THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
or pipes, even when 
proper are 
pat the be had on the spot, and could be applied at 
ones rate. Tiles or pipes, if properly put in, | 
fiya inion, a much more efficient duct than 
oe — other materials, and 7 us a drain of much 
— ity. hey may be objected to in strong 
ese being — 80 — — to draw or admit of | 
— f the water as the more open composi- 
than 2 inch pipes withou 
pipe is enough for the — drains in all 
circumstances, 
tain the wa 
it to > nen 3 
the bet „ a5 
— — ‘ad clears any — on of silt or 
‘rubbish that may have formed a * in the — 
ae such objec ction scarcely exist in point of 
any little drawback to their employment in 
for 
Eee ay s more than counterbalanced by — 
— should — drains be m 
espec 4 me amount of fall. 
aterial. e shape in 
— small, and, after et = ls * — well 
bble, which will here for ost 
Meal put in a 
d darable ion, the ra of the — und ai 
efficient an * 
facilitating nd givin o the current 
nts the gelten or — of silt. 
Sinion unless in the case of clays 
’ subsoils si d as described, where the 
current — and the risk of being elosed up wi 
= 05 m ontan n AÀ small, are not to be ap- 
of. “Where lese of in hard 
having — declivity, — — r be made 
‘form a rly co with square | 
~ i st iat e — cove If the 
presen bar t 
ofthe water. In all stone drains the — of the e clay | ceeded 
Should be placed — 5 — over the stones, and fai J 
wn, which is 
bere, if other material ean possibly be 
„Hal the various materials empl 
equal 
exp 
icularly if flat lying, stones ought never to 
— ined. proposed to 
pe til this respect ov 
all othe ers, which is one reason of tl — greater durability. 
John Duncan, Thorn rnbank, St. ‘Andrew’ s, Oct. 30. 
Ir was with muc in your Gazette of | 
4th some very excellent —— on the subject of 
— haem connec agr as 
subject may be eee diseu 
ures taken to ado) ood system of edu- 
cation for — children of rit _agricultural population, 
days of agricultural improvement, 
Ov. 
trust d, and 
mething, by rewarding the labo 
ffe rent branches of his — a 
sean is like putting 
before it i 
r — 
dvained: o the diferent parish — — the 
kingdom are also giving» *. impetus eat wheel 
of improvement ; again, there — — ob- 
stacles and some 3 for it is of little use to attempt 
y school with 
f 
pa — freer a sufficien ive a fair educa- 
tion, the farmer then complains t that they have no idea 
therefore seem — 
ted, whie h, while i 
le to get their living 
a more skilful a nd bette 
It was with this impressio 
tó 
| eonduete d class of men. e 
Ifi 
the collaring ; and this sizeof | 
| EDUCATION ror me AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. | 
leasure I di 
and Ij; 
medy, | 
t forward ae - »» ls Bu 
Mending ray 38 days at 2n A, pe E i 1 7 
> perda; ae 2.28 
20 pairs of braces, at d.; 20 handkerchiefs, at 64... 1 0 © 
— af! at — „ „„ „ oo 198 
N 20 ditt, at 1s. poi el „ 3 0 0 
20 sm k frocks, a 9 >. .. oe 4 10 0 
piten mian » 89 „„ 2 0 0 
£62.12 N 
Being 31. 2s. 74d. per boy, per year ; — 
week. This 4 does not include 
who works with th 
<5 BOTS? po — a — 
aken ivm and 
3 bushels of Wheat flour, 2 I êd. a „Ii 2 °8 
9% Ibs. of cheese, at 5d. per Ib. os oe .. O BNE 
14 ws. of treacle, at Cees .. bo -iep s» 00.4 
35 Ibs. of dripping, at er Ib. eee ek Yr 
35 Ibs. of fre fresh and salt meat, at 6d. per Ib, oe „„ O17 6 
1} bushels — 1 „ „% 0 
of coffee . oo 0 0 45 
Or 2s, * sib pad ial £215 7 
— — keep per — .. 28. Id. 
s clothes 16s per d itto se „ da is. ha 
Total expense for each boy per week 3s, 9s. IId. 
eee to the in the 
esti may be somewhat reduced ; 
the “al of the boys’ labour, I have — all caleu- 
lations as per that estimate, viz. 8d, per boy per day. 
