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Јахсавү 26, 1561. | GARDENE 
THE 
RS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTUR 
AL GAZETTE, 8t 
the Ља ir, r, whi ch suffered considerably from the vant nt of | 
proper ventil ation in the hats now generally wo 
together. 
They were, as he had said, of large extent; 
and they very 
had m and v different classé 
er 
| 
* 
ёртхвскбн: Condition of Labowrers.— | 
meetin 2d f landowners and agriculturists in a dinburgh | А 
the following resolutions were adopted :— | 
1. hat, taking into consideration the general improvement 
agriculture in Scot — it is most — that нео 
attention sh vg be directed to improvin ondition of 
ral labour 
prop 
e of Du ө ati on, both juvenile and adult, 
in 
ko That M tati and comm роса pem 3 í p 
tënd to pronto morality, delicacy o ind s Er bodily —the timate births d the yea 1859 was 11, 
health, this meeting while co y admitting what has been Беор; allowin g for some increase in population since 
already d in this yer aber Lem estly ж er dd ЄТ astardy in each 1000 of the 
f landed ietors and farmers to the necessity of increa 
д i- e — еве in greater numbers than exist at population a pt clean bill of npn i i 
present, and to the facilities afforded for this pui byrecent| The system that prevailed in the northern counties, 
Acts of —— 64 proprietors ы entail d un- | ex ima MÀ ness, which was allied to the north- 
here фоли cn impacto оова, in. | eastern ties — w. yearly engagements — the 
t roved cultivation necessarily implies an in- х ә : 
та the E and quality of the labou Чат it is | men, in proportion, married or in the way of 
the duty and interest of Pot landlords and EON that a | getting married—and the general t j 
ufficlency. of cott&ge à be-provided-o t to tho | though h not s was improving, for half 
бу nma etime anim 
rmation o E ae rct ert family ties во essen! the je engagements and bothies for le men were 
M d welfare of the human pi ng 79 агы men had their yearly money wages, 
4. That t the necessity of greater psi &e., mich „хал 
prr pr pem ү Le DE E ebealally Lo — suficient, Ten tus husbanded, for the suppor 
Ed rage fami 
rs 
and especi: wA to 
f ay 
labour. 
e рео the following 
son, of Teawig, 
t had been 
"774 da course of 
man 
He lad тебрей to his n ry, and for 16 years 
had been ed in the а оцта of land as his only 
the family relationship 
Berith the safety a nd pro: the 
осона; without a v 
clothes and cooking, 
oatmeal, ch, w 
E 
me to 
ле1р1еѕѕ man. 
po cosas was а 
shortly as Ic 
1 
(high land he did not confine to the Celtic districts) to 
turn their attention to the building up of such a class 
occupants ; there w ag Dod. 4 many large farms ОЁ | аз this. e had already indicated that their sons were 
Ае number of small | good recruits for the working rural population. What 
ue farmers paying from Se to Z. rental; there | recruits they made for the Queen's service let the 
ere a good number of sheep farms in rece character of the Highland regiments bear witness, 
districts: nd there were upwards 3 rofters| The third resolution was moved Mr. Hope, 
| paying less than 207. rental—perha аз piat a | Fenton Barns, who gave the following account of an 
the | diversit uld be found i i i а East-Lothian pecia I will endeavour to state as 
rS i o 
he position of the rural labourers in 
"with. wh ich I am best leu orae 
hired 
from Whit Sunday 1 to Whit Sunday. ires wages are 
т, В 
Eas st- Lo thian, 
enerally 9 qrs. of Oats, 21 qrs. Barley, 1 eans, 
the keep of a cow, cottage (with garden and tese, 
land for Potatoes, small sum of money, food i 
arvest, coals driven, ei , worth altogether something 
like 12s. 6d. or 13s. have d een a 
more respectable class of labourers than those men who 
- | are paid in produce in any part of eq or England 
either. I attach vay gre: ud impor to every 
um hs sii JAN — f his own. It is of great ad- 
e family, by 
supplies,” апа, 
bal 
the "undanee d koc e food 
|from his wife's ski lful management, ће їз, besides, 
enabled to sell I ү of the 
Before a man sets up as а hind, he 
ve saved etii n 30L, to pay for 
nd fi 
р. 
requires to hav 
until 
his cow bes furniture, an 
y hav Wea E 
whi 
nutritious and palatal 
fi 
Qtratl 
ne во. 
