айй 14, 1865. THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 973 
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Tu. here on the Tth of August one animal was | ће North Isles, where T Ji this. e, he would beat no loss to under- 
к=н] died under the hands of a атмо. d = at least one flock of fine Civis meriuo | staud why Mr. вате has ea his lot with his people 
to whose n 1 pic асос се tim d T all | эу was need ept; but it was нй until boni | and made his home with them. 
became affected ; ve died aud two|25 years t the agricultural movement b One pla 
б, omn d. When the first bullock was seized, no | earnest, T , Age | the land "IL x3 m. y ven pee 
йе bad been affected in -the neighbourhood nearer| Previous to that time the sea had been the sole nominal rent—6d. or ls. For жд наваг. | 
imme The cone clusion to which . Lord Sydney ipe of the working man, He rented мм, there i e 
f fish and seaweed. Leases of land | third seven a reasonable rent is amig Pen 
5 mu eria often arise from a tmospberic | з e not given to small мн, and of ps Another plan і: А large piec 
hic g^ vu 5} по control. Ве this, y^: improvement was possible, Small crofts were held M. 
PY m o in the least assent the de^ emm and a halra was re weno its | off Pe y ma "E into E iur — vious rent is a littl 
friend’s idea that he poca fear i is unreason nable, or work if i sed some stunted Oats, Bere, cd a { == rais 1 years, on th 
that the fatality of the disease Potatos Tho peri were generally the farmers, while | understanding tat it r* the Ss} of seven years 
sotwithstanding that he had not met with instances as | the men fished. | improvements stipulated for have been carried out, one 
he travelled thro ugh the Midla uui Counties. We, ёоо, | 16 із поб many pom since Orkney made out of her | third of кр rent shall be remitted towards payment с 
iravel to and fro, wherever орна of agricultural sea-weed alone an annu pt ucome of 15,000/., 20,000/., | the expense о Y^ em, After the first seven years n 
interest require examination or e port; and to take an | and even 25,0007. Tie is cd зей zs sea-weed, the tarihe remission is € and the renti is raised 15 ре 
example оѓ another er kiud for an забо, although | Fucus palmatus, com «ыш called Т, gle, thrown up ia 
ds о à aud are employed | great estin on the shores of the Ork neys and also ыо, 
in the Grass-In districts of the country, 16 is not|of the Western Isles. From this a substance called tal of the whole of Orkney is above 50,000/., 
once in 50 miles of a railway journey in July that we see | kelp is made, valuabl le from the large amount of неа | апа is constantly increasing, perhaps at the rate of 
элу other mower than the Scythe at work. There аге | 16 contains, and once extensively used in the m |2000 a year; and the d uas of the ple is 
head of cattle in this country ; and not- | facture of soap and a value at one time emo |improving every year in uence, In фе 
withstanding that not one in — of m have | from 87. to 167. рег ton, and during tbe war, when the | banks at Kirkwall there are ware anri to be deposita, 
yet at an agricul- | importation of Barilla from Spain was prohibited, it | made c chiefly O00 the middle and working classes, to the 
tural tourist through the "Midland "Dou len. did not | reached the price of 207. per ton. Orkney kelp al These cu large figures, but e 
meet with it, the “ Rinderpeste " is — pr — — double the price of that of the Western Isles | ceaso to be surprising w Len you аге told tha! 
frightful thing very 8 — ш p of Ireland. Du. computation, 1 000 head c of cattle, a M 
It has nearly decimated the dairy her LOS "The process of kelp-making is as follows :— The | proportion of them Short horan, - exported e 
and it is у without reason that Co Las Mod ciations, | weed is collected me f A Y put into a jerk in 'the | besides ad number of pigs y сз» 
insuring solely against the risk of this pem are | ground about 3 feet, wide. live coal is then put in, | this with t e traffic, not a great el m d ЫТ а 
everywhere | being establis hed, And more яи Ro the heap is allowed 3 pistor rg Daribg t the | а sloop of 70 tons burden, making ten trips a-year, was 
as p mouldering it is stirred with a an iron hook, until in found to be almost sufficient, Fi years ago 
the reckless pier ч. у. our friend b was sii a t 2d, per 1b., butter at 6d. eggs at 3d. a 
, y d. When it cools and dries, it is rug Besides | doz {а 30s. to 2/. The average price of two- 
hould be so impre: essed by the frightful dine it contains Glauber salts, common galt, and year-olds А їп yeu A. is LT. from 122. to 15%. 
