THE GARLEXERS' CHRONICLE AND. AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
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now withe leading manufacturers of them, Messrs. Olay: 
ton, of Lincoln, send out 10 of them each week, 
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horse-power per annum. itor. 
f Reapers again en Burgess & Key the EY S 
old upwards of 1 their pes c M*Cor- | criterio and 
mack’s reaper, of which 771 we gs 8 ear; boring you 
| very A fair comparison of wages at a sufficient iani Re jade are not likely to add Nu d 
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15 orders oca 
12 months ago. P Crosskills M. sold 
f. Bell’s MEN and 800 o eru s; Messrs. 
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ds ud lodging 
Garrett tt have sold 600 of Hussey’ SH mine has | sold more M 
lodging n t. Erg 
cutee Mr. M‘Donald of Huntly reported |j |j: 
ges of pionghmen; i in 1849 to be 167. a 
A ear 
t N are nay 221. with board a 
of Forre repor rted, 10 years ago 
g ien AER that H Lou do xci 
with All t 
rem: ainder of the hour i is to indicate the € points on 
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Weel 13 tit 
nd the Cuth- | 9s. to 10s. ie puts it at 11s. Mr opel, of Ferry - Bow doi 
pw; np oe wi who have just begun the mand iut | e Par att * Forfar shire, reported it at 10s.; he puts it it ái e LABOURERS, 
of their equall , sold 100 now s. in winter and 15s. in summer. Similarly | The object is to retain, indeed I n 
vest and could have sold four times as many. In all, Fifeshire wages were 9s. and E 3 Lay are now 11s. | d a suom tn oe nber of v ell qualifi 
probabl reaping machines were at work last | and lls, 6d. In ast Lothia es were worth | labour The Ox seg Farmers Club met 
harvest, capable of cutting more in a day than|10s.a w or 10s. with ES heated re aud, now | day, and Mr. Mein, who is, e, 
b labourin men, and et th ere never was they are valued at 12s. t , &c. Mid Lothian | Duke of Marlboro gh, read capital Pepi 
hah t as tl t for the difficulty of procuring | Mr. Melvin reported the aul W ‘of the married | very subject. His RH f obtaining m 
harvest men. Notwithstanding g all this addition to the r pionen at 910 lbs. of mer 120 cwt. of Potatoes, | none ate less sensible for its simplicity: 1 
forces and the 3 of agriculture, more labourers | 2 meals daily during harvest time, the hauling of 4 4 | offer hig gher PIJES: And nd this s is, I presum 
are fodnired, and as more labourecs are not forth- tons of coal, and 17“. in money; he ow reports them 3 
coming wages rise. t 1050 lbs. of oatmeal, S ewt. of Potatoes, 4 weeks of), He gei De hae not provided eor u 
It is, indeed, possible that some of this general rise | saves food, pole carte, donee rent free, and 21“. 10 g is ages at le li 
in yagen oi the iei two or three years is owing to the Go outh sr Se on. and in|be had, sad no wonder that our pr have | brou 
labourers sii being, if anythin ther Wigtonshire Mr. "Cuin e ges 10 years ago at T 
dimin' — — nereasin dy; to that I shall 9s. a week; he ts them now at 125. A woman's daily 
fete directly, it is d siflcient for the present to d 21 | ai was 8d. „an d it it is 1 10d. 
what ample experience confirms, that the need of the wages according to Mr. Grey of 
assistance is increasing. 
