тахтаву 25, 1862.] THE GARDENERS CHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 17 
res them, for if 1s. 6d. per acre of say 500 acr 7. The Medium Gold Medal to said James Sander- | as in the case of some of the Law Chairs, which several 
hed land, is set apart for wear and tear, it will son, fora рот to n Improving Hill Pastures. of thelaw societies came in to support. If that was 
371. 10s. per annum. It is ri ht that I The Chair o Agrieulture,—Sir Combs p an rat | the reason, he thought it would be becoming in the 
i Chai upport, 
got a clean seed bed ; I never require but a land Jni iversity of Edinburgh ye ъй gera pate in the | and t e directors ought to go to the University 
. 64. f f sidies ad. ted b z d co-ope ing th 
being cultivated hir from 4 to 5i t remits to th dir r what | Agricultural | Chair in a proper way. The powers of the 
сап ridge it quite as easily as pie Nod can mine md it would be most expedient to узн іп pn to] Bréan ge ung were most extensive; and they 
ivated 10 inches deep—thus my allowance of 4s. per increase the E tah of the Chair; should t put, анна education on а 
are, Then if I claim all, I am the wmner by a clear directors see fit, this meeting authorises — to Чень roper b and i presi state жоп 14 this i Soci cie ety =з 
gain of 1967. 175. 4d., an increased gain дабыш, le municate at once with the University Com | as Суы their Мн iliti 
E "s Note Book ” estimate of 157. 10s. 9d., Fed to u urge them to joi n the endomen Asricultunl | allowed the lst Jan nuary 1863 to arrive, hon th th at Co 
farther gain by the saving of cross cultivating of 1 ciety in providing a Sin d, and when all the Chairs had been p 
tees of Peas and pe (ed nly once over, 167 M j en ntered the m en put into his hand in n a proper p and that of Agri bitu was nog: 
atotal gain of 2297. 0. 14., and I be. set apar rt | a proposal that he loud modify his motion, but the | lected ? ‚Не s quite willing to remit this subjec 
ire Rm Corrospondoit ? 871. 10s. f. , but he thought they should 
‚ ќе. Here, then, is а set of t асе. рот | &cknowledgment by the meeting of the ren iet the give the амо впеһ suppor as а mee eting o 
for Min the first year, and the means PME of yeh ing | Chair of Agriculture was inadequately provided for at their opinion qon 
itin per; e the sale of his 11 hor with od present; and it Should be put. in a position worthy of the 
tackle wi y him a capital engine. "So much for | modification, Не was s quite aware that this question 0ай of te country, 
protests spin the Woolston system of steam culti- was one which might be called of a combustible nature, | Mr. P. Mao AGAN said every one mo have been 
on, I th f the Univer- 
Jan. 13. occasion, and he would endeavour во to P the sity Со ommiss sion and f found the sum of 122. . 10s. set 
mo o 
a а hi ess 
m matters placed in a more me position for | than one-third of the lowest wages he gave to any 
e | s 
даш 16.—The be. wor t t ordi еге Ооу | to tto аааз, d that the Chair should 
e under the present ordinances of the University | to the agriculturists of Scotland that the Chair s ou 
Miri m meeting бү, ilg was sd. to- ау, the | Commissioners. Ho ha d a strong feeling that tho — peen left in that position. In reference to the 
Duke o А зав Р 5 Quin ME! ие farmers of this country were now ехсее ingly anxious mbers attending the agrionlturi 1 class, he believed 
lel the loin ЗАТДЫ, "ucl L | to i mcd the whole system of the educ: е v their | there "i only one attending the class in the las years 
Lind "т £ » was | son ns, an tion AES saha = w's incumbency. The number was far greater 
WA ^m it ЗЫГЫП Б met АЧ dnd БУШ айды «hi thei r forefather rs in the practice of their profession, He e had attended Professor Wilson’s lectures, 
President, ап d stra т of the » Highland and ине regretted that it was not possible to give them all the nd. E EE to him with great pleasure and 
