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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
18—1850. ] 285 
fore the Council the Monthly motion of Lord Portman, that, after the present year, y 
— 5 — — Society; from which it the Pavilion Dinner should take place on . day. The York: At a — — meeting of this Club Mr. 
appeared, that, = the previous day, the current cash- Council refe: he question of the where the HAwWEIVO, of Linton-upon Glee 8 
balance in the e Society’s bankers was 25821. judges’ awards of stock were to ge ead at the! the subject of Agri wad — . in Ce. 
— 1260L 3 as the subscription from Exeter, 180/. | Exeter mee consideration; of the general | nection with the past. He — 
account of co itions for life, and 1142/. as special | Exeter Committee. ard farming operations, we find them nearly as ex- 
ce available for current purposes). The Report Mr. Fisner Hosss and the Hon. H. W. WILson | pensive as they were when produce was selling at much higher 
ontained the following reference to having called the attention of the Council to the desir- 1 {0 por make a comparison No to simplify 
w 
ms of the 1 as communica 
ireulars addressed to — 
time to tim bject, 
‘ The Finance Committee have report that, in conformi my 
ith the orders of oe Council, thes my ze the course of th 
past — fe» vse gr meer Sa 3 y Co — 
inst a po of ‘aun pers — 45 and about 
n, who — neglected to — to any of the appli- 
cations zep eatedly made to them for the payment of their 
ost of whom, on the receipt of their summons, 
—— pala i rai court the amounts due to 1 Society, together 
wit! osts. The Finance 1 cannot but regre 
0 s them to resort to 
these extreme measures, for the — of arrears due to 
ho thus conten 
hem, requi 
tant parts of Ber 
which their obligations $ to “the Society _— been contracted, 
and become thereby subject to a still fur 
he Committ TA will continue to per: teadily in ca rry- 
ing out the orders given to them by the oana for the reco- 
very of the arrears still remaining due, 
0% ee concluded their . recom- 
t Mess — Saunders and Co., of Exeter, 
should Me pret y the Council to aecept the appoint- 
ment of Bankers 
to the Society during the period of the pe 
ro 
m ) 
ear and the 12 past years, whi tween the present 
heat about 7s, per Fate | Bar 
sa 
live stock at the country meetings of arley 34s. per q —— 
the Society, ve noble Chairman suggested that such e per] atem, * 7 100 acres of sable land upon the four- 
eee 8 this year be tried at Exeter only as — vie. s. per acre rent, 1257., which should produce 
* erime ent, in order that the 1 cm 3 25 acres ot t Wheat, 24 bushels per acre, at 78. p. bush. 2210 0 0 
‘ght examine into the result of its e e ani $ spe bagir A 36 bushe! art itto, ibs tee a a sD 
. eep, s. per qr., per 8. Lach wes > 
— exhibited, for the future gui uidance of the Council | Wool on 90 dase 450 MA. atte pet ib. 15 = 4 o 
in repea iscontinuing such extension, The 
Council — — that the sine -yard should be open Total . . £543 1 
to the public on the Friday, at one * each person, total produce of the farm ought to raise 543i. 15s., which 
the. mornin at noon, afte is siete ly four and a half rents, Pte ought to be produced u 2 
in the n; * s weil cultivated farm. Then take the same farm, a 
which time the cattle might be = and produce, at present prices : 
nt motion of the Hon ; Capt. "Pitas, seconded 25 6 e, o eat, 24 bushels per acre, at 5s, 
by Mr. Shelley, Mr. hater Hamond, of Westaere p — £150 0.0 
A 25 acres of Barley, 36 bushels ditto, at 25s, per r.. . 140 
Hall, Norfolk, was appointed the Steward-Elect of Im- 50 fi at sheep, 24 2 uarter, . int al —. 100 10 0 
plements for th ter meetin 450 lbs. of wool, at lod. per Ib. „ 18 101/0 
g 
e vu Society, at which there would 5e n exhibition 
implements, namely, in 1 
n the motion r. BRANDRETH GIBBS, Mr. Samue 
onas, of 9 — Cambridgeshire was appointed one 
oo the Stewards of Cattle at the Country Meetings of 
in the pias ‘ol of Mr. Kinder, who retires by 
e following committees were appointed for the 
5 and recom 
rsons he Exeter meeting, 
made 
mendation of the Council, of proper 
aden would ni — total produce of the fi 
pres — = 8 sho 5 po half; in 
sul sustain a — an an, pd . he has 
3 except about 10 per cent. on wages. Now, let 
m ma poore 3 amount of labour will be required to — 
is f. 
