Jan. 19, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL bench bo 
43 
called accomplishments. 
fo rward and hau; ghty 
They ought not to assume a 
as that will 
n by the more intelligent with 
theory, therefore, I am i endonyonring fs econ 
so as 
- and tolera: 
counsel with any, It 
the ses value v of my vegetabl ‘0 | iro 
ean and crin:in duce is sold or eaten: all the grain being sent to | 
scat manner towards a, not iana to hold market; and beef, pork, and mutton, made only of | 
cm at point t to make any one straw, Grasses, roots, and such anig and parts of 
find then i l by human beings. I pur. 
of course, a a bailiff ought to be master 
but by a firm 
and prudent management he will ll find i Epa A in 
h ing 
P thout pe ad 
their denliige wi with others, they 
of “skill and capital wit 
- and 
ior us tọ bear In Mind, The 
s of our manufacturers arises from a aaran 
coal. 
m 
ulturis' tf 
but where is the abundance of their raw cantata 
W here a are our guano beds in Great Britain ? 
1 f im 
chase linseed, aki and other feeding stuffs which 
in ‘hat very important article—ammonia. 
atv 
low prices, it would create as cee a revolution in ten 
fac But 
can be co ooke ¢ for no man’s table; I get 
manure from towns ; fone ers from the fisheries, and 
from factories, w here t they a p 
tis San oms. Thus I produes 
f 
much, but rat 
y their tact that they 
ae = 
Wee] 
do know 
pa Very little, 
done in even then 
n food from both 
die, without a recogida. conversion of the high 
ma 
there would still remain a great distinetion in favour of 
„Givi ethe m anufacture: era great ani and 
ay PRE | 
em 
of the Miiat: . 
who learns most 
acquire instruction 
the hedge, let 
so by 
for we must be ever leaning and he 
will go ahead. But a 
according to their clot is 
+ +} 
their coat | ex 
all the eir opportunities 
“| h 
“Subordinate to this main object I am conducting 
various minor Fic da ents. On some fields you see 
the hid edon tem; cereal crops following year after 
1 t y my newly 
pro irtam ive pow He can erect fresh erresa he can 
construct new Dead ti he can obtain the assist- 
ance of more fac ig 
an abundance - exi 
yen 
Poel fs: implement 
But the chief part of the land 
is under rotatio 
; the green cro A 
am m-pumps, and made to so 
tofa fluctuating rainfall The arai: 
apt their 
e farm, vith, an oce stream from the 
the reser Koi w ons I mix and distri- 
stances under whieh they : are placed. Th 
constant] hav 
may e one wie! little 
education = manage for them, an may and do 
man 
ur My = lis eep and beasts, except a 
grazing on two ened ee are all ho used ; 
o that |i 
our command—they 
will £ bidding ; and, a aAa with all the 
advantages 
“ e productive, powers of agriculture to vere et the 
atio, and produc- 
tive Hanah f manufactures, Agric prolis 
‘J? 
xp osed 
not partic cle of mai 
age nd su 
d farmers in a iar nd nae they 
Sol as 
reat Britain in ao present coa is ei. "iifferent 
qairin re skill and capi icul- 
p ital, to agri 
make goo porn han sun, or wast ning and | ture as practised in er satan In those countries. 
Re a if not hee » they sea with nat a wasting floods of rain; A thang h I can moisten and vire land is he and abundan d where a man 
compass. prejudice ion of i y bye, a friend of mine is as merely to cast his seed i — the , Without any 
ler diffe ki ga £ double- soa for Wheat, which is likely previous perenne ion, and ore attention to it 
circumstances. In s hort, an intelligen ‘r f Per 1 the vest time, shan may go and reap 
who can lay his hand to anything Wien iuiseatary vite “ ‘From all Il o or 100 bushels of Indian pn Seip 
his awkwardness, is the tk e growth and vem elidel seria ould be a moc e 
man for the ri right place ; and your co rrespondent may of meat will not ‘become rae distingt eos mE So wa to agriculture. But in a country like “this, 
ni discover why so many of them are fro p on nd w may | whole where and is searce and commands high —_— Br 
rth. G. S. of ae l 1 and wh 
eS cc sold, gey all consum net in vast | cattle- oe and praa is siege S the a ar eere of sone is is absolutely 
manure-making establishments, f f the 
oa STEAM-CULTURE REVERIE.—No. II. would be under corn every yea th sa various manures, 
IveD within the precincts of iend’s domain, | head of stock being kept, but all the wreath pe mH | is involved. in the science jr agricultural chemistry ; 
I velled at the ee Gena which had there | fo mannfact ing p urposes, or with stover and inferior a and „the knowledge on these subjects which is to be 
taken place. The whole sur of the estate was | produ all | to 
a of every vestige 0: rly exchinnge for portable Indeed, farming | our operations with ce ty and success. I have 
it; and only the old contours and Ahija of gr ound si eatens to ae me so ela Toka te a business that the | often received visits rat practical agriculturi: 
extending between the same Tronan and la Pie n whose its nes co Rag fit him for the re-| of whom have com great distance, and very 
remained pattie A ne angement o we or for the delicate processes | glad I ha e been to see them. One question however, 
fences, and crops bewildere a myi gaze ; ant in ble of judgi but which 
the great ph ini with its tributa ws 
ror 
buildings, and 
the cozy farm-house near its shelte lo 
cattle, eee and live one in general ; of selection 
Eo 
facto tory-like erections se in win noe an 
with a 
lofty Tega reared 
from their cen 
The siab. through Pie I passed were laid out 
in strips, like those I ha ois- errr s 
T- Pu -r a ee S&S Ss a ES E a oe ee. 
