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-THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. ___ [Maren 16, 
n species. 
ch assists 
the eom One circumstance whi 
its taking yt form is the avidity with which hares, 
r it. 
rabbits, a and other animals de vou 
ning being 3 repeated 
of a bush 
p 
This kind of 
jaa the plant the 
byag 
that has been elippe 
dener. 
On the whole of my 
d 
e present variety 7 however, very scarce. 
po ses A 
rising an extent of 
three or four leagues, there a hardly two 
dozen plan 
of the herbaceous although there i isa large py of 
the commo 3 
disturbed i 
prevent hybridisin 
Th 
e interest attaching to 4 se meet variety is, 
in an agricultural point of view, —— 
i Ze. 
would deed bo 
sing Luce e itself; it 
r 
may be as well a add that in consequence of the 
r to 
r of e 
grows at the — of its prineipa 
thod of reprod 
The met ucing as — Furze from 
is one of the most important problems to which of 
i tho 
M. Frochu's first attempt has been u 
leads him 
‘ployed with success for propagating the spineless 
variety, and for extending the — a e offers as a 
valuable food for cattle. Comptes Rendus 
REPORT TO A elt ag 
Tuis farm rests on the new red s 
formati 
but the par rp is generally svat wih the drift 
iar t ion, com 
en ro nt of moisture. 
whole of the land is in an — — state of cultivation. 
ion, 
sandy gravel. 
m 
E 
cd 
in such a highly roan 
eds, ex 
oep 
ts | it in the most p e state; but to whatever state 
of 
h a | varied from 5s, to 25s. per bushel within the last 40 
the 
n | 316/., which was then represented as the price of 840 
state when the last tenant left it, and the — of 
ery 
the best mode of 8 which * make and ‘kee 
h tax 
70 It must, therefore, appi that e Sres — 
he produce may be fixed o a fair rent for lan 
is the m 8 price my of this portion which the 
— is “~~ y in mone d as 
rice of grain is so — a corn or produ aeta is 
the only fair ot 3 one. The price of Wheat has 
The a verage price of Wheat for the seven years pre- 
vious to 1843, when the last tenant left, was 7s. 73d. 
rice 0 ero 
mutton, and pork, ve gradually fallen ; the average 
the six years — — to 1849 was 6s. 9d. for the 
bushel, and the price of Wheat in 1849 has come down 
1 
bushels ri Wheat, would now, at 5s. 3d., only amount 
to 2211. 
hav gh thus — that you may see the 
A e upon which re fixed; but landlor 
ike 
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Some tenants prefer a money rent, for the re — they 
say, that ‘they cyk what Bsd soon to pay ; but then 
ced in their own minds that 
the e money rent a ey agree to pay during the period of 
their lease will be within the price which t ey expect 
on as a fair rent. v arm 
22d ult., and examined every field m minutely, and fixed 
what I conceived the value of each 8 hould wg in 
rodanid on ibe das HINS wing came, an 
I went over the whole with him, and 2 his account of 
t te of the ara 8, ildings, and meadows | 
in 1843 en the last tenant left, My valaation of 
— W of 196 aeres ee of the mill), 
all the produce to Wheat, is equal to 1332 
bushels of Wheat, out of which the tithe va = 
farming tithes and parochial tax 
orf Don k Tog 18s, whieh will require the sale of 392 
sl 
Teinalnder 
5 magan 
bushels of — o giv y car — at what I think the 
water on, There 
and “keg! pasture. The rough meadow 8 4 Ay 
has — wide and is now produ 
etive of * cro 
> renee 28 acres, some in 
by the buildings 3 e good cro 
remainde 
the sheep ken it into any of the Valuation of the live and dead stock on this 
] arm. 
