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of sf Norfolk before you, to represent the variations of soil. 
ese would be maps of the aa geology, as 
f the substrata. 
On tates they may be 
ited er, iy the plan indicated above. 
‘llustration of these t — ods of constructing 
eological maps, let us su 
com — s of different kinds of w 
2 7 5 
Elm, Mahoga 
represent ihe 5 trata. ‘The ae 
E represent the superficial d 
the soils and — oils of agri 
carpet expose ee floor. 1 these ho 
is at right angles to their dip or inclination, and is 
te irection in w. 
On the larger maps of estates I purpose 
paas thickness, and composition of the 
0 
s u 
systematic nomenclature 
general —— 
rd of y of the a 
ying nn own o 
e supposes to be t by pin 
hassock, emp 3 = blackhover, 
araia a dou 
ma 
e geological . ee w 
their relation ns, on the one hand, to the rocks on which 
ey and on the oth 
deposit” I know of n 
2 action along 
soils will be th 
ned from w 
heaping 5 such epithets 
sulla; tra Jon m—or poo 
lay, 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
question on of ne best distance and depth of ru You 
will observe in the 3 before you Sir R. 
Murchison a es — 5 — vell as in some Pts rs h 
I formerly gave ur Journ 
al, in a pa 
o it as regards the cattle — though much 
hats r as regards the horses, heep, and the 
T 
it is per on the 
ei Gédlogy of N. orfolk, 3 ‘the manner in which the 68 warp,” 
ular 
or an drift 
in the subsoil on which it rests. Most of these cavities 
eH seen. 
e were abou of Devon * in six 
ud 26 rus a 
Geo 
es, the surface of 
and 1 
sal this irregular line of e on, w 
＋ — 0 
. sjin rams, the lecture they ha 
with wm deeper cavities, which are of the form of 
rs and inverted cones. ‘These cavities are m 
the warp rests on chalk, but they are 
sa clay. Mr. 
ead before the 
— — Society that, in the neighbourho ood of Guild- 
ford, a loamy soil, requiring to be drained, res 
whi rrowed 2 this nner, 
—— also that the farmers nd that drains cut 
across these furrows lay — a — 
when they ae cut parallel with . is is pre 
what might have been expected. se furrows 
ci ny 
ost | Far 
on clay, | i 
larger area than | ve 
Thi 
so many — el natural . and the artificial — 
rossing them become ains. Per 
ing whet! 
tthe em, — wliethe 
into — clay 
ral s 1 — 1 or = coincided w 
their aran depth. at average depth I en Nele 
ould be the most effective "en; kpr more or less 
an 3 or 4 feet. I throw out these views as 9 | 
i add that wik ising in ce d, 
an Union 
j d fi 
for geological research, I co avoid observing, i in 
traversing the county, fresh, se 
su or laid open by the relief-road cuttin he 
of Wo a Sections abounded exhibiting this 
mart of the soil with a retentive subsoil ; 
eee chat the surface -· water drained out alon 
— four fee was ouly“ t feet deep. 
pa Rant in a this country. 
n the 
ohm nston, Bart, M.P., the 
best Lery of the 
Trimmer, n s kind ble 
ing, and illus 
d then — 
obliges — to deter the discu 1 nal remarks, 
among the members present, to which this — gave rise.) 
No —— —At the monthly SY ad . the 
aged the Right Hon ord 
yd jes was carried, on * 
onded by Mr. Sh 
er —. to wait upon the 
rst 3 of the Cr rown, for the 
his A. “the importance 
effect a reduction in 
in wee rin — deliver rating by special 
that a deputation should be a 
Earl of Derby. as Fi 
rl of Ducie, as the 
Pr aden tof the Society, sho ald be desired to com 
WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL. 
Taunton, June 10.— Paar the past week this town 
has been full, -a ve fes overflowing with visitors 
drawn toge! by the jabi ement and cattle show of 
this Society. The stre oy I ih for the time, avenues o 
trees, and the houses are almost hid in the flags which 
have bee ret ari Bred concourse. 
