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'the greatest fall you can get; and, if this does no? 
mieli js supplied by t the labourer than the farmer; and t mer | 300. which when held by the farmer was bat 20s. to | 
e t, to say the least, is as punctually paid by the former | 30s. per acre. Perhaps Some corresponden hes 
asthe latter. If, t herefore, a system offering such reci- we myself, will be ki LpA —not etti 5. ‘See tiles mil probably answer your pur- 
w fooi a wien antages should fa il, it follows almost as a ne- ch a difference is made betweea the far and | pose ; sufficient t time has not, however, yet elapsed since 
Wan essary c se u | Tanh i In conclusion, I wish to lay oe an on they ot test their efficiency satis- 
ag some want of judgment in the manner se carrying it out. | readers a report of an examination of the farm tenantry sisi The size of the tile should idend; not on the 
= Only two instances o of failure have come to my know- wz of a village containing 600 souls.:— tenacity of the cat but on the average fall of rain per 
keh ledge, both of which miy be traced to eo cause. In th dee eee of aian prpmigation by the landlord, Nov. 23, 1843, | annum nyon neighbourhood. 1 ei nches in dia- 
ma first, the allotments were let wm manufa acturing workmen | Mr.B: Pee arm SS p aeres ses tac LF eA age: 1 boy. || meter is amply an cient in most Fad a of Englan d. 
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Lohn Grew’ fivin san? correspondent be kind enou gh ing an exte unded cultivation. of Flax in England ; and to- 
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i: the success of the —The igen of The dit = plicas: 3) manure to the Flax | © ; sd witi, and nd obtain i aas bat, te is eto 
d no more than the sats aed his family can culti- crop is toad to be inj aviok th f| fro His account of net profit is certainly hot 
j T vate after ths fulfilment of their duties to their em- | jiquid manure he is raid sonal “pe th a b = explained with that clearness “ial accuracy which all 
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in | viously inthe necessary ae giae e fertility. oe f stance re the net profit of his 1 neerges, to the En- 
will see, from a pap er by páis aor x Dublin, published | glish aleulator, folh 21. to 167, per 
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i Ys plants s are less exhausting to han is commonly | two visits that I made to that country, expressly for in- 
become permanent paupers, and fulfil the conditions it mm . that, in a greater formation, I learned that 57. to 107. was about the ave- 
their allotments faithfully. Bearing these principles | or Jess degree, they do exhaust A soil; a ntines fimating rage n2t profit in general. This is what, I conceive, 
nd, I feel the strongest conviction that the allot-} the profit to he derived from ams caltivation, some dè- | Mr. Dickson intended to convey ; and I trust I shall be 
ment system will every where prove a blessing, and be en- delti on this head should. ba de, which Mr. Dick: Pinta fot a am rate his statements. Now, taking A 
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poms him that gives and him that ‘takes. »—g, | affect the result. `The’ water in which Flax is steeped 
ton | possesses highly fertilising properties when allowed to| Of other crops ; ki daring dl the past seven years, few 
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Aa ath a opinion ie “A, 3 ei 3 i High- run over Grass land; and the Grass ri mo the Flax farmers have gain ned 10s. per acre ; or, in other word 
i cia Any p matters washe off by the rains. These advantages will | ri ly 3i aia | bhie Bi the a sev inate om 
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2s 2 Amateur of rarapna pehes be glad to'be in- | | directing : attention the obtaining of the lesser sum, I 
3 foron med wie ri er thé female of the fallow deer might not t the greater will soon be placed within 
ea a and milked, as weli as neran the cow, | we reach of the industrious and intelligent farmer. 
he reindeer, camel ? | Witha soil and climate so remarkably adapted to the 
The writer uay long kept one or two milk goat. s, nari eon of Flax, good management alone is necessary to- 
on the surplus of a 2 te benigardea, with a little hay = ender success certain. But where the seed, of which 
the winter ; we t if an anima a ay.: useful ‘could b Mr, Dickson takes no ret is made the e prim ary ob- 
found, something Arachis the the crop, even under ordina ary treatment, _ amply 
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ground attached to ‘ei cottages. Buteven if none better | columns of your Gazette, in X n It ag every 
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: 4 f th h ll as th were to direct their atten- | gation to insure e poor that employment, 
pet escape, unluckily for the owner, she being *| ton to the different breeds of useful animals, or birds, he agriculturists those eavaniages, i0 early ‘developed 
: a r.— enh inten, Appleby, Leicestershire. stead o of keeping s such pets, or rather pests, as lap-dogs, the Report, several of the 
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otment p air is very frequently wey ese by the vng nëar their homes:—A Friend to Rational Amuse- | first week m Fe bruary, and y “pens to afford further 
% si particularly if carried to’ more than a limited nts. Séforatatton to parties desirous of personal communica- 
z ; 80 that its advocates have had to fight against a ide r Breed.—With reference to “J. T.’s”| tions. Our a ahr Golden Crea, Charing-cross.— 
of opponents; for the meetings called to | inquiries respecting his sow of -the wild boar breed, I rates fees es, Jun 
Consider the condition of the labourer invariably consist | should recommend him to cross her anayement.—Ia a late Number, “A Su 
