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by interest ‚ог pre . gd sai ieri of -its being a per fectly homogeneous su 1 aving the 
aller E giving or recei iind ofa as ney for | And Mr. Trimmer’s investigations in this parti ticular | | cost. Even prize reports, it see seems, ma finos 
ng main ntained a large ^ family. of ЕЛЕЕ branch of geology and agriculture make his opinion | e in which a certain amount of ports 
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of the | 
Татым prizes of : divisions of the oolite formation, on one of which Still A report has value, It gives a 
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points b vits — dig 7 «ое „C.“ appears to be located, the difficulty of draining | the quar pros food consumed by 21 diffe 
Willi m d recommended b L Mr. is increased by the frequent alternation of rock and | 3 in; & ue fine pisc rok cattle, evident] 
children ; third, —.— recommended br "Mr. | cla , and variations such as these must no doubt " 
—— — П еге exercise a greater influence than those to which Mr. j io usi 
tation mit tend to a blush on ok face of | TRIMMER M calle attention; but the latter, never- The ver extensive exnerianns га E к. 
evi а reader. No doubt + men theles s, do sie considerable degree guide the | feeder d el kn 3 ils b erde E | 
9]. apiece was worth receiving but — 13 honour | filtration se ssage er, and deserve the bes 87 4 with die results stated ; an] 
connected a the sum as a pne, and jat tention in IS intelligent eS ugh it doe es seem "s me that the n" of wel 
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— ‘the relief from a А friend | in aee oW e. ‘It may | and thas that there is an old surface of the emn experiment ted, 1а 251 Lo алш. орго dg 
re said that the whole — of these rewards is subsoil beneath a new one; an eur this zs on 
adapted to the feelings and cireumstances of agricu oe surface is furrowed and worn by the passage 1 |, Two valuable piece d "informat tion € 
tural labourers, and that it is ; (heir ractical effect, material over it. ema it, pret oes the materials | = ie Е 
Р of the subsoil are naturally of a very much harder os ELS tests xs * Le hgh val aluet Qu. 
guide our A of their merits. To that, 8 than they are above it. Water in trie 5 experi — 3 that Wheat ang 
we reply them Tu many of these prizes, ling era gis from the upper sz erg р "pit be pes 1 7 a аке рд 
and wil 
N ve a beneficial influence, impeded on this older surfac | I come now to show what, really, were the rei ot 
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and not their "rie tendency, that should | 
very low state of feeling among | gather i in its furrows and gutters, thus rendering de | bli ждей фе experiment, "throwing t thie’ di 
iir gecipienti one which it is by no means soil above it unevenly w hese furrows at Key- | vise in value out of account, and they were in the grog, 
courage, But we believe that | thorpe run down the line: of greatest descent, and the | (hereafter I may take each < in денй) as follows : 
agricultural rari arein advance of the —Ó DUNS of the drainage there was to cut them across, The total value of food consumed by M M'Oulods Peg 
is prize system, and that, for instance, „а s to oe extent making use of them asa natural own Tariff of a илнен is тей. below"; i эң | 
would heartily cheer Mr. Leyi’s remarks аё t ate means of drainage. There, therefore, “the parallel The MEME pre weight of 65 Cattle оп " 19 810 
— at Oundle, on the policy of (ай drains 1 not equi-distant, and “ they cross the Эм, Dot 1008 computed to be 2310 s Ln 
agricultural labourers, A as junior branches of the | line of greatest descent.” We , in recom- Dilin. оп уйнен А: m, , 
great agricultural fam becomes their mending Mr. Trimmer’s paper for study by drainers, Increase ... , 4004 „ ab Gsi Gdi 100 33 
Seniors to watch over, ac and lead in the right go the length of asserting that the “ Keythorpe a беек d r— | 
way—but il men equally with themselves, with system of drainage" is one b oda xm ex That the innit of pri — foe the foal ing Se 
ciences as active, minds as capable, and ies existing practice. That, stances, used by Mr. M‘Culloch, is far too low 
as vigorous as their own.. We heartily agree with principle es ; but we beli ieve that one additional 2 I need not point out to fe peg men ; udi Fi 
| Evi when he says that the time Sus fully | ciple of, guidance has Les brought to light by waiving this, I will assume the liberty to adde 
arrived for маарай арад 2 wd Hes Mr. TRIMMER ; and we believe that due attention to two items of expenditure overlooked or omitted | 
business-like ша We at- it, as well as others, will be needed to ensure true | in the report, 
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tractive prize offered 1 to the ere одй: ipd economy in practice, as the neglect of it hitherto | Interest on i purchase money, and insurance „ 
the largest proportion of his annual labour account may perhaps account for instances like that of ©“ С.” Services, say of three men in feeding EY preparing 99 , 
in the payment of work by the piece, would be and others, — — suecess has not followed ked food 300 = B ; 
"ied effectual for the benefit of the labourer than all existing pract 
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the petty prizes for “ Placing-out Children,” fo dE т-да 
“ » : е І sal in a A sequent paper inquire Eri 
es gth of —— for “ Bringing- up Families DOES LIVE STOCK PAY? manure—the в (uneonsumed for 
Tur гері tive to this by Mr. M. in de formation c of ~ 2 pez of bue крт 
No one need think that these remarks are actuated i your сылыт р th ept., ake е т coincide enumerated 
in of 17th Se | 
by. any feeling of distaste for the benevolence biet with the general feeling of agricultural men. He follows | SUM ; 2 her it — — ч vie ge. — 
* — pate y a strong positive opinion “that all Sion, been « too smartly " paid for. S. 
