31^ -1849.1 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE: 



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T30YAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIREN- 

 K piBWI _ffl. Royal IHghn^' PRINCE ALBERT. 



jjjjttanbe obtained at all without for the time sacrificing 



Igrtcttitttrai <Ba?tttr* 



VURDA Y, A UG UST 4, 1849. 





apanied by the following r 



tdar of Operations, so that 

 » one, and give all your repi 



atotod before i we can mutually assist each other. I 

 ttWforone be ready to act up as far as possible to 

 My instructions you may favour me with for making the 

 Wendar' of some service to general readers. It. V." 

 »>e have published both of the "Calendars" 

 referred to, and prefer requesting the attention of 

 J» reporters to them as specimens of what may be 

 <wne in this way by an intelligent man, to giving 

 bich the accompanying note sug- 



IW v . CT this head > and we are much ° bli g ed 



«Li i LT- both for his criticism of past and his 



_;"'• Wii.ttAM TuonoLD, late a Norfolk farmer, 

 «t V ml en gineer, has published an • -av on 



Jhe Present AND Future Prospects of Farming 

 J 6mat Britain." * He does not think so ill of 

 jJ*M many do ; and his object is to remove that 

 ^"agng gloom regarding them which, by hin- 

 joag effort, is almost the only rabi 



* own continuance. This object is both desirable, 

 3 *? believe, attainable: the thing is by no 

 ^V m P^sible of attainment, especially in the 

 artmnYL lch ^ r - Thorold approaches it. To 

 ^ that free taufc will „«t. W , th« lonr, run. re- 



reTtL 1 ?? P" ce °f agricultural produce, whether 

 jS , k itself or not > certainly is not a well- 

 culhiral k!? ° f offerin g encouragement to the agri- 

 &at sn • ' *° r tne sooner the conviction obtains 

 on tW Ce , SS is dependent on individual effort, and 

 which alone ' the ^oner will the effort be made 



WoiDS rtain t0 brin g success in its train - Mr - 

 Rjcj, ■, s encouraged, and would encourage, by no 

 **Uft? M We have alluded to; he knows too 

 tio a ^ lm P°rtance of well-directed personal exer- 

 hnan ! Xpect a usef nl success, whatever the pro- 

 <*CiT m an ? thin g denial to it. He has seen 

 ^Poraneous faille and success on adjacent 

 •Hfte L 8lnular 8oil ! recessive failure and success 

 tag gePTi a , me / ai ' ni » under altered management ; he 



w j id ' y ielded no rent t0 the occu py- 



ootb. rent' ai> bar dly paid its labour bill, paying 

 kkilfoj and pr ° fi ^ in the . occupation of a more 



,_; yi. , 



I enough to pay the 



rather than improved prices, 

 ack Mr. Thorold's argument : 

 the same desire for paying 

 sther person engaged in the 

 2 or production naturally feels, 

 but to suppose that our particular trade is to 

 be an exception to the others, is unreasonable ; 

 to suppose that while cotton goods and silks and 

 woollen cloths, while iron and porcelain, and every- 

 thing else made and manufactured in this country, 



by its rough 

 arts, and sti 



the world besid<\ 



efore, are we not thus nn 

 pressure which has been 

 so long on clothiers, cotton manufac- 

 'porcelainmakers.au 1 which, 

 has not only benefited con- 



r more serious than that of all 



which shall disable it in the face of trials no severer 

 than those which other trades have already with- 

 stood ? Is it already pushed to its utmost 1 Has not 

 "protection," on the contrary, preserved its resources 

 almost untouched, so that the largest rewards are 

 ready for extraordinary exertions ? 



Our opinion is simply this, and it is founded on 



hard and skill as irreat shall have been applied to 

 the business of the farmer as to that of any shop- 

 keeper, merchant, or manufacturer, then, and not 

 ' we expect returns as large. Is there 

 ith say 1000/. invested in his business, 

 ■ the man with a similar capital, who 

 ' *^ J ay, 



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, farming been the re 

 re from the business 

 I a harbour of peace a 

 heir days ? We do n 







ire, too, notwitl 



there not instances enough of 

 as well, too many to make 

 ised at this? Ambitious men in any trade 

 large a field for their means, and list- 

 any field too large ; and want of judg- 

 rill bring bankruptcy in any business. 

 3 that a general survey shows farming 

 the least laborious occupations, and, 

 y other, to possess an ample scope for 

 ,o meet an extra difficulty. 



be thought of any other manufacture 



vhere the c 

 was not extraordir 



the manufactured goods v I 



house was not extraordinary? The ta 



dungheap exposed, and the 



i .' • ' iv, : 



ion now, but how much more might b< 

 other raw materials of the agricultural 



instead of litter, of 



! housed and fed with 1 



being locked up by stagnant water so many m 

 of it, of the cattle which mirl 



. instead of conducting 

 out of doors, they 

 economy 1 



But leaving the successive steps of their manu- 

 facture, what becomes of the goods after they 

 have been manufactured ? We had the pleasure to 

 travel homewards from the Norwich meeting with 

 a most intelligent, agreeable, and gentlemanly man— 



all the sights and lessons of the week, are we any 

 the better able to compete with the foreigner?* 



of indignation 



has suDjec 



the subject dropp. d. T ■• >! 

 questioner, we think, himself supplied the answer, 

 himself concerned. I 



1 replaced farm 



. ;he ravages of r 

 told of many 



destroyed on one farm to the amount of many hun- 

 dreds annually. Now in this instance, and no 

 doubt it is not singular, it only needs enough of 



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to meet a heavy fall of prices. The fall may be a 

 grievous thing, and doubtless ts a gri- n 



render lower price 

 strange indeed if i 

 iences. a business which c 

 ong as bring bodies need support, were unable to 

 withstand a slighter pinch of difficulty than that 



r trades, 



hands, have overcome triumphantly. 

 We only add, this subject has am 



FARM ACCOUNTS. 





1 1 the engine 10 years. This n 

 ;ing coals and labour, and giving the engine 

 II work performed, appears 1 



r employs a cei 

 perform the tfflag 



employed at threshing, chaff-c 

 Upon many farms, in many c 

 whole satisfact: 





i-engine upon 

 aid be based 



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urred during the year, but give 

 work performed over and above 



e performed during the year, upon what 



employed in tne 



following passages in Young's « Farmers' 

 Calendar," whk ; the present 



case, and coincide with me that no just conclusion can 



nbered that experimental agricul- 

 ideas, more or less detailed, which 

 depend for their 



