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638 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jont 8, ме, 
pE o e — m— M trit tta —— n— ао y 
1umerously m ith these laws? Many landlords, honour to them, | апа poisoned dogs belon to tematy dE 
400 farm oye ren derer Е. E this ems tation and al "mei n, M kill ihe game | their own homesteads; FA. wem 
400 ers present. to whom they really belo —the who feeds and|by the hundred and ive ipee 
Mr. с MS о of Ardlethen, moved the first maintains them; but the great majority nd rais an 
resolution, as follows the temptation of an additional rent, which they may е , the feeling of апо oferin i tdi 
** That Ки апі rabbits t to be excluded from think comes from land, NA revolutionary - Т с 
p tho ун T inei wegen Pei т from the tenant, As the commercial classes of the | the firs a years of the МА. менед Ew 
t e mith, good farming, in оу еч са nation puce in wealth, еч реу — of high watchers were then Ке. к or Rer ДЕУ 
preservation of har ев and rabbits, ought to be declared illegal." | shooting rents increases, 1 itish wild animals, and for a coi i 
Не said—This resolution proposes “that hares and esae ai may stop. те are sereni phases of game | able i m үреп trapper could have easi] n 
its be excluded from the operation of the дате eei dni first i whe ere the Pike lly did box, hares and rabbits, every night h 
en and practised, to the value of 20s. v^ а considerable 
3 warded · 
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ref ald ive opportuni на to the hati 
M € friends could not enjoy а good day's Sport by Е -— reo with the tenant, which cannot fail | tenants, would not have been equivalent ча 
nd | to be Wally Duelo ial to both, Tei is not against this loss, because amongst Turrips for example the wii 
ts taken from the game list, we may have a legal | phase of game prese doni угор eat more and often э than the half 
d ch ап extent as that our ler day. We don рге 4 game exterm py" we lost. Mr y 
not from them. nly that they ball not be OR and dn on sony to condemn the ud of int. 
{а bet this can only be attained by the modification rof the|ducing clauses into leases binding the E 
where there is а large stock of game, ee bi arises | law we propose Ё the resolution now befi ore the heirs and "rege to pr Parl B and 
fi meeting. The second phase is where the landlord lets | withstandin g any Aet of Parliament to the con 
Coss metas qoe eg oct eng € к shootin ing to a tenant, who is almost ае a givin » examples of instances of this tm 
e ear o т. ger. When the landio oA ag tpa Ms he over- | Aberdeenshire. Mr. W. em read the бнт. uim ш 
w, if this resolution were carried, and the tenant дере the fair limit, an self in а false | above, and proceeded—A. сл ее ny that indè 
ad an interest in the game, he would be found to be | ров sition. Pos а which ho Бы PaE let h e laid : 
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Д Т, he services of the | second p nother t, who, under the beni r | рёасе ап ч уа e — of езй 
pen eie dispensed aith, M mu to Бе | о the Ais ws, can p^ тё of g hich is essential to the public i 
feelin ent existing between these destroy the [o^ Lo belong to the first tenant — building of а united comm munity, After con 
i ich i of his dag 00 
Dmm vá бао бошот 45 fe interest o а the farmor zon d which belon ng to him, and the soil le not in a „Љоду and with one voios 
reasons in this resolution от having hares | the va and claims the game as his. Ве "M ing in judgment is 
and rabbits exel om the game list are, “ that the d чие thet may, it cannot be denied that t {һе | game cases. There could по a more 
on being incompatible with good farm- landlor: hen he lets the shooting on cultivated peditios, чт a proprietor Кылы RED 
ing, is contrary to thepublic good." Now it requires me | lends, т ping where he never ere is | penalty for slaying а hare that had fed on the teni 
to say a littleon the part of the resolution, {оа mcoting | M "another phase game preserving, happily | erops. 
of intelligent farmers such as the present, to show unknown, I believe, m this county. I allu de to the| Mr, Cocmray, Little ми seconded, Surely añe 
thèm an overstock of hares and rat what has been written such an aul pes иң 
with good farming. уш оодан agii after feeds them ants'erops for the purpose of Barclay, Sheriff of Pe P tu it is time that 
} i subsoil making а eee E pre them to the game-dealer. powers be taken from the Justices of Pence, 
cultivation, having the seed put in the groun d in goo d Gentlemen, I do uot care to characterise this mode | f1] cases be tried iy ihe Sherif ‹ st а Сай 
condition, and his hopes under Providence of à remu- ei eres —: its рис tice beore” Р ач. testimony o 
nerative erop; to find morning by morning as he passes | its meanness, ution before the meetin 
eee ie стор, іо dmt, imeem nf penefitg bis fiy еше that game-preserving s incompatible with| Mr. en “ Таан, hen mor ies ni- A 
and country by making two blades of Grass and corn r farming, nd borse йылы тагу to the publio sth uade арра n) vem айва for carter 
w instead of one, he has not been able to make the | £ood M against the general welfare of һе, the. wishes of this meeting, as expressed in the precedisg 
one grow, for e by da y as it springs up, night by corum resolutio 
night it is nipt off by hares and rabbits. I think it is Mor "lustrat these propositions at further | ты Snik this motion Mr. Campbell вій 
equally apparent t| are met here as tenant-farmers, bet not only for tài 
“js t pollet good" forit must be allowed | Pr are we to have this resolution carried into effect ! purpose of protecting our own interests, m" 1а 
by all that the farmers are the маннын! in the | I answer simply by sending to the House of ia sua: the interes of the community х, 1 arge, against tit 
