398 Report on Prize- Wheats. 



in despair sowed it on the lOtli of November, on a very strong 

 clay fallow, tile^drained in every furrow. 



i w^as unable to drill it owing to the state of the land ; I there- 

 fore sowed it broadcast, with one-third of a ton of rape-cake per 

 acre, and harrowed it in. The seed covered more favourably than 

 I had hoped, but it eventually lost so much plant that during the 

 frost I top-dressed it with 8 loads of dung per acre ; so that the 

 season, not poverty, has to bear the blame of the result. 



The wheats sown were as under — an acre of each : — 



Net weight Quantity per acre 



per 4 bushels. yielded. 



sts. lbs. qrs. bhs. pks. 



No. 1 .... 18 2 . . 1 3 14 



No. 2 . . . . ]8 6 . . 1 .3 1 



No. 3 .... 18 4 . . 170 



No. 4 .... 18 2 . . 200 



Golden drop . . 18 5 . . 2 10 



White chaff, red . 18 4 . . 16 



Comparative Date of coming 

 weight of Straw. into Ear. When reaped. 



No. 1 . . 19lbs. June 1.5 Aug. 8 



No. 2 . . 18 24 20 



No. 3 . . 20 20 11 



No. 4 . . 21 22 13 



Golden drop 22 



White chaff 26 



So hopeless was the season that I left a considerable portion 

 of the farm unsown till spring, when I substituted barley fur what 

 ought to have been wheat. A field on the same farm, sown un- 

 der favourable circumstances, has averaged me 4J qrs. per acre. 



H. Handley. 



XXXII. — Account of Mr. Irvine/ s New Machine for Construct- 

 ing Tiles. By W. Ford. 



To R. A. Slaneij, Esq. 

 In introducing to your notice the newly-invented machine, by 

 Irving, for making draining-tiles, I would remark that it com- 

 bines the essential recommendations — cheapness and simplicity. 

 It effects great economy in labour, consequently reduction in 

 the price of tiles, and gives superior strength. Any ordinary 

 labourer, after a fev/ hours' practice, is competent to the work, 

 but, of course, the more practice, the more expert, and the quan- 

 tity would increase with his practice. This is particularly exem- 

 plified in brick-making. In most parts of the country 3000 to 



