732 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Nov. u, 
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Ie nost barren heathy аге secu 00 be converted by these p mes ot everyting ; but, after all tiese were Пе better tham mar year, when a heavy rain bezat Si OAIT 
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pce add hito fruitful soils. ork— therefore, in regard to the re al an continued for eight days, by vina, g Octobar $, 
Average Wheat Produce.—T wo р of «s amount of prod cd of he а ы was ыу nemi | corn was reduced to one-half of i its value, Did 
Times calculate this year's produ the one s the Gov sed a correct account | and other faets show how precarious was the 
uarters, the other at 9 sacks. Without diceres ét the фин qs бин! ind aem мы grain produ ced | securing the crops, and how n ful évery еы 
: ose о igh far upon it, or the expenses incurred in the produ cing of it. should be taken to watch and gath vinh le care 
I would remark that if Mr. Caird, the Times бый. Thus, we neither have the number of acres used in sometimes latein the seàson,and was so speedil 
sipner, is any way right, this year is supposed to be the | growing corn, or as to whether the acres are increasing | The great importance attached to the а у destroyed? 
most bountiful of many past. It undou btedly is s0 ;| or diminishing ; ; огу whether or not the same amou а of Government officers will be easily perceived by all * 
but to raise the following averages, as givén by M r. land was produe ing more or ар corn than formerly. of experience, but more especially by enterprise Men 
Caird (vide “ English Agriculture,” Longman, 1852), to | Yet, on the other hand, alm ery. ође е branch xi chants and keen speeulators,some of whom have ape 
4 quarters, requires an excess of produce from other and | trade lacked аб еи i. further and promote | adopted plans similar: to those 1 baye "i 
better land scarcely credible. Not a single E he it. Itistrue that we have statistics with reference. m that, too, on an extensive scale, and, according to 
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while, e. g., Weald of Surrey is put at 12 to 20 ; Sussex short ,everything MÀ the staple pro oduct of the country. agents into the corn-growing distriets of {һе 
do, 12 to 20; Essex, 28 to 32 ; Suffolk, 32 ; South | The RF st attem PU o legislate in iy cial matters | just about the time the crops. were beginning o matuy 
Devon, 16 to 24; Norfolk, 36; Dorset, 20 to 22. As I|connected with cal began, I belie na ES for the harvest. These agents л purchased a équame y 
know of much hill country (and a great portion оѓ of 6007. being йа by the Commission ot Woo of eorn as it grew in each field, which they. immediately 
Wheat land must be on the hills) where 24 bushels are | and Forests to the Highland and — ааа Society о cut and sent off to. Li iverpool, where each. sample жщ 
at least four more than usual, із it safe to rely on a | Scotla ce society е which England owes Ан carefully proved ; and the result of this i 
oT cue produce of 40 from Land's End to John venei in ieri Ay M os xe of the Government, the parties to form such a judgment as to the harvest 
o'Groats ! Sim а, selec thre for expe vipi ts, viz н ion xp e ч, ж their operations in the trade for 
do of Cows and vai —1 shall feel UTE obliged Roxburglishire; ане, aid "Suther land ; e two nths conclusion, perhaps: jet 
н. laforuiation on the following point keep -19 | former bein ng arable, and the latte тенет land—in order will e а that m" year some Frenchmen eame into 
Ayrshire Cows and a short-horn bull, ad they give | {о test the -— of the eed of corn and the rearin g the English markets and pu 
me in and feeding of cattle. The society б aceordingly had fact that their statistieal information had 
Butter and — e agn ..£190 0 0 „байо printed vemm. the num а of acres under | previously obtained, showed them that there w Í еа 
А а pigi.. етее MOS different kinds of crops, the number not in ero sinh nd the | deficient crop in. France ; апа I will just. 
