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"THE GHE.tTE8r POssIIiL:: GOOD TO THE tatE:TeST POSSIBLE NUMBER."
,(.OI)ERICH, HURON DLSTRICT, (C. W.) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 184b.
1,150Q,"0.' AVIA:' (j? LAND
1O11SALE lI 4s
CANADA WEST.
rritC CANADA COXP.,NY Late Ger
I. disposal, about 1,300.e011 .tiC1lEJ OF
LAND dispersed throughout moat of the
9bwaahyis is Upper Canada --.neatly zoo,.
U00 Ades arc aitwt.d Of the Ile ee Tract,
well ksoe n as enc of the mat fertile peels
of the Provtt ce-it has trebled its popula-
te). le five dears, and now cualaine up-
wards of 90,00e irhabit, eta.
Tito LANDS lord offered by way of
1. C .l Y E, fee Tee leers, or for
,'•tale C .1 . II L r) Jr .v -a. plan
ore -IM Cask, a.d rAa Lufuaci, it luslaf
.real! icing dear stray wills.
The hent. payable 1st February each
sear, are about the Litmus'. at Sit I'er
l'ent.upoa the price el the Land. Upon most
oftbe Lots, vibes LJr-,IS D, NO MIONEl'
IS IftEQi 1III:D DOWN -whilst upuo the
.,there, ticurdiog to locality, one, two, of
three year. oleo), 'mut be paid in advauce,
-but thcii I:aymcut• ail tree the Sattler
treat further calls well 2nd, 3rd or 4th jest
et bis teen of Lease.
The right to PURCHASE the FREE-
HOLD during the loan, Id secured to tbe
loo se° at a trod stem named in 1.eaee, and
rLL allowance to 1.1t4,1a aCCurdieg to aatici-
e 1.alcJ pay wool.
Lt.t• Loo, sial .ay further infurwa-
1,;nt un be obtatse.J, (by application, if by
:.iter post-pr.i) at It..Cuii.tt'sOrricr_s,
I',r solo and Cudsrick ; -of It. Mies.0-L,
.1. p/odd, Colborne lh.tnet ; 1)r.
-1t.uau, Greeds, or I. C. W. lessor, Fags,
.ill fito..1, 114run I)I.tn.:e.
Gudcnee, March 17, lilt/. 7 .
''1'1LACHA'% tic LIZARS,
lltRIJP1'6KS sad Attureib at 1.2w,
2-2 Sohcttura res Cbaneery, and Bankrupt-
cy, Notate Pabitc rod Conveyancers,, Guide
-
rich and Stratford, Huron District, C. W.
roll[ ST.A<atA', G.wie:IC!1.
Datura Iiutes Las's, Stretford.
l:udexfche d1g130044111.= -: Gall
NOTICE.
=4 rj'LIGATION will he made to the seat
A. Session of the 1'rwinctai L.•gu,lature,
fur lease to btug to a ItU to commute and
torte the fulluw,n.'Poao hips.and Gore,
and Block of Lao.!, viz :-Yurtb Eaatnope,
South Fastbepe, Demote Ad Cure, -Ellice,
Hlanshud, T'Uartant Logen and Ihbbert,-
Welleske, Morasses.* sad Mlaryborougb,
and Wasters ballet Wt:mot, and the ISiock
of Land behead Legato -sate a new Dia.
trieLALLY- WTI:DELL.
Secy of Committee.
Btetfo.d, (Hurasl,
1st of April, 1at4!. 10w6
FARM FOR SALE.
'I SHE 8abscriber offers for sale Lot No.
-L Dee le the smooth Comes -um ail the
Township of C..lburne, West. Dooms.
Theis Is too the premises a small Log &,ion,
site 15 acre. under good cultivation, arid
welt fe.ced. Thu Land is of excellent
quality, and withto 4 utiles of the Town of
tsoder,eb, e0nta.n{sg lull acre.•
TERMS of bale a J1 be made known by
appiyieg lar Wiliam Robertson, Ergo Cas-
ed* Coaaraay'a Office, Guda:ticb, or to the
subscriber,
• DAVID SMITH.
Goderich, Shea& lets IM. fitf
ib)-' ! YP- IIMA1'- CERN.
