

aad las laboRr bat ^ Tbe~e pr: t-: r 



oftok and. Sa be cszsed by ecnii^i 



iIbi'Hh a^iwrt eirfo^: ~- 



beiBg dot wmen -wio n 



ptopiKlianaSy xcct? : 



IBCB who do b: : 



abwmtawt -widi 



bodi die power .: — _ 



pr^ - : - r -■ : 



fee-. 



I- ■-■Tniiurwii ■WHO 

 rv- <irM!JJ llril«g' tjie 



^tries; 

 :f Pio- 



:5- feasor liaeielet. resardhig the stsiieats of the 

 ill. Ui^rs-cTsin- of Braxeilea. The screngih i&dic*- 

 -:r :£-i U :Hat ebown by poDiiig oat die siem of a 

 r:zi? dTBananneter. 



Z - ridi are dns die tallest; stPODgesi, zad 

 be-^ vi^^s: <^ the foor laces. 



\Lr. FieU, die fwawipnt iBednnical aigiseer 

 of LoaakHi. had orrasion to examiae die Fdatire 

 powers of Britidi and L:^i laborers to taife 

 -vreisfats by means of a caae. He comi&imica.- 

 ted fiis reailisto dieliHtitate rf Cml Enrinaers 

 in LoodoB. He fiwad dat tbe stmost ei : r. cf 

 a xoan liftnig at the rate of one loot per iiiir:i:e 

 ranged: 



Fngfr^fflBPri. firom 11,505 Bk. to 34.253 

 JjMsnKB, ' 17-E5 " 27je 



The naaoEt esbn of a Wei^zsaa was 15402. 



AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AXD PRODUCTS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. 



Ihxzx are eo mai^ occaatRis in die proseco- 

 aonc^iaaiaicaliBqggydatdfmafidihe means 

 of lea^ refe rence to die aoet athprtie tfcpucle 

 of die ascicaltaial pfodacts o£ die cooBtzv. that i 

 -we ha:Te otmchided to tzxader die fenowing ta- 1 

 htes to oer n ^mn x. finn " Toclaer's ProsresE i 

 of the Uaified ScB£es,~ m -which we find, in die • 

 moet cua^ taik nt femi, the aoij philosophical 

 aad idiable «9e Aat has beat made of die cen- 

 9Ba of o^ popoIatiaB and iadnstzy op to 1S4Q. I 



WooU. dot it were widsia die booiids rfpos- 

 sCbOitj, diat some audi maa as he or Cfasacdlor 

 Bkiid of MazylaBd, widi minds derated ia 

 above the moijcy atmosphere (rf'pazty, coald be 

 esBfUafei to fifame die inalraetiaBB fiR-takmg 

 die next cci i BBg — and foe pwHewliHg hteimiaJly, 

 whkh wnvld be o6e& eaood, dooo^ die "Sar 

 tkmal laatitte, or otherwiae, awdipm ic data, and 

 ^oGsJeo-e nmwutiejH BOggeatioBa, ooiheexiet^ 

 re aum c c B of die oooBtzy, and die means of dieir 

 fmhFT di~ f krin ii f nt r*H .i ;~ ^i.u. Howmodi 

 ntofe penBaaendy naefid — how maeh belter 



than the erade, 3ld%eated, Tag;se and saofidal 

 Bczxps, gadiered and ttrang^ togedier from agri- 

 c^tazal and o&er papery and qptiBkled here 

 and therewith Mhw1mh«u maoBt, mextij to 

 maJbe a mowtemtary temtatia* ! ontil die season 

 cones HMtnd ferhatdnB^ oat a new brood of 

 hamhngn and far die leiliDg loose of wUch ia- 

 dirtfais oogfat to he isHed as far qmadiiig 

 false mfagmatMB. 

 There is soch a reoeral £ad uzxjettI dasoo- 



There is 



srkra airori? all inqiirin? readers and stateasea, 

 and -we icay preKsne Icaislaiors -who represent 

 die asricTiLntral inxeresj of ibe ccmcay. to odoi- 

 pare tbe elemenis of our nadoaal ssbsistsice 

 and sTowiii vrhh those of the couiisy feorn 

 •whicQ ■we Eprnne. and uiJi which we have 

 most commerciai and social intercooise ; die 

 coanay whose c onst ii t ii k m and lawE we have 

 most neailj fallowed, whose language we ^peak 

 and whose Uood we inherit — and, iae all daese 

 reasons the nation with which we dioald he 

 most dearoos of nointaiiiing. not merely peace- 

 able, hot friendly lelatiana : that we presume it 

 may jROve not morely acceptable, btit usdol to 

 gire also, as will be foond, the most recent and 

 aalhentir views of the realtk and retamta ^ 

 ike BrUUk Empire. 



We are relnctant to believe that in appnipii- 

 ating so litde qtace far infarmation so co ndenHB d, 

 we diall be met by the Barrow-minded iaqny 

 — Wliat light do diese tables throw oo the way 

 to make ^emott eorm grotc on an aertoflemU 

 That has been tangfat in agricaltmal annals 

 eaajs t hirty years ago, and a thoosand tOMS 

 o^er, bat it is no anaU gratificatkm to ns to be- 

 here that oar patrons will be pleased to bs*e 

 dieir Ttmii* invited to the contemplatira of 

 inqairy into sobjects which lie beycHid, dioa^ 

 in a political or literary point of view they a0 

 doa^ ooonected with, what is growing ia 

 dieir own fidds. If we are mistaken in di^ 

 we have coanted withoat oar boat in the 

 Ednnent of a Farsers' Lieeaet. 



