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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
See gy ee en ee 
4—1852. | 61 
The system adopted by the Directors of requesting = and Pipe Machines brought out within the last 14 each court, and when first = up get what Turnips and 
attendance of gentlemen from different districts of t Medium Gold ls have been awarded to, I ft | straw they e hoose to take; as soon as they have begun 
had, ition to the benefit derived from W. Hay, of Whiterigg, Melrose, for a Report on dif- to improve upon this food, he grs the 1 in 
ideas of different minds, been of great advantage ferent varieties of Barley; 2. 0 ulton late | place of linseed cake or bruised c mpound, 
putting the Society possession of valuable obser- | Jameston, Ayrshire, for a Report on "e cultivation and | say for 53 cattle, is prepared as — i ier some 
vations connected wi operations adopted in dis- | uses of N = — es Ritchie. -5 Sto: way, | of crushed linseed ually mixed with about 30 
tricts differently situated, different sorts of for a Repor e Grass ass grown the Lewis; gallons of belies water in a boiler, pone prr 130 lbs. 
climate, and following various mode: 8 4. Peter 5 West gree Stirlingshire, for a of meal or bruised d andful of 
CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT.— Dr. Anperson, Chemical | Report of planti ih — Peat Moss; 5. David Gorrie, salt; ath the mixture, after being sired Sera a con- 
Professor to the ociety, reported verbally on this pre Annat Cottage, Errol, for a Report on the Cottage sistency . thick porridge, is east into w moulds 
partment ir operations, and said that, during the Accommodation of the Carse of Gow Two Reports | containing 9 Ibs. each ; the above harat nes make about 
past year, the work of the laborato een carried e been receive mprovements of. waste land—one | 53 cakes ; ; each beast is allowed one cake a day. He 
with great satisfact e was scarcely any kind of from a the other Mr. oe tea a Sen , Peter- first induced to try this r having 
i rom a tena 
3 a A exteusive paper in the 
ad also = nee Pinan A 
n the 
rson’s) ov 
avery ge rie sha me ; 
able n that vw 
e he w 05 ole of the 
nother subject | 0 
e last two 
years whic ow be dly . with 
since or investigation i in — with the Turnip 
ad been finishe 
were severa 
now under 88 an — — — ed 
shortly to be able to report. 
GRICULTURAL ——— — The +e — then 
a memorial, w it was prop send to the 
5 * Henry been ere, the President of the 
f Trade, on the subject of Agricultural 
Mr. Nin f Mi net said he could not 
ceive any objed et ‘of greater i ce than e 
3 1 in a a country that ai so vast 
of property sar to agriculturists. 
Whilst — countries, where the agricultural inte 
as of less dan , have returns made 
snl 5 the —— ‘and value of the different aop 
and the unt under ain, there i 
8 
nothing — — 3 
hitherto had been left either to mere guess-work or to 
accident to asce the amount of th 
different crops ; n 
and 
ad to another, 
mark 
d | the sia on K field Cabb 
d 
e | prietor, in increas ing 
rest | tio 
| improved by draina; 
t ithe, rovements ex 
| i angat cx® cost 
head; the Stephens, 
Cross-roads o be ve ed, They are not in 
ic e Socie 4 s requirements, but 
nergy, a medium gold medal has 
the proprietor, — 51. b the farmer. 
6 Robert Milne, C.E., Aberdeen, — a were A on the 
appen of special manures. i er 
aia is r ded to —— mg — 
with the y view tr dee rds repor The 
also a Ey A Chie one on thes varieties “of the 
Enterprise brings us many co pope ris ; 
age, — Justi 
to continue and extend their — n 
nis exper 
55 
recommende 
ore complete fi 
Farm Memoranda. 
iFton’s Estate, L , LANCASHIRE.— 
oe of 20, 000 acres. 
wner,* 
t 12 years 
ap 
the, Nutri iad anne of Tanit, Sacked : Investi- | to 13d. 
co 
uthors 
t 
a”), are | als 
ts, 
5 o a view of N more extended results and in a, 
fi 
Mark ane Express, when 
the price of English-made linseed cake was ver 
He estimates it, aan nd for 
for feeding p 
nly 2 three farthings. 
ond o this e c d by giving 
hem daily, in addition to their othe 45 one of these 
t are kept i 
work. 
— ein prefere 
his as agent Mr. F air, ‘a gentleman of extensive pra ractical 
knowledge, and. who has 
through the 
roductiveness K 
the property, by means of new ag 1 — 
tion ne a soil, ree buildin ving known the 
estate many years, and hay ving ‘hed jisa opportunity of 
i inspecting it from — to time, I can bear one ness to 
ous improvements that have been successfully 
made. “On 
that where the main drains for receiv 
drains ing ee only 2 feet d 
ranch 
eep, they are now 6 
and 8 fee e main drain and its aap Thr are adjes 
of 10 po s in 8 and have been the of pro- 
vidi drainage for more hih 60 prn large 
l ed o advan 
8 2 
A great extent of tile dra one 
iti a cost of from 3l. to 5l. per acre ; * tiles bet 4 made 
on the estate, the cutting, 3 feet 3 inches deep, costs 
54d. The annual value of that aes of the pore thus 
. e en reased by 10s. per 
acre, progressive improvemen 
s of ne 
cuted. rable 2 of. new 
as been — whieh are in a thriving 
thorn hedges h 
pinay . clusive of railing, in 
recently going over the ee hg I observed was made use ant 
ing the 
about | 
A t is further materially | 
e 20 to the renal Within any last eight 3 nearly 
re made, other Wheat or 
on an 5 ＋ both on Mr. 