his new risk es nder which he holds his * ста as to yere nee of soda. * Good Words" for Septem 
esolve at once to insure in the nearest office for the Owi ing to the reduction of veta on ieu, which is ————— 
purpose, and to determine, as far as possible, botl I e manufac- 
outof the store cattle market diia the autumn. | t f kelp i 1 ti мы аз а gene Hom 
Тыз із ап injunction which is now rendered ten tai rule, kelp-making in Orkney has gi lace to farmi Educatio: etn ne of the most important questions 
more imperative than it was, by t the liability wbic I t until after the failure in the kelp trade in | of the fend фу “h is Education, bearing, as it does, 
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disorder, resembling < Rinderpeste? in all its distinc- | land, that [vengo od it - fern of the soil, met! O to э е order to 
tive tire ешге. And within the past week even е, balance the loss TN me from kelp. Even the 2 given ее я of the s of P outhfal intellect тінте" 
ing to Mr. Tattersall have cb to be nob|sanguine could n A b anticipated, that, in a few | existing а! a number of - в; and а& the same 
а years, improved "ning, and commu nic ication with time to fll. mde. minds v ith matter best suited to the 
Thisi tl | р the students wil — to follow in after 
іза most disastrous pieni and Чоо much f ggs al 1 than had to|life, It is.a mistake to expect the same amount of 
| th t knowledge fro: m youths =й а similar age who may 
| the ка of this and сее, бн] ers,| Іа saying a few words on the present state of agri- differ in ability. One may have me 
ай the Publio generally tius be made to are the culture in the qs I shall take the i third ap ьа fourth steadiness of 
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common burden. n let mere reck senes con which I a m bes t acquain шей as а буре ! d the whole. RU purpose. Now, each o these possessing a pecu- 
what m may E poss боё be a fiim ili of chara racter, s treat them all alike, becaus 
overwhelming plague, о shall imatdy 3 m our uia ad they have arrive certain age, e, would be as absu 
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and our е ing 8 as bare апу а! In the island of Shapinshay, which con 
cow-house already is. 7000 acres, only 730 were ion hortis 15 years dimensions, without ea FA ing the nature of t 
Wherever, therefore, store stock must be bought, let | ago, when the r ental of the whole wm was 6017. The|trees from which they were cut, i oohoo; to à 
the f thes vas ll e | kho quick aud slow together requires great judgm 
enough in careful quarantine. Every h ead o f pur- келч һу ап ag I had . Balfour, the | otherwise the former may be дык al elevated, and 4 
chased tok ought to be kept at Тель а fortnight i in | proprie ietor. His father, observing that one of his latter painfully ep to the prejudice of bo 
absolute secl The fields th r frequently Siue to stupidity what 
entered; or if the cattle mm Ъе кар, in yards or|a i of rent, said to him ge i, ар he was | merely a want of power in eie 4 the meaning 
sheds, t the man having care of them ust be con sidered surprised a at his being so much in want, seeing that һе |оЁ an Spisaat во quickly m more precocious 
g aud paid nothing for i ^ Oh, Cap- | companion, though when he faily емде? лін the 
not be suffered - сеш пеаг апу qm eattle, or near | tain Balfour," he replied, *I dae pay a rent."—* Why, | question he is more likely to retain а knowledge of the 
"i in charge of them. what rent do yon pay ? "—* Weel—I sud pay a hen." subject than the y ufortmnately the 
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Nothing is is e clearly made out than the extreme | He thus took shelter under the fact, that a hen was | sbarp boy is too often attended to, end the duller 
ilenee and activity of pee на contagion vii exigible, but he did not venture to say it was paid. neglected. Many persons who undertake the tuition 
ms to be conveyed Á— wonderful facility from one| Another A whose rent of e bv been reduced | of youths are wanting in a most essential qualification 