For 8 n, at 128. per week each.. * £9312 0 
For three — annually, at 88. per week æ. 0 6 0 
Total . £156 
Exeter meeting. om nom Y | Ten per cent. * would be 152, 12s., which ded — t 
The Council having taken this Report into 7 — the members at la arge of the Society, an oe ane aia still leaves the farm minus 1181. 15s. 6a, withou t paying o a 
deliberate consideration, = page| that, while the jus to the Secretary before the general meeting on the 2 rent for is land. eee, lep — 
2 St excellen usiness, or t 
claims of the 4 8 ety should ese inst., = to the Pres resident on that day ; such me bers, F a — eae: And if we remark upon the old ris now a most 
actions, and the amd 5 — at the 3 pr the | in making , being requested to certify | their sobriety, dilige and economy, no y of them got 
Society è — e parties resisting them, every aa their personal knowledge that the parties proposed | rich, nay, very few of them could be gratified like the common 
should be taken g prev re qualified ~ ‘wiling — act as J = r the par 8 1 towns, who a h 1 — 
the def „ although cases aight unfortunately —— elass for hey are respeet vely recom- | of thei early G riS Some people say you must ast adopt scien- 
occur in which it would ii tive o e mended, and who oars unconnected with any 1 co tific farming, and many of these would-be ins ow 
to avail themselves of a special order of court for the — k or maker of implem R ROCA Ae end of api gh. 
farm in scientific manner, the ords must make 
country to Lo 
ndon, to an in pers 
made against 3 a . — ich, they 9 — 
Th 
and o dire 
personal —— in the — erbibited, ni vie * 
any of the animals upon which they m cal 
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ws 
only seldom occur. lso expressed a hope, that | pleme ord Portman, Mr. Thompson, Col. Chal- 
when the Society had established, by w decisive | loner, elham, M. Mr. Brandreth 
cases, its full claim — the r 9 e| Hamond, r. Shaw, of London. 2. Committee fo 
members in ar, or the e and that Judges of Cattle: Lord Portman, Col. Challoner, Mr. 
of the W would 5 onee, without fur ther appeal to | Shaw, of London, Mr. Hae M.P., Mr. Shaw of North- 
legal forms, discharge the obligations into whi ton, an 5 randr 
v It was also thought desirable| MEETING or 1851.—Th Council, having — —— 
that it d „that, in all cases where d to them from Mr. Pusey M. P., the Chairm 
8 required the 
of the Journal 
of the Finanse Comuni — adopted 
armed. 
Prize E Lord 8 in the absence 
Mr. * sepa the further awards made by Fa 
nt year, which, on the chairman’s 
e 28 se ealed motto-papers of ‘the Prize Essays, 
Mons 
17 the P rize 5 50l., for the best Report on the Farming — 
3 aw. = es ed to Tuomas DIKE ACLAND, jun., 
Holnicote, near Mine 
ead. 
I. The . of 201. for the — Essay on the Management 
of ori 7 em e — , Farmer, of Drumnod, near 
up es ‘commended the e 
Al e best Essay on the Climate of 
the British Islands in its yt 2 t on c 
NichoLAs wie Sarr * „ Truro, Cornwall.— The Judges 
par star ees Face the ears. 3 „the mottoes, Observation 
gui 
AGRICULTURAL —— Peed Portman also laid 
Co Repo: 
3 : i the rt of the Chemical Com 
mittee, inel a special report e by Prof. Way 
on the operations earried on in his ratory duri 
the past y Council directed that thi 
awe te d be wid ee the Members at 
e Weekly Council to be held on the following Wed- 
day; au ey adopted por i 
ensuing year: 
on eigation, and on a pooh — a 
EETINd.— Lord n then reported — 
enen progress of the arrang 
ning, 
the entries for 
by h i * personal sepr 
nation of the thry and practice tch-meadows 
— — 
ings connected 
Waste of the —— kh — was adopted | V: 
cil. 
Colonel Cua g 
s to the nic one and advantage of the Pavilion 
che Thur uraday, as heretofore, it was carried, an the 
En haying called the attention of the 
Dinner taking place on the Wednesday instead of | mediate pr 
nspect any site or sites of ground proposed for 
show-yard in 1851, and to report to Council their 
suitableness or erw for the purposes of the 
iety, statements 5 the E of 
the Committee then ae a the 
3 to the fi i ions: 
hat the 
uncil are —.— to fulfil their promise of ag 
ș | holding a re Show in Hyde Park in 1851, as * by 
the Royal Commission. 
