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THE VICAR OF LLANBADARNFAWR AND THE. DISSENTERS. SIR,-Allow me through your columns to ask the much- respected Vicar of Llanbadarn whether it is true, as rumour is afloat, that he expressed publicly, in the course of his discourse on Sunday evening last, that the dissenters were converting their chapels into political arenas, to preach politics, and collect money in aid of political martyrs, and that they (dissenters) would soon attempt to disthrone the Queen and overthrow her constitution, and perhaps they would soon make collections in their chapels to aid cockfighting, &c. If the above sentiments were uttered (which I doubt much), I call upon the reverend ,t, gentleman to point out any single act of disloyalty, or anything approaching to it, on the part of the dissenters. And, was it not a Christian and benevolent act on their part to come forward to sympathize with, and help those who have been persecuted, and who have nobly suffered for conscience sake ? I remain, &c., A LOYAL DISSENTER. Ceredigion, 13th January, 1870.

THE LATE PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH AT ABERDOVEY. SIB,-A correspondent at Aberdovey in your impression of the 1st inst. has evidently discovered a mare's nest," and found out that pigeon shooting is not one of the customs of the place. We would advise him to go im- mediately to Scotland-yard, for there is a question both of interest and curiosity going on there; for in good truth the absurdities, oddities, whims, and vagaries-to say nothing of the evil repute into which the very respectable and re- sponsible institution which has its location in that ancient precinct has lately played—would make us pause in doubt- ful anxiety and breathless expectation, wondering what will be the nature of the next mandate that may be issued by the august potentate of the yard, what particular class or trade will next be assaulted, or what portion of her Majesty's subjects will be placed under the inspection of the myrmidons of the metropolitan autocrat. Itinerant street chapmen, cabs and omnibuses, have been the objects of perpetual warfare carried on by the blue-coated guardians of the public peace; but now thedecree has gone forth that hostilities are to be declared in another quarter altogether, and against another set of the Queen's lieges. Indeed, so remarkable and unusual is the nature of this command, or order, or minute, or whatever it may chance to be styled in the yard, that it was seriously supposed by many to be a hoax, or joke, got up by a branch of the press for the sake of having a sly fling at the metropolitan police authorities. Time, however, that proves most things, has shown that it is perfectly true-the ukase has been issued and materially effects one of our most popular English games. What! cricket, football, tennis, quoits? No! Then it must be pigeon shooting. No, that is a sport. No, not one of these, gentle questioner, but, in the name of the prophet-skittleei Now it may be asked, and with reason, too, what has the Commissioner of Police to do with the old-fashioned game of skittles any more than billiards, bagatelle, draughts, or dominoes, or the games just before mentioned. Then why should a certain individual, or a cer- tain clique, interfere with the legitimate sport of pigeon shooting more than with the shooting of pheasants, partridges, hares, rabbits, or wild fowl. Every kind of amusement is condemned in this place even our regatta, which brought hundreds of people to the town and caused so much money to be circulated, was put down as ungodly; and even cricket is looked upon as a game considered to lead the youth of this town from the right path. There are a'great many vacant houses here at present, and if English gentlemen who cony to reEide amongst us, sum- mer and winter, cannot amuse themselves at Christmas with innocent sports without being criticised through the public press, we should not wonder if ere long there are more houses to let. I am, Mr Editor, your constant subscriber, Aberdovey, Jan. 12, 1870. AN ENGLISH RESIDENT.