—for it was known 
e 
А ge d Majesty brenkfastod on that dish ; but when 
nade by a single man into brose or * stir-about ” it isa 
poa 
dish m extract ће necessary nouris shment from which |1 
The | child ir 
occupation, na he m might a add, his sole source of living 
a 
espe ct which property invariably gives. 
а к Root cow in the byre vidil ier to rs — 
othi pleases m 
ilereonrso. б the. rural Populi e of 
ain'y was 
in the best, case, sper was а grid flag behind tho 
1 the are of their cow. I have heard it 
11 by farmers where it was not the custom for 
labourers to have cows and pigs, that it tempt 
nce 
lovers айй 
land. He had fo: эми 
and to remedy · this growing evil was one of the v 
rom his acquaint ance, 
Y t high A m of the character 
апа capabilities of that class. 
аз be had —— -o with man in hlstarions types, 
the 
f their atten tion. 
pig to be a 2 their honesty ; ; neither would 1 
nIs 
for he had had intercourse more « 
к he had 
p r quarters o р 
peak of the Fráni: of аспап; and he 
placed i Scottish peasant, w, 
being broken do own, as he too often was, by his 
when in his prim en for 
He thought that each man 'should have а separ arate 
ground, à d pot t for 
the ptm for a rox wash green for clothes, and 
garden ground for 
well-known that su 
М] 
et 
zvery high in that Aic Heh 
of muscle, and nini not too much fat. 
mental scale d also place him high. 
рж пеат, апі ТИНЕ — or uh ed 
38 was not to be 
iad good bone plenty 
с the 
was w well and judiciously, he Toa in truth. ы 
our А m cousins 
hence 
side— еу 8 sta. oul room 
The roof У; [S а pavilion С s, thatched with straw tho 
ia esi cottage roof in e coolest in 
m in this roof жо, ы. ms for storing articles, 
ired |. 
called *a help? Having said mdi for sleeping place.if the size of the family 
Ge perhaps had | it. "This would be a. scie er lie beli eve 
a right to say татыр жуг ~: him, and this Soa be his | perfectly suitable and - table house for married 
couns e > him. Do not suppose that your lot із | ploughmen, and without close calculations, 
together а hard and bitter one. It has Lk great | he believed it might be built—the cartage of pner ls 
alleviati ] na land no charged. for, and. the tim from the proprietor 
wher rumours of wars sound o only fo ==а& a cost of 407. The grei м 
istance. en they seemed lately i5 come sgh y T ӨР foreman would require a хон of rather bette 
dwellings, a great body of your fellow subj came | islóihiacdatioli say costing so Z., and thus ап el 
orward,and by their voluntary association have E | of ground appropriated in a posit too far nor yet 
that. danger for ever away —no military levy or о the steadin| Z. expended i 
y free from КЕП uilding cottages, would ord e every accommodation fo 
direct taxation, and t taxati vs you | the working staff of a 400 acre farm. He thought. that 
pay is yon cal з ie i Mri ed to lu uxuries,| cottages on even a more humble scale p: 
one at эф 
t to 
асои and n not Ethe len kar expensive— 
withont. Yon|were 
he mea —you any women from "who h 
hos ma a a land where one day а [ow uk X one M EC townsmen, become Заах and меге pining away their 
ere you have = ious i ewe lives їп the rrets the towns, dependent on 
tion fedt our children а! labour ial rates, or on s wretched wages of. n vemm 
te cost. Your | 
i p when 3 rightly lated (and to induce right regula- 
it 1s one i ре р today) |t 
that кыне pare opon in 
parochial 
work, who would gladly return to the country could 
they find à roof to cover them, and cheerfuily pe 
in the labours of К Turnip sowing an and harvest wo 
and thus relieve 
T.| yw js са! 
mforta| 
have t uspec eme : mate а 
t ^in € ter and ш 
thoughtful. servans and I have т е in my em ofe 
ment who have their own. I should n а 
an without a prid e in any charge, or to drive 
horses belonging to At one time it was customary 
for each servant who was a householder to furnish a 
b n as an ou tworker — ur room 
months. Ti ardshi 
the houses e M. perhaps "Ћотејв 18 feet s A 
and work w; given constantly, and particularly 
"pat cad барон m was not a vieler of the family. 
