I hope it will not have the effect of displacing the work of 

 the labourer. It is allowed on all hands that labour, well di- 

 rected, is remunerative both to employer and employed : 



" It is twice blessed : 

 It blesseth Him that gives and Hin that takes." 



The speeches that took place in the earlier part of the evening 

 having occupied more time than was anticipated — I can say for 

 myself how gratified I was with them — I shall not detain you 

 longer on this occasion, except to say that since I entered the 

 room I have been asked to propose a toast. I only wish it had 

 fallen into more abler hands, because I feel how incapable I am 

 of doing it the justice it deserves and requires. It is " The 

 health of Mr. Wm. Skeltou," one of the oldest members, if not 

 the oldest, of this association — an association which has existed 

 now for upwards of twenty years. Mr. Skeltou has filled the 

 office of president in a most distinguished manner, and is a 

 man honoured as a neighbour, respected as a friend, and es- 

 teemed by all. 



Mr. Skelton responded. 



"The health of the Judges," "The Labourers," and several 

 other toasts were subsequently given, the conviviality of the 

 evening being considerably prolonged. 



THE CATTLE DISEASE. 



Sir, — Having observed in a recent publication of your 

 morning paper a complaint of the prevalence of pleuro- 

 pneumonia, and the evident incapacity of farmers in general 

 to treat with it, I beg leave to submit to your notice a 

 recipe, subjoined, which I had some few years ago from 

 Mr. Ridgwa3% of Fairlawn, Kent. 



If the publication of this recipe can benefit the public in 

 the least, I am perfectly satisfied that it would please Mr. 

 Ridgway quite as much as your obedient servant, 



Tandridge, Oct. U. COTTENHAM. 



PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 



Epsom salts 1 lb. 



Sulphur 3 oz. 



Ginger ^ oz. 



Spirits of turpentine . . . . 3 table-spoonfuls. 

 If it does not act freelj' in six hours, repeat the dose, aud 

 when it has acted freely, give — 



Powdered nitre 3 drachms. 



Emetic tartar I drachm. 



Digitalis , .. .. i drachm. 



Nitrous ether 3 table-spoonfuls. 



And give two quarts of gruel three times a-day. 

 —Morning Post. 



