798 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Nov. 28, 
be seen from the detailed account, afterwards given, of 
the expenses of erecting the work, that the whole cost, 
exclusive of the carriage of materials, was 1397. 0s, 1034. 
No repairs whatever have hitherto been required, and 
the only additional outlay has been the purchase of 500 
fire bricks for the flue, which eost 17 16s. 3d. Coals 
are delivered at the work at 7s. 4d. per ton of excellent 
quality. The three-inch tiles, the size mostly used, are 
delivered to me at 18s., and the four-inch at 23s. per 
1000 ; the contractor having a free house and horse’s 
Grass. It is hoped that the details given may encou- 
rage the establishment of similar economical works, by 
proprietors or their tenants, where thorough-draining 
is required and clay can be met with—for there is not 
only a great saving, from the comparatively small sum 
that requires to be added to the price of the tiles, to 
repay the cost of the works, but there is also a saving 
Wotices to Correspondents. 
C—Mix it with the compost as you 
yariable composition ; but a quantity containing perhaps 
half a cwt. of ammonia would be an efficient dressing for an 
cre. 
ANALYSIS or SornL—G. O—You had better write to Mr. Gyde, 
of Painswick, Gloucestershire, on the subject. 
Booxs— Constant Reader, &c.—'* Low on Landed Property," 
“ Hoppus on Practical Measuring,” ‘ Gibson on Surveying.” 
The second is a mere ready reckoner with explanatory in- 
structions. — H L Lawton—Blacker’s Essay on Small 
Farms.” Wehaye no published Glossary of scientific terms 
2 better than “ Brande's Dictionary. 
Bones AND Lowe—C W—Fresh lime can have no such influence 
on bones that sulphuric acid has. Theinfluences respectively 
exerted by these substances are opposite. Sulphuric acid 
sets phosphoric acid free, and therein lies its merits. "Lime 
would only fix it the firmer. 
©. rs—K K W W—The seed may be sown in the common 
in earriage to the tenant, and an afforded of 
making the time of leading the tiles subservient to the 
other operations of the farm, in place of interfering 
with them. 
** Detailed Expense of the Erection of the Tile-Work. 
Stones for kiln, 67.05. 6d., common bricks, £ s.d. £ s.d. 
Mims 0r. us s oe AS 19 
3050 fire-bricks (which quantity left suffi- 
cient for setting the kiln) oe m 
35 measures of lime, each containing 3 
i 2d., building 
imp. bushels, at 10d., 12, 
* .. . 15 9 
100 long fire-bricks .. m T ver dial: 
kiln, 141, . 
Sheds.— Wood got at a sale, part of which 
was left over for palings and farm pur- 
poses .. "e .. . ole I. 0 
2290 feet of boarding, at 1}d., for shelves 
ready to put up, and laths m E al 
Sawing 3122 feet of boards for shelving, 
at 2s. 6d. per 100 feet es oe v. 9115 *6 
Joiner worl of shed, per contract, in- 
eluding nails .. m oe m 0 
Additional sawing of boards and planks 
mired =. on Ps 
10,000 Welsh slates, 13/. 6s., slate nails 
2l. 15s. $ 
303 yards slating, at2jd.peryard — .. 
Iron-work for clay-mill, and all other 
iron-work, or tools made of iron, neces- 
sary for the work .. . ob oe 0 
Linen for curtains .. oe E v. agg 
Coopers’ work on pug-mill as m * 
Gost of shed against the kiln .. p. 
5 . . £139 0103 
* The carriage of the materials is not included in the 
above. 
** Cost of making Drain Tiles. Á 
* [t would not, in my opinion, be profitable for either 
a proprietor or farmer to carry on the work in a satis- 
factory manner by day's wages. The cost to the con- 
tractors for the different parts of the process is about 
as follows :— 
S-inch Tiles, 4-inch Tiles, 
per 1000. per 1000. 
Removing the surface and casting of s. d. 3. d, 
clay VOR lender: we rin T 
Grinding and sand — .. E 2.6 3 6 
Paid for moulding oe m . 5 0 
(Out of which the moulder p the 
y attending him 10d. per day.) 
