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570 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Aveust 23, 1856. 
t rict integrity, orderly | the humble occupier, therefore, alraid to trust the 
an artificial big hole. And any pract ctical | conduet, and domestic treatment and comfort to nine- | maintenance of his family to what might be yielded by 
land drainer can say whether under such circum E t his land, seeks employment elsewhere for himself or 
stances that ba the cheapest r method of obtaining an Ecc! C lesiasti ically the parish about to be notie ed may his sons, as the case may be, as a source of certain 
tfall for the drainage wa be distinguished as the rectory of M united to the|income. There is to be added also to the class of 
Bot ne or: rectcries of B and C and the vicarage of The total | operatives upon the land a great number of young men 
cic SERGE Sa ar rare tithe rent cde to about 600/. a year, of which 1107, | and others dieted and lodged in farmers’ houses and 
In reference the essays we have received is oe = the lay rector of D, and 4907. to the| paid by the quarter or the year. The labourers of this 
giving apen to the agricul examination paper description do not appear in the tabular details, yet 
of the Society of — s, ave ta state that the valued by the} 13, 34. per acre, | there cannot be fewer on an average than two farm men 
iven by M ie ur Cox, Lon ngford, Minchin- p eN contains" 2400 Aae — aty servants domesticated in each of the 96 families (in 
hampton, appear to us th d F ir g jA rs x H 4 columns 4, 5, and a : a even pe aanas m column 
the number. Any of them lid move ma pute ig Deen n 91952 ý ” 1G; Siy b, in most instances, la in r on their 
rfectly deserved the a eo “ a aeai ”? at the = oe sit cons, o sant Sea hold “the plough, 
a e the Society’s Examiners. We — publish | The table No. is peer? ed from ehaatibvclagy hy investi- seinen PENER d ema Thus a very taa nae sell 
Mr, Coxs pap ccessive numbers of this | gations in the present year, shows the apportionment | of human labour is actually availabe if mot pre 
journal, and refer more fully to them all next p and the almost exclusively agri- | fully employed. 
week. ) 
The aggregate number of labourers is produced from thes i 
urmais over the cer area, there being but three tributaries, viz., 245 families (col, 9), supplying ] 
very small Man A of which the largest contains only 14 labourers each 367 ; 
LOCUSTS. 
Individuals who labour, col: 7 as” oan oon 38 
Wuen in London bgm I was informed by a friend SIE Domestic mB gee fx 3,6 ~ ves wee AA 
that he had just seen in Mark Lane a sack of podded vawe | ub Parishes, con- | man 
ii ing this name, and which, from their i Agt AA the | ni 
pleasant flavour and general ap) nee, he considered | Parochial Area, | Now, if so many hands be considered as far beyond 
likely to useful and agreeable variety of cattle | am | the legitimate oe rements piles shyt ow acres, how 
food. The question was, from what plant th e z ile Sea ancy Of labourers appear 
derived, pa: gaits nice aiig seemingly inappropri ae _— = | Fae & Housekeepers of nn |’ > when it is shown that the quantity of land in actual 
, a name, one would imagine, rather indicative culture is less than 5000. Some constabulary investi- 
o! t than the vegetable w: wW eee ee oe Number of which Has | gations s for the present stenlis enablı 
my inquiries, I obtained the following information, | re are Proprietors. ‘the correctness of this statem 
which I here subjoin, for the benefit of those who, like EN METR J Cee 
myself, naga Mirek en E a ghia of on bg | no | 8 Ls EN ot bs are ‘Tenants vholding | vaw a | 
importan: from 200 to 300 Acres. gr ha © Area of each 
Tree — inia pseudacacia of ainsi a pa | | i sgg Ai 
American fo has also been given to ee pa Do. fi Ayapana. 
