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In c,.giltyalty to the usual practice, at the ter-
mipatana of the tneetiiilpi tl Huard for the year,
!how begleave to submit to your coasidenition
short detail of the various particular* which have
principally occupied onr attentiou, during the Ses-
sion about to terminate, anti which it is impossible
:to refb:et ou, fur a um:tic:it, without a deep (movie-
tint" of the snAily public advaiitagta which must ne.
cessari:y be derived from this Inatitutiou.
COUNTY REPORT*
The idea of aseertateaug the agricultural state
of every district in the kiu dons, and of printing
each surrey. accorslitig to one unithrm model, so
l'ae greatest uuthrtaking ever attempted by any in-
ablution; and though carried on *nth funds ex-
iremely inadequate to such on attempt, yet it is at
last in a fair way of being happily accosnolished ;
all the counties in England wilt ire completed in
the course of this \year. Several will reismiu to be
dune iu Scotland, for the execu:ion of which, fit
persons cats btr procured, as soon its adequate funds
ere obtained for that porpoise. In the coarse of
dh.4 year, ilre Iteportadsove tie en already printed,
and eight trams:ante:du the Board in a slate ready
tor iskiblicatiosst. so that tits progress has been co's-
Otkerable, and lute terniiitakioa of this moat im-
pnrtaut undertaltiug, by which so large a moan-
ing' of the rands of the Board hat hitherto been
absorbed, is probably at no great distance. •
'The advantages to be derived from their Reports
are ausverwilly • recoguised in foreigu counties, for
I,:ve same plan has been already adopted in Frassee
probably bit imitated iis every
%he.. civilised country. A letter has lately been
ritcsiived from a ca e'struted-agrieulturiot %a I. ra3ce,
which be vial a 'eh; opituois, tt that such a taco-
tare it the moat useful that can he undertaken, fur
tirise_ging, in a short apace airtime, agriculture to a
lijgh degree of perfection." - Indeed the income-
Con fursoshed by the various reports and coutinu-
nicatious publisited by • fire IktarJ, iwr esc..:eds what
1 generally sopr...teadetd. • Dr. Coventry, Proles-
siir of Agriculture in the University of Eslinburlch,
%Os), from his sititatioa, is. led to extunine every
work conueeied.witls the subyecta on whirl' he lec-
tures, has receutly 'declared, " that it thew late
reports and publitatimis. there is detailed. more
misers!l anti distinct inforsuation, on variosis brooches
of agricaiture, and on rural concerto' ire general,
Ann war in priut ,before these were drawn rp."—
NViiat tutu inay net be expected, when ail these
Reports are completed, for little more than sal-,".e
half of then were printed when this idea of their
merit and utility was formed by Dr. Coventry
MACHINERY. • • .
There is no object to-which tire Board ran direct
iti stientisni, of more iiiipertince, than to staples,*
the saiselitoe7
.eity,sloycti in agriculture. In many
eves, by sorb improvements, the WITINI quantity of
work can be better executed, or can be pelormed by
fewer horses, urea consequently at *cheaper rate. by
smelt means, therefore, the) nese:mini; pnce of humao
labour, and, as a uecensery consequence, u higher
price furbelown food, cue' best be coo in enacted. fire
noaroveounem in usaahinta trairsan tted to the Board,
. within these few tpooths past, are nuinerous and
important. Among these arc to bt.• 'cutunerati.d,
1. Mr. Andrews's rapanding. A.cle-fret, by which
the breatiti of sae-cis thsernptiosss.of carria:.:es tin-
plased in husbandry may be altered at pleasure ;
also a wa,:gois, invented by. the seine mechanic, so
well constructed. thut it can tura iu Adana any
situation, and can be drawn in any direction 1,, coil-
svientlF, is peculiiirly well i-abshited for nar-
row limes, for ilrowiiiir ti.nlrer out of fotests, and
would probably lw of singular utility in another
departvueut, siamedi, in conveying artillery. 2.
An Anger. sank to have been Sounded is North
Apierica, on an ingenious principle, which ck-art
he'll*. and which will probable ha found 'applicable
tol3lr. Elltiogton's mode of and other
agricultural purposes. 3. Garnet's Patent Systems,
in de at Bristol, by which s4se frictioa in cisterns.-
and other agricultural Matra/mats,. is greatly re:.
dined. .4. d (lance Mill ; west on the late Lord
Peorhyn's estate in Wales, by which furze
bruised in such a manntr that horses and cows can
eat it with plen.tire ; and with such • a machine,
wit-ere furze can be had from waste grounds, it must
be a valuable resource for cattle, mom especially
in tines of scarcity. A. Ax Insproosd Thrashing.
will, invented by Mr. Moodie, an ingenious me-
chanic nell- Edinburgh, at a price which will not
exceed hisl. which is unconamouly strong, will re-
quire but little repair, takes up but little spare,
mill by meats of which, two horses will thrash a
considerable quantity of any species of grain, with-
out working harder than if they owe at plough :
and, 6, A Switss, Plamgh, made on the principles
ftoomniended by Jain-son of Americai by the
late Mr. Msedougall, whose merit., in thedepail-
ment of Agricultural Mechanism, are so universolly
acknowleleed, arid which bids fair to bring that.
valuable instrunient of husbandry to all the per- 4
fection of which it is camthle.
DOll EnTic (vourrioNs.
Tint situatioa of Europe, at this Cm*
the convulsed state of it. eneauserost relation, inn
the general combination of the Continent against '
these kingdoms, most necessarily he productive of
circumstances, in some respect unfavourable to the
agriculture, and in other respects to the comascree
of the country. Among the agricultural produc-
tions which the war has tended to depreciate, that
of long wool is one of the moat important, amid the
fall in its price has been considerable. An inge-
nious farmer, (Mr. Whitworth, sear Doncaster),
was thence ed to try how far such wool might
be made applicable to the making of sacking, of
ropes,:atri a variety of other articles, and the plan
is likety to successful ;in particular there is rem
von to believe, that wool will be found peculiarly
well'arlapted to lie emjsloyel is muking cots or
hammocks for our seamen, not being so liable to
take fire. Tents made of wool, also, must be' het-
ter clk-ulate.d for resisting wet, than when canvass
is used for that purpose. lly these means, a double
oliject tn. y be obtained ; that of iucrewsisio the vs-
lie of' nu. own productions, and of diusinishiiig
the consumotion of articles imported from a coun-
try. linty unfortunately at variance with us.
Here it may he proper to observe, that, in con-
sesinestee of ea applitatiosi from the Commisssion-
.