ce to another. Oxford Journal. E successi 75. 25. 6d., wi ure,so n to еп 
length, for p" importunity's ч, а free. | mas to form a correct opinion on individual 
year or two, but = the pos of character, by which the treatment of his pupils 
HE KNEYS. | that time he presented himself on the nt day to the | may regulated. A modest and diffident lad із 
Tire climate of Orkney is moist and mild; there are laird, who, at a loss now what more vean 2 wan аЬ often ruined by the intemperate % of his 
neither such warm summers nor such cold ters QUI eid, w "Wai Robert, vom you т, for a further reduc teacher, who forgets the trouble his own instructor 
south and west of Scotland. In Juae 1861, how- of rent ? "—" Oh, Cap " he replied, “ уете | experienced in 1 akiog him u tand what 
erer a child died at Kirkwall from sunstroke. But jo oki ing me ye ;but Ij ust а that if уе dinna big has поб the patience to impart e boys under 
Such heat is very unusual. A gentleman who has lived | me a barn I maun iè” is charge. Much more might be said on the 
їп Orkney the greater part of his life told 2 pu һе! The island is now in a E ее. state of culti- fitness and unütness of meu who undertake the 
lad E oin seen ice strong enough an's|vation, about 5000 а iug under, the plough, ое of in” tho Agric however, the main point 
ight. Тһе althou А MT rental tal io: iseussed in the 
this, sie baec the cane I The e n the price of land is surprisiag. ах education so muci uch the preparation of youths 
length of daylight makes gp islands a о are destined to cultivate, the ы Ие Ap. а mecum 
desirable summer residence, I have self read a for an old song. One half o ныл was purchased а ied and ved п - 
newspaper without d ту Аун тта ia the month | by the ерл? of the pm proprietor in 1796 | practi of this trade requires an early б - 
of June; and I have been told by a friend who gi in | for 12007. ; 816 the other hal/, though not better ticeship ; а sound education, such as may be received а 
"iv Ae on the аты дау he has read the Times | lan d, sold. for E 14, ШУ E А dozén yea „д адо зеб auo dera se pur хын o 
P.M. by ме Sha рїпзһау im meal for the support of its|ingi ng, , and arithmetic, wi 
iri ot ot С ig А зу бева ета rby Ше bea is aayi nhabitants; туте ES largely grain, Potatos,| knowledge impressed upon the individual, aud by 
M dc Mor ng cattle, sheep, pigs, eggs, making study a pleasure Agr ма er PCs arra 
kd h i many parts mossy, but t there is almost P ANY one who takes а ie will which for moderate s guarantees—un essing à 
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loam. d EA Vit the Moss : e Мены de е а size would duc ii m y жю re то часе miog, ч t » MM 
"rn man nd merely requires А; he ° Sill be ab a loss to think w e E асе а ys wi r 1 
e “tickled with the fleagh ЕЕЕ it may s alie With | тап to build so fine a house world. | them, and which th ды e not авот n 
harvest,” пз some id. With such a soil | But if the traveller were to ind а Mit М м den only got it up for the occasion, erei exhausted a 
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а very rich agricultural sre wi The oem estate, and see how mu much has been done, ei is ati il трое IM Dh 
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always LI ithering sea breeze e% people; if he could sec the cheerful, independent, | Ыбыш h at "nd expense of the ed brains, It 
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There is id plainly, “ The world is the educa! руа а sons с be advan 
| perha h his n, as if every face said plainly, going - 
ing done in in ord ач at menter woll w ith me; I have enough to eat, drink, and put on, | to them. p — Ago cam qoe - erable to mix 
4 very considerable progress h n made on expect to be better off st till, an d I know tha t my Li dapes ой wi t e wl yo in after life 
кое of the larger estates in Orkney, more especially ЕКА msn. with me and d" belpe me,"—if he | com in contact with each other. ys who rub 
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