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ail which à ppears to a good illustration of the | có congrat tulate “you that you not only have a hae great ch T re, You cannot unhouse the whole 
quotation from Mr. Donald's pamphiét on land drainage, | harvest, but a very good harvest. My opinion is, from easantry from an esta! od rid Prot It can only be done 
with which “ A Roxburghshire Rustic? begins his letter. | all I can learn, an gem — which I have Eradially. Brett te not do what the Duke of 
I placed 18 pici of quite dry ċhalk, of various shapes | observed, i capital harvest, x that the| Nor b mer has dole. [em every man ean do some: 
and sizes, in a glass tube 1 inch in diameter and 2 feet decies result of the Wr 2) v» weg done|thing. He dern build a few cotcages, or repair others, 
6 inches Mr MÀ one end ina solution of salt erra oh d pr ess, and, : 
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ugh th hé point i contact between the | ther ent fam p ‘persuade "the people. "y em n Mate to attain, and avail yourselves 
ion was te “limited, they all became saturated in that Naturo md "Providence had not been so bountifu l very oppor rtunity of accomp lishing the result, 
e tim th ought to have beni. Tt is true th ti me 
of prn but even the of tmm interest. The greatness of the untry 
to evaporation after it v robe raised ron the | root crops are not so bad as many raed them to| depends on the race that fills y d whataver our 
pieces of chalk epi Jy. as Clutterbuck, be, after all. I want to impress upon you what an | ancestors may have done to make ae great or 
Wheat-carrying b med Portal ie a hou du important event a good harvest really is. It is very | famous, whatever liberty they miy acquired, 
your comparison of the t of carts versus Grant’s expedient that the country should contemplate what į Pret wealth they may have pe Marth if the 
t between | race becomes inferior, you lose all those results and all 
as far as the experiment wen 2 ie a rial was t d and A bad harvest is, in fact, a | thos b ings. Itisaq 
against time or cost, but to in certainty if subtraction fron “the. "national — dar perhaps | our minds, I do not touch on thé scenes of life in our 
the uM could bw appt aarebauenly for the vhole amount gold mines c A es, den d are e familiar to all. They "m ge 
pu of carryin othe stack. Iknew that the | of whicli: we have of late heard so € retche ; bu 
very same hands sould | be beue to pitch, load, and | (2) There: is another point on "Whieh, from what í deplorá the “condition of our vette classes ry Ms 
stack as in the o ordinary opt of ex earting and stacking, | have sien to: inp; I cannot help touching Ae that is a | great cities, impossible any Tongét | to shut our oF 
things roved, viz., whether | prodwettoh which m late „has ve al th our agricultural labourers, and it 
the trucks with the wheel | 80 ” together would | farmers, and that is vH o set au example on this subject. I was 
travel with a load of ee d d without turning edge feature n lio, ad is a pese "nr in an old boo 
over; also whether the rails could be shifted so often | soure very gre vit ue oft. o those who cultivate the | years ago, and I was surprised to find that tl 
as required without hindering the ien pitching, &c.; | soil. "n ns help being unie sed that in p fagew d tion, which is supposed to be one of modern origin n dis- 
l to be satisfied upon the above points I selected for specially in Sout ucks, with which I ore | covered by the philosophers of the 19th century, had 
the experiment a er A uneven, irregular-shaped, and mr ely acquainted, oa flockmasters eatin i aly to | attracted the attention of society nearly 300 years ago. 
