THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
563 
where conditi 
Anaad 
if there was not oe 
to bri 
f ony, w 
on and progress oa 
the and | condition :—1853, 64,5077. 5s.’3d. ; Kiseke ae 5s.1d.;; If we take the resent productive r seal: 
d yie ig) ant likely 1855, 136,1597. 19s. 9d.; 1856, 104,2062. tivated lands as a basis for our pent owe RF 
i Jnder this head, also, we must in lude “the returns | seen that the pr aeeirny boria land in the colon my would 
ipbuildi which, though subject to great support a population of about 1 0,000,000 i inhabitants 
iations, is ied on to a considerable extent , 
e port of Quebec. These show a money value of— | a writer in ‘ Ta ropena Magazine” tells us that 
10s.; 1854, pie 0627. 10s.; z 1855, a the close of the sent century we may expect to 
4,8867. 5s.; 1856, 303,2697. 7s. 6 e Canada icaid wea a population something like 
f to these several ounts we a the estimated 20,000,000 in number. Whateve r he er num y be, it 
exportations inland ports, which were t t 
follows :—1853, 687. 5s. 5d. ; 1854, 442,4701. 3s. ;|of country wn lie in the productions of her ‘wk 
ns 
the 
With these she 
i 
surplus will supp ly our wants, oa 
rar to her necessities and comfori thus 
the scales of Parie benefit be kept pode pi 
balanced. 
t is ao clear, I Rect that there is ample space in 
tho ORE 
$ aA ere | find parts oe its conditio Cont a lar argely ly increased pulation, and it is 
by nea Gee meer nrar prop “xh - Afw ay judge from the past, that 
was shels, showing an increase increase is ollowed b a generally increased prosperity.. 
i ett ewhere. handel eas ile of the finer € out of the ques- Ha Se.” the 10 previous years, while, in she United To induce i OM pun : soPi Ses Yai thewe vernment 
as yet, save on the — hills — = land is cool, s, the i increase had o nly reache a 48 pi “cent. | „In hav e Jate ly offered fri of land al hy 
fie as pots save on th ieee pte frea aa s ee gra and along three great 
- sal the ee ie f alien oc eet Chena : sha: of road, w hich Mare been recently 
ner lenty 0 of ‘young plants, oh paves not seen States w was only 17 per cent. Even in Tadi ian Aani up and laid out for settlement, ese you will see 
B ompares favou: i 
ius 
in this re a ci 
r 
biy with the States, her in 
Mangel "Wore urz paitaa ny d 
; Seige eg i, = : net E Sri Bin ye to i Sor nist bal 2 e not to-ex a 100 acres to each, 
‘sore than I have ever seen this cro SE eet abet A per cen ut perhaps | anu are offere adon n the following ter 
; the year; at the same time I am well ed if | these ese point s would be best underst: ood by co mpari ng 1. That oy Settler be 18 years t ih " 
- Èe sed was placed in agaaa h g> we rows | them which] 2, That ake possession of the land allotted to him 
t re y be and oroen TOWS | should be a fair rupees of its eee condi- ae = 
t. Chandler's if od manure drills are 
itute I Tinow at pre se ne —— mt ae os E know been Psat arg ae ania of hat he pat into cultivation 12 acres ‘of the land in 
general crops of Potatoes resen ose who kno e wi acknowledg at | t 4 ars. 
i nther a ee erg “Convesuentiy ifwe do Go | Canada has competitor. The land in 4. That he build a log house 20x 18 feet, and reside 
-| Ohio is aha a Ne ant ab le that of th fulfill 
mame rain soon, the size s alto y 
be large; and when we have ‘mach rain die. | the Union, and has more than three times as many Families may reside on a single lot, and the“several 
follows after the thunder stops, John Arkell, th average peed as mile, sa te inane se 5 : g land allotted to them will be exempt 
o; e Union is on et us look | from bui uilding a 
a ; at of the principal items. (See accompa “These lands are generally of very rarna quality, 
g n STATISTICS OF CANADA. table). and well adapted, in respect to soil and climate, to all 
== et tothe prone tt i oa ome i pak: no countr can furnish such sin 
of its mineral wealth —- on e oa wi i im i e 1,980,427 Pi _ 
a | Acres tae cultiva se . 9 9,851,439 
i i io “ii i uncultivai 10, 63s, 957 si 46,000 as the last five years: have witnessed i in Canada. kae: 
otal occupied . 6 
il À been | Acres ern to each ‘inhabitant - 93 4 "oO" 18| vi e has been ae neipal a agency by which thi tjen 
and this branch ofindustry | mere of in bushel TR iy Hb u oo pri omy effected. recollect re 1852 saw etnies 
ut rise. By the | Bushels 3 1 12 | Without a single railway; and that 1857 saw her with 
istics, we find that the following amounts re- | Bushels aoe rE ip RAA, a 73 miles completed, and 500 mil re in process of 
: 397. 3s. 2d. Oats produce value of ose lands rs £65, ar ag £89, a Sa Dor construction, the rise in th ue of land is readily un- 
31,4587. 15s: 8d. ; 1856, | Dav P sas a to as jarata dom The lines of railway must be looked upon as 
r proportion o whic is | R -n 869,835 rr T | a series of cidanible markets for the country they serve. 
