1214 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, adi 
this village we have been visited severely, a neighbour 
of mine having lost 28 out of 30 bea зів. Ihave e lost 
[Dzcsugpgg 23, MEL 
The best farmer is-not necessarily r diploma, 
Ап extended еу edyoation he may not require, but | more оча her ire shows that ap 
disease. The last three cows that were pee ill, т һаа 
bled, and two o em have recovered, үзе of the 
whi 
which I gave Day, Son, & Hewitt’s aseous Fluid, but 
only three recovered. Should a 
amann of scientific knowledge he ought to | acquirements is поў а sufficient į aa SEIS im 
possess, How this knowledge is to be оо weshall|the Royal Agricultural Society — 
further see, ^ may,in the first place, inquire of what | influence in giving a practical ы via i 
isiti i its possessor. i i is thu nowle ү į 
exam i i 5 
апу 
the disease проп any of my farms, I shall certainly 
bleed them, and give starch in their gruel. Tomas 
ДЯ 
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Ox Мтрргв Crass EDUCATION, having reference to the 
Improvement of the Education of those who depend 
upon the Cultivation of the Soil hd үн r Support. 
By Mr. R. DUKE, 15, Burton Cres 
“м меа from p. P 
qaa the n, e abo sciences b hich lt 
10 is he 
y ut in 
gricultural Society, act ca aum ially to him, or ena abled to p ractiso LA paste, the у m d 
as a recomme endatio on in рів. favou Would h f comparative i Am videt 
id eor nt t knowledge of lis proportion as "Ши latter w E. T lity, it iia 
business, or mer o hav some superfluous | becomes apparent, and that stimulu: ү. ik vala 
information ? Wi he js De eg ^ as a man e its acquisition, usis f 
as likely to get on in his profession, or as one of whom (To be concluded next week.) 
nothing certain was to be expected No doubt it may apeo 
be answered that this would be seen in the result, But „Нощ 
this result would depend upon his opportunities. эое Г, ту; 
Agriculture is поб a business in which a man сап 
followed independently of the consent of d In| where water has to be obt tained from wells 
order- to geta far Em, asa tenant farmer he must deal | depth, a supply of good water in reasonable p 
vith his landlord, as a land steward s employer., | is often very deficient in the cottages o 
y 
may be ted, po from x its advancement may 
reasonably be exp genter, ео e has ibe een + aid to be 
as 
It will tkerefore з necessary to solicit the pathy | To overcome this gron need, each соё a T 
for any Кее AM If they AERP look Pirith cottages should be supplied with an unde 
disfavour upon a tural science, а ill be ач in which the uy ie bii falling on 
his s profession, i it has MR for d vri man. |o 
But КН Чер їп id wil Res teach Raron hn ure. 
e che 
o hours on a 
eep. Practical observation should be the foundation 
of the farmer's education; on it will depend much of 
his sübsequenb success, To ju pen of the rent of land 
and of its capabilities—of the proper time and state o 
the weather for ploughing, for soving and all the us 
operations of the farm—to know the kink of seed and | 
«ор! pet suited for his land, the tileh 
ate 
айю 4 the бане 
4 
th 
to eo ^ а young man, previous to | periods of abundan WE сап be ргевегү : e du 
obtaining a farm, is not likely to do so if it is to : use, The advantage f these tanks has been so fature 
i im, On the oth a 50 bete. 
8, a8 re, sett. р 
no object in a acquiring information of which he does not аата for the benefit of those 
know the yn even if the daily avocations of а farm | themselves pops the provident care of 
or farm. 
