The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-26 00:00:00

it practically possesses a4ventage over every other. Thus,
in pastoral farming the stock uodergves minute examination
for certain purposes only at distantly stated periods, and
owing to the wide space over which they have to roam for
food, cnoparatively little attention is bestowed on them by
shepherds and cattle herds. The pastoral farmer has thus
no particular object to attract hie attention at hums between
these long intervals, and in the meantime, while time L apt
to become irksome in cultivating a limited space of amble
land. The came farmer, after the spring work is finished,
before the cows begin to calve, has notniog but hay-
making and brae fallowing in summer to occupy hie
micd until the harvest. Dairy tsrmicg affords little
occupation to the farmer. The farmer near large towns has
little to do in summer from turnip-geed to harvest. The
farmer of mined husbandry has abuodsot and regular employ-
ment at all seasons. Cattle and sheep-fei ding, and matkatine
grain, pleasantly occupy the short days of winter; seed
sowieg dell kinds affords abundant employ meat in spring.
The rearing of young stock, sale of wool, and mature of green
crops, fill up the time is summer until harvest ; and 'etymon,
in all circumstances, brings its own bury avocations in gala r•
log the fruits of the earth. Strictly speaking, mined hus-
bandry does not afford one week of reel toe short
period from assorting the lambs la the ints of August
to putting the sickle to the corn be snot that period
la contracted or prolonged according as the harmst is early
or late
There is another view to be tam of the mixed hobnail ;
It will net, in any year, entirely disappoint the hopes of the
farmer. He will never have to bewail the almost total de-
'traction of his stock by the rot, or the severe storms of
winter, as the pastoral tanner mistimes has. lie cannot
suffer so serious a lose as the cares farmer when his grain is
blighted or burnt up with drought, or its price &reeled for
a succession of years. Should his stock be greatly injured,
or muck deteriorated in value, by such casualties, he has the
grain to rely w ; mad skald the grain fail to a serious ex-
tent, the stab may still emu" him a profitable return. It
is scarcely within the bounds of probtOility that a total de-
struction of live stock, wool, and grain, would occur is any
year. Oat may fail, it is true, and the prices of all may
continue depressed foe year; bat, on the other head, rea-
sonable profits have been realised from them all la the same
year. Thee safeguards exist against a total ices, and there is
• greater certainty of a profitable return from capital invested
in the mixed than it any other kind of huattansry.
The sciences to which the firming pupil ought to
direct his attention, with especial reference to his
future profession, are numerous and sufficient to tax
his powers of mind and capacity for intellectual labour.
Maliematics, natural history, chemistry, mechanics,
in short, the whole range of natural philosophy, will
not only increase the young farmer's inteliigence, bat
will constantly afford him practical advantages in the
conduct of his business. This part of the subject is
fully and ably treated by Mr. Stephen'.
(To be continued.)