NTS.OUVER, haring left the whole of
iia oa.ettkd arcouets with the Clerk
art (b. 1.t Divmiea Const, Goderich, advises
all parties indebted to him to see that gen-
tleman before abs 2otb of rest month. -
Any tafernul:o required, **di be giver *1
the °thea only, where a peewit will b al-
ways to altcedance.
Gedericb, June 92, 1$4*.
'1' !t PI 7. B. LINTON,
ww1'ae.v romcrc,
OI11m+2146e7er- Q11CCytrs Berlet,
A-`il CO'tVEYANCER.
,TAATFoltr).
NOTICE.
► 11/1 F. iwhebltests of tae tows of lederirb will
1.agly u Parliament fat .e Act w leorpa.
rat• the mei tows
Gadeneb, J111:9'th,,11�648. �e 27if
ii:al..�. r E• i`„tttit,+ -
E. C. WATBON,
P.111('I'ER AND GLAZIEE,
PAPER HANGER. Rc js.
GoDEk1Chi.
I). WATSON,
Il \ KR(BIT M.R AND A TIN ) IgRT AT LAW.
sor.wtroll to rw►erats,• air.mawrr'cr, kc.
tve'Frt E i i THE MARKET le$IARE,
(T0DERiC7.
Ileo Alen
0 C t r1 .
1Lt!OIIIA 17YA.
On at encase u1 day.
Wens labor's tai a dear,
'arid twilight stadia I steal away,
To nodose: straw ;
To Orem of couuag yrare or cssl.
A''lough t beck so the shadowy past.
The dreamy, paitkul pawl :
Oh ! that oblivious gloom
Atauud ii. Lititt Loar, wt r< cast.
To hits there is its tou.h !
Dt1tk thoughts that oft to memory stead.
Lake spectres, from the spins -had.
Tho bright, bewitching past 1
Sweet rmousey.uflyd. brings,
{u Joys, toe esysi.itr to last,
'lase ;
/each )ors as ever fade away,
Like rwdiaatstare, at dawn of day.
Who does set sink a illicit
to wise souge.tal mod,
Where fond affection's band 'may tract
]lis image T There easbrined
By holy love, in abet dear spot,
Is death Le tory not be forgot.
Friends of nq- early year',
i see each welt -known brow,
Bull, brioitt aid% unties sr etaiaed with tsars,
Alas ! where are they now
Champed, or departed for ikat shore
Whose* we play woo them hack no more.
Aid she elute ewi:r am worth
More aline, the lamkt, apart,
Bo pute, it oetmed no stale of earth
Ilad ever footled bee heart;
Yet she, without ase kind regret
Can all lo.e's famed boars (erect.
Thegolden heats of youth;
Like sortie 1.n ght, fairy drram,
Ere we had learned the bitter truth ;
AU arc auris lig area ;
What dark deent-and sec: -act erica,
Are eke snacked with irieadly swi:a.
Dreams we would bis ;Wiese.
Corm unties o'er the sed.
With all the rasl.iag teadetacas
That cannot learu coetrul ;
Love's wawa betrayed, iueadships otuplawod,
Our names from wemory'e pan: erased.
Rewembraace of the past ;
Ob .' could it *sl y be
Thar all life's joyousness would last
fresh in memory ;
Tea, ever hh'teit•a•id greet, and yet
All et its bitterness forret.
THE CORN -FIELDS.
The corset -olds! the core -fold. !
How beasefalthey are,
'With t1,. gelato sawbi.e o'er then ;
Or beneath eve's silver star.
Wises the breese ueombiog their green leeks,
Or scattering them aboat,
Their beauty deems like a poet's doom.,
By • painter peaeil'd cat.
The eora-&Ids! the core•6elds !
Of every sbadeof greet,
Have a quirt magic of their own,
That 'geodereitaagbts serest !
And wwaderieg midst them tranquilly,
We see a sight so fair,
That )ly doth eater at our eyes,
As if oas hearts were there.
The corn -fields! hooters -beide !
Their ears of green and [ofd
Bear that within them wh'.ch dot), make
Our peasants bran aid bold
God gave as tors tar bread and wise,
For tiller es fur these
Net far excess bet wholosomeoe..,
Tbe sees of the grain !