Amo landed proprietors who and ir ЯР popper guttering fixed under the 
supporters о " the. Royal Agricultural Society, на аге whioh. will o the rainfall, first into a 
doubtless many w nterest ted in the we elfa ма, st iron cistern, MADE irom 50 to 100 
agricult -— eh ps will 1 supply t the daily wants d а fam d in wi 
n A Mediante it must а теди happen 1 о the pum Overflow of 
are good tena who, besides all the cisterns must be conveyed into ihe nk, which i 
мз чем ор, ч might == able + to bring extra- |g ú 
ordinary apis in addition, Would they 1 light should be admitted into these reservoirs, Ta 
consider know: water is preserved in greater Muss and 
T. 
t 
n 1 
as a e recommendation and ы, to regard ан when exposed to the atmosphere. 
g |^ rele но us paa ma tion, dug ds | 
acquired in the field by pomis observation, "This 
presion! knowledge must be obtained, and | Н: shou dd 
those Youn g agri- building these tanks is first to dig a hole M а (| 
culturists might and|size, then build walls of stone, hriok or flint, about 
add to ше. rie понео а ап пона with 12 inches thi ck, fill the em w well i in w erie ta [1 
one scie may ass sist it. With t the 
young farmer must find the means of aoquiring ;it, and 
as upon the farm on which 
he has been brou ught A% iol required OMM 
That his practical knowledge may be advanced, we have 
e р 
eulture, and therefore their iei en is 
But 
fur 
necessary. ut 16 has been obiected that iate sonia 
kuowledge may render the pra actioal man 
roken flint r brick cover in y. |. 
Let the p doe уне рїн же, чишу erg an | оп nj ourses in thickness, accord tpa. 
examination at which all who didates for her del: leave a тп Кы. at t stop id imas 
| diploma or certificate of араса -- be examined, | the ends, on v to admit the water, the other for tha 
' this examinati u or 
ut 
ment must be held out. Could there be any induce- perhaps in a fortnight, coat the walls and bottom wit 
ment li ke the p rospect ofa settlement i in life? If ће |а covering of goo od Roman cement, or with two or three 
but is "T" anything antagonistic pei them 
this found to be the case in other professions? The 
веет, ir instance, is чиай а practical e but 
the 
he proprietors of a ood gre lime mortar; all the 
Is | certain mu of farms һай ko mmunicated their| work requires to be? carefully and substanti 
done, 
intention of conferring them upon holders of the |In less 15у = month the tank will be ready for uie. 
i i i i 1 The water wher 
e time requires to possess great Manu ereated ! AM this need involve no иаа the part | walls, but empty itself through a piece of iron or 
Ed o" If this profession is thought to be too|of the lan 
limited and exceptional to illustrate this point, that oE tenant, 
ut g of irn 
lord. He is desirous of obtain a good | earthen pipe clear of the wall. The ize of these 
8 с T 
and is сини {о consider the certificate of the | varies from 30 to 300 hogeheads, but one of 50 ho 
Society as an indication of competence ill be sufficient for a pair of cottages, It 
Perhaps there is no calling or business in life of go | its possessor. Let then the diploma of the S ociety be | average rainfall of a district be about 30 з ш 
ical ^ naturo аз thet of those Who follow the вед, an introduction f for the 
to their 
young tenant to his future quantity of water which would fall on the roof 5 
of ; А 
ound.a y ag d 
little opportunity of бач  ейпсайоп, and their sub- | a bargain si be conclude ed, and the farm "let in ilio hogsheads, This water will be Lue cool, Hd 
ne [0] 
the defi А certain amount of science, h 
being re T in еня а ship, the Board of "Trade ke the y 
has of late n made it requisite that all masters and | favour than 
mates of foreign-going ships shall possess a ce erti ficate, 
. gation 
qualified mike arae һе is competent to enter аа а | tank of 50 озне will i 
osi that they are duly qualified in the arb of navi- farm, to judge of its 
In 
man f course satisfactory evidence must | some, will require no filtering 
afforded ie 'to the possession of the necessary capital, | than spring water for all ы pull purposes, 
oung tenant need not expect any ime ing, for tea, and cooking, and Шш it 
