The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-07 00:00:00

.lie under no:cliSadrantages in respect to raising and. suppoating
cattle, which may not be removed by the same means that the
food for cattle,!and •conseqUently their number have been in-
creased more than one. half in other countries within the last
30 years, And which has increased the whole produce of the land
in those countries in the same proportion, without any material
addition of labenie-The intreiluetion of. the petatoe into this
Province
.within the last 60 years, has increased the annual pro-
duction -of 'food for•man, mare than would readily at first have
been admitted. It has also -done cons:aka:able towards increas-
ing that of lire stoelt : • although the cultivation of . that root is.
far frorn having yet attained that degree: of extent- andperfec-
tion of which it issus,ceptible, as will he readily perceived by
:the higher price which potatoes bear in this country to the other
asrkultursl productions, than in Great Britain.— The. introduda
t
on and general eultivatinn field turnips' and clover, for both
of which - the experiments that have, been made; during.. the
last three years, prove e country to be extremely well cal-
culated, would do more: in ;providing an abundance of food. for
cattle, than -otatocs have done in adding to the food of our po-
pulation. To insure the full advantages to be expected' from
their, they however require the perfected drill culture, and a
rotation of crops, Which are -nearly unknown thranghont the
country, excepting in Et few instance. where they have heenim-
perfectly applied- to potatoes, and ground on •which •they have
.been raised.
The .experiments which have been made
.about Quebec, give
the 'fallowing results of -turnip crops as'foodfor 'dads cattk,
compared with hay : . , •
The averaese of an arpent of turnips on light lard, is about
40f) ininots, . which is not half of what ..has actually been pro-
diked on an arpents Each bushel of turnips contains fully as
n,uch -food .fir cattle as two hnnelles. of hay ; with a small .por-
tion el Coarse hay or straw, cattle thrive better on this Mod,
than - with a •frill alloysance of-the best hay. :Thus an arpent
cialtivate'd in turninS gives a produce equal to 860 hundies of
hay, or tine average; produce ..of four arpents ; and the:. superior
Onelity of the mailing grain crop, 'owing to the cleaning. or the
land of both the roots and seeds of weeds .by. the drill ,culture.
throughout the summer, more than compensates for the greater
q-aantita pf labour employed for the turnip crop than fur a hay
crop.. EtirOpeen iarinerawho 'have had any experience in
this country, now ra'r'e that tiiinips are More easily .4 better
.preserved for ths food 'of cattle in the winter here, than iraGreat
Britain. The red clover seed, mixed with timothy, sown and
harrowed in immettiatolt after harrowing in the grain, which is
usually made to succeca a. turnip crop, hardly ever fails; and
avhen preserved free frerni- being trodden by eatsle after' the
harveSt and the ensisiag: spring, it gentrally•gives, even on light
lands, as heavy a .crap • of clean hay as the best cid me a- •
doWs; •and never faiths to form a, rich and -abundant pasture ,for
the ensaing year, When 'the/ land is again in a fit candition to
:be broken u', and •-gireS u eXeellent grain ._crop,. to besuc-
ceeded the year following by a, root eon, and cleaning. This
Eve -years rotationsdoes very well for the light lands which now •
proiluce hardly any tiling, enabling the Owner to keep more
came, in good and 'profitable condition, on such a land, than is
now Itept upon a farm of the same extent of arable land-of.-the
first tiuslit7, and the whole with little- or no addition of labeur
or capital,- saving a little snore intelligence, and incluStry in
collecting manure, which is manually increased with. the pro-
ductiveness•of his farm. On better lands a sixc or seven ymis
rotation is taken. Intelligent practical fariners,•judging from
• their own -eXperience inthe•country, make now no dolibtoof the
practicability of doublingand trebling, in a ,vcrasfew years,
-the quantity of feol• for cattle 'on the poorest 'arable land
the country, with 'no other capital, than that - which-is possessed.
by almost every owner of land in the Province. For our
-own part, although agricultural '=information must Continue to
spread slowly- in this country, from the want of education
*Moog.. the. farmers, We, are :persuaded that it•will•not.•baa
great many years before-the agriculture of this. Province will be
in a condition to raise and support a In/mei-bus and thriving
stock of cattle, which are the true riches of the farmer, and tne
surest-source of the prospe.rty of every agricultural country.
Rivmt OTTELLE, 19fin7 -1821.-alt appears from
the report of several travellers, that the body of a Man was
'found frozen to death near the middle of Lake •Teinisconata,
• and has.been lying there for these! two months, to the disgust
Of all who were obliged to pass that Way. Several of them'
it seems being willing to bury but were :preventedfrom
performing this last office, by one of the 'Veterans who is still
settled on that. Lake,. and !insisted that the body should • re.
main where it was, until it Should be examined by the Coro-
r.er. I will not- judge upon the propriety ofsuch conduct, as I
am not well sesquainted with the....mast peeper measures that
ought to have be en taken on the subject. From the reports of some
oftliese travellers it appears, that the person ,was a Scotehman,
on his way to Quebec, and had given the followine! account (if
himself at a Frenchman's house a: little on this side of :Mada-
waska
.Settlement, where he had taken his breakfast :—" Xle
had been living in New Brunswick, 'and embarked 114: wife
and children at St. John's-to send them home, while hav-
ing some claims fer money at Quebec, set•out for that pur-
pose, -and intended.todake his passage from thence to join his
family." After leaving the said Frenchman's house, it seenis-,
from
.the •trac•t and front one of his shoes being' found, that on
crossing White Birch River the ice gave way under him, and
that ha with difPanilty disentangled himself and went -on. On
reaching the Lake, not being acquainted with the dangers of
degeleesahe• fell in !tgain at• that plaee,• and happened-to
save himself a second time. • Not Entliog, any. other inhalcited
be 'walked- on the Lake until he had • travail NI seven
leagueg and a half from the Frencliman.'s hoase, when, before
ha could read' Doll's house, being, haraSsed- with fatigue, wet
.t\ral cold, be:fell dorMa first upon-his knees, and then upon his
hands and elbows, in Which position he expired and was toured.
These travellers say, that no papers or any thing else- was
found upon him which might -have :lad to the discovery of Ids
name.