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| Fresrvary 18, 1860, 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND rhe GAZETTE. 
RE 3 £ i rie ; bien gem eal matter under dis. 
rong orwar on is one he true determination of 
Labourer, 7s, co a "house a above cada Potato land id boj which 
in many ganem i HO of Furze, 15 of Jah: i mele, as I have 43 epee of, site with atone for hay making mm 259 millions = sterling are invol y» as is contended 
before stated, at 1 peck per wei T “for ne who works, | youse and garden . 400 qp: the very futur the British People, 
= aoe small, à pga ad maki per i “and dh seat ie ieren Lag’ 15 cwt. coal and 200 Furze | 115 0 "ranka g and pape community, depends, it- 
shel, and most of m; ye i 
times of the year See ay Posen N er, on an aye “4 6 would indeed in ndic fa. either an Over. 
a good labourer’s place with me is full 138. P per week.” R ee cà 1114 0|weenir e hand, or a phle matin 
“ This,” says Mr. M , “isa very ela A | N iy a’ n indifference to the publio interests on the ahan if we 
a s Š wi mowing as his wer 
scheme of payment and a very pag one; hat. Ii 'job ak . 2910 6 “te evant an a oa onder a 
‘ae Ae sd 
by about 6l. a year, making the ye mie wage of t the 
p ongtman about 337. 14s., or as nearly as pee | 
Has best t grist ‘at 6s. = bushel— 
I give the mowing scale ow a days, at the use of 
Sas ow in the fair stitidin ng seal and the employment of 
Nor 
that oe Farto are based upon theory p. 
backe d as they are by the s naction and authority of 
cul 
ve a to reap, the farm upe 
hing by it, does very poorly by wi 
culturists, one of whom 
siā in particular, } Mr. Sheriff Mechi, has on more th 
4 the danger with whi 
We no 1 1 9 per acre, occasion directed attention i : nger wi which 
as carried out in Ar atnet sath “a as estima en ree A 2 0” me British agricpleite, and ough i e nation jp 
by o not an employer of agricultural Wheat SN gk » general, eatened, bah the gradual but sure 
labourers but merely one i] their neighbours and | = exhanstion of the s rrangem 
interested in their conditio ret S OF LABOURER r ous. -SHEARER). “which permit,” he s “the excrementa of st 
The "i owing are the ie wages received es é d: _ Heer peh t 10; at Soe of people, hd ahi our towns and villages, 
in four instances, the cases b leet illus- an (ordinary), «abou: er week; ow wastefully m 
trative of t Sonti of oe he sated ana for about six months fe ann 1s. 6d. per wee otwitl ann ks no the full attention which I 
ordinary labourer with sheep-shearin ? hig ae rin apep sheep shearing 2/. 16s. 4d. in five weeks; | bestowed upon the rage h reference 
k ee lab : m a BRS Je b | | deducting for do. at 7s. per week, leaves 12. 1s. 4d.| both to its sanat co te a jotia iesi 
wor. E rdinary labourer wit ing as his jo w n as about s January, 1858, I shall not 
work 3 sty a nary ikiia ‘without job work re- 
ifo moy at | Wheat aruis, 8s. Garde 
s k sa 
here delive ered so 
h 
© 
spective 
~ WAGES OF THE § 
Aea, iy wife, tseo chi pieca ‘oldest, 3 years; 
ungest, 8 years. Man (shepherd), qs. = week. 
Harvest money, 1. pines in cash, 10s. in coals as by 
pate mee a 
uestion | agai ain before you on 
L, 
No harvest money ate 
| shearing. No Potato mess be “dapeeed for tiling grist 
at 5s. per bushel, which i an oe Oss 0 more 
per bushel, being ' very bad use 2 bu iets ‘of grist 
per mon nth, besides 1 bushel est ey and six 4-lb. 
loaves. Cottage and g ith 12 bushels of 
coals, and 200 Wires 
ont ke as dug; worth 12. 11s. 6d. Garden “Three quarts of ae per 
sia sacks ; a very small. Received 27. 5s. on | at —— 2 do. haymaking. The aret give 
ccount of ge s le t ou ut; also 16s. for lambs shorn, at his 
d. per sco M. £18 4 0 
re mi bushel, EA very r ba d it is, but it is as agree eed vou six months per annum r. T 6d. 70 > 
Shears shee eep, over his pete hours and at meal By. jobs ee at sheep shearing, at 9s. per ‘00, a five 
‘ioe at 9s. per 100; and earned last year about 2. eks, 3l. 2s.; deduct 1l. 15s. at ta per week, 
ae and gar kia free. Fuel, 12 bushel coals and ayleaves wa Bb Parent 3 H ; y 
00 Furze, besides the above 10s. worth of coals. No Cotta Iman a den +» 400 
tage go gar en 
ale at eseat and hay-making. goals EE 
The following then is his account :— ++ 1 0 0| 
Per annum, yesa ale per day at EG at 9d. per gallon 013 6 
£ s. d. | 2 quarts per day at haymaking 018 0 
Shepherd, 7s. per week . 1s 4 0 
Harvest money, cash © 10 0 z x #20 4 6 
4} sacks Poi Bo ei as dug on Potato ground aby Ts. | Deduct wife and boy’s wages see 0 
let out Sie datos lz sig: saa aaa Kon = rë Leaves for ordinary labourer . £26 17 6 
6d. per score for lan tb b : = aia 
Shen abating EDE red X ? m f Has sa grist at 5s. per bushel—a loss. 
House and garden 4 00 
15 ewt. of coals Besides ‘the Tos, worth, ‘making F ORDINARY LABOU. 
