The Journal of Agriculture (Volume 6)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...labour at a more moderate rate. In Ireland, formerly an extensive manufacture of woollens was carried on; now, the greater part of those establishments are closed; but with capital (not large), and the advantages provided by the substitute for indigo, they might be put into a state of activity, giving to the population what chiefly they require--employment, to render them as industrious, peaceable, and contented as anyjsubject, in his Majesty's dominions. The subject is open to another important remark: Indigo is an article liable, in the event of war, to an immediate and a very considerable rise, by reason of the increased value of gold and silver, the increased charges for freight, insurance, and commissions, consequent thereto; whereas the price of the principal ingredients in the substitute for indigo would, in all probability, be decreased by the contingency becoming yet more abundant, in consequence of the extension of the Government contracts for salted provisions. The Government of France, under the Emperor Napoleon, offered a reward of one million of francs to the, person who should discover a substitute for indigo in dyeing woollens. That offer cannot now be made available; but the King of the French takes a lively interest in this discovery' and would desire to reserve its advantages exclusively for France. Samples of wools and cloths dyed by this new process were exposed at the late public exhibition in Paris, and orders have been issued by the French Government to prepare with it cloth for the clothing of part of the French army. Samples of these cloths, and of wools dyed on the new plan, are now in London, and may be inspected at the Company's Office; as also samples of cloths and stuffs dyed in London, at Messrs Green and...