| Show french and english farming the last published number of the journal Lo of the royal abric agric agricultural 1 i society 5 contains a few particular particulars i c concerning ning Fren french cli and eri Eti english alish fanning which present the tile different results result s obtaining ni ill the two countries ili in a peculiarly striking light to raise corn the immediate food of mail man ha has s for years been tire hie prime object of tile tiie cultivator oil on tile the other side of tile the channel and arid with a bad emmi effi effect ecton on the land because he lie has hai not sufficiently cared for keeping up tip the fertility of the llie soil roil tile tiie englishman oil on the thel other oilier hand by devoting considerable sid erable area to green ra crops aud he tiie rasing of cattle not only maint maintains 1 s the at I 1 1 I I til ity of his fields but produces more wheat A heat fron a smaller fux fur surface face taking england alone a country not larger tha than n one fourth of france the produce is hectolitres of wheat of barley of oats I 1 france produces hectolitres of wheat and arid of oats and other kinds of grain the difference is remarkable and tile the writer who is a frenchman states slates that taking all products into account animal and vegetable it appears that the produce of england per liec hectare tare nearly doubles that of Fr france aiice alice 2 the tile french farmer contents himself with an average of seventeen bushels of wheat from his liis liec hectare tare fare the english farmer reaps his hii sixty five or seventy bu bushels aiels from the same extent of land in the united kingdom therease there ther eare are sheep and france has an equal number but while oil on this side the channel there are hectares available for feeding oil ou the other oilier there are the sheep in france ought therefore to number to be in the same proportion to the tiie land afla as in the United kingdom arid and if the tile comparison b nilde made with england alone the difference ii yet more surprising ili in england on hectares liec tares sheep are fed three times as s many as iu in france and this tills is natall no not tall tali ail all the thu weight of an english sheep is twice that of a french freach sheep so chatan chatan english farm onan on an nn equal surface gives six times as much mutton ash asb as 5 french farm the result is not less favorable to E english shill it we at r rance ranee possesses 1 head of caule cattle england and arid yet more meat is produced every year in england than llian france of the head of cattle cattie killed every year by our allis allies are calves wei weighing liling about seventy pou pounds lids each and the then your frenchman must have libor out cattle as well weli as milk and leatso meat so he be keeps liis ilia ox till it is too old and arid kills it when the meat meal is ia scanty and arid poor iii in quality the englishman I 1 H content with will milk and meal and kills kill a tid the animal lust when t lev ley weigh lle lie heaviest hence it is th tint it chil the thel head hedd of cattle killed hilled yearly I 1 in france aver atense we no iio more than kilograms kilo klio grammas grammes s per I 1 head the tiie killed hilled ili in the united kingdom average kilo grammes per head licad two million in illio allio ii cattle oil on this fide side of odthe the channel give hilo kilo kilogramme gramme rammel mammei ram mei mel in nore re than oil on the otha side in la otlie word words s with headon cattle and of land british agriculture produces auces kilo klio grammes gramines of meat france with head bead of cattle and arid hectares liec tares of land produces only kilo klio grammes cli chamberss Gli Chambers ambers 1 journal |
