51—1850.] . — 5 GAZETTE. | {o M 
On the motion of the Rev. ar es Lin alchemy increase its tertility to a double or even 
— Mr. Love, this report was receiv vd uneatinousl by by | tpl 3 I have visited the ities of some of 
eetin e 
that, Ist, Although this Society tuity ulity. appreciates 
k eles aes expressed th “ high f. -S humbugs,” where the process was 
e bein carried o the z 
value of a knowledge of ae — te 
eee to practical agriculture, aes it has no sym- 
pathy with those ose who are continually holding up Seotch 
farmers ples of industry, and famous for payi 
high rents, but who com ly turn round and taui 
“Colonel Ch 1 1 f the Finance Com- merits of the fully collecting and com- them with want of skill and science in cultivation. 
| and, as 
80 sucoossfally held this year pe es — stated in Ee . — with most astonishingly 
paid its a expense | remunerative 2 i 25 re examining into 
rits 
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G 
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a ang an M. 
mittee, having laid before the meeting the var ous | paring every available fact, although I rank amongst | 2d, The amount of capital now required to carry on the 
balance-sheets connected with the accounts, it was |the humblest, I was am g the first who publicly ex- operations of husbandry is so much i that the 
moved by Mr. Warsop, seconded = Mr. Mark Sand- | posed and denounced the interested, the mischievous, | security and safe investment of it in the soil must 
ford, and carried unanimously, that the best thanks of | the monstrous calculations which certain parties were | become a matter of paramount importance in the ad- 
the Society should e given to the — for their palming on the publie. My talented neighbour, Mr. vancement of agriculture. 3d, If a higher standard 
care ate ntion xamining i acco Ross, came forward, armed with an unconquerable farming be now conside to meet the 
Mr. ght, * Bega, and Mr. . . Ray- | Arran of facts, and clear common sense views, and | change of circumstances under which farmers are at 
mond — — were elected Auditors for the year — did his part in dispelling the delusion. The present placed by the depreciated value of agricultural 
ens 8 a 
gh ne be attained 
„ | Possessing acute perception, a clear judgment, and a right appreciation of its requirements on the part of 
Thanks e to Professor Way for his refined but tie wit k th i 
to on Walk: dele P — u eae wi ios ra t A hydra En the landlord, whereby mutual confidence between him 
June last a i 
Oa me motion of Sir Robert Price, e's and specious devices they may palm their quackish | tures, and as ad 
seconded by Mr. Mark Phillips, the cordial Auen p nostrums on the public—justifying their conduct in value of a fa 
the moots s were carried by acclamation to 1 noble exacting their former rents, b ming the farmer for | of a lease, anes prejudice to the interests 
Duke for conduct in "e * air on that  onension, want of skill and exertion in the cultivation of his land; g tenant.—Mr. 
and for E devo ated interest he had so constant tly | @ and farther, epee that things are yet in a state of posing a vote of thanks to Mr. Honeyman, said that 
evinced towards the Siddi.. and the 8 ok its transition, and that all will soon be well again. The | while he was very far from i th th 
most useful and garde objec farmer na Pose to be — — to him it is quite of the been dis- 
apparent that one of three cases must happen that cussed, he thought they were under great obligations to 
The meeting then N 7 105 ads. hinia, g requested poe babe 
„ ——— s a 1 1 i 
—The annual meeting of the Trafalgar or else the farmer himse =e be mary to deep | talented manner he done ; he thought that the 
Agricultural. Society took place on Monday, the 2lst ing (even in past times) are far inferior to those e the wert d k closely by the resolutions 
ctober. About 40 tenant-farmers sat down to dinner from manufac mme N 15 Bg on, ana keep as Giossiy by — 
RGE Dou 
: We ad 
glory z are being carried on, it is onl i i i 
s 5 =) : yat a yet more distant | of the principles, upon which the art of culture depe 
ae improvement and prosperity. And it day that he can hope or a return. Nie of these will pecan cad bs economical results in the details 
anno ee a his oy 0 1 
e 
: ein i ciences ha 
ood, clothing, her of th n À z . 
A ie = : 5 ney, and again commence fresh speculation. It is tury, have thrown much light on the rationale of 
ee e e * * send dns apparent that much less capital is sufficient to of our practices. The deep — of the genius 0 
and g ear : i i i 0 i iebig afforded hi i i 
upon the bleak and barren soil, and fertile fields and | farming; and from the Sorte, in ins if employed in | Liebig afforded him materials to link together the dis- 
hi 0 : 
e | D: are n inni 
articles required for farm stock can never be had unless | into luxuriance. Liebig’s beautiful theories of 
re: di °y he 4585 be 1 for cash—the farmer need no! go to the market without | and animal nutrition took the world by 
= 1 ing with the difficulties hares ate urround | the money in his pocket. This is not felt by the trader. expectations were formed from the truths w 
e in the labo. 