Swiety of Scotland, incorporated by Royal charter, humbly lights which it would be possible for them to receive, t; and he said that if the farmers of Scotland 
desire ML оту 0 лобе. Majesty He Т ca n. ot our | as m ad not in Scotland, for want of пэш as energy, ИГЕ not send their sons to be educated there, it а 
oyat Highness otism, or. capital, an institutio tha b at not the fault of the Professor of Agriculture. Не 
MNA. end ot our rc biis ОА етй in England—an admira say he had been struck Ier е amount of 
"While participating in the universal grief which so great | practice and scierice, which enabled young men to go | money зана by the mmissioners to be 
DE od, ied forth, we sro Royal a ected by | through n whole business of t bestowed in the establishment " Law Chairs, some of 
tave lost an illustrious member of our body, “ЗЕ have con | on on one spot. But іп me we had at least the | which had been Ws tried, and not a single indi- 
deprived of one wh ilities were un- | Advantage arg the only. Acadomical pba air for Agricul- | raga шы to attend them. But while hundreds had 
ер. to He advancement of the agricultural ture at present in existence.* t Chair formed an|been voted away for ue not а a penny was voted for 
“That it ээ а р БАЙЫ Divine Providence to strengthen and adm irable means s of mra dinis to yonng;m the еей нав While hundreds were given to teach the 
зо эч and the Royal family in your a fiction i is | P be obta tained | art of healing men nothing was given to teach the art 
est prayer of your Majesty's $ denen subjects, the | by means of а lectureship of that kind. He regretted | of feeding them. He thought they ought to protest 
and те meri of this Боо very much that the sa атто of Scotland h н not | strongly against the decision of the Commissioners in 
the advantages of т. had been sai ing 
z ер t, the Duke h 
aur d, po the Duke of B ccleuch, as | the eed Pli might be desired; but he believed the University Commissioners had ban hs 
rod President, t then took the chair. ‚йук new | that win their not being. sufiiently convinced | as tho масна of most Ver ind Com e 
бы е proposed. гед Duke of Argyle was | of nc propriety oE giving to thei s men a little Me ро reason wh чагу ат тан 80 
President tet f the Societ tim me for en ntire у scientific stu d 1 much faculty, | ке to another; but the 
eb 
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г ALEX elieved that the emoluments of mystery that s паш ded their decisions and the саргїсе 
M repo ; on is Em, к= ЗЫ m 18 that impo ortant. Chair did not exceed 1507., for which he d ifested should „not prevent this Society 
l е нь оу. Ге 38 HAR medals. e Royal | sum no properly qualified person could be expected to d ihe. pabi c from their Mec nions on the 
Agrien tural Society of Engla l have agreed to extend | к чачы: m лө ties. subj ect. He ta ed e peer nn, ow any 
in members of the Highland Siei thesame privileges| Mr. Ensxrxg Wemyss, M. P., seconded the motion. | personal feeling in this matter to warp мечту judgment. 
regard to the entry of stock as are possessed by| Sir Tuo MS Grapsnovm. of  Fasque thought that the | No doubt- the PAD of Agriculture was a personal 
intimated ; own body; and a otion has been | matter ics be left to t ies of his own, but he regarded in this question 
hiis to the Conncil for admitting members of this and with that view he begged to move, as an am end- imply the interests of the Chair. Should a vacan 
E» the yard. without payment, The directors | ment, a modification in the terms of the prom to the dla in it he did not know how they would ever get 16 
B rc to acknow. ledge {һе frank and frie iendly —— "acre instead of remitting to the direc тв to | filled if they only offered this P s sum of 1507. He 
Бн? which. all their proposals have been met i in hat steps it would be expedient to r^ nie pp 1 
? e te MR of the Chair," it should be re- | Stuart Forbes. 
