27—1852. | THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
429 
Gazette of last Saturday I see 
8 thi 
eut b to the depth k 3 feet, a 
— = 2 for no 
zou go don 
9 feet drains in ele 
money. ther farm, wh 
wot An depth of yaa ‘and 23 feet, 30 feet apart, 1 
8 ou see rs ago they did — 
— at all; the farmer wished more drains 
pa field, and about the same aac. 24 kas but 
this I c ould would have them 
oO 
2 
o 
d ee al for the pon service he has 
cargo of the Pa 5 fe fs the meeting was that 
— day discussing. 
in the presen Py 
3 — acts, and = 
1S subject is apt 
nd I may say that drains 
shallower than 3 feet would just be throwing money away. 
My practice is we am going to drain a field, the 
first thing I do 2 5 get pits cut though all the field at 
various depths, 3 feet, according to my 
I have dried a 
e 
o the b 
sak — the vate rai — as it rose 
to the bottom of the drain, B. W. 
Sorteties. 
— eis 
WEST OF PAART Toe SOCIETY, 
8 sie 
THE n was the f 
ES FORT EMEN TS. 
CLASS. pir t ploughs for r deep Lert ren Mr, Busby, 
con pest p pio — eng gf oe 
lough, 8 be: 7 — 
— on | ae Mr. 
Comi 
The best — . — a > worked by not exceeding three | 
horses: —— ne, D 
The — 2 — acon Mr. Eddy. 
of loam, and the shipment of guano from London 2 
Berwick and other ports in Scotlan and m 
e to the 
ty by drawing e to the 
don 
agricultural commu 
Rebiews. 
as „ Ther on the = ond A KA Lime as a Manure. 
Thomas Mor te & Sons, Carmarthen. 
Tars tract is 25 aie ove a per! offered by Lor 
Cawdor for the best essay on the 
title a announces, MV 
pre and _ 
hire Agricultur. 
re which the prize. had been offe +r Itisa 
1 in whiel 
Nr into ha ch gonea, on a 
lead the farm We shall give 
extracts in nillstration — we stows inei 
t 
+ 
Tir virus 
mera 3 thou ht 2. a small extent 
— — the 8 — plants, and to this extent 
m nsidered as ssary food fo ; but 
already ad ine quantity 
inde ed. Man 
d into requisition 
and moors ; 
p 
s to this property, I 
n the present state of — e we m 
chief We know 
its 
di 
2 time as the 
n 
a 
certain 
and I w 
. establishments at i 
for iod. I ki 
corn rents, and the tena 
producing any material — meri A because there was 
t previously sufficient in il for all the purposes 
pr sor In such * y rok with considerable 
advan 
succe 
a probability of 
experiment. 
= s 
deny that there may be a 
the farmer's purse 8 lighter by the 
n, Marshall, and Co. 
d A yo have a more instructi 
ood, The en here 
Letters ae Farmers. By James Heywood. 
mpki 
fact, 
s of lect en Tias before. the: 
gentlemen of that eent: ion. 
ee per — 
On Improving Old Pastures, by on and Sons.— 
Having, as far as poss — eradicated $ the et strong growin 
weeds and coarse Gra and i 
eeds. tis is a good practice a so at ‘the 
— 535 
— 
ssing is applied, but this is by 
—— otis now tha 
mer per 
complain. In fact, it 
is om honky. just system W which landlords and tenants 
‘ sai 
Interest for oe and farmer's semi 1 
The best heavy harrow: Howard's 2 harrow. hate 
3 — best cultivator : ar nd Ashby. food wi 
are e best scarifier, to orked by two horses: Fowler — ie y 
an a 7 
The b. best iron roller : Wightman — Denning. as it would o ee. for a eee that th d active population of 
CLASS No. II,—Cultivation of e ions”? ble ingdom is to nS unemployed or po The two. 
we t corn drill — in hilly districts : o i hace Wek in charges of 5 8 
The best Turnip man ‘eke ell: Mr, Cheek, Hale, d : n the point here erred ere Mr. Way reference to the pani of enge will show the 
e best econo: cal Tt urnip and manure ‘or sma p £ enses of an arable farm to uce- 
occupations in hilly districts: Mr. Holmes. of at the prs when his essa ritten. | of ota we pe = P 
—.— general 3 distributor: Holmes. Again, on the abuses o this manure :— e 22 per 
rse hoe: > tee eee " cent. 