Di 150 were 12s. weekly with ,and ch low , ei 
Of the truth p this i T is perhaps an ex- | carriage of coals free; they now are 155. ae house and | dren, but they are not children, aud no wonde 
travagant illustra is a gentleman well garden free, d Mr. Dods, of Hexham, a to good | have left us. Our remedy is to improve the 
known in the en velba ni yo, who has known East m pee 158. a week in winter, 18s. a | of the labourers in their cottag M give tl 
Kent for 50 or 60 years. He eek ummer, Mr. Drewry's Wages a 8 regular employment and 5 8 es (it reso 
I should be pleased a —— vou any information in my | Nor th Labs es were 135. 6d. ; they are 15s. to 16s. 6d. into this, whether a farm Aa te 
power, but I cannot answ your 12 questions. We have | Mr. rey of Wigan, in So uth Laneashire, reporton spend 1007 more in labour. ing winte 
no ice in em doen ast ‘to LIC. xe Brice wages to be 12s. a viec ; Mr. Twining, in at harvest time in shed and damaged corn) 
e 1 Si arvi 
Wie from 12s. to 358. per acre. M r la Auf on only Work same eee ra te them now nt 14s. om |! bo Eee tas work, and. allow them to 
half their time the en nsuing int; the yas Me — Mere eoi I had fou e bbs of th ages of able: prices at it, simply 3 ui M ir P 
sav — n ie Hi em aper. i the Alm on st all bodied m and they ran thus—10s., PA to 10s., 11s, | lastly, on occasions of unusual p e to gi 
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nis it did 33 ND 35 eit Jin many ins tancos triple to to 12s., ind 97. to 10s. The same employers report Si ages. Eve n at harvest ‘wither, e said 1 
Led b= ae — but themselves, and not on i now— 12s., 125., 125. 10s. tol 125. yt mpare to the 
T Ken! ne his work Sane at a seasonable Mr.S told ft de ; nay, V ubl n peed to i nduce 
proper ur market ultimately will beat us ‘all. 5 that 8s. to 10 th : f the able this di t.“ $ 
aS Pitt poet F ks or years ago that 8s. to s. were the wages of the able 
corn an acre lost in the ddl for we want of — * hs | bodied men, and h puts them now at o 12 ake But there are other points besides. the 
are hundreds of acre: 55 of land around here, which lie as they now the €: of Norfolk: Mr. 2 of North Wal. wages to be paid. 
Md ater riy cung eit edes id not known but once for the sham, 10 years ago put the w: wages a 0 8s. and P» the exhortations of o 
hat was in is 817.. I care naught trs to b ressure of 
shoot i ET eater it will all e farms are a C 15. 25. extra; oe it is 9s. a an nd t A carter p icr 
asthey fall bias, doctor, rs, brewers, butchers, 8 or low 
Northampton, report ted 8s. 
d 9s. as 0 ary w i 
id sand vas obla Ao 8 havea he puts them now at Die MAL a e that in 3 shire they 
erae ly be deducted froth Mr. Burbury, of Kenilworth, who reported 8s. to 9s. | the nort 
pny over i weakly i in 1849, r . weekly in Lom But bes ides: the amouut 2 wages t 
dad plain it is that its tee 2 Mr. Hudson, of Pershore, who | of t 
ET SM ee: ud reaping named e formerly now so 10s., oA * with 2 quarts p n o 
Tifasirations of the fact that the i "nS emen ; 
kaa head pee uin in Oxford Dru e, zih Ey Aham ham, stated 8s. | ma ny E 
Mr. 
weekly, the 3 and the shephents 2 cottages | ° 
ent free in addition; wages no e 10s. to 12 
hree d fe, "i ibn, 
f ho t for one minute I idend $ 
— it is ^ of my roma o fear or to lament | P plonghmen an nano doen foes 1 to Jie. Cu DE Portus re and Dorsetshire. 
e progress of events, how they may happen |... zu capud | Fi 
develop. Even if the result shoul As ye Mis wes 10 ye rs ago Bi t to ust for ordinary Je: rt e Maire oda TL. in mi 
— or no vi igo agis: * ANB pe ib Heyn wens ny gp ie? dn di ale hdd mi rd to oa tmeal f 0 o fose a A boil i pent prio ne ay » dace pe 
j s " urer's 2 E 
fa mily is. trained take, his father’s place, it — „Erom T ud. : c ror seam, 8s. to uring st use and g 
N i. e be n bis pei in 2 is 115 ; and 125. Bi ff 15 
that gone A 
b^ * or a sailor, ks 1o De v Diele m m Dorsetshire I had five -— Averaging 7s. lodgi 4 sigan brend and tos while le 
, will de his best: to up his family for their n d P a week, icum or beer and with cottage stackyard. ied men all their fuel Scien ar 
—— a in some cases. ave two Were e the one | masters.” 
