The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN

Slll,—llave the goodness to insert the follow-
ng, and you will oblige a subscriber and a lover
4 truth.'

In the Second Edition of last Monday's Even-
g Sun, is a letter signed by one who styles
" Experimentalist." Now I have lived

the greatest part of my life within one mile of
Cheadle Church, and am now Ming within three
miles of the said church, but I never knew, be-
fore reading The Sun newspaper, that the whole
parish contaMed one experimental farmer.
As I know every farm in Cheadle, and also all
the farmers, I was somewhat astonished on read-
ing the. account. I very much doubt the truth
of his figures; and unless he can give the exact
measure, and also the exact weight of each ex-
periment, I for one cannot believe him, nor am I
alone in disbelieving him • and we farmers very
naturally want to know win) " Experimentalist"
is, that we may get infbrmation at home. An-
other reason why I and my brother farmers
doubt the accuracy of his experiments is,
the trifling cost of his manuring. I can tell
" Experimentalist" that I paid is. per ton nett
for stable dung in Manchester, to say nothing of
the cost of carting, men's wages for spreading,
wear and tear, &c. Now 15 tons at is. per ton
will cost 51. 55., just the amount of " Experi-
mentalist's" experiment, No. 2. Is there no
other expense than the, first cost, I would
ask " Experimentalist ?" " Experimentalist"
seems to be an enemy to guano, and that a
public enemy too, or be would not have sent his
glaring figures to London, where scarcely any
one knows anything either about him or the state
of farming in Cheadle. If he had not been its
public.enemy, he would have been content to let
his wonderful (query) experiments be buried. in
oblivion. , But " Experimentalist" had better
inquire of his neighbours for the value of guano
as a manure as compared with stable dung and
night soil, several of whom I know have used it
two years with very satisfactory results, both
upon grazing land and for turnips
and potatoes, as also upon meadow land.
1 know sonic of them who could show him
a sample of hay grown yi th guano against
his extraordinary rich grape, as be calls
it. Now, generally speaking, the heavier the
crop is, the coarser it is—but that is directly con-
trary to 4Experimentalises" experiment. This is
another reason why I doubt the accuracy of his
experiment. "Experimentalist" may vaunt forth
his favourite muck to the world, but his boasting
of having lost 211. by the experiment is ridi-
culous in the extreme ; and should he be in-
clined to send another account before the public,
I would recommend him to be more explicit,
and put his produce upon the scale, and not
make a random calculation, just as his pre-
judiced mind may dictate. JOHN- BULL.
Cheadle, Jan. 11, 1544.

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very judicious and unpretending productions of Mons_
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Conversation," the " Last Step to French," and the
"French Master for the Nursery," any one of which are
sold separately, as they may be required by the progress
of the pupil. • They are singularly concise and clear, and
peculiarly calculated to obviate the necessity of sending
young personi to France, at the risk of morals, to learn
that which may as easily be acquired in this country,
free from the baneful contamination ot' French manners.
We arc happy to observe, from the number of editiors
they have gone through, that they are getting into gene-
ral circulation,

AGRICULTUAL IMPROVEMENTS.— A 'Long the many
and varied improvements progressing in the district of South
Hollastd, it is very gratifying to observe that the system of
hollow or sub-soil draining is exciting general attention, anti
will, when its admirable effects aro more widely known and ap-
preciated, secure its univerval adoption. In the parishos of
Spalding, Moulton, Long Sutton, Kirton, Fosdzke, I.rampton,
&c., under-diaining is carried on with great spirit, and
that it is ins
mani-
fest advantage. It is quite a mistake to suppose
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ci
stluenctquaaesl
trni6otulacbloyf drainingti, e
t:e st ab
tflat a :ri
(.117.1 c tet+ in tist hal
li•oult1
therer is u ecomteri a trial of some of the cheaper plant. Of
these,
Lie grass sod or wedge for
plough, which
taind
thorns for arable lands ; or the mole
cheapest.-11w11,4drerliser.
The Lords of the Adoura ty -have purchased the
working model from which the statue of Nelson upon.
the column' ill Trafalgar-square was executed. The
model is five feet ten inches high, and is to be placed it,
a niche in the vestibule of the Admiralty, immediately
facing the principal entrance to that building,