mines. — 4,223, ,487 oe 5,168 ib he natural atte is, that every rem of of the- 
cnet the forest ger more numerous and e pr pa za af 29 | fi money y 
important, course, timbe: Shee 1,597,849] 3,942,929 e been 
FIn peltry furnishing the Cattle "ral, ,106! 814,448 valcless The _immense remuneration thus ined 
e have from These 1 „were tn “statisties of 1851; since then t the d the 
aa in phe 531851, countr yi at. e 2. | value of tata Tni in old settlements, ı remote from 
2 Diy » | In 185} t 6, e ports, has doubled itse! value in 5 years; 
; 1855, ode 4 in ae to to 26555, 684; s E REA an increase Sai wil in new settlements, near to which a- 
0d. ; 1856, 2,504,971 of 10,399,738. bushels, oe is equal to 64.3 per cent, | railway passes, have trebled their value within a shorter’ 
pate prodetions x e go are the i tests of a in the he 5. years and raises the return from 8.9 Daiei to | period. These all-powe: eans of comm 
Ith an ts progress, er head wha In Barle have opened up the j Je available a vast 
the sain wrod A. of its present as well as future Rye ‘hen ae are even more satisfactory, the surplus | amount of inert wealth, stimulated industry, and 
ities reat I need not remind yon of thie vast, the | produce of 1855 being 566,534 bus alls on that of | ted a complete revolution in farming sours fey taker 
and tthe in a importance of the relations poe as 989,44 howing an increase of 74.5 per cent. | range of 20 mil either side of the course 
en and a pat Bifecnete of. John Wilson’s lecture 
give us evidence of 
nayon. 
j 5 seen the exports of 1855 being 73,066. bushel those 
| Society of Arts, reported i inthe Journal. per deg 
OO 
- 1853. 
d, da, 
941,597 I8 § 1,157,008 8 4 1,992,811 10 7 
125 per 
cent., anes evan thia this is rea by that of Oats, whic ie 
| prese: ceut-in one year, th 
ga ntity “exported în in 1855 being $ a) 275 5 Panels while 
1856 it amounted to The ratio 
ofi increase 
els. 
in the production « on the. field anders seas P3 | 
MANAGEMENT OF CLAY LANDS. 
Ist. ote Ae uh of aclay soil, ee and mechani- 
cally, is, he particular 
i gels formation from which it has 1 had its origin 5 
but there ar ies and 
sone 
| 342,631 7 
= 7 
able es. 
il ae 2 thé cea Fee ‘fi dae e given as 82,000; which they belong to. 
4, 430,000; 1823, 575,000; 1831, 772,000; 1844, spheric agenar t oe mo ct wat eer 
1198.0; 1848, 1,49 1,000 i> 1851, 1,842,265 155% 6 Work rich § c elements: 
500,000. If we compare these wi ose of | 
the States and also of this t for the last DIEA udo goi ce ad cies seo 
decennial census, we can form some idea of the relative | . From the fact of heavy Hand’ T being bibulous, it. 
population of reat Britain the requires to p,e t thoroughly drained—the 
s amounted to 1 per cent, in the nited | » Se 11 zar as in light land, 
13.2 
States to 35 per cent., while the population of Canada 
ions aika closer toge ether is necessary in the: 
i source of wealth exists in nada, which, 
ees time, has hardly poe a the at tention it | PPO 
and which offers a aed iow k imo mited 
sI mean her fisheries. 
vince. alone, we should find an increase of no 
l A 
ka. 104 per cent. în the 10 years. This increased 
ose gre s should be undertaken in thë 
ible, when the land is = 
to their effective action 
ete, Ils up and comets the age the older settle- | 
, boundaries of civilisation by, nels, and 
pectin ae 
aa, ee cota, the 
returns 
ion of ert aati dia 
by mean Of ventidiacts: 
Ann Ye 
ady parr iensing in their ratio | 
TD alre: 
with the increase of population, show that tl 
| portant e element of pro; gress is an increased populati 
or might 
culture, 
10n. 
to well-conducted draihage works, deep 
ion “he soil rat = somes epee tr 
calculated 
be accelerated by a and to. this latter mals 
the anme ¥ Canada has very successfully 
dressed itself. k ete 
6th. The greatest i 
soils is to work them 
a ee E how- 
1855, 114.9800, 1s. Od. ; 1 
represent the surplus | 
ka ‘We find, Saori at 
to pay | 
der der the 
1853, 85,0007. 13s. 8d. ; 
856, 
y ean clay 
imperial i We what the colon: 
apply to our neoepition, ae eris now look at her baat 
emery ag can manufac 
The val Of the aayo: to inte, Okman were; in. 
IE na 6} 1858 „` £7,995,359 1 1 
1850- .. 4,245,017 3 6 | 1854 7. 10,132331 6 9 
1851 .. 5,858,697 12 7 1855 KE e Ts 
i] 5,071,623 312 | 1856 10,896,096 16 
Th, while the export trade since 1851 shows an r 
crease 2 of in roand numbers, 150 p per cent., the i imports 
nae Wi the rotations of clay soils should vary, to 
suit thelr mare, it may y be stated generally, that those 
shift courses which yield t f Wheat, 
arer yiia and also annually give the greatest 