the Ceratonts St Siliqua or Carob, or Masmcba tres, which inhabits kR | mPa 100 to 200. ‘Acres. a a ok: peiye | 
the Levant, and bears large pods, filled with nutritious pulp.— | bN 2 m Wheat. MEE 
Penny Cyclopedia. e al 
Ceratonia Siliqua (Keras, a horn; hornlike pods), Carob tree — g | eta ee P epee Ka g 
Evergreen greenhouse pla pears ant; economical; parent so Sat blossoms 4 borg v o © Oats. Ga 
September and October; colour red and yellow. — e Levan! | 8 ee BA er : g i 
in 1570. Propagated by seeds; soil sandy 1 ar mat a w m Do. from i — (a i 
Hortus Britannicus, p. 414. E Sal Mira p 30 to 50 Acres. : x 3 ; 
Ceratonia Siliqua (the Carob tree, Algaroba Bean, St, John’s a £ Egg Barley. E 
or Locust tree), is a lai wi a uminous tree, inhabiting fo Pee a Do. from hale a a i 
7 and Egypt, and cultivated all over the warmer parts of the | a QD eh we 10 to 30 Acres. 5 = 
editerranean. It is valuable on account of its pods, which are | i = i >= Beans, = 
5 or 6 inches long, deep brown, and filled with a succulent pulp, Do. f iia a & 8 z i 
nutritious to cattle, and ae used by man. Its name of ee ee Bi To ba w Tae 3 
St. John’s Bread has been given in allusion to the tradition that | 8 beg so ps. aa Potatoes, 3 
its the “ locusts” on nage St. John fed while in the = 82a 8 se 
. In consequence of the well-known value of these ay &  S æ | Labourers occupying | > 
pods for cattl |, an attempt was made by the late Lord Spencer _ a ae Houses. n 9 ae m a g 
to obtain them from the Mediterranean. tons were actually z 5 & c Turnips. F i 
received, but t aware that the result of thei has A = PETER ee eee Cel | bare & j 
been ished. It is understood that, as food, they quite an- S me oO m Blacksmiths. S i eT 
the expectations entertained of them, but cost too much net e Sree 8 | E | 
to be worth employing. They must not be confounded with the Ne - ee 
Locust tree of the United States, which is the ome of nursery- ny. Cee ees tae rae seg ae aod |e Fe eet tae r AN d 
men, the Robinia pseudacacia of botanists, for an account of eel wrighits. i Cabbage. Be 
which see “ Locust tree.”—J/orton’s Cyclopedia of ppn mee 2 zr E 
Carob tree, botanically Ceratonia.—A i eee tree of a Me Masons. B | inte $$ a 
AE Eko Segre : | om | & 
4 ts name t g m => 
in Spain, Italy, and the Levant, and was nesta, to Britain |> [++ we ——e * a g 
latter part of the 16th century. Its pr usually grows to my = | Meadow g 
Sadright df about 15 feet; its leaves are differently shaped from © | ype Oe | Shoemakers. z 2 CARE ae and = 
se of most other evergreens, paer tk anaran variety z = S naie e- í Clover, _ | 
its flowers bave a colour, and appear in | i | Fa T a£ = Pe ie i Total ciak | 
r and October, but om uced in Britain, and g $23 8 under crops. 
‘pods are long, flat, horn-shaped, and coloured, and con- a | © g Persons of very k iot SL : 
a thick, mealy, Ae re “4 bi wee plant ap | a m 
e eae ao of aori ra ere is sone y known in | & g 2 Grass. ; 
Spain er the name t. Bre he shells of the = = S j 
pods are supposed to be the haika ia to our Savio rs u- cai | a daar EW = | 
tiful parable of the prodigal son. The seeds are “ra ryt aa ain podi go E Piantations. 
memed petia Earn ee e ere - Assuming that each of the 574 amibe bape ns on Df | 
1 e EET E E 
peasantry, and were the E food of mity by the the Syernee five individuals, t the aggrega! is 2870, a eo ig eee 
cavalry during the Peninsular War.—The Rural Cyclopedia, Rev. | little more than its numerical strength 20 years ago. & s&s = Waste. 