The con -fields f the con -fields :
How beestilet ! bow greed !
Ofd gam tate seed, and bode it based
Beneath the laborer's heed ;
He did sot bid that taboret pia?,
Pak, fosd}er, when 'twat" shore -
He did sot Lid the landierds twine
A artwork o'er the cum !
11e beds the free birds take their drape,
Who did sot reap am sow ;
Aad bade ems help lea brother sass,
While toilets bete bellow.
Tbsesra•fielb, thee, at. bemire,
As siting brew! to all,
Ott ! ye who geode* the lobate?"' bite,
Beware ! a eerie may bol !
nem ria Atyneeltasal Jeers L.
MODAL, FARM.
We have sttt/eevaefdd the
(needs of Oat eal% Attvieeltsee haw *Ode -
ctme it wooed be re its isot Med
ty, t.e.ubtls1 Agrtealtaiy&hen&
sad Model tarot% ender l shlept esu.
de. erale . m
.mdgseetdas art the
!outfit?. We hue's dose this from a eon-
s -neon lbal no bitter plow can be adopted
for Nes pe.ecfeN tsaruettee of rural popola-
wee, aW N (here re a sieeen dean to po-
nds Ase (aa a eteoa, we .hosed not be du.
*erred by the dread .f the *stereos of .eek
catablisbmeeee They wsstd woes romps,'
sew the co,ulry g..erafly few the Aral set
!ay. We haw alreakeebeefteed ss outlet*
of tbe plan of Medd Per . --but we bw
copy from that excellent weak, ''Thsed.
('recut. of Agriculture,* his Nr ea the
same Iwhject, and they ebaU hove fonts
weight, as bo was • most ioccer.lul mans*
ger of a Model Fame for many years. fiat
far as me aro capable of *dreg, thus work
of 'l'iner's is ogle of the most practical ws
have seen, and coolants must neef..t infosile
'nation and iitotructioe, and is we:I cabseala:11
ted to prove the adsactagee of "Beek
Farming:"
"The cultivation of the land *flashed to
a Model Fara', or other irrututiud fur
teaching practical agnculturc, ought to be
a pattern fur agricultural practee, but H to
by no means necessary that Itebould be per•
feet. It is far better tha{t tots mr:Jel
should be advancing tuwaria perfection,
without having yet attained it, in order the
better to (bow the diticuflies by which it is
surrounded. It is also necessary that Ibb
cultivation abould be carried oa 10 the anent
manner, and that It eboutd not lasses or
iwpluy ■ny extraordinary resources which
aright cause it to advance more rapidly than
would otherwise be Possible. It ought sot
to employ tin the attempt at imprevereat
any disproportionate or an unusually large
capitol, nor any resources which would not
be generally available. It ought neither to
purchase manure from towel in the tagb-
buarbood, roar to take too expen.t'e tseaan
of improving the boil, each as an excessive
um of the spade, the destruction of peren-
nial crops, or anything of that kind; but the
proceeds should be regulated by the
strictest economy. Such as establishment
ouo11t to pones§ a complete eotlectioo of
implements and machinery, and every ar-
rangement necessary for the demonstration
of the accewory eetesces which would be
taught -in them. '1'bc conduct of the pu-
pal., their intercomse with each other, and
their proceedings In every respect, should
be directed to the great d of the objects
of the establishment; not f • means of copy
ct.n, or by special rules, but by that interest
and cbaru,, which the subject itself neces-
astily isepire.. It is in free and unrestrain-
ed conversation where the best interchange
of ideas and opinions is effected, where
these opinions undergo the profoendest in-
vestigation, and where -they are best freed
from the prejudices by ehielethey mev has.
been enveloped These conversallons ought
to be encouraged, and renlSered frequent by
every possible means, for nothing woeld
contribute more to the shecovery and estab-
ttabment of the troth than the opposition,
not of personal 'feeling, but of legitimate 1
reasoning, and which will naturally tend to�
a cern-et conclusion. As scientific eduea-
Iwo will not from its eery nature admit of
any external constraint, and can only be
consistent with an unfettered spirit --and as
it is also to be supposed 'tat those eho at-
tend such an institution come to it of their
uwo free will, and with the firm determina-
tion of acquinne in the most complete man -
Der, • through knowledge of every thing that
has relation to agriculture; epsstrwint would
be at once prejudicial and u.clees. Oa the
other hand- those who come or aro Nest
there with any other ries:• should be rcmov-
cd so soon as it is perceived that they are
not identifying themselves with the spirit of
the iostitutiee. Nevertheless lo such 's
establishment there must be strictly ob-
served, if ugly to insure the general good,
sad for the liberty and comfort of every one.
