Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-04
Nature. We are afraid of shocking the ncredulity
readers by stating his account Of the average yield
which is now obtained from them


An intelligent observer, Mr. Greg, brother Of the late
member Of parliament for Manchester has lately pub.
shed letter upon the state Of Agriculture in the Lo-
thtans, which contains some remarkable statements
lie shows that 1t is much superior to that Of Eng
land that it employs fewer hands, that it is carried on
with the greatest economy of labor, employing in pro-
portion to the produce, very few hands
"The rent Of the Lothian farms, The says) is from
e lGs 10 II per acre-and these high rents the far.
mers not only pay, but thrive upon-indeed, more
thriving set of men ! met with. They are
enabled TO pay these rents, and thrive-party BY the
heavy crops arising from skilful cultivation aud partly
by economy of management in every department.
Actual wages, however, high as in England
namely los. to is. week for common laborer-I2s.
for ploughman, and nnepence day for woman
ten hours 10 the day AS to the grea, amount Of pro.
duce 1t must be inferred that all the land under
the plough. Five quarters Of wheat are reckoned
good avernge-but fields turn to the acre
Ten or eleven quarters of OATS eight Of pc.
a,oes and 70 10 30 tons of turnps reckoned good
fair crops. Economy OF management il shown in many
ways In the position and quality of farm buildings,
IN having land lying idle unproductiye and in
the use of machines and horses, instead OF manual
labor, wherever Giro umstances admit of it,
MIR. Greg informs also that steam eng ines Of six
or eight horse power erected almost every farm
When the farms do not contain sufficient arabic land 10
justify erecting steam engine, or water power thresh
ing machine each farm, the steam water power is
let out, and sends his to be thresed as he
sends i, to the miller 10 be ground. Economy ofmaage
ment is shown
"By combining attention to rs few points as possible
Thus instead oil buying stock feed of the grass dur
ing the two years the land is seeded down, it 10 let off
to stock feeders Butchers at generally abou, f6 per
annun the acre, and the farmers attention and capital
is thereby saved from distraction and division They
CONTRACT in like manner, 10 supply turniPs, both
stalls and turnIps, &c, for The winter, al so much the
ton for urnps 1t much the head, to the stock.
FEEDER and the stock feeder, in his turn, becomes IL
mited TO his own peculiar branch OF business. The
daryman, in the same way hires the fields in grass
by the year, for the summer, and contracts for his
turniPs during winter; thus attending to nothing but
his cows, which, the by he scrupuousy mlks three
Times day for, at least, hrlr The year. In similar
spirit also, instead of getting up his potatoes himself,
and with fork done With us, the Lothian farmer
sells his crop of potatoes ut GA TO EGO per acre.
coding TO the crop and state of markets, to dealer.
The farmer then turns the potatoes with the plough
the dealer appears with hundred women and children,
and sacks and scales; and the whole crop transferred
from the field TO the market, shipped for London, in
tenth the time, and at one.,en,h the expense winch
would be required in England"
i MIR. Greg thus concludes:
sThe general conviction which remains upon my
mind is that with system equal 10 that of The Lo.
thians, established throughout England, landlords
might receive double rents farmers might be rich and
prosperous, and the country be rendered for two gene
ration, independent Of foreign supplies, notwthstand
ing abolition of all protective duties. ! am conf.
dent the agricultural produce of England, Wales, and
the West of Scotland might be doubled and that of
Lancashire nigh, be trpled, and this without any
teria addition TO the agricultural population"
While on this subject, we take occasion toe
press profound regret, that able and practical
publication as Mr. Rufins Farmers Register should
not meet with more encourage ment. Mr.. Rulin is not
theoTis.; his practice illustrates and confirms
his precepS He has rendered incalculable service
10 the neglected and Exhausted agriculture of Vr
sinia. His publication conducted upon the highest
principles, excluding every thing like guackery and
me cenary speculation and is whal extremely inter
esting to the general reader No farmer especially in
the South, should be without the Register
| Washington Spectator.
TIE Pace WHEAr-lt appears from the fol-
lowing statement that wheat is lower now than it has
been since the Revolution. This will be attributed by
many to the want of National Bank. But unfortu-
naeiy for this opinion 1t turns out that III 1e20 and
1885, when the late Bank in fu!l career, the price
of wheat was almost equally low. These were periods
Of bank evulslon, which the great regulator rather
aggravated than mltigatcd With "elasc'' paper
currency such fatal fluctuations inevitable. 1t
dcrs the pursuits of industry amos, uncertain the
wheel of a lottery. Yet those who suffering from
the effects Of these "convulricns, cry out for more
paper money, just the exhausted drunkard calls for
more brandy 10 steady his nerves 10.
THE WHEAT CRoP OF lS42 George X. Budd, Esq,
Of ST. Louis, has issued circular in which he esti
mates the aggregate production Of wheat in the L. S.
in the year 1872 100000 bushels 90 per cent.
more than in ls4l
In the course of his remarks Mr. Budd observes that
from 1890 10 ls4l, wheat never lower at Phladel
pha than 92 cents bnsbel, equal 10 81 GO per barrel
Of -four In only two years fell 10 this price, namely,
in 1890 and 1896 both of which years we're as our
readers will recoect like the present years Of great
bank revUlsons.
Turning to the last Philadelphia Price Current, we
find Pennsylvania Whea, quoted therein 90 % cents
a bushcl; and Southern al 81 81. And in the New
York Price Current find New York wheat quoted
al So 40 busbel: and Southern at 10 SIS.
From this it seems that wheat is lower than it has
ever BEE since the Revolutions except perhaps during
the year Of embargo and intercourse. This is
\ mn INT TAX n npcfn
with the reasons for the low price Of wheat in $50 and
1896 ought to awaken the farmers TO the true Of
their suherirGs-.N Y:.norni"g Post.
Our .Nto World Rams The explorations of our
countryman, Mr.. Stephens among tie relics Of vanish
ed that swarnrd IN Central America and
Mexico have excited great curiosity this SUBJECT,
both in Europe aud America. We have beard OF seve
rul projected expeditions, either in progress a, least
talked Of by English travellers; and We il stated
in some Of the French papers, that of that
ton ia preparing 10 set out on an extensive Journey
through the heer Of South America, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific at The expense and under the patronage
Of the Duke de Nemours, who in this ful6s plan,
devised and commenced by his unfortunate brother
the late Duke Of Orleans. The expectation Of finding
ruins and other traces OF the ancient population spo
ken of as leading nduceent TO the execution of this
project.
In connexion with this subject, we may say be-
eve, without violating any confidence, that the forth
coming volumes Of our Stephens, which will be
published in two three weeks far surpass their
immediate predecessors in architectural and historic in
terest The plains Of Yucatan which he and his
panion, Mr.. Catherwood, explored with untiring dill
nee, proved to he mine of nconceivable richness
Ruins Of vast extent and most striking character
disintered, as we may say, IN almost boundless pro-
fusion-as may be inferred from the fact that TO give
specimens, only the volumes will contain hundred
and fifteen engravings. Several Of these have
joyed the pleasure Of examining They highly
finished than those in the Central America volumes,
which, indeed, were only outline eichngs, while in
these, the outlines duly filled up with the proper
light and shade, &c. and We must say, that the
cbi,ectural magncence they represent surpasses all
lha, We had previously known or imagined
We perceive, too, from few gances at the proof
sheets that personal adventure by no means want.
ing and that the thereof has lat nothing of
his qn:e humnr and graphic power Of language in de-
scrib,np il effectyely.=N Y COmmsrciaL .7drertstT