270 French Agriculture and State Establishments. 



member of the Academy of Sciences has been sent into the 

 departmentSj, to examine into the mischiefs done by insects, and 

 to suggest remedies. 



The expence of all these undertakings is very considerable. 

 The gross outlay,* after deducting all receipts from various 

 sources, appears to be as follows, calculated in English money : — 



£. 



Sheep Farms .... 2,303 

 Veterinary Schools . . . 11,263 

 Haras, or Studs . . . 70,526 

 Vote of the Chamber, covering the 1 

 other Items of Expence . • j 

 Department of Government . 3,360 



^119,452 



The notice, under all these different heads, has been confined 

 within the narrowest possible compass. More detailed informa- 

 tion on any one of them might be supplied on a future occasion. 



In most of the important branches of agriculture, the rotation 

 of crops, the breeds of cattle, and implements of husbandry, this 

 country is no doubt far in advance of her continental neighbour ; 

 but in the discovery of chemical appliances, in the creation and 

 management of artificial manures, their ingenuity and skill may 

 afford us the most valuable assistance.! It cannot fail, indeed, 

 looking at the immense surface of France, the variety of its cli- 

 mate, soil, and productions, v/hen the active and acute mind of 

 its people is turned towards these subjects, that important and 

 most beneficial results should follow. It will befit all those in- 

 terested in these pursuits in England, and especially members of 

 the English Agricultural Society, to institute and maintain a 

 correspondence with their farming brethren of France, which, the 

 more intimate it should become, would redound with greater 

 advantages to both countries.;]^ 



* The expence is annual, and now voted every year in the Chambers. — 

 Jan. 26, 1840. — The Author. 



t Dried night soil is very extensively used, and well prepared in France, 

 where it is generally employed as a top-dressing. If supplied here, at a 

 moderate expence, there can be little doubt that the objections made to it, in 

 this country, would be soon surmounted ; but the vendors charge so high 

 for it, that farmers are deterred from its purchase. — F. Burke. 



X The official documents from which this Paper has in part been com- 

 piled were furnished to the writer, together with much valuable information, 

 by the kindness of Monsieur Boulay de la Meurthe, the Chief Secretary at 

 the Office of Public Works, Agriculture, and Commerce, at Paris. — The 

 Author. 



