10. THE! AGRICULTURAL GAZET TE. [Saran 
Nearly the whole of this farm rests on a strong res meg age system » is, the ‘distance apart at which Brought forward so STAG] 
retentive subsoil, aud is what may be termed a good drains are placed. I think a g. fees drain, and 27 feet i sice digging in e of zy — Green Crop. i 
Wheat soil—a strong l res a subsoil o clay, apart, 9 will 4 In practice be found the most perma nent, Deep — twice — 5 s Ži A rep N "i 
ed with stones, and what we are here troubled with and economical 3) witht wre e, kyan ther)Harvestiag „ seis ee wae as 2 6 — 4 
ea z 5 In the spring of 1844 we commenced ee of account for drain raining the a liderne=saowing five times PET 
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wi amr 0 ad saa! dos ore Serna! ag ay ah Pakricorans or ACCOUNT FoR Da — — Phas. h Digging éntebstectitiiow Bs ar 5 
las ey — of rong 15 ti r 1 Tae p-; total cost oat — — of tile drain, 22 i in. e , at 3d; per — 12 10 k dihari 3 Management of Stock. 204 
5 cost per acre i e next season it — i ime of a man : oe. | te Oe 
pate ye E heat, and produeed a eee reg 11 ans — drain, a eerde deep, aM, 40. i > n 65 . Grass.land. 10 0 
and'asan experiment one half of it was laid flat and the | 15000 No. 1 drain tiles, at 26s, per 1 — 10 10 1 5 . 1 mi, 
other in ridges; that on the flat was much superior in No. do; 308. do. * eo 340: Dp 
uantity and quality, the: sample being regular. The a Days * stones, ‘at Oe OR Ber eae 3 4 TA 6. | |, TOF beer bill wie not exceed this upon 1 Ga vat 
llowing year it was in Beans; the crop was short, £395 q tion of the land from which the above produce 
from the drill used „ee 00 shallow, quel ity good, sold obtai = _ ere wo mih wea „ 
in January last at the rate of; 62s. per quarters and T — oft rain, 22 ia S soaking 3 —— s s i — ede tay: s Es 09 
bran tro gas: 1 is 8 arg pen h — 10 en tiles, AA 1 Rela. 65. 65. 5 ei 18 2 9 Annnal saat of the capital employed, T 20t., at 24 0 
> ea of tie — 5 
and strong. Aip vigiar. i in this e 1 answered all Deb: ö. ' 265 1 4 nent of of 14, acres, r e 2 25 0 00 
ba rfectly ay ond sound 5 — The land is = 9 of tile Fis 22 1 in. deep, at 3d. per rood 10 7 9 Making a total of. 2 $ £80 gape 0 
i tree he it is found in 3 ft. raed —— per rood 0 10 0] Which leaves about 101. of the ab d value a 0 
8 o-na soil has deepened ideal by 15 ao MEOE 5 leep, at Gd. | do. 1 130 * = prost 
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No. ing. Tho sens Bld in roan fr draining was 12" do. i one Rte deep at Tiya, do. 8 ga the receipts er above might be ineteased E 
the improvement: was A 2 it had; but here e lia with stone atis.l0d.p.rd.2 9 6 | the Rye-grass were given up. There is 3 of natu- 
men acquainted with the landhas noted ik. It fn, ioc me in flee, ae Je period ss Tt 238 n and the 2; acres nom devoted 
2 2 inches 3 : - it. It was 1400 No. 8 866, Per 18 K . ees de o it might be better employed in growing Carmo 
5 No. of fi l ages aS food ior tio 
18 er apart. Extent of tthe field 9 ee eal K nai £34.18 8 ee x in 8 * ing Pot 2 ö 
cost, 41. 15. Sd.; cost per acre, SL. Ids, 1d 3 1. 25. ’ Otatoes an i 
—— r fallow, and worked for Tur A 2 doe ee > s re ae, 5 „ 
d valfaibiie te | 1 + 0. 6 at 6d, do; 0 117.3 W 
8 ——— N paama 1 ape i a do sin s ft t. deep, at 8d. 1 7 8 A MANURING WILL es Atom 
— Á per soil was tone dr * fe seep, a at se, ao. 0 14 10 8 A HEAVY WHEA 
wer, and in many places part of the subsoil 20 * of Pope ra at 3d. load 2 0 5 0 m 
‘Turnip. crop was not good, from the land ke i 10409 Be k Sis site s, at 26s. eon es eo Te ee HERE 1s an opinion often held by te anasa tn 
poar to start with ; the Wheat rop following mies hes od hate Nose! Holly %% — ae hatch pret penn) hart aa hd P 
considering the general have been below ee oi the soil increase in ss thaws to due pend t 
. £25 12 6 Nett to it: tat i N 
average. 150 May 26 it ere pa wan 4770 25. nure supplied to it; that is to say that the produce 
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per quarter (white Wheat). It was af 288 * e drain, ep; at 0. 0 4 6 y simple rule that if so much 
with four horses at an average depth of 20 er Beh, lald’ with datge cis; Aud nage gi gia 7 a 
the Vite te rerage ¢ pth « 12 inches, and Ned ait Pat citar at will give double. A manufacturer. 
