f Marcu 9, 1861.) 
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bbs be uested to adapt the 
1 — Bpecification Sheets to suit the 
arrangem 
GENERAL LEEDS s Сомаптткк.—Те plan for a riding | 
| to the Show г Yard proposed by the 
kom the railway k grih зб учн Ас 
er pw quens ч ехсеей- 
Show ; 
Жез ector o А ы eed to use 
at companies had a 
li 
si 
lan I = Show Yard on th o 
m prel — d bee nm and the 
been requested to put up seats for và 
vis 
Secretary was authorised to commu unicate with 
3 ce in authorities — the transport of live 
name is now we 
——— 
the counties of England it js carried out t ider-,out to a very large extent, and in the best possible 
able extent ; I by the piece hoeing | 
of corn and root crops ; filli P li manure; Th uo of the work, Ачый жк» Ы — 3 e by tbe 
H piece. ле prices are regu y the value of day labour in 
neri Grass and. seeds; the district, and by the nature of the ground, The drains 
utting, carting, stacking, and thatching of corn ; averase 4 ft. to 44 ft. In good free chen үт We done at 
laying and  trimmir ng hedges, ditc tching, MN ; wi в to 8d. per pole, and the m ll e: ‚ 148., and 
Mangel pulli ір с ne ing, and cover- | 15 eek. Тһе land Какай to qo Duke, L "c northern 
. E he « county, is of a much stiffer à blue clay, 
ing; cutting haulm, and cipes d Lent c п. Ihave XX PU chalk stones and gravel. dm үт ning costs 
made particular inquiries on the mportant subject of | from 9d. to 1« per pole. The men expect to earn T 
e i ы uction of reaping |as "t costs them more for tools. They earn from 2s. бо 2 
aarvesting ; for, since Ф: аа ffe M NUM 2s 8d. per day, and this in the winter months. The 
hi great changes hav een ec y ОП | allowed to draw the usu 1al day s pay et the ө а Анно 4 
opinion is, that to let the whole of the cutting, carting, | are TREE settled with T a month. The gentleman 
— thatching to a ip paid of men is the best. There | о whom Г an indebted for yr ta Information, and whose 
one gentleman in VI immediate neighbourhood opinion is worth having, thus closes his let “If а man 
viste 
in connection но pea. cultivation, а adopts this 
mode of esti He st pra 
а-дау more wa gn iisi x A в 
6d. clear af we 
1 ts to harvestin сааш т ай eA bi is o Ж XN Eae Кузен 
ЕЧ еп А ш А e employer no more, ап е 
-Sto d "P al uf Mr. "Brandret th Gibbs, seconded | по опе in our кы né: more e a for his m ЖУЛА, ^ Qu the 'estate of tho Jat ваї de oy. 
On the pror it w валіла тайтай that | money. I will, if you wili allow me, „ read you extractS|now Lady Cowpers, under the able gement 
y Lord ате н Жы of Arm wn cou of our friend dd ei ыл Hd preat де of of draining ЕЯ rd 
of Mr. John , mac; near been carried o Mr. Trethewy has re 
name ео this EL. ng first the letter of Mr. Pike, of Sievington, the iind Nui M юе. е аот 5d. to 9d. pér 
ТА тенет was received from the Secretary to | gentleman to whom I have alluded. He ft. work, and provide a man to lay the pipes. Т pay 
өүү: harvest ав UI d own e day, and give him the е work. 
