Aram, 8, 1865.] 
T as pupils to one or other o of those who 
farmer tbe Өр deben young men in den 
ractice, I am decidedly of 
past ime. y 
to form an "pini I should say farmers 
bet knowledge of cla:sics 
e 
Ж, this he must be educated accordingly. Alfred S. 
Chatteris. 
E.—(1) Frequently farmers send | 
e of eight or nine — to a local 
schools in 
vem SHIR 
ared with 
is neighbou 
MX and enjoys a 
and 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL БАКЫ. 
T 
o|alone, which it would commonly 
Edwards, Vp 
T. to the ceri — of 
T$, tie 79 рё 
e very 
46. WAR 
the sons of учее 
thi 
nd the 
as various as the quality of | 
and, from the free day-schoo the 
am: m to the [oe school where a жута ert 
education is given. I am not acquainted with a 
y urbes which рг rofess to give special eee to t 
ny 
bor! is generally actively employe 
my opinion, home, as a rule, is t 
*ma 
e the Apte are desirous of giv sons à 
efi | general edu ucatio: on. As сей k the. education of 
(th 
at school. Henry | | great defici 
o 
| differe ith dissolv: 
| bones and th nured with the ground coprolites, 
though rathe favourable to the latter. І now 
[onere he as Aberdeeu Turnips, the 
| previous crop being € Oats "The land was prepared in 
| the usual wi way. The field ment 
ou which the experi 
f 
as trie . free from —— or p'auta- 
acre) — 
any | | Моше Th manures were (per statute 
5 cwt. su 
lst Plot. | 
1 cwt. su 
5 ewt. r 
24 Plot. 1 > к Дуза 
1 sulphate ammonia, 
за Ploi 
4th Plot. 
5th Plot. ү: cwt. of a superphosphate, mado by dis- 
ерла coprolites in sulphuric acid, 
б he en compared with the middle classes in 
Mr Vins where, from the establishment of Mosca vs ate, 
| proprietary, ог с , thei sons have | 
| d pa 
| Plot. Tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. 
1 24 17 1:0 
| 2 21 13 14 
3 2l 1 2 15 
4 20 l4 0 0 
| Bos. 22 0 31 
“т 
f 
3 
le red, but 
vent were separa. i" а "drill to rhich 1 » 
a e school ан 
age of 15 or 16. In most cases they return май 
their father ог to some acknowledged — adc 
f farmin s а rule the | 
practical part of farming can te thoroughly | 
ng perimenta 
t e Paten 
desi ы, th 
e the iem to 
for a family, Ава" dij: “schools "here a fair 
pp 
would give 20 tons per aere. 
н thi: 
Er was applied, the nai weight of which 
s "onn nt I consider that the coprolites 
have shown decidedly well, although it occurs to me 
that it w roit be better to try Mem bu 
on y 
acquired by close observation, т — taking 
a far As far as I am 
and by 
n e the 
able to judge fi my own "observa tion, 
tradition of the habite, manners, and educatio 
ofa farmer i is in advance. do 9 not t believe. EM 
very 
thin es the earlier а boy is allow or encou raged 
^ edic himself in the daily work o the farm, the | experi dieta 
manures Ru st each other 
value ofc Wit 
"wit 
ht 
better. yer not keep a boy at 
t him begin to make ied y К е 
ui 
control, iid how much on а w мегу aad frugally 
accustomed to plou: oughi ng, grooming ndr 
and attending to a 
the 
pable upon commencing | 
business ting from his bun p experience 
the various" operation ns on тч лэ rehend the 
best instruction for a child in in i 
T TETTE EE RANT NER ARE PH RN SR Pn 
e fiel 
| drilled in with the ground eiu lites dn 26 drills; tH | 
kept house, especially if his farm be artly or princi- 
pally a dairy farm. So much for special training. I by 
eprecate general education—the better | w 
түт сй a a man is, " ені оуу id is enabled to 
take in s оду mdi or fulhe will be in his 
neighbourh: n йыт ЫЛ смут а rational 
| use of his primi dn J. Н, Burbery, Kenilworth. 
rogo a un pé sieh COPROLITES. 
yt 
ni column.] 
8 
g 
applied to a sandy P е 
n No.1 Plot is b iren in co 
vods of ied а manure, rofe 
one-ash, Sombr ano 
und to au impalpable powder aud 
E. T. К — F.C.S. [T 
ki don dra rt 
alt as esponden 
| cannot ja 
malt as even equal to Barley. Iquite agree 
s kee Ls ” that Liebig is an eminent chemist, and I 
note that the Aa tributed 
аз bo "580. quarts of best ian 
mca as much flesh-forming mattor as i 
truth Liebig's words, and not mine. 
