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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Ducewper 15, 1860, $ 
traversing rod, which objections existed; Bur rgess years, a and what provision he is cap: _ of making for | of am tana mboni (tv WO rooms.en suit 3 3 
& Key exhibit bee mower and reaper; Hunt, of sw trial in ioe ape of every man, when, however | {the fitchen, or living onna, int lage of d; 
Earls Colne, exhibit their Clover i machine, an willingnes exists, capability. a to do it fails. | built of limestone; earthen be thatohed ton mes an attic, 
ingenious hand drill, &e. Dray & Co. exhibit a e pren I shall wc ee e some practical points bearing canere of 'Htghon g but end, but chimney better orn 
collection, including reapers, as Smith Ki Ta Ea tar, pof which A Be arily denied shall ¢ ky Me GR ae 7 geet rala mara coon ae less Sco but 
a P w: 7 ya 3 a i ; z 
Ipswich, T o Wi C ga li sing mind that there is no universal RAET» for thee pha ger one | stretch himself ae ortwo wooden arm-chairs ai mighty | 
machine for sacks, &c. of Walton, | cure for the dis ogee As es artis have arisen Hira pun A aumher oks of se: a arranged as a platform: around we 
t : tes ubb Sı nith lexity of causes. is complexity must be w onsider lls a pot my a tea-ke o; and the tea 
Wakefield, exhibits ma cal ‘atar; 4 Before the cure can be Blnvovered. "Goad cottages, for instance, uniformly and. E at the fire. Ben end, tabis almost 
late Wedlake, = bit n-bins, mills, chaft-cutters, with dec mmodation, will not alone obviate the evils; | &c., all wooden: beds, with drawing lids, perdi, Chairs; | 
&e.; Mr. Mag, of “Burt on, Dorset, shows his “om , and is perpetrated in the phi as well as in | kitchen often one above the other, like ships’ berth eds in 
thatch-making rte Sa a grubbing apparatus on the | the hovei, ae dis ‘ and ie ap bt a EU bid or ma RWIN Bonde A n panom ag ere b heavy bed-cover, a] 
"9 Nod as We: rom e one as from e other, ucation— P > p roviding of a fe; n4 
revolving | fork principle, intr oduced from Jersey, and hree R's—reading, writing, and arithmetic, as they have been y dist e Unched parish, the dwellings. at ge. 
E J called—will not alone raise the position of the labourer; for we | fast, and chimneys and floored ben ends are 'aproving 
Eaa nd Jewell. Yt is somewhat on the pr ine iple of ae well that slong gt th the Be ome: of the intellect, of th By-erected. houpa 4 a Tha walle, are rough, te most, 
arri: depraved h cious life, often unite lows sma roof of thatch bein id win- 
se Hind rohatoidiggars, a ve mee: mee st sigh wal wages and batted food x will not do all that is required ; | blow fiercely in that wild part of her $ ajesty's donde Winds | 
p either across ROD: OF ? for along wiles them ye often find a reckless expenditure ropes, angli g ends, weighted by hea Nar: a 
that ne gm on wit ha the one, anda wanton waste of the other. From the ens Taiao Sleonlinostig is E much. thought of, apparent aed | 
e with wap ae pay of this reform, which we thus see to be e Se ens per me on the e ge of the > 
iy A i s ny-sided in its character, has beel by some, as | the pig lying. by the h $ is eed, a gene thee arserirea and f 
ği an as Sus the thing which once carried out is to set all to rights, I believe | vades everything, om = of chimney thera per- . 
