266 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, {Aprit 19, 1856, 
of the exhibitor. Thes “the sam e privileges | Teasons stated in a high-toned report, yich n may be | sca Area ige TAN is not generally known. n 
t have annually ms soaked to na own Royal | kept out of sight but has never r been answered.” | in last s t 
Agricultural Societ of England at its country Now we have no with whatever to keep this: report | esis rte za ai rdy (whence the gr eate 
gs. of si pr it here i | tion of our stocks are Aig: in and purchased Whe 
The South Eastern Railway Company has also its “ reasons’? may exert what influence properly | growing crops. done to.a very consider- 
handsomely granted free transit for live stock —_ belongs to them. The following is s the | able extent. The cr mtr were immediately cut, and 
ways. Half ate for implements Under the same | « Report b yer Majesty "s Adv eno on Petition for the RET eoat to t the Cri ritnea as compress ed hay for the use 
condit d Agricultural iety of Scotlan jt army. This t 
The committee have received ews from-the | |" Aer carey _— a lager enue of mie pakar | | and the price of seed rose sear ely. Thes 
€ wW! existin; rs 0l e ighian ociety, an ie) 
panien r om ae that this port possesses every con- along Rah a orem i Wied, and | dealers felt unwilling to purchase, being of opinion 
the dise: embarkation of prob tert S, &c. | after repeatedly conferring with a committee $ the pen doners: Ij that the high price would | limit the pom and that 
The en satirik are now obtaining information as to have to report my humble opinion, that the prayer of the petition | the 
the best mode of shi should not be complied with. 
t mode of shipment, &e. The principal object of the petition is to establish a sort of | | They refrained from purchasing, and were content te 
S Ge io ege, = a pra of issuing Reg oy oroele nature of be de epen ndent on the large cr bers ers fora 
ae to the stu ts, in respect their proficiency in the 
Tue letter on AGRICULTURAL Statistics which we — ledge of agriculture and the arts and sciences connected | $ supply when the season came T as now 
m in snap olumn req uires that we should oNV, whieh should erable them to assume the style and SP | arrived, and the market is in a s somewhat. excited 
r readers of ‘ Fellows of the Highland and jigeiauitaral Society o! gue cot- | a 
me additional information on the | jana, aes a power to exact fees for granting such diplom sta 
casio of ‘ube Highland Society, both in | humbly appears tome that nos sufficient grounds sage been ae a | | for the supply of f their custom: 
E saatat, om Ola agri | E n iets IAN poed or paag loge anl | uo ante i penchasere now siate of the oase—and 
statisties of Scotland, and in relation to the | fnrther, that if her Majesty lent her royal authority to such an | ° advice to pur urchasers now ould be ma bee their 
subject of agricultural education. On their efforts institution, it would furnish rd a pen liable to — ~ | ed time till after harvest. ~ new cr will have 
towards the due representation of eon at the! «London, 24th M ys Py pp y ened, and seed from Lombardy of “the current 
heoming aris Exhibition there needs no word Ga fact: ia that although “S.” hints that this |) ye ar will hav need arrived befor October, faro Italian 
praise from us. Whe ther “S. a be right in| report was kept out of uge and never eh an yogis a ca. pepe de sere 
in the bazaar dia 
line” or “not, it isin its most useful as pect a grea iy ih ae nl "on Sao aes as wc | Soa Pat 
so ional gathe pryds ae “sguifcasee at the the considered the question with them ; that there had | AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 
Exhibition las ar will iot only upon m bon ry ae ae te ewan ata a: nd 1 append to thi ch as rer $n oe Nomber of 
future times, but especially on the experience of| then refused to camidir or discuss S aint 4 bea rA THY fe matè t e subject of Jénattitid editorial 
yi ina during them on both sides of the British | neither then is rep ad he asne p] shal 8 ry yo por Paper. 
hannel. T ighland Society appeared to be | grounds, at that thetelons they wo kas not ac a | be dissatisfied with your remarks on the ground of want 
exhibiting their energetic character in this as in| such a refus nel and their resolution | of courtesy, though you fare mee at and expressed 
pe. Pa feces and we e believ e that we Dean right kas g oi Liat ass | conclusions different from mine. Perhaps‘ you will 
i gn on that sabe s then, is eing etad o live ls : mgt: 
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ive want of energy of the nati nal ‘Society ‘of discussed, and which ‘ y upei aaa oredr Somewhat further than either of us, or even Mr 
po. a sng that the contrast was the sen pal | Hoskyns, has yet followed it. 