Filling into the kiln d e Ui 13 
oals.—94 cwt, at 73.4d. perton .. 3 40 
Burning (the fireman attending day 
PEIBUUED IL Deer nee. rer 6 20 
Taking out of kiln Em E m 0 d 
Superintendence, incidents, and up- 
holding the shed, kiln, and imple- 
ments .. .. .. I „» 0.9 i41 
5.0 19 0 
“The hands employed have generally been— Three 
moulders; three boys ; two men at the clay, and assist- 
ing at the kiln ; and one of the contractors assisting at 
moulding and taking a general superintendence.” 
Miscellaneous. 
IF Instance of Grass-land broken up.—This farmer, in 
1843, broke up a piece of pasture land, the half of which 
he pared and burned in autumn, and after spreading 
the ashes, sowed Wheat and ploughed it in with a thin 
urrow, and obtained a very good crop. The other half 
he ploughed up without paring and burning. The land 
was harrowed and dragged, and the Wheat sown and 
dragged in. He had but a very bad crop, scarcely 
worth reaping, with abundance of weeds. The soil of 
this land averages 8 or 9 inches deep, on gravel, which 
rests on a subsoil of Oxford clay. The succeeding 
crops on a four-field course answered very well.— Mr. 
Bravender, in Eng. Ag. Soc. Jour. 
Extraordinary Crop of Wheat.—One grain. of white 
Wheat was planted on the 17th of August, 1844, and 
the plant was taken up and divided into six on the 6th 
of October ; these were sub-divided into 18 on the 24th 
of January, 1845. Five of these plants were destroyed 
by the frost, and the remaining 13 yielded 112 ears and 
3725 corns, which were dibbled in November, and; eut 
in July, 1846, and yielded half a bushel (minus three 
quarters of a pint) of good Wheat, which weighed 
30 Ibs. 6 oz.; the straw weighed 79 lbs. 9 oz. The 
superiority of dibbling Wheat over the old system of 
sowing it broadcast, has been well shown in one of the 
allotment gardens of Horsham. One-eighth of an acre 
was equally divided, one part being dibbled with Wheat 
at the rate of 2 gallons of seed to the acre; the other 
part was sown broadcast, at the rate of 2 bushels of seed | many = 
to the acre. The product of the first, or dibbled seed, | from Hola: 
was at the rate of 13 sacks to the aere ; while the pro- 
duce of the second was at the rate of 10 saeks. "This 
experiment was performed in one of the allotment gar- 
dens (which number 105) in Horsham.—Daily News. 
Suffolk or cup drill by first mixing the seed with sand or 
ashes. Guano is a capital manure for it, applied either 
mixed with earth, which is generally best, or alone sown 
broadcast in wet weather in April, Gardener's Turnip cutter 
will do well either for sheep or cattle; we have used it for 
several years for both. 
Derry CATTLE, &e.—H L Lawton—You should write to the 
advertiser for parti about the ch Mr. ‘Charnock, 
Wakefield, Yorkshire, 
Ermemtc—A Sub—Next week, if possible. 
Farmers’ Cnons—Henry— We suppose you mean the London 
Blackfriars. 
Grass SEEDs—J R—Lawson recommends for permanent pas- 
ture on ** medium soils ” without a crop— 
| lbs. 
Aira cæspitosa lutescens..1 | Lolium italicum — .. 
Alopecurus pratensis.... 2 | L. perenne m 
Arrhenatherum ayena-) 4: Phleum pratense .. 
m der Eg ee 3 | Poa nemoralis 
P.trivialis .. 
Trifolium pratense 
perenne .. . ) 
T. repens  .. 9 
Avena flavescens. . 
Dactylis glomerata 
Festuca duriuscula 
ylla ,. 
F rogue D 384 
Also Barley or Rye, about 1 bushel additional, peracre. A 
seedsman will obtain the varieties for you. 
LockRNE— T D W—If up high enough to make the forage of 
any value cut it; but if only a few inches high you may as 
well leave it till the spring. 
MANGOLD WURZEL—Sub—You had better lift them, cut the 
tops off, and transplantthem now into any convenient corner 
of land not manured ; letting them stand at intervals of 3 ft, 
every way. They will sprout and bear seed next year. 
