34 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, (mimant 14, -i 
charities, and although he was aware that many in- the century, ~at 70 or 80, while the n mea t production, n r] "25 or 26 years ago, che Areri being then alive, w du 
fluential wrenbers of th is club pe ed from ga on this | thinks, has increased 100 per cent, The price of Whe at Wied aetna d age o an As a practical du 
point, still he could not come ny other conclusion | has’ been, on the whole, tetas downwards king Mr. Finnie had oh equ = ee apes the 
than that it would be Niger eben to repeal the aw of | been Sls. 10d. in 1805, 97s. 6d. in 18 . Sd. in | was superior, and was h, Ne i frequent the 
settlement, and that it would be far better if it were | 1825, 56s. 7d. in 1835, 57s. 11d. in 1845, and 53s. 10d. | The farm was often visite nae 1s pro 
restored to what it was Sees 1847. in 1855. The rental value of land in England, in 1815, | from a parts a acti wo a a 
Mr. Pritchett, of Charlbury, observed, in re eference to | was 32,500,000/., and at presen Mr. Bond estima | Ard con cting o experiments s with wh 
what had fallen from Mr. Williams, ‘relative to his | at 41,000,0007. The landed proprietors have, thai efore, and t ca te ape p but 
obtaini ployment for one of his ploughboys in a he argues, in the face of the diminished prices € of 6 gr ain, the ein of cattle di cy yi a ths ed e | 
manufactory, that he (Mr. Pritchett) was the largest d th A SA Sper "i T of 
glove manufacturer in this country, and had been shan has resulted from vast ar ny | ren 
for the last 20 years, and during that time he had | ments; and he believes that S will | be the adv | a 2, Fe ae oF is the aly ten 
taken from =a D 40 men and boys from farming pur- sans from improved mechanical appliances, dee eeper tion 3 farms. In CIE ion vilh Beigi ighland and 
suits, andtaught them eanchiaataaboniten, Since the culture, extended stock, farming, &e., that os ee Ps Finnie aed i mi a A T x ; 
repeal of. the =e team s there had been hased now to pay 3% per cent. will 50 yea s hen mber. It that the in stigges a and i 
D or Oxfordshire gloves, but PON to that time H almost double its rental returns. With a gradual tnt oe ae pe ural Che niall 
rade was almost in abeyance. Six times as much labour | diminution of 33 per cent. in the value of Wheat, and a ciation Scotian’ ys ef ite Pro i S 
had been employed i an re of gloves in | rise of 28 per cent. in the rer tal value of land, with no secured ‘hs services 0 at ate Pro eso Jò Joh 
Woodstock and its neighbourhood, through that cause | considerable increase e in the amount of cultivated land, | After a useful eiMRBtiOe x ee h is ass 
and that alone. The result was that they had been but t with a co onsiderably in increased demand for farms, ultimately mergeđ into the Highlan ociety. f Ci 
obliged to fetch men from Wo dstock and Yeovil, d een in no easy pos stim he must have paris ptr from Mr. Finn spak pen have appedi Bie 
as they could not get enough they had to fall bacl proved his holding in — ith the a advance- the ate ae S the Soct tke and can alway) Man 
the agricultural labourers and teach them. Those cir- | ment of the age, or he would ha lon: not only his per J! aor ey contain. Mr. time 
cumstances, together with the demands of the army, | centage return, but his ca ital also. Farmers, Mr. took an acti : aa ae the m3 vement of ty and 
navy, militia, railways, and emigration would accoun | Bond expressed his belief, now gaffered considerably as | cottages, and in the ucation of the ru al popul em 