M Our air N nate ee Mois names 9s., and the other says the e payments 8 the | > value these wages at 34. 6s., or r 13s. week! 
ice in so "way. I confess my belief to be woneg equal to pra weekly. In the wages mmer, 
Prie — are nat j dudo i hiai were 8s. to 10s, and they are 11s. to 12s. ot a week in winter, 155. in summe 
i dius ja ie thé Naferal: t.within a Christian ev Ys vall they were 8s. to 9s., and they are| a ne t Waterton 
country, an i 
— — at «piis pae of venias All this proves, then, that the labouring foli: in agri- | Do NE 
Perfectly safe ons and even V. dades one Only let culture is better paid t —.— * es cr 2 nd that the 
-all-artiü "m of steam power | 
seller be done away N 5 let liac ed € - Sm: lately has not been to the i injury of the farm — — r. 
b t;whether for la Vir um all Althoug' ae one — rally glad to know thi. s, | th 
em be general ; let th produce no one any ri t seek e the E 
Jebour be: the maturt eat erie of agricul any more than that ght t which falls to h PIE 
pacc. mer : 
let 
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prion Ae [Secret qe ie m enr a 
er, I have chown, if fears aud Dion tation: 0 he cost of steam. It is e 
have any ong - — it is in behalf of the masters sto | the first of wore: ich I most desire to draw atten- ofi sede grist t over th len aa : 
thanof their tion. The economical application of idles power, and | late the grist’ by allowing 7 
Wass sock td M. ‘Fowler's plough or Mr. Smith’s cul- ‘ei they j 
r or Mr. i 
tel eT of dis e pi resent val value of agricul- | ultimately by la e ens s tM — yen will sem H 
he ry, and on this part of my | Howard h d 0 ; 
er T have done In toa LO: just 18 Ra ave I understand sold or 80 fii 
a th’ i i Hou T h to! e anal : 
years ago, I applied through the correspondents of a he pid eee ce - med. 9 5 is so busy that We ap i : 
weekly agricultural r for informati n on this sub- thousand “as pace with his orders. ‘Tens ot in with te 7 t rot, 1 
ject, and from most of the En lish cou | worked vete dedi ‘his autumn ploughed [crew TE sit ali rer - i 
of the Scottish ones I obtained answers o prin nted thé 4 Scope of. ae en subj nd th. n a ye apt home fre tote P ; i 
9 3 as to what is the present wage of bie deten this has been done should be tl "iint AWA ins | ease tofo cin aa T P i 
îs is the ordi tic ^ 1 et Siaa i at harvest —.— what subsequen nt diseussion turns, 1146 1 be e “a irte ed harvesting, cà sh Id ana 1 gal 90 oo ; 
laily w. —— i — what with the subject as om j | 
of mowing mea eno Grass, | provisio: di eri Pd ery journey with team, 1s., average Be i j 
a When t arie js a hava a * ordinary crop the eg enim; of is power sa Ha engage ds * day nimi 
hat is the ordinary rent of — ges, and * 5 id ores od Pot Wheat a family off 
so on.” Within the past month I have done the zune eich. H niet yet, tho labourer himself is thé one to 5 Se os Seed 
UK again, and have been told the rate of wag em Dim a bt he contine alt ariel Merge now, sy 762, per week, but when 
dieti ie ti n of efficient m, Aagrieu urid i qos ; 1 
es Dy 
i 12 Seottish and 35 English | willing to a tt 
thus the opportunity of making al the outed — C On 
e judgment of the Sei r and st 
efficient horses th 
the questión of The 1e, whole of Dorset aie 1 8 P% 
