остовк® 7, 1865.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAT, GAZETTE. en 
strong land, and sandy in the other 
not 6 of g good land ; the ri not fit for 
Хож the result of that seemed to be that this was че 
iy what in ordinary n might 
маву Potato мы, and therefor " was not vd 
all P that in point of fact Pota OS were never 
spring. t iat ih 
y- 
prs f family a d of rm servants. They|? 
f 
т 
That was his experience on his present farm at Easter | *^ 
Mr. Herriot was at the time placed; they would | country, the Government mainly re relies or on ' the intelli- 
give what n MA they thought proper to this. He prees pans and energy o 
EU eoe 2 adop e — - — whatever measures | are 
к 9 acres of Potatos, including the тый, rotection such ,emergenci, it 
LL land, and Бүр with bone-dust and guan da е idi " 
ег ап асге, c 7 e care 
had a net profit ofabons 28L, besides seconds, mma 1 on estate Мей into small farms; should t 
91. | that men peer is well informed as to all the piri 
i he Privy Council; 
exi ur Jedburgh, t t | on whi no instructions haye been issued should lend 
next € witness | even he i eey oaa | the aid of whatever information they can. obtain. Thus 
ge sai а= 
therefore, rds it ав, раг& of the basis of 
- caf ent of the pursuer's witnesses that its 
soil were suitable for iet profitable growth 
3 and 3. The next question came to be wh 
for Potatos seemed to be admit not a wonderfu 
ich by any means ; but they had 1 been told by all 
the wi! dit that it was very dry 
" that particula ar part of the season, which was 
as 
ether 3 ew! 
was a good ers in the first ined for Potatos, T 
to one which derives little information from reading. 
“T have used guano alon in Perthshire, but | ng 
never in и At а "Рыга 2 Mise PONAT thé The Privy Council have hithertoissue ed no suggestions 
ground out a lea and broken it down to plant Potatos, and | as to the princi ples on which societies for mutual 
кее t lo osses 
860. | founde ese prin o 
afterwards. We got 17l. an acre for [te It was on land | evident; for such associations are in course of forma- 
ps 18s. to 20s. an c] L generally grow about 18 to 20 | tion, on plans so different that it is clear that man 
Bh Potatos ages year," illi i i 
аай, 16 ius d a dini Тра йш E hat was aíter wW và the hope it А панз ро s th 
two years Grass Then the witness Keppy, who was|removal of the mists with which the een aal 
wsfwourable to gravelly light soil. Those of the jury 
dion ng жн 1 Mr. Miller, spoke to| connected with the organisation of such associations 
what he saw n at Townhead, in Berwickshire. He алард to be covered, I venture to address you. I 
i 
o were farmers -— gener ally ap ,and 
were 
sh 
О qood sono ds ae dea _/ ай gravell 
юй, But then eph t plas 
whi 
farı 
'the 1 of the 
m, the most important зле of the ту а that 
was whether in fra g their estimate the e pursu er's 
сне d— yy not be presumpta ous to striv ve to Lone out what 
of Potatos with artificial manure after whit 
i: 
ised 
a crop, Pith 8 tii i. pasoo aud 3 cwt. of bones ри. acre. е оа а аза 
to | Cannot tell how many bo TAY ot, but 15 was a fair cro 
ты ү plague societies are Ой. ге 
This, however, was that he said of the Potatos on insu iridis ио “ТЕШ ИГЕ 
"Townhead, grown vi artificial manure. Руа were 
9 acres of them а нЕ noi d e of youn 
^ mcns e 
manure; and that engen" them to the question 
whether a Potato crop c could be grown with artificial | 
ot an; n 
d | they had та. Ыр with artificial manure in 
rf Ф ght gx gnis = with respect to the ordinary diseases o enttle the 
the evidence of Кер «уа Таъ bearing upon | rs ho 
that question; and they have brought Кек, 80 far 
ho said that 
has 
as he could see, five different witnesses, who said tha 3 Aa ment in moss cuti s soci otios adi: insurance for 
y 
circumstances ess successfully. On the other those ris iska d do hus taking tho 3 aam д 
n e defender had brought two witnesses in рат. Тш чя Е e t of us «ооба Но tho 
and h duld bru fine the pes uy that he | contributions of КГЗ cod to 5s. on each head of 
ES 
tt ender's wit- 
aud th 
artificial manure had grow: n Pot and that with | 
nesses to 33 нома. abe Mr. Саток Now ie insured, But, owing to this limit and to imper- 
t management, many such ashociations have become 
proit. The ses counsel said o on the other hand, 
that it was altogethe e question, and that " 
small exceptional case! g profit made on thos 
proved Gothig, and that the cre evidence 
ЗОБ en а 
tion of the case; therefore he made no apology for ask 
ing their attention to the pem part of the adónde 
bearing on that point, and i A иш Г? dpi era 
upou which he would read any de videne 
Mr. Hope said in regard to t Sans 
“Sixty-nine acres of ve sini sos of zc farm in 1859, I 
would have manured wi of guano at 13s. and 4 cwt. "of 
Mr, Di t 
bankrupt. 
