THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
539 
34—1852. | 
Sundries Dr. to horse account for this month, 
as follows, viz. : 
2.— Pond field. E 2. d. E sd. 
6. ** carting on m manure 0 0 
6. Salmiah 2 2 at 86. 112 0 
13. „11 
13. p 3 00 
13. Drilling do. 0 15 0 
13. Steeding up furrows 0 8 0 
20. eead an Prg 1 tur- ner 
10 15 0 
— Dai 
20. For 2 sg Sem ee ai 
27. Do. 1 0 16 0 
27. 2 teams 1 harrow, roll- 3 
27. „8 0 0 sa 
11.—£20 7 0 
Sundries Dr. to labour for this 
is Bynes =. as follows, viz. : 
— n 
6. For siete Ses see „ uaia 114 0 
13. 0 18 0 
20 090 
; —— 3 1 0 
— ‘ e. 
13, 3 
Carried forward . „ 20 6 0 £3 1 0 
Ocronxx, 1850 m, 1850.— Page 3 £ s. d. L 8. d 
seg et 060 810 
20. ae .0 3 0 
27. 1 
012 0 
= For 3 nen tS 0 
or. men ha n a 
Do. toes 0 
118 0 
1.— Dairy field. 
20. For — see labour book 0 16 6 
27. Do. Do. 0 18 0 
—— — 114 6 
17 0 6 
11.— 6, Horse account Dr. to Richard — 
For 10 qrs, Oats, at 18s, per qr. 18.ä— 9 0 0 
19,— 8, Seed corn Dr. to John Simmons. 
For 5 qrs. Red Wheat, at 42s. per qr. 20.—10 10 0 
undries Dr. to seed corn, as follows, viz. : 
* "Pond field, * * E 
e at4 we oe 
1.—27. Dairy ry fea. res 
re i i a 6 6 0 
A n 19,—£10 10 0 
.— Cas to ca — gon 
1. For balance in "e a com- 
menced farming . 22.—1000 0 0 
Sundries Dr. 5 — tor this month, as 
14.— 4, = Jones, T 3 ey 
For ——— on of stoc: as per 
inven 449 0 0 
Carried forward. £449 0 0 
OCTOBER, _ eae m = 4 & ad 
ught forward ... 449 0 
17.— Labour account. : 
6. For wages, as per labour book 117 0 
13, o. Do. 1p 0 
20. Do. Do. 2 3 6 
27. Do. Do. 2 1.60 
706 
15.—10. William Mason. 
For 50 ewes * eee rr 60 0 0 
| 18.—18. — W. t. 3 9 0 0 
or OA as . . 
. 20.—27. William 8 — 
ae — . 10 10 0 
.—31. Housekeeping. 8 
For cash on account eee * 10 0 
21,—£545 10 6 
NOVEMBER, 1850, 
Sundries Dr. to horse account for this month, 
as follows, viz. : 
; 5 s enn 2 8 0 
A . For ays o sss + 
; 10. ee Dee 55 
17. Do. Do. aes 280 
24, Do. Do. 2 8 0 
— 9 12 0 
13.— Manure. 
| 3. For 1 team, 3 days making bottom. . 1 4 0 
. a Do. Do. ree O 
: * Do. Do. . ae 
24. Do. Do. „. 0 
416 0 
Carried forward ., £14 8 0 
| No re 1 8. d. 
