46—1848.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 753 
— a oo WHE for the m ismanagement which some may have , of those who do not thrive upon it. 
LONDON MANURE COMPANY beg to exhibited. in attempting to carry it out. ” These these parcels, after stri tet fi vlad 
CORN MANURE. “ dungeons ”- need not se 2 feet deep; these some years, are compe reasing misery 
Te Ba 5 TE. ME. | “living cattle grave may be the healthiest of sell them, ‘and this puts pei: a right pn 4 
“g UPE E PROSEHATEOF | stalls’: the euttterena holes which he has 3 are Such wild ts d is too absurd to be treated with a 
Fs’: t. 
om, and every other Artificial Mindre. ; and that cattle may be comfortable and 5 on] Amon Tihe umerous impediments — efe 
m 9 Co ap rate, aT pes sen 8 suffered continually to accumulate under small eg raises the 
Sor hanes, Phosphates, and Silicates, all so| them, our own 1 iy and that of fifty Sher of agriculture in France, the paucity of cattle ox aa and 
n eroph, while the . farmers, is ready to tes stify. sheep for a supply of butchers’ meat and the accu- 
aner mineral su i mulation of manure, is foremost. Th ivision 
alae . forwarded on appi Blackfriars, Tae Smarr Farm SysTEM.—The did poms of our of Jan A oge 
Env. inquiry remains to be considered—“ Is THE PRoGRESS 8 
HE WING. OF ÅGRICULTURE GENERALLY PROMOTED BY THE aer. ze i 
oxen, for draught, not omitti 
ang FOTHERGILL, 201A, Upper Thames. — DIVISION or Lanp?” Adverting only to Fran e, we | the s g outhern moiety of the ki me Bet 3 
yz: ue — of land | 95 h of these bei 
— dey quality to be genuine, v that ‘ h f i a each o ing estimated equal to the 
ce OF LIME —.— frou Bod on ly). in that country, as we have often witnessed them in | labour of o : impor 
f T MANURE (containing a unt of Silicates, many parts, and collected them from intelligent | 
e . SOIL (obtained from a large public insti. | Writers among the ee themselves. The state of 
DRIED agr 
c n y so 
2 otal PANO (eh all he — — a, Phos. men as extremely deficient and wasteful in a national 
int H h 
Soda and h, &e. 
contained in the foreign, at a | point of view. However, the individuals composing | En 
i ce). the agricultural body may be happier than they 
, 6 Urate, Ni- s 
rnc Salt, . manures | WOU _be under a 2 which would en es the implements of husban are bad, and, from the 
Apply for prices current as above, pene der farn aes Ay he maj s ity ei - rand n, pets N of ploughs, et of fous and 
indeed, are in favour of a minute — ition of lan d | five hor oxen, are used where ] 
TAAN 8 ON SAL Ww. e pair, 
VIAN arD, 1 me E, (which has followed from —— aboliti it — ee e law with a Biek plough, w ould path ea work 
ANTONY TEET EN SONS, LONDON; ey a ure) because the majority of vo tes — ually well. All costl ye! ch as 
one JOSEPH M = e LIVERPOOL; against the elder sons; but what do the thinking 2 . d i — 
TBS: BRIGHT, And by LIVERPOOL and BRISTOL; nae of the communit say ? M. Mornar, in the | po owerless have no para 
BSWORTH, POWELL, anp PRYOR, LONDON, Revue Encyclopédique,” observes : “ er 5 Or: 
8 gait 
To: ma ab the 1 of primogeniture is unjust and English landlord hat our ari 
ae py only to Dealers of established character, Or te odious, but is not the privilege which supplies food year in the ar af encouragement and — — 
buve-named im who will supply the article in any preferable to re equality which starves? Is not from self-inter 
their fixed prises, delivering it front: ‘the fibon 4 e 
, - the sla 8 iding are the ruin of agriculture, 
worst of all slavery? Let us reduce the question to especially to landlords; because the food re- 
e simple ghtly. | qui 
the r to 3 for support f i 
Tar Agercuteural Hnerte⸗ Is it better to have a flourishing state of agriculture | must often absorb the produce of the fi 
‘arm ; 
with an imposition paid to a privileged class, than looking to the question in a national point of view 
AY, NOVEMBER 11, 1848. to a poor agriculture wi ing i i 1 n to 
without rge 
l MEETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. tax? If we compare the subsistence of the people | market instead of going into the mouths of the occu 
— Nah Agricultural Imp. Society of Ireland, of England with that of the same class in France, piers, must necessarily add to the wealth of th the 
* — ag F sag ay 17: | the answer will not remain doubtful for a moment; nation, Small farmers — — labourers ; 
ie e —Nov. 25: Hereford. privilege will surely be the winner.” 2 arge ones by 8 and therefore the pe frem useful 
