injury to others—and we most emphatically call teasels a “casualty crop.” Our manufacturers occasionally import teasels from Holland and France, when the price is high in England: this they can do when the home price exceeds 8_l._ In letting teasel land, various agreements are made, not necessary to mention in a note like this; but it is usually taken for two years, it requiring much of this time from sowing the seed to cutting the heads for sale. In rating the expenses, we will say— £. _s._ _d._ One acre at 2_l._ per ann. (for two years) 4 0 0 Expense of culture, 3_l._ per ann per acre 6 0 0 Tithe 0 8 0 Cutting the heads, per acre 0 6 0 Sorting and packing at 6_s._ for seven packs, average crop 2 2 0 Miscellaneous expenses, polls, sticks, &c. 1 0 0 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 13 16 0 Average crop brought to market, seven packs, at 6_l._ 42 0 0 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Leaving a profit for the 2 years, upon an acre, of £28 4 3 As the teasel man seldom rents less than four or six acres, which he can very well attend to, it may produce at the two years’ end a return upon the six acres of 169_l._, if all circumstances should be favorable—a tempting inducement to speculation, when a laborer, by regular daily pay, cannot earn above 32_l._ per annum. But it requires some ready money to support the family during this period of expectation—and if a bad season occur, all the labor is lost, the profit destroyed, the anxiety of months ends in disappointment, and debt only remains. This is most truly a casualty crop; and the manufacturers are so sensible of the risk and trouble attending the cultivation of this plant, that they prefer purchasing to growing it for their own use; and I know one who has declared his loss in the attempt to exceed 500_l._