411 
26—1852.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
yield ‘ood will be —— small, But since the manure question to which such — y reference has — 
manure — Bie in such a case previously existed in the sik been ora? in our columns. ] expenses 
economy of the crop, pon te * as its manuring influenc 
3 — f may be doubted. In fact, so far as our expe eti- 
ments on this su bject enable us aioe we —— — . 
py of y gre 
the sup thea t of 
coll 
it oollected of — ae would be — 
wes per centage of nitrog e in 
Pe development of £ leaf, ‘wie * — e 
small —— to form bulb; and we believe that the high per 
f nitrogen was ue to a deficient 
. Whilst, nit, 4 
h 
re thos which 
s been usually 
n increased supply of nitrogen, there is 
an 4 . of le leaf, and a = which, though * 
in nitrogen, is not profitably develo oped 
(Agricultural Chemistry, Journal of the Royal Agricultural | 
Society — — Vo — Part 1, — — 42 
are indie ati by our experi- 
< front ewe . — nures for the growth of Wheat. 
Not so, 4 — with the Tenn — the — dhie cultivation 
i aa which, and pi — kris ay within soil of carbonac pate “han 
e e 
in hes ra et — 
r — 
cone — i will — “poe — oa with a due 
with a coincident, and frequently 
Agricultural Chemistry, Ibid. p. 35) —“ Collateral experi- 
ments also clearly prove — importance of a pe supply of 
organic substance rich in carbon—which alwa: tains a con- 
0 nitrogen also—if we would, 4 in practical 
agriculture euse the yield much b which 
— be leg by — manures alone; and these conditions 
phy — — direct — 4 be piti zogen, on the other hand, 
ve e rally es 
sie x wager views i developed in the papers 
which the ster barf of the Agricultural Gazette have how 
told * that the — required by the T 
witho 
carbon diene,” or that it te = ri nse with amm 
They are t the ese 
Secondly—That when preen successfully in our rota- 
tions for Rokas and man purposes, the Turnip, 
with ure more pro 
» farm-yard dung will 
employed 
perde ly, will be increas 
plant is grea oll 
wih 24 manures be increas 
Fifthly_-Tha at an “excess” 
diminishes th 
sources 
frequently be diminished, "ead seen the value of 
crop in rotation may be 
en ixthly— That although, . things bens equal, 
centage of n 
crease 
in the produce, the value 
poses will oe bd be equivalently in 
ae 
even may be 
whi isi is sai 
* 
are the views developed in the Papers 
hes will not stand the test of experience,” 
peculi k 
cand oe 
4 us to find 
us an 
ins mado fo nd vat 
in error, he has in no case been 
1 1 the “specimens 8 waten 
onia,” „ phosphates: “and 
s 
per 
quired by the 
eis tye 
155 which the ae of the dung, | obtai 
th 
lve 
Fat ge fi | 
0 crop for cedin 1 
p tes. P e 
tion of our views; and, further, that in the vast fun 
miscellaneous fact which he has —— against ec = 
= — py additional confirm to those views 
* aad a our turn, have ews. b rie e in 
* a th 
Papo ams Rei for the diserimination and candour 
of the 
a ject of 
ce which have come e 
15 Lawes. 
P 
APPLICATION OF agen MANURE IN 
ote follo sie 
make a more 
farms described by 
rn 
reum- =a boy 
5- 
3 and when 
pe 
tim 
of m 
serah efforts that the writer “ i ” ra il = a considerati 
ble es 
; percha be p h thinn e, 
and being more mayib I believe it w woul dlast longer. A 
| the engine, and the who 
oug 
JA MES KENNEDY, Myer Mitt Farm, AYRSHIRE, 
A 
R. 
visiting the farms in Ayrshire I derived much i 
formation and assistance from Mr. Young, engin 
maker of Ayr, who n anied | me. e 
Ralston ’s farm i ei constructe er his manage- 
laying aon similar works 
80 acres, belonging to the 
uth of Ayr, on the 
k honis f 
Marquis of Ailsa, rey nine e ene 
farm is an eg ore in i gem the 8 
„ & 
perfecti was 
Seno drained only 18 to 20 8 deep, but it is now 
being drained from 3 feet all over the farm 
need not — into a full desertion o oft the works, because 
that has been done by others w 
3 8 
be necessar 
about ST 1 blocks and 
ther horned cattle, 140 pigs, eep, 20 
fen rses, and 4 or 5 dairy cow. i and 2 age 
from all the farm Pere, sa from the house, and we iS 
colations and w. 4 2 solid manur 
received into Miter coved 
me respects rer 2 — under peculiar dis- 
3 as water for the pu 
liquid has to be raised 70 feeb an 
400 ards. 
