, 1879-07-17

a III sptcimcu of canned bcof, a,id that wis ALL
l'lcre was not an American ham or side Of
bacon: not even an American cheese. Fhrte
hero think Is tho same thing. Iae show Ut
chcese generally was magnificent. 'rhrro werc
spcr,mcos from FRANCE. Italy. Sweden, Jutlasd,
Ftnllinl. Dutch, but 70 American. One of my
A uurttl-cuun'ry compah!on antlfed Significantly,
hut said nothing. dill mot liko to nsk him
what allied him, but h[s fs!cud dhl. Why.
d-n IT," he icplled, "what do Tho Yankees
slley'se gut 1t IN every provIs1on'dea'ers wiadow
In London a,Id almost In thc KhRdonli fl!ey'vu
got 80 much In the n,arlsct that there II no
chance fur us.n strange to ,s ~ whcn ! rot rot
on looking over Tho Echo was tho following,
which 10 Rood enough to noto enttro:
"AmrrtcAn ctlecse II beng imported into
AYRSHIRE III suet, quantities 'l,at ta'Ich Of The
houe produce Ut last yoar ia still unsod, and ta
likely u remain u1sod III Enauv cases farmers
hnro given up cheo e.maKitE altogether, ut,d
thts OF course, has had tic effect ot increasing
the supply vi butter and milk. both ot which
aro aellmg at prices which, have not bcen
reached during ten years. Butter whlch was
sold In Ayr market luat year at le Sd PR pnund
was sold week auo ut s19d. A Tor milk, 1t
cannot 10 sold,, and In many eases has I'ad to bo
glvcu 70 pigs.n
AMERICAN FARM PRODUCE
There were about dozen Uuitch States ex-
hibitors Of butter, mud 1t vas uniformly ad-
tnircj. These, rr3th several EXHIBITS vi bees by
lie American National Drc,Keeocrs' Assocla-
tton, comprised aoouL aal tt.e American exhibits
for competition. Tile latter, tor hive Ut heea
took first prize. The bees rcneFally called
forth good deal Of attention. and t!lesa utd
the various patented methods Of rearing aud
fatteaiug poultry 1ornsd thc chief attraction
Of the show. Artificial clllckcn-hatchtng Was
exhibited in an adjoining stand, au,i much iu-
tcrcst WAS excited tl.ereby. AZ any tttuo oi the
dny nt,d tn any weather you might see crowd
Of cockneYs nnd countrymen aoolt tie hylro-
incuba,ors and hydro-rcarng !mo:llers, certainly
ingenious contriyances, but BY no means now:
''1hat's what we shall have to coma to yct,"
said sturdy tiller OF te soil, with chuck Of 6ts
head IN the direcsion of tic said poultry shcds,
and a broad grin. "When tile iorefgucrs have
beaten Us 10 every other line we shall hare to
turn 10 rearing chIckcns.n The best part OF the
show was to oVerl,enr such Remarks rs these,
which seemed to sum up the situation verv
neatly In q fc" words. IN respect 10 this point,
however, 1t Ii notable faet that the majority
Ut the cgGs sold in tho English market alc
foreign.
Eoa-nA,s1So N ENoIAnp AND FRANCE.
The eggs Imported from Fmnca aluno last
year amounted ia value to W,o50.Uo0l. Tl.eac
arc rulse1 by tho French peasantry Un their tiny
freehuds Of from few rods 10 few acres in
extent. They can't do much else OF t1lcir small
farms, particularly III larts OF Norm lnly und
brittany, 50 they turn thetr energies tn this d.