be hs of farmers. I well remember attending a | If he can meet with one of the black —6 $ _ be driber says pe an lAo cow would not = near 
the above purpose, in a sm agen about | probably best. The young ones will be very nice small, | 80 much to keep as those large beasts usually kept by 
0; when every farmer presen with his | hardy, compact porkers. Her wildness may “be soon | milkmen. I coe now one’small milch Alderney and 
e saying that if the landlord | let the la- overcome by kee ping her in a stye, i in which by any | two large Durhams, and the Alderney will eat nearly as 
urer land, he would be making the labourer men 
t of the farmer; and others said that it would | [¢ kept very hungry, she will soon become familiarised | Coal ‘Ashes and Potatoes.—They ha have been applied to- 
acement dishonesty, for they would be | with the person who feeds her, and like all wild sini pastures here on a stiff gravelly pri incumbent on 
y to rob. the farmer’s granary for seed to crop their | become bold and impudently familiar. I have the chalk, for many years past ; they are London aa rar 
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ation that in the village where I heard kisia animad- voula follòv me sey ees lik ea dog, and come when sifted state. “Six chaldrons per acre, vat 6s. per chaldron, 
from fifteen to twenty-five men had been-un- | called. Do“ “you ‘J. T.’s ” ' directio tion ? ? The efe ct in wet seasons 
the past month, yet not one instance of DoF: g e Grass is abundant, with a thick under- 
could be brought forward on which to ground eo to. yeh F 7 gro ose of teas Sioné and the sehen ne If the 
y if idleness and starvation bring not. dis- bblin achine:—I have read with great interest | succeeding season should be*dry the e: rop is, perhaps, 
bei ay rely upon industry and rca aa Mr. Mech? s setter si Newberry’s Dibbling Machine. I| rather burnt than benefited by the application > the:be- 
th ng its cause. I think the Maria ers in this re eal of its working this autumn, and neficial effect, however, is only suspended until the next 
eir own enemies. On the mham Hall estate, ‘about can bear out Mr minni all he saysaboutit. In one or | wet season. Tn any case _ Moss is destroyed. «I 
We years since, a era dias sed field, twoi ave known it purchased by individuals, ] here to ob on another subject, that your cor- 
t 30 acres, had long lain idle, in want of a te nant; and let oath £ row ~~ 2 fae per acre, and the 5 at respondent who state eda ra eeks since that Potatoes 
ny of th oye steward, a finding a tenant, offered i to 3s. of very much’ in the left in the — pikon not ya injured by fros mans 
e farmers of. the s vill e Sif the on ud. ori ropri of | probably, this time, casion ge his 
" of it. it, No farmer = rd ston pad neighbourhood of Kenilworth = they pave generally INNE. r eld in this neighbourhood, which is yet 
a the ae hearing of wie went to he pve and abou tive pecks to the a F. es, near | undu ug, was examined this morning, and the Pi 
a rent for it, aud the land was granted them ; Bristol, i tried two pecks to ‘heal acre with this machine, at various depths, fro ne to 6 inches, in all the hills ex- 
a land, which was’ considered by the farmers not | and is to report to the Royal Agricultural Society t ey are soft and shrivelled, 
accepting. grew the second year, in the hands of | result of his experiment.—Jean Baptiste. and on bein ng cut across and —— yield juice like an 
ers, 40 bushels of Wheat per acre. I have Drainage.—1 am desirous of draining a piece of wet Or range.—A Kentish Subseri 
many proofs of the good and happiness this | heavy iand, with either stone or tiles, by placing the Guano.—You have aera (p 58), the inconclusive 
pieca: Df: ns = pr a. which is, and I hope | top of the draining materials 18 inches at least below the | argument of Mr. Davis against the use of guano who 
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i s to come, in the: hands of th i! ll be much obliged if some | Suppo 
oy ra thie now gin gives niue apait ESA 5 sor. 2 es Jae e arpensa e of the soi, and I shall be much o ae rr ae weis Mt : > tracted 
Ae Nae that the la bo ourer grows more 1 l directions for | from it, that therefore it must comparatively wo: 
: acre than the farmer ; gator aig sang Seca columns, yee coat nel a sad wetness of the less No ow, we ‘are told that vai org it is ie 
tend i it rey he will tell you that they can bet soil and subsoil, s0 as to know iti that a bar 
n the farmer ! What a pity that a termes should be apart to effectually dr popes 
allowed more land than he is able to attend to! | superfluous water, and produce the greatest amount of the great t bulk of the E vegeta 
ea Earl | profit from the land during, suoceeding years. I shall | derived from the atmosphere.- 
e the best l iged by cnet pasanga what is the Harar The Plough.— 1 Ana 
not average 40 bushels per a an least fall that should b en to stone, t ile, or pipe- implement aa eds hav 
ops under spade faaie ley ains respectively, with th them which r 
Hilt samat, S per acre. For the Allotment Sgae su ita table for soils “of different dogreas" of tenacity ; also Rham 
nae ami it is nécessary that the lan I 
for until such is the case it will| with the dee: materials, particularly in wet pa eA | Society w: 
enefit to dled to be productive of much | of a sandy natur d I shall be glad to know what | th 
urer have the land a ed why should not the | kind of soil, ape tongs and other shsiiaalicnhdl oaks ot 
Mer?—their 20s, fi th Same price per acre as the | the above kinds soho era are best adapted to, : 
33 “or the ground is just as good as panied with a comparative statement of tthe adv 
Siis race the Duke of ea attending righ a of either of them as regar chéapi 
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from 50s. to 60s. oid less your Waat ia nites 