) 16— Sheep. megs air 8 0 
— For 1 team m, 2 dayscarting Tursips 01 tr : 
. i De. Do. 018 0 
24. Do. Do. 0 16 0 2 
i 12.— Cows, pigs, de, 
3. N ee Aiea ae 8 0 
J 
24. Do. Do. 0 8 0 
: 112 0 
| 5 11,19 4 0 
: Sundries Dr. to labour acoount for this 
S dai ferne as follows, viz. : 
| 3. ie men inosine ee 2 0 
en hedging, eae. À ace 
Ly o. Do. 3 x 
. 0. Do. ve te ee tc, © 
. 24. beg Do. 3 
13.— Manu . 5 8 0 
15 For sundries, see labour book Ea a a 
-O 4 6 
i Ds. De. 046 
2 Do. Do, aU ae 
— 0 18 0 
Carried forward ., £713 0 
£ s. d. ary their equally vared circumstances of Climate, 
eg Brought forward ... 713 0 and other local — 4 ces In 
. — ES Do. ~ 6 28 ee Sheed to points of this kind, involving so many other 
10. Do. Do. 5 ps ly en considerations, it is of n 
— — ae a that our chemistry of vegetation in its —— to the 
7 5 s . 0 12 0 — 4 and fundamental principles of farming practice, 
—— Should be 1 “elastic and Fg ae if it is 
~ Carried forward .. £8 5 0 to maintain tency with the vari ractices. 
Novembes, 1850.—Page 6 5 5 d. due to the . ied which will 
6 Brought forward ... 618 0| necessarily affect the application of any such ge 
3. For sundries, « see labour book . 0 4 6 principles ; but in spite of attempts to in 
10. 1 mind of the practical reader the sphere of the chemistry 
` o. 0 £ 6 of the general principles of rotation, iat of 
De. Do, ser sas 918 0 providing n i es for local and particular 
circumstances, ý ourselves, t, entirely 
ir , Labour ee eee 17.—£7 16 0 disclaim the latter as the sphere and immediate object 
3. For 0 „ 10 0 of o n and it in indeed, in oe 
10. 1 19 0 nts as the on of g to t 
17, Do. Do. 1 10 0 Sai that our views, „ as they were throughout, 
26. Do. Do. -119 0 conditional and relative, have pro or A gana 
21.—£7 16 0 in accordance a such varied practice. It is, however, 
DECEMBER, : one thing to e 0 th vari 
Sundries Dr. to house account for this practices, ag p ly discussing them in one 
Mime — as follows, viz. : particular point of view; but it is quite another to 
1. For 1 plough, 6 days, at 8%. 2 8 0 pretend to h ly the varying 
13,— ere Dr. i em Ives, and to have paa out 
epg aae be ee are pon aa individually their varying influences in determining this 
¢ at 12s, — peiit eee or that varying task which would, of course, 
LA Do, 2 — 0 — sail, an a —— eee, on of 
P : e, S01 other agencies, com- 
ps * ** —— 16 12 0 ial consi ions, subjects which we did., — nor 
16.— Sheep. . do — to have touched 
1. For 1 team, 2 016 0 incidentally. 
jS Tueros end earn à an aN =. After any systematic on of the influence of 
22, * 0 16 0 ry ing local cire ous cro 
29, De * 0 16 0 might indeed, with ty, be assumed that on 
4 0 0 this or that soil, with this or that average climate, 
Carried forward an 00 ammon ts, in dition to 80 ch ſarm- y P 
Dr manure for Turnips, will yield a return; yet even im 
A 4 5 % such „in its effects might be to give 
rought forward .. 22 0 0 
12.— . — pigs, &e undue amount of leaf, ry wer to give — much ni 
- Fori team, a day carting krana 08 0 in e inc reg Use, ee in 
È para „2a TES — ae ; ~ the ure; w ist in ‘the — it would be the m 
22. Do, Po. ‘ 5 0 8 0 of so a Ataa the “ vitality an — 2 — Pat "the: 
29. Do. Do. e plant as to turn to the fullest possible account the other 
saa ee aOR ed dP, urces within the soil, as well the power — collection 
11.—£24 0 o from natural sources, The chemical mechanical 
Sundries a to labour n kes month, ters of the soil, the supply of other constituents 
Sian ieee by manure; an oe we 
1. For sundries, see labour book ... 0 9 0 tions to the character of the season, materially affect 
Hedging; G6. 0.18 0 * required of ni 
3A 174 hi was particularly maintained in our papers — 
* c ristic e as a e 
penis eee eaae WA Turnip was to increase the “ vitality and longevity ” of 
15. Do. Do. ete. the plant, and to preventa tendency to too y 
22 Do. Do. see OU maturity ; so that, other things being this m 
_ one eee 2 0 6 Will be beneficial the Turnip, when, without it, the 
16 é ý crop would, 2 bined influence of 
1. For sundries o. 9 3 2 soil, and other — , have come to premature ripeness, 
„ b b 2 and thus have lost the: benefit of an 
22. Do. Do. . 0 6 0 In speaking terms, we may say, that as 
29. Do. Do. ~0 60 a rule, ammoniacal in addition to yard 
8 1 7 0 are useful, wherever with, upon the whole, an ex- 
I. For sundries Do. — 0 4 6 tended orbit of growth, there is, during a part of the period 
8. Do. Do. —. 0 6 0 wth, such ing ci 
— a — ot ae oc eee 
* . . ... su A ripeness e crop. 
