muMEE———— PR т 
THE 6 
i fessional 
th t the edueation referred to is that ke 
education by which they become qualified to 
an MR. i. А, 
In place, however, of any examination which, 
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ARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
y may be fairly ooneluded | exclusively, if 
those who have е alread When he asked what 
rE y said they must iy hes. e к 
will, those : 
— the nia am education tests ; but on the | реор!е 
her han hem s 
м pil ти and let them gain their places Feet enr vafe, шы 
our É by the test of agricultural examinatio e of ЖБЕК UA bonla bd КОРЫ antw 
alone. It is idl lo tə say ie nothing ean be learned дь Ш 
ofa ^s ity and qualifications BE T. copas hdd cr 
such а test. "Tho p cal men who sa that the | aware; КНЫН dte obest i portions atian м бм 
ltest of ag v ae a ability i is only i in the field on almost every farm which, from its ey 
lturists, all; EA 
sid во бн have s АМЫ! а mer азак P literary 
an 
boerd of examiners. JE is not a knowledge o of the art th 
steepness, or the pec uli of its soi 
mar ЕЧ ore quoted with approval by | laid out to permanent Grass than in ny soil 
es was going 1 
of agriculture, or ої any в ial applieati 
of the sciences ; it Sos an acquaintanee with soils, | 
1 : 
J 
virtualiy som dw da There is not one he agreed upon the propriety o 
them who iem not form a judgment 0 the | such fields as he had described—he had alio 
ime e applied to 
it early understood that there 5 no 
question raised e of the importance of any or all 
of these bra by 
а mne w 
EpMwvuNDs, might very proper »- be devoted to 
the promotion of agricultural e iine e The 
e o 
which the Committee have thus indicate 
„admit that they are ие consistent in putting 
** music" and “ religio owledge" upon their 
list MÀ н dut ar E e mention of Roep r of|Pr 
2 
unfitness of the cou which the Аааа] 
be 
Society x Low а % нет, nothing сап 
hoped to 
Does у он seem plain upon the very face of it |? 
that th cultural Society, if it interfere 
iu^ su of education at all, must | 
education ш; the 
d 
rhaps, w 
le 'dge, w: t of experience, and wa 
ot a ica iucentive in just for кс pasture tho 
seeds which it was needful 
this way. 
pc education is a definite thing, an 
any of its ults can be tested by examinations. | many years ago for the High 
To its pro Es оп, уге еог ordially hope that the А vits, 
eimi rts of the Ag ty may | pæiia of А д 
be bie and confined, These efforts s are the m able Trentino by Mr. Wis son 
e lik ejm 
e Council w e and a heavy 
| misa riating the funds which are placed аф | plain that one half of them wo 
е ор g t бу 
Ww: d good permane 
their disposal for аена purposes а alone, pains to prepare their mould as fine as possibi 
th à E ж: i 
as lightly h that description í 
the y hd n no "micat in getti 
THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE FARMER. |а de At thoy sh lo S ing nova: yt t 
| о Ње papers on this subject read before the Hungerford | wit ight rake. ithout that, 
А the Tast Lothian — respectively, -- Me half of their seeds again. Another 
in our columns, w E ather a Jar sowing land mane 
seus; spoken by Mr. UN. Lip 964 Jolm "bres. of оа to Grass without à crop c 
Dilston—at the recent иш moeting "€ the Hexham unu season of the year with a litt 
Шыр, of which he was the founder, and has long been t E which in the autum 
siden nt.] sheep, d 
very gen » » 
1, The Corn and Meat Produce of the land ard aso its fertility. It did not 
The subject was--'" The changes which LX Ча. oif the саге "ot "permanent —— m they 
place in the prices of ere ultural produce, and the | 29 right тич —— Pia it in the way he 
means which we may be е to devise to теё that | the land was used afterwards. 
without the ruinous oss. which attends the raising now | to eat the Rape B 
of ü Ten ог twelv > уеа ago he | before any f. 
took the liberty of suggesting to the the. p oprieby | 30975 SOT b 4 
of looking ahead, and adverted to the hib importation jede it паа i et em. - 
ld interfere wilh | ought to b 
agnor ЗҮ: wn i ntry re та lose nibblers. ; 
first ug it is obvious that to do what it is asked | that time it was obvious to him that the great increase ШО De Ead ; ad it was ten to oni but. 6 
ae Ах 
to do for the promotion of general education will | in 
e importations Жеш be in the articles of Wheat | drought succeeded 
Ment] 
asa. па! 
