986 
THE GARDENERS 
_ Mr. Hall Maxwell was desirous of saying a word 
ee ae 
re this meeting. Instead of their having a paper read | 
a key upon which a discussion mig ght hang, the 
restok portion of the ‘ime was occupie ed in listening 
a popu alati of 11, 000 
people we wil an excess ee mova « pa ed tow: 
to papers being read, and if t 
am Gea. bo Maxwell, that 
more properly 
Association. 
—I can only protest against the course 
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zy 
The Rev. Mr. Clerichew did not fohi bah Pa the 
evils of the bothy pn had been 
ment sb ours, 
ext t The Duke gets 16s. an acre imta A or 
xeen |land that the Building Society and the Hawick 
b+ manufacturers would willingly give him 207. an ood be 
annually for, that is nothing to his Grace, w 
fe tod agen aane ‘lo oe 5 = leaves his affairs in the hands of factors who snap yea | See 
farm system, which destroyed, by debarring the farm Lc. Seal e be ne ated? Simply by such por Pt: GARRE 
servant, froni the prospect of improving ie oondition, | Patiament as enables alag companies 6o accomplish | Dx 
: be di soe ` heir beneficial purposes. Mr nlop has spo 
weeh pe wa Hia Haa pi noy — aie, bias, ie ne hs ske ulty o P T such an Act, but if the 
sH LE 
‘olquhoun, of Killermont, said sili to the bo leen oe" th fuse of P y farco — äna 
q il 
system, which had received such a pe ot from, m ai Bog eine 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
r dwellings ; be worth 37. 
[Novemuer 3, 1860, 
Here, again, he was compelled to refer to 
restrictions which ca throughout the e coun. 
} the 
what It could scarcely be known that farmers we ere 
of the district of 121 people. Again, Hawick is restricted from doing Tyni ng of the kind. There were 
progressive commercial town, and its progit is at an | farmers yhes wah A sal jee straw to great advan. 
end if ground for mills cannot be obtaine Īy own | tage (and it was a t pity there were any restric- 
firm has applied to his Grace z Buccleuch for a feu, | tions n s ah ere they could procure manure 
and we have been i pelle T e f our |of a quality that they could not make in their own 
usiness to Peebles at great inconvenience and waste | farm yards. But they sold it without getting 
of time and capital. We do tik wish ito EFON the |the manure in return, what would become of the 
lando wner s of their property. We ly ask them to | land? Liebi reat authority, mre Stated that 
by aiding in the improve- | the g 
the same p 
required, a the Ay ie Ad to do this was by the appli. 
Enig on f far n yar ard m anure. If they soll the hay and - 
d k, how 
pind ee ie able to go on? They: must return Fhe 
bulk of the pep: crops to the land in some sha; ape o 
other. He had no intention to decry the use of artificial 
manures, becanse he believed hi contained man; any 
if your Social 
did tg PRS he E “hom Ga, Bastions to and cer- 
” | Science Congress teeta S make fine speeches wi substitu 5 ire m-yard manures, He 
a “against E Dr. Bege ae a e against “the | practical applications, it vit become only “a sounding | fier never believe ‘tt ty paige fg their straw z 
magned the results arising from it | þrass and a tinkling cymbal” To give a practical | farm it was only tper ga he wou d 
wae fat Vase nothing olse. Tho question bad isd ie turn to the Wittens this section t , allow me to | to the who ain produce of 
health and physical on of the farm servants might, under | suggest that the Social Science Congress recommend | this kind for their splendid ah ay ys er at Burton, take 
“good t, be provided for in a bothy, yet if ohm of | that Corporations of towns and cities be bec Seka some land and grow the straw, and they would then 
avoid t were continui ptt png theme ko pres a op appropriate lands in their neighbourhoods for the | know more about the land and the value of pi We 
He would entreat his eastern neighbours to consider well if| improvement of the dwellings of th workpeople, an 
en ra gage > 
ery ho in Scotland. He rested 
Cr 
> | the s Cha 
po etn that almost everything was talked about 
agricultu 
elat B 
Farmers’ Clubs. 
A+ d+} J Lit: ~ 
KBebielvs. 
ac for 1861, 
irman, Mr. R. C. Chawner, said: It sadaa 
ngs ex sapi matters appertaining to 
one exc eption this year, however, 
T T id 
ral meetin 
PRE Wee 
f matter extracted paris the trade e pamphlets 
i "tho rley and the writings of Mr. Burness, chiefly a 
the value a pe as food. is also a full 
list of Fairs and an imperfect list of Agricultural . 
