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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



iJoestionably high at current prices. Profit on 

 ITjKitsat 61. 10*. each, which is also high, and c 

 rt&nk. be realised on an average of years. I 

 to consider the former estimate, founded upo 

 jhieh the latter and Mr. Caird's pamphlet supply, to 



udwithout prejud.ee, no one can fail, I think, 

 otitis not an agricultural truth that high farming, 

 % n to Mr. M'Cnlloch, is a sufficient substitute for 

 •refection, « crutch " though it might have been. 

 *Hr. M-Culloch is greatly to be commended cei 



The object of all writers, especially in these days, 

 ibould be to elicit or disseminate truth—the whole 

 tmth. Anything short of this cannot be regarded as 

 tmth ; it has a tendency to mislead and do m' " ' 



KaSon of* 2 



would also suggest that 

 ye should have none other 



X™ 



The weights 



I'.S. s,nce I wrote the above I have read the follow- 

 iag resolution, passed unanimously at a meeting ol 



Pennsylvania, which has lately been held at Pitsburg, 

 to take into consideration the depressed state of the 

 iron trade : " That the present depressed state of the 

 iron trade has its origin and is entirely caused by the 

 low rate of duty at which English iron is admitted into 



jndiciousand ad valorem principles. That five-sixths 

 of the value of pig iron consists of labour ; and as this 

 Jbow can be procured in England at less than one- 



«™<>try, we, in thTunSTtate^'can^nev^LmnVte 

 *ta the English iron masters, except by a reduction of 

 ««w to the pauper rates of that country, or protection 

 Xee~ mpetiti0D " That '* iS DOt the - W ' 8h ° f aDy ° f 

 ntes of labour in this happy country reduced to the 

 W« of poverty in Europe. That to insure a different 

 gmore happy state of things among us, the labour of 

 ""■ country, including all its mineral and agricultural 

 Kn?\T! tbe P rotected » our markets from the 

 JMnt labour of other countries. That we pledge 



!JJ* I have always I 





5 Eel/ beeu^cted" 1 ** **' ^ ^ — P ° HCy ' 



**? be felt- auv<incea «an ours, or where difficulty 

 P °% dern.'S c ? nse< l uence of English competition, 

 ^giand ol.7 ltf and ex P e "ence justifies it ; for 

 "fch sh* 11 S. reatne ss to the wise protective laws 

 *■« enil . en J°yed till recentlv, and which she 



**£%<%&? she is to ^ inue *■* and 



*** Fa*^* Correspondence. 



S'j^TES; i e ^ uchnes i Farm •• Deep Dr r- 



it H " that 7fc i S*™ Wlth y° ur correspondent 

 MiCu "och thl • advai »tog^ possessed by Mr. 



J*W«o L B T pier of the Auchness farm, are so 

 f^yaateriaTl as utterl y *° deprive his statement 

 a* 1 * in «>„ J«i £? a Precedent to he acted on by 

 b^aE!^- , True . h « «aa made the most of 

 ****n«SL* ff d there » merit in that ; but what 

 ***« would he have been, had he not done so ? 



blame to him for this 



uiuuey vaiue or tne crop to be expended in the purcbas 



.'• fti it. lea £ 

 How is such an account to be oh* 



with the system of high rents paid in Scotland. So am ; weeds 

 I, and so are hundreds of English farmers who, at 1) incl 



but even here Mr. M'Culloch is favoured abo 

 cuuMrjmen, his pro s rent <.f 20*. an acre being n 

 by items explained by " J. H." to the low figure c 



- 

 staggering to us poor Southrons. I agree with 

 that the whole thing is a paradox, and wants ex 

 tion.—Dr. Lindley has completely converted me 

 superiority of deep over moderately deep dm 

 Till very lately 1 always advocated a 2* feet dra 

 amply sufficient to carry off all surface moii 

 and so it is, merely looking at the surface ; but it 



day, excepting those in'Kne^Ythe p 

 be hand hoed ou singling. This proce 



grubber, with three oi 



light horse or a stout p< 

 ploughed 35 out of M i 



eeth of his family. Siv income i 

 ; witli thf «!. 



ind. Perhaps the 1 



belief in the efficacy of the system ; but with this pro- 

 viso that deep draining should always be accompanied 

 with proportionately deep stirricg of the subsoil, without 

 which it is naught, worse than naught.— Mr. Martir 

 Doyle may write till he is black in the face before he 

 persuades Englishmen who have any value for their 

 lives to take farms in Ireland. Can one take up a 



the whole is immediately 



3 of being converted into 

 ding for three hones. I 



stureland. The glebe Is 

 i plough. I should add 

 ths it was valued by an 



. • - ."■ /I"-- > .• . ■.:-■. 1 .:-.■.-- • :'. 



ignorami may fancy I have filehed from them ? The ; might reasonably hope to prevent a reduction in this 



answer not being so satisfactory as I eon rse my duties as a clergyman 



begged to decline the proffered advantage — a decision ' would prevent my exercising a very vigilant control at 



o never repented. Samuel Taylor, Barn- \ all times. I must trust a good deal to servants, but 



Maize.— I have seen no mention of the results of ] I do not expect extraordinary profits, but I wkh to 

 », which was : know whether with such care and attention as I can 



n 



e a new Grape and a new Strawberry ' 

 ve done wonders a short time ago. Mi, ' 

 What is Agricultural Truth ?-This inquiry of yours 

 admits of a great variety of answers. My reply would 

 be, early preparation, deep autumn al ^^"JJJJ" 

 Marched October. We put Garrett's horse-hoe upon 

 the Wheat just as the annual weeds make their appear- 



in spring, ana nna me biuu»i™ .« ,«— ~, 



perfectly clean, and ready, without any further prepara- 

 tion for a deep ploughing, followed closely by Reid s 

 subsoil plough, stirring from G to 9 inches below the 

 first plough, upon which the next furrow slice is 

 turned as rough and hollow as possible. In this state 

 it is left accessible to atmospheric influences, and tnat 



am happy to say 



s may now safely be said to be gone by, 

 and I am sure that I shall be supported by all who are 

 . ■ 

 tying that instead of any attempt on the part 

 to assist them by bringing 



il being met by such base 

 . « Cadvan " would lead us to suppose ; 

 • 

 would make amends for the want of any oi 



j had been accustomed in their native 



reason as that to which I have just alluded that deters 



poor-rate to be paid out of the land has gone a great 



tten many whose opinions upon any public 



Bubjeet are those of the particular paper which they 