— — The last disastrous famine scarcely increased the ordi-| |[—_—— 1 — — ———————— Ht 
ue or ip blaa Pe y rate ma mor = an Fr great cages were| Thus it appears that on rs ite 4838 — ee 
t hat ot bj b b } dured b si ee ee of the popu- | productive area, after deducting | 
L t i d hree diffe b per is attributable to the | qucin n which routine labour] is expended, 
no connection whatever with each other, wee ot the venta $ eea A of st einai rm The great dis- | and 787 ie ae of the foregoing number are under Clover 
AS po ro eae: se ae meee gg E acre’ yah the o mumber of d meadow, which require but a very inconsi i 
which in my ignorance I used to ae tenants is obv ucting the portions y amount < labour. 
oo t be the ar of St. Jomi in the wilderni and three tlemen who are the proprietors of these and The cereal c are obviousl. high & 
ee Aer ae ta ly low 
Carob, or Algaroba Bean, which I have ro io and the Clover very disproportionately low. ° 
drat as its Spanish name of St. John’s Bread implies, na apa tenn i 0 | Turni ý Ma ngei s a 
was actual artic! which he di subsist. It under- pcan a occupancy of 0 families, o — 70 seventh ; but Beans are consi an amel — 
stand th i hold bet In fact there are many | cro; receding Barley with e in results, 
in Gloucester corn market last Saturday, but at what | others who oceupy — i smaller scape 5 acres, aeh aail Z lled in the most slovenly manner 4 
sag! pa ton I cannot exactly say. „The experience i of | and are veer tabul: turns rather as | often but poorly manured, they are to be ranked w 
farmers t peer a erst but to avoid 1 needless compli- abundantly manured subordinatel with those e 
— d _sebeptabie. Samuel Taylor, Wotton Parade, | cations I marth excluded tbem-f d | that are beneficial to the soil. Many farmers appl bs 
occupiers, and placed them in column 9. To the 245 | Beans = peers rt and others use jó composti ‘ble 
; "Wo have al Ea a P = 1 families at oe of ee column may be fairly added the | weed, sea eek a endeed 
e have also receiv ollowing :—I procured a| 49 families in col. 8; they are chiefly dependent on å and fi uenti * 
bushel of the “ Locusts” for ex = t. The seeds | their penssan labour, ur, becau use t they don ot till their i gt mixed d hard “Be lh accumulate ie fel a 
: i the pod are as hard as gra and are rejected field in th d 
Bh orm he eats the pod. His teeth grind | which in some cases they might acquire “more  ineome sca their "held s for mould, —_ oo pots cae in 
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against the bean, and he gets rid iele a If injury 18} than my i hiring out their — nor obtain so many ashameful manner from the sides, co tracting originali > N 
done to the teeth. ful ed ublie are s | 
seem to be objectionable. Probably `i th dee eep dykes, of whic ý 
mangor after the hore had I Picked them ‘out — = and pri sam ‘oo. that anes soil in many localities sides yA ianea iky declina from the remnant of ad 
is poor shallow rr: pecia on aie ie: — ty of which no de- | way le! rs Even on important highways inspector aeh 
: Locusts chopped up with chaff. mee = a a obec pendence can be h mu ie toil and care ;| road tracts have difficulty in pasaren y dat i 
fian, if it be one, answered? C. Easton, A * Several ==: a oF aiaa n reclaimed from the spôlišiiiií or in having the tresspass repaired =% yg 
pasera KEC rosen ims soon be assigned to these two deno- the — breadth virion a be sttained » apin tof 
inations of the paroc! area, e it win ; 
SOME PAROCHIAL STATISTICS. nt These chiefly inhabit a tract of very poor soil, which was a | inj raha fe d án mould, for the Bean crop 
R mon until about 20 years ago, when e = enclosed and let | spring to obtain = ising n pik rofitable aey f 
Pd Ernai Fip oumer-tenthe occupying families at little more than a | particular, This of the mosi E aif hey 
nominal rent. readily raised mse ag the petty farmers tbe 
BE Pi gentleman resides on another estate in an adjacent or any of the cultivators be led to age i 
$ poai individual mechanics are included in the families me employed oso 
amount of labour, however, 
7 Ee is ic i ear; aT Arae aE ERE four following columns. tom 20] eft ure fn mad scouring and repairing di 
and peasantry superior in their habits of rural | 50 acres. he 