However great the advantage, and certain-
ly there social communications may for-
ward the general ob• ct ortho institution,
they must not interfere with private appli-
cation of diligence; and therefore each pu-
pil should have a chamber to himself, and
hie retirement should be nnelistnrbed."
We (gree with 7'haer that there should
nut be any extraordinary expenditure in the
cultivation or etock, upon a Model Fano.
Any experiments trade should be such only
as might bo adopted by ordinary farmers
upon their own farms. If an expensive
system was to bo carried on up..n a Model
Farm, it would be only a model 1641 no far-
mer could follow out, and would be worse
them useless.
WINTER MANAGEMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURAL LIVE STOCK.
The season is fast ap- proaching when they
farmer will find 1t his interest to make the
beet arrangement in his power fur the win-
tering of his born., bottled cattle, sheep
and swine. In a new country like this it is
quite impossible to have business performed
with so much exactness act) nicety as can
be dons in old canaries, where capital is
abundant and labor cheap; yet it is quite
may to adopt certain riled and system, that
will be applicable to the circumstances of
the country. Thole rules and systems, a
far ea possible, will be, from time to time,
entered in detail, in Ibe columns of the
ferret red jMec!aair, so that those who
do not, and can as well as not, joactice
them, may be induced to do so. O. c great
point to be aimed at In this tortbero cli-
mate, is to provele animal@ with good warm
stabled to sbelter them from the cold and
aortae. Where care is practised in this
;radicular, much ler@ food wilt be required
to carry them in good coni!itlue through
the winter, and the same gtautity and
quality of food given to cattle bousod and
unhnased, will be more metnti.us and fat -
teeing to the former thee the latter. fly
Aablin or homiest aeidaels, a great econo-
my in fey I. effected, and the manure heap
is both ihreseed en quantity and improved
•n gnatlty. Prom the soaves alone the
husbandman will be amply repaid for any
expense or troebla that he may It. put to to
proefding good comfortable stables std
sheds fur bis bode. The manure heap
vhenld be viewed strictly) as the farmer's
beak. 1f rich and abassdant deposits are
mad., and t1, drops earefu'ly mod judicious
1) dwpo(ed ef, t. pager and rsgwtas order
tlwoegh the farm, it wan be beard that old
mother earth wilt b. more grateful in be-
stowing a rich reward for rock kind atten-
tion Ibao would be granted by any bank'sg
lestituttoe In the country, were favor and
oblrgatioi ul an equal mitten in value con-
ferred upon it. Manure appl.ed at the must
suitable season, and for those crepe that re-
quire it most, (eros scarcely be laid upon
tMsetl In too great abundance- The pru-
)er spstreauoo of Bantam to the sell Irving
a distinct branch of fuming operattuns, wi►1
be dweussed in some future paper; allusiuu
ie made to It hero to show that it toa.1
first Se made before it can be put on tie
land, and to make it of good eualiry, and m
the greatest possible degree of abundance,
attention must both be paid to the descrip-
tion of food grreo to cattle and to their
warmth and comfort during lbw. months
of the year in which they are dependent
upon the hand of man for a supply of food.
In ,11 cases where it iw pracnr able to do so,
the juices from the manure heap .hou!d sot
be allowed to run off horn the yard. The
water from the roofs of buildiags abould
also not be allowed teenier the barn yard,
and if the whole grounds a irre the manure
is kept could be completely covered order,
loo that no rains nor water could reach it,
tate quality of the manure wou:d thereby
become Improved. The black juices or
liquid seen rennin from the Manure heap
during a heavy felt of rain, fe the gold, sal
the half rotted straw or deposit left behind
u the dross.- --
No molt cattle should brehelPI lay $ ru-
iner- during winter than cos be wintered
through in good toodrtioo.. Whilst ibis ie
strictly the case, it should not. be forgotten
that all the races and ,varietws of cattle
kept by the farmer are to bid maoufactur-
iag operatives. Without cattle it is we -
less to expect a full and regular supply of
manure, to keep up the fertility of the axil.
