Giving Land to Labourers. 49 



seed so saved, will be true to the sort, and without intermixture, which 

 is a material object, frequent disappointments occurring, when such 

 pass through various hands, from the grower to the sower. 



A labourer who occupies a large garden, and takes a pride and plea- 

 sure in its cultivation, is seldom found in ale-houses, or among dis- 

 /orderly company of any sort. His happiness is centered in his home, 

 and he sets a good example for his children to follow, in his inclus- 

 ions domesticated habits. He can produce in his garden, and in 

 fe sty, substantial proofs of comfort, such as is desirable every honest 

 industrious labourer in the country should enjoy. There can be no 

 doubt, that the number of farm labourers, who enjoy these comforts, 

 might be greatly increased, if they and their helpmates were to prac- 

 tise more industry and economy, and in particular, were less expensive 

 in their dress. 



In many situations, it is of great benefit to keep bees, for three hives 

 will often pay the rent. Bee husbandry, however, requires so much 

 attention, skill and management, that it ought to be attempted only by 

 those who have a real taste for the pursuit, and in favourable situa- 

 tions for carrying it on *. 



The produce of the garden must greatly depend on the care taken 

 of it, and the careful collection of every thing that can be converted 

 into manure. Let the hog-styes be kept clean, for the hogs will thus 

 improve more, and the garden will become more productive. To the 

 mine of dung from the styes, add the decayed leaves of the vegetables, 

 the soot and ashes from the chimney and fire, the suds from the wash- 

 ing-tub, the sweeping from the floors of the house, cuttings of weeds 

 from the side of the roads, and what may be collected on the roads, 

 with every other article which will make manure. Every thing about 

 the cottage is thus kept clean and neat, and the labour bestowed, by 

 the increased comfort which results from it, is amply repaid. 



In some parts of England, the gardens of labourers, and the entrance 

 to their cottages, are adorned by flowering creepers, shrubs and plants, 

 which, though not attended with any profit, yet indicate a greater at- 

 tention to neatness, and an enjoyment of more comfort, than the occu- 

 piers of the miserable unadorned huts in other countries can possess f . 

 The sight of such superfluities, is a gratifying voucher, in the words 

 of Burke, " That necessaries are not wanting." 



2. On Cottagers keeping Coios, and the Establishment of Paro- 

 chial Dairy Farms. 



A distinguished friend to agriculture, (the late Earl of Winchelsea), 

 drew up at the desire of the Author, an account of the advantage of 

 cottagers renting land for the purpose of keeping cows J. Coming 



* In Suffolk there is an Apiarian Society, for the sole purpose of encourag- 

 ing bee husbandry in that district. It is on a most excellent system. The objects 

 are, 1 . To supply cottagers who are desirous of having them with hives ; 2. To 

 instruct those who have bees in the best method of managing them ; and, 5. To 

 dispose of the honey produced, to the best possible advantage. No application 

 is attended to, unless the cottager brings credentials of character. 



t Derbyshire Report, p. 214. 



J Letter from the Earl of Winchelsea to the President of the Board of Ag- 



