Od 
THE AGRI nonce terme GAZETTE. 
[Peson 18, 1856. 
"wama At ery in book- 
e farm rudg pre supper or 
keeping. on nkt tr hibar e is to have |' skeg din ing boys and girls be ove 15 years of age, is still, I 
tatement of kis yaka at th ginning | halite: the a rather than the rule in diet, in | all 
and en ey fe every year, a of the receipts and pay -| three of se g rr. Last year I a aha 1 | 
of cash coi nne a with the crop and S paring adr e to ha he average 
that 
soc ier ers a work on Farm Accounts might « Ulster excep tee Sarina agree 
be peri Hd made to te each a goo ‘ood lesson i in agric icul- eals. 
identally, titt = 
fi Di p 
jr eod = recording iis ite results, Mr. STEPHENS i ng eee | =a E 
reaps a profit of 500 acres which he | S 
takes in Sei lia oZ. aa Days of the | la & 
—spending 3302. “ye an =. be city JAER 
36s. ld. —s ter! Barle at wo 4d., A 
15s. 9d. Eng lish farmers will b puzzled to know pai 
Ss 
how the work is accomplished. 
Mr. Mercurs connection with city affairs is, we 
are told, a be sigmlisod on the forthcoming Lord 
Mayor’s d very characteristic manner. We 
sa sy”) r z má 
that the 
eal fi 
Meal in ounces .|/Sun@ay 
Monday 
akfas 
ne stirabout f iria buttermil saad 
Z. Oatmeal, & 
o give less than this is positive inhumanity. As meat 
= s not — akas ‘the poor Irish lak 
, I do nture | to sugg gest that i it, should constitute 
|an ph ori di 
emer? departme nt 
The dieta: 7 tbe in our union house comprehends 
upper, and is as follows : 
MALES. 
ae a oman fey a s a ‘meal, made into 
4 oz. 
ae 
Supper—One-third of a pound of brown bread; 1 pint of soup, 
ABLE-BODIED Ta ejem FEMALES. 
Breakfast.—3 oz. Oatmeal a z. Indian meal, and 4 pint of 
I ware 
Dinner.—34 oz. Oatmeal, 3} oz. Indian meal, and 1 pint butter- 
milk, 
Supper.—} lb. rown bread and 1 pint of tea, at the rate of 
1 oz. of tea and 4 oz. of sugar, 1 pint of sweet milk to 3} quarts 
of water. 
Bors AND cone’ ABOVE 9 AND UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE, 
oz. Oatmeal and 2}0z. Indian meal, &c. ; 4 pint 
|Tuesday ...... 
|Wednes sday . 
mi 
—8 oz. Oat 
i buttermiiks; 1 ditto sweet milk. 
+ Ib 
eal and 3 oz. Indian meal, &c.; 1 naggiv 
$ 
Supper.— . of brown bread; 1 
the men aoe om the citizens hav 
of sw 
It is needless to particularise tt the rations note the a 
and infirm, and for children. 
prr to er tenn we are to have literal van- | Buttermilk = be agua HEEN Oatmeal and Indian meal is the 
guard of agricultural progress as p e proces-j) T 3} a al. of the three meals, No cookery can combine are 
A 
sion, Mr. cmi most properly m lling the 2| a]... ef ill offer any variety to 
array : mN ante a is to clatter : à i m = Potato. Surely I may question the judgment which 
per mi the streets, drawing after it wear 4] 4]. | | oe porge of bes eae Lary “Th ity 
T a I i | when other sorts mi is ry 
DRAB AEPS an reshing manman “for Hip A fax nish- | Bread in ooien ; 5 6 S 8 ej.. ; r being established for us union which re eof 
| 8| 6|14|12| 8| 6l...|..] 4'343 à 
is well t at l ae 8 6ļ...|...| £31 tural population may be “properly compared with a 
We Ene even to aren. ocesional “4 oe aa | 8 12| 8| 6)...).| 48!) dietary fixed for a corresponding €! amr. a Cumberland, 
Sabet alisha wf BU lar “tease mas ie > S - a = et $ m ere labourers are confessedly a e best paid 
orders for Wheat, a i givi £ . i Ep k bead fe t Britain. Fernand table 
o” for dom and pias $ &e eee É Fa Soup in quarts . - A H ng orkhouse, in the north bo 
p igs, &c., = no 4) 3) 2 nd 
the sort of introd which we them 4) 4) H- wa 
here : ought to ~ wii a atc = a ee | 
brant it z et we hear continually of their ë i Hi 5 a E È È 
in vi r Only the other day a e = | Ree ers mat ot ie 
oe a a igs a prize sow at.Chelms will be seen by a glance a at ‘es supper column that | we. £ 3 we ae 3 ; 
fi travelled '300 ihia “to an order from one of | boys and girls in the oi iid are nears ring ogg SV gore 
animals must have been barely worth pas: add are not, Am n oe | 28 45 36 26 35 <5 35 
oe age of 18, eis are not = kn ie light and| | g° 3° 5 PT E EE e 2 
owner no doubt thought that he needed no other ee hy ee | fied Behl his Sh EE 
mine a I think that the A agai ‘fact of extremely low feedin rE EEE Bi e A R A E nae, ee 
e asif, erariga this. big fact Neri is worth = e enh in h, and oe cay in = ing am ne zo] 
Tanes or tl at th Saige f Dep aa j ork s tabl h work- | wm wa a oa a An gog g | w 
d ee m of roguery here is ‘fed pressir eae tater ne ee |S 
poeme asain it is in other departments, furnished | these opinions : “ In Englan Aye! and nee are | e i 