CLEANSING OF RIVERS. SIR The discussion of this absurd project, as proposed to be applied to the Ystwyth and Rheidol, has called forth a good deal of irrelevant scribbling that has really very little to do with the matter. It is, however, very evi- dent that An Observer" is a prejudiced man, and that S. T., jun. is a man who, meaning well, likes a row. An Observer" says that only about £4,000 comes to the town of Aberystwyth yearly as the result of the mine works. The foolishness of this assertion will be evident to anybody who knows business they cannot think that 24000 only, is all that is expended in Aberystwyth, directly or indirectly, from mines paying, say 2100,000 a year, within an area of which Aberystwyth is almost the sole market town and the only port. Again, the markets for agricultural produce of all kinds must surely be greatly benefited all the year round by the wants of a populous mining district and is not the town greatly benefited by those extensive markets which would be very limited for eight or nine months in the year without the assistance of the mines ? It is not true to the extent that An Ob- server" represents, that "hosts" of persons dealing in all sorts of goods are located on the mines, for if there are hosts of sellers there must necessarily be a vast number of buyers. This is giving a much greater importance to the mining population than is claimed by its advocates, and admitting that there are shops near the mines having some of their goods from England, there is the obvious re-son why. The query js, are'the tradespeople of Aber- ystwyth to blame in this matter? As to "Observer's" argument about the mines being at a stand in the sum- mer, there is nothing in it. I assert that there is a steady flow of ready money from the mining districts to the town all the year through. As to Observer's sneer about the mining engineers, I with the formidable M.C.E. at the end of their names, I may say that they do their duty without assuming suck ornament," and can argue their own interests without it. Referring to "An Observer's" remarks on the meat required for. the Aberystwyth cats, and where it comes from, reminds me of a remark or two from visitors, that they could only account for the- con- sumption off meat by supposing the cats to exist in great number in the season, or else that the oats had been prepared by a nine months' training for extra rations. The visitors really did not think the blame was to be stuck to the policemen, as in London, the Aberystwyth police being men of the best character; but perhaps it is not the cats after. As to S) T; junr.'s" assertions not doing away with Mr Whalley's oath before the commissioners, as to the filtra- tion accomplished at the Pantmawr Mines, I bag to say it was never accomplished. I believe a few commissioners were there and saw a few pits made, and looking at their r work through, the steam of whiskey punch, thought they had done wonders. No doubt Mr Graham Williams thinks his filtration schemes good. one, but who with any practical experience of extensive working will admit it is of any real value, except to take up waste time, if there is any such thing. I fear; thi& letter will be too long, or I might enlarge on the subject, and hope you will permit me again to refer to it. W. B.

CORN, Z-c. LIVERPOOL CORN.—TUESDAY. A very large attendance. A very. considerable business doing in Wheat. Prices irregular. but the general DECLINE is from ONE PENNY to TWOPENCE since Ptiday. Indian Corn the turn cheaper, with a good demand. LONDON, MONDAY.—Last week's supplies of wheat and oats were small, and moderate in other grain. Exports: 600 qrs. wheat, 200 qrs. barley, 260 qrs. oats, 500 qrs. maize. English wheat 1,828 qrs., foreign 16,917 qrs. With but a very small show of fresh samples this morning on the Essex and Kentish stands, fine English was scarce and in demand at former values; but the inferior lots were passed by. The trade in foreign was of a retail character; and all descriptions, except the finest white and high-mixed old Danzig, were Is. to 2s. per qr. lower. Country flour 88,068 sacks, foreign 2,023 sacks 8,652 barrels. Norfolks were exceedingly dull, at unaltered rates, and so were the most approved country marks. Foreign sacks and barrels were each about 6d. cheaper, with a limited demand. Town qualities were without change. Maize 2,600 qrs. Sales were retail, and prices mnch as previously. British barley 2,261 qrs., foreign 12,319 qrs. The best malting English was quiet, secondary sorts and grinding rather in favour of buyers. The malt business- was slack, aud prices barely supported. English oats 868 qrs., foreign 9,458 qrs. The great falling-off in the foreign supplies having eased the market, prices were maintained, but sales were slow. Native beans 769 qrs., foreign 1,272 qrs. This grain was dull at Is. to 2s. decline. English peas 336 qrs., foreign 675- qrs. White peas were Is. to 2s. down, and hog feed fully Is. cheaper. CURBENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN HARK LANE. Shillings V qr. Wheat, Essex and Kent (white), old 47 to 52 Ditto, ditto new 40 49 Wheat, Essex and Kent (red) old 46 49 Ditto, ditto new 88 45 Wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) old 47 49 Ditto, ditto ditto new 33 45 Barley 27 42 Beans 36 46 Oats, English feed 18 21 Flour, per sack of 2801b, Town, Households, 87s. to 43s. ABERYSTWYTH, MONDAY.