ina great measure for the deficiency of agricultural zones the competition for farms from amateurs w He was one of the pin oP tes active mental the 
labour s district. With respect to applications arm for amusement, „without reference to profit; y the Agricultural Labourers n grea 
he Union for relief he could say that the paris its was | Betwixt rere Finnie and those in his employ MaE or 
which he lived and was an occupier of land consisted ali Jess than in agricultural, while the per centage of profit | relation was one of mutua 1 conin p and f ine 
about 1300 inhabitants and 1800 acres of land, half of | was infinitely greater. Many a farmer now making a Most of his : g in hiss 
which belonged tg the Duke of ee Year by go ood p fit had to thank his landlord for a large por- | ba hose T present on the farm have beon emen seid 
year their rates had increased, until t eir dit Pan is farm v t y him in his deed of settlement. The farm tm whic 
reache' . for the year. When, kite, he looked nr vs ae t thr into the market to make the | receives as a à lege cy the sum of 200/., and the meai 
round and found aaen. some of whom told a | highest price rit wuld fetch. Still, “Mr. Bona bow Bg oan nd other merennts in proportion to their pi ne 
very different tale at the ag dey ees: a aa Jast di dn ot fear comp etition ; competiti ition or h a Pota: 
au = ae down cottages i mph| Stable "Man mageme The proper mems of f 
th [to 1 tal agriculture ina TO ants | adopted for the parifention of the pes by be 
would be eventually beaten per of | a mode of ingress for the pure air, about 2 ya Men 
arket; oy had gradually been falling away for in the walls of the stable, near the founda Tevis 
an under-carter. mae ‘Ole Pritehest) should like to — eet, and their places would in future be filled by | similar channel for egr o Uki 
kn now who would be willing to build cottages for a |men with e ital derived feoi other sources. The the horses’ heads, as high as possible. soe 
and his belief was that they must pet share of agricultural money making in the | the heads ma hi ; pri 
— every parish a Cet one then the gentry would | future ` would aah he, aaia t, be greater: than it has | with the ground at the o a aea 
me forward and help the h competition for firms would keep down | 4 inches. The working of such machin oe 
tonske upon their Joed pan more than anythin g the per reentage eg and profits —* a low | discovered, by placing a feat cal that ¢ 
else, and if they looked to their calendars and county | average would o! made where yy ena ere not|the openings near the groun malad 
preh iy ery ies hems aeai gi the cases were for | 0 or fierce gg Bh in the rast or where | blown inwards, provi pei 
poachi any m Ase not like to | very unusual skill was displayed by the tenants. | phere or pure while a simi hed, 
paik thes se ERTEN, “truths to the i ut as he | Referring to the agricultural labourer: ond | near the ceiling will show an but ii 
with oe, tenants, and | remarked that his gain in the mes eased al ter pois S. know. 
lalionter he des e abuses abolis rns of the present day was sm ~~ e pecuniary | obtus intellect, or very r 
he President remarked garded wages they | position was but. sli a ae ll he stood and his servants’ comfort, that after cons! 
must be content to pay the price at which it could be | infinitely better in the a a and inde- | these facts will negle Brack 
pe e asit paei aa sage! and like e ing | pendant and i improved position | poorest or most x ad 
must be regulated by the supply and d k Jt Wh e believed that d an ht ture be able to | ently stop the ventilators wit 7. 