W state at least, of beef and bread. No ow, instead of | men who really and truly represent our interests and | pan all freedom, йы зиме bor 
ing discouraged by having their Gross, Тагар, and | wishes, e ps the ае to а great ече іп our edy our game ss law. ГА 
grain crops destroyed, аз I have been describing to | Own hands. How can we expect the game laws to be present system, ү "y i 
| уоп, by an överstóck of hares and rabbits, ought they otherwise, when for generations farmers have been m м swaddling doti of old fe adl customs and 
| | not to be encouraged to produce as much as sending to iar аз the representatives of their no м Mer h agricula 
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of both theso necessaries of life, so that their | Wishes an men who were repledged by their should b ati: 
d б enel dee dee, cer аген interests s aud iy the prejudices of caste to | Wo rer hear ot Ийан гара t € they om 
Ба дын улы br F DG NIE CO Te. А | bie: and esiend The eparilion of those obnoxious not get tenants of sufficient capita give fil 
ш. h dereio pment pi the soil. Now, it is M i mds 
view. I at once 
professed porcher I have no АЧ а poacher, he resolution was put to the meeting from the i d always speedily drawn 
He may at first be, and often is, an. honest industrious Tis and carried by acclamation. MN MM is fro sad x noluit ep" | 
Mr. BSTER, MN Fintra; oposed the | naturally directed from | setem, 
poach next aeng as follows :— TOC restrictions as agriculture is Mou he тр ала 
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ki the quantity of hares and rabbits, Tu рна : gne licion in | fhe produc gol food "lor ssi from the soil ought à 
еч. g 90 X at а -— employ N law oases be abolished.. In connection with um 
rn 30s. per га; 4 бп After some introductory Observations és to the origin | presents itself—Is our legislat 
gis ature 
poaching атар, profitable, 1 hi њаво until h Mr. W. proceeded : nie doubt had e sport for our M а {һе expense ын 
vieted, he loses all self кердо, ud | lords profes that the reservation of the game is part the million? I have no oubt but landl on üt 
e ly rushes int im Now if we could by | of the rent, but od when|always find a le Que. -— of gi ind 
ng ^" ra ge the — list take temp- | closely xe They let the ground, but reserve | estates, without ] egislative enactment. ү 
tation from poachers, and instead of having them дө Чаш on the poo and, consequently, can m have would be a La zd day e «pe aam 
society, have them et cl duh id ne add faith of their S n ^B 
cc and industrious men а And to institute a claim to the | faith of their unt , and ess to tho PP rari 
good members of el would we not deserve the wild icu. under ^ circumstances, is simply t to law to coerce them, "Te а right- t-minded prope. 
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set for th а claim J J , si 
on in the last vA erem rng en same time to fi 1 ion of i i his tenants crop» 
ге к b orm a gestes of а ith-|that h rsing through his 
жее, ы ving for their out рун коо of ascertaining or tain ning | his quM best viet Аи than doing Ыы 
Fe. rd ud ии. ue and н e Me to | the line of justi repre the tib Ке the Xe at of law. Itis arming aA Lud 
illegal. t b ts' interest in the soil, Mr. W. referred to the that such absurd laws should ех! Li 
strong. I answer it may be strong, but it is expedient | carlie tenantfarnens 
ты x m my op g. r- п ide | ar Acts of Parliament, and to more recently | a deae ed vanis ir ауа е 
enter pr contract for the preser- | ор permanent when based on an immoral principle. be ; but I ashamed to 1 
eM and vem бозы M9 them from | And will ay one venture to assert that th E pes оса! 1 Жа Ж hitherto ave 6 » обави 
Ve ды ib by Matiias consequence | based on a moral principle that permits, nay miei, тө] following 9 our койон, and à del 
i d y being amongst our- йе. а "andlord--frat to let his ground hospi | them in "n lass: legislat d bern 
sueh as the present, d a ther class f the Verte 
piene iai muet, memet pum ее раен пема тортой or | laws to oppress them as do the аф еш, 
n. i. another for that purpose. It is of no un-|present! ,Undoubtedly not. I 
Mr. . Banotay, Auchlossan, on occurrence in Sar aei TT to find а hargy. 
ute ү эзсе, rmn ld from our lethargy, 
sii The „те л ai more | [vd ger a — gi leased to agricultural tenants, with 1962 might bé sufficient to 3 dt - 
"e s e exception of a few patches of plantați he attention of this T 
уе tes г t. But fo whole let, or what E à T tion, and the|that I would draw the а i 
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do ting," set in tack | i keries of crows а 
wner э ий as the laws which |along with the mansion or som perse ds 758 аа in this county, and in 
great temptation. То one | Са8е which came under my notice, the lease extended so much „е erops of Ње n hà 
AY to sow, and to reap | to five years. 7 side. You per 
S the fruit of his indust d the | on eountry range or hillside to see that r E not ut in e of these TIE 1 
ood, are to belong to him, and yet t | tenantry, &o., uon «a disturb the wild animals P Lag iere ratify a private his 
and supports чы dae in leasing | feeding on rops. lfany person dared to in njure | nursea pest that teatros thecropsof tive 
№ second tonan mals to feed ay Sos айта called game, then the thunders of | I ask, is that not a subject for Тоби ud 
d ii; bel emer to the first «дейре laws were immediately invoked, and | А good deal has been srid about d 
May eud truly as any | «0098 ато! "har р A EM other qut of the | claims for the same, but I hold - 
man. Сац such laws be just, | wateherg animals ав might be | the community at large the crops 
Жаша of ihe richis ef | expeted o тенге with. tho game Та the exe. | о be protected {гош damage. Tamy 
M tn connection cution of this part of their duty they trapped cats | assumes a far broader aspect than 
