New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-04
ARTIcLY- pn0, rOREIGN JOURNALS


We give bel1rs few interest 0s articles from
foreig1 papers. commencing With lrs 1E
Agricultural Improvement IN France.
Anarg tie measures wh.1 the Provisional
Government tas taken OBJ s'd tho ForsiDg c.RsEes.
there is ose which we o1eht n- On pass over in
sueace-it il ths' "A c rls i'r 20 onl-ci o prepare
a vast plan al agricultural NOrss. a circular ras
lately been Gidr-tsec hy toe Mi-isf,r Of Aercg.-
tire q Commissioners ot t1e Department.. relating
% this mater The questions asEed - ihs Minis.
te- demand 20 r-rrrt1a on vsrI01s r0iris; n there
exist I'D each Department urrr waited laDos
marshes do11s. o. low lalfs 0-c-.il naiy covered
by toe ses. which can be- claimed and TUNED %
acooBnt-'he aDprCXi naive e2teb-i+ tros0 iaE-5s
IF thew belong ~ ths State, tl NE c1mmunes OF
o. private irrrId1ais-fro disfanc. - a hlcl they
lie from the ce1trrs of popa.a uoB. DC According
70 returns alrealv collected on tIc-s sI- iec's. u
aroea- .t.e r-a-s are d. france tea millions 81
hectares a. waste and ol al knlf lthe nectare is
abo1t 2i English miles Marshes alone ars down
for goo geo hectares ana ponds and paD.s for geo
900 Toe totrl extent 70. me do~ns in Frame - ne
Yet unknown buti che Depatmets Oh the Gr0ude
alone nj 61 600 hectares end in t1at q ihe Lances
5000. As 10 waste lands hEG9n By The name O.
Lrrlins 90 Ireic. they zmooHt '0 about eight
millions OF hectares. tne grenteft portion being n
Gsscony. Brittany. I1u-afnei Berry Potion, AMI
LInousin- Al tl.s immense etsent OF land IS en-
trey l0st 20 cultivation. " know from recent
experiment that tre quantity q corn produced
is not sufficient to aFsure the country AGAINST the
chances Of psrt a. food. we alsO know that The
FORAGE produc g not sui,'sn 10 supply tie coun
try with cattle aud o. ameiiOfase the TODD Of the
working classes Here Is mePus OF improving
that state Of things. aud certainly no capital would
be badly myl0y ed. which tented 70 transform
waste lands iato ga tvsed snd fruitful pnitures or
corn-felrs. it i- calculated ihst ne draining OF
the bog-.and aIoue would add upward OF miiiard
mud a bali of capital % The public wealth without
saying anything q the bappy ELECTS which THIS
measure would exercise on toe saiuhrity 81 My
five Of our departments. Bot in our present CIR
cumstauces the principal MISTER e. be Considered IS
the employ meut Ol this iunumerab.e mass of work
men whom tne suspension Of vs0rk exposes 30
misery, and 20 the TEN gtai0ns and disorders watch
are its inevitable consequence We are vel
enough acquainted with the sentiments OF just
susceptibility which animate the French WOrkmeu,
TO be persuaded that they would prefer employing
their strength in draining our marshes or clearing
waste lands 20 living on ciiicisl aims They would
here see career opened before them which would
0Ccupy them tor years. Toe Government siso
would find IL advantageous SIS iL would PREVENT the
rura population from emerating to the arge towns
and would draw I, the country parts the working
popu alton age'9meratcd ia the crest centers OF
population. THIS would be a grand step ton asd
the reestabishmeut Of public conhderce end Of &c
curity, al ich are now so deeply sntken Thus
puDlic order the general good Of the country, the
phvsicsl and moral am-ii0rsti0n OF the working
classes the progress of Agriculture and national
riches are equa y interested ~ the project con-
ceved BY the Government. Let US hope that rs
execution VIII uo. lorg be- deferred.
[JoIu 30 des De5aii, April IL.