ICULTURAL GAZETTE, | Fes. 14, 
108 THE AGR he Chairman thanked and this load slides along with the g ——ů 
i 
reatest ease to — i 
fire point; them a paper on the subject. | in return ing they | ge enerally trot. More e complag Orseg: 
might charge his piece to the muzzle, and hi imag Mr. Batl Gy for the trouble he ago r whet Sa in | have been > ra 
blank ; he need not fear oo I should 1 i is 3 Wiang this invention under their noti at the are extremely a pe the simplicity ‘of ‘his ig 
i e kill me m Ħ expense at which it may 
he ‘shall have it all to himself, and i imd him to ereak tne t yin rad een Ge age, or . by any e 
tim time to t . 
blishing day. And pra 5 5 i implements or m aching 
i i bmit to be thus deprived | of the Society the implemen w e and Society 
5 8 TI the refore posi that | exhibition had mp ame b po tessa * al ye ars as > er i o a ovel aout ia l 
= i | 
. p= “ape ee Laie ce bly 5 expend er bebe by the judges of the 3 > (sharply bic at its 12 25 p pc 4 — 
ve them prin neS i N —_ iron- rod draught-handle attac ed to} 
our mutton, When I found the 2 ~~ = es “Drain Pavement.—Sir Jonny Stuart Forses, Bart. ion s), mounted with a pair of strong oaken handles 
J hoped to learn 8 ae tellin a hea et have calle a the etintion of the Society, as one of its ‘a chats — d a hand- -barrow without wheels, to be 
I found a scene shifter, for after eluk A tae | members advantages of the bricks manufactured | drawn along the ground on its bottom surface like 
ar hn 8 t to relate chiefly to at Newark Works, in Aberdeenshire, for constructing | sledge. It was chief ed in Tica as a 
simple fa ts t ich liqui 
; u proposed of 
ived and carried off by a transverse gutter | this Flamen: some having reference to len? 
One fact does drop out. ‘Bagshot 8 Soge es not yield would a nares end, Mr. Forbes, their inventor and manu- | in tilting up the load of e and regaining the handle 
we . did * not See a single state- | facturer, attended this meeting for ees a oren E = = pores * y Fa io of the lin 
’ l sai jariti and tlie con- ught or contrivances to effe e objec 
ment ing 3 x could not justify. di y that plaining the AI of these bricks, of dra sas f pen J 
nsport means 
de ti layed cowkee n London centres, two very a wheels under the shovel; 4 
dart yr —— of 3 In the — of the night whieh communicated with the upper sides ty means one whieh he, Mr. Slaney himself, thought might 
z f hi 3 sy him from his bed with the | of an open s slit, half an inch wide ; through this groove perhaps be worthy of consideration, er 
painful i telligence that his best cow had a Turnip fast | the liquid was received from the pavement, and con- | of manure, in rows, 5 regulated longitudinal 
2 in he and was Eee; own came the | veyed to the — gutter at the bottom, and car- apertures in the barr the surface of land, a 
anf 2m t wner, nearly in the state in which he first 8 away. The grooves were cid 75 clear of accumula- cor rding to any particular ‘object in view, — ~ Colonel 
pares his eB viii om thle m stage, and found | tion, by means of an iro oy = passed into them | yet, 
to his horror that a large Turnip was tightly screwed through the open slit, and drew the obstructing sub- | with great advantage, i in clearing out old hedge ove, 
into the throat of—his pump, One fact Mr. Mitchell | stances along with it, to gn lower 855 of the oo. N taking off the top 8 from soil. It was mad 
himse 
t 
to be amg Me Forbes cited dryness end comfort to the animals, | of wood, and was larger et wa barrow then 
thing — a Airy real nery milk ; there omy o 80 in the saving of litter, and exhibited, e Saa cued ae d penti 
opacity in the one which is never seen in the 8 aA ability of wear, as the oe of this pavement | atta tached t ong whi pple st ee 5 “te side; 
London milk looks thicker, and has the appearance of over flooring of the ordinary kinds in use in farm build- edo = { ing 3 
scalded milk. * may this be called an important ings. The chairman referred to the coarse red material arked that a similar img 1 
subject. Fa and mothers, read Mr. Mitchell’s | of which the bricks now before the Council were made, been — . — in use in Lincolnshire.— Mr. Fisher Hobls 
words! ige this pine for two or three hours in and which he thought might advantageously be super- adv i 
stree 
hed found great advantage in the use of a 
„nursery supply.” Oh ceded by clay of a better quality; he also peri similar to the one used for removing earth on railway 
pedis Mr. Mitchell says * is a Bagshot blossom. to the economy He which the York stone could be It was si mple, and w ork ked on a pivot, and was 
Here is a fact that proves it, or turns the tables. Few, laid down for flooring —Mr. Fisher Hobbs Ia found 
of holding nearly a cubic yard of earth, which was tiled 
ig ve esca robbery b ot a ng-— out by pe = handles, while the horses went ch. 
