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AGRICULTURAL. From a late Glafgow paper. Holkham Sheep Shearing. First day. The company met at the Hall about ten o'clock, and proceeded to infpedt an experiment Mr. Coke had made, of trans¬ planting the turf with a crop of wheat. The plan ie this : the wheat is firfl drilled at eighteen inches from row to row, and as foot) as the plants are high enough, and before they are too high to be injured by the procefs, pieces of turf, about four inches fquare, are laid in the intervals between the rows of corn. The turf foon gets hold of the land, the wheat crop, though thin, goes in aid of the expenfe of tranfplanting*—It was, in this cafe, laid at feven coombs an acre. At three o'clock the cavalcade returned to the Hall, and, foon after, the dinner being ferved up in feveral different rooms, to a party of between three and four hundred, Mr. Coke took the chair at one of the tables in Statue Gallery, and his Grace the Duke of Bedford at the other. Mr. C. prefaced the health of Sir John Sinclar with federal remarks illuftrative of the difference of opinion which fubfifted between Sir John and himfelf, on the fuhjeft of the drill hufbandiy, and which he the more readily expreffed as the Right Hon. Baronet was prefent to reply to any obfervations he might make, and to con eft any errors of which he might inadvertently be guilty. Sir John had ftatedthatin the county of Hertford, the drill hufbandiy was gra¬ dually giving way to the broad caft fyftem; and he adduced this in proof of its unfit- nets for ftrong clay lands. Tor his own part, Mr. Coke faid, fo highly did he think of drill that lie conceived it advifable on all foils, and that, with proper manage¬ ment, even the moft flubborn might be made fubfervient to this excellent fyftem. In confequence, therefore of the (tatements of the Right Hon. Baronet, he had made it hiabufinefs to inquire into the fubjrd, a» far as it related to Hertford (hire, and, from all he could learn he found that inftead of declining, the practice was increafing moft tapidly, as he (howed more particularly by reference to a com¬ munication with Mr. Brand, the Member for the County, Sir John appeared ts him completely to have miftaken the matter. The real queflion was between drilling and dibbling ; not between drilling and broad- caft. Broadcaft ! tt was done with : it was a term hardly known in Norfolk. Mr. Coke concluded by giving the health of Sir John Sinclair with three times thtee. Sir John, in reply, obferved that he was free to own that what he had feen and heard that day ferved materially to alter his opinion, and had difllpated fome of thofe prejudices, which he might have entertained againlt the praftice. The Right Hon Baronet concluded by giving the health of their worthy holt, with three times three- Mr. Coke prefaced the health of his Noble Friend, the Duke of Bedford, with a moft feeling and animated encomium on the virtues of the Noble Duke. His Grace having made a fuitable reply, Mr Coke alluded to the fubjeft of gypfum as manure, and faid he had been induced to make trial of it at the inftigation of Mr. Holdich and Grifenthwait, and had found it very efficacious on fainfoin and clover leys, but it produced little or no effe& on wheat. He gave the healths of thofe gentlemen, who feverally returned thanks. Mr- Holdich, in the courfe of a very able fpeech, remarked that the country was indebted to Mr. Coke for trying the experiments alluded to, more efpecially as the refult would remove an impreffion very common, particularly in America, that gypfum will not fucceed except at a certain diftancc from the fea. He hoped it would prove a reftoration to clover crops. Mr. Coke next propofed *the health of his Noble Friend, the Earl of Albemarle, with that energy and feeling fo chara£tcr- iftic of the mover. A flight difference of opinion, Mr- Coke faid, exifled between the Noble Lord and himfelf, on the fubjeft of drilling pea».—He (Mr. C.) was of opinion that equi-dktant rows were the beft for this crop. Lord Albemarle, on the contrary, recommended a double row at eight inches, with an interval of eighteen inches. The company would judge for them-felve*, which looked the beft. One unfavourable circumftance, he could not help mentioning : that though all the field was attacked, more or let's, by lice, yet that the peas put in upon his Noble Friend's plan were certainly mote loufy than his own. (A laugh.) The health of his Lordfhip was drank with enthufiaftic applaufe ; after which, in returning thanks, the Noble Lord obferved that nothing could gratify him fo much as to contribute, by any means in his power, to the fpirit and conviviality of this highly ufeful, interefting, and plcafant board. With refpeft to the plan of dtil ling peas, which he had recommended, he mult fay a few words. He had it from Mr. Fowell, who conftantly praflifed it, firft atSneuerton,and afterwards at Elden, with great fuccefs. He took it from the garden. " Now," faid his Lord/hip, « a« my worthy friend has always inculcated the maxi'nthat z field ought to be like -i garden. 