The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE CARLISLE JOURNAL.

Woo kincon Hall, Nov. 30, 1018.

SIR-1 inn silmirOsiNthrlsigh the medium of your widely-ex-
tended. Pap r,ufgiving puidieity to (be result of In its fur the
purpose of ascertaining the vompaa mice work perfoi mill by
oxeii and horses in ploughing. I have long been a strenuous,
Ilsouzli, I am sorry to say, au 1110/11CCIs.ful advocate fur em-
ploying WWII in Ilw plough. The pro justice which prevails
against oxen in not cootiocil to 1t.., ter of the kingdom.
Not very stoisly yeani ag•t, Mr ('ok o'l4 a. hostile to the use
of the iix as lie is now friendly. tors 1-Vllllllle ha. hail, as it
kave,a powerful cfi.cl iu eoilut ing the prejudices
of others firtween SualTham aiiil ~,,, a lIIWAIICe 01
little tonne than lb in. ,a, I lora last year $0 us ploughs at
wo,k. Out a recent visit to the tltu•stiou of how
far it Will advantageous to employ taco was di•cnssrd. My
Enrol, Mo. Rennie, abuse reputation is .0 deservicily high all
a gaud tat suer, c pleiely g.. 1 the het ier a 411 the us %111111.1411
natinct 11 in favour of working ox'n, by v.gitu tn 4, nit. to
state the at/.k they were able to pet form 1 its so seiroble
of the necessity of tieing emoishril n sib Iles information,
heftier 1 11111111 hope to overcome the prejniliees of any prat•
heal farm r, that 1 resolved to lose uu time in having it
poiperly am:PO:med. Accident accelerated the C-111 yilig my
lives into exit noon. The progress of my ploughing on
my •• torn fill tio Akin of exp. elation, that I illretled a fold
of 111 acres to he set off in 'cedar otirtiiiiis for nine
horse and five ux plunzlis. The bosses hail trim acres
emr, and the oxtu four moil Olive quarters. The bursts
finished their work in eleven days and a half each;
some were eleven, others twelve day. ;lout it. %Villimm
Ewes and our other mot finished their'. m n vin day. and a
half; the usher three were eight day, ; and one a lotty, Ke
who tau. sent to the SClloolir tarn' from its' Dublin Society,
nine days Part of the ground (which was MI oat stubble
broke fa waste the first crop) was much overrun with grass,
which greatly impeded the proper:y lay Ili.: the fursoa. The
stones were also a I barrier. 11a deriture lions lite
Setouse is about two miles; sloe uxeu were a 1111111 hall a moo
of their work. %%Iwo this was Mashed Ih'•y were removed la
a liehi of teat stubble of !linters. acre.

Win. Ewes plrted three wed a half in five days.
Wm. Smith, ditto.
John GlOl4lll, ditto, five days and a half
Ki•ue in seven days.
last meet, days fonr rot ploughs have finished
22 acre, of clover leis. The mum, whilst employ. d MI the new
enclosure, laid out and had turnip on or .►s. They have ►nice
been taken in. Ido nut lector, ib y have done inure work
than what they were regularly in the habit of performing
Their food is as massy turnip, as they will eat, Sevres 110111 Ida
ot• strew ; and a 141.111 s and a half of steamed chaff, with row
ounces of tall per slay. With the exception of tw., the
Mien were all reared at 11.. Scherwre, sat the short-liorned
firre,l--.which. on trial, are equial to any D. von or Derefords
I ever had. I I.olllolellee Working ahem la•ture they are two
years old. The oxen work the same hours as looses I shall
fu.lear off., rug any calculations as it/ cost of f. sling, Or the
deltritiratloll ul horses, and the illiprorrintid sal sxru till
they reach six years Old. The advantage of horse uver ox
!Amor appears to be sale fon. th, against %Melt is to be set
the differ, life of feed, &c I ni.,11 Hut In lead any man's
jorlgnient, hut rein desirous of retorrisig the question to the
result of soy Milt ellTtiftliotle.
I behest. f.•w will question that, in ronsemsence of the wet-
ness of our e~imatr, we err able to employ our ploughs a sixt►
le►s m iii. course of the yeau than iis the soul hero parts of ibis
empire. The consequence us, that we siri- c.,.npellc.l to have.
■ greater roles. to work the same quaiitily of ►lwdd
say by one fourth. That we suffer by havirig our crisps too
lung delay. d in the apsiug le, I believe, generally admitted.
If, therefore, all extra force he 'wet rotary, Ow questing*
What is the ch. aryl mode of furniahlog it ? Hitherto, far-
mers' to a limited amount have rojoyell au flaltil."0" hula
the full dilly tio agricultural looms. This allow:Jere was,
in the last S.•s►run of Parlour...lth Continued for another
year. 'l•he question will in ■ few months te;ois tome
ler the ctopilimite of the Legislature. I ti ant the
justice of the ease will operate iu cuutinurnx It, or to.
tally alarlislithic a tax sil mtlircssive ttiol burdrusum•
to agricultiore. It reeommerols, how. ver, the spicstirm of
einporying oxen very forcibly so the comoderathin of the
farmer. I have stated for result of the weak performed as
fairly as I ans able. 1 have seen the proitidiera of both
men and wariness got the. better of at 110 Stlemsr. The
complaint of tlie• last two years has beret, that I had re.
duced niy ruinlllllllelll of mom for horses, owl I have• Own)s
been and am .80%0 ilic, die penult is OM diStallt wbr n a pew.
ti tttt rf risers will be found on every farm. I aveir myself
of this opportunity to say a word or two oil the subject
of salt. I rejoice to hind 110 trial* of 11 Orr oath!. Mit. In
111.111ittaill to what I have fornierly slated ill laVuiir of it, I
am now enabled to add, that out of fifty ahrw•ling Deimos
killed this winter at the Schouse, the whole have been per-
fectly sound. Previous to the %air I.f salt it was rare to find
a liter that was nut Mitre so less tainted. The cattle and
horst* are coniusiswit us Ilie free use of salt. LIMO, at
the Sclitosse I have givell six ounces ter day to win k•lionws
—four with steamed potatoes—two wills steamed chat':
I fully expect it will operate pith erfully horn. a
greasing. In the cuurM• Of a few mouths I shall he able to
speak more dereltally on the subject. I find the addnrund
quamlity of CM SO far 111 Perre tartishly well with the
horses. The general 11,e of salt will out only br found highly
beneficial to the agriculturist, but will for mall so large an ad_
dittoes tai Ihe smolint Of the salt-tax as to justify and cell fur
the reduction of the duty ill far. • sir Its., public at large.—
atoms htiy thousand tons is that pay duty all Great Itri.
talus. It salt weir p ii. rally applied to the tenting of cattle,
the consethipliou would real h six limes that aisruiiiit, and
littidftre, al live posurils n too, a ►um • qiiivalrest to Die pre.
sent oppressive and unequal tax, rn allots a labourer pays a
sixth wort of his earnings, a Mist the Ora leaf du out pay
more than from Zioo to 1000th part tan this usidisperisable ne-
cessary of life. I sin you' a, n.e.
CURIVEN.