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re cut 2 and Soa, of Lincoln 
they W 
much hace these ments exhibited, but 
no 
ious of the soil and t 
areni er 2 extended to 
its 
n En ee ts in Steak railway 
as 
tion of Lord Berners, seconded by Sir John | i 
any others, 
e are unable to give a a detailed account me the imple- 
shall ene n Bigs f the more 
re were ‘gles shown— 
y 8 
rs. Clayton, Shuttleworth, — Co. received the 
Man 
thro by t 
e . side a the revolving = 
falls through the spaces 
poy draining- 
machine, 
d was admirably adapted for 
d appea: 
reason, to be satisfied that in the e 
best w seen—ha: 
ru a vot Torrington. ou 
e to N the invention, and we hope me 
will prde it it at Lewes, when we shall be able 
—— it in ‘detail 
ussey’s reaping-machine was exhibited at several of 
the stands, and was tried successfully on some standing 
aw, Rye 
We hope to be able to give the prize list of the 
imple 8 me next week, The following is the prize 
list of the live stoe 
RIZE LIST FOR CATTL 
ts; Mr. Beavis, of oar 
DEVONS. - 
Mr. Tucker, of aw near ‘Taunton, a tout yous and 
four months old bul 
9 ngry, arren formation, with | the meetin “of PN En En A e Societ but of le-house, n 
Mptices of the elevation and as ect of the land and its 5 = 0 i i f this — six cannes a wee lers, B 
elevations, 5 ze hese é all that is required to enable | show — weleom eather until this afternoon OTHER BREE 
a erst to respecting the present qualit, most . but the business of the Mr. Abbott, of Long A 3 * Bristol, a three years and 
of the soil, uae capabilities, y the available | meetin heh r wen — old of Oxontagton, nes *  Beldgewathe a lie Hess 
eans of improvement. The y which t that in ‘the p presence of very | large r numbers of spectators moath old ball, 2. i 8 
eee local an of soils, when the} The Societ Agri * : ae Bishop's Hi Hinton, near Swindon, a one year: 
1s co : ae nd four months o 
Do they, 2 do — e 8 * putea ae A 2 dene, perhaps, more itt 2 ges of a r. Bult, of Kingston, near Taunton, a two years and four- 
ments of e whic not found in the rock belo thi ral spirit within lal k Stratton, of Bish ye ana, near Swindon, a one 
and which could not h — Sows i T te ae 2 : a ball, b: -a fonr years and eight mouths gid. 
atii int, not have reached them by ordinary | district, in the different towns of — it will hold its , TOL ; a thr — — aa es a two 
x na ona 45 ; forei etritus is | annual meeting. It origi „we believe, with Mr. — rane tear — old heifer, wk; = years and three 
— ania saat it is present also in finer Acland, f Sir Thomas Acland. His letter on the months 3 heifer, in calf, 51, ; two on and four months 
— Sere —.— soil differs 3 in compo- | subject, illiam Miles last year, led to the old y heifers, 51. wine 
poe -iy aiaga ee by this test, I formation of a t nd to various public meetings r. Ra Amore of Thorverton, near Collumpton, a Leicester- 
To establish su h oun extremely rare. in the counties of Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, at shearling ram, 16 months old, 5l. aly 
— a system, we should require the e a ee wi the Society was proposed, and the Mr. Bodley, of Horkely . near Crediton, 
with — tö many agricultural surveyors, conversant | present meeting ned. According to bw literal truth N oes — . ster 
ikera 3 their variations on different geological of che — che Bat th and West o icul] sseutheght’ eas 
body of in 1 should act in conjunction with a cen tural Society, for that is its full designation, is is a develop- Mr. Bodley, of Ho: Pomeroy, near 2 * 
to isine niii turists, chemists, and s sts, in ord ent, extension, and renewal of iety, and it n raci ar of Gone ae 
achd tormity of colours, si is, an 5 is thus holding, perhaps s we ought to admit its 7 75th instead | five ewes, i te R 
this, is inti c study and classi mi tion ot soils as | of its first Hal moeting ; but as to all the Its, and] Mrs. Bond, of Cheddon Fitz 
Prof 5 „connected wi pt almost all the = tur: eee ve 2 ae : 
eng the e ee om: success | this 1 is 3 ion of a new see. doma 8 
hope Mai wee TO ti gd ec Is it too much | which the ne ort owes to the energy and efforts of Mr. J. Ke Konnaway of of End, near Ottery St. Mary, a Southdown 
d e mos exing an A Littlecot- 
of ——— practice and agricul — eee 5 . with the Yorkshire Society, to} MF) Moor PP * farm, near Pewsey, a Southdown 
S scp ee ter sg a | Shc Se aea — — 
: 2 ry long; but never: we dene er tlie n 
18 one K 7885 „of Bir! near Dunster, a of five South- 
to Which, before I, ace tore ho: oe Pension öl. = 
nelude, I must beg leave to draw ch 
‘Of its bearings on the vexed i 
Morle, of Canni near Bri of 
— — N dgewater, a pen 
