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na while. the waste stea én A 
shop, and to planing and othe 
yey. Next a 1 for all manner of 
s s the beet y fires, gives motion to the lathes 
ng r | 
mile m the boiler dries | 
to similar proceeding 
large national annual a 
at 50 millions, something must be done orb it, 
and thinking minds will reflect with . — on the 
multi udinous n ee advantages resulting from 
operations: as min 
wae in the drying shied, warms the workshops, TIPTREE-R ALL FARM, 
— an ov Sid 
pi he kind ork is thas done on the premises, To cE sien St 30th — Aer, — ~ A £ sd. 
and fitted and — —— bee ore being sent out. The te ie 169 0 0 
dows, doors, and stairs of farm m buildings and cot- Ballocks, coms, ‘and calves ... 2 $ 2 
es bein de of certain ee be and of certain (N . 
uniform sizes, are constructed in sets more economically | rames, iron hurdles, Ge. 394 17 6 
and substantially than they could be made by country Tiliazes, hay, ana oat oe ih . 
es include e cost 0 e Un- 
tradesmen. During the winter the ‘different articles e ar 8 E 5 7 
are prepared in-doors, summer the ca — 1971 2 7 
penters and other workmen are hoy to put them up | To labour (ordinary e 
x Ditto (treble trenching, and removing 
where they gate i ot n st whore interesting so 5 ee ee and 0 
department of this ¡osta ishment is ny oughs Ditto in connection with the live stock 
for —.— sl * th — — eres — r, and i F eo wets 
ornamental par of architecture, tis ed of con- : — 
erete, posin an the maidoa 42 durability o of stone, | To — zen. * s measure) of my : 
Adjoining these bui po are the extensive farm pre-] Ditto, on 45 acres I rent, at 20s. per acre, wita f 281 5 
mises of the duke’s home farm. Here an Siir “iatverful 5s. which I add for my improvements on it.. 
steam engines give motion to every variety of machinery 3 5 speed BT eS sah ice, and sur- 5818 53 
d in working up ae e farm. wre! ee meu 's bills, "including “Purchase of a 
teresting experiments in the feeding and manage-| ` Bentall’s broadshar 104 4 103 
ment of her g carried on, the data and] Coals for steam engino s 77 $ 
results being carefully registered for the instruction psn an ne ee 
of the agricultural public and the duke’s own tenan Man’s wages, acting = engineer, ‘miller, and 
Comparative trials are being made of the respective stoker to engine 39 81 
advantages of box and stall feeding, of the adv n bona 710 1 5 
es or otherwise of feeding with corn and d as ilcake and corn, bought as food for stock | 1558 17 63 
again ileake, and of the effects of certain chemical] Interest on — capital, "27000, at 33 — cent. 91 10 0 
applications in fixing the ammonia in the manure of th Guano, superphosphate of lime, and chalk, ass 
box-fed cattle. All the cattle in the feeding houses were bodght as manure e F 
in the pr oe Sia so irde a spectator could form £5588 19 10 
no opinion a the merits of the different modes of Cr. 
ing ; but it 8 be 9 that the box-fed cattle By Sonal = te 1851: 8. d. £34 
were all u e roof, not exposed wi pen side mae oe . — 8 H 
the air, as is frequently the case, but in every way as — cows, a . 470 0 0 
m in the stalls. The quality of the dung Pigs ie .278 3 @ 
from the box-fed cattle was 15 to have proved itself far eects a ts . — ; 
superior to that * the stall-fed, but on more min illages and manure . ; . 
inquiring into this . that the dung of the stall- By Wheat crop, 72 acres; average (incl uding one 
fed cattle had reg hac into an o ard and mixed field in — by blight}, 36 bush. of marke able 
with tha the 1 ttle, and in this state tried ieee cee s 2592 bushela, at 5s. per 63 
against ba Beant ove manure idé directly from] 974 acres of Pota'oes, only half a ‘crop, having 
the box Such an experiment proved nothing, and it ni injured — drought; Bone ity 5 a es 
oa 00 erage of ls. to ls per 
sho ows pH ardedly ate ree N — “et 4000 bunhets Ar 5 the small ones for 
cular of detail before ac „Er conclusions as full „ ae Konsum ock 150 0 0 
proved. The gene cattle are being fed, one part Meat aod live stock s 2181 0 4 
with 5 lbs Barley, Beans, and Linseed, and th . r 1 
other with 5 Ibs. of oileake to each animal, boiled a sae —— a oa 17 9 9 
oured over 14 lbs. of cut Clover hay, and — 
f wedes in layers, in large boxes 4935 1 6 
hich are cov red up and left for 24 hours, the a eager A to balance, arising entirely 
xt 1 hree feeds. Th a antity of food purchased for 
mixture is then given in three feeds. e cattle get no focai je — 25 per account annexed, and 90. 
other fe ad a e milch cows, when ieoor in treble trenching and oving rocks 
they calve, receive cut 2 l Ib. of o ileake daily. a permanent improvement, This tis addi- 
On ‘this they do extremely u till the Grass ready, deficiency is amply, nana by the addi- AEP 
better than on Mangold Wur zel, and Swede ka never a —— 
The year-olds receive 9 10 
Commissioner. 