ils. was so contrary to 
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— as we should like to see it, few of our | believe that those “ practical” men аге right who affirm LOIS-WEEDON WHEAT CULTIVATION, 
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correspondents would go beyond us in reference to That, che energetic erii of Tiptree Hall is neither a lr you will be so good as to admit the слое 
the duties of employers towards the employed. We ^fe guide іп, nor a с ie t judge of, matters relating ment of my experience of the Lois- Weedon —— 
* believe, however, that those only of the former ео of agricul { tigers, hid pea p 1 bs circumstanced like 
will succeed in the performance of this duty who fee. nt-f le depend x wolf end faves мач a ша 3 x = 
hall succee d—withont losin f their own, it "PR ca зер cta he ir dependent o ona high rontad farm) mi refully read Mg ^ studied che principles of te 
may be, hee fee in placing themselves | points i in the practice of the ordinary: farming class ; and system in Mr. Smith's pamphlet, A Word in Season,” 
in the f one of the latter, anil noticing how | no less shrewdly discerned the merits of new points of and I had seen, as every one in ^ pe m 
things ak КҮЗЕН A speaker a ee ‘Management adopted by other improving men. I sa s seen, ry every fact recorded therein was serupi ты 
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undle, w emed correctly enough to. other, for Mr. Mechi is by no means the most improv- | correct ; I therefore reir entered upon my us 
eel the need of maintaining justice as well as ing, or even innovating man of the day, albeit lie does taking w cultivate half an Sars (suppxfipiai mong 
liberality Sh MA Pr with his men, was tham and has often accorded to him, prominence the same way, and I now proceed у ВР ded nt 
most simply an amusingly wanting in this that scarcely pertains to him tns I entered, then, 1851. £ s.d. 1 ее 
аъ gi 8; d E x aid for di 1 0/18 bushels ean. — 2 
fal o Meam d etat dele i ae, Ses esi toot a Mr n Mochi еы emn Dro poing the see 9 0 б уар — 2. ko 
instalments of an annuity, for ү is the present a a very erroneous decision when after saying, justly, В IE 9 4.9 atis ae 222 
Sent ont ünded the ts * We must haye the manure of live stock to keep our —— s win- 15cwt-straw айа бй. — 
sate ought to Bá Te Ф. he in M UD 5 the fields in fertility," he adds, * We have to pay smartly ar & 3 u 11 : 
à iun bid and hie 28 8 and e if, for t| manure," for I bad (hitherto considered that Total outlay. ..£2 0 0 
afte staying with him in winter, labourers left hit * Profit from Stock” made a not despicable item in my a 
in summer, M held it a good reason why he should | more 2 5 De —— to see int ough ek 
14 : soon began to h- | Paidford ме 1 : els clean 
È: oy 8 N d i ing! intelligent guess prot 1 m ч dwindle down, if not to vanish, Droppin ving seed sag 0 1 6 Д Wheat, at у ue m 
Lie rer shou dress his master to this effect— | when. all the items properly be g to the account 64 pints of se seed +: BO Sk basbas tie 11:4 
with the pepis é ir that ; I quite ave fairly stated on the debit and eredit side thereof, Тый à and apo ж iie 
circumstances ay- While thus engaged the October number ok the 1 0 12 0 Produce... M 2 * p 
ment to which I have eie mie is in € a| Socie al came to and o ing in i Outlay m e. 
f an annual sum, and not a Prize “ Report on Experiments in fattening Cattle, —— NN S — UI. Рес 
=e те " complete by Colonel M-Douall, of Logan," reported by Mr. uu 
e the balance is strictly trus be. M'Culloeb, the tenant of the far-famed Auehnese, 1 189. £d „ 
Гана diffe determined to take it as a text-book, whence I could | Double digging 113 0/15  bushels. cle e 6t 
er, onec рента | Гы, ve materials for a correct judgment on the point, D/?PPing seed 0 boef Where э NE 
our year ends in aut while | which I „Juag point, | 6} pints of seed 0 0 6 1 bushel second do. 9 10 6 
>» 1 i had now b consider as a moo Е d keeping .. 0 5 0|13cwt.straw, at 18.64. — 
1 and 3 di iion f th i could be more counter to Mr, Mechi’s enun- ioe a Е 12 0| Produce sii | 
ne. make: ‚ар Ot this ciation than the statements in thi t s 8 
kind shows how needful it is that men shou place first view, to be; indeed, I e cate de wm з £912 0 owe 5 Е 
v fü A DAE * 3 i иа 0 Outlay ., . 2218 0 пиё 
mselves. position of the labourer before those tables in agr iodicals as proofs Prol <n 
ning either toaward him justice or to show him of the skill and success of the great cattle ers of This statement will be very incomplete dme 
Ws Bo W en that in, the 
rey. А rs the subject Ree attract | Western Scotland. But a closer examination showed observations. It will here be seen that in , from 
of our correspondents, and that an let 4 eh ad meer оС тень searing: euin years there has been a diminution of 2 
it ing ensue in o Dco umns. 16, to 241, 6з. 3d. per acre of Turnips, had their sóurce 20 bushels to 16. Now, had this diminution been 
is y colu not in the beef — v in the adventitious rise o сае I» myself and to others who follow the 
| i ve been some force 
price in the beef mar 
&. d. syst „ there m } 
On 20th Dec., — 70 so imp. s stns.. iow rn э 3 : objection, ney the the growth of — year after - 
That is an increase of dis tns. of beef valued at £4 =| farmer. Fuse cn and has felt io Ма cost, at v het 
by | with this am ficent price of 13d. per Ib, put 890 first year (185 oe ром. fés 8 EC 
3 er that Mr. М“ Culli ч m was a singul yen ME | 
3 Tiene! ; 
бүле ed deeper points of this question as to exhaustion 
is well to be guided to^ Bec. ; Ment aot 
inner structure | of the soil, and not act en thet 
