442 
THE AGRICULTUBAL GAZETTE. 
Also, required the value of an estate 
ee en property. q prye 
of land, ‘which lets. at 
of 
years 
th? 
raising 60 Ibs. b 
and 
additional weight could they — a by ‘the: aid of three 
moveable pulleys ? 
ired the expense of cultivating an acre.o 
bylthe spade, to * dug foot 3 inches deep; a labourer 
. per day. Also, t 
it to a height of 50 feet, su cig bar each horse | 
— oni of pumping 70,000 gallons 1 foot high per 
hour, and to work six hours per day. Also, how many: 
aeres of land would it irrigate at 18,000 ‘gallons per 
t 
Explain the relative value “a 2 passat ef towns 
for: pena oa n mparative cost of 
transmitting it 95 the count i ina > and state, and by 
e * solid man 
r acre net am 
< 10s. per souk! per annum | dair 
hat number F 3 
gaye own 
of ground set 
ould require to do the whole i ce Bs sho nk farms selee 
‘ on 
favourable t 90 — non wth o 
counti 
o cases in the table in which.so high an 
oe eee considerable portion is due t 
amount is aie 
roduee 
- ‘On the other rg it appears that in certain cases 
Lin hire and N orfolk, and in one case (there 
mount of — 
rass and green cr 
«I think it must be admitted that, unless this contrast 
is capable of some pe mc which I do not perceive, 
it points to some deficiency in the of Somer- 
it can h be 
forms a peri feature in th 
e other counties, | e in none of 
used 
t that the amount 5 — yr soi 
dueed, and inbox — on the 
Somerset, w with the — facts in 
the case of . ave rage. ‘ng of Lineolnshire and 
eae — afford a contrast than that 
which 
Ss 
accounted for by any want of 
a 
hat the consumption of oilcake | 
e management of the | w 
n | gives principles for the application of manures to iig 
„and a n unerring friend in man nate 
connected sie practical agriculture, Geo s 
n certain Kinds of drain 
nd s, the rate of 8 seed, and 
z= mowing 21 5 
e to take | 
ee — 
the letting of Tumi 
Civil engineerin 81 — 
purpose of draining, or fox or 
vay for driving machinery, o 
y ex exhibited, 
. tang ry on the 3 of several eee ble 
money paid i 
xe 
It is — that the „ 8 of t the south-w 
es directions for m akin 
. | principles. of scientific instruction in 
Engiand, 
the easter 
and, on the. 9 * at at it is more favour- | 
If 
it 
imple: ements, in thre wane of: ‘te value o of tea 
mechanical, 
n paee 
and 5 tr one eg kia one part winter 
object bl * th k N were e drilled n horse and 
agricultural cae ee I skill and ‘ability, : ae 5 eee — ho ati ne. ais ko — —— = ale ae 
is tere phd full in-view by the gene at the hea production.of ate: to ane menns aon wilt they | The ground was scarifled, harrowed, and rolled previous 
rent dipartine ents of stu 1 5 re increase the returns of the land !?“ R. to ti d being sown lax, was harrowed and, 
rolled after being sown, Since then the crop hag been 
Tun practice of giving artificial —_ (except in ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. ge A 1 — or part oe pe a 
very sparing quantities) is almost universally; con-“ skssONAL EXaMINATIQN.—FRACTICAL. AGRICULTUR inches pants the preparation, af the, Ind , 
demned in the west. The 8 pag Seatch: Chiefly with regard to such matters as have been bn — scarifying, rolling, and harrowing, previous: to being 
farmers, from the time of Sir J. Scan to the pre- before. the attention f the students. „since the beginning sown. The Carrots have since been oed between the 
ivi of February. š and now. al 
rows 
onnection of the various seiences of 
ws, are 
ant to plant 
1 eribe the e ph alon been 
excessive quantities of al food to fattening hende er | 
; i : szil Ys, Geology, ye Veterinary Medicine and bios hed twice since * st h harvest, It has all been 
on the ammonia thew ee adr swale eee ee bees 2 pr 758 "les eying oe — Engineering, with the 4 vearified once, and s al times. It has 
18 OF ATAR ee har W e d — e 0 ed up for Turnigs 
0 which co í 5 : ig to play ath “which rendor Y the w escribe the acts of husband a the present eee e. — — — ey ant vie bie sr dressed 
r ia 2 r questions 5 the oi cir- ‘age Bes 00 C Cr e any 7 of the dient r ; 1 73 2 iougted 
> „ - | two years’ Dr. : 
T cumstances which demand this aria of the i 2 ive an account of the ping of the R. A. s isik Turni 1 a paste and deitled with 
ee 1 south do not — College Farm, either stati i eh Tyas last spring. The was rolled onee after 
in t the north. ere i much foros i Sir J en iy Oats, Thrnips sewn: umd to being sown, and was also hand and horse hoed: No. 29 
Suvonarr’s defence of th „Kc. ; or e 2 field i in — 5 ee bon Pla édi Amico, n preparation for Turnips, 
wrote many years ago, and which also applies to the | and stating how it is cropped at afk er No. as been ploughed, harrowed, 
western ae a 1 Tie they e 4. E olled, an an drilled, ani Paden after Turnips. See 
farmers), th n Mr, Your tant Mr. Hikz's use on — A. College ä — . — moe i — sown with the Barley. No. 38 has been ploughed 
plan, to aie her, a oake, 8 oer be e justly W 
be deviatin nciple 
8 s thro te Ke Sebich . to 
8. the — ores and 8 pra sr Grass 
oon 0 In 
tts, bé — — — too high in Scot and to: p admit of the 
leake taking. a 
said 
may be 
yield as kiah ren rentals as the adjoining lands in 
sooner or later the balance will hy — 
a of manu ie if necessarily 
leon in the north an est than the e the When 
follows more e the green — ae i- 
for but it increases greatly | 
where Wheat is own after seeds. We.cannot here 
8 subject. in, the average o! 
