THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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y° from the MS. diary of a 3 



arfcment, as well as in the practical. The 1 

 f Arthur Young in farming is very well knov 



signed for hay, but there are more weeds than Grass in worth m 

 it ; I never saw such a shameful field anywhere, but it ca 

 There were three small enclosures in corn, P* 



1 Redshanks allow* 



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, but the ground 



3 which he t 



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«*" nothing gi 

 imeuded are now being adopted, and in many are full of gaps - his gates open. I had walk 

 - *- ' myself through his farm before I called s 



and' I 

 Young's Fail, 1776 : I I saw 1 



. i f thur°Young, Esq., I could 1 'ere I expected a great treal 



eeing the result of so everything in fine order, but alas ! I was again dis- 



ice as he undoubtedly | appointed. There were several transplanted Lucerne, 



01 of Grass as if they had not been in rows, and 



1 come to sted in the midst of it, 



o model my farm upon, when I have finish' famish materials for some othei 



on farming. He had some coarse Hair-Grass 



, too, and little spots of other Grasses, bul 



I assure deficient. ' Pray,' says 



the teaching of 

 leaving II 



south-west of Hatfield, " 

 of very 



aV ' Oh, yes ; ' replie 

 d to sow this year.' Th 



quantity of produce left after the ex* 

 ;en subtracted, and not the mere money 3 



minal or money value, but that a larger proportion 



the produce is required to defray them than^ 



ler country. The foreign farmer, then, after pun 



art for expenses, has enough left to 



e upon ; the English farmer, likewise, after pajimr » 



■portion of his produce, his hao? a 



il to live upon. Now, supposbe that 



3 British farmer needs only the same quantity of 



imal and vegetable produce to live upon as the 



and therefore the whole quantity raised by the British 



farmer is much greater than the whole grown by tat 



foreigner. Suppose the English farmer's expenses to 



he double those of the farmer abroad— Eay the foreign 



[ucing four quarters per acre. The Englishman also 



ire farmer could h 



U.i'Sil 



Upon that farm, and made it worse. It is at presei 

 mostly in Grass, which is so bare and poor that tl 

 cattle can ! ardly live on ic. He has 30 swine in 01 



poor weakly plants of 



drain ploughs, iron harrows, and other 11 



nplements, fit only for paper 



e districts in the p 



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forebodi _ 



wanting a band of nobler minds' to point out to their 



nervous neighbours the fallacy of their apprehensions, 



y exertion in inspiring agriculturists 



• crease in the amou 

 >.rgy applied to the 



ieen the expensive means of production, arising 



i price of food. The Legislature, 



lore, have abolished the protective duties which 



the pi" 



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spenses, or four quarters, therefore producing 

 rs per acre. It is thus clearly Bhown that if 



farmer requires no more to 



it makes n 



difference at all if he exchange his prodwe 



for other things), than the foreign farmer, he must be 

 producing at least as much more produce as he is 



SSUTt 



re for taxes and other expenses ; and when we 



hat he is most likely expending more prodnei 













weight of taxation, &c, and thus be equal with the 

 foiwu agriculturist— let us not be alarmed at the 



weYave d 







growing a 



rs far exceeding theirs aa our 



It follows, then, that with cheaper prices for farm 





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tions to be made for th. se m re arbitrary 





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the protective system) r 



culture depends 

 are anxiously seeking 



ipon the nation's practical 



iry. Whilst some are denying and 



our ability to accomplish this task, all 



and many hesitating wh< 



a capable than in other c 



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nitable, or our labourers 



this, it is necessary only to reflect that pi 

 a of relative and not of actual 1 



quarter of Wheat in the foreign country to be 30.?., 



The English farmer might 



or profit is actually the 

 jht say, « I pay double 

 foreigner does," but in 

 it is no more ; it is only half the produce, only 

 arters of Wheat. Or he might say, " I B ell my 

 !e for double the money which the foreigner gets 

 ; I have l?.0s. profit, whilst he has only 60s. ;" 

 reality he is none the richer— like the foreign 



a produce, was to 



articles being cheaper, tradesmen s » ^ ^ 



heavy. If food be Reaper,. how« £$ o £" a «l n** 



rllurefclu^ 



L 1 .,, , r . ut ; civil and military officers J^"^* 



"dtTbVe^ 



tion of the produce w. 1 1 of .course xpeB se8^ 



price of produce falls, in snort, *» not sis* 



spontaneously fall ; though some of them £*? ^ ^ 

 to an equal degree with the price of pw£« ^rote- 

 this disadvantage we must have a r "° U n0W beifg^T 

 ments in our practice, such as are ^ h< ^ 

 mulgated ^ 01 ^ ut ^^f^' shZ- ("* °^ffi 



manur^S" appU^'i^o^* *» *f fo ^ %, J 

 to too rank and unprolific a growth, * 

 housing all our cattle and covering ^ 

 obtain a similar quantity with less e» ^ prese nl 

 uess If our agriculture were no . joofl* 



time far ahead of agriculture "J^k* <*J 



systems of management by the •8" c whePe there «j£ 