Fines -engines and thr eshing-machines, exhibited y much harm has arisen, and the improvement of the social | rarely ne ee or eter in the roof smoke 
weeny of Gainsborough; Barrett & Exall, of Read- | condition of our agricultural labourers greatly retarded. | curling he interior of the house. Of the cobtdce out 
ing; & Co., Foster. , both of Lincoln; Brown &| Again, some discuss the subject from a purely philanthropic | remotest districts e Highlands, as in the neighbourh 3 
tg a una an tinadi sent th & Ashby, | Point of view; forget ul cf the fact that there are circum- | of Glencoe, a correspondent furnishes the following descri pri 
ay, O V1ZES 5 > ; va stances which materially modify the operati of laws, “The humblest style of cottages, or huts oe ons 
of Stamford; Hey d, of Derby; Hornsby, of Grant- | w h affect gopaiders tly. Abe high Sia di ch they may | structed of a rou e-work of timber, with Heather oy 
ham ; er, of ch; Tuxford, of Boston; Smith, a ap: Mata be Png sel 5 $ Y e e R BeA peectival ~~ eini “wipe AROR A anes The walls, if 
e š i i ; n view of the subject, re wane e poini e decision oj ey may be so calle not gene: rt 
S $ pax nag ee ae = erp verge or askin Pee ae pel ny, a wR cs feet ; the roof thatched, with poles laid Crose-wiso, aud one 
S 5 ra nie to do thi rs, the | to prevent its being torn up by the wind. In addition to 
Hornchurch; Catchpool, of Colchester ; Humphries, of | middle course is etna the safest Gio y it Tikely to | ropes ponpbencten in i ae suspended, and this, 
Pershore ; Messrs. Hunt, Tye, Holmes, H. Ransot par nye rapidly to the end. For r the 1 philani thro pist is not large to g addition, hal: wasuritys but gi i 
. enti ignore the peculiar cian ces ẹ posi “th bat He ras situations, fF 
= ye Andover ; and R eos of se Surrey. | Wich the farmor aor teres icone entes pur it | at rong th feed a ewion ne ieee = the moor 
rm i oma n at ee a w wos tas out of = eh eth to Tor = high Dehests ats of vey re oe a right 5 hag | holding on wy, the To i x mselves, I believe, ne 5 
psa ent open work or perforate reshing drum | as much as tl noi with a T rot attached, the rent i noae: 
ea p P s he a $ . he hig ai flown notions of the philanthropist, o ; ri homily These 69 ges o buile K H j Ags. a 
rge at in so far as they are founded upon JF ate ono Eud of slate, as sa e nel urhood o a 
“right,” : ustioe,” and “me a must i am he | These are laid nop in i ar seslifon Oe 
Sig eaa PALACE ae zeuit mdard to which all should’ aim at arriving, an ch) of rough stones of all shapes, something like a stone wall laid 
ters must ultimately be decided. Still furtl we | Aao purat and afterwards pe i i! 
t thi tl wih he on paldegs, sipensenda: as ait al the evils ey other: unded stones, p The hei ght oat w, pte 
this is no longer aha! a a salihan ioe tat it now | Wit A ition e agricultural labourer were dependent | more PRY ax "feet 3 ' eiabehed roof ; chimney constructed of a - 
on by the classes above him—and as if the work ot | light framework of sticks, with turf laid a 
combines stock and roots. Let us sive of the stock | or Sication could be o ed on by | th , This Ever more than two: 100ns, Baria A vay pe Da 
t—Lilliputian horses, cows and sheep—the former | appear to be the truth of the case by | grate; but when there is, it is of the rudest description. The 
from Africa, the Tathan from Brittany. The hor: ses quiside or far-off En ‘oft the Stes yee butt that | floors are generally bare earth, w rbaps a hearthstone or 
erecyary. a a, but apparently as self-will eat, not the truth, nay, that it i indeed anything but that, | so. That have senaially a little croft, in which they 
ry, ok pHarenuy rako kn the peculiarities of peasant life know full | Potatoes. Oats, or these they pay about 4l. a Lhd D 
born La fay size. We a e the ek on | There are indeed some things which the labourer cannot | not think the erat system is found ij may see or 
cows, but uch for the ey p. These are go rA pal Done ae ee pi m y things wel | | the Highlands now. Some o: eso cottages are anything but 
: e, an alon Q ne 15 15 J ecause w Ea ht; I have seen some of thi 
etia A _ a aay ofrecer gooey oving ot i baying ay ag i 
men, so coraparat ively little — esire raise themselves in house accommodatio 4 
improved keep. So much for peaa e social scale—such a j , petty and narrow-minded in | valueg Sapa Sidis me: «oe aes Fi 
e were in every way pleased w cots, not as joist. EY or hose v who attempt to pet sca ALA at they tion, os ft this oom is ae far io 3 kað in quantity 
A ecessity | is 
of nsen gn si ted. Th but. ii Ba ane 6 should exercise the virtues of self-denial and self-control, in | proprietors to “fun fall ngtiamment. tat dicen = 
pa sorts bud val ey p te oug! order to secure it—that I have lost much of the enthusiasm | cot , comi for comfort and decency, 
e com nF e interest | with which I at one time vi e A ion, and that I now | on farms. widna "iney stop the onwar arà progress of 
have daily m = de fixed upon me the conviction | social order, and hold out a premium to vice and degradation.” 