3 If we examine the returns of agricultural produce, relieving a community of those who otherwise 
We pery add a few gre to our last week's either in the whole en om or the best cultivated would hes a burden to it. And for the same reason 
and corn growing prov , We shall find that the | large properties are better than small ones. It would 
100 <i News ons Seep DIBBLE, average riats per acre sià 2 less than it be well ae France if her population could be brought 
hee aoe admirably adapted for carry ing is in England. Take Wheat for an example. France} to thin 
575 iments into he ; ut We with its superior climate and fine soil (we will say] A poor man, whether as landlord or culti- 
ty en ee ject received in Normandy), yields less per acre than our land vator, cannot t afford to lay out money in im- 
week, and published in another colum ; i] * The 
We readily. r. WILKINS 11 5 . 3 i 
e i: s soil, in consequence of the ignorance as to rotations gigantic seals of improvements pursued by many of 
“oa iti epee from the charge of pres = a the stupidity, and the want of capital in the | our great aristocratic proprietors, would astonish 
; advocate of thin seeding: a agriculturists. It is computed that there are annu- | Frenchmen, as it often surprizes ourselves; and the 
that 
wear aving used the word, which, nevertheless, ally under Wheat AN acres, and the | princely 1 of many of = e to 
at intended at the time to bear the meaning | ayera 5 produce is only 23,800,000 quarters; and the | their tenantry o ee occasions is unparalleled 
rR yield sete with the 2501 is ae so bine as Arra in other e et we are a advocates for 
A ministerial report of Govern nspectors, | farms of vast mA there are too many of 
published a authority, states of the Meghna of | these ; specially when ‘kept enh eee 
Isére, after lam ae the deficiency of artificial | under the grazing system vide 
Grasses in proportion to —— — of the farms, them somewhat, to suit the wants of lesser capital- 
that “the 3 of manure experienced | ists, and to increase the demand for labour. The 
S by many cultivators causes 12 bet at the suppres- average number of 3 in England is, we 
n of fallows as a means of renovating the ex- believe, three men This is 
f e soil. The following facts are 5 Proof ee in France it 1 3 for 100-acres ; this is 
of a truth but little recognised in France, that 
petty culture, instead of 1 the improventient e conclude sm a remark — — by the re- 
of Sten d, tends directly to its exhaustion, when the | viewer to whom we adverted at t the co commence- 
ca ital of the cultivator does not correspond with his | ment but from mem BE 
Aust produce raised fin the so | dg 5 
Of 25 department of Tarn it says: The proprie- | small farmers on a given area may much 
tor often lends the seed, supplies the cattle ; — success than that which a jiem farmer it 
of the métayer depends entirely on his chi — amount to 25l. or 30“. an acre, e fa 
the crop.” Of the arco N e $ «With few ex- | will not average more than 40. or 5l. per acre; 
ceptions the farmers, e years’ po it costs the farmer, with his 
y | sion, abandon the land x 5 ched 92 and t the 1/. 10s. per acre in lal 
s 
0 
i i en ourths ich 
: a Cotes a t 10s. per week would be 20/. a year. Here then 
Noid: 1 1 aie si The, Ce of | i i sa deeded Geo It depends, however, i on ‘tis: 
is nowhere | can the ‘man s this amount on 
t 1 poe sa a lA iy 2 AEA cultivator snow e. | his field obtain 10s. a Mir for his labour? Here is 
The Seat: 15 of this department ee the 1 In Franc e he pema Pai aot 
tes this Utopian notion. Wherever the lands The same may be ron te 8 oe ke ere- 
ate much subdivided there is a miserable deficiency | fore the pA 3 6 1 land, 
of capital, and the culture can only be carried on Tp and which would 5 F — 
ie labour. ural prosperity, may do Pas din or France 
er ariety of similar reports might be adduced to Ey under the spe ces 
h | the 55 effect, but those perem we have quoted are f 
sufficient for the purpose at i tood nna aere 
w of the agri-{ lidation of farms there, in any degree ci curate 
tity wit cultural ae oS beaks le ev curious oll with the size of those 5 a, pate 18 opin retail 
3 n- cultural ddressed by M. Vassy, formerly a peer and | under the peculiar state of land y a r ind, 
4 K ment a France, to prove what is a manifest | and the want of money capital. It wou 2 
© 
to ogise fori 
which hee de- uae arra the roe will fall i 50 the hands o 
it the best ac account. The compe- 
a yah ibe at those pe. turn ei nf it will not remain in the hand: 