sie * ee. eee 1 8 6 — — the increased produce may often be 
or or 
e 1 5 2 * of s z accumulation of it from 2 — BE ale 
CEMBER, .— Page 8. d. In the d, er the four- 
3.— 29, Stable field. en e, ne s and a considerable importation of cattle 
epee 4 ie! an land — 2 per food, and with a bi er av ture of Turnip 
rod—see labour book „ © gan pad „ there is arger quantity of 
17.—£7 13 0 farm: yard ma Meare ying both carbon and nitrogen 
13.— 29. Manure Dr. to Peter Thompson. | employed, in — to the amount of Fig ar prod 
For 30 loads chalk, at 6s. per load 9 0 o than in Scotland ; and frequently the nitrogen supplied 
Sundries Dr. to cash for the following sums TEH on this ij comes bo:safieient undir . 
1 stances, 50 to on the vitality and active growth of 
17.— * esr account, the crop, as fully to use up an unt t 
For 9 3 book . 1 19 0 climatic agencies and supplies of this naturally but limited 
E Do. — ont x ~ Turni otland, on the other hand, with 
22. Do. Do. 3 the in l agencies of low tempe tare 
29, Do. Do. A G i r moisture, and wi relatively to the 
amounts of produee which pe 2828 under these 
2-15 Eper cg, f assontt .. . 10 0 0 enhanced natural conditions, r the conversion 
——— | of organic manure supplied, a and fi for th on direct sı supply of 
£17 13 0 — 
mount of organic supply by manure ia, arti- 
* AND THE WRITER “R.” ficially pro vided, brasa. Pri be important. But if, 
inued from page 522.) allowing for soil and elim 5 the farm-yard manure in 
STILL siting kor the present the me of Scotland bore the same proportion to the amount of 
the effect upon the ene ng value of the crop, we have produced as in the eastern counties 
th tained in papers, and qo. still maintain t ammoniacal man would e much 
that cc excess”? a in he Turnip manu 5 | less valuable than 2 found to be; and, und 
n the over Beria of leaf, and at the same | such circum a given unt of Turnips, would 
time to reduce the gain by the crop of ni frequently be pn bya aya amount of supplied 
tural sources. But the reader nitro ee a 
„What do you mean by an excess’ of ammonia!” | frequently larger ee. — — 
15 3 this point be reached in using so ich | are, however, many circumstances es coming into play 
box-fed dung ; or may I add to this—one, two, three, or which t al 
more hundred-weights of ammoniacal salts, or Peruvian | of eh ede of this kind „intimately connected as they are 
guano ?” e general economy of the farming of any locality. 
bib e. to the first of these W ee we gor Ind he attention of the 
a careful consideration of what we have already farmer to the varying chemical or oth her circumstances 
and at will yet follow, will of itself supply 4 stent l hena question 
answer; and this attained, 3 which course 
| ee e eee in a practical 3 "of "their will a 2 most 3 ; for in profit many 
be at to find, in them- | other * taken into agg Pr a the 
selves, the Dae seag expenditure of so many pounds of 