conduct im the collection of the agricultural 
other way last year, and we are perfectly ae Egitan heir My point of cm will not be obscured by the fog of 
that whatever Šiwait may be due for the appo statistics Ma cotland — their energetic effort wise against icultural statistics, for I have 
fa hiy or aa self to be an advocate for i 
Bhow eu a Be “ AIS: at wa Pat aris | at the Paris show—and their contemplated move- the mist of special predilection either for that nationa 
Ei o the English Agricul- | ment in aena pg paganama a) —are all evidence of) society (the Scottish), which has assum: e 
ural e | the PA d power of the Highland and | management of their collection, or for that one- (th 
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ema eine by io Highland oriei, and on di 9 professional (I always deem farming a profession, 
the concession of this claim, sine = TET of ed ar There are p ral P lousy of ouiside sat n for nphint am a tenan 
bem, all that at which the Society possesses bably Tew osish farmers who not va to “ta me a aa vation 
it forth—with what effect, though but at = us the useful course > of conduct byf . a hi tha del to 
mon ’ notice could borai “a Bag doubt be see hich on aisial Agvet Society iy fond orgie travel, Tivo entered ale Li Aioria sm merslyto 
We m oa refer i. i correspondent Tatiadatet e contend for is, that those | | ‘These ghee pe S asa T E 
strictures onthe proceedings of the Highland | who guide it es if they think that b 
Society as regards the agricultural statisties of win e a pcm er ÎE apical Reap re maratila a n onsen: T, 
. x course, however goos diat they will either Par they should be collected through a X national 
We cannot admit the correctness of the in- fulfill’ the purposes of a natio sa” Agta ait 
ference to which his statement leads. "He would | Society or obtain for themselves that support a «The greatest of all manufactures is the. manufacture 
have us to suppose that the es in Scotland paa cein England whi ee oe sister associa atin n of a nation’s food.” With this dictum a Monis 
were ma reality much like those experienced in | is rapidly acquiringsin the north. 
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aege coe a “5: aie sr :—“ I do the lowest P istare “a Ta hond wa he Government officers, are fabuintea pub 
faite N eai at vin E het always ani chief otinealinrity consists in the use of a metallic monthly, summed up yearly. The hibits Peer 
y ten l, or that there have not bee fra n whi ch | he scale i is cast in re eli ef. A mini- [kax arting from, and registered in our ports is similarly 
stances where as refused ; tabula’ hi 
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opposition was not to be loo! ked for in connection o efficient one farmer d derleiisiőn of any apes of our commerce can be 
oo. a oe = its: extent has been sin- | costing so so pi as iss- ah shil lings nade 'sixpenee, eee documents which are periodically published 
y and satisfactorily minute. There were no | dese fon, exporters ethority Do importers 0! 
f te hi to be thus br me under his not psa! Ae 0 ES apai 
i [of feint erference —— irs” beeause they cat- 
te ay aad SATS i neon Caithness, but literally afyon 
: A every distr act, it iterally 
state that in 13 counties, though there may have shek We were to 1d Winter Weer Ho bat | Chi ina i Peru.” ype one column of these tables 
not ee à he i _al ors te be pd wn | tells us that 100 million yards e cotton have been 
one of absolute refusal or opposition, while | su fi li as any | ema ave we thence any knowledge how many 
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ote oe 19 counties there were abou poi cases | ae om ii etend to rs suc ch inform: ation, wh e 
this t character.” Now, t that | conld only be obtained by correspondence with the | factured ?—when we learn from ano Pe 
neludes all the cases of tabulations by [chief — , and this has not been the case in wee [roger worth. of “apparel” has been sent 
neighbours alluded Ny geya “Se He-is 3 this tell us how many slop articles are issued 
- - seareely j stating that while | _ pa ablic pec! Sons’ emporium? In like manner 
wore shortcoming iaa > pne poese ent a psa as this is of course exceedin in ao i 
guess of a mar re in Argyle,” nd t 5 x 
whine A Aa k tefesal. are actually waare a ; mias — ura placing poraa ce k d hese! | be any guide to my es ow many q 
aa Penat the ordinary good taste not to — oi made inquiry into the accuracy of his in- fed by Farmer Jones? Not in the least: 
Jiker. Dat E ams i T. GARPHELG Or gud sates [ienien ETIGA hina ube then, should English farmers and some of 
H purch porters, and the fact appeared self-styled “ friends” consider the demandi 
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the oppositi t k 
e sn on infinene ne m might Three been booked jit. We learn, tebe, that in Sretlcad the ba as | Barley, Potatoes, sheep, cattle, &e., Sy their land is 
5 n, but w xample lof foreign Italian Rye-grass has been full PP? | carrying to maturity and to æ market, asun 
= ‘tea ortunately disregarded by by thei ir tenants.” ‘the e enh d pawi that kas chehatied aft ps er re en ot eB ec stehaoeeinen mt no one" 
_ One Sora questi g . ie should know save the officials in metropol offie e, 
education. A supplementary charter to enable the peep (Sja Daak E de forthe snill how much of either uaina oot ar bgt 
Society to act in this was applied for in larger demand of the present y the naan: Galea 4 =i of the farmers 
report on their ages a that era s ee of- it tell us th at though we supply i3 is othe county produse a ae j 
m comparison with last y But, to 
The late Loro Apvooars rejected the petition biat tenn fe tu bitai me ask what import, 
Society it A let ad of export, 
iety im that matter, as “S.” says, “for! The war canta aam, o egs m wt te ee eae 