1 thought in recommending ihfo culture ihat I was only following up Ui« own pTecepu."— A& to the hce, he muft obferve that fo pleafed was his honorable friend that the peas on his plan were at¬ tacked, that nlrnolt his firft exclaimation, on feeing him yefterday, was, " Well, your peas are covered with lice ! M ** In faft," faid Lord A. w from his manner, I did not know which he was moft glad to fee me or the Hce !" (A laugh.) He muft not, however, put up with his jokes too tamely : he had fince examined the field, and he had the fat*sfa£tion to fay that his friend's peas were full as much infefted with the infedt as his own, » Gentlemen," faid his Lordfhip, » I will not abate him a fingle loufe l" (Loud laughter,) I have no doubt but that next year you will fee Mr- Coke's old grey horfeftopfull before my peas, and my worthy friend relating, with a circle about him, the fupetiority of the plan as well as the produce, for the old horle always flops at a good crop and walks very faft, and even fometimes gets into a canter, as he goe9 paft a bad one. I will not, gentlemen, having got out of one fcrape get into another, by taking up too much of your time, but I wifh you with all my heart and foul, you, good healths. " Mr. Owen, of Lanark," and I am extremely glad to fee him here. Mr. Owen returned thanks and fpoke at fome length concerning his plan. Second day. On Tuefday morning, Mr. Owen ex¬ plained to the gentlemen prefent, his plan for relieving the country from its prefent diftrefs. The ride commenced by viewing the prize fheep, and fome inoculated land. 1 he cavalcade, which we fhould fuppofe, confided of nearly 500 horfemen with feveral carriages, proceeded to the village, where many gentlemen were invited by Mr. Coke, efpecially Mr. Owen, to view the interior of fome of the cottaq-es. Upon emerging from the p3rk ga;e we could not but be particularly llruck with the appearance of the gardens of the Woou.cn., u'uidu iftnei] ilJitc waj ©n cadn fide of the road to the village; the neat and clean appearance of thefe (truck every beholder with pleafure, and the ground, not an inch of which was unoccupied, contained all forts of culinary vegetables— ali of them appeared in a great flate of produ&ivenefs. The interior of the cot¬ tages, which were built by Mr. coke, at once befpokc the comfort, cleanlinefs, and comparative afluence of the labourer. The lower floors confided of a fifing room and kitchen, with necefiary out houfes ; and in the upper (lory were the bed rooms, very airy and comfoitable. Nothing can more fhow the zeal with which Mr. Coke regards the happinefs both of his tenants and labourers, than this general attention to the comforts it is in his power to beftow. Mr. Coke, on coming to a piece of clover, adverted to the fubjeft of gypfum ; he faid he had been induced to try this fpecies of manure in confequence of its having been recommended to him latl year by Mr. Uoldich, although it had been the opinion of many writers, and among them General Washington, that it would not be beneficial fo contigons to the fea.— However, to put it fairly to the teft, he had contented to try the experiment on his form, and the Earl of Albermarle had done the fame, forty five miles inland. The Earl did not receive his gypfum in con¬ fequence of fome accidental caufe till too late. He (Mr. C.) had tried its efficacy Ofi (he clover upon which he was then (landing, and it was eminently fuccefsful — lie went to town about April, at that time there was 110 difference to be feen, but about a fortnight after he received a letter from Mr. Blaikic, faying that the clover was fprung up, moft adonifhingly grown, and Mr. Blaikie's conviction of its excellence fo ftrongly exprefled that he immediately ordered a further quantity— fixbufhels an acre being laid on the land. It could be delivered at Wells for 31s a ton, or at the quarry for 7s1 6d. After the ufualconfiitutional toafts, Mr. Coke gave *• Sir John Sinclair, and the other gen¬ tlemen who had attended the meeting, and profperity to Scotland, with three times three. Sir John Sinclair returned thanks, and refuted the idea that he had entered upon the queftion of dulling without due con¬ federation. From what we could