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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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to work by a London poli iceman, who set it to ant 2 feet 
instead of a few inches from the ground. (Laugh ee 
it m 
the wr. 
t al 
ae he ee was preferable to using 
_ u. ne 1 1 
sary to have two es 
en awa manag eape e and eight o piire 
follow. iraa He had | no doubt that w ih “auch 
gas a 
e goes better 
ussey’s gained the 
e pee 
vas dee, Weer. as to 
g W more econo- 
mical than that of a- it reaped by Trish — ore 
labourers. Again corn is cut with t ythe, 
many of the heads are „ llely to ae at the tot end of 
the sheaves, and when they com n the 
si a be 3 they. will probably poemi 
e injury. these s he ainly did 
a 
e heok in 
preference to the s acted upon the 
plan himself for thie 1 et part, for he had nag om by e 
scythe but a very small portion of his corn. Two yea 
ago a discussion had as place at Northallerton, in 
the — 8 of this wee e the reaping 
of eo nat occasion, most others, there 
was a e * rsi ity of opinion, rome ni “Se egg. 
the superiority of the ae of m ing th 2 and 
others thinking with himself that. phos rin sa th 
better plan. If it. were cut and bound 
e had found that the eight sheaves 
= all events might be made as safe in the stook, with 
w 
b 
o adopted this plan, because it was prac- 
tised y 19 out of every 20, and for this, among other 
horses, 
pr seta y 
cour 
racre?”) He had not calculated the cost, but he was 
n | quite certain it e ee acre =n ifr eaped by ner ae 
0 
seen = 's 8 
repli a he had n wae H. D 
(rin 8 ee oN at tthe Lr. of oo corn r to pi 
into the butt-end of the sheaf ?—Mr. : Perhaps 
more than with the hook, but 1 yé ‘than vith 
the seythe.— Captain R. ngham) as 
Mr. Brown if i d that the working of the 
machine galled the necks of the horses? He had u 
Garrett’s machine, and he found that the great veth 
ax the machine sated on the necks 
nsequently injured them. c 
at it was possible to a a sma 
—.— of the machine, at the point where the 
with the rake sat, and N = ke “a - 
6 
ou 
man 
8 from 
the horses’ ne ks. ged t Mr. Brown 
whether he had not noticed the. same fault. —Mr. Bro 
arked that th required the exercise oe a 
orses abou 
n 
oying the reaper? Was time, in 
wove or in -e ? pos ccording A the — of Mr. 
and one boy 
reasons, that it admits the sun and air, and so dries and Brown, 10 m ere requi to conduct a ofita — t climate of the west 
ripens the corn aein and better. Another oiii the sinket operations, In the district where he (Mr. | of ane, ie found tha never cut till it was 
to which he might vert that g as ever | Beaumont) med, viz., the neighbourhood of | dry, a page immediately, for they would 
there any saccharine matter left in the straw | B rusley, . en who were employed to harvest run age by. letting it lie on the ground. It wis 
it would a the grain poe therefor pdh on- | received 5s. a day, and boys ls. Therefore, to stacked in small stack 1 1 
sidered tha e ing any 10 men and a boy, and the expense 1orses, he had 3 9 the hi oh wi winds drie inwards, 
from the straw in this respect, he would allow it to aes calculated would amount to 63m; ; and if the * — There was yet th ne cher a Lae connected wilh 
in stook, because he no fear of any sort of rainy | eight acres per day, = ee would amount to nearly 8s. | the e abe not yet been touched 
5 g 5 Bee could have any . — — = |an acre a which ena acr abit: ore than under the | upo that gs t the Dest em in w 
A e ced | present system in Brown said he was | should be carried from eld to the stack. 
cr with the head upwards, s of corn | decidedly of aae hat arini could reap more with the | were in favour of carts, others of waggons 
be i water 3 but this o objection, by the plan he same hands wit n without it, and for less | always been a one-horse cart man; but he had 
yi, so 2 p co hands would do for gathering | work done so well by waggons, that he should be m 
eme apoge yter tot Tinney se om the water | — cor d ee pay a man, say 2s a day for puzzled to which — to give the refer 
e — no | gathering corn, whereas by mowing corn they would | recommended persons who m ‘emove into 
doul t a ee of opinion among farmers with | have to pay 3s. 6d. s. a day, and this showed the | where waggons were in gene to adopt th 
regard to the proper time for cutting the anes His | benefit of the reaper.—Mr, II. S. fM ause predilection of the labourers 
opinion pia that when they went round and examined , said that not having tried thi hine, he should | favour of that ystem, and they might think 
E 8 are tg between hes pais and thumb, | have preferred leaving the discussion to those who had | work instructing them in the other method, 
1 q it as i t + there was no k | don l had been tri eople as yet; but ments should always be ma teadily, Ano 
e art oe i was — y, and in the best he was inclined to offer a „from having wit best mode of stacking corn. 8 we 
ti ht whe cu p ; * „ eee all the publie trials that have taken place were in tlie habit of ma om i me stacks ea 5 
? it was with the reaping ne lis coun He had had | others high and narrow. thou 
ette: c t than being allowed to remain upon the the honour of e 3 and had had the opportu- oreen eiia À hi gh stack pete labour in getting 
grew d when it was cut, he agreed with Mr. nity of examining the implement. He ieee t ape he top of it. stack required m. 
