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STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 



I\wtT IV. 



and cloth 



Batter. 



Butt-.n-meniMs, of horn and Umc. 



making, •>! tallow* 

 Carpet-weaving • 

 CbMfr 



Curriers or leather-dressers. 

 Pel mongers. 

 PttlUng mills. 

 (.Iuf.iii.ik.tr-.. 



La .itlu-r mills, (bl oUta and chamois leather. 

 i beef, lamb, mutton, pork, teal. 



■ lory, 

 Bkinnan. or loather-dreMen, chamois, ate 

 Boap-maki i 



'*. nga, of worsted. 

 T..H. 

 H oUan-clotB factories, yarn spinning, weaving 



dr< s-sing. 

 u r ted rpinnlng, lor the heaters, bj hind and jennies. 

 2. 7>,. uling on Animal Subttatu t, imported, 



II it-making and unsplit straw bats. 

 - » pinning mills. 

 Bilk-stocking wearing. .— -_*» ,,, * 



^i, Ac. depemling mi Vegetable Productions of the county 

 Basket and wl< Kit mi iking. 

 fUwim or broom do. 



r barge budding, for the canals 

 Brew i 



Chamomile flowers. 

 Charcoal burning and grinding. 

 Charcoal mills, tor grinding it. 

 Com, barley, beans, oats, peas, wheat. 

 Hoops for casks, of wood. 

 Malt makers. 



IIMUumui. ehalr-bottoms, ore of straw. 

 Millers, tlour or meal makers. 

 Sieves, <>r riddles for corn. 

 Mulling, or oat-meal mills. 

 Timber. 



Turning mills, for wood, bobbins, bowls, cheese-vats, dishes, 

 tool -handles. 

 4. Troths, S>c. depending on Vegetable Stdotunces t imported, 

 Bleaching-houi*rs, and grounds. 

 Calico-printing. 

 Calico- weaving. 

 Cambric-weaving. 



Candle- u irk, bump or bomp spinning-mills 

 Cotton -spinning milts. 

 Dye- houses. 



Flax-spinning mills, linen-yarn mills. 

 Fustian-weaving, thicksets- 



Hop-bag spinning and weaving, wool-bags, &c. 

 Lace-weaving, or warn frame-lace making. 

 Lace-working, or needle-working of frame-lace. 

 Linen-weaving, shteting, checks, &c. 

 Muslin- weaving. 



Nightcaps, of cotton frame knitting. 

 Packthread spinning, string, twine. 

 Paper-making. 

 Rope-m iking, cords, halters. 

 Sacking weaving, corn-bags. 

 Sail-cloth weaving. 

 Stocking-weaving ; principally of cotton, some of worsted 



frame-knit. 

 Tape-weaving mills. 

 Thread-spinning. 

 Whq ford-sjunning. 

 5. Trades, Sec. depending on Mineral Products of the county. 



Bakestone making. 



Boiler-making, of wrought iron, for steam-engines. 

 Bride-making, building, draining, fire, paving. 

 Building-stone, or free- Stone, ashler, caping, eaves-slates, 



gable-stones, paving, ridging, grey slates, or tUestones and 



stack- posts. 

 Cannon-balls, or shot and shells. 

 Cannon-casting and boring. 

 Chain-making, iron and cast-iron. 

 < hma-stone, or white potter's chest-nits. 

 Cisterns and troughs of stone, to hold water. 

 Clay-pits, brick, china, lire, pipe, pottery, and tile. 

 Coal-pits. 

 Coke-burning. 



Copperas -stone, brasses or pyrites pits. 

 FrMngpans of iron. 

 Grind mills, Made-mills, grindstone mills. 



(iniul'tonis. 



Qvpenra, alabaster, plaster. 

 II iintiifr millSj forge, tilt, planishing mills 

 Hoops tor cask', oi'iron. 

 Iron forges and furnaces. 

 Ironstone pit-, argillaceous ore. 

 I.*ad min«-s, or veins of lead ore- 

 Lead smelting cupolas, and tlsg-mUIa. 

 Lime-kiln,. 

 Limestone quarries. 

 Malt-kiln pi itas, of [perforated cast-iron 

 Marble <t names. 



Marble sawing and polishing mills- 

 Marl pits, for manuring. 

 Mill-stone quarries. 

 Nail-making, of cast-iron. 



clasp (or carpenter's), and spikes, Sec. 



horse-shoe. 



— — shop-makers. 



Ore dressing washing, huddling. 



Patten rings, or clog irons* 



Plpa- miking, tobacco pipes. 



Pipes, of earth" nw. ire, hollow bricks, for conveying water. 



— of lead, drawn. 



— of zinc. 



Plast* r of Paris works, gypsum. 



Potteries, earthenware, stoneware. 



Pot -stones, pye or lump stones for the iron rbrgl ft. 



Puncheons, stauncheom or props, for the coal nils. 



Red-lead works, minium. 



Rivets, of iron, softened, for coopers, boiler-making 



Rolling and slitting mills, for iron bars, plate iron, na.l rods 



stone, or polishing earth. 

 Band-pits, casting or founders', house-floor, mason s mortar, 



ig. and M-Mhe-sti- k sand. ... 

 Baa rnUls, (or stone and wood, also with circular saws. 

 & rews, carpenters', for wood. ... 



