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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. : 
441 
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N DAT. JUNE 
MEETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING TEES 
ie Nagl Lorlen of 
—— July t üg ura imp. Socket bes 
Tuesn =e = Grea 
aki 3: Cle 5 July 10: Yoxford.—July 14: De- 
— — Aal Wakefield, St. Austell.—July 15: Reading. 
benham, g eirag Ha 
East Kent. .. 
W g the attention of our seg to the follow- 
ing excelent 5 by Mr. Tau 
at- on the 
Marple ebone County Court, in the e 
against the Great Western Railway . 
The Hampshire county paper of June 17, grii that 
any for this loss, 
b 
t if a sheep 
n ki ied he should 
used to —— his lamb 
on the railway, he et 
Whether 
. law, — 
I dar 
a n 
ing it to be 
or the advocate te the ee „ whose 
r and 
ence against h neighbour, sorely 
not bound to maintain a e fence agains 2 i 
railway companies take of the 
Owners and occupiers of * this w bald go beyond all; 
if these railroads, passing, as tl o, so many thou- these rem we have not room for extracts ill S- 
of miles through districts oceupi y flock. | trative of the very full and interesting argument * 8 
masters, and bound (as thè members of the Legislature | purs in it: be ished with quoting | From Aylsby Bsn ‘Brocklesby, tl a sea Yar- 
have, I hope not vainly, suppo d) to maintain as the passage in w sgr has su d borough, is a pleasant ride of about 4 Ales pare of the 
2 aes for the protection of the occupiers’ s the statements, pro and co to the way until t olds, throu een lanes, 
pa nd t eiten ed to turn round upon their discussion, 5 that the 5 in the | zigzagging, until they fall into the e highway in a manner 
pes, and say, “My lords and gentlemen, you hav reader will at once oe himself will induce a Totther more cale of pro 
Eann an is true; yo lieved you had pro- perusal e olan than to afford a direct — A danko to the 
e occupier, but every farmer who kee ewe- advaeat of t f. tate th straight lines of railroads w. i ver these 
flock must fence for himself 3 we shall n nee for 3 vate arms state their case picturesque but devious routes, w hen — for time 
” Ido sincerely hope that this decision will not be As follows — The r the far re, the more and unable to in e luxury of ambling 
acquiesced in It is very desi eri e, to the large e which the working of them re- reverie’ (Th ma time these lanes form delicious 
th ion is rende f sufficient i ce, | quires, contribute to attract to the vocation of riding ground, all bo with 2 a aa 
by the extent of frontage on a railway which his estates | farmer 0 wealth he advantag banks beautifully eo soar wi Harebell, 
P compel his powerful neighb y | education ; such persons naturally display in their Bluebell, and Foxglove. passed from time to time 
1 o construct or improve the fence, 3 operations a degree of skill which is wanting ts where a few small freehoiders lay among the great 
p ey are bound to . that it may be a suffici „small 3 less at their ease and worse e ucated; farms. In this part of England, at such a distance from : 
tection to lambs as well as to ewes and other sheep. all practicable improvements find in the former in-| markets, with less than 50 acres they seldom succeed 
tellgent — takers; and their desire to effect | for more than one generation. The mpetiti 
A 'EMOIR by M. Passy on LARGE AND m is th tony that the profit derived from | is keen, the expense of sendin ng to market ‘Or 
Maen read the Fre Institute in 1844 these operations is proportionate to the it of 2 En N Law, the 85 
fair ie! been translated doc published.“ It is a the surfaces o ich they extend. Besides, aani 3 er after the first bad harvest or i 
the chee of very extensive experience on great farms are the only ones that p the a dent speculation "eit sent hits to borrow mo — a 
ject.. If M. Passy is a urate on the vantages that result from e Ke of 8 emporary emergency. 
tural economy of other countries as he is n | the labo rers on these hav all their separate e offer the finest n for small 
= e on the merits of this question 
= ina GO ra e accumulation of ined’ n the hands of 
orca upiers. e advocates. the establish: 
ms 
for an m Englishman, sa Norfolk and 
de of him, and 
such a conclusion ye ahh M. 
; ecision by avoid- 
together a ently so adverse to it. He brings 
— fh a vast 1 of evidence and observation; 
at appears opposed to his views as well as 
* On 1 
— — Ke. 28 
and their influence on the 
Pass r, Peer of France, &c, 
y 
and Agricultural 
125. 
in nat 
a 
Mensuration, Gauging, 
on application either an 
ra 
ox, Barris ter- 
e 
e of SARON 97 
n the exclusive ee ee if A were 
one clas 
no means of | tio 
b 
ee the anon 
yi distrie 
investment o 
nthe lab 
much that favours 3 ater Ae the ae to 
are ow 
n 
e Been elimi. 
he arms 7. e. 0 
Pox the size capable of supporting a W 
"The question he-asks is :— Where is the largest | a 
t produce to be observed? On 
thee teams or more, or on those unable to 
ene ? the answer he considers conchis 
sive Sof the che —— bt 
is decisive against 
positions. 
possible, 
arge. 
of an 
one of eed ti an : moron e staining 
any ae is 
M. Pa may s Baldy in Influencing partite ar 
e its impress from 
and its several 
er obtaining plentiful cro 
al 
farms eee — 
of energy 
upy its several | ar 
those abundant and rich manures indispensable for 
„Finally, less capital is re uired for organisin 
such farms relatively to th oe size 5 ae 
noesa eas and pre he baling all i eevee 
redu 
urn ose 
Suit — — classes not engaged i in 
ture wi — more abundant means of subsistence. 
0 Pe Wetten the Pere of small 
rent. 
a mean rofit; and those of the 
poultry-yard and pang in —— generally 
nish to small far an extra source of income, 
ii ich uo Se bi to what they draw from 
t è land 
“ Small farmers employ few aouri * the 
greater part of the farm-work is don the tenant 
and his family, with a degree ae 1 intelligence 
that is never found in 1 cc who have the inte- 
rests of their master so little at heart. 2 — eo 
preferred against them o im- 
prove thei 
+o 
= 
3 
Armagh, eid ¢ which 
s the 3 tendener of far 
increase in size r. Bracker’s idea 
rms go for the interesi of the 
o be tha at, w saer 
of the A 0 
oe we yiana 
this most 2 indicate 
he farm 
be re- 
m of agricultural prosperity, 
ut to return to the work which has suggeste 
acts 
an 
we 3 already alluded: it 
n well-cultivated 
al e 
it is, is e 
l 
7 
however they may re 
animals for draught are 
permits a greater number of 
for “sale. Another adva panes 
farms is that they support sheep in sufficient num- 
bers to wA the wagon of herding and tending, 
while this augmentation of live stock furnishes’ 
be almost ue 
of the m anufueturing — — Ana ot 
a all need to a to the strength and posik of the 
“The readers of this Volume will, we are sure, 
1 M. Passy’s conclusions, 
accord to him the meri t of having invested the whole 
subject with much interest, and o aving brought 
great 9 and skill to bear r upon it 
LETTERS ON N RAILWAYS SAND TE. a R 
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