London milkmen. One gentleman lost 160/. by one | Professor Way thought the cross-gutter, receiving | He had fonnd it a great saving, in clearin ng h 
i * iqui amen. and filling \ on ponds or hollow ways. With one itie 
Farnham by a neighbour, who had sent milk in the same Slaney, M.P., hoped that in the manufacture of these po oy, and a pair of horses, as much a 1 
cans, for payment of his proportion. I know many who | bricks such reduction would eventual ly be made in the effected as ith three carts, three horses, 
never been paid for milk they sent to London. | price at which „they could be supplied to farmers as 
N ! When they are 
The Chairman expressed his thanks to Mr. — 
paid, the price is had been made in tiles for draining and in other similar the kind trouble he had taken in bringing this subjet 
2d. a quart, e carriage is pai aap Aaa it articles, a reduction, he remarked, that he believed fr rom | before the Council, yeti, 
educed to Lid. Yet, as I have said, this emand, | Communications were received: from Mr. rd 
is very A l fill one of your 8 had aaya been es es ee to the manu- giving further details of his mode of eue 
with an account of the systematic trickery resorted to facturer as to the —The Chairman thanked , market vee of guano ; from Ja Gregory ae 
to cheat the farmer. aa R. Carter, Hel Moor Farm, Mr. Forbes for th the tr 3 he had taken in bringing on « the necessity of trying to. encourage thè ae 
Cove Bagshot, is subject be Fe embers. of simple Seal portable ma chine for crushing 
) Forks.—I must beg of you to correct an error into MERICAN pi . SLaney, M.P., having seen breaking Flax-straw without any previous prepara 
which Mr. Mechi has led the public by his letter to the in the Great exhibition last year, in the American de- and so reducing its wah m "e ber it may : 
eners Chronicle of the 10th ult., wherein he speaks am ac cheap and simple contrivance for easily nt to dista hak . of carriage; 
very highly of a new steel fork, manufactured by Mr. arth from oi = A a field to another, or the refuse uch p 3 eng "leit on the farm 
arry Hinton, of Birmingham, called “ Parkes Patent,” en. ditch bottoms, old and headlands, for the s 
and which he has been told is cut out of a solid piece 1 of ad up hollow pinces, he had purchased the | pr. 
d n que at he miga submit it to unde 
tem „ In the first pl ere is no manufacturer | iho Spee. and nit found efficient that it might prove 
of forks in Birmin „ named Harry | useful to the members, He hoped this might be the 
ton ; and, in the second place, there is no person | case, for in a ee he had held with à practical 
named Parkes, who erg taken out a patent = are | 3 farmer from Kentucky, he found that a similar | g 
nor is there any patent existing in this cou or | contrivance had been frequently used by him with great |. 
forks y all; bat the article he has called attention toi in ening and farming 3 
‘the ugh the same in its object, this implement differe 
by in some respects fro: ihe Flemish Mollebart, of whi ch 
È 
ge 
3 
. 