the best bargain he can make, without soda it will save more than 
capabilities, and of the rent that | 6 feet wide, and 6 feet deep in 
ffe 
M eig. the requirements of which in the case of | necessary to go into detail, but where the candidates | 10 or 11 feet deep, thus allo owing Бен 
а second mate аге as follows :—'* He must be 17 years M ae numerous, and the 
f age, and have been four years at sea; he must write | o 
red 
obtained in the diploma examination ; or all might be ashes, 10 quarters of lime, б casks of 
o le In offering this general idea it is not | will require to be dug out 14 pn ў: TI 
d openings few, — might be | undergrouud. To uild su 
to them in succession according to the rank |required 18 tons of flints, 15 кы 
arithmetic, and the use of logari h j 4 | 600 bricks for the arch if only one briek int 
to work a day's work complete, including the bearings |in his application for the farm he might desire to | Тһе cost of digging out will be about 
and distance of the yn M is boan to, by Mercator's| obtain. A landlord would be thus enabled to consider |at 9d., and the bricklayer's work about 
method; to correc! 8 declination "for longitude, i 
| be ca ut, ап 
may be putto him, Не must Si sire the useofthe| both parties. Let a landowner select 
sextant, and be able to observe with it, and read off the | and offer him a f if he suecee 
each case, and select the tenant he thought most |ге ckoning the cost, of the 
g the carriage 
uitable, In another way, also, might this suggestion tank can thus be built for about lil; a 
i d perh i ore satisfaction uld cos 
iety’s certificate. In this way he e Egi om when wells vary in depth h from 
to 3 
In - orum to this, an examination in praetieal|a tenant vs was eligible, and who also | labour of drawin ng w water raw "атом, and и) 
seamans 
For a first or chief mate still higher | possessed the necess wed for me from a bard d а 
пееш are are required, He must be сш ears of improved Peu In like manner also might the M a {а tank the s or АЫ can pump as йе е 
age, ve bee блаа 
n five years at Mc 
quali cations 
id the ses ен required for second mate 
amplitude of the sun, and deduce the variation of the 
n, i 
compass therefrom, and be able to find the longitude ngrieultaral "diploma, so that it would, be regarded i this letter? As Mr. Halle i 
; 8. e must kuow | m as ап horn: but 
ace of the ship on the chart, | Mant айзада be A: uel, to 
j itude| Тһе Pape - zht also institute a series of ев. f that Mr. К. has fina уа ge NE 
"X b мд. He must be able to елен | wr their o et Lows that he 
of а sextant and adjust it, and find the t their digi 
bigh mber and amount of the l that s 8 хи А = 
water from e n time к э. ^ change: c | might be mat r con addi tion, but 507. might ме! P they ever saw. I paid one 
The qualifications d for still | be bestowed M the undoubted honour of standing at cutting 16, and my workpeople will 
zx the head of the. examination listi—of being, in fact, а | before a magistrate that t there were 
ге i han Mr. Hallett states his crop 
cottager would 
bailiffs for those who were unable, or did not intend, additional rent of 10s. for such a supply of good WAS 
n ve t ealeulate the т P A on their own account, Їп t 
the 2 
ted, then, might value be given to an m^ Champion Wheat Crop.—Wil you 1 
rti as leading possibly to sub t of his 7 
of Wheat, 1 
out of plaĉ ato if T any a word or $wo 
n, as in: ees of successful He tells 
= 
requirement from men whose eum эе has been of the | 
most practical kind, and who are not allowed to rise in | lated, who, 
profession wi 
Thus, then might the youth be assisted and stimu- | more, 16, is worth shillings per, quarter NU 
m IU and half as much again as bis Pedigree т 
without these scientific attainments, h 
ad come forward to M the Society's diploma. ere ke M B» use pee proved that 
К Science, then, is not antagonistic to practice, пог із | is аз this di plom practical value that it will be our стора уе: 
сока tcr а practical ability, Тһе | sought for, де e -— den obtained. The н ME Lm pes кт TEC ; 
the agriculturis& is no e&eeption to this rule. | Society have had to lament the small number o б eandi« United Sore. x T0 а 
