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Frcndi Experimental Farm at Vaiijours. 
Flax, for which there is a market, requires much more hibour, 
and does not like strong dressintrs of manure. 
Cabbage is another crop which suggests itself. The kind 
made into saurkraut may be cultivated with advantage, it being 
ca])able of bearing any quantity of manure. The rabbits are its 
great enemies ; but string covered with " qlu marine " stretched 
in two lines, at 4 and 7| inches from the ground, round the cab- 
bage-bed, is reported to have protected the plants, with the aid 
of a few discharges from a gun night and morning ; but an 
appeal to the law of 1844 barred the use of the latter, the more 
efiicacious defence. 
To market-gardening the want of hands, the competition of 
the rich plain of Vertus, and the uncertainty of the market, are 
obstacles. The vegetable market at Paris is cheaper than in 
the environs. 
As to mangold, it is stated that, though the produce was fair in 
1859 and good in 1860, still the crop was in both cases grown at 
a loss. At the existing price of alcohol, there was a prospect of 
jnalcing nearly 13s. per ton, besides receiving back in pulp 60 
per cent, of the weight delivered ; and these terms are con- 
sidered remunerative. 
A little spring rape for seed, some few acres of corn, and 
flax grown on a small scale, will complete the programme for 
future cropping. 
Conclusion. 
We will now take leave of this French Experimental Farm, 
•with the hope that on some future occasion we may be enabled 
to record, not only its further contributions to scientific agricul- 
ture, but its financial prosperity. If the fixed charges on the 
land for drainage and irrigation press heavily on the account, the 
latter, at least, will, in a few years, clear itself, in consequence 
of the liberal allowance made for depreciation. The proximity 
to Paris, the great extension of that city, the influence of rail- 
ways on its environs, are promising features in this undertaking ; 
so that, when the management has thoroughly recognised, and 
adjusted itself to its position, a profit may be looked for. 
The difficulty of reconciling experimental and scientific 
farming with profit has been referred to', by the manager of 
Vaujours. If any English, Irish, or Scotch agricultural esta- 
blishment can give proof that it has both acted as a pioneer for 
science, and likewise realised a gain, any statement to that effect 
will be welcomed by this Journal as a matter of congratula- 
tion to the world at large. If any single farmer, whose occu- 
pation is remunerative, can point to similar experiments and 
show as clear accounts as these, his name will be enrolled in the 