1} inch bálo © ploughed it considered that, he, was full 4150, No, 1 drain tie ere r 1000 « 9 De greai aa 
1. w the former ploughing, but. in no instance 1770 No.2 do. at 308 BEE n d we í ch the largest crop of corm whe 
ee he ‘bring up any of the subsoil, thus show wing ig 570 Soles, at 105 per 1000 tt tr 213 1 | hed up bears to the space of ground upon which it w 
‘soil must have —— Cohsiderabl 150 No. 2 drain tiles, at 30s; per 100b .. „ 0 4 6 18T Pt to draw 3 conclusions respecting 
if biana it, n 
* eh ‘Desi tering in col fies 50 Soles, at 16s, per 140; 95 = a ae eee R T the a = agriculture, and to assume that skill 
year ia ga 3 and to secure th rr éld, 57. eee es Oe are a pi requisite to increase e pros, 
100 Shallow sowing, the * erop against £1617 6 in the same proportion as similar means hav 
the seed dropped into the rows restr Rew 2 3 drain, wy * ip» vat 15 2d. Fa — 1 11 effected in månufaét dires.. 4 
women and alte fitit iacit tad 115 281 ei d re 1 There are, howeve r, in the production of veg 
board plough.* They have eee x- 13 do, do. ‘at 10d 3 9 matter ean elements over which the farmer has 
Na d ige of lane eropy — eld, 18° do. do : 7 ap 1 IE TELU E x ai tle or no control, and which render inadmissible im 
eren aan. e r 100 do. 40. . f ture: culations j 
} wen oe T y in January, 1945, It 1698} a an 27850 dp., N Na aes ‘on the: — d art 33 les of ee a 
bel ge y-stricken state. This season it has | 37440 Machine-made tiles, at — per 1000 35 11 1 to ene commerce.: With 
1 wedish Turnips, and with 300° Hand-made do., at 269. e URE 1 nt of green produce which m 
loads of well rotted e and 3 cwt 1046 No. 2 machine do., at 205. per 4000 3 ; by means of sewerage’ irrigation it is not very easy 
„ total of dr mredi: this 22 vas 470 aa Ce ee eee Wheat uit but when dry grain, an 
. 12s. 6d; e . e e heat, is the object of cultivation, a point is 
was diag Se next field we come to is No. 57. This 2850 1 8 material inf ona Which the mere supply of manure 
ce, to suit the convenience of th 3 R material for growth often diminishes rather 
tenant. Total cost of draining this field i F drain, å ih gesa, att: pre d creases the produco. At a time when th 
cost per acre, 3/. 3 g this field is 461. 15s. 3d.; 1. do. 3 — at 10d. do. 1 4 7 oe ur a 
ns trenched, plou, 3d. The north end of this field 447 do. ao; deep, at 945 0 115 * x Lea a: ii energies: to compete with the 
rots, * ig ploughed, and sown with 2 aer 3 è 8 drain; 3. ft. dean at Sd. do, 13 
r ae ae, E T fete ani 28 | Populated onumtriosy it marmot bo out of place to of 
e an HD. Fenn de dane: 720, No, 2 drain n tiles, x 7 5 per 1000 85 ai i remarke upon. the o means * appear likely 
cannot say, but the ena Mangold We 550 No. s. per 1000 8 d him in attaloing his.dedi ired objec 
3 2 altho the” En 55 i3 na 122 at 110 ae Nee aye ne 4 e exp e A erop” of 1 fa rathan, 
2 e have sent i : SAR nit e nu 
the rows, leaving the f Er Taip aril “a Se a diferent individual “ol ony 
b ba s nes —— ~~ have Mayis 2817 9 | according to their sw n 2 imply would yay 
this winter part e fi was drained 52 Rood of av an > ir preconceive notions, | may observe 
27 feet ; it was ane depth, and 3 ridges apart, about e ee 25 — . tat wit 1 m a heavy crop is any ainount of 
N deep plou hed m 0255, oo 9 4 | produce greater thal that which „ 
the deepest we have ug $ eed, itwas N F 4 11 f 5 ich the mere supply 
