42 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Jan. 
bushels of seconds — 
4s There 
After giving these, his prac- 
however, well 
of the required constituents does not pr 
| effects as to justify the hope that soils of medium 
50 to 60 bushe such 
tifie persone — one t 
extraordinar ry crops havi been obtained by their 
superior skill and — r but I maintain that such 
o be 
sueh crops having Sogi — My own e 
at very much to doubt that an y — 
Lawes produced in the four years was 
acro; ST 3 pirata seconds would make it 975 
bushels; an r. Lawes possesses skill and know 
5 Soe was aided by artificial. manures. t is 
there not a very wide difference between 372 bushels 
acre and 80, 70, 60, or even 50 ease per pag 
Land on my own land, well kina area for the growth 
Wheat, I have never eeded na amount of 373 
bushels per acre grown by Mr. Law 
40 bushels acre el cntracrdinary wae 
with Mr. Lawes that “when d ore espe- 
cially Wheat is e object of cultivation, a point is soon 
arrived at beyond which vet sar 8 of manure or 
material for ishes 
the 
as h —— viz, t 
70 or even 90 bushels "of Wheat per — have be 
i—G. R. W. 
[We venture to add a sentence, — — wan in our 
not in t unt s certai 
as in misunderstandin 
y 
ore he averages, 9 — alone can be 
r eee ers’ club in Nor- 
folk came to the—we belie Mischa eee that 
a — 4 field — their 1 had yie 
1 at per n 1845. But w 
rting that 5 
average —.— . “tere the few that — reache 
the average 
folk T * let . ask, did w even much in e the 
rm on as grown? 
are one adios why the Seem oraS * fields + may not be 
made the rule = fields, w cee our i 
not — 2 why cum- 
— ias eo his control should 
3 the ae — whether they can be created 
cheaply en o anothe thing. But if we are asked 
— ns ol years may not be made the rule of | 
years, our answer must plainly be negative—for | 
— produce depends more upon the influence 
of th . me ry and —— of our 8 seasons 
ntrol 
Pany.] 
In pursuance of the desire essed by our cok 
would, under such means alone, goa even from the n 
„shaped like 
rather than in- 0 
90 | ra 
ce, arh in length On this 
Wi 
of Nor- 
of 
* 
about 30 feet, so that the wap de ct . taken across 
the towing - path, had to be ste 
an n into ages 
of * N — in attaching the e me to 
in „ing into the field the 
ths. of 20 
ng 
n hose, which was h the 
= dian nsions, conti nued 
m ieaiai, atte ached close 
to it, was carrie and a third, joined 
— main * about 40 yards from its extremity, was 
left into the bulging: portion of the field. 
to the extremity of this last - named 
urse of a few minutes 
the liquid flowed fro 
applica a — the. liquid was — = — — 
tiously effected, one man guiding each another 
dragging the — an the field: The men pee guided 
the:tubes r- a or in * — circle from side 
t, moving 
side, they Whea 
ee | slowly at eat ‘rom spor to get rll the whole felt 
had been irrigated. In ord jipes ies cg alie 
tribute the 0 70 with re e ity, an t to he 
rface unirrigated, the field is marked 
stakes, which guide men in their work. 
This thom Be is absolutely necessary when the Grass 
Be dry weather it is no wired ; 
equired on arable land i in regular e 
The whole 2832 though more than 
y c om 8 and 
by other causes whieh it is not neeessar 
arar from a quarter past 11, A.M., to 1 
or each acre, afety-valye of, the 
jie sleet is landed ne 40 Ibs. se! the square inch, 
bein ure of about 89 feet, which 
course, be increased, | üf. hans men, 
bank, | engaged, were only: occasionally employed, aN 
| a smaller number tha The gre 
-| branch hoses, is 1 
specify, | 
_ quarter 
e 2175 ir. — 8 three ag, pH: three-quarters į 
being p = 
an 207 acres, 
from the source of supy 
reatest length of hose whi * an nyti 
ployed, is v0 e or 90 yard over er half zn 
The hose is made of t 
procured, (“ Naty 
yards, 24 inches wide,) which, previous o being 1 
is saturated with a composition of the i 
and after ars. made up, is e coated with b 
same. Leather has been found too — hu i 
rubber has — failed, and ot sta. 