= Ps oak they could = get it at any price, and that mand a better home, 4 better education, rie more | ticularly in winter, either not knowing, or 
may b e for a time, but there must and would be a of the ne physical and intellectual comforts of e tence. that ventilation is as T : 
posit of any it by paying fairly and justly for tl ei if accustome i 
may be said, beers to be done in the | condition of the agricultural interest, Mr. Bond advo- th e t tender horse wi i 
eiren a wo ould they n t be ru ined before they | cated a consideration of the currency laws, a free In building tage y 
t it, ld they be able to pay | trans usfer of land, the repeal o oh. te malt-tax, and a | prefe stray 
for it ? In d t f the relationship between Jandlord | floor ie er 
was, that are. cas a rami s heres of such | and’tenant. loors, with a 
matters; but it often earls that some of the rela- sufice for clea ery 
ayant popsreal | Reviews. [khe poat anima per g 
to their influence to bear u ei i alleviated by the tobe 
state of thing s had become a set ts Su m where. orse r 
tinag ted i ~ m praet — ae ee de P Angleterre Par M. F. Robiou | standing, ; 
upon others. In extreme cases there were just tw: and Lowel, Great Marl- itude i 
ways of acting: one was p give in wo me and the enon Street, Lon es _ | tying him in a con’ 
other was to invent some cial si inthe| The first volum ayes of this well conducted serial has uua, Si 
way of steam plo Pns , reaping; pa- mowing | 20W appeal a portly o ui 
pelle The por invent 2 reaping, a rin a capitally i rated with portraits of Jonas oe erimi the à 
i ion immediately, but they could not create Fisher Hobbs, and J. J. Mechi, all of them most|and t 1 
nee, The agricultural labour mark recognisable; illustrated also with diagra draw- | agricult Site 
had been unsettled by at least two causes, one the falling ings of machinery and animals. e letterpress in-| heads in stalls; the an are th < y 
of on! begs supply of labour from Ireland, “ the other | cludes articles on the Smithfield Club, on Reaping Merge and must place them selves, in : =e 
influential one, the impetus given not only to Machines, on Lois- Weedon at on ‘Steam shyt their hors of ease, not” as they wish, bit 
periran but to Tak every other gpa sr or | Ing, on Italian Rye-Grass Culture, on ing t s. Dung or litters 
calling.. A third cause wiyh. be stated, viz, the | on Milk, on Specia ‘Mattos es, and its tal tie Le bers iskr allowe r i 
emigration from this ieee) am d Irel: land, v which had of immediate agrielearl interest. The work ` ‘Rigi 
inned the ranks of labour to admirable illustration of Mons. eng eile Sina 
intai i oni — ‘of this | literary ability and agricultural kno rope sta vale “sys 
a ate ay a vis 
country had been degraded and steeped in ig | iare Poultry Yard, and 
ee Ea E them with a retribution which p By m Bese Amatour, m Ridgway. tend and if not impro' 
however much to was not wondered e edition for 1860 is f mis 
ae If they, the ageioulturista, meant tobe wuole'they | corisiaing’ blank pr Sa pe oer pnts 
must remove this plagu succeed | desirable under the ivisi tioned in its 
ey must set and raise that fallen race the and information for the guidance of its readers 
labours of England. It had just flashed across his'mind | i, the ordi: my. i d extraordinary circumstances: 0 
what two gr reat mon marchs expres essed. a wish pean be coe experien 
pressed a wish b hat ev ery 0 The VJ aed N; 47, 1. Ip 7 
his dinner, bat it was the wish of i. jessa poms and| An octavo volume o t 240 pages bye) ae i 
patriotic monarch than George t ther that. all his | than: one-half is oma en pee als but the 
subjects should be able to read hy Bib e. In his, th 
President’s opinion, the schoolmaster o the instra- a pity. that amid really valuable instruction on almoni 
ment “a ring the wishes of bea two monarchs into} every topic in which the countryman is inter 
effect ing me to. stri £ sham 
atid pojoa. mirta and on the other impressing | the page of “ Weather predictions for 1860” neces- 
their minds withdivine and human 2 paa, ons eet isl! Put that out however, na nee is stilka | 2 
a boviearwonsented to embody in his resolutions fi 
the suggestions made by Mr. Willians, they. were 
ee ee Ae Non se coped 
cann 
t December. ‘Agricu tua Monger, Sanaton, ne = ita cag 
| farmer, Swanston,.a name fa’ aiid to in ulturists, | 
Mating. Mr. .. Bond an = paper on this| died on the 24th h December, r, aged 52 years. ‘The fam 
subject. He estimates the increase in the X denarai 
iodat of the country, since the Teditinesicetiient of | turies. a Finnie became the responsible tenant about met : let ths 