Comparative Value of Bo 2 * Men's oor 
Wheat dibbling (according to 
land planted this autumn), in- 4s, 2d. Not done per acre, 
cluding man’s time 
| Bean plant ing, 20 ins. by b ins. or 
ad. — . — — 11 S. Od. per acre, 
t ; seed, II g eer 
Mangola Wurzel plan poh f 3 0 * 
ent hoeing e W 1 0 hs 
2 N value of Boys’ jae 4 Job Work. 
“A en’s, 
gee i gee — W E sag: 1 "id. ry 65. 
Paing, pos iy and — 5 
ngold Wurzel, covering 3 1 
hea ape. with leaves, to prote 
Cleaning, ee — and heaping 
Swedes, covering ditto with 
\s 9. 8.8 
eart see 
n | that 
| alluded to in your —— and which I hope to see more | 
adopted. 
gen wg 
make a scheme a education a subject of i 
— and to bring it into general use, it will — 
— in the fist place, that iho outlay of capital | þe 
should be as pe as possible, and in the next, that the 
system should be self. re munerating ; and in this I 
think I shall be able to show that I have perfectly suc- 
numerous — for 
posed making 
wi — 
n I first a p bo tirely on the 
nded to erect a suitable building for the 
half at . end of the first four years 
remainder at the end of eight ; but after- 
such a su 
— he find 
ears of my with 
ttrac 
m would be but | 
he | your 
—— — * 
— to be worth 
icki t Couch, 1 12 U 
any, as ae this ‘year ore POP, per job, 
which was bad 
In w au É for —— small prize I give for Wheat 
oed), shortest ti b 3 
oys wa b finished their w 
Sone -eighth of an 
best work, the bo 
worked at the rate of 3s. per 
wi 
all 
favourable com 
— of employment for them en 
With their mental 
ake as enter 
ustration as 
a 
— — — 
by explanation and illustra 
h the impression that t 
Hh 
T 
Hi 
ub 
SE 
1 
Í 
25 
3 
mforta 
ar 
— f b ee hich was 
above it 46 eet by w 
T found a very decent 
or oer attention to the 
indows, 
— bedsteads, 
th Stai * 
| Paving, — 
20 — at — following expense 
2 tting down floor E 8. d. 
a 
work for tables, benches, 
Carpenters’. and sawyers’ 
(the rough material for 
Sm 
— 
S 
2 
— 
* 
pes 
Two win lazing, an pas 
crews, and Tin are 
— — 5 s, whitewashing, 
Bets ond oat-house (rough timber and slate found by 
re aga x ‘work, “ands nails (making 
t 4 i 
2 — o H 44 
m Ten beds — Ad mill puff), and bolsters 
Blankets, 5 and quilts a 
& 
7115 
de 
1 
ul 
iii 
may be taken as 
tone House, near 
my excuse, 
Hoss, Herefordshire, Nov. 9. 
. 
« The Nei Husbandry. — In your late review enz 
new work, “The New — you were please 
various giv 
— think th uch 5 i 
n de int his respect, Tena m I have not nn nr Co., which are 
e are better adapted earthenware, knives; smali sior — — — 
; — been dug out . or square in the fom theo 3 — 
e e e mda sin atone we 
? . 
use of to keep them right. tlay rache mor sade of of c 
are much bent in the firing, the The =aceompanyng nths since, will show the 
of less liberty toa oe of position Pare keep, & e.; made near! ace nore $ „ 
led by the ro ipe. To facilitate th cost of each boy per week a aro 20 Boys for 
üg down of pipes in the drain, the r | Calenation of Clothes, waking an | rT 8 
ee wre 1:1 se ES 
j i — bah —— ia end, sy . ae at 15 per bes J a 4 
Stones, and at the other f. or 2 lbs. of thread, at 2s. 10d, per .. 2 9 9 
any pieces of — i shat — ne A 10 2 5 
of mnie used with collars | 1 eee 
— indeed If 11 Carried forward. oe .. oe 4 416 rary i 