àli ibo Wititi yet ploughed)’; 0. TE = 1 a ar 1000 n e 8 | 8 of all the ingredients required for t gro i 
who'stirred it it wea lie el of the N 255 1 f be aant will yield, and which’ consequently ould not 
was like putting a plough into |—John Dent, Streatlam Castle, B 1 8| fo “obtained “by auf inerease in such su ply. T 
ea are now working it for ‘Turnips, so phe — feoda: hidCtorir by sheep, and 
wW i : $ | hi n on bgay 3 
ole with the Hybrid Turnip. | SCHEMES | OF CULTIVATION, FOR SMALL Peete ‘obtains.40 bushels of Wh 
p which 1 FARMS. a „it by no means follows that if he had placed 
i ebai 4 dung upon the Clover lea in addition to the manure 
5 Bere ipe a of x aa sof land, 3 the sheep, he would have obtained 80 bushels, In 
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85 * J. D.s Streatham, ; < You will find 1 * ta an orchard. e 132 9 1 das 2 > 
and the fiel Ra teh a a ee „ in forest trees, oe bbg a e pi na ye obtained by means of artifici 
exact quantity is 16a 2. 30 f. fd % of» So aa taken at runde, bing produce of Wheat, in a 
j Cost per acre, 5“. 7s. 1d. Th Turnip % erables? Rye-grass — Set 1 Oats, 1B corn crops had — ene ban oe 
this field was good,’ thanks ic Chet * POER „Grass, p partly Ladd dun arley. P Eeti ‘previously grown and rel removed, 
it is this Year in Wheat an Ber ka x roduce this year, at ene 8 will be— which preceded them. re than that at of the green crop’ 
present wi s Loads . ; ; 
r Oat oe see e 
the quantity that tokai. 1 Whest, 304 bushels, weight el b. . 0 e r sehia 
ty TRS 1 Barley, 38 els, w t 56 one 0 1 » » 4 
p. : total cost, 351. Is. Sd, ;| Butter from 2 cows, 431 lbs.” >. AR ce eee sides ! ene ie pore 
. This field is bare fallow for Pork, 160 lbs., worth, tobuy, at M „ EES 62 remem — we. eighed froin OL E 
d., of pended on this farm in drain- 1 sold produoed ROE ee en ra 0| of 3 Wannen ach year 2 or 3 bushels) 
k . 80 0 ee ee ; a F 
i me i reg tho yor 36 fia 7 ‘ng Fowls, eggs, rabbits, and milk, saß) 5 2 1 0 — i cultivate an ordinary erop se ia th 
h the tenant leads the tiles and H £908 0 pig sad the neighbour would not nee 
drains: the main drains are all ow ept 4 goats, 47 oe and lambs, the latter greater 8 may perhaps be assum 
0 reduced to 10, with 2 small horses, 2 cows, 1 heifer, Portion of the soils of this country would 
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whale of the draining has been done reed tea tent m the 1 fa W. W wets fias NE EANA PU 
Pane cae h sade in e that the Clover, aid he eg 8 — A = yh a TS es t ; 5 th ae 
| —— d when less than this is obtained, a more Jibei 
m ag. his wa at — little left, a „ F i soas * 5 e 
HE LABOUR. Account of such a 8 — not to — recorded: ef 
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exceed the 9 aN of the fol the acre 2 
mo rreet 0 lowing i item i j r 
P l : ust Once digg ing, ati Add, po es di 4 acres of Grin. i g — — to 60 — 70, n but in m 
RCO Mr. Parkes’ system Hoeing twie 3 yi 0 0 yon bar ale Umits in the’ 
rosta of the pantie who, have applied for Tia grain ve . 2 1 $ 8 supply ee the re ruined constituents does not produce | 
in ` objeetithe most in Mr. | gs produce; we.» 0 effects as to justify. the hope th ium 
bd mec meant in Mx e ch quality would bid be ei tly 0 it 5 f 
extra expense. ing the B Carried forward 50 to 60 bushels per pte means alone, yield even from 
lan paid mes — Ns rer) cai T o An urate | iii v: 2 1 
T * The rood fe . ow some lig 