ds. The main hose, 300 yards in length, wi With jaa 
at 1 of about 40 yards s for the ara 
44 inches: i 
branch hose, of which 840 yards . in wae on on 9 
es sete is iag p half the diam 
er = PA yard, eee "of fitti 
oft — 
the: canvas is of the West st quality, and prope ly 
by the repeated applicatio ie aaa abm 
referred ta, — will last. — Saia This is 
of the experie Mr. P 
eat 
8 
drawn together, 1 oat darn 
are formed during si appeation o of “tip — Í 
— with can and se with = j 
— — eere expedient mi 
very application, the ee ee 
is — ign of water, exce ere 2 
tives or the joints a “i not ¢ properly — 
id Amn feao a6; there is no deposi 
he charge fo l 
acresis IZ., ran additional i 
who 
sum now wa pa pay the Wer price, 
occasion: th Gri 
rated with Pacem Bo the liquid was 
in the proportion of one part 
parts r, the 
meas ntity d 
usively adapted to this — S 
applicatio that your reporters do 
cribe them. 
sary to 
The manure employed by the — Manure 
— Company i . the more liquid part of) night- 
soil unmixed with o te —— 
it 
eels, at an 
aries with thes quality 
The hi 
to adulterate even this 
ammonia; gypsum is added in the 
portion of 9 * . to = 20 to 40 tons. The | 
contents of the are transferr: 
transferred to the 
gy and shaken by the motion of the vessek, 
mode 
not deem it neces- 
e || for piney parties. 
eason to, belie 
that it will tie analy 
gra gher t 
higher the a given | 
cessary te apply some test, as may 
article 
e pro- 
th 
even upon such E not ee 5 the quantit 
| been 
decid 
2 | daily, of new customers, _Bhe application that e 
nessed on the 17th was the second at day, 
infi 
in, 0 nine 
nees the manure has been applied a -j 
time. 
The demand for the liquid manure is on 3 
300 acres have been manured for the Barhi 
Ellesmere and. his tenants, and several — 
a financial operation, w lane 
— the cas cathe afforded u 
we hayem f 
r to enter, ge any bete . 
ort of the o f the e 
largely increased, but i w aiy MA 
e proceeded to Manchester |t 
and on the following day 
d manure * y 
Sept. 17. — We Bridgewater 
to inspect the tank in whieh Sone liquid manure is 
ted obtained 
having 
ift al boat oi em, 
swift can or Lymm, 15 a 
. aan 8 
Was to take — ce, and 
— 
ed at — time to — 
a narrow, irregalarly- sh: w, of 
gthi is betweem 300 
curved portion, 
and 400 yards, and — ol the 
upwar canal 
of 400 yards. The 
is 
eA S 
same day. 
detailed), 
a eehte en 
i r; but when = man 
cheste si thie meade 
into 
from the pipes ee 
i ‘Sewage l 
might easily be irrigated in one day. 
r ation, on the su n that 
at this poi point is raised | 
eh 
. less 
ray 
* 
——— ‘ 
tnt eat e e y 
hen 
ease is — 
5 
of application in its present state are ta 
your reporters warranted in stating. 
that an aere of ground could n. very effectually is inrigated | 
be laid down by 
— 
the to be: manured la 
e mea ies 
of aeres every * * 
year, — amount to ls. an aere; the cost would, of 
Sieh — 
of an su 
causes of dele inetd ineident to 
The cost of the w 
Further Repontby Mr. Sher 
at Barton, ie i se et 
expense 
3 tam 
but the crop was not 
