34—1852. | 
LASS IV.—SWINE. 
For „ large breed, 5., to W. H. Brown, of 
rg Rothe, Mid-Lothian ; 2d, 3/., to John Gordon, of | 
1 
2 e best boar, small breed, 5l., to Jonathan Brown, | °S | 
Cumber ag i 24, 3 31. N to Robert Harrison 
ark, Wigton, C 
Venen BE 4 8 A. So Causes a iome; 
„ 41, to John Arkley, Pow- 
a tery, — ae d, Airdrie, i 
gh te n of ma apert — t months 
old, 159 As J Jonathan Pde the — tee Ma Cumberland ; 
of Mansfield, Scon 
“CLASS vn. IMPLEMENTS “AND MACHINES, 
oe P lou 1 ral purposes, 2l., to 
Ponton, Gro Lin 
Georgo Pe — double m Da plough, for forming drills, 
a to James pape Bm — —— Crieff. 
For the best two-h mo — 1. working on the 
or 1 4 to Robert — shetieston, Gla 
r the best Norwegian harrow, 3l., to — Kirkwood, 
Rak 
For ade 15 2 for preparing seed- bed for grain, 
3l., to David 9 Cumno, ae. — 
For the best pal — roller, 3l., to Gibson and 
A the b best — A., to te William 1 mag 
e best — swingtrees or draught-bars, 
* —.— Kirk 
For the best 9 recipes 4 oy for Trol aim and Grass 
— 2 — for — Al., to Thomas 
— Desks Dun 
orse- hoe, for drilled grain crops, 4l., to Thomas | 
Sheriff, West Barns, Dunbar, 
For the Seckioon D liquid — distributing machine, 37., to 
William 
8 Co. Pals the — Baud — pump, II., to A. and W. Smith 
6 
For the * straw. cutter, for hand labour, 27, to Richmond 
and Chandler, Manchester. 
or the best straw-cutter for power, 3/., to Richmond and 
* Manchester. 
924. 2 2 — t Turnip-cutter, for sheep, N., to James Kirk- 
w 
For the. beat, Turnip-cutter, for cattle, II., to C. D. Young 
a * Edinburgh. 
e best 7 — for sheep, apy my for attaching 
8l., to J Teos, Cr: sgan rth, 
— — „ for hand l abour, A., to Rich- 
mond and I 2 
For the best n-bruiser, for hand-labour, to A. and W. 
1 and 2 Manchester. for 
— ng ont ‘or pre food, 31. 
ly une oad 2 and 
A. and W. Smith, Paisley. 
For the best ome-horse farm.cart, 3l., to Alex. Scrymgeour, 
best light cart, for farm or other purposes, 
or 
Cross . 
r the best harvest cart. No 
Fo 
For the best stone or iron 1 with frame-work, 21., 
to Young, Peddie, and Co., burgh. 
Fer eg best hay- tedding machine, 2/., to Richard Hodgson, 
of Curham 8 
or the best horse » stubble or ray rake, II., to Lawrence 
Oli — of Gondie, Pe 
improvem ae on any part of the ere ee 
ma 2 5l., to Peter —— Bridge of Earn, Perth. 
the best t thres achine, exceeding two-horse 
ote — 6l., to Robert's pee art, of Carphin, Lanarkshire. 
For the — — fanners, for grain, 3l., to Robe 
Kepa mill, Forf. 
Bag es ö indicating from 1 lb. to 
2 poy 15 to A. 8 W. Smitb, Paisley, 
tc’ 
Bridge o of 2 Perth. 
t churn, worked by power, A., to Charles D 
—— — So, Edinburgh. 
For the best cheese-press, II, to Macartney and Drummond, 
Cumnock, Ayrshire. 
For the best field gate, constructed entirely of iron, II., to 
Hunter Allan, Kelso; and 
d pipes, for field drainage a 
Sas Wine „ Stirling, and 2 
Meldrum, Seafield Tile Works, S ese ws, 
eted pipes, for sewerage, 
and tile Company, Aberdeen, 
a an w 
For the best set of tools, for cutting — drains beet hill 
pre — 5 Cad ons, & Co, ond 
For the best ir — preparing 
A. and W. Smith Pin * 
For the best 8 Sianas, the premium of 20l., to be 
awarded on Friday sge k and reported in the public press. 
t yet been published, but the Farm 
report 3 
following is the statement of the time and its result, as 
given in 
The competition o ol the 8 me machines excited the 
mast: 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
motion, so as to * the cut corn in line to be — 
Hussey’s machin — the erop 1 stan * 
| fiying arms in — ich la y th rn to be eu t exactly | 
ply mae mas ae hold of ‘the sheet 
ted. 
of paper to e tape ussey’ 2 
with a rumbling noise, Bell's in silence. The fi 
s machine on a field of Oats, i 
es high and very even. 
reely able to gather it, which gives so 
1 quite equa — — 
was then tried. as o or — “sone b with ease 
and it sag gf Be bat, piit to a piece 
ground, by the of 3 
i is ed i where 
eared, the 
tisfac — 
formance. The second trial was on a field of Barley. 
he late heavy rains “had “laid” pr Barley in several 
laces, and in some twisted that but 
ittle hope was entertained that it L be cut by the 
mir: sg —.— in —— 
it in 
the stubble was as good as that of the sickle. 