A farmer may almost calculate his annual
pprretita by the number and condition of hie
t.e stock; of COupe when condoms is
here alluded to the inference must not be
made that the stuck should be eoytbiag-b.-
yoed a healthy growing condltios; more
than this would be a waste of mesas, and
rather 'baa indulge 10 such a pracuce, it
would be better to keep a greater number
of cants.
It is to be deplored that root culture for
wintcris lire stock should be so much
neglected by the Canadian farmers. Ad-
maitrisg that labor Is high, in comparison to
the avesege value of beef, mutton, pork,
butter and cheese, tt nevertheless does not
olior- . i s fwwticraa of out croup can-
s be prnftahly cultivated 1\o tarsier
can cultivate his land to advantage who
doter not have at lout one tenth of it an-
nually cultivated with such root crops as
the climate and bis soil may admit of profit-
able culture, nor can he hops to be very
successful in rearing stock, unless root cul-
ture form an important branch in the econo-
my of his farming operations. When one
tenth of a farm is cultivated in rotation,
with turnips, potatoes, isdtan owra, masgel
wortxel, and carrots, nearly the whole of
the manure annually manufaetwed, will be
required for those crops. A farmer with
200 sues of arable land, upon ibis rule
would have annually 20 acres of these crops
enumerated above, which would not only
provide a profitable market, if the term may
he used, for his yearly stock of manure, hot
if those crops aro thoroughly cultivated and
bond, the land will be cleaned se well, if loot
better than if it had baso summer (allowed.
Objections will be.raised to this system by
some, on the score that 1bey could not afford
the time that would have to be grreo to the
culture of the land and heeioge required for
those crops. In replying to these objec-
tions it may with truth be argued, that mak-
ing asked wmmer fellows may be entirely
dispas..d with, and the time sad labor
give& to summer fallowiag land. may be
made he yield a much better peo6t if trans-
ferred to abs culture of root crops, for the
winter feeding of stock.
W a straw cutter is sot in use for the cut-
ting op of strew, cora stalk., and bay, the
horses and horned cattle, • eaglaet bas heed
made in the economy of farmtmg, that should
speedily be retasdted. (load article. of 14lia
kind may now he had ata Nameable prise,
and os farmer woods seglsct to use thin
machine if one reprd belied floe the mese-
my of bis prwvesd.e and eh* gpnws s d
his stuck. --fa.- an nand Jllaetkataie.
news tate Agricultural )ase el
The following extract frees the " Far-
mer'. Gasette"-uf the 19th Aortae, gime
1 deplorable picture of the mate of Prelate!,
amid its feWre prospects: -
That the potato* crop is diseased to a
very cosside cable ex tent, aed that It ta filial-,
fully extending, there can be little doubt :
the grain crops, too, from reports tett have
r.a�*d me, are likely to 1w under an average.
What between the exp.ciatios of a damm-
ed potato, crop --an uaemplo7 J-im,we-
teso-mal population, and a destrecuve,
000ftscaLog poor -rate -the prospect before
w is not salt gloomy -lout horrific."
Under such circumstances we euocar.e-
ll imagjs. a hat to to become of the people.
