170 Agricultural Report . [Mardi I, 

 appoinled and puazled ; and very reluc- take it, than I felt hs beneficial effect? 

 tautly gave it up at last for other niedi- and in about a inontii or five weeks I was 

 ciiies, which I liave now forgotten (one of as well as ever I had been in my life and 

 them I believe was the cicuta,) and wKich remain so to the present day, so far as re- 

 proved equally inefficacious. Tired out lates to this complaint. Now^ sir, does 

 at last by these repeated failures, as a last not the foregoing statement prove, that a 



effort I applied to Mr , and, wiib- medicine taken in substance for a particu- 



out telling him (from motives of deHcacy) lar complaint may be without effect ; when 



whose care I had been under, I described the very same medicine taken in another 



to him as well as I could the history of the form or preparation may effect a cure ? It 



case, together with the medicines I had is obvio*is that the sarsaparilla in substance 



taken, and concluded by desiring him to combined with tlie natron, never got into 



tell me candidly if he thought it was in his the system, or, if it did, that it was nttorly 



power to cure rae. Upon which he in- incompetent to perfoim a ctirej whereas, 



stantly told me, in the most frank and con- in decoction, the same medicine !««<««;/» 



fident manner, that he could ; which assu- went to the seat of the disease, and performed 



ranee was more like a reprieve to a man the wonders tohich I have related to you. I 



imder sentence of death than anything have ofien thought that the relation of my 



else I can compare it to. In conclusion case in some public way might be of use, 



he vviote for me, and, when I looked at and, under that impression, I hope you 



the recipe, I was not a little surprised to will pardon this tedious intrusion." 

 find that his remedy was the compound 

 decoction of sarsaparilla with the extract, 

 taken about three times a-day, together 

 with the use of the salt-water bath, at a 

 temperature of 97, two or three times a- 



week. The operation of this remedy was ed to introduce. D. UwiNs, M.D. 



truly magical. I had no sooner begun to Bedford-row; Feb. 20, 1824. 



Children's complaints have been of late 

 more than usually frequent and formida- 

 ble ; but the writer has left himself no 

 space for a remark or two on this head, 

 whicli in the present paper he had intend^ 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



A T the coramen»ement of the present 

 -^ mouth, the lands were almost univer- 

 sally in the best possible state for, the va- 

 rious operations of the vernal season. 

 Advantage has been taken of the favoura- 

 ble state of the weather, and in most parts, 

 ■where tillage was backward, late in the 

 autumn, the lost time was fully recovered 

 io January. Some impediment may have 

 been experienced lately, from rain, heavy 

 falls of snow, and hoar frosts, but not to a 

 degree to produce material ill conse- 

 quences. Wheat, seeds, winter tares, all 

 green crops, exhibit as fine and promising 

 a luxuriance as could even be wished ; 

 the dryest and soundest lands, in course, 

 having the advantage. As a set-off, ap- 

 propriate to a mild winter, the' slug and 

 wirevvorm are putting in their claim, with 

 much earnestness and activity. In the 

 mean time, the rooks are equally on the 

 alert, but are greatly overdone with bu- 

 siness, excepting on those few spots where 

 they are very numerous. The common 

 turnips have generally run away, and be- 

 come loose and unwholesome food. The 

 chief dependence is now in the Swedes 

 and mangel-wurzels ; and fortunate are 

 those flock-masters and feeders who pos- 

 sess a store of ihem. The latter is annu- 

 ally cultivated more and more extensively 

 and universally ; although it undoubtedly 

 requires a good strong soil, yet there is no 

 doubt of its superior profit wherever it 

 will grow, .'inco the proportions in all 

 crops IS similar, and poor land will of 



course, always be below rich, both as to- 

 quantity and quality. In dry situations, 

 even in Scotland, cattle have remained 

 abroad throughout the present winter; 

 fodder is in consequence thus far plentifid, 

 but the hay indifferent. A very considera- 

 ble breadth of spring wheat has l>eon 

 sown, not only on account of the disap- 

 pointments in the late autumnal season, 

 but doubtless also from the encouragement 

 aftorded by a rising market. The Tulavera 

 or Spanish wheat, and the old English 

 lamnuts, arc the species of late, and at pre- 

 sent moit in use, the inferior South-Eas- 

 tern, Thracian, or Siberian, wheats, having 

 been some years out of repute. The 

 beans are all in, on the best lands. Bar- 

 leys sown with clovers come out coarse, 

 and the acreable quantity low ; but dou- 

 ble crops, rigiit or wrong, arc customary. 

 Spring tares for seed are scarce. The ten- 

 der state of the lands has greatly prevented 

 superinductiou. Should the weather con- 

 tinue favourable, all the spring-crops will 

 be sown early this season. Timber, iu the 

 country, with the exception of ash, is ge- 

 nerally low in price. There has been a 

 great trade between the Midland and 

 Northern countries' for provisions, and 

 large flocks of sheep, and quantiiies of 

 wheat, have proceeded northwards, to the 

 great manufacturing districts ; where the 

 artizaus have greatly, wisely, and necessa- 

 rily, improved in their diet, vvitli or with- 

 out, as all read, in these glorious limes, Dr. 

 Kitchener's Cook's Oracle. The very extep« 



live 