—Wheat, 6s. 8d. to 7s. 3d.; Barley, 4s. 3d. to 5s Od.; Oats, 2s. 6d. to 4s Od.; Butter, Is. Id. to Is. 4d.; Turkeys, 5s. Od. to 5s. 6d. each; Geese, 4s. 6d. to 5s. Od. each Beef, 6id. to Bid. per lb; Mutton, 6d. to 8d. per lb; Wool, lid. per lb. PRESTON, SATURDAY.—This day being the great Saturday market, there was a full attendance of buyers, and a good supply of wheat, which met a steady sale at a decline of about 3d. per windle, flour Is. per pack lower, beans 6d. per windle, oats Id. per bushel, oatmeal 6d. per load, and Indian meal 3d. per peck lower. CARLISLE, SATURDAY.—There was an average supply of all kinds of grain, but no change to quote in the price from last week. BRIDGNORTH, SATURDAY.—The attendance was small, owing to the constant fall of rain during the day. Business on the whole was good, particularly in wheat, barley, and oats, and a fair trade was done. Quotations :-White wheat, 6s. lOd. to 7s. Od. per bushel of 721b; red wheat, from 6s. 6d. to 6s. 81. per bushel of 721b. Malting barley, 6s. Od. to 6s. 6d. per 38 qts.; grind- ing barley, 15s. to 15s. 4d. per lOsc. Beans, 16s. Od. to 16s. 2d. per bag of 10sc. Peas, none offered. Oats, 12s. Od. to 15s. Od. per bag of Ssc. Indian corn, 12s. 9d. to 13s. per sack of lOsc. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY.—A moderate attendance, but trade dull, millers holdiug for a decline, which was not submitted to. What business was transacted was at the following prices:— White wheat, 7s. Sd. to 7s. 6d. per 751b; red, 6s. 8d. to 7s. Id.; beans, per 12sc., 18s. to 19s. Od. barley, malting, per 88 quarts, 5s. Od. to 5s. 8d.; grinding ditto, per 13sc. 101b, 18s. to 19s.: oats, per sack of Use. 101b, 17s. 6d. to 18s. 6d.; malt, per imperial bushel, 8s. to 8s. 6d. WELSHPOOL, MoxDxy.-Quotations --Wheat (per 8Qlbs.) 63. 8i. to 7s. Od.; old ditto, Os. Od. to Os. Od.; Barley (per 40 qts.), 4g. 8d. to 5s. Od.; Oats, (per bag), 16s. to 21s. Od.; Eggs, 10 for Is.; Butter, Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per lb.: Fowls, 2 1. 6 1. to 4s. 6d. per couple Ducks, 3s. 9d. to 5s. Cd.; Geese, dressed, 5s. Od. to 7s. 6d. each ditto, alive, 6s. to 9s. each; Turkeys, 4s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. each. Potatoes, 3s. 3d. to 33. 6d. per bushel.

NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY.—The shew of beef at this market was fair, and the demand proved steady, at prices ranging from 6id. to 7d. per lb. Rather more money was obtained for mutton, which changed hands slowly. Pork and veal scarce, and high in price. PETERBOROUGH, SATURDAY.—This cattle market was fairly represented with beef, the demand for which was slow, at higher prices. Mutton changed hands slowly, at 7d. to 8d. Pork scarce, and very dear. A little more money was obtained for veal. METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.—The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 6,648 head. The mar- ket was only moderately supplied with both beasts and sheep to-day, and the state of the weather was against the trade. For- eign stock came to hand in fair condition, and some very excellent French and Dutch beasts were exhibited. The demand, how- ever, was inanimate, and the quotations had a downward ten- dency. The Norfolk season has commenced well this year, and a large number of very fine animals came to hand from that quarter. The mildness of the past season and the abundance of feed have enabled graziers to prepare their stock for market at a minimum of expense, and the general character of the beasts now coming to hand is good. Prices were lower on the average to-day, the top price not exceeding 5s. 6d. per 81b, and even at that figure sales progressed slowly. From Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,400 Scots, &c.; from other parts of England, including Lincolnshire, about 750 of various breeds; from Scotland, 257 Scots and crosses, and from Ireland about 300 oxen, Ac. There was a fair number of sheep in the pens, the inquiry for which ruled moderately active, and all choice animals commanded the full rates of Monday last. Best Southdowns and half-breds changed hands at 5s. lOd. per 81b. Prime small calves were scarce and dear, and pigs were without change in value. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The supply of cattle to-day was larger at Stanley than on the previous Monday; that of sheep was about the same. The demand was very good for prime cattle and sheep, which were scarce, at the extreme prices of previous quotations. Middling descriptions were dull, at barely late rates. Beef, 6d. to 8Jd.; mutton, nd. to Bid. per lb. There were at market 2,325 cattle, and 8,208 sheep.