colled, however, the Honorable Baronet's prin¬ cipal dependence for information was an anonymous letter in one of the Norfolk papers, which Itated that drilling was giv¬ ing way to broad caft. Yefterday the Honorable Baronet faid, he was taken rather unawares, not having his documents to refer to ; but now, having *11 his pa¬ pers about him, he was enabled to ipeak with fome degree of confidence on the iub- jedl. He freely owned, however, that, in confequence of the improvement that had been made in drilling machine?, the fyftem may anfv/er now better than it did fome years ago. He was furprifed that any one fhould deem him an enemy to drilling of leguminous crops. In culmiterous crops he certainly thought a dillindtion ought to be made. Lord Albermarle obferved that he thought the broad caft fyftem in every well cultivated diftritl was gone by. The llight Honorable Baronet's hankering after hid evidently favorite bantling, reminded him of Prior's defcription of a horfe, which had every good quality under heaven, but concluded with this flight drawback on his excellent qualifications— " Qm fault indeed he had. like beast iraa tlrnil." (loud laughing ) Great ftrefs was laid on the large crops, railed by two gentlemen in thruoith, on the broad caff fyllcifl. He recifllfoQcd the (lory of a countryman of S'r John's who was dtfiriJ in copy fome paper*; v.! tell !'.e did in a veiy fair hand, but with a great numbcr of blunders in thefpelling. On being told of it, he ex- claimed, « How fhould it be otherwife ? this pen does not ifuit my hand." Juft fo the drill machine did not feem to fuit Sir John's hand, (a lfcugh.) On the whole, he had no hefitatioin in ftating, that, wher¬ ever the drill wa% properly managed, it would always beat both the dibble and the broad-caft. The Rev. Georjge Glover exprefled his thanks in words oif the following import : —Sir, I have alw.-ays contemplated agri¬ culture as a purfuii, of innocence, of peace, of charity to our fellow creatures. Its ve¬ ry firft objeft is to feed the hungry and to clothe the naked ; even its moft feitift and inteiefted parts an? yet found to refult in the augmentation oifthe fum total of gene¬ ral good, and beautifully to illuftrate the maxim that felf-lov*cand focial are the fame. It is further a purfjit eminently religious ; its employment isamongftthenobleftworks of the creation, and it almost necefiarily leads through the works of nature up to nature's God. To you, fir, I feel as a Minifter of religion, therefore, eminently grateful for your example and exertions. 1 thank you fot having raifed around ua a tenantry enlightened and improved be¬ yond any correfponning order of men in the world : for having exhibited a noble fpecimen to fociety, how confidence on one hand can begtt confidence and grati¬ tude on the other ; how liberality and kindnefs can fpread joy and happinefs and profperity through ihe whole circle of its range ; how it can operate not only upon ith '"mmediatc object but upon thofe be¬ neath it, and defcend from landlord to ten¬ ant, and from tenant to the humbled la¬ bourer employed by them Sir, I fpeak from aflnal knowledge, from aftual expe¬ rience and obfcrvatii'n, when 1 fay that not only wherever your direct influence has ex¬ tended, neither the extremes of poverty, nor the want of emr^oyment are at all felt or known. If yo- aflc who ha1* done tablifhed church than any other, my an- fwer is Mr. Coke. If yoi a?k who has contributed to give the noheft field for the exercife cf moral and religous virtues, my anfwer is Mr. Coke. Indiftry is the pa¬ rent of virtue ; he has mcouraged and follercd that. Poverty 'fi the parent of many vices, and unknown vherever his fys- tem of cultivation has eroded. Sir, in public life, you have been the afTertor of freedom and independence i* private life, you nobly have fupported md encouraged the fame principles. Ma* your country duly appreciate the bleffiiua of your influ¬ ence and the value of your example ; and without any icference to political party, let me but fay, may our country always en^Oy a government vfifeeJPOgh to fecond your exertions, and give eificaey to your labours as far as can be ione by public patronage- " Mi. Rurti, the AmbfJador from A- merica, with profperity to the United States." Mr. Ruflu in reply, faU the name of Mr. Coke was well knew* fr°m one end of his country t<> the other The United States were an agricultural countty, and it was to England that t >ey principally looked for improvement in ihe fcience, but mme efpecially to Holkhatn. Mr. Coke had latc'y fumifhed then* with Devon cows. For this and vario*13 other afts of kindnefs and attention, he hegged him to accept the thanks of hi cotWWJBIWR. &v this he was not onl' gratifying his own feelings individually,""1 wastin fome meas¬ ure, fulfilling a repr/entative duty. Be¬ fore he fat down, h>wever, he begged to drink the health of MT worthy landlord, which was drunk wih far more than the ufual demonftration of )°Y and attach¬ ment. Loud cheerafotlowed th;s Speech. There dined this <ay fully 500. Mr. Coke next dried to Talavera wheat, which he (at! he lia<i not himfelf tried, but his friend ^°rd Albermarle was now growing it.