ted gr: 
mploye 4 in ietehing blask 
hite, novelte s whic distress e and nearly s uf- 
43 Mr. nch ” Che! Bami? 
spa my mee, round a a series of bore filled Hat. 
coveys of plump poul- 
=. = o 
_ but 
sheds 
try. 
a Over | 
3 of solicitous 
care in fattening ; of ro oug ghing it in the — and | 
market: in short, husbandry includes such a i 
farious cluster of occupations, from the Bani aa 
steam machinery to the breaking of a colt, “from fo 
geology and rnnga of the field to the suckling, | 
at 
pe souk i 
y f ie yard, that no ome 
us en ugh to master 
ng, 
put. It general ly comes out where the finest oe 
found ; the question is—“ Does it pay?” Of course I 
canno not say " yes,” but if Tg give m negative, then my 
| fri o think, “ ‘Ah, it’s alk 
ery w well fo or you, w. who 
for such pursuits ; but it i 
must explain to you, et the object o of these investiga- 
tion ns is not exa ctly to BERR into my igram but 
n be the 
pon it, be a a apie division of labour shi) ue 
ig vege 
Dika 
put money into yours. ye hie is not to do 
eae agriculture wi ill mare quite an epice pr 
shame-faced or ie | 
nant distance. ee 
3 but to enable you “are judge a the 
properties of all your several crops ; and 
While my friend was thus delivering | 
him. ait. considerably pa my Hy tig nce as well as 
surprise, we had drawn towards oe hou: j and now, 
after due ph sT shay &c., ther i 
to grow a ‘second, third, or even fourth crop on the 
same land, or to foll course. Science will 
no ot enable you to grow w two 
it 
a peep at the “ cultivators.” aks ¢. 
MR. ahh OF tim 
office, 
‘Truly en he had miren to show i in the form of 
wW 
STED. 
an ag rorta a the 
address given by aaa occasion of the 
a a. TR. ase Be 
to the novel system of 
maner he had a pear I must devote this prelimi- 
nary paper to his explanation. 
“te am te! esting,” sai id he, “a new theory, which I ¢ 
pena com- 
prises two distinct arts o1 or | pr ocesses; x 
| of Baa nies out of the soil, 
ty animal prod 
trial 
po] bax 3 ow, one must i da that to obs a very in im- 
perfe 
testimonial o on the T Fd 
a fuller account of M 
much smaller space than you 
da at present, pee deal of your cil is placedin 
e land, where it lies dormant for a long time ; but 
y correct that b $ 
the right manure in the right place. It is sometimes 
said | that farm: ure possesses an over 
lities > this is 
nee 
Law 
the 
July last, The following is 
a bly: cmt on that Pe oA an 
I will now just explain to you to what 
in its creat l 
a fallacy. The lasting qualities of farmyard manur 
n 
purpose we propose to pb th ur building, in doin; 
which I will poi dt 
Sir 
ure. 
> 
own pro ti 
chemi ut m not 
be true our 
dif this present practices of f fatening 
lve tock with grain whic 
h is Aaa aa food, a 
in any improvement of the p prac- 
dify works devoted 
h 1240 H end 
tice of the day. 
A 
me getting back your mon 
agricu 
avy, one of the most eminent of them, | ; talia 
n apricultaral ; but I am not | presents on 
ae oa ikat ae ren oat 1 
that cours which te lier profitable to you. ne 
nd o 
ulk of straw and 
eg vegetable substances shiek | na be employed as 
- tattle-foo: d are both make-shift ex] 
pedients, and not | 3. 
of ih scien ntifie terms o common in all works on the 
The F; rench an 
neip: 
pr le. y 
HE 
and tenant ; but science will in 
good knowledge of qualities 
enable the | fo turn 
the 
it will e: tenant 
Vitel, +, 
been evolved from the earth, let it not be again waste- 
fully buried for the po sd si maintaining. — Assan s 
ptiliy , but barter it fi 
“al ow labo rain ho eld a portion of 1 
- full 
as pai ubject in this country 
Lo paian of Butoh’ Lieni) work in in 1846, 
That wrk thoroughly roused the attention of agricul ul- 
Ha 
rT some aP use! 
sowie eer amongst them that their phaeton 
., hinh 
ore 
Home Correspondence 
nad Dia 9g reply C the Observations o of C. 
of drainage, it does not 
F. F. Humbert, om the effects 
that a 
a which ‘you may legitimately So sow in its only | mig ght be grea 
proper matrix —the earth— to procure a future vegetable | tion of science, Some A 4 writers on on the subject of | lying a 
abun Jy ally acknowledge this p ipl chemistry misconceived | : 
substitute a steam-engine feeds on | and mis-stated the mad en its spptatity to practice, | the cla; 
l for hors at A „up jair of my so that f they have hear A ded the p 
s; ~ surely farming arrive e of the science which tl H ed rrie Bl 
Faa GA daly ha a what horses woi ing at the great advantages w ience 
as been saved, that which the more sensen e œ the manufactures of this country during clay to: 
dev Then as to the other | last haf century, they have predicted ain v 
y: nera neod. we lavishly pamper our cattle upon | ad would result from the t ‘| subs 
ibstances which with great pains we ane to agriculture. We mnst not suffer ourselves to be|as it extends, 
vender that man cannot eat? To carry out otii ial manufactures and agricul- | a mine, 