7 — l resent syst f banking refuses none of the al of Giessen, but og have on 
most y invested soil * 0 seal, unless they are unknown, or not k o be de- the foundations for a su 
* e . t 3 'ponsantry in — issued ing of confidence ; but it po s certain features | generations will ha rear. Some men vip be 
as. | esme e shape o iti i ment i 
* WAE Thob miri wat especial O bo miss unpropitious to the husbandman, Might not a system temperament seem actually to have believed that the 
Y | of banking be established exclusively for agriculturists exhausted ground was to have its virtues renewed, and 
remunerative ; still it was — they would ulti- eonstrac A obviate his wa oro ily? be fertilised as by the wand of a magician. But, 
y pay. At the end of the lease ‘the proprietor But without insisti g upon a point which may be con- alas, the old antidote still stares us in the face, and ever 
would have come in or share of these improvements, | sidered alien to the subject, it 72 ‘indisputlble that | will do so, that the grateful earth will only yield her 
4 they being, as it were, fixtures, adding materially to agen amounts et capital have be pompen by manu- | riches, — — hard and unremitting toil of her 
og the intrinsic value of the subjects. The capital required | facturers and commercialists than e been realised sons. Scien r shorten the way. I cannot 
e in stock for g0 proved h sbandry is triple, | by agriculturists. Adinitiing that Gert eee for | omit this eh ot referring to the Agricultural 
nd in some „quadruple, to what it was 5 former | outlay in farmin ing is so very il that bank interest on | Chemistry Association of Sco its present effi- 
times. The very — of the capital in cases the capital would be preferabl th the question very ciency, as scientific progress in the right direction. If 
would cable the farmers to live comfortably (in 3 natu ises—How is it that a f. d not Jetended on far higher ds 
ment), even with weir money invested at bank interest, in the market when a greater n — of candidates than as a terror to those who would carry on extensive 
apart from all the anxieties and risks incident to fae ppear, offering an equal, and in some cases e —— of artificial manures, it is worth more 
bei rent 2 that iously given? Among a n | triple oney that is spent upon it. The int 
may state, i t place—a farmer | of its disadvan- 
— a hendy i in possession of a farm becomes a candidate on | tages ; — thee arose a host of interpreters, 
| the * that, his own farm lying contiguous, he is who nur _ great delight in disputing i 
nabled to the practical men, and who looked with contempt upon 
, | werearesident. He e can carry on the various operati: ionsof | the past all wholly b the worshippers the 
y became 
farming with more facilities than if on a small seale, | untried and the fanciful. A crisis has arrived, which 
and particularly if the nature o of the soil differ in quality | all admit. The cultivator would fain have the recipient 
from that eed he: As an instance let us of his toils bear part of a burden which must be borne 
suppose th one = com pose sed of strong land : fe d but, no, science would interfere, and tell him he must 
well adapted rad Wheat, he is enabled to to proceed with | carry it all himself. The whole island is ransacked for 
— —— at the critical seasons of Wheat sowing— his behoof. There never was a ‘peri when so many 
thus, in many instances, almost securing his is crop, com- physicians prescribed for Tem N knowing 
* ith th I ld I ocal maladi 
p study her or ganic and | es. me cry 
to adopt, the we ather a being very vari- ei “plough less, and graze more ;” others the re- 
ro- — ane en the bnd mody ofa idite and * - Each nostrum, however, serves its day, and time 
raise a far greater bee Ao 2 5 | 3 flies ¢ on. We, Scotch farmers, have stupidly lost our 
(oer Er kund) for his money, and enriching bo fri a nown ; or doings, which were formally boasted over the 
jeets d now tr 
in acquiring a kn m 
of the science, it is — impossible for them to Mr. Huxtable, amid all his scientific bravery, has. 
turn their attention to other pursuits ; consequently | scarcely faith in the new order of things, Statesmen. 
em bid * the last possible farthing they consider they | are, however, directed by him in his recent 
fe rg. e paying inci- if need be, to the proper objects for taxation. What 
mah pere a Again, are possessed with | comfort do we Scotch farmers obtain from his definition 
c. perhaps a foolish notion that ae have a superior of an “agriculturist.” Hear him—* For myself, as an 
er ledge of e tna to their predecessor. And, | agriculturist, that is, a producer of Wheat, beef, mu 
astly, I shall m n a numerous class whom we may and pork, I should deprecate the reimposition of any 
enomina m having little or no knowledge of | duty whatever upon lean cattle, Beans, Oats, Barley, 
i nd | agree, sa labo’ ye under a false impression Lentils, and oileake.” We are to shiver in our 
et 
yh ease ] 
of che Ley | ted them, and say unto ia fields, “ Bring forth for forest zone, and placed on the verge of that territo 
ect—rocks, bg and —— | granted arvest,” —Mr. Honeyman read the following re- beyond which Wheat will’ mig ripen, This lst un 
bie, — by the sublime process solutions, which he 5 the adoption of: Resolved in Mr. Huxtable, for æ good price of Wheat, has 