—& !iad heard mi,ch of its coming earlier & harveft than othei wheat; he would, h^vever, remind them that the harveft of c»>s country had been rather earlier for the la(l 7ear or fo» and might not this be on- caufe of its apparent fuperiority in this xfpea ? He fhould, however, certainly tf & another year, and would give a faithful r^port of it. Mr. Harvey (of Uburgh) begged to (late that he had grc*" from 3° to 4oa' cres of this wheat, lf*d that hc found the weight in fome cafe- aa high as 65 lbs. a buflicl. As a miller he would at any time give 49. or 5s. a quff*er more for Talave¬ ra than for any otbtf wheat that can be produced. It wouU make the beft whites of any defenption o wheat. With res- pea to his growing -'op, »t looked very a- bundant as to bulk, though he muft alfo ftate that he thougbs it rather more affeft- ed by the blight than the reft of his wheat. It certainly was a m"C hazardous wheat in a wet harveft tha^ tl*e common forts, from its liability to £rout. Lord Albermarle obferved, that the wheats in Norfolk «*« apt to be cut too late, perhaps, on an average, a fortnight. Now, if Talav»a wK*t ripens a fortnight earlier, and is let IP ^and till the other kinds, it will be a oftPtfa too late. When at Fornham, laft y&t lhc Duke of Nor¬ folk (howed him a cr^P of Talavera, which certainly no pradt*calman wo»ld have laid at eight coombs, he thought feven coombs an acre. He received a meflage from the Duke, ftating that t)is identical crop had yielded the cnormo'fi increafe of thirteen coombs, two bttfteh and onc Peck an a~ cre ; for he had haJ the land meafured. He thought its ottrtP* readinefsto fprout was a material obiec^cn to it, but promis ed to make a report of his experience at Holkhiun next year Mr. Ciavenng, from Northuraberland? had heard of great crops being raifed of this wheat. Mr. Wilfon alfo bore oat his Lordfhip refpe&ing Talavera wheat, and faid, he knew that fifty feven budiels an acre had been grown, and alfo that a higher price by 5I a load had been given for it. Sir John Sinclair begged once more to trouble the company with a few words on drilling. He had certainly come there in favor of broad-caft j what he had heard and feen fincc he came, of the drill hus¬ bandry, had been fo highly io its favour, that he could no longer refill the evidence of fafts fo ftubborn, and exprefled himfelf entirely convinced of its fuperiority in ev¬ ery refped, to the broad-caft fyftem. So highly indeed did the Hon. Baronet now eftimate its advantages, that, he faid, he had little doubt, if pra&ifed generally throughout the kingdom, the increafed produce would be fuch as to render the importation of corn unnecefTary. (Hear.) Sir John then propofed three rcfolutiona expreflive of the fenfe of that meeting in favor of drilling, and gave as a toait,"Suc- cefs to the drill fyftem." Mr. Coke highly complimented the Right Hon. Baronet on the noble manner in which he had fliaken off his prejudices in favor of the broad-caft hufbandry. It had been a hard battle, it had been fairly won. (Cheers.) Mr. Coke then proceeded to adjudge the premiums. On the fubjed of tranfplan- tation of turf, he fpoke highly ; many had objefted to it on account of the expenfe, but he thought this obje&ion entirely re¬ moved by taking a corn crop with the turf. Mr. Blyth, of Burriharn, rofe to ftare that the amount of what he had tranfplant- ed had coft him but 308. an acre. It had been done only two years, and no one could now dillinguiTh between the tranfplanted and the old pafture adjoining. As to the part from whence the turf was taken, he #A,*3-Vt ]v*o *«.*..,*.4* -J.**. V'"-^ .«■«* -'**.*« tft*v neu¬ ter for it. Mr. Coke coincided in opinion with Mr. Blyth, and obferved that even the beft pafturcs might be improved by thus fcari- fying and U-ofening the furface. Mr- Coke then gave " his Grace the Duke of Bedford, with three times three." The Duke faid that the very handfome manner in which his name had been given, and received, had impofed on him a debt of the deepell gratitude.