Tbees is sae this' in our power to do inn
Canada, whish should not be a.glected.-
IWe have hem favoured this year with a
most sxo.allent crop of Sao, and as the 4. -
mod fee the grate by distillers w not likely
to be great, it shosld the wsslstered tato
mol fee eapartatie.. Oatmeal 7W be
tsare palatable and bettor food fee oar fel-
low muhj.ets who sees rpm es it them 1e-
dle.-gh•s meal, and well keep biter on the
voyage home. pe.tded the oats are peeper -
4 ami tmfciomafl, deed preview t, beteg
w.fleteat.d. We hem beard of the o.t-
mloml set keeps' well a the voyage, het
sem.ats.ammiaered Set it mast ban bore
Ole iba11. ala -d.fset m the tsmmdaatare or
MA' mte that
Oatmeal is much the better of being mom
-
lectured frorn oats that have Wee well dried,
but if the covetousness of maufaclatrss of
tots article will not allow that It nosy weigh
beery, they must expect the censer -teens... -
dao bsatisig of the u.eal to the barrel. The
meal ahead be sulheiently dry, and pack -J
very elem.ly in the barrel, and if it Is, 1t wilt
keep well. No dorbt, if meal as etteoneted
to De manufactured trona Interior sets test
have not come to pertect maturity, it cannot
be good, or keep .e•11, howeier much it
may be dried, and each samples u( oats are
unfit for making weal. If these circum-
stances are properly attended to. we Ins)
wsoufacture u good oatmeal io Canada as
can be found is any country oa earth, arO
it will be more free from mixture of sand,
which it is impossible to precept, where
oats are threshes} as is Ireland on earthen
floor..
8tnce writing the above, we hate been
favoured with a communication from our
respected correspondent Rumens, upon the
subject of oatmeal, to w hob we most sate
holly give insertion. 'here can be no
doubt that, formerly, datmeal was exten-
sively made use of .as food by the people of
England. But a bother or pot, oatmeal Is a
most excellent food, and 1•articularly for
waking people. We give in this number,
a table sbosiag the amusat of nutriment
in oatmeal compared with latest dour, and
at appears that ilia more nutritive then flour.
In !reload, farts servants scarcely ever had
any other than oatmeal bread, ben thcv
bad bread, and ee have often heirs .uposerl
thatthey obiee t re } o filch heal
O this country, or ny tl�irpl.
Thr as ao objection, which is unaccounta-
ble, knowing u oatmeal do, that oateal Ie so
Willy prised in Ireland, See:land, and is
Eaglasd also, is proved from the mustily
coasts fly imported into that country. -
Oatmeal, we hope, will come into use here,
and it will be the farmers' ewe fault if 'bey
do not bring it into sae- It isa good and
wholesome food, bad it is users' to object
Co its use.
OATMEAL THE BF -ST SUB8ITUTE
FOR POTATOES.
TWELVE AND $IX ri•:Nt't:
Ar Snit saY UP TIM 'Sta.
NUMBER 38.
•teawad. 1s pre.,ou. years the brewers
and thetillers ,n th . e•i., and throughout
the errantry, coition...oh a very large puler.,
1100 et 141e oats goose In ll,:..al-OtlJ, 01 the
Pruvnlee. ludtr.., 11,,s w.. the umly •ba.►.
able meshed of diopo.lrg of theirs at a trait
rrke, open to the farmer, stare there aro
t.•w or no wtmnl mss, and S. 1 tate
stated before. they are too bulky a gran to
pay wet as a shipment. The. isbnore of
the pbikethop:c Father Ckii.,goy tat -r a!-
m.rt ivy • s'op to the cao.un.ptt..n by die
utters. Sew Wdely hunts pro cilie of tufa)
•barsence from IntoaeIeating liquors beta
ad' ;ltd In the rural perishes, that the din
idlers and brewers cannot Aispore of the
t-roroucu of their estahhehments to asn thing
lir: the extent they 1 • .rmrrly did. No one
who has the good of the eouatry really at
heart, but most rejoice at the change thus
brought about- '1'be ghin consumed, per -
hap' destroyed would be the better w..rd,
was chemise's in quantity, some large
works requiring HAM bushels a day. Thus
annually • very large proportion of the pro -
portent of the produce of the country,
wbichiwill now be a,aitabk for export, was
sunk is the manefaclrire of an article, which
added nothing to the general wealth of the
cutntry, but rather tended to improverish
11. Assuredly, it will be far better to ex-
port our oats is the shape of us,mnl, than
to consume item ourselves in the shape of
spirits of any kind. The more attention
and prominence there is given to ',foe log
I oats, the better it will be for the country,
provided we do not negleet theme other
crgyllr w-bicb n br fro@ttbl a(a£d1 �At •
int oducttoo mtb ge6s 1 nae r o,tmes ,n
this part of the Yrovinee would bo of srry
material service to the Inbabt•ants. Below
Quebec, for instance, where the season,"
are so late and the wheat crop te so usccr-
min, the loss of the potato will be Very
'Ruth felt, ages* wtmeal cumue tato oro
among the habitantk. A few years ago, the
consumption of wheaten-lb,ur in Lower
Cestda was very late*. When the fly first
attacked the crop, the potato was the only
resource 'mad now that it too peeves a fai-
lure, the farmers labouring under such a
comb.oattoa of ,raiafortiese must fall hack
upon oats. Measures t huutd be taken to
encourage the people to plant eats, that the
proprietors of setgniories may be induced
to erect oatmal mill*. An example is al-
ready, have hoard, been set in tltu respect
by Major Campbell, who is building a will
at his Seigniory. Oatmeal forms quite at
nutritious a food as the po:ato, and hae this
adrnatage over that root, that it can bo
cooked in a'variety of waJs. So whole-
some in fact, is oatmeal, tool in the States
persons whose digestion has become en-
feebled, aro often placed upon an oatmeal
diet; the result being frequently an entire
cure. In Scotland, It is well known, that
porridge ape cakes are the principal fool of
the farming community, and a ptore robust
i and healthy set of men than the Scottish
1 farm labourers are no where to be found..
