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AGRICULTURE IN NORTH: WALES.…

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AGRICULTURE IN NORTH: WALES. | [FROM AS OCV VSL< <S\.J CORRESPONDENT." The weather continues fijie fur tackling the m^cct<tury farm work in arrear. There is | every prdbaihiUihjy of a. iaiiibiiig wtjawmn. Ev.-os are dropping iambs unci or the JinosiE favourable eLTcuiiksikinoes. Tliei sun- amd iniki, balmy atmosphere will soon bninig them aiiong. "lhm is sadder thail to see and feel the rain SWe upillg across the .]Al-it'J.|e,s, driven. hy a fua\ous ea.steriv gale, almost drowning the lambs as soon as they odme inica tihe. world. The shepherds have an atiaibub time of Ü, fur no matter how care- ful th^y may be the percentage of losses is heavy. Now, if tJhe weaitjber were expressly niaide for the adr^iiittage of fluok-mastare it could not be better. The snow is rapidly •disappearing from the mountains. The river rmiiiiiiig harid-by Abar .Station, coining fcliraely fi1\AIl tihJu sniiow, w-s full of snow "Walter on Tut}* Say jaisit. As fan; as I can gather mv o'bst^.vatiions ILSD week on the attitude the Welsh mem- bers should adopt towards the proposals of the English LandCommissioners to take Welsh tjyildeiLee, meeits wlJh general approval. Lett ju%m<ant go by deA^t. Xo C<lI:e> will attach itflne aiigtoetsib iiinpostem-oe—&t toast in Wales—. to conclusions based entirely on "ex parte" evufcifetuce of lamidbwne>r.s. Hut. His plan, to be suoces^full, depei»dis entirely on the unluaii- mtous way In wthiuh the Liberals—shall I say it l-boycott the commission. Our case has betia snibmdtifceid to the only tHbu-nal in whlMi we Ihafve conffldsiiice. 'r,h71i kn'JjOwniers hl&di a. fair opportunity of preseantiiig their aæs: they w<e<re. abated by an able and ex- f^iienJced metmiber of the bar, and thev muøt accept tilie vardbot. I dJonot siay it \\il be in our favour, im but I dio sx.y jL would be steupMUby a bin to crimie to present an in- eamipCeite oasae from the tenant fai'in'cire' polaib of vienv to aaitoitlher trrbunal! If the land- owneis dhruae to do so, thwt is their own tiiFair. We have no co'nifidetnoe in the Eng- lish Land Ouirniiii!smj<n—me'Mier in its mertihodis of talking evidence no>r the qua'li ty of tihe evi- Idleniee stiibiinilfifcdL The commission sits with aliased dtoors, and declines to enter iinto the Bsarits of dfisputets- between hindiord and ten- arJtj. What ¡It dloes exist for it is very difficult 1jo deibenmiine, except, possibly, to report im favour of bimetallism. Something may be wdtvanctid for tIlve laitter when we can adjust a aaJiisfladtoiy ra/tco of value between stiver and goflldi. FatUtioas have advanteed in police, and last weiek WdMi store oatftife fettdhed exceptionally high Sg-ures. There is every iidiicattiion that youmg srtjje-k wili'l sell better this year than for the past ten years. At one of the Eng- iiMi markets tihe quotations ran as foiijows MiWh cows, £16 to £22; calvers, £14 to £ 18; barrens, £ 9 80 £ 13; haifeis, £ 9 to £ 16; and siilfrks, £ 6 to £ 8. If th^-we prices ooaittdnue — and they are veiy likely to have a long ruiii, owing to the scarcity of stock— WeSlish hqm formere will make good some of the Howves of lasit year. I had a long chat with a Merionethshire landowner on Wednesday last. He informed 1 me that the state of things there was very little improved, as far as cattle is concerned. Last spring, when fodder was scarce, the farmers took their stock to Bala, Ruthin, and Corwen—where English dealers attend-and: sold for an old song—for practically anything they could get. This year," said my friend, "We have "plenty of feed. We had a double harvest last year of almost everything, but cattle are very scarce with us, and if farmers have to buy in to get rid of their supplies, it will be at a very high rate. We have fewer cattle & sell now that prices have gone up a pound or so a head. WTiat we do sell we shall make a good price of; that is the precise situation among the (Merionethshire hill farmers. In^afxi of estlalbiriliinig lectures on highly techmcail and abstruse questions, the County Oouiniula woulM be beftt^r employed in en- fowling tihe powers tihiey. poissetss for stamping emit flnwds in tihe butter and cheese trade. As far as I <»n observe the Adulteration Act 3s a dtcd. labter in Wales. The buiter in- drudtry is being ruined by the en-drmous quantities of fat sent over here by the American BffUl OoratimenlM deader, and sord as bufcec fit a prioe wjtih whifch. it is impossible for farmers to compete. Meiri'i'fi," the verv oiever wii^er in "The FtieM," on "The IXlfry," Is, I am g:a.d to 9ee, diJecJtmg dlbèIŒtron to this very inipiliferiit subject. "Cheese," he says, "has fallen im anentoly in value. Stoiitm cheese has fallen a.t least 2d. per pound, and large quantities of imlfetiBor quiaLilty liave btun alttuosit umisateaKe. The on?}}' food—w j can scarcely etili ft daiiry (puodJuioe—'Wlirich seeims to have malinitiaiiied ks paliltflon is nmr^ariln.e. The brands wiiich weTti seMng alb lid, per pound a year ago are being raha/Lited i'n Lc«nxl «i at the same price to-dhfy, aaid they unque^tiiioniably provMle a profit very much higher than is obtained by hjB-j CM'J Y fairmeir in the country. Tluafe tflne public sflioaild bwy nxairgarine at lid! anld tliiaifc exeeilletnt buttar should be actSd BIt 18. stJde by srJde witfli iit is a disgrace to a country which, although it be so highly civi-I :K3&e<d, sustains kiwis ".Jhicl1. are so unjust. It louat ba dear to tihose who think that the farming classes have themselves to blame. 1.lhey aire suffioi'enltfly numeiious. to force the hhtnkiJ of amy Grovemm'einit, and' to insist upon just audi equdUalblle lajws. That we should be so willing to nuirbuire foreign producers of an. imifcktakyn of our own goodfs, mantufactured fnom Amemiican fait, is contrary to the dictates of reaBon and of humanity.. The French- imaJn, the IXijii'ti, the DutolimaJi, and rhe OKfcaigo ^auglhterman have been making their fotrbunes out of the sentiment of our flammers and the indeoiianan, or the wanton- ness, of our Governumanits." I quiibe agi-ee with Meiriin." Our County Councils niglhlt, however, db much if thev w*ouOd use the powers with which' they are armed by tihe Legrsltoicure. A writer In' a trarte paiper deellaired last week tliat one large firm scfldi wtiekly five tons of mixture oom- posed of two paiits of manga rine and one of trotter. Lajndllordis postses great influence, anld tibey miilgubu assist in the campaign against lafdulteat^kwi.

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