8 by 14 by 12, 
15, 72 by 14 by 12, 72 by 17 by 12. The 
t 3007 
e Bean 
for me stock 1255 7 the — 
g appears to be the capital account and wo 
ses for ering een Mill farm: a 
Tanks complete £300 0 0 
Steam. eps ot 150 0 0 
Pum 80 0 0 
Iro 1 laying, and ‘hydrants ins 1000 0 0 
Gutta percha distributing pipes, d&c. 56 0 0 
£1586 0 0 
iy bereabond on 3 9 wear and tear, 
at 74 pe 1 * 2 
Pca! en 3 
Fuel... 28 14 o 
ee reir divided by the number of acres, is equal 
ange = sum of 14s. per acre 
oe the 3 result of ht cheap a mode 
Mr. You 
he ak: — been 
— 
was used 
or fiv wre ad t 3 
8 carr vl = “tive — or 
8 what i and oileake are bought 
hand, one-third or more 
of the farm in grain, notwithstanding the gteat 
— 
with Whe agitators, cost abou There is a 
of 12-horse p 
of coals per aay at 
The Sea mag — on m the average 10 
num 
&e., on 
N — arral nged in “the way 2 ia 
ber Mi MYG pte 
ans of some of the mar ane apparatus, 
this 16 fion, inte w admirabl, 
my an 
kind and labour; 
the pow her are two pumps wit five. inch hanid 
trofeet; itko, and 25 strokes per m 
80 gallons 
f4 
m the man in ortis vy the N Il be 
obvious from this or 2 greet of distribution is 
very and I fi the dis chang | 
hose, can co 
's wor 
„ erefore, as given above, the 
dressing w would be 4800 gallons 
n 1 distribution Mr. 
ennedy is able to e the fluid arm weather to 
three or four and one ofli liquid manure, and 
to Wy ti od be beet ix oF oeren 
paratively at the irrigation is still carried on, 
but with ere 3 and ma 
h 
we e state is ee to the os 
from air on. and in ays reather, when the ground 
is Lat gg the operation combines both watering and 
Ther a man to attend the . e, nag: ma 
distributing. Their unit es less 
han 2“. per week. The gutta perc pe is en b 
roken or worn 
my vis an will 
ar, however, to 
onger than 
and this 2 — strength gives 
an pai of rigid ity sar ent to cause crinks here and 
£| there, from fo 2 & and rere the 2 3 
ev nt -s the pipes give way agai 
points this goes on until the 3 “of the 
material Ta is destroyed, and a transvers 
lace, about half the circumference of 
i el ubstitute „ pipe for 
uld suffice 
red, a muc wo 
and how 
„latter 
be 
um, stock 
nd and dreary s 
n | was estimated that 40, 000 i or thie pa 
ure takes | ae 
d 2 are but if gutta |. 
— ingenious cont ces have been 
= the owner and his tenant for th the e comfort and health 
heran a 
e 
pot K 
respect it would have been difficu 
tter investment, Mr. Lee’s Report to the Dot of 
Health, 
DIGGINGS BY A FEN-FARMER.—No. III. 
Hottanp Fen, 22,000 e loamy soil, lying. 
west of Boston, was are wa and er fer shortly after 
1795 ; be — ore whic A 
by persons who clai The before 
enclosure ms 36007., but toute after, it let for 25 3002. 
A farm g. b 
ee and enelosu 
nas Av 
uc 
have been injured by 
known a more 
50 acre 58. an d greatly 
are his present situation, not only ‘tor "comfort, but 
profit also.” 1 8 eee 
value of this land, it 3 tting 
wards of 21. = por producing abundant 
3 
est Fen, and e Bae east = 
north of Boston, 
e commencement be the 
— thee d districts gps 2 t n of 
oggy fc e -groun n 1793 it 
r acre, rot 
on the three fen s the only evil, for the 
number stolen was 9 er wild a untry nursed 
ae as the fen, — the sheep 
gel visite 
“ Whole acres are — with Thistles and Bes 
e high and more, ae —— bg that — bi vast n 
— 1 —— hol keep gosse. po be nt et 
profi 3 those who — ve 
2 9 West ee besides ae 
. Upon driving aot ma 
nd 17th 
; — mtd 
horned cattle. 
3 East Fen 
d management of br hose b. 
winch, similar to 
report 
ove by ibe adoption of hn eke, 
my 
on town — by the hose and jet, 
printed in the re ports of your honourable Board on 
water supply. 
Taking into the irrigation account the whole cost of 
although half these might have been deducted— the | 
— to aain 
especially 
* Dry cows give considerably more urine than milch cows, 
M while feeding on Turnips. | 
the fuel and wages— | East 
p, standing i œ 600 
acres in extent, med, ” abounding in fish and wild-fowl. 
About acres were denominated the Mossberry or 
Fen, ` 
4 feet to 6 feet dee 
