PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. G7 



English I.MroRTATiON of Agricultural Products. 



Mr. Solon lJi)biii8iiii. — The ft»IIo\viiig' statcriKMit froiii an Knglisli paper 

 .-iiows wluMO we may (iiul a market for man}' tliinj^s tliat conUl be profita- 

 I'ly ;^ni\vn in (his ('(ninlrj* for exportation. The iniporlation of the follow- 

 ing articles is taken from the Custom House returns: 



" Taking' them in the g^roup.s in which they naturally arrang'c them- 

 selves, rather than in tlu^ alphal)(?tical order in which tliey arc placed, 

 they are as follows: I'ung'ent and aromatic seeds, carraway, coriander, 

 cumin, and anisf.-ed to the extent of 13,000 cwts., and of the value of 

 £22,000. Dari, millet, and canary seeds, in all, 9'), 000 cwt., worth about 

 X2G,0U0. Trefoil, lucern, clover, j^rass, and other pasture seeds, 262,452 

 cwt., valued at JGG01,712. Unenumerated garden and field seeds, 26,847 

 cwt., valued at £31,817, beside carrot and onion seeds, worth £12,000 

 moix'. Tares, lentils, and kidney-beans, 61,159 quarters, value £130,643. 

 This is exclusive of one million quarters of beans and peas imported and 

 classed under 'corn' from havin^^ to pay the Is. per qr. duty, while all the 

 other seeds come in free. 



" Lastly, we have the oil seeds, the most important as regards quantity 

 and value, and which wo may specificallj'- enumerate from the official 

 returns of 1861, as we have done the other seeds. ^Ve maj' here advert 

 incidentally to the want of uniformit}' in the unit of entries, of whicli we 

 have often coinplained, for we have all the confusion of lbs., cwts., tuns, 

 bushels, and quarters, instead of that simplicity and uniformity so essen- 

 tial for calculations aiixl in drawing conclusions and summaries. The oil 

 seeds im[)orted in 1861, were: 



Value. 



Mustard cwfs.. 2."), 299 £25,386 



1:>I' 'irs.. 249.035 711,144 



1' M.v .)is.. 5,451 15,717 



1 ^v <ir.i.. 24.160 65,230 



Lint qrs.. l,i:i(i,UO 3,042,825 , 



Hemp f,rs.. 10,571 25,084 



•''^' -""c ,,r>.. 2,112 6,862 



" ■ " 'ir.s.. 93 1,.39'4 



'••'t-n tuns.. 20,034 152,194 



t'otuumcTfttcJ qrs.. ;;2,3U5 92,321 



Qu«rtcrji 1,400,447 £4,138.157 



"To the seeds already enunieratcd, as coming within the same range, 

 wc may perhaps a.ld tlc.wcr roots, of which about £20,000 worth were 

 itnp«.rted, and plants, shrub.s, and trees to tlie value of £24,000. 



** Hut a very small portion of the imported seeds are intended for sowing. 

 The pasture grasses, some of the flax seed, a little of the mustard and 

 canary seed may possibly be so eniployed. The garden seeds are all for 

 cultivation, and much (»f the cott(m seed imported is intended for distribu- 

 tion abroad, in different new (luarters where cotton cultivation has recently 

 been r'Uterfd on. 



"About 17,000 cwt. of clov*'r and 23,000 quarters of lla.K and rape seed 

 went direct to the Scottish ports, 26.000 quarters of flax seed and 2,000 

 cwt. of clover to the Irish p .rts. Hull imd (irimsby are the great ports 

 of entry for the continental seeds, more than half a million quarters being 

 received there — nearly equal to the amount which comes into Loudon — 



