chandize or colonial produce in the possession of a panicstruck or needy holder; and should the expected arrivals from the colonies (about 20,000 bales) reach this country at a more propitious moment, no doubt an improvement will take place, especially as this wool is held in high estimation. It is supposed that the sales of English wools, which commence shortly, will sympathize with the present prices. Accounts have arrived to-day from Breslaw, which state, that at that fair 60,000 cwt. of wool was brought upon the market; of which 35,000 cwt. was sold at a depression of 25 per cent upon the last sales ; and had not the government, it is stated, unfairly stepped in, and purchased about one-sixth of the quantity disposed of, to keep up the price, the reduction would have been at least 10 per cent more.-Sun, June 15.

THE RACK-HEATH PLOUGH.

SIR,

Wishing to obtain some information concerning the above implement, I applied to Sir Edward Stracey, the inventor, who referred me to Messrs. Ransome, of Ipswich, the authorised manufacturers thereof, for all particulars of construction, price, &c.; and I have been favoured by those gentlemen with the annexed engraving, and its accompanying description, which I lose no time in forwarding to you, for publication (if you think proper) in your next Magazine. The plate is only just now out, and has, at least, the merit of novelty. But it has more than that it introduces to public notice, what, in my humble estimation, promises to be one of the most useful inventions ever exhibited to the farmer, whether of sharp gravels or stiff clays; and when I say this, I wish to be understood as not meaning, in the slightest degree, to disparage the subsoil plough of Mr. Smith. I would rather include his implement in my encomium; because the objects of each being the same, viz., loosening, not turning up, the subsoil, I do not see why each invention should not have occurred simultaneously, without either of the authors being chargeable with plagiarism. The one, to be sure, is a foot, the other a wheel plough. The public must decide which is best.

In his letter to me, Sir Edward Stracey says, he invented his

chandize or colonial produce in the possession of a panicstruck or needy holder; and should the expected arrivals from the colonies (about 20,000 bales) reach this country at a more propitious moment, no doubt an improvement will take place, especially as this wool is held in high estimation. It is supposed that the sales of English wools, which commence shortly, will sympathize with the present prices. Accounts have arrived to-day from Breslaw, which state, that at that fair 60,000 cwt. of wool was brought upon the market; of which 35,000 cwt. was sold at a depression of 25 per cent upon the last sales; and had not the government, it is stated, unfairly stepped in, and purchased about one-sixth of the quantity disposed of, to keep up the price, the reduction would have been at least 10 per cent more.-Sun, June 15.

THE RACK-HEATH PLOUGH.

SIR,

Wishing to obtain some information concerning the above implement, I applied to Sir Edward Stracey, the inventor, who referred me to Messrs. Ransome, of Ipswich, the authorised manufacturers thereof, for all particulars of construction, price, &c.; and I have been favoured by those gentlemen with the annexed engraving, and its accompanying description, which I lose no time in forwarding to you, for publication (if you think proper) in your next Magazine. The plate is only just now out, and has, at least, the merit of novelty. But it has more than that it introduces to public notice, what, in my humble estimation, promises to be one of the most useful inventions ever exhibited to the farmer, whether of sharp gravels or stiff clays; and when I say this, I wish to be understood as not meaning, in the slightest degree, to disparage the subsoil plough of Mr. Smith. I would rather include his implement in my encomium; because the objects of each being the same, viz., loosening, not turning up, the subsoil, I do not see why each invention should not have occurred simultaneously, without either of the authors being chargeable with plagiarism. The one, to be sure, is a foot, the other a wheel plough. The public must decide which is best.

In his letter to me, Sir Edward Stracey says, he invented his