narrow field, in order t ae the rails thoroughly to the | br flocks which produce short wool. The great Nea arly 300 years ago, to the honour and glory of the 
test, and the way in which the work was accomplished pies are given for long wool, and I C Imay, then 
quite surpassed my expectations, and I am now quite| why we continue to produce merely short etd in the | say that there is nothing new under and what 
convinced that the —Á s not only highly valuable| county of Buckingham. I s vem have dry it we look upon as the result of enlightenment and 
ing on manure, and for many would have been very easy to with some of considered iderable time 
ther — on a pes tolerab iy level farm i and Leicestershire breeds and to pro- ago. A very great scholar observes "that in his opinion 
8; but that it aay be applied to ting wool, with some of es oie the declaration of the wisest of man ind, e la A i 
i i My laces to great advanta ^ Now as to | | ad it Breast ies ; of all this tiet ee when | vanities, all is vanity," wa tai but 
I look -- d elative Mie in of long and short wool, | mistake of the copyist, and that he believed p^ 
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and u farms, rails must n advan- Pear pem breeding Downs and -producing | but “ Sanitas sanitatum, omnia sanitas." viste - 
tagenus i in pos up ae: 'defidledoy 1 in binh asthe|short wool. I mentioned this fact to a friend|agree that it must have been a misquotation of the 
actice is ne Rd ES of vC the eo? |of mine a neighbour, who hà ^ a , considerable |Words of the w ise King of (Israel, wd if so, 
here i plan n you e of ca rti ting flock. ‘He perfectly agreed witb m i ld 1 f his best claims 
b the Cotswold But, he|t idered the wisest of mankind. Iam pon 
the. question —— itself into the cost of the addi- | said, miho great price of wool has bee i| to admit that there lias b 
Mel horses my ed for carting in the Mai way | entirely by the Ii el abouring class. Iam wants. that as 
uod ost o a man or man and boy to shift the | in the newspapers that there is going to be ` pea ce in | much 2 [5 with the labouring olerki themselves ; 
rails, rm opinion n is the “ty will be found in America.” I could not help. saying that I did not|and it is for this renson — % — — the e per- 
fastu € of the latter ; give the 2s. 6d. extra in li y 5l. for the 
of every horse saved by the use eof the rails, and I have inly occasioned by the civil war in America. The | cottage that is kept in rea € ‘condition. T think it has 
no cough they will prefer them to the ordinary mode. tendency ef late has been that all articles of raw | been J^ before, to show the uselessness of such prizes, 
Again, many seasons, from the effect of wet, the ro T Tuk ate’ wool, have been Fee in pee, | that what we want is new cottages, and not rewards 
corn is BeMly all eut on a oe a yd com- | and atmake|for keeping old ones in pen order. - think that 
mences, and then, when fine wea sets , the rails | the indus orksh are becoming more popu M | eri ticism is quite superfluous. What we want is t 
would be found a great ines " bands. ould then | in ‘the wes ‘it is i that wool is an article of raw | bring the attention of the people themselves to the 
be more plentiful than in the midsbof cutting. Zopling produce for eg gua a prize you aw. t 1 
that I had not LT be gnus the nature of the | there had been no ah of the community to the subject. They try to obtain a 
experiment, I trust you will take that as a sufficient | pricé for wool, and it Would i been the best eos; oon one man obtains a prize, in the 
exc ax he troubling you with this long letter. William | and therefore, to bring the point to a pragt p issue, esearch and pursuit of the prize they | discover such 
L. Hubble, Barn Hill, Hunton via Staplehurst, Kent, | the result of my ipconbanion is that I shall e f delight happiness and 
8. 13. Dow i with Cotswolds, and I do thi p that it i is T a defi- Mp that you educate them to that cleanliness and 
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th in | fore, I am of opinion that a prize of that kind, if I am 
quart mugful (about 4000 in number), off 4 Pie i. of m There is vete a por f agric etin a which I| | permitted to offer it, will not be fruitless, 
land, or about 100 on each square rod from various | should like to say a few words, and I will te 
plants, I have not found one feasting by daylight. By | views on the subject, and that a Bd: respect 
the use of a lighted lantern during the Poema: I | condition of the labourer. I think the filius m TrPPERARY.—At the — — and £— of 
have discovered them on the tenderest and youngest | the agricultnral labourer is ae WR n requires and| this Society during the pn eek, Lord Sr 
E of mv Cabbages, Broccoli, &e., gn awing deserves great meni aper I am not entering | presided, and spoke thus et Ich à Agriculture :— 
them right off, or s i the ‘snus. which he| « ye mighi 
below the eye or heart, leaving only a short stump; receives. The of the agricultural labourer, like | to take ig to sanguino, b She Tutata. d Teoh i ‘Ona. 
