January 30, 1858.]} 
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THE 
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more certain guide | 
ae eee ea ae 
e of which may 
hy 
s 
serve 
uality than rt we are at present acquainted | 
pth, and tl s of China — nre is supposed ‘to reach 
rican it — rain ak Such land may be a as | per fection, not pry oun aari rat a poultry, 
efficiently piara w SeA 30- Hy as 48-inch ae rains ~e that r craw 
ch l aid be 
and. the 
A ellie e teats 2 S an nd c annot t be efficiently ideal |a about his riv ers and eat a > the Chinaman’, s ri 
pee eed 3 | dainties. Stall Kanisa therefore would: ap pay even 
NOTES BY AN AGEICULTU! RAL LABOURER. I have pe fr, 3a to id. per rood (18 lineal | so mode rat tely — at stock only pa 
feet), for 8d. to 7d. | ti = 
‘the cultivation of the soil, 
_ dev ote their attention to pelei purs 
ose who take farms under the existin 
ave recourse bo all the approve ere of | 
d the and ‘aoe r implements | 
all kinds of | 
on 
nes by keeping, brood. n Suc 
a farm wher re. there is "nothing but 
Beo rdinar but enter- 
mp men. a for the first | four or five ap hast of a 19-year 
some must mei necessity | 
meee and | 
a 
[to be 
till Serk get ran aji 
ha | th 
g One 
wages by r-l ‘et wheel and EHRE, the e Fay pelts, oe or three 
a br eeding tity of those. ugly long- 
sie 
j at te o 
$ called Coc — -Chinas in 
aa. such is the 
pe d, 
42 inches s deep at 10d. u Seti ie ve iol of a 
| Stable sonal gig sata therefore, is scant. Nor is. it 
me it was considered that. drains ought | much covet Hur ordure is, in. a Chinaman’s 
ja across a field with a sloping, pasa ity, to j| opinion, the only perfect “fertiliser. This is collected 
su I no oved that.| with the most oppressive care. iti i 
wiedze a RK nal urhood 
ight u Are: pi 
inches ` deep 
earned by cu ein A ich Merere 
ore 
At on 
“ae 
eons generally crosses bars 
generally hav 
work 
. of ho roti that t the; oy T 
ing of the ida poh og he ne 
and the liming pa arm; 
oak farmers take the 
a lease. of 19 or | 
wi 
of d 
hard or ptm sand, hard: and plastie oy gravel te ce 
worn s, peat, moss, 
ff a ar (be d), 0 gira pss iv iain ng “ona every cottage open : 
higher level than a ‘oe of hard or plastic clay, the | the country, every ~ in has its. publie latrine; osten+ 
water which rests between. the. clay an eat Gr a lessen to. the 
oozes out beberem, the different strata sinks into 
ich o ought to be EET at: a l 
Cantonese have a 
passes in that: fo: dig ga their 
apne Pipes = beg 
sts S a 
. 
xed roi 
make every eres to nt the oak land dzainedies 
quickly 
as possi ible, n 
t to interfere with the ordinary routine 
a. farm. on the. five-shift. syste 
hap Fa of the farm: every year; ath 
in a 
ing horr 
| a inst i impression 0 "the co untry. 
ese details.of the “sordida Sex are not. pleasant- 
|a: osana at. all times “ difficile est proprie 
ere,” ” but if the object: be to ‘opied or, to! eo 
pipe, 
peer glad g 
Pe d, which is naked urally dry, « or been rendered 
y by efficient drainage, which 1 has 
sat Men from 10 to 12 i niches deep, 
=e sprinkled over the ane ws to. bi 
ground. The oa wey the burnt 
bal of the Cotton vies are returned. to the-soil—that.. 
and no i 
he plough i irons do not clog up, is so alp 
he begir naiago op Ma apt that sm farmer 
make up the 
wo-fifths in one year. 
o dey land is often ee: een is well r 
FF) 
_ the rotation of cropping, the buying and. selling. of 
Es 
It is’ when farm 
The Chinese root- of: Rice. by 
ey just as) w 
each has its. little “bls of liquid 
sown. This: homeopathic. pa 
Pie art = our sry — 
es, apply th 
seful i irbes of hus 
— ploughing have e 
ingly useless for agricultural 
4 and! steward appear“ to: tl 
_ it good management: to make the bottom of. the drains 
È biom: of the: ditch which 
my 
a of tl Th folds and cut se smali (furrow) drains 
into it. Such m takes thes 
the are ASEN 
r — 
will make |v 
e 
a exercised under 
ns-in China nt whatit isin England.. 
aoaaa thousand i 
lidy known (). A. Scottish Rustic... 
RICULTURE TI 
ei 
k 
make drainers at | 
gz 
AGR CHINA. 
pe way to see the a oles of a is 
ver it. A landlord noa hoo ts over. his is estate | 
w to thi f ma 
agricolture of the flowery land, I ai pee of my | herbs. he 
ea reed leisure at the north i am ite expeditions. after n; 
nian: I use ea 
ag go are up the rivers 
east Hit 
i per contra, it must be recollected. that this. 
park. of Cones is ‘aan ods. bees paehan pisaga P= ma 
mandasing 
J 
deposi mud in 
s will burst in that-hill side.’ 
Abou ae pe rang and, ints ligent practical 
hesari oil f which man tog wastes 
soil of w. is 2 feet. deep and soft spon 
nat below. the surface Ei iraka SAR 
usio toon erheti in. small. bands: are 
Aee na rae Ame be: eer and to- 
be | He sa nie who 
nips, and. so on. Alto- | and cctonal swarms Nn = a SB sabene SS 
quite. eee The. Times. er 
; man who has beem farm lak 
_ well 
water ‘within were he to dig a 
q and substratum shows that stag- 
q nasi t water rests heros each: drain, and as high as 
s that if le. = brat =f and no drinkable cultivated. 
xpl paps | 
r investigation Lam convinced that 
to learn from China in the art of. 
summer fallows; but. 
ears been engaged in repartee fain an a e n 
-tile and’ 
a aie gravel or sand.. Having fora period of seven | rich-coloured 
, generally speaking, 
which does not appertain. 
to which the field is spprepruled: 
| are the staples of the great 
hes round th The. ground. is 
clean, but the Pacis is so aioe oer th 
attraction 
above the ground w. x weight of 
, sand, &c., but..inall.the pad na 3 
out... Mir Niaebit, iri hia. esbume a> 
at district of 
now. 
serie parmgie akam i not drain: 
is 
Taden and. 
in patches e villages, 
after 
ed about i in vain for | 
tion 
y 
he course of agricul- | 
p a 
We may A accustomed to mark t 
tare throughout the chee of 0 oe << Jand—the 
‘urnip: and Barl 
nod to be lem than frends Giusti, ews. a8 
of drainsthat: T have read 
TARA, the murfuce of which iaabweays, anturated 
Wet after a fall. of. rain, suffers. 
inbou: and the, supply of it- wili| ut 
prices at 
cut. may 
"ora: well. 
eet 
pecs nsns ay let. him > Tssa practical | ive" 
-educated: practical: farmer, that no | droves of 
that milk and mutton: Ce Se oc i'e wer ot Me Sarmat 
of those Hughes on Water orking, published by Mr J. Weale, 