“ With 5 ewt. of artificial man oe: not expect much H 
Potatos at all. "They would NM. been ep Ae er Мын If the amount of risk penga Si 16 o d Mice nid 
Potatos may be grown with artificial manure alone after old "eT ^ cattle has not ined, | h less 
ect upon that land would have been to scourge it, and it | catt Ан ү ue, Whatever ЖЫП rove to be the 
d irit to i the кар : 
"tcs dotar idis Ha О P dad from the plague in the whole country, the 
BEL оп, Bp ау Арм i Poatos ындын 120006 erent ties or unions will 
t avo experimen! ing wi rti&cial 
manure, not Eu Grass, sad fond" li would not do, сора | various. It is, therefore, clear that 
land in good order. 16 із not а usual mode raising Potatos | founded on the mortality o Great Britain, if it could be 
except after s. Iam not Lr eople bolding | foreseen, (о Ай. pplicable to regulate the pay- 
different opinions on this point. Vir has » ys ent in und onl ding to any 
Mb AA gerne ААТА А-н Жыш de smaller iiie: Sach n an анте would be as much below 
4 be 
t | А 
been profitable in 1859. Тһе raising of Potatos by artificial | the losses of some counties or unions as it woul 
ma of others, Yet an 
bones at MAS "n done this myself often, but ures only has been a subject of great discussion. I experi- | above those о approximation to the 
‚ mented with it on my own e experiments I mado | : : : 1 
ase two увага ае rass ог afte eed P de publio. Some experi LUE dein та also aide Dy MY. Finnio, mortality likely to occur in the whole country might 
had no moro th бы opel cag ttr longer iJ | which were published in the Highland Society's Jou 1 |Ье arrived at by a careful comparison, made by 
T. epe diera eue E I put r 16 cart- | BO% a me A the Society for my experiments, This. was experts, of tho rate of mortality which has occurred 
loads та manure and 4 от. of bones fo the acre of | before даф 1859." in other countries, and especially in those most 
Babe, { Fon т cwt. of e is certainly not equal to 15 or 1 Mr. Curror said— | res embling England. А cattle insurance society 
| Хон, that w чур vnlg exe bát d ttis a ^ LN omia bo. y M with ar y ta the whole country could probably only be 
б a» on the subject, he thought, | manure оп such land as this. I have tried it on my own land, | founded upon some such data, affording presumptive 
with ончй "à pts particular fields. Backhill, mir 2. Seta superior to Oldhamstocks, and I failed. This was р о 4 isk 
«sir е, where the land I [had was let at3l. tot Lanacre."| evidence of an average amount of risk. ls there any 
wo 
ooo eiie cUm рн 1858/-@таш iti 1857; was probability that any seed вос) ur ^n inspire 
сЗл | suficient confidence, or that anything e 
ir der this vas suitable for the manure I proposed for adem necessary to call attention to another of. the pointe нет D ET AA s bi Жыз 39-00 
would do well It EREET E Рама thine d er | that was, 6 foundati p "s | Government would succeed ? Thus, if the whole 
Fite стор, but І don't think 4 су. of guano and 4 стт. "ot witnesses as regarded та к и mortality during the continuance of the cattle plague 
demit od manuring for боғ that- Tiva ы e] | еа Боне WU db a vet id is not оё! were likely to be one-fourth of the stock of Great 
Mr. Howden bie ее ublie interest. We add farther that the j ej? returned | Britain, Y m х enley's estimate a uh "o 
AI a unanimous verdict for the pursuer, assessing the 
БА пузга dung to an agro of, Pot i damages at 6567. 4s. 3d., ig tt interest. ] ‚000,000 of "qud йй лш ч would rei beg АЧ loss T 