—He fpoke in the higheft terms of their worthy hoft. The obligations between landlord and tenant were facred and ought to be engraven on all hearts. Want of confidence tfl this cafe was the fource of great evil, and oc- cafioned in many diftii&6 fuch miferable farming aswai too often wit'iefled. Far different wae it at Holkham : 4t live and let live," was there the prevailing maxim— It was a fentiment which ought to be imprefled on all ; a fentiment Tom which he trufted he never fhould depart as long as he lived,—(loud applaufe.) Of the broadcaft fyftem of hufbandry, he fhould only fay, ■ De mortuis nil-nifi bonum"— (a laugh.) His Grace then fpoke in the higheft terms of the candour with which Sir John Sinclair had acknowledged his errors of opinion. True it was, he could not fay with the Roman of old, *' 1 came, 1 faw, I conquered," but he might with equal honour fay, M I came, 1 faw, 1 was defeated."—(much laughing.) His by propofing, " tlu Independent Yeo¬ manry of the County of Norfolk." The Duke of Bedford then gave, "• Mifs Coke, and the Ladies of the houfe of Holkham ; foon after which the meeting broke up, and all returned to their homes, highly gratified with every thing they had witneffed on this delightful oc- cafion !fcS=NEW STORE THE fubferiber refpe£lfully begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has now open, and for fale, at his (lore, which he has fitted up in the houfe belonging to Mr. McDonald, on the north corner of the Old Market Place—a general BfTortmentof DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. From the advantageous terms on which the fubferiber haspurchafed hisftock of Goods, he IB enabled to fell them at very low prices for Cafh. WILLIAM DALT0N. N. B. Bailey and all othcr kinds of country produce pur¬ chased. £3=* 100 Barrels of Salt for sale. Kingfton, Dec. 14, 1819. £3w8 it. DAVISON, HAS opened a Shop in rear street' Kingston, where he intends carry¬ ing on the businefs of Hatmaking whole- fale and retail. Gentlemen's Hats, beft quality ; Ladies' Bonnets, any colour or (hade wanting ; Gentlemen's Summer Hats, Grey or Green under if required. Children's Hat?, of every quality. Felt hats of the best quality, Worn hats cleaned, coloured, lined and bound. Hats covered lined and bound, Oil cases for hats. Stockings|and other woollen goods dyed, Stlkfl dyed to any fhade wa-iuing. Kingston, Dec. 29, 1819. 53 NOTICE. Books of Subscription for the W>am of ^m$m, will be opened at the Direftor'8 Room in .the Bank of Upper Canada, on the 24th Auguft next, and kept open each day from the hour of ten till three o'clock, until further notice. Kingfton, 27th July, 1819. 3' TO BE SOLD, 200 CORDS of FIREWOODJying on the bank of Mr. Daly's Farm, a little beyond Collins' Bay, convenient for conveyance by water to Kingfton. Not lefs than 50 Cords will be fold to a pari chafer ; price 53. per Cord. A. WILSON. Kingston, $tb OS. 1819. 41 Valuable Lands for Sale in tlie Township oj'Hamilton. IT OTS No. 6 and t2 in the 3d Con- il A ceffion. containing 400 acres. Ditto ditto n and 15 in the 4th Cor> ceffion, containing *($o acres. Ditto ditto 10, in the 6th ConcefCon, containing 2CO acres. The above Lands are all lying in the' Townflvp of Hamilton, Newcaillc Uiftrid, and will be fold on the moll liberal terms. For further information, enquire of Eliai Jones, Efq. Hamilton, or the fubferiber in Kingfton. Thomas S Whitakcr. Kingfton. May 28, i8rrj. 22tf Kingston Branch ot the Mon¬ treal Bank. ANY fum required m»y be obtained at the Office for good Eills, on Mon¬ treal, Quebec, Bi'ls of Exchange on Lon¬ don, or for Specie.—Notes alfo will be discounted at thirty, fixly, and ninety days. THOMAS MARKLAND, Kingfcon, 3d Nov 181 8. 23 A FARM FOR SALE; ' A DJOINING Hay Bay, in the Town. -iT3L (hip of Fredericksburgh, the Eaft half of Lot No. 2, in the fecond Conceflion, containing 100 acres, and having about 40 acres under cultivation, with a log houfe and barn upon it. For the terms apply to Daniel Wafhburn, Efqv.ire, Kingfton. P. VAN KOUGHNET. Cornwall, Dec. 7, 181R 30 For Sale, THAT valuable Farm, known bf Lot No. 8 in the firft Conceffion of Frederickfburgh, on the bay of Quintie, upon highly advantageous terms to the purehafer. There is a large two ftory Houfe upon it that may be converted into a comfortable refidence, 3t a trifling ex¬ penfe.—There are alfo various outhoafet attached to it, with a well of excellent water—An indifputablc title will be given, and the terms made known at Mr. D. llagerman's office in Bath, or on applica¬ tion to the proprietor, JOSEPH BERGON. Frederickfburgh, 8th Od. 1819. 42 FORS ALE7 A QUANTITY of RED CEDAR PICKETS, from 7 to R feet in Iffn/Mt.—\\t1"l*- 'n Mr !,.,•«--P-t-WMK, Tailor. ^ WILUAM YEREX. 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