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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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the law lords of Scotland—a man of A „Vigorous mind, 
great energy of character, aes of a highly cultivated 
understanding turned his — tion to the 3 nee es 
Berwickshire. In 1746 he 
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Tulta ture in pied under the able preside 
inelair, on of the greatest patrons of t 
of agr scies that Scotland or any other 
country has ever produced. 
. Of the many earnest and energetie agricultural 
forward as this extraordi nàry man ; and as any histor ry 
of Scottish agriculture, as it existed during his lifetime, 
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that “during the seven years, seven 1S, а 
ys' erroe labour and wf occupied in the com- 
a|pilation and publication of t dics 2 Account of 
3 otland, i its edi 00 letters!“ and to the 
physical labour о! ding oa site be added the 
fficult and often pend task of a ranging, correcting, 
and TANE. the individuals, 
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many of who 
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orselessly but necessarily subje 
руні of Canterbury not з a from the idea of 
lifting the veil from the e en танан of Engla and, 
uld erfect w ored hi tions, a short | that country might have had a statistical account similar | their ears, I should tike а ата perf the 3 What’ is 
notice of his career will not be out of place in the present | to that of Scotland, for Si inclair no sooner had carted they should try two other organs which they 
ticle. Sir John was born at Thurso Castle, in Caith- | finished the than his indefatigable industry and | possess ; yes. writer's purse were as 
ness, the very ultima thule of Scottish ipee on the| patriotism prompte se but, un- | Jon zd as well lined (and his head too) as Mr. Mechi’s 
10th of 1754. In his earlier years he received | fortunately, class interests were stronger than publie | he would feel proud to gi general invitation; but 
the best educatio: ieh his native country кайы, afford, | benefits. AN cca wap ne gla ile рей if his farm 
d he afterwards MÀ at Oxford. At the clos To enumerate all the literary labours and ameliatory | would, ue should bear i t this land is 
а er- азун rd анучу projects of Sir John Sinclair would fill volumes, "a. not von r Wheat; it is subje grow Twitch- 
and English bar, rm р examinations in orm the most 1 aN, of the revival of a and Thistles, black Grass and Landbine, besides 
manner so distinguished as to elicit from one of his culture in Britain dur iod of more than half a a rowing 1 about ten a ү times ten thousand y 
Edinburgh examinators the avo 5 e knew more tury tha oe t ү be compiled ; but in this | Ash trees, and su ed by 50 trees per acre 
of law than any of them. He di t, however, practise | article there is only s for LA T cursory glance at д general pane that died doctors disagree; the 
at either bar, but his ittention in the began the more prominent poin 18 of interest. same may b i agricultural doctors. e are 
of agricul improvement. ess, ativ Sir Jo йн, although emi nently practical in all his | three of these living in Essex, I will not mention their 
county, was then in a deplorable state of йа! Черга- 9 r the Ў enefit of agric pum. was among the names, as they may not wish to ine their prac- 
dation from th rope farming, and | first d pé receive the great advan mee s which moahi tice. Ons doctor says, * To be sure this man grows a | 
there were neither roads, bridges, nor fisheries. Scarcely | d from calling i in the aid of sci Practice, i. e. great deal of Wheat per acre, but then he does not 
ed a l cart, ere con- | the mere doing of what others have yor euge us Or | know the cause, or the reaso gr o much. 
veyed on the backs of women, 30 or 40 of whom might ourselves may have added t the general stock, | Т can tell hi is bec e is a miller and feeds 
e n in a li ying wicker creels.* Sir John | however safely it may I followed under similarity of | his horses with bran (made mostly from Wheat), an 
«хра for and obtained a grant х t of | circumstances, is essentially empirical, and as such is this bran, after going through a certain proc 8, 18 
sums derived from the balances of forfeited Scotch circumscribed y 1 ‚зды! limits of individual ex- | carried mt and, and it has almost as mu Wer as 
pererab to be гарро ortioned to all Pd proprietors who | perience, whereas e generalises, combines, and | the philosopher’s stone, as it t wh sown t 
should raise r the improvement of their | harmonises the facts of 1 85 and the discrepancies of Wheat.“ The next doctor says,“ I've seen the land! 