1 io some parts of Eogiaid, oatmeal is still
used, although a p.ejudice has prevailed
against It 'in that country. This prejudice
waa fostered especially among the berti:r
classes, in a great measure by the sl•gbting
remark of the celebrated Dr. Johnson. that,
wt," were food for horses in England, but
for mem in :Scotland. \\'hen the Doctor,
under the influence of the national prej.,-
dice, made the remark, be must Cavo been
ignorant of the fact that oto and oatmeal
sere very generally used is England before
!beiotruductins o(the potato, which a►muet
entirely supp:anted them. In proof of this
assertion, 1 will now quote from "Thu
Wsy to get Wealth," published at Londe's
in 1637, the copy in my possession being
the 3tb edition. The 61), chapter of the
end book is wbolly devoted to detailing the
Various methods of using oats and oatrnea}
toren in use, and to •nlarg,np upon " their
birluea and cxcellencter," which tl.e author
does at considerable length. 'rhe•cha;der
upeus with the fullewinyr sentence: e Oats,
although they aro of all manner orcrain tl:,:
cheapest. because of their.'nerally being
• grain of 'Lit goodness and hardness, th:.t
it wail grow on any soli la h.tsoever, be ,1
never so rich, or never no poor, as if eaters:
had made it the only living enrrrpsiinn and
*tree friend to urn; vet it is a grain of that
risgularity fur the tnull'pitctly of its bit.
lues, and ne:e• ery sees for the awstetaoce
I and support of the Family, that nut any
iother grain is to be compered with it, for
if any other have cep t! v.rtue, then it want.
equal value, and if equal sahe, thea at want.
many degrees of equal etntue; so that j..ur-
ire virtue and value together. no busb:ad,
huusewdfs or noueekeei,er who's i .. , h ,r
so true an,: worthy a foend as his u.,.
are." .1.te' Ilio worm enlogwm en ton,
exeellesu•:. of ..a1s, their .i,:r,. a a. then
s true to cattle ase ct•'atere. out 0* J�sur.; '
arc treatel of at cuc.;deta,ty l:r,.tn; but
Una 1 pros over for the present, he 1 now
inure: wash te'bow that oat. *err bell in
'sigh favour In EailanJ, both before and et
the time ties toroth ib I;or,stion was issued.
The faloveing paaago will be found wor-
thy of p.rticui•r alt. noon, As .t •hews to
how genera! use oatu•e 1 11
hi &UeTICUS.
Fvery day's experience shows more
strikingly the inexp.dtency, nay, the im-
propriety, of placing the whole dependence
of a community oa any one crop or article
of cuosum tion.