OincAkE ok BEANS—JAHenfield—1t is not better to sell Beans at 
44s. per quarter and buy oilcake at 12l. 105. per ton, Th 
best mixture you can give cattle or sheep we believe to be one 
of Linseed and Beans. The former you can buy at 121. to 
a ton, and they should be ground and given half and 
with hay chaff, 
Porarors—C W E—Swedish Turnips, Mangold Wurzel, and 
Belgian Carrots, are any of them suitable as a substitute for 
Potatoes as food for pigs. 
Scan IN Suerr—F J G—Next week. 
Sunprres—Jnquirer—We imagine that the accumulated cut- 
tings at short intervals of a rich meadow would exceed in 
um of a few cuttings in the same peri 
thing is explained by so much larger a number of cows being 
supported on the same quantity of food in than out. 
cinders may be used with adyantage as manure, especially on 
clay land; but this is a misappropriation; they should be 
used as fuel, and their ashes used as manure.——-In stall- 
feeding the dung all falls in one place, and the feet of the 
animal stand in one place; it would not answer to let its 
litter accumulate under it as in box-feeding.——1t will be 
Jost labour to apply lime on wet peaty soil; but you may do 
so with profit on drained land though it be not broken up. 
—-— Does phosphoric rat poison lose its efficacy after keeping 
mixed w fiour and sugar? [Yes. It should only be 
ixed itis wanted. 
Vercues—T W M—They are considered very fattening food for 
igs. They should be crushed or ground and given as Barley- 
mealis given. Barley meal and Indian corn meal and Bean 
meal and Pollard are, any of them, better, because cheaper 
food. 
*,* Communications reaching town after Wednesday cannot 
be answered the same week, 
POTATOES.—SouTHWARK, WATERSIDE, Nov. 23. 
At present there is such a sameness in this Market that there 
must of necessity be a sameness in the wording of a report. 
The supply continues to be moderate coastwise from Kent and 
Essex, Yorkshire, Cambridge, and by the railways from the 
various inland counties. The prices are ranging as follow :— 
York Regents, 120s to 1808 Kent nd Essex Regents, 140s to 1808 
Do. Shaws, 1008 to 130s Do. Shaws, 1208 
Cambridyehize Regents, 1208 to 1408 | Do. Kidneys, 1408 
Do. Shaws, 110s to 1208 French Whites, 80s to 1103 
Do. Kidneys, 100s to 1308 
Ricnarp HARRIS. 
SMITHFIELD, MowDAY, Nov. 23.—Per Stone of 8 Ibs. 
Beat Scots, Herefords, &o. 48 Oto du 4| Best Long-wools - 45 6to4 8 
Best Short Horn: 8 B 4 0 Ditto (shorn) 
0 m ee 
Second quality Beasta - 2 8 4| Ewesend second quality 4 0 4 4 
Galvas - = - 40 410 Ditto (shorn) =- = = 
Bess Downs & Half- 5 9| Lambs - nei a P 
Ditto (shorn) = — — | Pigs * cw ce dio FO) 
There are not so many Beasts in Market to-day: but the supply is quite 
equal to the deman 
day’s quotations. 
rather more Sheep 
a. à 
onday last, and the demand 
'onsequently inlly for Long Wools ; and second- 
rate quality Downs are uch lower. Calves, although not plentiful, are 
lower in price, Trade for Pigs is very slow. 
Beasts, 9067; Sheep and Lambs, 26,260; Calves, 79; Piga, 215. 
"The supply of Beaste to-day is large. Trade is very heavy—especially for 
- 4s 4d, Best Short 
d nd-rate—the little 
in description may be quoted at 2s 8d to 3s 4d 5, bu: 
and Germany. The 
small—especially taking into consideration that 1460 are 
ermany—notwithstanding it is difficuls to effect sales at 
Bess Downs cannot be quoted at more than 5s 2d, The 
best Long Wools is 4s 8d. Ewes, &c., 4s to 4s 4d. The 
Mondey 
ate, 4» 24 toas 6d, Pigs are more in request as late price 
Beasts, 1012; Sheep and Lambs, 2180; Calves, 188; Pigs, 380. 
41, West Smithfield. 