CLASS No. III.— Harvesting crops and preparing for market. Its ts application to wet undrained soils is u undoubtedly Manual iene . mo ” 
—The best one-horse cart for general purposes: Mr. Busby. an abuse, because in such situations it is entirely thrown Pa : „ 
Eases eee sipahi Mr. ar. Hg away. The rain-water which falls on such soils does rades men's bills m — 5 fe 
e best bay-making machine: Mr. not pass through but over them; and the water tates sad tithes 8 “~ 
e best — ended, for at or corn: Mr, Howard; Rendle’s with which hey rat d being stationary, biria Gasuhities . 
fou be 
col ded, with 17. pri 
best E portable 8! — ian “abt exceeding four-horse | tha 
* : The prize to Cl 
civil engineer, of 
ayton, Shuttleworth, and Co. Mr. Amos, 
ndon, 
tal 
stimate S 7 
for che purpose of testing the power of the different engines. on r unproductive clay soils, lime has No “of artificial manure because- 
The result in this instance was as follows :—Power, 4 horse; | effect until it is followed by ample dressings of animal | such oie to pay in increased pro it is 
— 5 “orem upi 8 — ; — — — — sess or vegetable manures. Its power a this kind of land | self-evident that any disturbing innen in the relative 
coal] day, To hours. 485 Ibe — t 15s. p : om, $5, Sa eea ee dormant, oved, in m e e a materia one upon the 
per day, showing it to be the most economical engine exhibited, instances, to be quite in nsufficient te o repay the expense | farmer's margin of 12 per cent. If the rent remains 
The best reaping machine enn — Dray, and Co, f its application. This is, however, not the case when | undiminished with alling prices, it would absorb the 
‘ues 1 rhe ere — z 4,—The best chaff cutter, lime is followed abundance of farın- man farmer’s profit ; because the horse-keep is essentially 
Pc best corn and pase iid: Mr, Cox, Richmond and 3 wn a specs 3 5 pe clay soils 1 on rent; seein t 2 average a 3 
andler inventors. increa er e extent o u e horses consume one- e pr f 
seg chaff fen Cornes, cutter, worked by horse or steam 1 pena: he application of lime alone, or of farm- yard the farm. By. a corn-rent, landlords would benefit by a 
CLASS 1 . Seg pf tad toe vind | alone, would h rise in prices, of whic ould otherwi 
The best turnip-cutter — sleep Mr, Carson, for Moody’s For r en Which I have already attempted to explain, I apprehend nobody expects that corn will long continue- 
e of lime to apply it at the present lo Such 
The best corn and pulse bruiser: Mr. Cox, Richmond and 
CLASS No. V 
No. Ta a 
Young. The bert c Miscellaneous. The b 
The 
March 
* 1 est Churn: Messrs. 
heese press: Messrs. . 
e best Apple-mill (crushing pips at the same time): Mr. 
well be considered a 
ately be 
CLASS No, VL—Coil hich attend the action of fresh lime on s „dite &e. Now itis quite 
po E das best and oe economia! collet ce nofi —.——— I applied lime to a Clover one part of a field, | is — * consi 
— 5 ——— occupying ara and, . exceeding 100 leaving the other part unlimed ; I saw no imana in 
th Dray and Co, succeeding crop of Wheat, but the Turnips whic h permanently 2 3 
FF followed the . e and to guano of Plant 3 
Farmers’ ee ma applied, were n better on the unlimed lived plant of tlie 2 g 
East Bertier Re.—At a meeting held on the | than they were Ae the limed porti f succeeding and pa E suited to it: ao Yaya al 
12th June, the Right Hon, the Earl of Home, erops, however, have been mi better on the li 10 or ears, if 
President of the Club, in chair it was than on the nines portion. The application of lime | soil ‘ak 3 best de 11 5 Fund. 
Wilimomelr resolved, upon the mot f Mr. J aS in excessive quantities can hardly be consid an | deep, calcareous loam, resting on gehen ce 
Wi Ee i Mains on of Mr. John abuse in this part of the e. x 1 stone gravel, or . r90, a gin 
gion ns, seconded ever, occ any of the soils of the county of great if th 2 stopped by a substance, 
thanks of the | Carmarthen contain scarcel of —— and in few such as 2 74 lity of the undersoil, then, is 
prate of na i does it exist in excessive oo here are, no soe i hie ser: Lucern !—The a of the 
to the use: oubt, instances of lime ha ving been fert without ' un is highly im important in the case of Lucern, for 