Societi es, in n the courso o of which we are told that the 
use 
his Prde the ote wan upon the phan stated as [o of his (Mr. Bass) who occupied the ee een eee which exclude ane exhibition of Cattle le Condi 
on pa it sets at ni cel es na abet, ah he farmers to task, a igh Lig Ragu ae hs Aes Sap their yards, 5 
9 multiply your accommoda Bene your iculsure. Mr. Dass announcement of this Almanac is not borne 
conveniences, but you can never get pac of t th s evil. H agrio Siom Eia Sane. 4 Aika nob pm in as a ui he exec one The “ several splendid arity 
not believe that the large farm system was the cause of th g ety T » 
a n of the fa ant, This he regarded as a | not Bc it of a quality citable for the brewing of | of Prize stock i o-lithography (six colours) 
very view of the question. The working classes | pale ale; and he suggested might Tague amount toa ere of pictures—the one of a Short- 
must e to be landlords ere the evils com- | it, He al Adresse? them D : ano à ee ofa“ et} with a 
ould be cured. But the existing oe PeSgo rr ep hito face! tigi is #5 ragon E 
obstacles removi the p t time some land- | having derived his informati the | w id section p 
Jords will not sell their land ; there must be a legislative gact- Jo! of the Royal Agriculi ies Society, “On the | Thorley’s given 
ment ™ 
exists—w more slbvente of 91, 
title to a bit E groun: 
r. Dunlop, M.P., alluded to a measure he had introduced 
ast session, which had become law, and which bore to some 
on or 
extent on two © points allud y Dr. Beg, 
This measure affords a precedent upon t ints—it estab- 
lishes the principl compulsory sale, and it also pro- 
vided a cheap means of conveyancing, the cost being only some | 
78. The speaker then alluded to the remarks made 
others who had 3 ed him, upon the large system of 
now adopted, and expressed his fears th 
a niga Dr! chg Ek d h aas to bagi pea ath cept tq it. 
i the 
he 
ed you | gr 
Ponte A 
r 10 
8- | blished Grah of tillage, and i 
tako the 
es these, there 
ed ill also en in colours. 
The spon i offer so pana of coloured 
ry at 502. 
creepy arley, and point out to gentlemen engaged 
olarag. he land of this country the position they 
ses it if they followed the advi of Mr. „Bass 
knew that i in all leases there were 
t 100}. a page, and w 
has been acc epte mtn SS y Me. Tha 
| this ipatange, f any rate, his c 
bea ar the a of an enormous expendit: me WA ; 
Messrs. Lawes and m, On 
esta- 
the ‘absence tsk such 
ntry 
estates a farmer from deviating from the 
‘ourt would ÜRO of the 
ide ka its esi 
clauses a 
aaia aA 
by 
whom y e pier Sonaibittity of prices Dreportionate t to this 
ry, agen has hitherto been 
Bat Sa re happy, parove to find that waco of them MA 
ar protests (or perhaps in consequen of th em), an 
pt 3 Finca’ tut 
‘th “the mer, or use, if he] 
‘om the syst 1 down, he would expose 
himself to an Erea for dilapidation. Therefore, that 
as one which must be settled firs 
ee rhe 
ments tbus rendered necessary, the price of manufac 
se | tured cattle foods is coming down. Messrs. Ji 
an nnounced a cheaper food some months ago, and 
d fo — a Ln liiy his smee 
day, Pro- | now, 
sor Liebig, had stated that af eee ot courses are | a. 
a An 
Mr. E. Grip mt oe Wharf, peee 
ae W 
horse and calle food at met one-half this sum 
hich n 
$ 
BRe@skrs > 
the admirable papers 
| Mon mery vine iltastra- 
awful seats md the dwellings of |i 
without mention 
na 
+ 
said. 
ecial Brith of ‘whe I i England.” 
of 
He con ntende d that it was imposs sible fo 
pelt the climate under which oe oe farm 
England ver made was made 
4}, 
imple 
i ate of the facts associated with go Ardy con- 
these 90 of the town one pepe 
tive place. Dur 
aa been doubled, an 
and a 
må 
described yN eddie, Shee boon 
an extent in eg bap se. to arrest and 
Christian m our 
the png "fact ‘that w 
R R 
to 
alarm all feelin 
miserable conditions are produce, 
practical mau could onal 
grain and crops alternatel: vary t 
ta as possible, map peara the nature of the Sei to jap 
be cultivated. Nothing 
could be laid down, 
ee ae 
g | year, O 
eir 
and t 
iin eines reduction in ‘ihe prices charged b; 
d 
o doubt am) le testimony wil 
his will probably enforce @ 
by other 
Pii a hardly possible to speak of Mr. ee 
c excepting simply as a trade beaten 
for | in ppi e of the monthly mi 
coming; 
ai ajka 
of beet AAT Rp Thorley’s 
it is de clared that—“ fresh air, cleanli- 
ish fa 
into account, that they 
allowed to farm the land accordin 
_— supposing 
one room a ut 16 fe feet Ba hi 
7 
peed this pie with ‘no feelings in favour either of 
sg ting, 
f the land, but the honest 
; they did so for th eir own personal wot The 
Factions and : advice on this “ co z point 
a first edition 
circu 
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kartea one apartment. 
othe cause of these fright- 
t 
e speaker went on to say t 
wn | mels, and lefi 
in rns honest clivation o of the soil, who was convinced 
that until the; os pated the farmer from all tram 
gene rally felt to be an ex! cist the 
him 
best, even for his own interest, in would never re 
ought 
ety had been organised in Hawick, on th 
t to be. _ „Upon the ques- 
+: 
h 
was stitable for that purpose bat the broad acres of| tural Soci tey Yat a that eh, straw they used 
ieee memorials alg and depatntion to to bis Toga | in feeding was only worth 25s. per , while, if 
the Journal of the Royal Agricu ul- 
representation rk a mere rt 
of real se 
e to no 
fous 
= 
rmingham Cattle and 
—The 
The RB Show. 
they | show ris pnt do the Sa, de, Bt, and ih of 
ould | Dec ; 
it is possible at present to 