t the the condition of the labourer will be | In Perthshire, another JD edged ne housei; 
Tane sihan wn ped : a is J ang ares mut 
L e 3 as m com- 
bass e landown 3 and I | pelled to live in wretched hovels. when 
at agg. he is ‘the ‘truest friend of the Tybonrer as well AA and inattention A allowed the rerh of a long 
the kindest, who, while not failing to denounce the sins 
is no less decided in | 
We hear much of the 
man, and I depl 
short Roo ae of the master, 
nd m 
test 
kamt nia a decay, it often 
rece shin a 
| to pbpsns a. Bie extreme the 
e bui 
ouses 
| i as heartily as any one; but I proi against the vi rag ondent inf 
uty were | which mt ris pien now taken, that the out flowing of sym, athe ie ree Pr aR 
30 entries for purple- top Baia of whi Ri ay a ared,'| from the master to the man is what is only w. united letn i ce fe ae ty 3 sti wee Ba a Ane 
We marked onl them as very good, 11 as fair, Fe mpathy that there aes E of the A re family. But almost ail new, cottag b 
and 10 ah infonior, of ffs green tops, 1 only was good, | master. am sure that those who practically know the be stg Pig a Me om Manii number 
3 fair, and 7 inferior. bonten know that often the motives of the master are | correspontent in Inverness-shire mie” 
urnips were less numerous and do not call for any bly mis construed, and that schemes which have the | « The houses of farm-servants 
particular romork, We thought A Ia aen gana 10, e win a Eio be done in careyin Great improvement has taken place o 
gr een top w d tankards, est among them. | out this most import: of social re: ast be mutually aA E en to this; and Tave 1a ‘a5 
Ve also Pinse in 3 te to the Rev, doe. And sure am no ioe G eai done by tiek, by: and -by Se will, on the be s be eee i 
T, St to at w Taken hole | the master, if the servant po not aid by the cultivation of f ‘married ie ra ž 
F evens, green top yellow turnips. Taken as a whole habits of self-control, E real or lasting progress will be made. RAE eee Pi te 
the Mangel Wurzel were the worst classes and the | fraying offered these prelimina ng ak ig ke of a room and one or two small closets s (bedrooms), s 
e pre ry er Wooda | Hie, peg ieiti flanbared, No doubt there are still a 
Parsnips were little better. The Carrots is excel- | unsug, reativeas I hope, I shall arasy SIE to take up seriatim good many old houses very itiferior indeed in the aink TA i 
lent and the Potatoes better than we Rage oem, to see. eae jects I named in the arrangement proposed, a great c re et d soon, I t, it il becom- . 