sta a — which, although "poliiesily improper, | es and is essentially suggestive in its ылына Acting | there is a river or brook runs beside it; Ше tom or 
was praeti advantageous to the whol * said in its n this view, Sir John Sinclair engaged the services| the brook runs like a sieve, and feeds th 3 of th 
then wretched condition. While doing this for others, of the celebrated Sir Humphrey Davy to deliver lectures wh d water being the proper manure for wheat— 
however, Sir Jo a good example of self-reliance the Chemistry of Agricuiture before the Boar (tho g ome rs not knowing this are Simple 
and liberality in his own locality, by constructi ew Agriculture, S as some of Davy's views appear enough to drain their land) this is the great: eres. ` 
r bridges and ills, laying n judged of by the analytical accuracy of the | The last doctor “Certainly the brook is Ser 
own estate, draining and enclosing these, and assisting | — aks Све je far from perfection), they yetserved | but then "tis the top not the bottom of it. Bathe exile і 
the tenants to e Turnips, ver, а ye-grass to dispel many of the crude and absurd ideas tl that then pre- | tions met mists, the vapours, the clo neg uh ue D» the 
seeds, and also importing improved breeds of cattle | vailed among practical men regardin composition of from в brook A settle on this 
solely at his own expense. But his exertions were nev г! and the nature and action of manure, and it is to this | true cause.” wonder these fogs do not mea 
ned to his own cou ty or country ; he established | éminent chemist that we ow e introduction of one of | break bounds ary " ни other people’s fields 
British Wool Society, and imported Merino sheep the most powerful elements of knowled hat has as J, , Coln 
from the royal flocks › and introduced the yet been brought to bear upon the pra and theo The Potato Crop, ала ае у Longford, is so luxurian and 
Cheviot breed of sheep i d. He entered of agriculture. Men are yet to be found who sedulously | the yield is — arge, ae м the ролу now аб 
py angen 0 by e 8 eae on gg ignore the good which chemistry has effected in agri- them when may, W full average 
welfare of o | culture, and who, in their search for definite proofs of | acreable pote ; the breadth of 8 under P cs 
вл Street by Mr. . Pitt, Aa "Prime Minister, who its successful application, entirely overlook the great is also so wide that, unless they become more 
— John, terms :— | f ood * light which it has shed upon the ge l sub- | affected from present a 8 4 80. 
there is по man in the country to whom jec manures, soils, and the pro vegetation. bilities we can expect them to be, we may expect ot 
is more in to you ; However much modern sceptics under- | ficiency for the general consumption of the country, 
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have any MÀ in view, © 
pleasure.” A better opportunity for gratifying ambiti 
or advancing self-interest never before presented itself 
to any man, and had Sir John been а place-hunter or 
pension-seeker, the most extravagant he could 
have formed might have been com i me | 
; but he sought neither place nor prefer- 
r "s justly-merited eulogium 
offer of | Government aid, stly stating that 
“ the reward t to his feelings would be 
institution of a great national corporation, e 
30001. p per pares 
tablished i in 1793, an 
idea liberality. 
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at responsibility, i order to prevent those great com 
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mpirieal knowledge, yet the connectio 
of the with the other is too well establis 
dissolvi xg i i ta 
W a of 1 
ublie subseription for 
| Mei kle, De invent ез эы — -mill, which ulti- 
mately "mounted up to 1500“. iic = he и t the 
as public bene 
n confined solely T Mec cult icultura 
* for we find comme тр enterprise, on 
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notwithstanding the ые di рее 0 
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plete history of the progressive ; Improvement of Gra t of Gras 
from their connec and individual acquaintance with | Britain during his time. Born in 1754,he e lived tha 
the several —.— s ici eir charge, were excellently | the most stirring and perilous seeds hat h istory makes 
| cireumstanced for minis, $ the рг oject into execution acqu with ; he died in 1835, after а life of 
n 1791 Sir John, in the capacity of editor, published | public usefulness and private worth : will ma 
first volume of the © Statistical Account of Scotland,” > name a household word fo ny generations, no 
containing the statistics of four parishes. Considerable | only in his native — but in the wh ole of the 
pposition was experienced in carrying on the work, but United Kingdo 
the indomit perseverance of the editor overbore and (То be continued.) 
surmounted all obstacles, and th а P pres cante. * 
ome Correspondence, 
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several years following ; he does not sow 
much as the * people, and 9 пеуег er ploughs, dip ps 
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scarifies his lan d yet than. his 
neighbours.” 288 entleman T s ^ Doi pt believe 
ti”. 9 Yen, 155 DP Then I don’t.” The san 
story was told mer tr ped ys to Norwich last yes 
(with the сонан of gro Wheat three more years, 
averaging five qua daw yet acre). He lai laughed sig. 
ficantly, and said, © ayaa н б>: s not one б. ina 
e general aspect of the P 
rchants of Маленне апа Glasgow were enabled to 
th ercial of 1793. Е 
going to ruin, Seve ral ‘scientific iil 
removing the | 
In 17 90 Sir John first nu to — 
account of Scotland, 22 x — 8 —— 
tions and private generosity, thet reward to which their 
* them Рола contributions to litera- 
re, in the shape of pamphlets, and letters on 
— political econom my 
— of no — M and 
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and science, | 
form a com- | 
for which I gave 1 soverei 
fection, and which. bids fair to 2 its 
ve also a p Zea Maize, 
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