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insect, and their remedy is to sow the field again ; for 

 they find that, by repeated sowings, they at length hit 

 upon a season when the fly makes no attack. 



If our friend from Andover has sown his tnrnips in 

 an open field, we would advise him to sow a second 

 time ; for there are certain days on which the seed 

 may be sown and the plant not be cut oflf by the fly. 

 A close examination will enable him to determine 

 whether insects are the cause of the trouble. — Ed. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following facts are gathered, by the Albany 

 Cultivator, from a letter of James McQ^ueen, addressed 

 to Lord Melbourne, on the subject of the corn laws : 



Produce of British AgricuUnre, 



Grain of all sorts, £134,000,000 



Potatoes, , 20,000,000 



Hay, grasses, turnips, straw, 120,::00,000 



Natural pasture, . . . . , 03,502,000 



Butcher's meat, pigs, poultry, game, &c 82,283,759 



Fisheries, food from, 12,000,000 



Products of the dairy, vegetables and fruits, 48,500,000 



Allowed for consumption of farmers in some articles not 



enumerated, 2,500,000 



Wool, hops, seeds, flax, hemp, and timber, 22,479.166 



Mines, minerals, coals, &c 33,970J276 



Total produce of agriculture, £538^536,201 



The capital vested in and the charges on the manufac- 

 tures of the United Kingdom are stated to amount, 



in the aggregate, to £105,773,879 



And their total produce, per annum, £259,412,702 



The whole capital vested in agriculture, .... £3,258,910,810 

 In manufactures, £217,773,872 



or fifteen to one in capital, and double in produce, with 

 this further superiority, that, in the agricultural capital, 

 it is all fixed and real. Agriculture expends noth- 

 ing abroad, while manufacturers pay to foreigners 

 £20,000,000 annually for raw materials. 

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