Jan. 12, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
27 
permers. 
I have 
Buthority o of the best materials 
fro pin. sapposing that they do 
or yi have abated m 
1 
tion of parties more intelligen 
such subjects eta self. 
Im 
= 
equal sum of 9000/. after paying the 90007. to the 
a 
t and think that the panera i is ya deserving of the atte 
v 
attempted to state these figures the feat mus st be, gof | of 
d the true reason vi he does 1 not i sccomplich } 
alad th 
| leaving on the ground, in or er the severe 
1 
the approach 
34 } 
veatner 
I have at attend far 
not admit of m - ation 
uch in some of 
al- 
of ETA n ; and I p much 
confidence a the statements are substantially correct, 
we are simply Te for a gen and his “invention.” | 
t this point my reverie w: as inter- | 
a sufficient ¢ crop w 
tha 
afford a fair yield of grain. The  daitional a peme 
afforded to the straw d having Pomii of room in- 
rupted z the anial of a letter 
ressing me to visit him on a most 
f: to se 
and well informed on 
pore machinery. “The. writer of the ep ristle— 
| to defy 
on ah in rows 
f the head: P irh E them 
the high winds e deluges of rain 
e a trial of some new | The Akat, will ews nothing zid dibbling his Wheat 
Foll 
14 inches r even more, 
ha i 
ay add, as as an ipt IA item of profit, that the dry | 
d ti the Ma 
5 
ih r AREE om: Eae he was somewhat 
on 
kil 
tor Burrin; 
p 
lin > 
of a | the 
l » he had | air to satin rms pe The fi rst ert as of the hoe 
» pro sho 
Ibs. a bushel, This wo 
d give aw weight ng 
acre as math ae 
it fro 
eo a pee 108 Tek of roots, state that 
S yields 40 lbs. of spirit per 100 lbs. of grain. Thus 
acre of Barley yields only | 
re the full produce of an 
fe 3300 Ibs., 
67,200Ibs. 
Bn these calculations, or that 
hold. 
m Man 
ee r irit roy don 
a give 3600 quarts of | body held on ne 29th of last month, the subject of 
sp t ls. a quart, aud it will Cen was rodu: ced by Mr. = Stenning 
j amount to 427., while p“ Man ngel spirit, 
v Pi 502. 
Birley | 
for “the early train” next 
decided ly 
ob atetiolgationg some practical wry ney upon 
IL A 
is Š 
0 Ibs. per 30 
2 7,200 Ts, of a, The same <iimsiiiae. whioh | senepenaiin cultivators, and diggers. 
to e produc: ngel at 10 —_———_ 
+ 
fib ngel, after the whole saccha en 
$ xine matte: ex d, is lapai 3 —_ 10%. | a Macksmith bellows to one winno ing o of co uld be deep with a tool made fo or the purpose 5 the 
i ton as a material for the manufac aper. | ducing a perfect, if not expeditious, order an ork, | to prevent 
t I have ascertained on the highest aon ; Together we had spent many and not a | injury y to the roots of ‘the are There is no 
and I imagine that 30 tons of Mangel y solid gold pieces, i i lelli hi 
M 1 ton (but on this point, of the quantity e pro- | ploughs, digging machine nuities, And leaving a the ground, excep 
duced, Iam Dot | 20 certain), thereby a am oe to be | our ideas were not sim ae suggested wy ‘boo! ks, or by a eon intende d for fe en food : a tree to fine 
divided bets farmer and the manufacturer for | cursory poe on of tillage epee but were jare] rn must hay ace to dl its branches and 
each 30 tons of samen distilled. upor persona al experience of deficiencies, and | roots, The same ‘pols goo we me to bin 
Before concluding, I mnst state the remarkable co | Carrots, Mangels, Onions, unds 
ret of Mangel and an acre ley Residing now in a distant t county, and being a hear men say, “ The pr is mene p ear ust, 
i l from which spirit (whisky in this paratively wealthy man farming his own fee- ag ms sow see he contrary is the fact, which they 
ry 6° seo is dent I have taken Mangel at 25 or 30 | had devoted his p> nd and his talent to some cure should know more from painful household ex ce 5 
nee tons per acre. . now take Barley ata rate of produce | wild experiments oth in mechanical and chem at many of them could an e 
60 bushel i weighing | sotaan tion, which comes home to them :—If 
ote 
obliged to exist upon the same allowance. 
The Wool Tr ade of 1855. —The year opened on the 
| AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 
and fo 
s one may hold | as to the 
trade 
und the 
| Waa R be opinio; 
ton of grain, instead of | ad putea ges ds pk i sae statistics, t th 
No doubt the question should be fairly stated on either side, ape 1 
refo; A 
ir the 
| The demand for continuing, & disposition wW 
| mani feste ted to take off the. stocks from th farmers 
manufacturers and dealers coi 
5 
At 
uch omparative | partisan “spirit ; it is, however, onl met one ‘of his 
distillation from Man 
ge 
t shows either that te is some error or fe: argumen s—that which had previously appe are red. in 
e r: 
Looxine over m 
d to find Me ea 
and 
all this uae might 
shap e f meat instead of 
3 A pp let ci age a I, 
one evening, I was 
“Sie siod of the corn 
and other produce, 
t 
a 
s straw, Grass, hay, Clover. was 
r “entered for home consumption ” by the teams. But | 
th e been “exported ” in at 
"bei ing converte ed into 
E} 
] 
Boecining of motive “power t 
A but feed on wood or coals; or 
hich 
a terial, the lan 
Steam is a 
For the FOE Tan seen s, 
on 
his tho i Sinan 
w Subject, suggesting first the old pee oane lips aia - 
ture alone of all branches of oo 
ing consumed in the mere 
k f 
o work farm machinery. 