E a6 
COVENT GARDEN, Noy. 28.—In consequence of the mild” 
ness of the season, Raspberries—the produce of a second crop 
—still continue to make their appearance in the Market, 
Other fruit, as well as Vegetables, are also brought in abundance; 
but trade is far from being brisk. Pine-apples are sufficient 
for the demand; but Grapes, both English and Foreign, are 
Apples and Pears have not altered in price since last 
week ; the latter are rather more plentiful. ranges are also 
rought in greater abundance. Spanish Melons may be ob- 
tained, and Nuts are sufficient for the demand. Walnuts are 
scarcer, and there is little demand for Filberts, 
scarce, Of Vegetables, Cabbages, Cauliflewers, d&c., are 
Carrots and Turnips have altered but 
r 
ood in quality. 
tuces and other Salading are plentiful, Horsêradish still con- 
tinues to be imported. Cut Flowers chiefiy consist of Heaths, 
Jasmines, Camellias, Pelargoniums i acti, Nea- 
politan Violets, Luculia gratissima, Bignonia radicans, Roman 
Narcissus, Allamanda cathartica, Fuchsias, Azaleas, and Roses, 
ITS. 
Pine Applo, perlb., Ato 7e Lemons per 100, 10s to 904 
Grapos, 
> 
ee 
à 
2 
Ib, lo Bs 
. 100 Ibs, 854 t0 902 
ts, Cob, per 100lbs., 957 to 1008 
Barcelona, 20 
Brazil, 1%. «o 168 
Apples, Dess,, per bush-, s 6d to 8s 
— Kitch 
n, 4s to 65 
Pears, per hf.-sieve, 4s to 128 
Oranges, per dozen, 2s to 3s 
— per 100, 14s to 208 
Berberries, per h£.-sv., 5s to 7s 
Lemons, per dozen, 1s 6d to às 
Spanish, 14s 
Walnuts, per bushel, 16s to 242 
VEGETABLES, 
Garlic, perlb., 6d to 8d. 
Spinach, per sieve, 1s to 1s 6d 
Asvaragua, per 100, 8s to 6s 
Seakale per punnet, gs 6d to 3¢ 
Salsify, p. bundle, 1s to 1s 6d. 
zonerá, Isto ls 6d 
Cabbages, per doz., 6d to 1s 6d 
— ‘red, per doz,, 18 to 84 
Broccoli, per doz. 6s to 12s 
Cauliflowers, per doz., la to 5s 
doz., 3s to 5s 
Ve, la to 28 
Brussels Sprouts, per hf-sy, 1a6d to 
Lettuce, Cos, per dto le 
‘Tomatoes, per hf. 
owes de oa to'0y er T En to le, 
v ushel, 1s 6d. to 3s 6. Radishes, per 12 
= mandy perbiate, Radishes, per 12 bunches, ls to lead 
Turnips, per doz., 1s to 2s Small Salad: 
ed Beet, per doz., 6d to 1s 6d 
rores 
Celery, por bundle, 6d vo 1e 0d Parsley, per bunch, 1d to 
arrota, per doz., 8s to 6s — Roots, per bundle, 1 
Onions, per bushel, 5s to 8s Mariagony.per buanoh 8ds T parati 
— Spanish, per doz., 1s 6d to 4s Mint, green, per bunch, 6d to 8d 
Shallots, per 1b., 6d to 10d Marjoram, per bunch, 3d to 4d 
HAY.—Per Load of 36 Trusses. 
SMITHFIELD, Nov. 26. 
70sto 77«| New Hay — sto 
50  -65 |Olover — 80 
Prime Mead.Hay 
Inir, New & Rowen 
NewClr, —sto —s 
poh rsa go Bis 
oun Coorsn, Salesm: 
WHITECHAPEL, Noy. 26, me n 
Fine Old Hay -  70sto 768} Old Clover 90s to 1008 
Inferior Hay - 60 63 |Infr. , 70 80 |Straw 268 to 82s 
New Hay - New Clover — — 
"Trade very dull. 
CUMBERLAND MARKET, 
Nov. 26, 
Prime Mead. Hay 70sto 80s|Old Clover 90sto 96s 
Inferior . 55 60 | Inferiordo, 75 84 | Straw 828 to. 84s 
New Hay poem : LI 
osnuA Baker, Hay Salesman, 
` HOPS, FnrpAvy, Nov. 27. 
"The Market ia very brisk for all Hops with colour, at an advance of full 2s 
per cwt., such being very soarce. 