We were also much Diasa oe A with the Kohl pe <1 TING- “Speen OF THE AGRICULTURAL = housed.” In Fo ire, “houseaccommodation,” a ji 
It is making its Figs class, OURER. a orrespondeni Fen pag ene is e rally in z 
the aretnjness of societies ° like these is ne sAr the houses, so the men,” $ says an authority upon family is generally Bhar Py ene pe apartments, often to 
more shown than in meh instances, where that tary matters: and ow uch truth init. The injury of h and repugnant os — 
which was a novelty a short time since is become devalopeornt of ches well as a physical | in nelle J e ee Pow ae ty PAR 
necess! viding 
a ogue affords, pyre sense, is undoubtedly a pe y: upon the con tan bans dA de years, ra ia 
who looks at it to} dition in which he is housed. No more can physical | In Dingwall, “the house accommodation for servants is 
proper mage of oe ure, | health be secured ie the man lodged in a bora chig, | Sere ifanen Perini an pihai eae hae The 
ject is g o great 
sid io se r À construction ¢ of which is so Il cal- roven nt has n effected ith rth! 
e, “Of near! e 
3 and we re sn re is put up in afilthy ill-ventilated re tolerably iy comfortable i in itg op, certainly too i iad,“ On 
tition | And if it is the ste pee average two apartmen: is the house 
fete are lal HAER sree accommodation ata sale distinguished agricnltarist 
to h e last few years a great man; aon om oi have 
Farmers? Clu’ . ine le sense ; owe Sontani ac OE fe a ey Bot 
which requires to be n i quite unfit for that purpose, 
LONDON : On the Condition Ta Labourer. Mr. e prigi A: mis surrounding Tap better accom anes weg cals w alive to tho fact that 
Scott Burn read a pap er on this AATA which we | culated to disgust and to degrade, ore pbs og tal Eepets in the eyer > Bee ily fin heey on fe N 
are ng abridg care of out-door edneation, if inde me do A Aar and og | Berea maa bam th than hovel y 
PRELIMINARY REMARKS. i —foy | with ear o mp, and no division in Tte apart- ZA 
$ MARKS. wat ignoring altogether that of the hearth and home mentexdepe shat wos furnished by o Paai AA FAAA A 
OR F ilgs ctive training, “shot that ee Recently, however, a great improvement place. ` 
Commen s e wor eg of the ve st ‘actory | During the last 15 fully two-thirds of the cottages in this 
ing with the pr iat gea or his existence, we sha 1 a ee ate moral eee can He ig- | COU have been erected anew, and, in general, they are 
ne (1) the i condition of the hous use in which first he tian land it is imperative that our labourers should thay Rave tore than E A pe oper ait; they : 
aoe th light, ( which a home fitted to be a Christian home. It is} are in two or more apartments, with brick or earthenware 
his education, a pods education is calculated | pitiable to. haye to ag in this 19th i eater highly- | pavement floors; sino panes wkd deal floors, which are ari 
to aid him, the pa jA hich he can offer his | boasted-of time of ours, that a vast deal has yet to be cee apt pre Air aa a ak TA bead class of cottages fi 
moe o ma in which they will be accepted by a ee before this can be realised. I have reosived 8 bos Soe E a a. AOA E OT 
farmer, up the discnssion of i communications from various parts of the j| Roxburghshire.” [Mr. Scott Burn then describes the 
and saad markets ; tad 4) the wages which his country, a on the e subject of cottage pale iso and | System, and his remarks we have extrasted for pub $ 
labonr will bring him. y: +, 2. | another week, when weshall have more space at out 
g him. aving from all is nearly eo piet ey DR 5 1n | Ti tails me to go over the wide range of English in 
his ee ne how that work is rewarded, | anything but an advanced c give | asimilar manner, I can but gi sketches fu ane 
a ent of A time allotted to os hi | extracts from a few of these, which ‘will help. to > convey th Do p nie e m E >na piant 
Mr als m, an at is t some notion of the condition of the hous oy 3 elieve it is now! poignant than in. ery. 
a of which he can year himself; finally | tion for labourers in Scotland and Bean 4 fhe pres bas eee peg sr are many 
s likely to be his position in adva mced| In Shetland “the house accommodation consists generally | instances where a whole family, sometimes quite a large 00°% 