LONDON HOP, MONDAY.—Our market has not yet recovered from the influence of the holidays, although there has been a fair inquiry for new home-growths, during the past week, resulting in a little business. Foreign samples attract but scant attention, new Americans in particular, of low and ordinary grades, being offered at lower rates when pressed to sale. Imports this week, 2 391 bales against 1,983 the previous week. Our total imports for the past two years, taken from the Customs' Lists, give the following Azures: 1863. Bales. Cwts. Old Duty. Europe 66,932 or 167,330 £ 83,665 America 15,115 „ 22,672 £ 11,336 Europe 62,673 „ 131,682 £ 65,841 America 88,037 » 132,05Si £ 66,027 The European markets are all reported dull; but prices remain passive owing to the small stock now on offer. New York nrtviooa'tn the 28th nit. report the market as quiet but firm. Mid and East Kent £ J 0 £ 9 15 £ 12 12 Wealds 6 0. 7 0. 7 15 sufrex 5 12. 610. 7 0 Bavarians 7 0 9 0 11 5 KrAnrh .#«••••••••■■••» •••••• 5 0 «••• 6 6 7 10 Americans' 5 5 6 0 6 10 Yearlings 2 0 8 5 5 0 WORCESTER HOP RETURNS.—The following is the annna I return of the quantity of pockets of hops weighed from Christ mas. 1863^ to Christmas, 1869:— __h h-- I 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. New IS,256..15,785..30,584..7,662..15,479..27,322..9,248 Yearlings.. 19.. 867.. 371.. 871.. 999.. 786..1,587 Old 236.. 302.. 224.. 224.. 144.. 30. By auction 878.. — •• 78.. — Total.. 13.889..16,954..31,187..8,667..16,700..28,138..10,835 LONDON SEED, MONDAT.-English Cloverseed comes out very slowly, and commands high prices. Foreign qualities were fully as dear, and in moderate request. Fine English Trefoils were held high, and foreign qualities supported prices. All sorts of Canaryseeds realised as much money. Foreign Tares con- tinue in limited request, though offered very low. Dutch Hemp- seed remains very high. LONDON WOOL, MONDAT.-There has been a steady inquiry for English wool, all qualities having been in increased demand. Prices of fine lustres have been well supported. The activity in the yarn trade is temporarily suspended, but the prospects otthe wool trade are considered encouraging. Colonial wool has changed hands to a fair extent, on former terms, CURRENT PRICES OF ENGLISH WOOL. S. d. to S. d. FLEECES—Southdown hoggets per lb. 11 1 LI Half-bred ditto 1 J Kent fleeces 1 1 3| Southd'n ewes and wethers „ 1 0„ 1 li Leicester ditto „ 1 1 SORTS—Combing >• J ^4 J Clothing 1 4 1 4 HALIFAX WOOL & WORSTED, SATURDAY.-During the week a moderate amount of business seems to have been done in all three departments. Wool is firmly held, and there is a fair amount turning over. The position of the spinner is slightly improved, as he can now get rather better terms from the mer- chant. It does not appear that many frames are standing in this neighbourhood. The pieca trade is said to be generally in a healthy state. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—These markets have been well supplied with potatoes. The trade has been very dull, at the annexed nnotations. English Shaws 80s. to 90s. per ton. English Regents 70s. to 90s. „ English Rocks 60s. to 70s. „ Scotch Regents 75s. to 100s. „ French 60s. to 65s. English Rocks 60s. to 70s. „ Scotch Regents 75s. to 100s. „ French 60s. to 65s. BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATiJRDAv- Hides: 951b. and upwards, 4d. to 0.1. per lb; 851b. to Mlb., 3jd. to Od. per lb. j 751b. to 841b., 8|d. to Od. per lb.; 651b. to 741b., l to Od. per lb; 561b to 641b, Sid. to Od per lb; 551bs and under, 1. to Od. per lb. OgWo. 8|4. to Sid. per lb.; bulls, 8frd. per lb.; flawed ■ and irregular, Sid. to Od. per lb.; horse, 7s. 3d. to IS 6d. each* Calf: 171b. and upwards, 5jd. per lb.; 121b. to 161b., 7åd. per lb 3 lb. to lllb., 7jd. per lb.; light. 7J. per lb.: flawed and irregu- lar, 4fd. per lb. Wools, A 1, 7s. 101.; A, 63. 2d.; B, 4s. 9d. WOLVERHAMPTON HIDE, SKIN, & FAT MARKET, SUU80e DAY-Hides 951bs. and upwards, 4kd. per tb.; 85lbs. to 941bs. BI& to Od. per tb.; 751bs. to 841bs., Sad. to Od. per lb.; 651bs. to 741 bfc, Std. per ?.; 56lbs. to 641bs., Sid. per lb. 551bs. and under, Sid. Cows, 651bs. and upwards, Sgd. to Od. per lb.; 641bs. and under, Sad per lb; bulls, 2Jd. to 2d per 16; flawed and irregular, Std. t* Od. per lb; kips, ad. to 41d. per Ib; horse, 4s. 0d. to 13s. 6d. eacha Calf: 171bs. and upwards, 5 £ d. per lb.; 121bs. to 161bs,7^d. per lbs 91bs. to lllbs., 7 £ d. per lb.; light, 7d. per lb.; flawed and irregu« tar, 5d. per lb. Wools, 8s. lOd. to 63. Id. each. Fat, 8d. to Sgd.