rupeds, living engines of one-horse power each, would | & 
her, if steam engi 
n the 
try still fails to con- | 
d, by the agency of steam 
nius as well as a mighty | 
into a 
q great ge 
3 a simple È bandera = will raise 
w fields for ai Sesani 
in textile, and other ma- 
p peiton of bread-an 
men 
husbandry would vigorous as iiy, Ministri 
0 that Wits a land ao revel in chiet Ea 
pl d-mea‘ 
ot also for the 
ce make steam an cul- 
agric 
our Puggish 
i on 
Steam has muscle R to mere — the clods iiem of poe procen kn 
; ‘of “the f field; 3 only, as with Hercules a! t the spinning- 
tenni bject w. show idene y> e by | itse! 
ted from Barl ey; SeN yet Aou lend Been a: par supporters of statistics, that, where they do exist, they | į 
able trade when prudently conducted, are fallaci and accordin e quoted Mr. Heti stocks 
of alip rec eagern ness was sr ot in the pu 
also at ls., | Godston gk pe aste, in a ch 
of most s 
orts of wool, an and large ronha die o 
I 
d Mr: Cai ird’s ag ainst that of the Scotch returns, and d| ing 
th 
— 
onar- the sate of our wado has 
On 
the med that both were a i been nano! ter throughout the year 
Now, even had Mr, - Stenning dealt fairly with me expected, which may be accounted for by the riadia 
| evidence on imh ho; fonded; the answ wer would hay a pranti p> waar m the previous year 
“Su no dou ft tl a ocks of goods d yarn rn abroad, which 
men, each re “of a ee system, and naturally re some replenishing. "I The dem 
5 acutally a a lit iie gant perena against pawi other, | rk armi p aib navies of ourselves and allies have, of 
fes . if their authority, when it coincides wit wn | cou influence, and above all the magnifi- 
hy 
w, be so conclusive on a point of det tail) i is “their 
general gar in favou ur of spon informatio; 
M yh A far | 
cent ihre ot 
sa 
America H brought into our markets 
__ These d have 
* 3 <1 
Sarepomncatiny 9 ‘and secondly, of a 
evidence was g first, ot aaia iag the high — of corn on the continent and 
it. He said—“ I bef 
u lordships, perpieting which you may form your rad 
opaan s whether I do not prove eita fallacy, and show | 
at the tal Now, Mr. 
Jall Maxwell, who took the Scotch returns, th 
h 1. To egnelude, we 
would not de espond as to the porera A expect » 
fair and on 
man trade ; not hold. 
out a expectations | of any cvnasdcrable Advance 
entire discredit on the Irish s statisties, an ion says if t 
lastain and estimates come from the police, he woul 
| not attach weight or value to them.” Here is 
| representation ; Mr. Hall or „did not “thro 
| entire diseredit on the Irish sta He was iti 
(p: 12 of evidence before Lor as powini mittee) : “ Have 
you turned your attention ra to the Irish statistical | a 
a po ‘to 
that the as 
returns?” Not ver larly 
ies employed are the co tasty very fitting 
he greater 
to the farmer. We may also, once for 
gent ore who see our quotations 
ust make 
refore attach weight a r a to tbe Irish 
which -constables E MEPA ieS 
gen 
many acres of Wheat, or Barley in a distri. He | tion to be und 
does the: 
praan 
Sa r ony tt i 
e possess. wes Daci tn ant of finigo eing 
sure, our modern antitype of all the conclusively AEren et, hoever rn 
demi-gods of yore has long been k e Scotch inquiry may have been conducted, “ there 
[i to the work ; but the most honourable of all labour— | was not the least test a" the returns accurate ;”? 
98 that of delving and ae has still to agg him hi? but ully ns from stating tha 
@ his stub! very ready at wel re-e anion this point by the com 
I mi -work ; en ies ; that he denied the validity of Mr. Caird jec- 
i ting and cooking catile food, sa ng timber, lifting | tiom; and in different tests, all of 
mi drain waters off low lands, or throwing irrigatio: whi ore or | been ved. 
floods over e enterprising agri- | Ment of evidence—misrepresenting it t here, suppressing | savi 
i the drudgery of convey- it there—little warranted Mr. Stenning i in “appealing to 
m into the field, and there 
A, 
f ‘him | into submission to the yoke. a for spinning and 
‘grinding, to be % ‘all 
his reference to Mr. Caird’s opini 
so much tal of; p as the Scotch and Irish statisties instance, shears have now made 
tat huis.: obrnidactod | are ere Fallacious it may be as reg the vibrating sickle. I think the salen 
made him excavate and both systems, | ciple will be found to clipping ; 
means other than t of evidence which Mr. | of course made and edges of 
stop short of tillage, | Stenning has reier iar. which he probably un-| harder temper than for reaping. cane ger 
il operation of husb dry P si cut both sides at once, and . 
ace of |in Bell’s Messenger, to which T have already alluded. | y 
ng | Correspondent. | 
ard ground have to be 
fine mould, but “ the 
tender roots of crops? Twenty 
as a seed bed 6 inches deep ; ‘thatia, 12,000 tons of | 
sliced, i 
panting giant” can do it— | 
Home Correspondence. 
Thin sca. e ivan — of 1855 has gm 
proof of — vantage of thin sowing. 
Gandani aptin SPPE baasiks anti 
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