538 з ТНЕ AGRICULTURAL СЕАТ П. [Avausr 2 
made wains ог times, when Meikle’s son had Succeeded in constructi 
although mention is somet , inc di 
The following is their Sap priu pem eimen к in a pem Phe "занй d js records ко мр fa TUAE ay the popular aversion tp К. 
ead of e olumn is that of the spec of monastic insti еее, хес up with religious feelings — 
4 sed : the letters refer to Professors ANDERSO In 1723 the Society of Improvers, the embryo of the and selfish notions at seeing inanimate matter 
analysed : whom these analyses hland Society, was E in Edinburgh, as i species of preternatural ene 
d y respectively, by y Rye Hig y 
an p Ё е encouragement and pro trade and |in the prospect of ruined flailmen, that во ‘of the 
er | —Á | earlier-erected pé erect mun were 2 to pieces ча 
TH 3. > | 59:15. | burnt to ashes, as ho popula: 
| W. | | W Not long Mui the eee efforts of. A in 
| a PADS ' z6 and the practical labours of Walker, Fl pea 
W. £00 am 1352 | 14 = p 6.89 11.24 | 963 | Meikle to improve agriculture, new work Tw 
Orga matter and ammonia... 9.12 ens — | tpe ys 8035 79.73 20.10 | 76.7 | themselves into the rena, en lawyers IE | 
чазр P. | ats 9.29 e | is E 76 im Е | pe sicians found time, amidst their avocations, to enn. 
gt salts 7 8.00 10.96 899 | 908 б hr 7.50 8.10 | 3.36 te, by precept and example, to the advancement _ 
Sand Ё 91.59 8.19 K 1 e eee | the science and art of agriculture. In] 30 Sir James ; 
100. | 100. 100. 100. 100. | 100. 100. 100. эша Makgill drew attention to the proprists of bs ! 
uacua [o [oum [m a | ae erae Кар Й 
Ammonia, per cent. : | : 247 937 | 1 
Phosphoric acid in alkaline salts 185 — 1.31 i 
of the city, afte creel practically proved its value 
se — — several treatises on 
agriculture, u under who elds in the ne ighbo 
from this fici MM: Beet, | 
are inferior to Tha of ы guano 4 ose ie M ris d 8 e 
formerly imported, most of ne are; alacisíexor to ever, не shortly after the Union, tan Belhaven 
that from Patag 1 Thare un had published a work on „ n to the 
several other points to be по! aticed à in these analyses, young nobili ity and gentry, in which he urged them 
ns marked tie der not ч — жр» — 8 ai 3 
w—— m —— nfo: iis recommendation by - 
the poke of lime, the alkaline phosphates titiént; 8 e and. noble in itself, and admirably suited to 
and the water prese чута ате deservin T the реси ium — — -— ми those -— 
It robably be om мн voeation bein , wer 
sheltered spots, by selecti he best stations, | of comparative peace, left а out employment for — 
that superior quality is to be —-— rather t etm. energies. His lor ds binin n Bm N 
by — ing i — eg d t, as well as mere | en a country, а kes it as M y 
ue other country adjacent; I am sure а 
in стеуге the guano, | 4 
— 5 . conquest e by the spade and the plough is both 
d soluble pa P acis. diiit imay faas - gr» more just and ger continuance than what is 
; but it must not be forgotten that in t equired by the sword and bow." Such ments, 
slow growth е "y considerable thickness proceeding from f their own class, could not b 
of the terial, every succes layer exercise a powerful influence me d upon the mi 
been alike exposed, Е in t — and t of those who were in due time to Sole p the future farm-yard manure, in 
of force d time, to e на c -|landowners of the country; a noble на 
i K upo the surfac us ted to a el уза uals wi - | eolleeted-with-some 
from n which che dove. ens were taen, "е Mon; of all others, was the most essential to 8 ene et fallows. The year 1750 s 
as far as known, of these 0 tural improve »e- 
ust be Ri as s kel to cheapen Aars — East Lathiap hich is now so justly famed for the кл better husbandry whiel 
of ж rather than ammon 8 sa hover ч vc энил е, | excellence of its riim d 2 the lead in improve- bit by bit, during the fetr eui half 2 The 
within probable limi mportation of | ment during the first half of the 18th century, m ^ of the lowland i s had 
them, they are likely t to diminish the price of bone- 2 a бырай 8 «ds трее ee during м . 
dust rather than that of ammonia ure. 