SHEEP FOLDING. This is generally a trying season for the shepherds in the tur- nip field, however hardy flocks may be naturally. The mountain breeds of Wales and of the North will do better on the hillsidfe amongst heath and furze than in the fold in bad weather.; Even in cases where the roots are stored and fresh, heavy rains are very injurious, more so than snowstorms. In either case^ where storms are of short duration, often during night, it is sel-- dom advisable to remove the flock. In {daces where snow lies for a length of time, and the weather continues stormy, it is better to take home the sheep to the strawyard or place then, under cover until the storm is over. As a rule there sheuld be sufficient houseroom on every farm for all the live stock upon it during bad weather. Under cover sheep require to be well ven- tilated. Close low hovels never suit them well, even although subdivided by hurdles. Sheep will thrive better under {M shelter of a hedge than in such a place, and in temporary shield ings better than in more expensive buildings. The old maxima Shelter is food," is a true one, and when sheep have to the inclemency of snow or rain in the open field, an extra_ allow- ance of cake and corn must be given, otherwise they will los» flesh. Now that straw nets are woven at a cheap rate it would. pay well to afford sheep more shelter than they now get by sub- dividing the folds into pens by means of stuffed hurdles set Ulu, slanting so as not to blow over. -Agricult urat Gazette.

ARE WE GETTING ON? A Gloucestershire farmer writes:—" I can remember wheaf there was more fighting, thieving, sheep stealing in our Earish alone than there is in all the connty now. La- ourers are better off in almost every way. Wages hav* doubled since that time. A bushel of wheat was always con- sidered a man's week's pay now it is the value of two that they* receive. I won't say but that they were a stronger set of men, as it seems to me, than they are; but that, perhaps, is because there were not so many chances then of work elsewhere, and so the best, who now get draughted off to better paid employment, remained upon the farm. Anyhow they are better fed now than they used to be. And there isn't the smuggling—thera isn't even the poaching-there isn't the waste of time at fairs- there isn't the ignorance and vice-there was. They know better, they love their books more, they arn't so brutish, pound- ing one another about, they do love one another more.—And th4 land, too, is better managed than it was. Perhaps there isn't much more got out of a cow than there used to be, but there is a lot mora got off the land. What used to be cut off the crown of the ridge is now got right over the whole of the field. That is true of grass land, but it is truer still of the arable. A man used to get 29 bushels of wheat where now he must get nearer 40 to be as well satisfied. And he needs it all; for, with more labourers in his employ, and more wages to give to each of them, he has also more rent to pay. I have known rents raised three times in 20 years and it is 42, and even L3 now, where it used to be less than 30s. The landlord has felt the benefit as well as the labouring man. And all I wish is, that instead of pulling down the cottages, and driving labourers away, every owner of a farm were bound to build good homes for all the men the farmer needs to work it." This is a pretty good account of a secluded country parish in a dairy county. We doubt not that the experience upon the hill district of the county is as satisfactory as thafc thus told us of th6 vale.—Agricultural Gazette.