A Seco 
5 his ow 
for the or. 
animals witho ut ears 
urnip seed, 
From the Cornwall Gazette, 
ns at Read 
„ Desen 115 . 
Mechi's b — sheet, 
ciency, the re- 
considered f. 
£0 
p my farm as mpi 
f landlords and aN ay for it is 
e MEM. 
horses, heme are all whence in valuatio 
Kebiews, ee 
Second Lae on British A 9 with aa Acco 
ree-hall F. 
and Com- hie Me 
sh 
arg 
Dutch y jobbers, Saale afte 
utchers, and others Bid whom he deals. I have al: 
plements sae are absolutely 8 many 
n presented to ty Š 
pért erimentally? eae win others to vote ex 
ordinary class of 
mple shi 
£5583 1 
—The wear ant tear of implements, 3 intion on 
charge or taker credit 
ge clear that the general capital is mtg: gat? ee l- 
goi 
such | 
ved, 
outlay of See ra few y 
Whi 
are plenty who do this), knows full well that a 
mediate loss attends this system ; but so th thoroughly 
is s this principle admitted, unders ood, and acted upon 
in t he a st fi armed district of Lincolnshire, that = — 
successor, 
ustom 
one-third the cost of purchased food consumed i in addition 
n- 
| cipis, I should beallowed Ne tten and 600 . 
rchased foo rtion of the 
* he or 
etween i 3 a eee 
etw Lin re and 
conidia 
an 
3 and, as it is 
ee. tray » which, 6 extraordinary 
produee 
e believing, however, thak Mr. Mech has failed 
to — that his farming h 
as been profitable, we are 
sure that we speak the — * of a very large section 
the agricultural world, when we thank him for the 
pu i i 
acre; 134 acres of red Clover. consumed ; — acres of Ge 
top Turnips, + dee Tares, hough 
re 
I have 170 ac of land, the actual avaliable land ie only 
155 and * of lawn, garden, &c., ildings, stac 
ard, the re i 
ma 
pe. that on — of ‘the valuation for 
rent i bats: it ce 36s. per acre, including t 8. for 
—.— 
echi adds, „A summary of my accounts will 
ere was'10/. worth of meat made, and 50. 
0 t there wa 
of corn * ced for every acre on the farm. 
i| Compare this with the down farming, as described in 
(3 
3 5 
i olds 
their del me e should 
folk heaths, with 
shame the proprietors of our . and other downs, 
into a mor proved system mere natural pro- 
duction, —— the 
table (to his lasting honour be it en is paying 3l. per 
nere in labour alone, and making abundant returns of 
howe 
that abundant produce is good for the 
r. Mechi’s proceedings 
the Lincoln. 
table. 2 indeed, 
rfolk farmer whe gives shis fattening bullocks 
d No 
from 10 to 20 lbs. of Linseed cake per day (and there 
wever, we are perfectly disposed to admit | le 
| but dih a of the land 7 1 
vod — by visitors’ e 
8 cua oveasi all y by m n private a dogs, &c., one 
but no credit as been ‘amen for this, The dit price for N wks: bog tha 8 of the “a har eae 
Wheat is topad at 40s. per qr., beeause already above 100 qrs | OF Which we gave in of our last year’s. 
a this year’s crop bave b ldt price | volume—in which his publication been received-by 
as possible, — is taken of the straw on either side me of o temporari d their correspond = 
the custom = — n this county being to allow it to the arine ibe view: wae-in’ m A a 
in-eomin ts ee as a set-off against thre hing and * nes an last w <, and was. 
marketing the crop The root crops are all valued at their accidentally in our Pr e It is only 
antaa s 1 in-coming and out-going. The — for | fair to add, that we beg the of our readers to 
labour includ acres 
of Wheat and 273 acres of Totstbea, 1 have cres of Man. Mr. Mechi's 2 mee of his e and of the 
gold Wurzel tons per acre ; 6 acres of — 13 tons per notices it has d forth, which has been placed in our 
hands just as ca was going to press. 
ó ; 
Mis cellaneous S. 
Water Mills Taa Drai pa .—The vast extent of 
fertile e injured by s water, and impeded in 
rainage by mill-dams, ara loudly for reform. e 
the feed- 
might 
ce of encroachment on 
together 
altered, 1 a vita e — 
in —.— inflicted are not very far greater than the bene- 
ved. Of e ee, 
but ee should „E ve Nena to in the 
national w orcibly struck iere these 
ral day w when esa a 1 improved estate on 
the banks of a where perfect drainage been 
effe ed and irrigation E A applied; but its deve- 
lopment was impeded a threat of | process from F 
an adjacent miller. 
gates, more water was c 
perfect condition, than 3 have 
the irrigation of the land in q 
amiliar with numerous i 
ss permits 
w legislative and judicial tri 
well be jealous s 78 2 
this im ax ade ; but no 
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