The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR TEE EMUS._

Slit,—l have enabled with considerable interest
Mr. Ideehi's long-lookeillwann account, which disappoints
me, as I expected to see a regular amount from tbe com-
mencement of his taking Tiptrce Fink though 1 must
confess, having had NM experience in brazing, I did not
think he could show a preitede result from such probes
outlay as report esp bee sebum place. Mr. Mechi bas
shown enough to eidisfy soy Mar that his system is
radically wrong, sad, If followed tsy_Sbe tesenedmose,
must bnng ruin upon tram mon q them peer
rally pursued. In your ebeereatisa• en the andenni. I
am surprised to see that ens gib& Hag Ide. Mesa Ins
got hold of tie right plindide. I einglide4Mheile
la Ms pedaling so =A aid enialder
semb gamlxt questitr ef IN* Hen esta be Ina
bee by wird, exisraemeg preinernllls MP ISits
it See le me. Mr. Hecht'.
hem Yet genteelly pursited—t=s 11=4, not
big* geed condition. With ali defines I submit that
Mrs IhreW shows by his account that he is net a true far-
mer, but rather a meal trearanfeeturer. He or anybody
else might fat and sell his 2,0001 worth of meat without
occupying or farming land, as tbe food consumed seems to
be, at least in past part, .yierebeeed • and when it is noto-
rious that 1001. weeds of lied giveise cattle will not add
anything like 11111. W the van* of the same, it is clear that
Mr. Meehi's gams suet be a king one. He admits that
his a parent arises from large quantity of food
bat gem be at the same time allow that :he prin-
ciples, polish. so much is bad ? Oh, no! He expects to ba
amply compeasehed by the additional manure obtained,
and I suppose next year the 72 acres of wheat will be esti-
mated at 10 eaembs per acre instead of 9 combs ; but this
increase of 1/. per acre, or a total of 721. from wheat will
be a poor cetera for Lila or 6001. so expended arid sunk.
For such outlay to be remunerative, the productive quality
of the whole Wu should he increased in value 31. tot/. per
acre, and, if Mr. Mechi continues to pursue his system, he
mast go on increasing the productive quality in the mass
proportions in after years.
am sure, front Mr. Mechi's known character, he Ine
wished to place a fair statement or his aceouuts before the
public, but I beg to submit that much more information to
required to satisfy the farmer on many points, and peed-
cubarly that there is ground for estimating that 72 aerie
will yield 9 coumba per acre. To warrant this estimate
there must have been in previous years some large outlay
on the land, as Mr. Miehi has often stated that the soil is
naturally poor. Now, to get at a statement of this outlay,
the money sunk from the commencement of his farming
should appear in his account ; and this should be added to
tb amount of the capital, instead of estimating the value ef
each outlay at Michaelmas, 1850, and converting it into
additional rent to the landlord. It dues nut appear on the
lace of the account what the 2,7001. capital represents.
The year's outlay ts 6,5831., sad in the common way of cal.
gelation it requires at least so much capital to take a farm.
I wish to inquire how it is that only three-and-a-half
per cent. allowed for the capital; the old and fair
method is to calculate that the tenant should
make 10 per cent., out of which housekeeping expenses
Me to be
_void, I do not mean on the scale which I have
bend Nz. Nechi keeps house, but so that a tenant of 170
wee may support his family respectably. Although Mr.
Mechi allows ouly 31 per cent. interest fur the capital, he
allows nothing out of the farm for housekeeping. I would
just observe, that in taking stock at Michaelmas, 1850,
there is no notice of the cattle food, such as corn or ell
sake, in hand at that time, and with such a number of
cattle, sheep, and pigs, I should apprehend the quantity
Was considerable, and this would, of course, swell the
amount of capital. I would also point out that the number of
been at hlichaelcnas' 1331, must be quite inadequate kw
Oa eying on a farm of 170 acres, nearly, if not all, arable,
se& I beg to submit that the labour of cultivating,
easb a bee, 72 acres being in wheat and 271 in potatoes,
emend be properly done even with wages at Bs. per week
for 2401., and I think there mast be some mistake in the
outgoing fur tithes and rates, 581. being only 7s. pee
acre. Union there is a modus the sum is only sufficient
for tithe rent; at any rate in this district 10s. per acre will
hardly cover tithes and rata. Instead of the account Mr.