тет img th President of the Bociety to а allo his ith x c "ic ГЕ е oui 1^ the - im à egi paye с Ө тда От REOR А © 
е , with fouv pin er per Du в other сазе; 
quete x ist of those who had already scd and all ied, viz, 100 а res E. Meg en Ps нану. quis ри еро ole, ac mpl lo iron тшй... For pu ing ne 
14 of Oats, and 60 of Beans agreed to fin ›ув for carting uick, orming able and ditch with sing e row 0! uiek, а 
fied their readiness to assist in the promotio on of а 2 beer A. СБ MM oor Bi DA Chain- Seith а tow Uf. Pecan oa DERE 
hich Hi 
de A. for which they э Which 7018 | hatching isdone at 1». per acre, que ner ue e le et them the | for laying паа, M to 8d. per pole, according to ditch &c.; 
equest of the Council, expresse ed his hing by the square ; that did x hey made | trimming or ‘swabbing’ Quick fences, when kept under the 
dshi t the req g by 
T о учит Ж stacks, by not ca vm them. CX d in А hook, 14. per ро! — M 
- | walls. v ri ped to using the rea. ee ey p. n 
"onsul-General of Denmar к Mn HM T7 to allow бк per bore for Ehe use of it Ву adopt- | __ РГО n No rfolk: I have been favoured with letters fro ^t 
on to vd Society, info them g the pin of Дөм the whole nds TI m ушу little | Mr. аде, of Castle Acre; Mr. Clare Sewell Read, 9 
of Dianak "will p thái eighth RA with men or boys, for I find if they do n fast | Plur v. "and one other ‘gentleman, i in another par 
Y d fo UN Om df Та! di they c can, got, бап ма е m icr s of the су Мг. Hudso 
2 tage of cu 
Jutland, - intend э unge ee the exti- breaking: р qnm ур Mange Ers Бане, 49 eir bt Dy aer e o Ay “former t ienr e ve profe: uit atm 
ines and instrum g » | all hoeing done e piece; dung-carting у let by fer 
f plantations, &e., was | the (eno dares (A say, so mudk to fill an spread such а Че ы men will take the wo: drilling is done by 
eing desirous of show- | heap to go over so many xs й во much for emptying a The man ho leads the horse, and the man who 
ыйы 5с th od yer. One job I am anxiou: edone by e iece—that сое rill, are paid each За. f the work is done 
made in Denmark during the peri is, the steam er j "Mid 1 "think would E а great тен; de earn about 8з. a day each. Fencing is paid for by 
'The mode of transport of machines, | advan as it ifferent from ploughing with horses: | the rod of 7 yards, at from.94. to 1s. а rod. Ше manure їз 
and desi ill be communicated to | long ye o! not у tress the engine. The only objec n to | filled by the load, at 14d. per load ; — 2n ш? pé 
me by the Danish Consul General on Бе ЖЫН in posi PP UR 7M the desire of the men to make at 1d. 4. r load um ar re hoed out a 
ing exhibitors T ed Co я Tos k c hem в С to co - ms fm — early, singled by hand at uzog y And inn round ea ex plant at at ds. san 
. d: 3 4 ае liged Vi the | acre, besides being horse-hoe: ree or four times 
he President, it was resolved that the da mom n, whom w fied. m vet wk Me - t oe 9s. to 58 p e 4s. n: 23 
~ деј geh y в taken the men on the farm, who cu 
eM Council in April be held on Wednesday 28 next letter is from Mr. Howell, of Oakley, who | tno В Ола, and ih load, and stack the whole of 
e 10th of April, in imn mei of the first Wednes- Corm one of the И incipal farms: of the Duke of|the Sipat Khai at ШАТ e 10s. eget e 
y in "T month falling in Easter week. ford. m n beins t by machines, and tied up by women, at from 
din eg Rix's gathering rake 
Г Leav A granted to the Secretary fora | «In this district, aet the exception of drain ша ng. piece-work | i; |y ák e D сар the Wheat sheaves, ready to tie 
ek at E is confined н» spring and summer months, such ав up. qus gathered and haapai. p öd. an aere, Li the 
The md, then adjourned to its weekly meeting on | hoeing Wheat, Bea: ‚ and Turnips, for which” I pay as | autumn the fedes ач laced in rows of from six to eight 
th inst. É t from 3s. to | drills together, at 2s. га ee If toy tailed, and 
h tting out. and on c 2 ts, or hos еайу to cover up, 4з. an acre. 
hoeing, exclusive of horse-hoeing, 6s. ; ETE amono m i Stones are g red fr ecd Cove r layers nd pot onee on 
- dew carts, „шаа of balak hid on the ground in 
w s wil abis | 
Farmers? Clubs. 