S 
> 
Erg 
a 
the late Rev. Mr. Rham bad given os ee account| AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT OF be 
in the Journal of the ‘Society (Vol. II., p. 61 Earl of CLANcAnrr, in t 
The Molle e of wbich in the elling of newly- e Chairman, in open u lar N 
trenched land has been before mentioned, is ustrument that, as announced in the printed circular, | 
peculiarly Flemish or Dutch. It is simply a very large wooden | of council, the subject for discussion eae 
| Shovel, in form like the tin dustpans used by , With | feeding and- housing cattle, &c., on w dre 
| a stout long handle, The bottom, which is c s covered — ry, had been directed to a b 
all with thin iron plates; and a stronger piece of iron Mr. Harkness commenced his paper PY 
to th ge. es ia . — is 6 or 7 feet long, firmly fixe subject he had selected was one of 
e sh S 
d 
ovel, e erally, and ought to be mor 
agony nee 6 feet ihiga, the only part of the instrument which touches the | of Ireland, the physical capabilitie 
' e them, R. A. 2 ground is 25 edge. When it is held 3 feet from the ground the for production of heavy crops o 
{We publish this letter, originally add shovel res vex bottom, with th i 
T on the con 2 e edge rising a few | Linseed and green crops required for feed 
echi, wi that gentleman’ Beben oe above th agate and when it is pushed q ite abe , | was—** The foes advantageous method of 
risers an rags on the gro ment rests nd t nd whether sue 
l . “T can only say that the forks of the bottom. The width of this shovel is about 3 feet, and altogether en cooke 
ippli to me by Messrs, Harry W length from the i n of handle to the sharp edge | that a recent au uthor, who publish 
Birmingham, are a first-rate article, having 18 of them is nearly the same, it is wider than it is long. In| on live ‘stock, said, when treating ‘of t 
pow fa ail : 3 i ae the middle of the border on each side e strong iron hooks, | that“ as the art of feeding is — well un i 
e e ise. abou! y which are connected with the iron on the bottom. It is drawn Tamarka on this Linge t will b e superfine’ ch 
crease their earnings and diminish their labour most by chains fixed to these hooks and united into a large link a | directions as to any mode of feeding. a 
materially, A digging-spade I received from the same little before the edge of the instrument, To this link are | however, evidently "be 8 false security j 
f 5 perior tool. P bly thie d ion ma attached a common whipple-tree and bars, to which two horses uneconomical modes of en whieh w 
y 3 ; esee scussion MAY | are yoked abreast, Attached to the end of the handle is a d antagonistical throughout the t 
benefit — en a ure, by drawing atten- ; i 1 and antagonisti 
€ g strong rope of the size of a man’s little finger, 14 or 15 feet | proved the cause of much persona 
tion to its superior E J. Mechi,” long. This driver holds coiled in nd which | this again resulted from the ry 
holds * handle, the reins being in the other. It is ow ready | ascertained statis — — ee ace 
55 to begin its operations. The man depresses the handle so that | British een The fact is, —— 
Sor ts the ed “4 * = È y~ E rises upwards, and directs t rses | furnished a ones ee ole con 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
A Wer th e be ove: As soon as ult ts, than that 
oan tey practice among agriculturists, 
'EEKLY COUNCIL N held at the Societ y’s House. ey reach it the handle is o sed, the edge of the instrument | to fat, and this equally appen — eagle 
=> é y 00s ea r, e heap, and it is soon | are denominated practical farm eee 
in over Square, on W ednesday the 1 lith of filled with loose es rth, The handle is immediately depres au einineet Beoten «ari culturist a rand i — 
È present, Colonel Cuattoner, Trustee, in th sed, im 
food 
in the m of the shovel over the directions to give his cattle as f 
ehair; Sir Robert Price, Bart., Re nd filed, gee a bere i . pa vals opie sume, while Sir A feeders rs Do 7 
; as ti fi 
D.I „Mr. J — ymond Barker, Mr Batley, Mr, | man ca: ; the e atches the ground, and the whole — food which could produce 
Barton Mr. Dyer, Mr. Foley, M. P., Mr. Fuller, machine is overturned forwards, the handle striking on the | sidered “it waste 
M.P., Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Majendie, Mr. Rowland. bt ac yoo load is thus left behind, The rope, of which Cully and Cline say, “ abun 
son, Mr. Shaw (London), Mr. War. . Prof. Simonds, | use, and by palling it the instrument ia noain rer oraee und the earliest period 2 
pe a i vers 
» Slane, M.P and Prof p for a fresh }oad. All this is done without the | the otto odes ir s in their opinioa ity of 
- Steam * 3 (of the firm of Messrs, horses being stopped for a moment, A skilf Person will | of food for 4 ogee for the aride OF 
nd spread the earth at the same time th he deposits it: this i 7 — While 
Hodge i Batley, T done by holding t rope so that the magpie a 5 
invented 
the 
] Adelphi), submitted to 
the Comal’ de el = 90 of a steam at tion. The 
by Mess 8 5 gradually, and laid level the edge of 
ritzen of whick iatou ‘od tine seraping over it; It is Bar ntsc ä 
1 tales Up abot Sent. ar more ef earth each 
