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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
NoVEJlBEn 11. 
2?. 2s. 108. Cockerel by Sam, batched second week in April; 4^ lOQ. 
by Patriarch, hatched second week in April; 5/. 5s. 110 . PuUet 
by Sam, hatched third week in April; Al. 10s. 111. Cockerel by Patri¬ 
arch, hatched second week in April; W. 6 s, 112. Cockerel by Jerry, 
hatched first week in I\Iay; Pullet by Patriarch, hatched third week in 
April; 5/. 15s. 113. Cockerel by Patriarch, hatched third week in March ; 
Pullet by Sam, hatched second week in April; 4/. 2 s. 6 d. 114. Cockerel 
by Sam, hatched second week in April; PuUet by Jerry, hatched third 
week in April; 3^ 15.9. 115. Cockerel by Sam, hatched third week in 
March; Pullet by Patrianoh, hatched third week in April; 6 ^. 11 6 . 
Cockerel by Jerry, hatched first week in May ; PuUet by Sam, hatched 
second week in April; Al. 10s. 117» Cockerel'hY Sam, hatched second 
week in March; 21. 15s. 118. Pullet by Sara, hatched second week in 
April; 21. 15s. IIQ. Pullet by Jerry, hatched first week in April; 
21. 1.5s, 6d. 120. Pullet by Patriarch, hatched third week in April; 3^ 15s. 
121 . CocArerW by Jerry, hatched third week in April; Al. 122 . Cockerel 
by Sam, hatched second week in April; 1 /. 10 s. 123. Pullet by Patriarch, 
hatched third week in April; 4/. /s. 6 d. 124. Pullet by Jerry, hatched third 
week in April; hi. 10s, 125. CocArere/by Jerry, hatched second week in May; 
PuUet by Patriarch, hatched second week in April; hi. 7 s. 6 rf. 126 . Cockerel 
by Patriarch, hatched third week in April; 3/. 127 . Cockerel hy itxvjy 
hatched third week in April; \l. 14s. 128. Pullet by Patriarch, hatched 
second week in April; 3/. 7s* ^d. 129 . Pullet by Patriarch, hatched first 
week in April; 3^ 5s. 130. Pullet by Patriarch, hatched first week in 
April; Al. 4s. 131. Cockerel by Sam, hatched third week in April; 1 /. 3s. 
132. Cockerel by Jerry, hatched first week in April; 1/. 7s. 6 c?. 133. 
Pullet by Jerry, hatched second week in April; 4?. 12s. 6 rf. 134. Cockerel 
by Jerry, hatched third week in March; 3?. 3s. 135. Pullet by Jerry, 
hatched second week in April; 3/. 12s. 6 ^?. 136. Pullet by Sam, hatched 
first week in March; 3/. 5s. 137* Cockei'el by Patriarch, hatched first 
week in April; PuUet by Sara, hatched first week in April; 5?. 138. 
Cockerel by Patriarch, hatched third week in April; Pullet by Jerry, 
hatched first week in April; 21. 15s. 139. Cockerel by Jerry, hatched 
third week in April; Pullet by Patriarch, hatched second week in April; 
Al. 4s. 140. Cockerel by Patriarch, hatched third week in April; Pullet 
by Sam, hatched first week in April; 3/. 15s. 141. Cockerel by Jerry, 
hatched third week in April; Pullet by Patriarch, hatched first week in 
April; 21. 4s. 142. Cockerel by Patriarch, hatched second week in April; 
PuUet by Sam, hatched second week in April; 4/. 7s. 6 d. 143. Pullet 
by Patriarch, hatched second week in April ; 21. 17 s. 6d. 144. PuUet by 
Patriarch, hatched second week in March; 3/. 15s. 145. PK??e^ by Sam, 
hatched first week in March; 3?. 15s. 146 . PuUet by Sam, hatched 
second week in March; 3?. 13s. 147* Pullet by Patriarch, hatched first 
week in April; 3?. 15s. 148. Pullet by Patriarch, hatched second week 
in March; 3?. 5s. 149* Pullet by Patriarch, hatched first week in April; 
3/. 10 s. 150. Pullet by Patriarch, hatched first week in April; hi. 10s. 
151. White Cockerel} I?. 17s. 
We intended to have offered comments upon some of 
the lots, but we liave only space to add, that lot 101, 
the seven months old cockerel that realised i'12 10s., 
was a huff-coloured bird, very square iramed, and stout, 
hut that we think the pullets, as a whole, sold better 
than the cockerels. This probably arose from the fact 
that they had all reached the age when their greatest 
beauty is attained; whilst the beauty of the cockerel is 
not fully developed until he is about two months older. 
