NovemBer 8, 1860.] 
in the United ‘Kingdom and on the 
rbert, in the Journal of the Agricul- 
tion of stock both i 
Continent. itp He 
tural Socie 
Home Correspondence. 
sang on Leaves. — The No rfolk farmer aoe 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGR@CULTURAL GAZETTE. 
it is to be hoped it may receive fro etors that cordial | The Rev. John, Mont 
and effective: support to which its eee ie so ba oll | gomery oo read gs arts cae 
en’ ee tle it. We have again to observe that a number of c 
petitors have been disqualified, in consequence of their eintrios 
no a ed een! rg te neh made within the time specified in the society’s | ie 
pre oie 
e Chairman then vig rp es that as the pa 
pics 
rs 
kind, the 
9 Cag, Sere y- Pe 
Grasaow, The Both t 
thoR 
z, to a height of 3 or 5 feet above the groun nd. 
n the trench is thus filled, the sides of 
d with mould beaten 
nee gc as ap) 
5 fi es with a 
wn off, 
wes 
s orme! 
ridge roof. Ifthe rain and s 
yd 
gg J. Hall Maxwell, Esq., of Dargavel, premised that, 
in the few remarks he was about o hig T ro 4 
paper read by, the Rev. Dr. Begg, it be 
ae pe reer 
t imk futly toned t to 
\t 
he e 
| riches st 
Pare . a 
and. 
e impression in p rd to its mis: 
ncy is all but univers 
artial men, some nr Bain to defend i 
a necessary evil, have recently been are 
ary to the Highland and prine Society, 
but a asa 3 lanäkrd from a neighbouring county who felt 
was willing to accord most readily to 
e roof must be covered pein ear’ 
T} 
he sides and ends being coated with earth to support 
m: ring of bon aa _ He adds, 
f sui 
He o Dr. Begg 
credit for ae 2 ges en and for a desire to 
cari 4 they mote the, that 
= class of the popula- 
re cause he had 
cottages for ploughmen, where they may 
please, like other | wo orking „men, and 
dal six. 
monly used 
a and snow, whereas mont nme 
eigh bie ae | 
men into a miserable hut ‘ale a botliy, as a cheap 
residence, to „the ruin n of thei moma = of ‘the best 
bos ement | 
| warmly espoused ; be permitted to 
express the great doubt “he | entertained pao the 
tone which the rev. eo med was the 
culated wt ~~ 
arth 20 
h it wit ziy 
poor het ola Norsk age 
ectio on whi ch he has 
ne om and end o. 
; but it is PA 
That 
ae 
er arrang 
s quite unnecessary, even in co or with the most | 
gears systems of Ac is ret by the fact 
that RA: a stot i of accommodation | does not exist, in 
Mid-L xample 
could not. by 
he 
any m 
had drawn in a} p egg’! 
ue 
howd Maat tet a prote 
ae 
P 
sund prac as t ea 
he aves 
in o alec ob of things is very 
. [The better plan is 9 bury the leave i in 
ha rd dow n and leavir 
ao zerp: Jag 
E 
esirable. 
At pit, preisi i them 
f Scotland, a 
is herd in mapas. Its 
traced si imply to a short-sighted idea of e 
the 
aper he had read. 
was characterised strongly with eat vi 
| exaggeration which pervaded every paper a ublica- 
| tion which had come othe is (Mr. ssw) noties, 
and which treat ted of this same qu uestion. ne 
nd that no such system | 
origin is recent, bevel is to be 
It 
omy. Tt 
Societies. 
BALLINASLOE : Farm 
annual meene of this societ: 
read by the judges of Far Ce 
foregoing iia which we have mi 
‘ul inspection, we have to eaat tint 
e operations 0 of the soci 
eavy ni 
growth, presented, 
“appearance th at farm: 
large proportion of the pony crops a a beet has 
entirely with artificial manuri scarcity of -provender 
ter é Daraa Piy lessened i supplie 
is ny 
and this w shave repeatedly 
therefore, ` = importance ures, 
or be ost p this coun- 
pec 
had bei 
season. 
“A large unt of drainage ped hodn ofa Junti 
‘tho last year throughout the eirt and there has also be! 
dvarrta; 
wming in Galway.—At the late pesca 
ae the following report eh 
need 
This is alison ina incumbent. 
by 
the 
the | ma; ay te te 20 
ca rg ped 
kin; Even in t owever, 
-| would only prove the necessity of altering tas. legislative 
the pow 
and | wor 
deliberately, both in its relations to landlords, | the faults 
of the 
tenants, and the community res espectively. 
exaggerated ; 
nni 
further exaggera' eA 
his fair propo’ raised by taking this public Matus pot denying many 0 of th 
ge of the E Poth ie To Poike jish the necessary | absur: had be 
odation to those actually cultivate the soil—it is death from t 
unfairly, and to tl sacrifice of the best err sts of 
untry. If any plan i adopted by landlords, merely on 
d of economy, by which the rural Sopatiation is servat we to regarded 
‘filled with bastards, Sie. = bu t. those, like the ladies a 
ne, 
and the 
redress the rone 
RES 
ery 
false notion at rig true con- 
better figs: better clothed, 
ndfat as, and, takin; 
est, peed-worising fellow, 
my fee en, and making a 
to him to be a 
gran 
toh a aie hon 
honouring 
w 
TETTERE T 
was so bad as had been oscriboa y 
ought to be the nature of the returns silat 
- | crime of the country ? 
