946 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
of its various organs; for in such a case we have 
eee of Social Science, respecting the class of 
who om I belong, I may einer how once 
[Duce 
the medium of the 
Villages dwindle wt 
an migeen nabit of growth 
tter of the ap in a tis 
ing oily matter 
m comparatively 
72) 
have dwindled swept aw 
Fro E Bewiak-o on- Tweed, westward to Selkirk, from 
worthless as a "food i inst ad of being of av 
u e 
bounda 
} Se ee +} 3 
rgh, 
moors eae ac 
eias we; 
‘the Lammer- 
character. y examine t : Satie, an area of not less than 1600 square a 
the e grown under circumstances favourable for | miles, ‘Although Scotland is gener: ally te ane as north} If some of 
its fall maturity and developm t, and other | of the Tweed, “only 18 miles of that river divide the | prietors were to b 
produced under adverse circu ces, it may be | two countries. on each of their fi 
from poverty of mee ennon of manure, o Ever since the farmers in tl ofa mile from a ae 
untay te, th tl like an organised system ike pin kaak the: 
in their appearance and aight per ba» tat the | has been mostly on every farm a. sufficient number of pambeg of yii an ta in Bagh 
difference does not end here. Hi ss n the| houses for a competent staff of ploughmen De re es? if iand lait à 
corn we have the — pees ie te e ee many farmers who 7 ot one house for mer 100 | numb 
there | acres of the farm, besides are for the steward, | adjacent to farms, a 
to be used or rejected according to their people | 
and use. In t the f e ha ave a ve l- 
form i 
f 
, keep what i is vealed 
n 
sid 
shepherd, cattleman, and hedge 
* double hinds,” i. e., a marrie ed ea e nan 
som d 
ond an 
ata a public meeting, wel hel be ea 
ed se fee 
char sori ‘containing ees an A ai bodies pe E 
g ning as well as n 
n married son both live sc. others keep pet men 
g of money, board and 
| lodgings. 
Previous to the hand-loom being superseded by 
Ea the far 
cloth weaving 
RR occ pied a aag so ioei land for 
regular servant ¥ 
growin ng Lint t. 
mers allowed each | a suffice’ 
ch remarks ? 
Ay roportion 
nee equal v weight by, 
din ng value In eac 
aan exo in mam 
T 
of the yarn for ‘ihe weaver, the weavers char ae 6d. 
and 8d. per yard for loii linen-cloth for shirts: the 
cloth required several months’ bleaching before it cou 
be worn as shirts. That cians of pe ople also be 
the oe of on i ona 
their engagem a pn 
In short, had the same number i 
standing at the present day pis: 
s farm- servants 
er p orn riety in ai striote y. rar ble to its 
grow wth, whether it be Oats, Barley, Rye, Peas, or 
e 
As ould 
pear er if - little as one could pae wool, 
hir 
prepare it for the w we and pa 
for weaving i 
they gave over siden f their wag 
eans, is generally eae e highly value as food in 
those neighbourhoods than in other wher 
and the general results 
Sony lass sa atisfacto or 
parts, r 
tapihan table circumstances “the ie |} 
es 
ut a scanty subsistence 
se people’ s staple article of food for 
| b reakfast iridia a When operative weavers vei the 
present day are well employ ed, they are said t 
food. An 
vi 
n | ing at regular 
ser- | the priate ji beat previous 
of railways. A Labourer, 
o 
now s swept away, I 
the increase of the 
demand 
distances along the 
are seve eral co 
e the 
nimal foo one v whe 
ut o! 
concern us at pare these are the 
of 
ed. bone 
happens that a special 
oh giv 
get 
Mae Ri r position in the Reo than FaMo Ne 
uate of darker colour which may be equally 
valuable as food, . or Tk known instances in 
and has been rejected 
e oo though it was 
hobs 
of some of these villages were either “ Feu 
rt 
d demand for extra ar labour, satii: mcf cutting drains, { a 
assistir he ha ay and corn, and other work | 
f ar ha 
| taken : a walk through any of these rural churchy aes 
fip bitants 
3,7? * Por 
Since aoa solu inde- 
ma. of the 
tioners,” or “ Crofters.” 
n b 
and nee roads i in repair, 
e. | par HELAS 
osp! see or, as i 
acid ‘phosphate of line 
Par ral pho! 