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M to these s оне І wish to eall low тура. as they first йк n who tarnished it for me :—* TI 
How many Cheviot wes and lambs vill e consume the | cked for Ms MÀ of the farms in acres ; secondly, баруы, by the French pier ie con RT orders, 
quantity of A and Turnips required for the above | the quantity of land dide ido Кан ihe d or to procure statistical or o 
“ү yearly ? Kowmaoy year-old cattle ! mn cL, f Wheat, Barley, Oats, айа" other grain simple, and works with gr € piles nir rd 
o-year old cattle? Imay thus be able to reply to iiis t, however, st struck my mind that these ре |4 sys stem of centralisation, Y means of whi 
friezds who tell me sheep, &c., pay better than mileh . Мож, it is well known | results are obtained. s, to obtain any ra 
м J. I that à correct account of acres cannot ti r a — example,in JENNEN on Ye stock of grain, or the mmber 
oss-bred Sheep. — Connected with the subject of „осоцу of the corn produeed in any e of horses in France—the ministry of the interior, or of 
woe. ә smaller breeds of sheep with rams of a| well known that in this county (Northumberland) "e commerce, causes to be lithographed a circular, wi 
o ra F хм es tioned several times in E гоа produce of farms varies from between 10 to 50 imperial | is forwarded at the same time to the prefeets of the 
Y s r. Chet nie o fh, ne r, it may not be out of place germ ka acre. Therefore, it ч pus that, to obtain|86 departments. Бу means of the railways now im 
кы En ade з s e has seni u ER пеге ойсе since |. о уега f any с wd is er a difficult | existence, they are able, in less than two days, to senda 
case d 12m LA. E k ales is a f Wels te mine pur- fy od: arduous task, тэн ven be atiendod with кем саге vy atch to the chief towns furthest from irr ext 
Us tb приста "c т ж сык men t 13s i та patrie , as require a series of returns for | ing Corsica and Algeria. Тһе prefects di 
itan ге imnmediately tb [ siro i yi né thd "i es * nd many нт пре к сап be "satisfaetorily accomplished address this PENNE to the three or four ects 
каа Ур nde о а thd М Чы лее and |.-at least 150r 20 years will be required for such а | their departm and tbe latter forwasd bun M 
rw ios т "n "ү Bi pes an 4 Ua = urpose, T eannot leave this x t of my subject. without mayors o e communes f thiet 
uocem E Md Pas Wero RONN prr ds Me АӨ thinking that the Highland чаъ й in selecting two | districts. Thus, in а few days, а 
E eighed from 7 74 10 а quarter, corn producing counties, viz, Rox burghshire and Had- | forwarded by the. сеп Go 
and sold Мао ргісе of 20s, each. Some of the dip ton might iive на & 
ewes have been killed 6: ue 
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were deficient i in many respects 
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Por this autumn d Sali ende „А to mislead as to the | through the thousands i i 
b icd : La: is not a | bi ола fide € prod f the whole of Scotland. | tory, and the reply returns with {Ше В 
bé opd iet ud 5 ti 2 rig die жаб: opted with I "a ey suggest ed Tnmen of each farmer filling | is not the moment.to.diseuss-t 
édvantage, éipec ally. by those who bare hilly poor up the returns aske by these schedul i vantages of the system of cent 
узен те ете lambs маа the и жеу would cost ғ eal of em id trouble), the best method | sible to' for 
anes, after they е е ун month y "A. dea be for them to say how much stock and corn |this Pul Tte ч 
quite laughable, R2 eme bes cef edd po bi the | | they took to yi market every year ; because, in — for example; ben A - тыы Алы d 
Nin. and as i» apum Mandate che ide fud ing an account of the produce of any country, it must be | subsistenċe”'of t 2 in. 