. Н.” will show that here Liebig is in error, ав 
will admit he was when, without due Pat чеш 
Ld 
alco! ohol being 
him self 
tion, bringing ay mv es now erg «пех і 
a f use i espi rati n, &c. 
бена drilling. with "he -— 
e 
schott's and Johnstone's 
t their tissu 
when етер 
гев 
those who ады fermented elak 2M A p^ T 
alcohol drinkers in 
ues and their blood, man 
their m 
ordered be cast 
"a 
the 
and те ink no can ecd 
ropose to check this ану А process, nor 
done with impunity. pd ed, М, vu in 
joke ne Temi Mr. Johnstone as a sound authority 
chemistry, « or ауну. 1 im Asoc dh — A 
mich. witho: 
un 
[7h roughout the centre of t| 
META il of whom аа неу is Der poss 
force, ber instan tly у destroys the digestive flt fluid of the 
educati Бал o I a 
ial education is үк? desirable, for г am of opinion | of 
t great deal of tim 
о 
either side i es we had € зру | (half an aero) of|. 
yd 
issolv: and on 
drilled in M "drills (1 tor. 
Unfortunat his side 
hen [^ Carpenter, Miller, &c., prescribe fermented 
Бапов, they do o as medicine, and petes lf good in 
of the field was very we and this [кеэ Ж effecta 
Dg so much вено] time in the acquirement, of ра 
кү 
Тһе following Table: will show the arrangements of the 
more оа] knowledge , to the 
Wm үз Didding, Pan 
Plot b з acre. Dissolved bones: т drills: 3 суф. рег acro 218. 
21s. 
чепи ; possible 
escapes s from tlie continued use of any y real toni tonic, order 
him d ang k will к ай : for life, whether in 
sickness 
se De EN y" уд of Jo 
m T быы e's fallacies 2 
believe p TOLK, —The present eneralion се farmers А $i» rolites 98 , 6, Eos ІП. of Dr. Lee's works. is erable. J. 
and to be ] prejudiced, оне иче of progres: eod а bones 3 &. бу uim m M.D., Eileanach, Inv 
naturally therefore better ed bdusited t thai the past, » 5. 1 ,, Bone dust и : Agricu дис In your Paper of the 25th 
ho as there is room. for im mprovement. My opinion | The s ias be gie we drilled. in ion the "T m rko ү С кү stated by a writer on the education of 
р kind of enin A to the time of leaving | Jun und being i ital order, and the rs (p. 275) that “ he — farmers we 
man of the mi mer—or, indeed, any young яана б. The first lot “ pinis that app "m ste a ak с have not been b Е 
in favour middle с destined 2 a. E livi ing—i is | Were i anured with coprolites, consequently | who, g 
4 the usual course of s dopted in our | they came to hoeing before g^ others. The n in after life." Неге at all events ^r something new 
as lic schools, givin g more. attention to French med with bone Jat did not show well from un ш r the sun! To be successful in a же 
and the n, geography, and h perenni The plants always appeared NM tch, you must never see water until the - 
Меце eber ai, whick latter, useful d|in growth, o to the wet lan. т 'eontend бг or prize Henceforth 
% than th às they are, ану саду Лез ба the за ot January, 1 1864, we measured out from pota a% HH been learn {ту work, a 
England [wd former, With h the uw tbe best means of obtaining 
breeding a ds for first-rate eran uis tock | of the various plots. The following Table will show agricultural е zr is solved at last, what I am 
that her farm, ental nations, iti is proverbial the result of the мт after the roots were write may be only wilful waste of time 
to their own *TS speak only their native tongue, o cleaned in the usual way 4 н p I hope you will give it a place in your 
rivals ppm and, co ntrasted with their a nal |eoluvns as а few words contributed by an 
Specia] a sire Lt shame, As to the! Plot. Manures. | Dri ls. d Peracre. |unbeliever. I must say then that my experience of 
(сер hic for a farmer, thi Dev considerable, but I never knew a 
deem, le, Pe an ini initinlion. inté chemistry) is better, lb. | Tn.ct.qr.lb. | man not bred to farming succeed, make money, and 
“р that jefa til the young man Jeaves sch lto take| 1 [Dissolved bones У эе: Шуа m shine as a farmer there lsewhere; I never knew a 
neceesary, M * s "the gener training js ver 3 } Ground coprolites 28 | ?89 | 10 6 i 1 у by farming, but I 
ocoupation, nives him fit to follow any middle-class| 4 ` |Dissolved bones I1. 3 | 9 1 and many notable 
Practical, * pecial training is far better| _5 nedust XV Жыра i 190 зи | instances could Ы mentione of fontis attempts of this 
t with € theoretical, than t theoretical 1 1 ра + шч ар 
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