Mr. Passmore said the freights were not so much the difficulty as the cost of labor. In America labor was cheaper than here, and the machinery was better there than here. In this colony if you offer a man 15s. as a rouse-about, he refused it, and wanted LI, preferring rather to take his swag as a sundowner.” Mr. Lewis thought Mr. Grigg had placed to* high a price upon the land. In America hand was far cheaper, too, and could be had in some parts at a dollar an acre.
In reply to a remark by Mr. Jameson, Mr. Silcock said he could plough, riding on the new gang plough, and driving three horses, Bix acres in eight hours. The gang plough left no ridges, like the ordinary plough, but turned everything down. He did not know that the gang plough was suitable for grain crops especially, but he favored it for grass and rape, for which it was as good as an ordinary ploughing and two harrow-

mgs. On the motion of Mr. Zouch, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Silcock for his paper. Mr. Passmore did not think the recep tion given to Mr. Silcock had been en couraging. =■ The meeting had not been so well attended as the others had been, and he thought but scant courtesy had been extended to Mr. Silcock. These papers and discussions could not fail to be bene ficial, and the farmers ought to attend them.