It is t re for them- 
of e uses is a 
e Y 
ne 
thing they cannot do; it 
j i “thie wealthy. T think T- hay 
clearly shown that it is the interest of both proprietors 
| and tenants. that it should be done; I муе 1 no doubt 
lit is also their duty. 
Rebirws, 
Hints for Farmers, qp By Robert Scott Burn, 
Editor of “The Year-book of Agricultural Facts." 
utled 
A AH NA sbilling's worth for the mass retia facts 
compacte ted egeat init!  Gathered from all 
an ccording to the subject, furnished d with 
an ludex. itisa ють house of all чеч са е ricul- 
tural informat The only criticis make 
upon -it Spa Ъ p t амы collectus, v ур » that the 
statements of fac ined in it depend for their 
is own responsi- 
bility, his assertions soon acquire a certain positive and · 
proportional value by which the reader can guide the 
contrib 
air in a clii le lab 
door lab beste felt more ыда ту. year in the high farmed |h 
mee = in the и М uch would districts of Scotland. This brought him to consider 
pg oo ч-дын the case сме of emali agélonlbaral holdings, оо which he 
rei, E Re 1 bkn America, give for а [а vines m icti якут were 
breath of the ealtby air which you breathe. held. were a large number óf such holdings, as 
He 
had dwelt a little ] bugs tan he Doe on this head, 
because he desired that our Scot ams 
he had тыйу stated, i in the district i in which he resided, 
was | densatio: 
е been levied from every store house of hints and 
facts се farm editorship co 
and classification, Du 
сеш нен values as guides "я о practice. 
reader has no guide to pe е trustworthiness. 
Thus M cene to o e book at its 58th page 
e of "Пепвотеь 
f the мя ie wish e 
"He is no friend bu ab an enemy 
parochial valuation rolls, and he found that € hos 
distric " Log: within a nr. да of his house ther 
289 t of wm l. per annum. Mes 
е to the worth of "this 
t Content," 
theire. who would e ri thei 
n dark eolours— ied э: а бат їп 
the pictis deii dà ese the 
great body was healthy and well- conditioned Ù There were 
cers, to these it 
i easu aio 
A morally, an heir valie to the ees. 
They paid di pe Ee eir ma holdings generally 
excess of their e value. 
sa 173°. 
y supported 
and 
uld be 
ocal 
apply some caustic, an 
orc ly 
с? was connected, 
married men, 
which, ЖАШ iit humble, and 
жиы us as they 
their was fully 
and he hoped it 
ed to-day, and that in time it would ан its w 
he eounties with which he ее 
pn farm serva 
than na beild" The men were generally quiet, moral 
ious. The returns of illegitimate 
Б dE дүш 
e ees ge Йаа їп two, and had 
he: т 
Other two every day in hisseye; R 
the pref draining, Чук 
m еам — with agricultural ru 
Vei cei Their p! their 
€ апа cl 
|6 ever packing have 
store. of useful 1 то жон бебе. Е is опе of 
nua, дай; hen and Cynosurus 
er Lgs are med amon о» sses of x -— lor r De 
li or: ; while I 
er as 
du riuscula is in the same сне wi 
ercetus "а Holcus lanatus, and Fesi 
named at all, - ОР course the ашдону or this classifi. 
cation is airen but unless the reader refers to the p: 
from which it within what. 
or under arrived at e 
conclusions, he will certainly be шы, for there is not 
one of these statements to which the practical man will 
not ob 
This however is a s d 
ore Т, 168 о! 
aecount of but half a page in 
bem filled, 7 оао beris all 
nim mmense 
einn 
f that брой they would make a 
As Hs e,and would n че а Ъе е to all pekini 
e това earnestly counsel proprietors, particular. 
those bordering mde highland "districte of Sootland 
аа Berkshire. Рр. 44. Ву the Rev. 
J. C. Clutterbuck. Bell & mp Fleet Street. —- 
Our readers have already seen the contents of this 
pamphlet, as they were last jet published in weekly 