abe C dq oe] m" Jo biad like atom. ina ! remembered that there is a great quantity of it liena think p is » geni Vy itted 
parent їп good earnest, ` That Lines of dedi 9 руё by the farmer in the мери. p his cattle: in bus main bibe dm; Mina пе, seasons TE 
should be much improved in size by crossing E neo ef. bia Буз, BUT iu nenk fuese Again, ETE мао тейит aro made Pompe 
larger rams is quie im the nature of things, fo du schedules were pinche in these returns, and, | the great proportio "Wheat is g * 
Ecoles: be dani dicen sip tant d of course, defective, as they ought to contain а column | which does mot 
animal king v Айй гейде of. nizo ii: Gettin, Md for the farmer to return his annual loss of stock, viz., by 
x df the Southdo d Welsh деа her casualti may Appear s paper b | 
mountain breeds conld not be bad in quality—at least prising to some people to state that the farmers lost | British Empire, in w | 
ôf tlie lamb I can speak from а knife an d fork” ехрёй- pe A by death and ge Mie than has ever | to the амор | 
ment, and it was excellent; and perhaps in the spring of yet been imported into this country ; and this in itself | « ben the Gov the people | 
next year I may be able to give a similar — upon. e pi un cd pa zm ap If, sai has ever given any "oui уйн T 
Кы | o notice these things, how was it statistical inquiries ; and, 
e mutton; W. P. Ayres, South. Wales, Oct. 30; SR mer ба an přec ount of кантар Stock | expense that a; s annually i 
ss a » possession ? But there was | menta né n ect З" 
Navcisrie P aS is d 31 d A other omissi 1 7 the масу of a column |it is still true that the is d Me | 
e „зерт of Pei Ms — : » für и e ty of artificial - food an d manure used little. understood here as.in almost any other е 
= this subject. o shid tó There is ig old'and hast ves Wa new, тесу well (ш inferior No effectual means have ever-been set on гч 
ва at facts аге stubborn things, and if ihi ugh Ж application of най Med с Ба ү мерт ү: ar Д teat Koh Ri Sp pan | 
г , , 8 anures and of th ti one во | 
dd o one will ерем ри cn X rise o form | aske ey in the end be profitable ? The | another, е ФЕРЕ on ж M alue.of the | 
Mt эйр Ar Even bane p 4 с im- legislature sbould divide the country into districts, | breeds. of eattle, horses, &c. | 
уда : me Men 96, ign s| app each а competent person to travel over them | subjects, we re Bre, екин nothing but | 
F ге, > P es e уі : once eram зас, наб м сон e ore and | of a few dividuals and ana | 
À an progress of agricultural pursuits within an to. Und з sie уте is 
T we qp ed = vitse condition of pd Push speak to the превео of the different yen as ч; estoit er E Sum AI that can 005 
q е so, | sta- | were approaching maturity, and as to the aspect of the | 
connection with a branch of th ion’ i s | 
resources, wbieh has justly been termed the ГЫ бө n л n; юз "time пони at Boots, | =, 
every other trade, viz.—Agrieulture ; a subject which ре examined I шге 4367 и м M rdi Tm mec И 
ii to 1 а Ы А - erested in аргїс pursuits it. 
(Аз Э бене, е fe eges T NI bas | might.a ce possess themselves of the exact condition | The Steam Engine, its History and Mela ^ 
—€— permite А. reus i, rid эт cord of the country, and | e an бе ри = resült of pr Robert Scott Burn. . Ingram & Co. нету E 
tpr. its exact condition as it was in жор wim pae? 1 d. ets vom пау өкү M zb s profusely po wp. iu T sr 
u obtain. t d RN жыллы ior à Е р чи 0 ае epora but what of that? a Ася and yet 0 th 
for the sudden and too often unexplained lis а месо каб f н 
have taken place in the minds aed in the kids 2 aep ia sonenn өө E v жерш pagi 
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офа x Mugs 9 5 eges a lifetime in advo- | who are the authors оѓ productions, and I then will | 
: t pri "at & е ке а den rned | tell you their value, a&d what am of reliance can | 
Euer i a menare тикме ие Ж ate lad Bets ут, dde eme de ЕП persons 
Poema - : {еп | were appointe e Government, they would be com- 
бдее, the seeret of the many толеам ШЕ 19 Віче Мете and bones returne from every | 
andi А istriet in which t ere place e know how 
topi ul Me es whieh have characterised the proceed- | carious is the toil of the husbandman For instance, on 
T Hint do. rnments in reference to agrienltur ure | October 11, 1838, im a single night, when the ther- 
Put Vid w do you ту for these and similar | mometer fell 6° below freezing point, the whole of the | Usher 
correct а or viu n Р P. pa e ү" пее o Wheat that was not ripe was destroyed, and some whieh 
р аы uon 22 effort of the | previously wou ve borne 20 IN to the acre 
du м еа енй velt ти зе in- | yielded по more than four, while it was not worth the 
Hike men groping їй e dark This is natural, as they [org mer i Then, again, in 2 e gre d {T 
never had a singl le fact Ed eepe s great damage in one night ; and then is p 
: to € , I know that the | you ali remember the sudden en destruetion рор, жшлш he 
+ Paistin em 1 of the parts re губ k p le-.p VETE 
8 to erops in 1846. But we need not go further baek | deseriptiom to the drawing. ch 
