Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-05-25
Hestau, April 90, 1899.
AGRICULTJRE OF NORTHERN Ell.
ROPE

In Prussia the rate Of wages is very low, moi
averaging more than hvepencc per day. yet the
day laborers who have constant employment
with cottage potato grornd and nax patch
are said TO be better circumstance ihan
hose persons who have been recently raised
from the ieuda ranks TO that OF freehold pro-
prletors.
Those lahorers who are boarded in the hous
es oil their empl ,yers, have sofficiency II food
consii'ing Of rye bread potatoes, Of buck .whea
made into soups Of various kinds aud ia many
instances are provided with msat, commonly
bacon, twice n week.
In general the soil of the maritime provinces
Of Prusgia is - light. that IL may be easily
poughed with two oxen, and those Of dimln.
Ished size, and no great strength. have not
upffequenilY seen, on the smaller portions of
land, single cow drawing the plosgh and
wills the plough mas guided by the owner tine
colo rms led by his ,oife.
TIE various implements OF busbandry are
quite of as low description az the working
cattle The plonghs are i'll constructed, with
very little iron IN them The harrows are made
Of wood, without any iroE, even for the tines
or teeth The wagons are mere planks, laid
on the frame loose, and resting against upright
stakes, fixed into rs sides. TIE cattle are at
ached TO these Implements by ropes. without
leather in any part Of the harness. The use OF
the roller is scarcely known and the clods, in
preparing the failow ground, are commonly
broken to pieces by hand with wooden msllels
In sowing, the seed is carried in the apron. or
The skirts of The frork of the man who scatters
It on the ground
The nonied value of,he live stock on The
farms is low The hest fiocks Of Merino shee o,
exclusive of the wool, are averaged 10 he worth
nh no nf fla hon 'nv al
from 30s TO 65s. dairy which saw. of he
best description, was let to a daryman nj 36s.
per year The owner told me, he valued them
a los. per head. and thought the aver age
weight Of The butter from each the cnlf being
taken from the mother when ten days old, was
about 100 pounds each year. The variation in
the price of COWS Is much greater than ia that
of sheep, according 10 their race, 10 the soil on
which they are pssiured, and 10 the distance
from large towns requiring supplies of milk
and butter. The price of hay varies, according
To the situation and quality, from Ids TO pos.
the too.
The scale OF living in the country we are con-
sideriDg, correspond with The low prices Of the
objects IN which their labor is employed. The
working class ofthe inhabitants, amounting IN
the maritime provincesto upwards of a million
including both those vino work for daily wages
Of land cannot be compared TO any class of
persons in.Englapd. But what Of Ireland. J
This large description of The Inhabitants live in
dwellings provided with few convenicnces on
the lowest aud coarsest food potatoes, or rye
or buck wheat. are their chief and frequently
their only food linen, from llax of their own
grow tn, and wool, spun by their own hands
both coarse aud both worn as long as they vii
hold together, furnish their dress whilst an
earlhen pot that will bear ERE, forms one of III,
most valuable articles OF their furniture.
As fuel is abundant. they are warmed nor,
by close stoves than 10y III" shelter Of then
wooden or mud houses covered by shine les
which admit The piercing cold Of The severc
weather through abundant crevices. IL they
have bees and plot Of eidcory their prodnc,
serves as a substitute for sugar and coffee bu
loo often these must he sent 10 market 10 ralse
the scaniy nttance which the tax gathcrer de-
mands Though the price Of whi.key is low
yet the farm produce Is siil lower aud neither
that nor the bad beer which Is commonly brew
ed, can be afforded by The peasantry as an usua
drink.