The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-19 00:00:00

Till REAPING RAMER AND THE PRE-

SIIIVATION OF Cidiflf.

(From Bells Wi►Aiy Messenger.)

In a recent number of the Messenger we had occa-
sion to point out the great advantages which the fanner de-
rives from the use of the reaping machine ea compared to
that of hand labour in gathering hie crops of Dorn. • • •
Yet, In oohs of thesis manifold advantages in favour of the
reaper the landlords in several districts have sternly let
their fore against it. In Bedfordshire' and in one or two
neighbouring cotusties, for instance, the farmers have re-
delved notice to the effect that their corn must be cut by the
slot* and not by the reaper, and we all know the result of
disobeying notices of this nature. The reason pre-
sumed, but not 'Reigned for interdicting the use
of the reaper is that the game are greatly dis-
turbed whenever that implement is employed, and
the preservation of game is of touch more consequence
to the proprietor of the soil than the economising the cost, or
increasing the quality, of its productions. TIM landlords,
weerhowever, to forget that the reaper need not necessarily
cut the corn so low as ft usually does, if that be the sole ob-
jection to its use; bat the farmer must necessarily lase a
quantity of straw which, for feeding purposes, is very valua-
ble to him. Again, were the reaper in universal use, the
" birds" would be subject to the same disturbing influence,
wherever their preservation might be studied and enforced,
eo
that all lovers of game would stand upon a par in that te-
mpest. Let us, however, calculate the gain of the landlord,
by lalwinothia the reaper, and contrast that with the lose
which the farmer mart sustain, were the interdiction gene-
rally enforced. Ws will suppose there to be 1.000 bead of
germ upon a farm which grow*, say 200 terse of corn, and
this we outsider a vary low eatiroate ; and we will euppose,
also, that 600 head, or just one-half, are disturbed and driven
away by the stubble being left too low, &c. The accounts
will then stand thus :

400 bird', at 64. per brace Z 2.5 0 0
100 tuns, at 3s. 6d. par heed l7 10 0

£42 10 0
By tieing the sickle, however, instead of the reaper, the
farmer's aooount for labour alone would stand thou:
200 acres, for one pale of horses and one man, will
cost, allowing 10 sores to be cut per day
Binding, ,to, at 4.. 6d. per acre 46 0 0
Cost of labour by teepee £6o 0 0
Suppose this labour done by hand-labour, so as not to
&team the " birds," &c., we have :
200 acres mowed and,
bound at 9a. per awe, allow-
ing 10 wave to be cut per day £9O 0 0

We have, then, • difference first of 301. in favour of the
reaper against the sickle, in the save of labeler aloe., end,
emenedly, • gain of 421. 10.., arising from the distarbanoe
of the game ; and as birds, hares, dm., like kindred vermin,
are said to sat their heoda off, we can readily imagine that
the use of the temper secures the holder of 200 aerie of corn
lend fay double that aura for teed alone. If this be the
ease, of which we entertain very little doubt, the adventage
derived from using the reaper in preference to the sickle is
nearly ant. par sett., to place the matter in the most limited
point of view. Under these circtunetances we are astonished
at the inepolley, and we may say injustice, of the landlords
setting their faoee against moping machines, simply
toens a larger quantity of game on their somas. The
unties, too, is all the more earls& when the farmer le
to ed upon in every direction to adopt improvements in fps
a:titivation of the moll, and has been twitted upon several
occasions for not availing himself of the newest devices for
Improving that cultivation. And now, forsooth, that the
more active end intelligent of the farmers are adopting them
devices, and are oncoming, by their intelligence and activity,
the demand made upon enema by the publio, certain landlade
step in and say, Improve the culture of the soil if you
will, but do not diminish my pleasure ; and, thrinsh the
reaping machine may do you a grist service, by enabling you
to get in your crops better and damper, it has the effect of
disturbing the game open my estates, and I prefer the pre-
servation of the game to the blessing of an abundant har-
vest.

CJITIYAL PALuzz. ORS San.tmo DAT.
Moirs•T, Oar. 18. Addidnikoo on porment, 2,484 ;
ditto by moms *book WO : total onitfoo, 2.864.

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