with its receivers of. stolen goods as well as with its | classed as adults in the workhouses until they are fall alma dees mee’ ema. Ee Oe Be 
thieves. 16 years of age ; in Ireland the boundary line is placed SE EEN meee. fe 
_ The proper plan, on receipt of a soar ge at sbi physiologists discovered that are nih cep tay $ petrii an 
is y through a member for information from ae ab gece em scutes ea ati a Be 
n i hich eyery town object supper groun wo ian E ETE AE NE E 
contains. Mr. Corran, the Secretary. of the Man-| that in tira maa, working people people especially | om 
T; di P ti S . require as enerous | - 
made, mennir Toa tate f on appli- | per > general principie om wi which paupe pauper sa | 2% sd ed wae 
ea al the i ei recht ringreis rede Viz., to reduce, ot ate a ey Breer | os 
have done eee oa well nt | Q 
ew’ 4 Py > mO ee y E EE N EE E E E ei, 2 Bs 
Id : 23 Ae =: z: ao IN 8 
` Tue Midland Counties Exhibition of Fat Stock, | piain that the orking man in the union house has "E 
sural “eo Ren “oie es in Birmingham | equal obey if ot t better food, ai he h himself en ae 
aya arly in Prea e | by his self-supporting industry. But it is not true that Be pa Se ly 
refer to it here ‘pu rpose of c Eng men labourers Pe |= 
scot to a new Batuna in the scheme, rtra is fed at home than in the union houses ; I believe that the — 8 
en in the followi ee ona is es riot and, even if not 80, the t stringent ete dist : z F " 
takes for Brade' rs also E attt t g sppiie on of See =nered prinsip le to suit wean noch 
Sick ceis proposed to open a 
with | Kami When the dietary tables were arrang Sie 
classes for E li Shon borna and ‘Devons, forthe for ia te een! ee ipa (ily 4 pe : ERD F 
empioy: iterall ` > 
= Sa a se pr tis ice —— Soa scale of diet than that 4 was Ee framed fo = 
hibitorg. ¢ bserip deo Š > paupers in those asylums ; but taking into ereed mas :8] 2 
prea mhn may desire to join in any atio ‘the antecedent periods, when the Potato was the common ee a e 
Seer Tn 5} ana Reg” and often an abundant t food, th ree m a day consti- +e 
ESS excepted. t present, and for some time past, the Sty cetist Hess Sei ete Bg 
tak m Sain RA meas of f fame limited to two meals a day is small | Ss 
the ordinary prizes indeed. re a ve view of the z 
tye Soy, i fm of dacs period a t o the failure of the Potato, and a See wh Gite ee WOE RA a3 ne 
Rete Stow ; a judges will decide evnepetakes | prospective one o mah eae in the physical E San ratss a ns aR a Se} 8 
I oniy pno ery sal bo made cite ae l h a} & 2 
paid t stak iil be returned to the | meres ee eee ee EO 
exe Hi bat ne nomination can be withdrawn after ie tes idle ie oS g for such a A tos OAs Tr AS A AT 
entry has. b I would treat difierently al altogether.) | The Cumberland pauper i ith is fed 
PR adhe result in a very considerable give To- Gr pews who re gos obtain the stranil ‘What excellent varieties ! How may 
attractions of the m I eeting, and w would out of these ‘unpopular abodes the charitable boon of a | good things accompany t let fs prefered oe porridge ! 
Pp +d. 1 is erred guardians 
delay to a to apP y the ery for the reuit cer cer- | of inferior milk, or a “plate of Indian-meal stirabout, | and paupers—a c case in England, being cheaper 
an bet hs close on the Ist of Nov | onia not be in eee ; — D in facies a alka more grateful to the recipienta of 
ara e Show being held in deemed ess imprisonment. The relief. verage of rural labo 
week i danie sn de s the union house, and only 82 hare from ra hep ea 18s, a week all the year round 
fleeting one week destitution or temporary necessity.” om of families around 
ub. and we | Subsequent om sno m has proved to me that I was all articles of food are a at ‘te 
A r correct in in assuming | the boon of a a slight coppa rice in PR A countries. When it is sai 
f stock will als, | the the Trah lab well off as now, I reply 
ari . act as an Dhami > any labourer | for | that preacher virco is is bad at at the best ; it is ple en Fs 
pee acai is straw pallet under a poverty strie! ith the advancing prosperi 
ee, ee country and of the farmer especially. It is triumphantly 
svi moe’ bo Vinge seitbeld& s | sated, mey refer to page 32 of say he Son ree 
ger = e 5 | labourers on a poor-house farm being sent without supper to 
N ae anion hae aa oian 
of the-same: grade.. But I must 
bridge | for them a bit of bread as an inducement 
s| conduct unless 
though fully earning it. The fie agricultoral Zend Yo ingore and = 
age 
they were were under 15 years of 