fields without . — . — on to the i 00 — are low and falling in price, it is 
the fene i —̃ — ate of repair; probable y esti ay givea id 
there is, however, a good extent of old pi of what it will fetch if i 
and iron hurdles, of wh which — se * river and a in- mig hen ee 20 
* 
tenant, but ick shou should be — e landlord, 
le are the 1 ever seen 
0 ia Ido not think there is anything 
ing, and the whole are built bstantially ; — 
seldom or ever wel for de, The whe sie 
or ever used 
— of re 0 sheds, 
— — — — — 
which belong to the 
5 „ the wear and 
t Fiker — cultivation in the land worth 366 7:6 
o| 
of gek of e 
kingdom ; a grain eg you would have the ad- i 
vantage o ere in Wheat, and if it should in any 
one year get up to 7s. 6d. per bushel, the 940 bushels 
would give you 352/. 10s. ; but you will also suffer by 
the fall in the price of grain. I think it possible to 
ys - 
There are 181 which we mm at. 2 
9 . and foot ae . 210 2 0 
61 pigs ot talline be ee ee 
2 cows and 6 heifers ns re sik H wa E R 
ar will 
noe 22 value 60 per cent., to that they may 
Corn, 500 bushels of Wheat, at sn a ie 
d 555 105 0 0 
270 ditto Buckwheat, at3s, 41 0 
of hay, at 31. = 
Wan ad manure in the yard 119 5 0 
an 
In estimating the value of land we have not only to i 
ke into account the nature of the soil and subsoil, and | i 
. gin hauling all the timber and other materials, 2 als, 20 
ays o 
t 
mari 8 5 
6d., and 
vera which, a Sa 455 2581. 10s. 3 to this must be (wh 
F ̃˙ wü 
this sum would be given, as the custom of these coun. 
= is to value all the hay, straw, manure, and the un. 
austed cultivation left in the land by the out going 
Pee for the profit of the in-coming — but i 
a 
e following —.— is a statem of monies ex. 
in the permanent een ree the land ang 
4 
fet 
buildings on this 
To expense of . 1 * meadow, e and 
straightening the river, filling = = Boha 
courses, and prne it into a w dione in 
addition to the tiles and N paid ! for by ‘the 
la 
o draining mill meadow, “making pig sty | and shed 22 
To horse and . — labour i 
earth, and filling up a pond and old quarry, and 
making land of them, at 18. 6d. per perch... 4159 
To grubbin g ab. = oots in the coppice, 5; acres, at 
7b. 108. oa 41 3 9 
To grubbing = 2 in the coppice, and preparing 
posts for fence 0 2 4 
To 1 up the internal fences, 655 days, say 
2s. per 65.10 0 
To expense “of making a new fence on both — ot 
the n oad, and also by the Sailings, á 
parin 5 — mortieing posts and rails, and — the 
* chain, digging the n and ieee 
all 
Agere 3 
a 
To “ipa ng a new road from 
and to the meadow 888 a s . 118109 
To quarrying 975 yards of s Pa b 
wall sand and lime he stone to ‘as 
river wall and farm buildings and buildin sandy three 
bridges to the meadow .. . 316 17 3 
7 
To building the new part of the house and 
repairing the old (this s you have aay: £904 8,8 
Of this sum the landlord paid 205 0 0 
of seven hours—10 men—at 20s, per day 20 0 0 
* £719 8 8 
To the expense of farm-building—the old part w. 
fresh roofed, and much new was added—15, 000 
bricks, 13, 000 tiles, including hauling, builder’s 
bill, &. „1244 01 
To building, in addition to the 21 pi igsties, a dwarf 
wall around the shed s and barn, ee. na 000 
bricks, bricklayer’s s bill , lime, sheet-iron for a roof, 
and making three stack staddles via ad OEA 
1407 15 
Of this sum the landlord paid ... n un 928 3 5 
The remainder was paid by the tenant . .., £4791 9 
5 
Draining meadow, ri ver, and building river wall; 
— road: Wurden, hauling stone, a See rai 
above 
Paid gh house over what was allowed by landlord 719 
3 
5 
8 
arm- buildings eter wnat was allowed 479 TL 
£2371 17 7 
This a large sum expended by the tenant, I 
ere. A ihe d detail of each item, which I can send yout 
you 
10 1 — = some other parts, where the 
tenants lay out money, with the consent 4 the landlord 
m year 
or if he 
leaves with the landlord’s consent, then he is 
T of the sum he has expended for every 
tenant 
NSTANCES OF CATTLE FEEDING.—No, III. 
Four three- year- O ld strong Scots. a 
2 From the fourth week in January to the first 
P 
3. Fed in stalls ; two beasts to 5 square yard 
. Fed completely on Bean, Barley, and Tare me 
mixed dry with hay and straw chaff, varying 
oa ba paika pie gion De Gain bullocks, wi ying n 5 
. Two good cart. loads wee of Wheat stra 
6. Put Op at 17 eto * ing 6 Ta 
— out at me ＋ X. ren valuing 8 155 75. 
* "rhe Gatien Re of Auen as to cleanliness ar 
comfort uring feedi xeellent. 
This 5 at tried in 1844. Howard Reed, 
Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, 
PRICES ( Be ate 
curacy of the figures may be 
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