Е: March iat the mni i-i о of 
s Club a very н, Bedi _ was read b 
jui а * 
Labour has 
гп operations; Tai at the СЕ ыды when so much 
eared, such large crops are produced, and so 
iuch осп emplo: ML he balance-sheet shows | e: 
labour, upon the well culti s the 
tem of 
Рат то! 
RIS item in бе. cost of 
at 1s. per 
| load of 24 bushels. Hay tacks -— e S ч ы. P yard rm Ak 
T 
at the eaves; corn в акы. at yard т Thr ng i 
EN Nueve ied | [ашы y. steam aee the bed Mn v Md - the men 7-4 
Made the | from ils to 15s a week." Mr. C. rites :=='* Piece- 
gheat, from work on as formerly, ot be don 
— - i| soe| зай [fewyearsago Not опу do farmers pay 
БЕЯ Howell er З bagging | m ore for m owing, hoeing, &c., but the rate of is quite 18. 
Beans, 10. th his xh at if a e wed higher than it was 10 years raining, ditching, 
farmer wishes to be fo ward wi work he must adopt the | and the like, то generally piece-work ; also muck-flling апа 
Len of Lo it done by the piece, and pay fair я for the | & к ne way or anot Нагу is invariably 
orin ce of the same, which stimulates the men to greater | man as f Жо Pof and boys are 
mes on." 
o 
tams, Qon; of our most successful farm 
who wy on fermo retired from business, leaving his 
of directing 
"the various opera ions in remm tha 
perform, have been the cause Ae 
to market, and the Red 
many e field opera- 
; ding Vide wis itis b me, A ae the 
contelid with the ejemente and. if 
prim дй СУЕ ОЧ 
system prevails, t эзе i 
ас „кд more акш. Itisa well-known 
lan ado, ted by 
tie pia trdi Аа pre <i 
thel zen | the 
ave thought it desirable 
s favourably received by the 
рк: жы ing ev «підемо f 
done by the piece, in consequence of the е 
ing yearly or half-yearly servants. In most of 
e says :— 
ed 
same price, except ims е pickaxe was 
38. AS 4s per c The utt 
farm en 1 Beyer fere 
one time, m ви 
was done vell; Quy ues men earn 
and some h 
, ба. ; mo 
3s. pem acre, with 3 pints of bee 
raking, and roger Wheat. Ba 
hooking, 4s. 
factorily, whe: ee 
and the men, the former devotin 
intendence of the workmen." “Ihave 
oti cost of p and trimming old Grass 1а land, ві 
think the neocesity ‹ of doing it n exceptional I „prefer | e 
double tam» aaka mio lov ir I have р төнө, acre," Mr. 
Bat f his name, 
"od 1 fellow. oec d 
than flicker in the socke 
n the mas! 
ent time to the npe 
ti Ай adds, 
I purpose to 
ect I б» == 
rather 
н dm "m 9н 
1 йош it be it meser 
-— rel w extinguis 
o roit ап 2 pr ine rend to Ped а 
and ti 
t letter I propose reading is from Mr. fee iot it is 
z IEE Pitched 
my par 
| м опе view on 
end, t, | an 
to liie others, that-I — see -— де | 
h I ha um 
ollows: a се! numbe men 
they get in the i Aag the harder they work, the 
Perd and of c m 
eni been 
of co ng 
piece- Work, and s а com 
t Glo m boit; yi your day's pay is 
piece-work, and having рї 
e proper difference Between th 
| The Tus of the paper, together with a short 
report of the discussion, will be 
Meanwhile we may a vu 
| i of thanks 
инн "ew 
y short n 
WANTAGE. Ab À the late anniversary dinner of the 
Market, the Chairman 
ealth of M; 
refer 
e present occasion. 
once heard him called «i Baraet е 
а it could not have bee 
rt I have form 
of Bedfo 
arge, and, I may а add, exesedingly m: 
D uie upon which draining has been 
now the honest, upright, straight- 
forward, honourable manner in which Mr. Gi "on 