generally sell at 901. an acre. In 1859 I роб 15l. the Scotch f at least 20 millions of money. pd qum 
ma, Ribsequent years I got 201. My petens with artificial insurance for eight millions of cattle w ave to 
А sores t wis ciis. Id OM tha CATTLE PLAGUE INSURANCE. be calculated for the whole duration of the plague, and 
ого 1: S owt: of guano, a Told thom for 1 [The following letter from Sir J. Kay-Shuttleworth has been | if tbe indemnity to be paid were estimated at two- 
Now that was an example of the thing havi ving bee publish "ы thirds of the value, more than 13 millions p^ money 
done—done no doubt ee а very sma e; and so » Тнк introduction an Ui ead of the e plague | would have to be agencia to me к TM 
hr as he could see, nobody had ever tried J except | presents a new й ечи to "that. system PT person - "ire pir i t ^ "i ачр Aa vend "n 54 
t hed. . 
demie M pte Seque 11 : be to t — Ama = Gov —— — eret advice of |sake of sim qe vi n the consideration of the 
giving 18. a Scotch acre; nota very ien price, | men of coat e d scientific kn — a — ne эй fre 2 
zx: as Mr. escrita is pretty Ti rua 
w 
re m. as the next witness who spoke 
per in vn at i in -i counties or : 
i disorder is propagated, have prohibited unions the p оцай might greatly in excess о 
NU mitem, perit ша ar i and fairs, isolated d and that a proportionate payment would in 
infected farms from alli tereourse o of f man mw Йа that Diog from 
at Mr. 
for Mab it w 
расе! ul s it did айы no means follow that it would | the disease 
abont 
to - ае | һе ms аз ion. 
In this антсе the interference of the Government | Sometimes it is not pe that the amount of 
is much tor cautious. Here we discuss in the public bas n n asc 
ы гым all the scientific questions as to the origin of | payment is required, often at a low 
isease; its character, w i it w йс 
опв {һе шах 
elsewhere; and they have heard enoug iso epidemic; by what means the contagion | associ im e pay- 
ame Ps RN. of the red land of Dunbar. Then asepi w. at are the 4 ditions which promote its ts which each membe s Ба 
тай а trio Ww ose experience certainly was the | diffasion ; what animals аге 8 ible to its attacks; | on the presumption that p н e 
“ты ко! all, for he said :— whether the disord = ergoes апу, and if so, what мема value of the stoek will . «dcn 
manure alone acres x Potatos E ear miih artificial | modifications in sheep or swine; the utility of inocula- | ciation I насту ро e M M dise 
"ооа Jand о Ave Made 60 bollsam acre. ТБ was on па bblishment of cattle эт itals for its treat- bon а is clear t ч 
land on Milte-Creden Mains. ^s used nothin tin; the establis meis Е several lim limits d qe ms E aede on no ascer 
ML ut it was very little over an acre; an ‚алй the best г genie gm Ed E a a general av erage e of mortality likely 
Certainly, if artifici ish | freedom o of о rures ‚те either allow ud x 
SA Da ыган — с m Т X ps Ipsae ee 
agriculture most important facts in ы е ым eri y of put, us рат mie vigour of our efforts to limit ita | lim cover tho lomes of the insurer last stricken, the 
he accom i ЕГ Vis di мелш re in his belief that Those who are familiar with the modes of thought | association тулта —€— ec vs 774 алды ича t rien 
| bits of small у 
very safe to that, but he -— afraid 16 would not be | and ha м ei hopes of such ey даки dat on the contrary, many 
rely upon that as uide to other | aware of the necessity of simplicity in instructions as 
body under similar рал es to ha i which ! to all sanitary and preventive measures. As, in a free | persons. who have paid every instalment of the calls, 