ParruNDEN & Suru, Hop-Factors. 
MARK-LANE, Monpay, Nov. 23. 
The supply of English Wheat by land carriag: amples this 
morning was moderate, and the greater part taken off early, 
principally for shipment, at an advance of 1s per qr. 
Foreign met a limited sale, holders insisting on former prices, 
‘We did not hear of any transactions in bonded,—Barley, all but 
the finest qualities, must be noted is lo ns; 
new were à dull sale and the turn cheaper ; old declined 1s to 
2s per qr. hite Peas were difficult of disposal; Grey un- 
altered in value,— The Oat-trade was firm; bnt we cannot 
write it dearer.—In flour there is very little doing.—Maize con- 
tinues in request from 48s to 49s 6d for Galatz afloat. 
BRITISH, PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. $. $. e 
Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suffolk . , White 60 65 Red 2 58 
——- Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire — . 54 60 
Barley, Malting and distilling a6sto 40s Chevalier 49 48 
Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire . Pola) 
Northumberland and Scotch , . 
es z Tete Totaro 82 95 
ae . ‘eed $8 20 tato i 
Malt gale, ship b E: = SU» dS 
—— Hertford and Essex 
Ec RON et oh * 4 
Beans, Mazagan, oldand new 36 to 4l ‘Tick 38 49 Harrow 38 48 
—— Pigeon, Heligoland . 44 to 48 Winds 55 70 Longpod38 45 
Peas, White epu 5 Ire; 12 
LH + b0 to 54 ^ Maple 42 4i 
ARRIVALS IN THE RIVER LAST WEEK. 
Flour. Wht.) Barl. | Malt Oats. | Rye. | Bns. |Peas 
English 244i Shs. — Brle| 2838 | 3257 | 2777 | s13 | = | G6 |248 
rish. . — 5 > s mi Poor ka 894] — Qm act 
Foreign — 4, 92865 , | 6705 | 1551 9698 | 50 72 | 67 
FmipAY, Nov. 27. 
There was little English Wheat fresh up for this morning's 
Market, and it was cleared at our quotations of Monday last. 
In free Foreign the transactions were limited, and prices un- 
altered. The demand for Bonded has subsided.—Barley is firm 
at late rates.—Beans remain the same ; but white Peas in some 
instances offered on lower terms.—The Oat-trade is steady, and 
has rather an upward tendency.—Maize in demand at 1s to 2s 
per qr. adyance, 
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, 
Wheat Barley Oata Flour 
English «+ 5030 1960 1680 1860 Sks 
Irish >. o — 700 9550 - 
Foreign . + 9420 960 1040 10200 bris 
IMPERIAL AVERAGES, 
Wheat. | Barley.| Oats. ye. | Beans. ‘ens. 
Oct. 17 per Quarter| 59s10d| 38s 8d| 954 $i Bis 3d| 45e 5d| 47s, 8d 
= 8... j.6010 9 45 9| 48.10 
seti: a Gud 46 1 | 50 88 
uic Wan. OC ELE MR. 0 
Noy. 14. « .| 61 5 
— aA, + «| 8 8 
6 weeks’ Aggreg, Aver, | 60 11 
son Foreign Grain 4 ^ 
Fluctuations in la 
Parca. 
62s 3d 
61 9 
61 5 
60 10 
59 10 
59 i er 
SEEDS, Nov. 23, 
Canary ~ perqr 60sto Gis | Linseed Cakes,Foreign,p.ton 91 to 11 
faraway - -= perowt 40 ustard, White, per bush - 78 88 
Clover, Red, English - — — — Superfine , > — — 
— — Foreign - — — —- rown ERE ET R 
— White English - — — | Rapeseed, English, per last 97 247 
= — Foreign — Z | RapeCakes - perton — 6l 
Coriander - = 270 16 BainWoin  -  & 85s € - 
Hempseed = perqr. 84 36 Tares, Eng., winter, p. bush, 5s 56d 
LS EE CO el A Forlun ony oya, enfin 
‘re! 1 
Baltio - =- ~ 46 patoi e twp owt. 
Cakes, Eng. per 1000 _13 5 "Turnip (too variable for quotation) 
KINGSFORD AND Lay, 