it | tain that our cri imina statistics would present 
a iá different from those which would turali be be 
“aed Boa are naked Parliament, an 
hope of of obtaining Acts of Parl ein 
such acts 
others. 
eif the evil with which we 
over the entire 
arrangements of the kingdom, and placing 
thy hands. p Afa WT. y 
s ri 
e 
Jati 
2. Let us now consider the question of bothies 
Shot to farmers. _ They approve of the | y 
d that ev vor Fok necessary fi 
n married men living in cottages, | comfo wa convenience was supplied to tide. 
are not entitied si (c co Mr. caren A bo 
iti e was pr 
is peor wh; 
eated as unworthy of the 
ny et than the other’ labong classes 
The very i 
SR 3 AL 
BOER ESE 
highest credit on the engineer (Mr. Cooper, C.E.), by whom it | domest of the | the condemnation p it by Dr. 
it has been planned. and directed; and the manner in which | COMM nity: idea of su -a thing is monstrous, and itti ib’ 
the work has been executed by the contractor is worthy of our | Calculations of gain Wong a theory are equally an evil orn they had mie Srey there ied tn 
. ‘best commendation. Som a tances have come under our | outrage Be er civilisatio Christia anity. But, even if we | evil e ‘ose trom phat deers Be 
Shecrvation he oe at not been any ate Te p: aa ae farmer 3 might sot the Ama of E rer Sighs would n ady vanoor a, sn po ite fd 
not or bemi e course by any of the opera- i gain, rants for t aboliti a 0 
tions of tillage. We are, therefore, of opinion, that ae the | doubtful if unmarried servants will, in the long run, found ees 4 r tho What Si com: ee oe was that the 
district abounds in large tracts of bog and moorland, th to prove economical. The matter is not yet fully tested dy lasgow. p th st 
society might, with t propriety, offer a ae pre s| experience. No doubt a plausible t is sometimes urged, hion of many people upon the boi ystem was 
to emnll fortor for reclamation alone—the ‘land, in every | V2, that a certain number of unm: servants will, after all, | founded upon impressio from instan 
nstance, to have been brought by drainage d other means | Still be eas mg that for them bothies must still be whioh the system w he had r 
irom a state of nature into cultivation within a specified period. provided. A answer that the erpinen of other to: then tu oa ti f a well managed boi 
f “Though the harvest has an unusnally late one, the | districts wh e1 the futility of such | to escription of a W ag Y> 
of cereals will be much heavier than many indivi ual gu and he A oll only say that fae wished that they had 
ae en led A expect, =e aoe the wine p we) 3. Let us now briefly consider the question in refer- a uch bothies in his own co wA hose who were 
gre! ing unabie make a favourable repor! e ex mt + i a 
of * paz with tl culent is considerably less than last | CNC to the rural population of 4s agen ‘This is by | conv rsant with the overcrowded stat An a s Ay 
year, and though the yield is ere + an average, at least one- | far the most melancholy aspect of t e ques estio ion. „Iti is | tural viages pz ma the accommodation o0; e 
e 
severely 
aa be ved to 
be so 
“The ria EA offered by the society for the erection 
and improvement of labourers’ Aresa have not ini 
vhs arsaa ongst proprietors which had 
as nothing can tend 
ould in 
pipan l| partiene 
duced yer uod, formerly high in the scale 3 
been panei we i to the 
ng R 
ition of the lower classes wiee aap 
farm serv 
ral | than Met acabei Ý bs his correspondent, a: 
understand that he had no reason to suppose 
case he ha addu: ced was an exceptional case. 
superior or more comfortable 
and let them 
nce. that the 
With its extension the moral state lof the peasantry of Scot- _ What | he 
A e and rine da 
ost abj ject level of m 
avour t 
mg 
pa oni 
wished to say 
few wo 
ers, 1S ge: 
nor will it be cultivated to any extent in tl z 
in the absence of stat tod Flax 4 mae td Tela ia legislative r remedy, let = s besk to bridle = rend which attack made by him upon the tenant > farmers 
As we have stated in reports, much of the useful- | must ultimately ru in them, , but which ~ o evar! the ogee rite cotland. 
= s of vind ons mi always depen on the co-operation it eels to ruin us asa poopie Teint 5 ahed e eget social a vost oir = Forbes) he AA proe Aes 
once greatly 
landlord has set his tenantry a proper example, che henge Sires a ising and byeword amon t the c nations eB ae exw ell that he was 
conferred by the oo, may easily be observed, and where us save the proprietors of F Sootland social fe ly, | UP bel is point, as the time allowed to to ea = a 
bo contrary has been the case, the results are as plainly to i fron rom. i ihe ponsequences of bance a oe nee a gigantic social folly, the OAR was in his case ¢ avsted, 
distinguished. Now that the society has broken new ground, ! a 
