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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



art and business < 



; and business of agri- 

 culture ! Is it not one of the most significant of all 

 l there are men who believe 

 •heady attained a standing, so nearly 



C';ct, that but few resources remain 

 which it may meet the extraordinary difficulties 



But let us ask once more— What 

 truth 1 Who can give a complete^ answ 

 question — or rather, who i 



the physical sciences, 

 the properties of the r 

 operates; it shows ui 



jraces probably all 

 and much beside : it teaches 

 lw material on which the art 

 the actual atoJ 



ad in the air ; it instructs us how to concentrate 

 lem in those forms which indicate fertility ; it 

 sserts and explains the influence of atmospheric 

 eat and moisture, and the other elements of climate, 

 a the processes of agriculture. And we may descend 

 step and say that it tells us 





ler emplo, 



loys — of the earth as al 

 " '" ! food ( 



vegetables which organise this food for the use 



3 knowledge of the farm labourer as well 

 philosopher— and the details of cultivation and of 



" "' 

 tare of a plant or the com* 



some amongst 



our body possess deserved the distinct; on 



name ! — are not our many failures sufficient proof 



.. ■■ as i When 



j perfected our soil both as a storehouse 









i greatest utility, 



economy the food that is provided for them, then 



perhaps may we be permitted -to speak of our 



the designation 



development of sound theo 



losses are th dentific proceed- 



s' <.:e ' means well arranged 

 I ^neer at that. 



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I open to those 

 who undertake a business now for the I 

 to seek its reward unassisted. The 

 ral truth— the furtherance i 



and improvers generally. 



society as to assist and guide our national agricul- 



would relate 

 oform or benefit their read 

 so appropriate for a good fa 



Blake known with satisfaction the energetic efforts 

 of those who may elsewhere be treading 

 But. what do we see !— T 



the Cirencester 

 -.. 



courages those who would silence Mr. Cairo if they 

 could— and M :i . iVen sends a 



hostile messag Huxtable, and 



JIlum :- fifth- twofh>t of these i . 

 have not room at present t 



' iv be a very 

 . it-elf, thoi.di, i" ' 

 •challenge" appears to be dictated by anything 

 • except under a rare equal 



1 no doubt determine the relative merits 



. 



opa or farms in the north 



England either sanction or condemnation could arise 



svhat some are pleased to call "scientific farming," 



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may excite 



r perhaps even national feel- 

 - * among the Ul-informed, 

 i confidence which had 



U may possibly unhinge a confid< 

 nevertheless been justly bestowed ; 

 wkM^ the cases are t0 ° varioua t0 dlov? tl 

 5m? J ™Z res P ecti Y e !> T develope e 



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tfiere is no such royal road 



THE FARMERS' PROSPECTS. 

 Yoim correspondent " Q." 

 lajorirv, I fear, of the tea 



t farmer in difficulty and 

 ■!, and that the 

 industry must be disposed of 

 former averages. The change, if 

 was, to my mind, badly introduced— the three 

 moderate protection was a mockery, for it 

 the foreigner three years to prepare for importation on 



Lawrence. But above all, it would have 



for some local burthens on land, which : 



-orbidsto be thrown on gen an 



if admitting, as nominally we do, the right of the indigent 



■ should destroy or weaken t 



neighbour's industry. Wei 



bound to satisfy the pau_ 



limited when all industry had ceased to be I 



not till then. 





home produce be raised by - . 



imposition of duties on produce from abroad. In either 

 case he is convinced that what the home grower gains, 

 he, the consumer, loses?, and if you speak of duties for 

 revenue, he tells you that food is the raw material of 



plant fall so light ? Excepting perhaps the Hop duty, 

 I am not aware of any tax which the fam 

 which other branches of industry are ex.: 



land. If any exist, I shall be glad to have 

 The land-tax is admi' " 



prevent hit 

 Barley or other grain, and so com " 



as possibly it may, that so much C ° Uld ^ *I 

 burthens on land should fall elaeww't 1 ? 1 ' *• k 

 quarter might be claimed, J £, ^{A, 

 imposed. For a concession such as tK\ • ** k 



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and his attention distracted. ^pttnil* 



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tion took place before the stern iusti„ it Cot "** 

 turn had been dealt to the farmer; only ^J^ 

 increasing with the gross produce, the mST^ 

 and capital, and payable out of the nel^L I? 

 tithe-lord now is part owner with the landK \J£ 

 price of produce being now regulated by h^T 

 fteow onit fte^°ithe B 8 « an ^he** *^ 

 The landlord's timber^whS impeLSL^J^ 

 farmer's produce, and the game which emnl- 

 have now become in reality deductions. tik^S^ 

 from the landlord's rent. And thU brb««^ 

 important question of rents, and to the enqoirf »yu 

 they are too high, and what prospect there bTJJ 



ment of rent. The division was regulated by the ew. 

 day principles of competition, and the landowner n.- 



the ordinary returns for tanning industry. The h*.- 

 of the arrangement has been chan 

 sent, and he has an undeniable th< 

 duction of rents or re arrangement of term?. 



It is by no means clear that were existing engip. 

 ments cancelled the farmer would gain anything B i 

 fresh arrangement of terms. In 



earnestly, and prices remained equal to promae, fc 



surplus would greatly exceed his t 



trust of the juggling friend, Protection, would not is 



timid mariner anticipating a storm, he kept mi t 



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agriculture has shown that the capabilities of the n 



, ond what had been generally suppo* 



and that the produce may be ™™lyma«* 



without any corresponding increase in the cost oi » 



New competitors for land are springing up-men,'* 

 having observed the great want of economy >»™"£ 

 practice of agriculture, the waste f ^ m t IffyUm, 

 from weed's, and^hick sowing, and the too genajl * 

 regard of ascertained principles in tn °if™f ""_, 

 of stock, and seeing what greater ^f"! 

 may produce, by what it has P'^^J JJ^iJS 

 low en pn r croVltockTand°that sense' of «*>f*J£ 

 springs from freedom of indus fay. Meed, " 

 ODinion of many well informed land agenra w 

 cSlturists that rents will rather rise than M-^«J 

 are not in fact too high ; that the tenant ^^ t 

 easy rate of interest the use of tne c *P^ Btjaq fc 



moderate. In America, in most parts of W^ 



a large portion &»-fi£jttt*^ 

 T^vlZll by^he British ^JfcS! f* 

 ■, expend 1UU nt or jnore,*^^! 

 yeir e of 8 additional rent ^^am^To X* 

 tenant if he had to expend ^J* .^* rf^ 



Xnlj .brink from ri.tag *, »" - 

 !?„°'hT dir«.inn-in the "&*£& 

 1 tk "SdSer "InT* *<S » **££!» 



bSn ot r sr iLSsrssr »$£ 



egisiauou i,* ,n, P rest in protection, as » ^ 

 SSL'm JS show him ; if *£-£ ^ 

 ifter payment of expenses, it incWjJJ who le^g 



