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and the elevation as much as 1000 feet above the level of the 
sea ; much more, therefore, will the enterprise be successful when 
the conditions are more favourable, and the climate less unpro- 
pitious. But independently of the gains, which are very con- 
siderable — amountinpf sometimes to as much as 50 per cent., and 
even more — arising from the judicious cultivation of the barren 
heath, there is a consolation in knowing that every acre effectually 
won from the waste or the wilderness adds so much to the 
national resources, and increases the value of the property imme- 
diately adjoining it. 
Heaton House, Mushton, near Macclesfield. 
XXVIII. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consump- 
tion in the Metropolis By Egbert Herbeet. 
Although there was a decided falling off in the imports of 
foreign stock during the first six months of the present year, 
when compared with the corresponding periods in 1866 and 
18G7, the general condition of the beasts and sheep at hand 
was good ; consequently the deficiency in the supply of imported 
food was comparatively trifling. During the greater portion of 
the season some remarkably fine stock was received in the 
metropolis from Norfolk, Suffolk, <Scc. ; but towards its close the 
weight and condition of both beasts and sheep, arising from 
the severe drought in all parts of England, and the great scarcity 
of pasture-food, fell off considerably. The season, therefore, 
closed badly. The graziers in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and 
Northamptonshire have, however, suffered severely. The 
drought wholly prevented them from finishing off their beasts, 
and many of them, owing to the scarcity of food, were com- 
pelled in July to sell large numbers of beasts in very little more 
than a half-fat state. The almost total failure of the turnip-crop, 
and the moderate yield of the new barley and oats, have led to 
the inference that meat, especially that of fine quality, will be 
very high in price during the last three months of the present 
year.* 
The enormous growth of swedes in 1867 has been a great 
boon to cattle-feeders ; indeed, the cowkeepers of London — who 
were well supplied with swedes till the end of July — would 
* Fortunately, the country has been visited by some splendid rains, the growth 
of grass has been somewhat rapid, the potato-crop has shown signs ofimpiovement, 
and there is every prospect of a full average growth of white turnips. — August 18</t. 