i rough the agency and energy of the tenantry, laid out in fields oer ea 
It is, meanwhile, satisfactory to be assured that jmil of bei land in Scotland was at ‘that time dies. e| form, ridges levelled — 
active measures are being taken to secure this Grass; Knot r we -27 
duce —— K TY | plantations sprung up for shel 
cof the —— -discovered islands for,the use of Minim — root weed, and absolutely teeming with their here and there u 
pem Vies in pollens nly e alten вні де e Mer at 
: be ex " "xd d smilingly over the a 
WI last week k referred to the м of SHORT-HORNS * go system. o of summ ed - " though the ала — — * 
ort worth; it will, ч 8 8 
fallowing, which nglish е „yet the floors were 
however, be a two Lu „кї, zs a large flock of седа. Hi first attempt was made on a = of mace uam р ане infinitely 8 
8 Southdo msiderable herd 6 acres, and was looked upon by his neighbours eithe y: ith its 
of the white "Yorksbir re and Cumberland | as the ae T insanity or insolvency. The idea of | | he y thoroughfare running th 
ale a a large stock of Cochin Shins, fowls will | permitti d to remain ole; year . A sleeping room. Т 
— or афа оп the second d e Downs | crop of any kind, 32 little ың of heresy against | $e doubé an 
om the flocks of our best Mm d Lord Nature, nd a manifest unbelief in the promise of s (t (1750), and were o 
Deer 8 for many 8 at зн омба) at the time and harvest. experiment, however, was able combinati 
ipd lettings of Jonas WEB the pigs eminently su ful, as no such erop of t had ever | liberal landlords and improving 
the best breeders S 1 — ^ — x that which эт: the — be 5-from wi ^ 
and West хере ihe choicest animals shown | 2816/8 0% канын быу neni qu е аша 5 — nnde Mame 
at TE: Smithfield ла "баш teas 2 neni ung peans of victory over the | res eae 
ilar 
177 the number, often at extra- 
ochins bung * m 
poten, ve they are still Karae to do 
iculture 
eim MN: 
descendants, inheriting, 
may also call on of read 
"eye — Hill, near Lough 
it appears, to decline ram- breeding, . his | sun 
celebrated flock, jacluding 40 rams and 200 e 
and theaves, i is ‘about t to be ‘offered for sale. This 
— leadi 
C — T as the 
of ens 
other, up io 
i not only the 
= — "Lut — 
rements 
i of and а to the bree 
: 9 00 i 4. 
have — | 
T 
гов ы SCOTTISH сери. 
quite ati 
ding fe 
generally, may be said to a 
2 similar occasions in the A id y.; and agri ca 
in барара might have remained s tationary for pany, а мя 
the m мая LE riddi the me f its ancient ten 
the Thistle— a bare fallow, that the 
im 8 the soil was due. So 
— the year 1724, the new system of summer 
so far extended as to have become general nm 
on all i the clay soils of East Lothian, from which i: уеге of the fo 
р they are answ 
E — — атф e grec ad questions m ween ey 
teens чараа н уа, sn wate sen nit «e — (8). Potatoes ted F 
up genial mellowing 
and dronght, and. their long latent fertility thus set of ane, which however, is of Eel 
Nearly regain with the earlier stages o % Harin aboni he Mm * 
summer fallow system, oe e Mrs sates гы ad the best way in ge 
ils for making decortjosted ur pot Batley ; and М МО ы жау рйи 
to Fletcher, of Saltoun, one of the most energetic ting them ; the 
spirits of his age, that Scotland owes her wholesome “ыы iei 
Barley broths, which soon super the ancient Yer 3 шей, ho sho 
“Seottish Kail brose." Mr. Fletcher engaged the dged u from 20 
ices of Mr. Meikle, a most ingenious ie, n. You may either eut them, 
whom he sent to Holland in 1810, to learn the art of to plant whole ; Po 
pem pot Barley and the mode of erec ills for | in it—always leave at any 
purpose. Articles of en were entered into mi... The average erop 
| between the two, by which bound himself to els (from 30 to 2095 
‘ransom his envoy, if taken prisoner, an co to pay him 23. They should be dug in : 
| sterling — wi 15 — n the event of his dying | picked according D their different kin 
abroad, to give 3 eats rena — d houses. és qe je 
ырс è 
* 
15 tons of Dang, at 5s, 
Spreading ditto 
ок ане, К, ш. 
Cutting and Selling 
Light Harrowing 
as Carry forward - = 
A Ба 7$ Chalmers's “Caledonia. 