machine worked; much w 
the Oats. Itcut smoothly and speedily where 
was straight, but whenev er it came toa port 
ae 
a) 
best grain and Linseed bruiser, for power, 8l., to 
worked by hand, 2l., to Peter M‘Lellan, pe 
Flax, 0301 * Watso 
however, with th be of ans exhibited b 
ye Exhibition an 
now 
o | over the 
t5 | which he will not freely bring it * 
re the corn up by th 
stubble on most parts of the ground. 
was on a fie Wheat in Sarea ul order for cutting, 
Bell's —— moved the strong stubble 
order — freely for the frst 20 yards, but it then got 
the cut corn and stuc k fast 
to have power or * enough 
heat as quickly as the rs laid it 
on, and this deficiency in the workin ng 
‘occasi its coming to a stand-sti 
in the a = this — 
the Wh 
evident that its Sort 
smooth land, while for 
In the evening the ju 
in favour of Bell’s machine, 
2 
= 
sE 
— 
1 
e. 
B 
® 
na 
and po — was soon 
e Ties in im — se raight Wheat on 
and Barley it is ill adapted. 
rass; requires less cover the 
0 
groun th fi 
thought that in laying hold of the corn they wou 
e out some of the we ig e directors had an 
asce. 
obj ection were 1 and report that none 
of n shaken, ‘and that 
which falls out of ear by Bell's 3 rote fall out by 
am Bal e difference of eos 
3 
= 
3 
£ 
z 
= 
Boghall Re Steph ens, author of “The Book of the 
ttention to othe rops d to 
found the em of ¢ Wheat growing — we 
calculation with several of them 
ë 
p 
f transferring it from the growe 
the due shipping pla place, 
Cleveland, 
my being in ee. (at the end of September last) the 
armer in the interior of Ohio was -T getting 55 cents 
per bushel for his "Wheat, instead of oe price below 
ing, 
idea of its speed ; — the 3 two Cly 3 e i 
Husse 
of rough | to 
field, or the “rig” Vork 
the Grass 
m am ong the Barley 2 i 
y 
1e roots, leaving a very uneven | obtained occasi 
The third trial | rate 
and laid it in | consu 
— their award unanimously th 
541 
usiness 8 New York, and 
subsequently, by the gon fl ry jammed of a a friend, to 
ercantil api aye and as their 
, Liverpool 
included) under 5s, 63d. at of 60 lbs., or 6s. 54d. 
aty bushel of 70 Ibs., the usual selling tat Liver- 
So shortn * i 
urope 
ree on board at New York. ‘the meern selling 
price * 1 would be 5s. 9d, 5 bushel of 60 lbs., 
and 63. 83d. per bushel rA 70lbs. Tremenheere’s Ni 
j United States 
alkali, w vids ry vey beneficial 
cro T 
vass | is pag ord A ees ae. rl the pardes, to those who 
small 
choose to 
and coal is first ligh s covered o 
wad z cis Boats which x 12 shovels-full. of refuse 
bark ust are N when the fire begins to 
N — more earth is laid on, and the same 
process re d until the whole kise is made pa 
Considerable r is required on the part of 
workman to burn a heap properly; 
> ost n 
d 8 rty to yon sant upon first. The soil 
h | was cold and tif, e 9 
— - 
having 7 free fi 
l 
drain i e . then 
s of b e 
thoroughly; an 
dressing a 30 or 40 able = 
acre ; 
peak iiag consisting of one o a 3 ia two of 
Wheat (ha in dear times) he realised the fee- 
simple value of land ; and he considers that the 
whole of his land ploughs one horse easier, now that it 
as all been d with ashes. Mr. Colli made 
no calculation of the e of g a cubic 
nel — to burn a cubic yard of clay * a beet 
. 08, 9d, 
— pm y be an wes 
The principal secret in burning satis clay is is 1 ‘throw 
r. Watson, millwright, Errol; Mr. Young, it wet upon the burning clamp; the lu come 
implement skies) Ayr; the Duke of Athol, attending out in a cracked state, and presently aleer down with 
mber. the weather : if, on the contrary, it i on i i 
— ——— hard lumps, it will inevitably burn into brick, and lie 
Miscellaneous. “ knocking about“ the land perhaps = hee or three 
Cost of in Ohio.—Take the case of a farmer of | years before the frost will crumble it d Co 
200 acres of land, worth 40 dollars per acre—of whom | bricks are a proof of this, for if bares $ efore being 
rge 8 io, a lass ing thoroughly dried, they will certainly turn out 
and incapable o stan ing the w 
of Northamptonshire. 
eather. Baker's Farming 
otices e A ee 
n Old will publish your letter in another 
. — “when it wil 11 be rare to come under the eye of all 
—— Pry. ho are not aware of 
There was ond in June, we believe ; and we- 
— 
really have not had room for 
Gii Ai RM. Fora deep loam, the ann — will 
— It sh 
ext ‘year, and you may — 
Seabed, — if necess 
corn with it, let it be a light seeing, sy 6 pecks per acre, of 
ee FAW opecur us pratensis, 2 ; Arrhenstherum ave- 
actylis 1 1 lb. 
„Joi * ee; 1 lb.; 
therefore, 10 cents per bushel, the eost ‘of bringing it to 
55 ; Festuca gurinsenla, 
2 Tbs. ; F heterophylla, 3 lbs.; pra 
tens 8, 2 Ibs; m perenne, 1 ital icum, i iis. 
Phieun Post Beng 1 Ib.; Poa W 3 lbs; P. trivita 