2. — the oe Committee b i 
cate the above resolution to the Royal Co ommission. 
3. That t the General Meeting in the omens required by the 
bai be held 2 1851, at Hampton e 
T an 
| greater investments, to encourage the — A in 
e 
his enterprise. And the cultivator himself m sink mor 
capital before he can bring his plan into operai But I may 
at presen * at landlord and what tenant can be induced 
„ a rospect of paying them 
ng, — op — 0 farming, for 
as I am persuaded 
It is our interes: Pong to 
ke — our farms in a goo ood state of cultivation, and to 
goo 9 at as 8 And it is the du ‘of 
agents encourage, to shield, to 
farmers 1 — 9 bad, for before a man can raise a to'a good 
te of ci tivation, he must sink 7l. D pon 
man—put his money into goods and take it out when he likes. 
For in per 8 what der 2 culti- 
vation ot h e does xpect, n back 
ain in less ti tha ap three or 8 years, It * N lower 
your rents, whi st be nna 7 nA 8 jog I gis shown haai the 
taking away p 2 whole T ee ad 
nce of 1s, 6d. per el upon — 
6s, 6d. per bushel ins E wans y 05 the tit en, 7 — If there 
re is 
to be no rent paid upon landed property, it will be of no use to 
e estructive to oo —— 5 —— — of 
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appointed the y foliniring General 88 1 ee * 
Middlesex S e of Richmond, Marquis of a N rents, but in all taxations, rates, wages, trades- 
f| Downshire, Lord Portman, Hees ws Pe men’s and merchant’s accounts, destroying sinecures, pensions, 
Mr. Raym nd Barker, Mr. „ Col, Challoner, and all japertiuous salaries, — ¼— ü 
Mr. Brandre th Gibbs, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Milw lently unjust to take away the interest of landed pro- 
Mr. Shaw of London, Mr. Miles, M. P., Mr. Shelley, T | prietor, and 1 the other interests of the country undi- 
minished ? 2 in 3 or fal! 
that in there 
Mr. Pusey, M. P. 
VETERINARY InsP — Mr. Raymond Barker, 
Chairman of the Vlora Committee, reported that 
an interestin statement t had been received from Prof, 
i ies into the 8 
examination which Prof. Simon 
The eee, then 1 List of 
neral 
d to their weekly meeting 
ar 
, they adjourned ti 
next, 
Pror. War has si; pee Ws eels Set SS ee 
under the ne — his le “On 
en the 83 
affectin: Agri 
to the 19th of June, in 
other engagements for the "So, 
which at 1 entirely occupy his time. 
em 
made on ü ne of 
N work, jar highly creditable to 
Composition as | Which (as 
g its Agricultural uses,” from the 15th of May 
s a judicious, line betw 
j also illustrated the work with 801 
together. estimated the 
are 48, 000, 880 acres of land under cultivation, at a rental of 
40,000, boon per annum; and that 22,000, -A an ee for 
grain hich may be calculated to the follow- 
ing — at the late expected prices: 
24,000,000 qrs. of Wheat, at 568. per qr... 467,000, 000 
Barley, at 36s, per 3 2 
40,000, T . sees a 
£151,000 1 000,000 000 
Now let us take ener i profudion a at the present prices. 
. £48,000,006 
| Wheat at 40s, per qr. 2 
the capri placed at his disposal, appeared to fix = Barley at 286. per: — . 
cause of the malady on the water the animals had be Oats at 16s. per q 3 32,000,000 
in the habit of eee Specimens of the water eee ~ Beans and Peas, at 308. per qr. . 7,500,000 
ing the chemical examination a dow Way, fi 30,000,000 
and Prof. Simonds was roent utin arches mieg 
7 a 0 Thus you see to a d uce of the 
into the e physiological a 4 condition N structure | arable land ee n ‘country is ¢ is 7 ted in vee ne one-third, 
bad to have taken place in 5 „ | consequently thi 7 one- third, and that 
Barker hoped that "y fi — i ived one-third of — money invested 3 and its 8 ty 
opens it, en a st t 
by the mamas Hea’ before he Send st at their en 8 ip . The D e land occupier pag kaiia 
Monthly Meeting in June rent rednoed one-third, and all rates and taxes, and wages. 
and e land reduced one- “ah it 
Able. 
On the Drainage of Strong Clays. A coe 3 2 
the Neweastle-upon-Tyne Farmers’ Cl 
ae: ; ce 
ve great pleasure in directing attention to th 
cho Moa 
wok 
ws had bioota throughout a a m 
and between the 5 