farming the manual amount 
Bento ; in the north and west the: fertility. 
ore easily maintained, and can be 
ve Ihese t 
2 
mie a r dt thani — the north 
We cannot alte er ascribe 
Se oe togeth this, $ as Mi, Camo | 
g 
e lands in the west of England 1 a 
oe | 
can 1 
t has been py pii the cows and of 
ak d 
ession 
6. Give a statement of the w. = in whi 005 the sheep 
have ace ‘treated faite this session, including those 
which have neg We, uring that poa: er also 
the experim was tried as t 3 dvantages of 
feeding heen in ‘sites or in we 8 
7. Do you consider th eep, 
eneral the mos bebe, sock to .— 4 Do. jot 
— this s you can support your 
s- | Opinion by reas 
— a farm of good ‘i 
acres-of arab! ture. 
stock would — — 
P 
‘soil—250 
hat live and 
you require, and what ought it 
i about 
to ot No What rotation would You c observ ret 
not in an ay connected wi 
its real value? 
10. 
Deseribe 
1 seirer we er 
use ; describe the method of 
advantages. 
Ves 
of Carrots antage, as 
to reg os sold off the land. N conia not this De. done 
Swen ve the general 
when he at, e e Bes, e aam — 
p rei — i tea 15 esa any erop which bors send fe Teg Taa 
and dairy ofthe wo counties, and the am green: wp b And how and in ee ee 5 otk 3 
chielly by ates than value were ae i exlaned | to sa t arik baka —— 5 N 2 1 ie 8 ee 
The: oe in rent does not arise wish to convert into mut 
from a greater 
1 ee — compari 
he produce of Wheat j 7 adone 
tendency to rely on 
crops in the west and men pr ay hi e ean 
is g lapan tipa 3 uch s 
arm, but 
e richness or “poverty 
of ls ei, ie — SA effect 
P zep 
crops i | 
growing Saintfoin ons its 
— may sete. that in certain Joealitiesa few: | 
may be grown with advan erop 
Turnips are sown: p artifici ures. 
Cr. account of No. 27 would show a profit; of a 
a loss; of No. Il, ru an average.of the it or or oi 5 
whole of the Rade mentioned. The aceo 
about thus: for 
No. 11. Dx. per Acre. i 
1850—51, 22 
To one ploughing for Wheat ~ ‘9 9 6 
Seed and drilling .. T 2 6 
5 harrowinge, at 6d 0. 1 0 
2. rolliags, at Gd. 0 3 0 
1 hoei 3 
Harvesting ‘and preparing for and taking * 10 
Ji market: 166 0 
Rent, &. oe ov - akii enh 
1 i 7 
Total Dr. one year for Wheat 40 
Vo. 11.—Dn, per Acre for Turnip crop. 
‘on | 1851—52. : 
i 10 ploughi 8 „ a 1 h 5 
ee fearifyings veh cnt 2 
6 — oijing ... LEAS 9 k 1 
e v = me : B * 
Hoeiog ama — 8 se 9 
19 
Dr. for Turnips ore 
Total, two vers wr ny 2 
No. 11.— Cx. per Acre, Wheat Crop. gad 
By 80 b hels of Wheat, at ge š 
30 Bushels 
4 Wheat straw not iakon into tho cradle aceon 
N more manure debited to 
wee it. a per Acre, Turnip Crop. 7 
* hable value of T i ie 
i * E Turm Tarps w ould tae ily pay oradh, more 
upon the ground by à ee 
u upon of tbe Turnipsso cons Ae remon: 
af ahy be calculated to make ee crop ac: A ante 
| rth 42, 
si 
15. What I 
value to a Turni * is * be ea “ed off — . ane an 
16. What aecoun k N Appar’ at 
Distinguish between a mere f gies pet Tiere wa show stig the he Wpid iaa wee 
g pem a and an account as shall enable a pi pn ee ncresof Wheat, 
rmer, if his payments exceed his receipts, to deter- farm there are 1 apne f Beans 
mine by what portions of his farm or stock he is losing eee er Oats, 14 —— 
money. Cirencester, June 19, and 8 acres of Flax ; 80 90 acres of ‘Saintfoin, 19 
ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS “COLLECTED af root erops, 100 acresof seeds for mowing, : 
sen CORRE BAAD FROM gaas STUDENTS? peared 100 ac acres in pasture foi Rint #5 e 
emistry enables a examine | poe bare implements an 
e value of manures, of eattle-food, and of e oles, oie i 