| qnite giri that, 1 kin over ^t eid n i and other things which are very preci 
an Qni poking. o er tho wor den that 5768 
the c 3 
eless flinging away of money; for it i 18 | and other grain. Tut had соте about, They would | taken to һауе it eaten as bare a 
bos i a roots but to 
d to cal a te on 60s. per qr. as ра губ 
an average price и oem „and now 16 was down to | usurp the дг 
imd dcs et rig other ud they used to reckon ЕЕ baag Ра Е ане b na 
own, not to eat during the second year in | 
чуер of 5d. "S. lb., and емга year, began о rather lose its verdure 
extent of corn-growing land, and sity un der: 
thin [eet ation of Siku other countries, and| 2. Rotation of (горе, —$o far, then, 
considering that Wheat could at all times be conveyed | ће sowing of lan for permanent Gras 
TO ain, t v 
chievo ous dr: - eum it en "ii ded газе оп ће 
ед ts whieh might and could and should have 
made for the promotion of professional and 
rial training. The duty specified in the 
use 
of the True Charter will be я 
à . 
: ге submit to those who are ral фани in 
the аы of agricultural educa Road this 
_ is а most serious and wei a 
Со in connection 
with ut subject. "hey may rest assured that i 
that body be misdirected now on to the wide fie ы 
of Piddl clas schooling, nothing will be done fo 
the 1 and pro fessional object in which we dte 
Itis earnestly to be desired that no rash step 
taken now, and nieue IM — from the 
general meeting of m next May, shall 
result in a. distaste au podes re A 
educ: w 
whole Ee so tbat the profession 
the proper object of our йон, 
be left доне ia in the lureh. 
h 4 : 
I middle term on which the м wor д. 
for the honour 
i| Prod be vtri ide f e сап ndisates | 
‚ and r Soeiety b 
Wis efi 
from one part of the world to the other upon that | аа! bey mu d their view 06 
great highway of nations—th that divided th because "as practical farmers they 
from other countries—and by means of those lines о?! аб they could not keep the extent 
railways which now intersected the ye in all|reqnired for the consumption of ta 
irecti it t V dun paying their rents unless they had а @ 
be the article they would be likely to be inundate amount of their land under cultivation. 
with, bec 16 could be put on board a vessel ог! рахе а rotation of crops, p must have 
Маа апа pest: from place to place with y little | straw, n oos crops to 
cost or diminution of value. It required no feeding | amount of € Bat it was "quite pai 
and attention like cattle; there was nothing of that | that eund 
equired for such cargoes as those. Nob only did |addi qubd 
| cattle require both food and water on their way, but| | How xen generally of inferior soils, beoaus? 
they were liable to loss of health and the risk d f | richer oils in n the fand which poc cultiva tad E J 
disease, and consequently great depreciation in value | 7 ше brains ree e recom of them. i 
would be sustained. That had come perfectly true, | hi ras tt ey must М T 
and the узена cuan which he took the liberty to | оғ апе 
'estow m then had been in the right d pe: - 
| would judge of se» пов of k farm ats were sown upon 
ai xtent of the flock o upon ume ihe апа so smalf à return obtained for it, 
| condition of his live dg "That Panerai в held, good — re ri ue conn 
rs 
Another Md Showing the very great importation of tat one- balf which ond ва uh 
grain and i inc creased cons sumption in this соу, фе other pe that the farmer y teri 
i he hal n the whole, à 
eat into England was about a million and » half 
bicis now it had ri eight 
millions; and оп one occasion it had reached as T. boe 
11 millions. That proved e on]y the great i Зе: Qe e 
u 
El 
| doing. 
pes 
arke ces e 
duce ч mud. radi езд it might point ux to 
Се the necessity of accommodating the selves, 
en 
e year in ries suppose 
Tidit t them be very g9 
ра іа l'onitivate 
pa 04 grow and £o prod 
h 
| which would + tend t modify, in egree atleast ie tad Doen me 
£ the red Fr. 
*|of a eee 1 = без 
| léti them pursui thé 
йор à in a the priceof grain 