Scythe sticks and Btonea for sharpening scythes, hav knive*. 

 Sheet-lead, milled lead, rolled lead. Common sheet-lead is 



cast b> most of the plumbers and glaziers of the county. 

 Shot, leaden. 



Slitting mills* . _ 



Spar-workers, petrifaction workers, gypsum, calcspar, fluor. 

 Sulphur-works, annexed to the principal smelting houses 

 Tenter hooks, of cast-iron, softened. 

 1 U -kilns, draining, gutter, hip, pan, plane and ridge 

 Tire for c urriage a heels. 

 \\ he stones, rubbers, hones. 

 \\ bite lead works. 

 U ire-drawing, steel. 

 Wire-working, safes, sieves, screens. 

 Zinc mines, blend and calamine. 

 — work, malleable plates, wire pipes, &c. 

 6. Trades, S\-c. depending principally on Mineral Substances t int. 

 ported. 

 Axes, hatchets, bills, adzes. 

 Brass foundrv. 

 Bridle-bits and buckles. 

 China factories. 



Chisels, gouges, plane-irons, and other edge tools. 

 Clock and watch making. 

 Colour-grinding mills, paint. 



Cotton machinery makers, for the cotton -spinning mills. 

 Cutlery, knives, forks, dec. 

 File-making, rasps. 



Flint -grin ding milts, for pottery glazing. 

 Frrtme-smiihs, stocking-loom makers. 

 Glass-making. 

 Gunpowder-making. 



Hoes (garden, turnip), paring shovels, trowels, <5cc. 

 Implement makers, agricultural tools. 

 Malt mills, steel mills. 

 Mangles, for linen clothes. 



Mechanists, machine, tool and engine makers. 

 Mill wrights. 

 Needle-making. 

 Reaping-hooks, smooth-edged. 

 Scissars, of cast-iron, cemented to steel. 

 Scythe-smiths. 



Sickles, toothed reaping tools. 

 Snuffers. 



Soda water makers. 

 Spades, shovels. 

 Spurs, of steel. 



Stirrup-irons of cast-iron, cemented. 

 Tin-plate workers, tin-men. 

 Washing machines for clothes. 



Worsted machinery maker, for the worsted spinning-mills. 

 Notwithstanding that many of the manufactures and pro- 

 ductions above mentioned are separately of small importance 

 and mav contribute little or nothing towards an export trade 

 from the county, vet, taken in the aggregate, they must be 

 admitted to present a most flattering picture of the varied and 

 great manufacturing industry of the county ; showing it to 

 contribute far bevond most other counts s towards the supply 

 of all its own wants, and contributing at the same time, in no 

 small degree, towards the supply and general trade of the king- 

 dom at large. 

 Education, 



Among the labouring classes, the reporter observes, is better 

 attended to than in most of the adjoining counties. He ap- 

 proves of the great attention paid to bringing up children in 

 habits of frugalitv and industry; and contemplates, as "the 

 great and desirable end, their" complete emancipation from 

 the moral slavery of poor-law dependence, and its attended 

 vices and misery!" There are some persons, no doubt, who 

 mav not approve of all that Mr. Farey has advanced on this 

 subject; for where is the writer that can please every reader ? 

 but there are none, we hope, who would not be gratified with 

 his sincere and ardent desire for the more general and uni- 

 versal happiness of the Bri'ish poor. Though we are of opinion 

 that verv little amelioration of that division of society which 

 constitutes the agricultural or labouring class can be effected 

 without an alteration in the laws; yet we are equally con- 

 vinced, that no great alteration of what are called the poor 

 laws would be advisable, till the poor are prepared for it, by 

 having imbibed such a degree of knowledge as would enable 

 them to meet the consequences with advantage, or at least 

 without an increase of misery. 



We agree with the reporter, that the case is somewhat 

 different with the operative m?nufacturers, and mechanics 

 congregated together in towns; for the wages of their labour 

 depends, in most cases, as the wages of all labour ought to do, 

 on the demand and the supply; whereas the weekly wages of 

 the agricultural labourer depends but too often on the decision 

 of the parochial vestry. The consequences of this state of 

 things are ruinous to the rustic labourer, and call loudly for 

 legislative interference and general sympathy. The extraor- 

 dinary exertions at present making by the different classes of 

 mechanics, to enlighten and ameliorate themselves, cannot 

 fail in a short time to awaken the dormant powers of the 

 country labourer. 



15. Means of Improvement. 



There are reading societies in most of the principal towns: 

 to be regretted that the funds of the board of agriculture do 

 not permit it to circulate cheap agricultural books; agricul- 

 tural books have as large a sale in Derbyshire as in most other 

 counties; some take the ** Farmer's Magazine," and a great 

 number the " Fanner's Journal ;" which, if the stamp duty 

 were taken off, would greatly increase in circulation, and be 

 an incalculable source of impro v e m ent. An agricultural so- 

 ciety at Derby, since 1794; a society for fat wether sheep at 

 Uepton : at HayfieM, a society of mountain sheep keepers, 

 since 1790. A list given by Farev of ninety-three agricultural 

 societies in England and Wales. The late Earl of Chesterfield's 



Sremiums annually to his tenants, as recorded in the Farmer's 

 oumal, 27th December 1813, and 16th January 181G. 