d on, several others (a plan of Mr. Begbie’s is 
| annexed. e aap —5 though extremely 
dious an a large extent of ground, are 
means expensive, t "the ne all — low — there re being 
o lofts or floors to support. The 7 of the 
timber i is light, hence the expense is far 
than many in 
cost, as a conside ibis part 
n 
impro ving the ock of the e by introduci 
well bred — dare bulls, and Ea presents of 
— es to his\t y. on the- 
higher * rolih — excellent cheese. In som — 
4 ewt, > per s produced ; the average 
ay be f to 33 ewt., which sells at the present 
time from 47s. to 52s. per ewt. As dairying is a favourite 
w fields in eael a cted hp 
ent enon the remainder are manage 
ourse shift, — a —first, Oats out on 
eas green jtik 3 1 his Wheat or sig L 
sown with seeds, which re r three 
ast 
pastured, On e light sandy — moss soils an excep- 
tion may be made, as they are n 
ng soils, 50. ire 3 1 se ma the 
cf 
wall” as in reference 
of crops, but to the crops of cotton | 
— e found that in F. and 
of epp i somethi the same 
kind was — — from i 
— eon the 3 — een e 
ountry; 
— e Redl y whatever in * way of carrying it 
into effect. 11 trusted 
was now e to be made by the Society to Govern- 
would be effectual in inducing them to 
ex. eee and, if they did so, he had no 
doubt of of 
1 n — 
memorial which had been transm 
that the appeal that f. 
institute Great im 
chat — lighter, sp which a man will ea 
2s. ay. On these and — ağir 160 
aeg 55 e their 17 5 Fess 28. per day ; š 
the poor’s 22 entl inished, being n 
only ls, 4d. in ages 
infirm 
seek asian Pets 
came a the Fylde, Turnips were see 
at present 1000 acres at least are 
t 30 tons are mally produced. the 
cupied by M Mr. Begbie, consisting of 450 sont I 
obse: wal sheep folded on Turnips, by nets and sta 
mprovements have been introduced by Mr. Bep: 
bie we other Scotch farmers who ee. leases of 1 
and e p 2 
— — 
years. go 
—.— of drilling grain to a considerable ‘extent, and 
f|} 
blishi by the Directors, óó the subject of esta- 
ing a Museum of Economic Geology and Chemi | 
in Scotland. 1 
Reports or EXPERIMENTS, &c,—Mr. A of Kem- 
made a statemen the of the 
on 
deep, w 
He also succeeds with drilled Beans as a preparation 
Wheat. The drill machine used by him cost 102, i 
dra rse, and sows six time. 
erush rs, grubbers of 
— oh Latte „are in 
on the estate. Mr. Begbie, in the autumn, ploughs his 
yesan r for Beans or green crops 10 to 12 i ig 
th three horses yoked abreast; the h 
. — to the draught by equalising aep 
which each horse must take his share of the d ~ ; 
nsiders that three 
have as much power and work vr mo — 
] in pairs, one pair before the other. When 
a year or in tos, ba had bilin 
bullocks, 
ips an ke 
desired | linseed —— and Pease grain oe. Beans, * 
as Indian corn, whichever may chea 
N The cattle are fed in — 10 to 13 i m 
. Begbie 
02 and 60° cattle, ebe 
and straw. 
was written, we have to lament the death 
an indefatigably devoted 
and 
Since this report 
| of the late estimablo owner, a gentlem 
to the gn ath arene of the country and the employment a 
| comforts of th 
t iptio clod | contribute 
varions kinds, and im 
of 
are drilled and properly manured and cleaned, ope ror 
tion may also be made in 3 
managed is dord to be 
Wheat; Wheat after broad-cas 
allowed, nor aa ing two white or grain cro 
sion 5 aking up an old Seg As eld, en which 
any are to be found in the Fylde, no 
* in ioe roots of Rushes and tough Grass — “The tenants- 
the fields : 18 = 20 tons een acre are considered a fair 
er as many Turnips as will convert their s 
and keep their stock in 
Fixed money rents are i 
—— operating equi 
landlord and tenant No reduction 
ton’s estate, as the farms were 
to tenan 
UL 
but in other districts not so fe 
contributor 
remarkable. Votes k emer 
Borer: T E. We nothing better than securing- 
Is it copper or i my 5 
ner | gasit oopper or iron? o, TGCLVN. Chlorate of ate potash is 
a compound of chloric acid a compound 
of ae anes 3 2 am of E enyaan anap the other the 
a to Correspondents. 
n suggest nothing 
8.2 
hl 775 lestat coal | . in pa way to 
chlorate or muriate of 
it? Date * not 1 that et sak 5 * chlorides 96, 
e 
et Sed 2 and it ill ent 20 ibe, 
Lixsxxp: A N. We should prefer the Linseed whole at 42s, 8 
quarter, Fid pollard or bran, to Linseed cake at 101. W 
ot always calculated to 
ion. Where Beans 
ortunately here 
Mr. Clifton has n he has built Schools, and is a. 
liberal towards education. 
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