W boo, two year '4 ago, so much misery,
want, distrose and disease were the attend-
ants of the famine, causal by the failure of
the potato crop in Ireland, it was b+trdly to
have been expected that the lesson so forci-
bly taught would so aeon have beer. forgot-
ten; yet it would seem that the has been
time -sass, for ale great if not a greeter
breadth of ground has been pleated with
potatoes in that unhappy country, than in
'48. The peasaatrv, encouraged by the
partial exemption from disease, of last year's
trop, seem to have risked their all and their
eery lives on the de. In ties country, po-
tatoes were planted to a great extent, and
to all appearances, the crop will prove near -
1) a total failure- 10 (act, if we may judge
from the reports that reach es from all part.
of Canada, there is great reason to fear
that mutt spring there will not be a .uHl-
ciescy of seed, not alone for panting, hitt
even for presentee the pkat.
It is idle to waste time suggesting causes
for the disease, sioca commissions hare
been appointed and loosed inquiries have
beef made, and yet, we are far from baviog
arrived at even a proba!rle goose ate to its
origin. Whether tho diems. lies proceed-
ed from the reproductive qualities of the
plant haying rue oat, owing to los having
arrived at the tern, of its Motes' existence,
or whether It bas arisen from the influence
of atmosphere change., cannot he deter-
mined. Like its mvsteriow prototype the
ebolera, which, baffle all the skill of ate
medical mev aol stalked on its fearful path,
slay leg its thousands and tene of thousands
without let or hindrance, till its appointed
tees was run, -so the potato di,:esec seems
destined to deurrey that valuable erculeet.
The fact stares us lo the (ace, that no cause.
vas be asstgmod. and so remedy or even
perusl alleviation of the dimmer has hem
thecovered, so that the sooner we rake up
our minds to the lose and set abseil promo -
Mg a .ub.utute for it, the better It well he
for lore country. The potion was so fapwl-
Iy biougbt alis general gee, that It bad be-
come se todupoa.ab!e appendage of the
(.11* rr( luxury, while It was otter the only
food the poor could procure. 1t s111 be
dldlcul', perhaps Impossible, to procure arts
s.bututs to take its pl.ce at the table 01
the wealthy, but that is met a matter of .a
much tmportaace, meal *voile a'.tntious
crops can be ratsel by thew w 1,0 dupcsd.J
aeon the potato for the means of subsist
wince. Of all the greets now grow• for
beaten food, ant• ars, re my a?:cion, the
hest •uitod to take the place of the potato
in genrel use. not •iPv f. the Ohl Coun-
try but to the New World also. Under
any circumstances, oats will in a few years
bocoow rte of our most v.luetic staple.;
gr
they ese be eat with. al least generally
'Rwke.e, a ~misty of oaity • saAl
Anna return for the calamity
aa.1 capital es
needed. A very large quantity ,e lino
grime in Canada, but they have r'Osnlly
b..e consumed II the country. rutty hay
bee seldom ,hippest to soy eateet, ler ile-
teta bulky grass they boys not p.1.1 welt
«bee exported in their natural mate. A.
oatmeal, the result I. very dilferrot, 'Qs
e.MdNabl. "matey a sow •sst"sUy made
HI Wooers ('aaadt, fist rf of good gewtty
a ready market i• always foetid t,r 11.-
Tfiw loll
time will probably be large rap
seethe of oats mads air they eea mew he
beagle' at i► low pis- The row ws trf the
l b
maned by a dem•eotwy of the tic -.l
, and
low ner'uasry It yeas for the usain'cnonce
awl wplort b, lite paopk. W ben prucet'o-
.sg to area upon neo use of oatmeal fur
^'tin': toed, our anth.rr c'turncncta with
-talions, that there if au grate 1, our
kn,.elRJor, miaow ..;14 euro 1t for the
MINKS! mimeo% of the Ltuuly, fur the trot
�oeal, winch I. drawn hoer t►r•m, Wing 4Lu
been sad kernel of the oar, Is a Ibrsg et
nos ,perm eel estimation. tar truth toamok, ,t Is irk, salt of such a g neral/us.,
that eilhnnt it La .:!v can tiny faintly bar
oiaaasd." It is ..sell.m to dwell at
length *pea the terse of the evidence hero
ronl.dnel. of the feet, owl oatmeal eas.�r,
very gsNreltae ea time n.se is I:nsieed
M, b. afros, 1 Au lost ..toad to aa. t lIo al
ga.ouwt envie tray twlate,l pa•wi e, bet
rather, Capon the whol..eoiro end tiod.scy
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