EORSYTH MSS. 
When we stated that Sir John Sincl.iir was the third 
son of his father, we omitted to observe that he was the 
only survivor of the three, and we deem this explanation 
needful, because, without it, our other statement that 
necessity did not stimulate him to exertion is not suf¬ 
ficiently apparent. I’he foundation of his classical 
attainments was laid at the High School of Edinburgh, 
but he subsequently received the title of LL.D. from 
three Universities—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Oxford. 
In addition to the places in his native country which 
we have mentioned as returning him to Parliament, we 
may add Lostwithiel, and Petersliold, in England. 
It deserves to be recorded as one of the bright spots 
in the too usually black treatment of our countrymen by 
Napoleon lluonaparte, that when he heard of the capture 
of a son of Sir John Sinclair, who was travelling in 1SOO 
with his tutor, he immediately ordered passports to be 
given to them, and treated them with the greatest 
politeness. 
One of the successful efforts of Sir J. Sinclair was the 
foundation of the Board of Agriculture, in 1793, of 
which he was elected the first President. He was not 
so successful, however, in its management. It unfortu¬ 
nately acted as if it had taken for its motto “ Prices, 
Politics, and Practice,” and was dissolved somewhere 
about the year 1812, in consequence of the Parliamentary 
grant of ^SSUOO a year being withdrawn. Its successor, 
“ The Royal Agricultural Society,” acts up to its more 
legitimate motto, “ Practice with Science.” 
Whilst the Board of Agriculture existed. Sir J. Sinclair 
was very active in sustaining the publication of its 
transactions, and Mr. Forsyth contributed to them on 
the subjects suggested by the following letter, dated 
Whitehall, June 12,1797 :— 
sm JOHN SINCLAIR TO MR. FORSYTH. 
You will herewith receive a copy of the plan, according to 
which it is proposed to have, not only the corrected Pieports 
drawm up, but also the General Report from the Board of 
Agriculture, respecting the state of the kingdom at large, 
by which you will perceive tliat it is intended to have a 
distinct chapter on gardens and orchards. 
It is extremely difficult to find persons fit for drawing up 
the different chapters, who unite a talent and capacity for 
writing witli a practical knowledge of the different subjects 
which it is necessary to have explained, and that is par¬ 
ticularly the case in regard to gardens, and even orchards, 
though we have already collected a great deal of infonn- 
ation respecting that branch of our inquiry. 
I will sliortiy endeavour to explain the nature of the 
paper that it would be desirable to have di-awn up on those 
subjects. 
Hints for chapter 9, of the General Report, on the sub¬ 
ject of gardens and orchards. 
Introduction—On the various modes of raising food for 
man, by cultivating the earth, and the superior quantity of 
food produced by gardening. 
Sect. 1.—On the production of the garden, in an agricul¬ 
tural point of view. 
2.—On the most productive articles to he cultivated. 
0.—Of the best mode of cultivating them, the fittest 
manures, (fee. 
4. —On the best rotation of crops, so as to produce 
tlie greatest quantity of human food. 
5. —On the value of an acre of garden land properly 
cultivated as food for man, and the number of 
persons it would maintain. 
0.—On cultivating food for cattle, (fee. (as Lucerne), 
in gardens, or in a similar system. 
7. —On the quantity of land which one man can 
properly cultivate in a year with the spade. 
8. —On cottage gardens, their jjroper size, fittest 
articles of produce. 
9. —Of the fruit-garden, and the quantity of food that 
may be produced in fruit-gardens, per acre. 
10. —On orcliards. 
Conclusion—On hot-liouses. 
It is certain, that fruits may ho considered rather as a 
luxury, or, in hot seasons of the year, as a kind of medicine, 
and as calculated rather for producing drink than food. At 
the same time, it is a subject too important to he entirely 
omitted in an agrienltnyal report on the general state of the 
kingdom and its productions. The paper need not he long, 
giving merely a general view of the subject, without entering 
too much into detail. 
If you have leisure to undertake such a paper, I am per- i 
suaded that, coming from your hands, it would give great | 
satisfaction to the Board and to the public, which I need I 
not add, would he doing a material service to the country. j 
N.B.—Sir Jolm Sinclair is particularly anxious that Mr. I 
Forsytli should draw up such a paper for the Boai-d. as he i 
has such access to obtain authentic information on tlie sub- j 
ject of kitchen-gardening in particular, from the numerous | 
body of gardeners in tlie neighbourhood of Loudon. 