25 ewt. . RRE rais we peng the case of the wi ne labourer 
Furze .. r 1 @ 0| without job work :— 
x 1 0) Ordinary labourer ab ek is a %li 
at Je, per woek A T 
N.B is not charged to the 1 Harvest money = Ky = e ey ae A 
anie i. also 1 T- For 200 Porze a iek hoe. Geist or ert ed ah a 4 00 
at 5s. per bushel is a loss. 15c oals So a n 
2.— Thr Fr ts ale per day at h: 013 6 
vesaat ade par ay at arvest at 9d. er on 0 13 6 
lies and Gin bee ‘children oldest, five years;| Two garte ale par day athaymatiog PO as © 
z. g 
youngest, five months. n (carter), 8s. per week. £80 6 
Harvest money, 17. (10s = talk: 10s. in coals, as at 5s. per bushel—a less. 
ement). Had perch of Potato d 
bv 7 T sacks - cet et on e * ‘OF “thet ive five cases the average weekly wage} 
as 
ree quarts ale per day at per 
to n 
the opinions catered on it by m 
entitled to our respect, and aang vy he Per 
German chemist TN alluded to, both 
on Modern Agriculture, and in a more celal fis r 
his late Correspondence with sn ns Mot communicated 
RgO. 
J to the Times newspaper, a sho’ 
But before entering upon the —_ tance of n 
Liebig’s letter, it may be well for me to bring before 
the conclusions re lati ive to the same ə subject, ie wee 
3 say 
submitted in m 
i s 
yf 
at that time been e nabled to > nae 
poir int out three several metho ds, 
Seamed to render the sewerage o 
able for the purposes of agriculture. 
The > firs t of the ese methods was, to detain bi! ey 
sufficient time to allow the solid matter kide ed in it 
to deposit itself, and then to collect this portion as 
— 
The second method aimed at the same object 
ion ezpediant, namely, by bringing ak 
separation of the solid matter from the water, 1 
its vehicle, note 
hemical 
he thi 
to the very spo 
the aid o t 
Stee’ a ae the neces for emplo 
cartage, a 
a mater’ mal. : 
gre sacks. Thre P k s 
two at poatea From April 6, 1859, to Jan. 1 ia Tai SA Eer Sepa the town, where it undergoes a process 
1860, earned 1 12s. 6d. ae journeys (Is. is „given ve eee cues : od 0 a H E by admixture with milk of lime, the 
A ; 0 rocess is regarded by the inh 
for tailing grist, at 5s. aa Pay Be ry dark and lg gritty. ; ko E: 10 $ 2 i ° But alth a k i f: 
0 e case, be system canno 
Pure aiie. e aien — meni worth of coals. The fol- are cases of walk: pa Ka cot asim and x are one, pr the lanja parr a 
ily pnw ie ee a will e te be generally ane that father ee y eae TEE ate Hie 
Harvest proa A EN Tos. coals) EN RS whale they are fairly paid. remembered. N th ‘lid ¢ pa Z t = whic ee 
T sacks of Cie about 20 perch of Potato | that there are no perquisites A: a to what is Sa Aste 3 an a ie es ai} bik 
una, at Ta, per sack, as dug, allowing two out 115 9 | here put down—those ar valued in the ae steer ae those “38 eRe: elaborate -ci 
Three qu aap dey ot Be harvest, at oa. er gal. 013 6 | figures here given. And some of the perquisites belong Cik bene namely, where 
path eis week B here stated in history of the al cases dese ate ste. ae material from ‘the 
By journeys (1s. to town and 6d. tostation) || 016 14| are not general. Thus of 13 families in the paris whieh 5% pen + of som 
= cwt, oals, ya ban 10s. To w SAS 1 5 : of our correspondent, seven have no Potato ground, ween a tice ¢ pey ad of precipita 
mae = three have about 20 perch, hik Ahat five perch, Such is the principle aits at Leicester, 
£3113 7} sewerage, when I visited the spot in 1857, ty 
ae Bax tng tyr basista 1an 
eee T A 
Agreed for 
s a fair grist, but 
0 
s 3 e 
est mo ou: d garden, 4% 15 ewt. of. cats 
and 200 Furze, 12. 15s. 
The follo owing is his statement :— 
£ d. 
_ Man Guner labourer), mimes, at 7s. Per ig 18 A 0 
es a: 
"agi 
t 5 coc of Potato 
dug, ee i= sack out 
| hearing 
To 
and one about 15 pere ah Wee ese instances’ 
as exactly sesame ers of a 
Dor. - | into its solid and liquid p 
ortions by a ver, 
anpenys invented by Wi cksteed, the 
m into the river, whilst = ne in c 
e lime by which it ha n : 
A orm of feit dried, P 
CE TO BARON Liesic’s REMARKS 
TIVE TO THE SYSTEM OF DISPORING OF IT ADOPTED | where it receives the liquid sewe. rage, : 
E PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THIS COUNTRY, and w and the solid matter pI 
u 
Delivered on February 3,-1860, 
in Oxford, by ogee eet M: YD’, Fy R.S., Professor of 
xs Rural Bor 
my in that Un a 
Wrap 
So Europea 
oice to nthe “Sih |a 
kit 
iebig” 
repritation # ifts up a warni 
an uthority, and stakes, as it were, his ais as 
a man of science by foretelling the ruin equ 
of a system in a th 
ou 
of o 
arked, it seems to be the duty of all who think 
they. can either di directly or indirectly influence public 
opinion, e, K po ssible, a calm 
to ~ gg tug aiid 
em oye uel would, even if the 
question ati oan were of trivial moment, imply a et 
Y 
to 
the advancement of practical as Bin 
sew: 
and impartial 
ined. 
fis thod alluded to, viz, that 
er directly for agricultural 
application to it. of the Lag gages of 
cted ina tank, an fps 
= eae ini fi 
Whatever may turn out alt 
sa 
