THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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rm in question will have been permanently 

 doubled during the period of these alterations— 

 'erations £ lepeit v. Inch frequently could not 

 profitably effected were it not for the acknow- 

 ledged greater cheapness of the steam-power subse- 

 ently employed to develope their results. 

 And even in instances where no such entire reno- 



tils— the diminished cost involves a saving which, 

 the case of a man energetic enough to take such 

 step, is not likely to lie idle in the bank : — a more 

 orough cultivation of the land— a better drainage 

 —better crops— more cattle— all involving additions 

 to the weekly labour bill— are the natural conse- 



refused by the 



accepted. Evea 



e processes, and therefore the 



products of any business, tends, by increasing the 



demands for those products, to attract capital to 



^-'-: manufacture, and the invariable result of that 



) give increased scope for the employment of 



Off. This is a real chain of cause and effect, and 



worthy of more confidence than it generally 



pened cotton goods, have gathered together a 



mously increased demand for these manufac- 

 s : and what is true of dress is true 



immediate products of agriculture — a shilling' 

 worth of beef or bacon represents more labour thai 

 a shilling's worth of Carrots or Potatoes ; and whil 

 the ill-fed portion of our population will meet th 

 cheaper food with a demand for increased quantity 

 those who are already well fed will meet it with 

 demand for better quality. Both, through the 

 agency of machine-made cheapness, give occasi— '" 

 the larger labour bills of an increased manufac 



pOfi AGRICULTURAL AND ROCK SALT, apply 



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SATURDA Y, JUN E 30, 1849. 



^subject had once before engaged their attentioi 

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 I Passing of a resolution, very similar to that c 

 Sep P t reV1 ° US f year ' ° f Which none can com P lai 



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K t^ ^ gland ' and thaUteam-powerTs ft 

 welelio^ 0111 , 111 , thau horse-power "—but it is, t 

 adaHtC^ Ue,thou S h the y have refused { 

 would r,nt . Such introduction of steam-powt 

 mannaj f, eventuall 7 displace any amount of th 

 direct itinto U a r rn 10W employed in a g™ u lture, bi 



^-engine as SfS the following :-Th 

 ^hin? r, r ^j- fcuostitute tor hand-power i 

 ^lyalK 1Dg ' cuttin g> Pimping, &c , is ver 



,7^and a . ectect for their security or consumi 



^^t£ B K ,8in ? is em P lo ? ed to dimi ™ 



^ itSini? labour h has becom 



& these improvement unprofitable: bi 



ire vain glory. Far be ii 

 » b is t a°Waiwr a adrocatV 



the high farmer keep a tight rein on his favourit 

 — d not suffer it to get the upper hand of 1 



iicious system of high farmin.' I 



ly legitimate remedy for low j i 



an enough, to take 100 acres grasp at 200 ? Be the 

 ne3 ever so good, he cannot farm half so well as he 

 ght. But in the event of bad times he is sure to go 



to the wall. Th -hit is an ade- 



«M contend for 10/. an acre 



(and I confess myself of this class), as not too high a 



- m to stock and carry on a farm, others are content to 

 ■iggle on with half; and your real muddler with 

 rhaps a fourth of the money : making a given sum, 



say 1000/., serve for each of the following sized farms : 



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the Annual Average Produce of 

 p on the Farm of Auchni 

 ' 'mud's panipl 



liar advantage possessed by the farm of Auchness, 

 which might render the ^°^ to fi 2^ 

 followhig nrfornSon, whicTwe ^takTfrom the 

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 harbour, distant 120 miles from Glasgow or Liver- 

 pool. The farm possesses no advantage in its 

 proximity to this village, which is not shared by 

 most funis within a few miles from the coast in 

 any part of the island, and in this respect its situa- 

 tion is not to be compared with localities affording 

 railway accommodation. The amount of the * 

 lord's expenditure in improvements, other 

 drainace, was about 900/., laid out in the ei 



FARM ACCOUNTS. 



, against the question of 

 ts. There is such a thing as 



VaT^onKpTrams, peck per acre seed Whe; 

 , | "trayaganzB*, ^haTe^longe. 



; h of°lccoun a ts?» remember ! for MlesTa uch improve- 







pig-headedness 





of doing so. lap 





ountants. Those who have the will may want the 



power ; and vice versa, those who have the power may 



kion. Whenever, therefore, an instance does 



profit and loss, it cannot fail to command attention ; for, 



drtata, aaYthe strict regard 1 



thorn. The first is that of a gentleman farming n 