"port on the Ohemi al Department.—Dr. Axpsmsox |; mitted ui ovem the directors to consider thd The CHAIRMAN then read the motion and amend- 
enant Терог& of the proceedings of the Che wo ы steps as they may deem ех- | ment, and eii that, as far as he saw, the difference 
е тыш n the last six months, Не said that | pedien = туеше of the motion being unali ia; between them was, that in thè motion the directors 
M ot several investigations Da already been | Mr. MELVIN seconded the amendment. He tho ht | were fetter a certain extent as to t eir — 
acti n d vid l 
"ls En e Transactions, ere were аё | Sir " yu iety ri 
um Investigations just completed which would n си matter in regard to agricultural education. | whereas in the amendment it was open to the directis 
гушы übers of the Transactions—namely, HR red when the class of Айни» was | to take the course этүү they might consider best i in 
ец) 0 tha constitution of the straws grown in tended by by -— fifty students, and ч» ^ sat on the |t 
е "Wheat. ities; and an inquiry into the progress of ph form with thirty farmers in the Certainly| Sir Јонх S. FORBES 8 begged to be allowed, as the 
| фтор ab different periods of its grow е the farmers i Lal shown that oral емы the ad- | mover of the motion, to suy гам м зук: no wish what- 
amount of уоту rns had entailed a very grea + | Vantagens o£ higher edüoation ever to fetter the directors ished them to 
[ore Work, The subject of the Potato crop had Јонх S. Еоввкз begged to explain that he was | acknowledge that the prosent үзе кз "for the Chair 
attracted [Mu able эзе жы, and 2 P fría а to put у du on the Семи of € of Agriculture was inadequat 
del meeting о of the Chemical Committe аз | country w gard to their attendance on The SECRETARY again ei: the motion and amend- 
К of the È Agricultural veram He was quite satisfied - ties ment, and a show of hands was taken, the result how- 
теу little хала otato COD» m » subject, which Jnd iat desire was to get the best, education the: ey c ever 
| nont or wi p esee could no t decide on which side was the majority. The 
fonnection ex had boat done in the labora ratory, i in | and he'had never seen any such attendance as the| mee ting е divided, those voting for e = 
E" M T agricultural products; and it was gentleman had spoken of. going to the right of the chair, and those voting for 
been agair nm to be р ре that there had | ` Professor меа ак YFAIR said that, before thel th 
made fop ut 1погеаѕе in the number of analyses | motion n was put to the е he begged to ‚ bring one or "Ж €— to be carried by 90 to 78. 
in that до 2201 of the Socie "fio amount of work | two points E. the meeting. e University Co м of thanks to the cai terminated the 
epartment which now fell into his hands | mission, which was established for the purpose of eid 
E led what fell into hands when he first | considering the condition and claims of the different 
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Awards ы with the Socie Chairs in the Universities of Scotland, had Азы а-ны аннан 
RE aper. published F 
dme баат 19 dv Кы Competition. 1. wi бо | ап ordinance full of great labour and merit, but in Rebicwg, 
А» Cannoy › and valuer and agricultural adviser, о almost the only Chair not provided for by endow- : 
Agriculture - Westminster, for а Report on the|ment in other directions, that was neglected аар "тадар" * tA. LOL pdt rem de Ја 
2. 197 9f Berwickshire and Roxburghshire. ther › was e Chair of — M: This must hav Ф: isum рейн е Abc s 
yne, ш Medal to си ames M'Gillivray, V.S. f two causes, Firstly, the Я Str К 
Cattle ang hire, for a Report on Joint-ill in| Commission did not think the р бича of | It із по new thing for rp to dra 
ht to be i nS] тд Бегет ора which gig perfect! y presents thé Mimi 
; iculture was one that o 
Ls vd Medal to said James Sanderson, for a | sity, їй which case their decision sepe not be|points of his subject “ihan а > pi of the country 
ing down Grass with and without a senpai kinli by this meeting. Agriculture was an | which he visits and desc d es M теша, 
which was probably the most important that who h as long been residen! kn 
ium Gold Medal to Robert Hut chison, of | benefited the human race, and on its claims to hav and the English Y agriculta ural world better 
The М 
ve 
mo fo! al a T Raport oi n the Effects of | Professorship in the University, it was поб necessary | than 391000 sd bu. who -— imd а ong to it 
The е Medium or him to dwell | Or, secon dly, the Commission —has bot 
Eris d ex to W. S. Macdonald, | not paid row an to this Chair, because it considered it | жы Fihi е зн) E 
i ссіеѓесһа y: h | office of this a 
n, for a Report on Top- | was one of a technical ee s pra T feh aion "m ^ „асте have eiae met Lang h greater skill in seizing 
i Joet. Mega ints on 
E supported by those technical soc 
egi uti о Christopher Young | ~; (Let us recall to the recollection of our readers the letter of 
, Cem | which "T chiet current ebat BE ты 
Ae Cult il prc Carrbridge for a Report on рой Skilin , of the Galway College, a week or two ago on | MULA (e sur and DUM Drobabilitice of 