Mechi has favoured us with, I should like to have seen the
actual receipts and payments for the different items he has
specified in each year during his occupancy; this would
have shown how much rent and interest he had really
made, and then allowance might have been made if nevi-
sary for the difference in value of the stock and tillages oa
entering, and at Michaelmas, 1851, thus the estimating of
crops would have been avoided.
Concluding that Mr. Mschi recommends his high systole
for general adoption by the farmers, for, to be good for say-
thing it ought to be desirable for all, 1 shall point out a
few of the difficulties which it strikes me must prevent lb
being generally punned. First. The capital embarked la
farming must be doubled, and in some cases trebled. Eng-
land contains upwards of thirty millions of acres; and,
suppose that 20 millions of them farmed with a capital of
61. an acre, we have then a capital of 121 millions so em-
ployed, and, as Mr. Mechi admits; his capital is 1131. an
acre, and it is probably half as much more, it follows that
the fanners, to follow his system, would require 200 millions
of additional capital to start with, and of course every fans
of 170 acres and upwards must have its steam-ovule, and
arappocin/ one-third of England is in farms of that size
Seem 60,000 engines will be required, the cost of which I
used sot estimate, nor show the difficulty, or rather Imo
gelleibility of raising such an enormous capital.
'Sat where, I would ask, is the additional quantity of
odds and shep for such a system to come from, and the
Did aseswery to fatten such additional live stuck, and whoa
dl the timers of 170 acres have attained the same state of
perflacisa that Mr. Mcchi has arrived at, and can send se
much meat and corn to market as he dues, have you and he
considered what is to become of it, and at what price beef
and mutton and wheat will, under such circumstances, be
likely to sell, for the more there is at market no doubt the
leas it is worth. I fear it would be returned to the fanners
and the value of it would appear on the creditor side of ble
asseeat as additional manure.
If the common system of farming and grazing supplies 4
*ea (of 141b5.) of meat and 3 quarters of wine on wee
per annum, Mr. Mechi's principle would, if generally amid
eat, supply 40 stones of meat and 4 to 5 quarters of wheat
ea
acre. And, again, I ask, what can be done with sash
Increased supply, and at what prices should we hear of hag
mutton, and wheat being sold in Smithfield and Mark-lane
If Essex now sends two million stone of meat to Louden
annually, and half that county should adopt Mr. Mochro
system, the supply of meat to Smithfield from that distriee
dew would be equal to the present supply of all England.
=sae pi= should be but partial) y arlopled,,_thooe
it will nut only lose, as Mr. it dee,
Inelbele awn prudent neighbours will feel the swat fires
se market being lowered by increment NMI use
Bet I need nut trouble you further to show WIWI
new light would lead us. Toe farmers are oldest es
Mr. Mean for trying his experiments and giving thornlike
benefit, as far as ba has dune, of his experience. Dog. ads
mittiug that his manufacturing of meat has on the 11111116
bees profitable to himself, I would ask him to eemillar
lila would he the effect of such a system ou the peel hula
&mem, who must continua to make only IMO ai
MIN an acre, whilst he makes 40 stones of meat an SOON ilf
Ws erten were carried out by a few hundred farmers c.
la addition to himself.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
TROILUS LOX3E TAYLOI.
Stanton, near Harkens, Dee. M.

DEATH Or J. W. M. TURNER, ERG., R.A.—The
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SEARCH FOR THE MISSING ARCTIC EIPEDI-
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another expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, by way
of Beheing's Strait. The Plover is to be communicated
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asst. The arrival of the news brought by the Melilla',
that the Plover had not been able to get north, decided
the question, and despatches were sent out by tho mail
to the Pacific,saying what was to be done in future.—Hants
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