Loe. ier reat: 
who k npil ike 
aint gene eii p asion whose prospi 
ing to harvest 
equi 
se who do any pn work, As 
Hence 
n nient n 
arsi y fed n out an hour before they 
who commence work at 6 
generally i in the rs sari by 5 o’clock. 
nee ploughimen’ s cottages ought e at a conve- 
ness to the -o 
eakfast after they hav 
nation is now ) offers 
apc safe criterion ee hi aE to jude correc tly 
af the value of such articles as food a 
fed ihe vs 
Lay y» 
venaing. il e bot 
take the liberty 1 to state that the Rev, I 
oral apie ial 
thy syst mara lodging: farm servants, 
r. Be ggs sta 
e the best immediate in the shape of 
eat, as well the grea ltimate profit 
arising from a cheap production of manure. It is 
for the we have given to this subject 
that deliberate consideration which its im nee 
appeare laim; for in this depart more 
than any , we observe that differences which 
in themselves ap light, and comparatively 
nee, assume a position of great | 
pe post site when the extent of their influence 
yo 
f view. 
For in stance, he states that “the sais have been 
swept away, and the hay genes families P= people 
by thes 
th 
i 3 oP enable one 
sn 
o 
a agair aside 
I 
tio ons. 
to 
expatriated ee ma ake way fo for suc ch 1 arge e farm 
meee coloni 
andl lord at ui smallest | 
z believe that t hey have 
eat, but have become e solid, 28 
possible outlay” (4, rioters Gaz e, p. 866). Again con 
he suggests “t i 4 powering e tailed. proprietors to ers and jes i: raat wle a 
erect workmen’s bou and, failing this, all RA Laie 
farmers to at once as many kmen’s | fi 
, consisting of ~ least two or three aj hen 1 
ments, upon ir farms, as they require to|to dissolve this co 
employ ploughmen and = endl = mi to his | would 
way of | phosph 
first beset gut respecting 
villages, , ther 
the ing f | phosp 
s no o need for ether Bothies a “cottages s 
| incon: 
+ » same time 
dj F cott 
prol i 
UROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
ught to a close on | 
Thursday last, the 16th inst., when the following stu- 
Heres sabect hes for cottages whieh or to be 
adjacent to every farm steading, in what sense “have | Ww 
| bot sa s been the means of sweeping away villa meh ? 
in comp 
“iterng prore in 
aoaired; This 
aa anal 4 lleg A pnie ermes of „questioning the veracity of Dr, . Begg’s 
ï Taowas EA “Waidenond, B d , Berikahire Resta General, I can senate them ; Dull regret 
3. URRER Tom s, Rich and, Yorkshire. such a one-sided statem respecting a —_ 
4, pe aaant ar onshire. k wn pa ein class, a a and in some 
These gentlemen thus po nai. to the honorary | Senses of the term a down- class of people, w 
distinction of M.R.A.C | are acknowledged to be “the pillars of the _ 
the peg nt of the 
in acetic nt of 
t, because u 
this point, beca ot 
of the manufac 
e ma 
| difer t mechani 
tion sol 
` SCOTTISH VILLAGES axp LABOURERS. the recruiting sergeant we e | contr pals 
MK: I carefully perused your quotations from Mr. wally ei anions to on men He ence, as there rl they be at 
t ay Y book on m Highlan “he roperty, in which he refers | an appa searcit more x ltrs ots 
ating Highland glens; also your | rab oer going on at the time than ‘labourers | by che f 
mn Rev. Dr. Begg’s lecture, which he | who sometimes ha x difficulty to get remnerative| aondtionsa ch fore iÈ a 
at the Liverpool Association for the | employment could exec execute, some tried to show through | acids, whic 