SYSTEMATIC FARMING. How slow is the British farmer in adopting an exact system of conducting farming business, We speak here particularly of the feeding and management of stock, and our complaint is this, that we have the greatest difficulty in really finding out the plan of feeding pursued in any given case. The horses get afew oats. and are foddered with hay the cattle get a fairish quantity ot turnips and hay, and a good allowance of meal, or cake; the pigs are done liberally, or the reverse, according to the notions of the farmer. In the same way the results are enveloped in mystery, and it is but seldom that any test is applied in order to find the increase in live weight, consequent upon a certain amount of food consumed. So much is this the case, that we are in danger of being considered as unpractical, for broaching the idea of altering what appears to us to be opposed to true economy. Farmers are to a very considerable extent experi- menters. They are constantlytelling each other that they have tnea such a food for stock, and that they are favourably impressed with it, or the reverse. They will give you their opinion upon cooking food, cutting chaff, the relative advantage of a large or small quantity of roots, the relative profitableness of sheep and cattle, as well as upon various other subjects connected with stock management. With regard to these opinions, based, as they are, on what is somewhat boastfully called experience, there is one peculiarity worthy of notice, namely, that the obser- vations of practical men are so contradictory that the unfortu- nate tyro who attempts to reconcile them is lost in confusion, and learns at length that his only plan is try for himself. Living as we do in a scientific age, it is not likely that this state of things can continue, and we wish at this moment to impress upon our readers the importance of arriving at our conclusions by recognized methods. Just as the thermometer is now admitted to be a safer guide in cheese-making than the hand, so the scales and weights will be found a better index to progress ia cattle and sheep than the eye and the touch. Well would it be for the young farmer if he would cultivate a little more exact- ness in ascertaining, for instance, both the weight of food and water consumed, and the amount of milk yielded in return, by cows. Every farm should be provided with a weighing machine of such a kind as to allow of cattle being weighed from time to time. The food ought to be weighed to the cattleman with the same strictness that materials are weighed from the storeroom of a factory, and the fortnightly or monthly weighing of some or all of the animals would soon supply the farmer with a series of figures, valuable both to him and to his agricultural brethren. We do not write entirely without experience, for we can testify to the great interest awakened in the mind when the time for again testing progress arrives. In these days of high rents, rising wages, low prices, and foreign competition, it behoves us to lose sight of no means of increasing our knowledge of jout Drofession We suspect that many of our most knowing ones" really know very little as they ought to know^exactiji How many pounds of hay will put on one pound of caa*as» weight ? How many pounds of hay are equal to one pound of linseed-cake? What relation has oat-straw to hay for feedrng purposes ? Is cotton-cake or rape-cake the cheaper f ood are hosts of other questions requiring solution, but which can only be solved by the scales and weights. M e again insist ttofc farming cannot rank either with other manufactures or busi- nesses until these questions are strictly inquired into.-Agriclllht- ral Gazette. TOBAGcO FOR GARDENERS.

Mr Beasley, of the Eaton Hall Gardens, grows his own tobacco for fumigating purposes, and he says:— Having done so myself for some years, I can speak with ^l±t efficiency, if properly prepared. My mode o^v very simple, and probably not new to many of your readera. 1 procure Le'd of the Virginian variety, and box or pan, about the first week m April, andthenplaoe itmi warm house or frame. As soon as the seedlings are strong enough to be handled, they are potted off_ into 1*^3* pots, and grown on until the end of May, when they are ally hardened off, preparatory to being planted out in the open ground, which should previously be weil mff ure<^a^vtl?°5hte}i The plants are put out about 2 feet apart, ground is kept clean during the summer; they then make a fine growth. About the end of August the leaves arestrppedoff to about half-way up, leaving the topmost ones <Jn the^ante a fort- night longer, to allow of their further development They are Wen placed in a cool house or dry^shed t?f' which takes about two or three weeks. During th** tm« should be turned over every -two or three days. When the leaves become quite brown in colour they are packed ma box, and a heavy weight is put on them to mduce sl.ght fermento- tion. After remaining in this condiUon for ^weektheyare filrpn nut and acain spread out to dry. This process 01 <iryui £ a^ ^king is repeated three times. The tobacco then acquires its true flavour, and is fit for use; so much so that I am obliged to keep it locked up to prevent its being taken by the men- To- bacco, so prepared, will destroy all insects that any ^nowujtte- paration of its kind will kill, besides being perfectly harmless to the most tender plant. "-Agricultural 3azette.

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