then, when gorged, burying themselves just un es the | every other class oti labourers, are totally independent eM HY 95 Hah pect OLIM. Tent bad antt ted opps 
plant, about half an inch, which it Task devoured, X of legislation. I consider it of the utmost import: nee | *gainst th stud bp ot etg dei of Ireland, Ve t especially 
the next night, when T have easily and as rurely | that agricultural Jabourers should be well ho me. dà tinuous nat emigration. They had no security katoli 
found and taken —€— in Pu haunts, which my opinion it is more important than a question of He recurrence of bad seasons, and the best course they could 
were indexe i i i "dde d ; 
plant appearing withered ub not | and many of us dri nk a great deal too much, but this I much dependence on any particular crop. The 
burrow from plan to plant by Mh asIb aioe ". nost | will t t happily, was the d sedibeious since 1860, 60, and: the sage i hers 
people have hitherto imagined ; but from fear of some * ears sanitary ‘condition as regards "habitations “is that prevailed had not been half so severely felt in Ireland as 
deadly M by dd m gym and hidden till | one which, AS rat, p 
uk f Y find tie aruba f farious weeds, th bin the Mods ilow i hin were to continue for any considerable time, that the coun 
nig upon e incle ney o , al im s was b become à mere grazing-field, and cattle were to take 
which Konts for de formidable. havoc they are now | breathe pure — ede air. Ne the itis|tbe place of men, he would not be able to express himself 
making more than e d plants i in the | the truest sou vp eene rig heey 2i is therfore, Ropefally, an i. : 
sinc of g eat mport Dm the | stron 
the : g arms, so much capacity for lal or y 
nately, if I may = enin Oo ui are | courage which had been tested A Lg ago, Eit ba t Mire 
the late severe drought there ant à few weeds es on pee i- LM way, and the first  aificulty i is s the oi But his reading AERE him to doubt that 
e tide of emigration would con ME; ines same rate, 
tady Whe ood) for ot brin E and, althoug h ho knew that a countr as America 
must o eee n» numbers to its Veit M Mae ts of the war 
them to live upon. On h of tha at it is investment of capital which does n: 
téd this autum n at my. kis sa bie return. is ano wi 
tig, Serer xa exactly three grains ` in each: hole, der. d dus Yoshi, Shak Be yon eMe ra 
i of various casualties it might eh eia mo E 
‘before and after the plants were aped p his farm bis labourers in healthy | hat 
days, not one missing ; two days after, to my P damay | habitations or iving two or three miles from the acres | the 
p hich the; i v 
half had been el ipp atures during the | éngende r ities and weaken their energy of 
night, and in nin teen cases out “Of rely where I} strength. The farmer will my por pc TP me 
found the tender $ blade wi pcr P LS as | labourers who reside on my acr d reside in houses : 
I e grubs, sometimes diminutive, and | which allow them d M their labour full of S ng n d 
others big and m hidden in le the peer very gar by. | energy and vigour, energy eye vigour given by sound | ram. that the low- 
A, H., Maldon. slee ep and pure N 2 The Fi m will then be more | labourer, which had been the rule in Ireland, was not twigs 
it ] cheap, sh that the well-fed and weil-paid labourer was aie, 
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to do more work than three men dieted remunerated o 
acieties. run more valuable to the proprietor, and it does teli ma oid ovalt. ietland undoubtedly was à prolige country. 
bd upon the rent. In this y the latter will find an į Within the past few days he had seen many cabins where 
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ab the annual thee ng t = “Bucks Ariel this i$ an easy diffi culty to combat, It is a great bib wuMwitir dpon the Sdor. - Hé might be asked, why. then, if 
iation, Mr. DisRAELI delivered an agricultural | but it pu be met. The noe however, is usually | the population. of Inéland had i “fallen, that of England had 
ngland was a manufacturing 
roi which argued asif the proprietor as called upon suddenly | increased ason was that 
1 Q) lean upon this occasion congratulate you upon| tos y sweep away all the miserable. Dea ree abe that he has Md d oa, Md thousands had been attracted to the 
vm eel 24 the whole, is the with model cottages.|]arze manufacturing towns. It was a significant fact that 
can n a country—that is, the harvest, I| That is poni for you ree in an instant, effect | there were about 100,000 Irish living in and aroun - "Liverpool, 
