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t plant t one-eighth of an acre with them 
Sq might shoots or individuals on the stem 45 = rior o opportunities which m nay here reafter be afforded th 
— ‘shed from enon and the a . f I | In education, as well as her affairs of life 
t at the same | step is the most diffi a 1 d 
tell any one * 2 ies canno ep i e edge of the wedge once up this “hedge schoo 
to same sp e, he w M: ould a me mg ian — ced the obsta eis e — so in that part 3 done J — a well ted, comfortable 
* But oes not it apply ? e|of our population nie is ignorant, were the | heer with a superior mistress, — der salary, 
any the tree may be considered as the quintescence children, ‘emg they are old in to work, to be sen te preferable ; but in sooty “a 4 
Foe soil and the air. This living soil, then, which schools, they might, at — rate, be taught their | attainable. t the rou gh plan I have — out better 
, itself into the air, instead of occupying as much canes sad to s spell easy sentence hav ing acquired than co eet — scp ignorance in the 4 n 
gad as the so-called roots do in the soil, supports | only thus much, the 3 — A and restlessness There are, it is hoped, few nei — wh — 
pore space of individuals, at the expense of both soil and | of youth would im impel them onward, even under the | equal to ple per child per ane could not — b 
. ne soil. contains naturally a supply of certain | most ener agi — ances. I am aware that subseription. It is not, I think, mee to — 
2 s; these matters, according to the greater | in most towns, and e villages, 5 ere are generally penny payment from the parents, sacri- 
quantities present, render the soil more or dame schools, in w ich, rhe: few pence per week, the | fice of ae small a Juxury to a 1 f — would 
sas The most important of them, and the most wee of the ee, elass —— and labourers | furnish the means of teaching 20 S 2 
in, furnish, have I n but there are still many whose income and | of whi I ld, a nucl 
ore form, By the long-continued action of the | expenditure are so nearly balance 4, Mat even these f veel — tion 1 vet ‘ae eration frm the ed 
i solu and of water they ne er agi soluble, pence cannot be spared, an e those 88 bought 80 riar as the reflection of bein instru- 
er, form, support vegetable life. In virgin | hours which, properly employed, would give a different ment in the excha . 4 of intelligence for stolidity in the 
— here exposure to atmospheric agencies has been colouring to their whole N life, are * or worse | countenance ae mble ne eighbou rs, “There is no 
t for centuries, such amounts of soluble salts of | than wasted, in acquiring habits which indirectly tempt | object so — 4 w — eye as the sight of a man we 
lime, and magnesia have been stored up as to them hereafter to that course of vacant recklessness | have obliged, no musie so sweet to the ear i 
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; is not so great, and yet upon these natural or write.” There are, however; some sm ayer villages in | I shall bé tempted on some f j 
A. apon those which the farmer is com- eeg ppa districte where. the no — S adults having ma stered eo oralini AMARA 5 
| to add, in form of nenes ae a trees ; and the en fs of what see iary responsi- | le earning to read, may be repaid (besides obtaining other 
i Andif it were only t at the an er ex] austs the re Aer may boil incurred, or how to establish an infant more solid advantages), by the privilege o access to a 
Jand upon which immediately it stood, the injury would | school in such localities, may perhaps determine many libra * of 200 volumes on a self-supporting subscription 
be less. But the ans which feed the individual plants som 0 1 individuals from engaging in attempting of 3 . yw — per week 2 — for 1 of 
extend near the surface far d t 0 — their neighbourhood what they are well such an one I am now myse self a member; J. F. Peace 
Seid vent the tillage of ast re “epi ve h not only a local but a national evil. To such — near Winchcomb bi 
ws abounds he increase tlie following ion fete may be 1 pr encou-| The true eee of Farming.—1 have bee 
TN vd 5 so nearly e ee pri the | raging. A village in Gloucestershire was w ye 
since in this position. The men and women 1 many from you — e sania t Mr. Grossmith, and whether 
ae bn dich those gases which minister so of them, entirely unacquainted even with the alphabet, his sea are si are not the true ones, it isright 
A sg inerease in bulk, is greatly robbed by | and the children growing up in the same state of * bliss- | that cer ye iples, based on scientific and practical 
2 0 timber, and especially where it ee ful ignorance,” as it has been called. The. first step — should be laid down, and well dissem- 
in small enclosures, much to the inju 1 1 of the annuals, towards improvement was the establishment of a minated a amongst our 2 mie who should study to 
But even this is not all. Tyi may be said to be ested Sunday school, in which I attended as a a The understand them and gradually bring them into their 
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that produced by the shade of these trees! read well enough to join the — cages ee am afraid, in regard to the minor practices, would be a 
The sun is necessary to the proper circulation of the | and eee sso — their teacher; but those only difficult thing to agree upon; but with the first grand 
for we find it circulating in those sides of trees who have tried it can know the wearisome and dis- principles I think it is feasible. Mr. G. writes in a 