uthwaite as to - 2 1 3 the e of and M‘Cormick’s Alar tried last year in Cleveland. thatching, occupied greater space, and Sonar | 
mais ee syed z aprio 1 er e d in He also saw them tried at Barna: d Castle, and lately rad thought it best to make 
reri k — 3 a es : ~ dees ma Joum, . a 15 or 16 of these machines at | medium sen and width, and nearly perp 
i m, wor ‘he great di i inci 
Brown, of Wrang k, said he commenced reaping a which these . e sched 3 ga 
field 5 with the 3 machine a few days ago of the ser te The form M:Co ck’s. knives ae FARM ACCOUNTS. No. III. aa 
J ( Meare Gare hat inne Se [ot ea n ne ae ae 
that is country improved upon | oft ay-book, given at p 4, seit pate 
* t — 84 1 epe ee ee Oe ieee the eo adopted by Hussey; and of the 15 or 16 designations an and with references which mark th 
= bes following he commenced an 18-acre field of Wheat. | ~ a the ‘ia his mind, Gave’ improved kn pk 3 a p% k 5 t OURNAL, 1850.—Page 1 
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1 ee machine, —— fee Crosskill. On the oe me machine was likewise equal in appearance Seip: Sundries Dr, to Juha Jones, as follows, Vit! 
ay a 288 of 8 tis wd —— and ith sickle. It was su at Lewes 11.4. "Farm sto sto 
had a fair opportunity. It an large nr et Baad al he |u that a — should be put in front to relieve the stress Lander o poke — soi ae - Pe 
crop was standing. ‘The whol Siea a and lie had no d that before long org. 10 
days. 8 acres chine e prou out, 525 
Mate They experienced = difficulty whatever i in Howard’ be, i —.— 2 oot spit te ove ie a a 
the oper ik waa done quite as w psa ' ; ntain improvement in | 49.4, rop: and poultry, 
boii Teo the scythe, and eather better, H ying the s'raw down the best in cutting ; it, however, or sundry pigs, G., Ge. y 
he 5 . However, did not work well, and it seemed to require t alter- | 13.—4, Mauure. 168" 
was not at all sanguine about t pabilities of i ‘s TS Ta aliar For 150 loads . ety a ane 
cna k p laid cova’ He — ati re it would so. ore tlie arrival of another * w from last crop 705 — 0 . 
machine ere tres d he had not tried it with laid ee t Bio di ad — te 1 e are a 13,—4.—H 
and he could not say therefore h ore perfect form than they ha —4.— Hay. ton 18 0 0 
succeed wiih te laid oa M 3 5 ing Whee now. a The only thing the machine could not do at all re 7 — Ber ton — 1 % ot 
however heavy the erop, he was sid as 1 be eee ee rn ' 
able to do itin ave? 8 ae quite on the ground, tlie machine would cut it very | 5.—4. Church field. lea, at 85. 64. gs” t r 
ERA commented on Mr. Outhwaite’ airly, so much so, that he should have no hesitation in For 10 acres-of Clover-Ie®, 
a = plan of leaving the cutting in that 7.—4. Path fie 18 0 
a long time se in the rigs ck. In his ope d | rei ought it was worth while to For 6 ploagbings; at Ts. 6d. eee, ee ea | 
pode it out in the fields five or six ga Fee w — pa attention to the point of laid corn, and con- 2 harro 10 0 10 0 Og pr i 
t risk, Recurring to the 3 of aa reaping Was h ag 5 ie : 3 f J ne in that respect. rea "reat 1 
ee ae he observed that when the crop was cut in a of laid corn? 1 i f y 5 minen the quantity 6.—4, Wood field. 7 
workmanlike manner by the machine, he ch referred it the ree 1 it there was. In going through Fo r 6 ploughings, a at 73. 6d. „ 
. to. ha wa rk of th TEL p de country, and seeing two fields side by side, one harrowings „ 
e scythe or side, For standing | stand i ; H 1 nure carting, Ke.. 0 0 
corn, he ha bt the machin uld into ing and another quite flat, there was a cause for it, Seed sowing, aa ings & 5 ; oe we 
: ra although the cultivation might be pretty nearly th 1 yea rend e . 
A : Š —— — ed the great difference would be found 5 au tS 
cind of ma which plied. This year 11 7 
we — had a ver se nd in many — of 2 ‘he 
ngland a good ~ — rain had fallen when the co OcroneR, 1850.—Page 2 t? 
filling. Spea of his own district, and the 10.— 5. erz Dre ise Wiliam Mas Masone - p 
rict of Lineolnshire, d which he had t velled 3 | 
ies t few wee h anure. 
quality of the corn had been d ed tee abe Poor 02 ae) loads manure, at 38. 
wheel in the 0 
the 
e 
bes 
m * = tha after it had hee es it “it mht be 
ick] pos He 
— r three weeks by mildew, wish a 
e ae sample worse gsi ie 
w years there ye: 
aokii into use. f the 1 applied guan 
qu antities, without . e ivati 
r thr 
xtremely promising till of guano; i 
he showers «Beg the last D weeks; 
e milde m a Weather 
5 
8 
8 
n or 30s. per acre, would 
to art with ie neighbour wi te has —— 
allud to a an e i ich had been 
ne 
m and expo 
and wos the d nd the 
oil the betini Mr. 
ow eee 2. 
in “the west of Sco 
‘thamptonshire, — was su 
farmers cutting their crops of Whea: Oats, pe 
with the sey the, which he thought a very careless 
But in ne or e years he foun 
to market a 8 ne — 
weld a hi 
eae 5 in n tho 2 of England. ae — 
o grow as little green pro 
ter 5 = 
quickly i safe 
e the nature A 
8 system of 3 corn, adopted in 
_ veges system of the north, wong tele 
he w 
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