rection u,ld make good thing out ot II. The
English agricultural laborcr cannut do this; ho
bas nut gut tic Lind; II he is allowed enough
about h!s tenement to nrow few cabbagea and
posaloes he has to thank hls etars md be con-
tcnt. The frcnds OF the laborer forget tlis
when tiev adviHp him to turn Ills attention to
roaring poultry; nor huya tey suy notlun Of
The d!lllsuIties lint hesct wnuid-he egg-raisar
| on small scale IN English Villages. An
short time ago. A l4ud.owuer summoned
| a cottaeer tor allowing ha!f-a-dozan fuwls to
trespass on hts grass md. The cotsaEer plead
| ed that he could not keen bis fowls ia bis gar
asd asssd W.T. ~at Il se d. se ~ s aasTs @ tn!
sYou must Kccp.thcn out OF tho field, and II you
can't you must eat thcn,." 4 noteworthy teat-
urc OF the Exhibition, though one3 which did not
appear to attract nucn attention, was the pres.
encc Of seyernl Refrigerator wagony for tlle con-
vcyance Of fresh meat for porLs Of ctnbnrka. lon
to iulll,si towns. They wcrc all pretty n,u ou
t,r SANE principle, and do not Ill. rcForu call for
particular renaark, further khan that they 'ndi:
| cato that public attention Is directed towurd
stii further developing tile American meat
trade. u1ld 40 making 1t still mors difficult to
find q way cut Ut the present ogFcul ltural erhis.
Tllat [B lie only word which tan describe tho
position; for with the International Agrlyultu.
RI Exhibition tho question really aeems to have
| come to grlsls.
TIE FARMERS AND TIE PAPERS.
For some time past tie tarlnesa mud their
papers lasu been conplanlug tlat tue daily
newspapers haye neglected their interests.
Scarcely meeting was hel but this yssw was
exercised. Tho Exhibition, however, und ,l,v
larga concoursc Of agricultural visitors It ha&
brought viii, it, Las at Inst compelled the daily
pupers to ctye attcntlon to lhr subject. Not q
Lohl0n paDrr appeared this m0rutllg without Q
leader or MI article OF sone kind touching upon
tlo agricultural question: iu counecton witt
tho show. They wvre partially called forth by
several tacetings on the suoirct u .Lu ustrcss
which took place last cFcu.slE. Ons Of them
took place ut tlle rootns Ut thu Socloty Of Arts
and vas in TIC fn.rrcss Of what n,ay sali tlss
prohIbisorV sct'ool. under tho lead Of Mr. Chap
lam, bfothcr-il,-lnw Of tho Duke OF Sutherland
aMl was sontposei Of tenant farmers
who for thn lnost part showed an uneon
pr1mlsulg dsspos!sfon. On .a'crr baud, II
laet. There arc signs Tint change l'as GONE
oysr the s!,rIt of the furMrr's dream. liz Il
now no lougcr content to bc In the lcadiut
struss Of tnn arlstoeratic 'andowner. but II
pfatnor.l!g 1or dirack representation IN FasIEa
neat Us sAr onlY tneans to Eett!ng o thorough
and reasonable settlement Of tiic land questton
Not q lew demand prstees free trauu In land
lls pupcrs, however, Rtss tl.eM but lukewarti
kind Of support III lrtr demands. 'ls1ey ac
kuuw'edge!l!s necessity Of thing being doue
us The I.aN 41ah uaze.tt tor !nstance. II says
Farmers layo olten Ind Is bud tll,cs us tts
prtsc1t, but At no pcrlo1. prshans, has the pros
lin. mueh ot ,hc prrsrl. dopresson IL only tenn
porary, The formidable character OF American
competition caEnot bs dcn!cl; antl It IL as wei
!l4at Its gravity SHOULD be we'll uadcfsl ood,
~ much 1cat'ns about .&he busl. They agre
only In one thing. that there ran ho no though
OK returning to protection.
TRANSITION PERIOD.
Tho International Exhibition of 1870 mil b
remembered lrotn thu iact tlat 1t realiy spncar
iorlnat!on ol agriculture altogether. il Is curl
Gus to mute tlIal Bllce t,e opening Of the Exit
b.uon Alr. Baxter has given notice of bis lntea
,!on to sntroduee .not!ol h, Parliament on tn
M 1niRk mi