hich are exposed to the sun, while it remains sensibly atenlas task of — * younger children their | very spirite e but is hardly 3 explana- 
* on EA N 1 . such impedi- letters, who never looked on the alphabet again till the tory, w wi ch perhaps is occasion > 
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re must a corre- ard unday, when the last lesson needs to be again | compressed in co small a space ; therefore 1 
TE injury real io to nie eros below and beyond. | lea At last an attempt was made to establish an | see more points ; 
en does every diminution of temperature affect — school. A good-natured farmer p the use of for instance, he says, “that if u crop is rotted and then 
luxuriance of vegetation, bak the harvest must like- | an un ce et venient one room only, having a, to the land, the soil would not be in a better 
wena necessity be later under the shade of Cae formerly been a hovel. A woman of the village, who | condition than before.” If this is true, what becomes of 
In favour, too, of the necessity of all the lights which | — seen — da — s but was —— to out- door labour, the — 1 ploughing in green crops! and he also 
can be obtained, I might refer to many physiologists. | was glad to exchange it for the office of mistress, at the | says s the sam hae crop is consumed by cattle in a store 
ut itis needless; for we need only use our eyes to be | same wages (4s. per week!) As there was no person | state; if so, e is the gain by feeding off Turnips, 
edof this. Much more might be said on this in the parish who would undertake the financial depart- Clov er,&c,? Pri 
and it might easily be proved that the best ment, I solicited subscriptions from a few of the land- | Cereals for Beans, but he does not enter into sufficient 
cannot be grown in hedgerows. Taking, how- lords of the neighbourhood, which request was cheer- Į the effica Itis 
ever, iuto consideration many excellent articles that fully responded to; and, with this auxiliary fund so that th g properties, 
have . 50 it ma, e necessary raised (57. 15s.), the schoolmistress was engaged for a — as Ar nly ee o return “aif — quantity of 
now to enlarge u At weg same time, I must | year, and the school opened, — child paying Id. per Beans for the quantity of Barley and Oats, I do not see 
be permitted to express a 8 that this important sub- week. In’a few weeks the parents, becoming aware of | where the gain would be either to the cattle or the soil, 
ject vill soon meet with that atte e eto this ats the advantage offered them, began to send their chil- and consequently to the pocket are say that he can 
evil deserves ; z * Bernays, Derby. dren of from three to seven years of age, and during | give us some pete explanation on this point, which, if 
a — — — year — 18 to 20 regularly attended. a = — he will so far oblige us, will tend to 1 a 3 
i TABLE TEACHING HOW TO SOW GUANO. of the year 1 balanced accounts, and was no is- | in farming that at present seems to be but litt e under- 
H heartened by the result of the first Lege trial, des stood, although it is one of almost vital impor tance, as- 
a trifling balance was on the wrong side, but a plain | we should all like to discover how we can “eat the cake 
unvarnished copy of accounts — the three years now 1 it too Ai re ste ty ea cn ý 
ill, I think, be most satisfactory. ucation (No. 4 mpted 
— ce a we From June 1845 to Lach sketch of the kind of education an enlighten clan pore 
mak Subscriptions £5 15 0 Schoolmistress; 52 f || erful nation ought to give to its people. bes 
56 gallon* should sow 201 yards along 1 drill. Scholars at 1d. p. week 4 1 0 3 vig 4s. a 2 M wae l; the d could only be w pmen 
ci , df do. £91 FTT am, 8 desirous of . 
8 F ws ioe oe Donation of 12 cwt: of — Deficient 12 0 to a few particulars respecting the education of boys, 
15 do, 1% 40. 6 net is 0 bebe. 48. 11 0 of the labouring classes; a little learning by rote is all 
kon. 8 137 — Dos expe ex — ; 411 5 — atid. p. weck 4 1 7 that has been given: no well of edu- 
a È 222} ie Balance in hand . 40 8 7 4 l brane orton . Sandbade to — | 
T — — — i expenses... . 11 8 0/0f Some OOF i. ens | 
ü do. 2308 27 Balance in hand . 1 4 7) believe there are 5 
» do, 153 do. account includes coals and boia i appears faculties would not sooner or 
care aa. 15 2 > one — e — from 18 to 20 children would influence of judici 
» 1 do, 159 do. attend, the moderate subscriptions of about sl. per hing of rea $ 
27 do. 119 do an would ll expenses. Of cou the fleet it, practice 
v be — do. object in this matter is to ha the acne rae to | fie 
: i do, 28 i d sew, but there are other res ayes . social economy; 
Ses eee do. read chair weight with those who look on everything in science, mechanics, and polisak ea 
a | — ur ao, d. light only. Employment of a schoolmistress | these all have relatio: jasin Fi 
— 1 125 do, a £s. wo otherwise chargeable to wants of man, and therefore should form f 
* Eight Sin to the bushel. wO ee Se, Ata moderate calculation, national education. Boys who had 
the parish a families, the | this instruction and training r 
Home these 20 children would belong to 12 ere pag titer eA 
Bi Correspondence mothers of whom, by their children being out, would emen, 0 po a i ] dis 
3 Children of A e eee enabled to work 8 months in the year for farmers, the last ome eS 
4 = i ‘se they could not do; 12 women at take the lighter works on a farm, 
— z s e ue bene, the real stimul exertion, and 
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Wen most prob buon itmi n —.— ae apc I, may be of . nteresting the 
roba t it will still take | m “se 5; 
d convince the, lic ' paa instruction are Much p praise E ake ah 
