_1848.] THE 
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GA LLO oway, 1 s, &eœ., M 
o intimate 457 Proprietors of ni ater- 
= : ‘ibe Man ony WH A 
| flan ngo ie TURBINE, or Horizontal 
wheel, and “ee 5 8 and efficiency, 
ot be surpassed b y any other . aT ip one e 
d b thos eady in operation 
Parties Ang as is prove’ 1. 8 Gay test? 
as above. 
. 
— H DRAULIC ENGINES 
LEGG begs to return thanks to his patrons and 
We do not think that this work will prepare the 
bé minds of its readers pods the ero reception of the 
h z theory it advocates not see tbat it has 
made any material addition t to the stock of facts on 
which the theory must st lectro Culture,” 
we suspect, still remains a misnomer. 
are—yet we are certainly 
knowledge our entire ignorance of the reiationship 
which set so probable. ia ACR a 
HAND * MACHINES, 
ora Hydraul ic Engines, Water Ram, &c., suitable for 
his improv ions wbere afa 11 ca 
J. L. a 
Is. 
his friends that he has 
everal i improvemen ts on his Hydraulic Machines, and 
-enia himself that he is able to 9 with any parties of 
the present day in the constructio e above machines, 
Apply to Joun LEGG, Cheltenha — 
The, Agricultural Gazette. 
TURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1848. 
MEETINGS FOR 8 . WEEKS. 
Wespwespar, Feb. 24 yee and and — ociety. 
u 
DAT — ul 
. 10 Agricultural Imp f Ireland, 
FARMERS’ Cruas -—Feb. 5: Newcastle, Durham, Melrose.—Feb. 7 : 
London, Claydon 
We beg to 73 a request here that was made 
aweek or two a a less prominent section of 
the Paper, for information on M 
ery in 
teresting, if accompanied by full tal of all 
the causes isd circumstances, very useful a 
Ir is impossible not to N that ELECTRICITY 
ul influence on the growth of priet 
— no doubt, in days to come the mode its 
and methods of n and a K it, 
ch 
l on any well ascertained facts o xpe- 
_ mence: all obs ions the subject hitherto 
have, indeed, discountenanced the idea; and those 
Mr. F 
TER’S published piemens on this subject led 
great of which may not 
devised but at any rate 
othing. Hi 
who advocate 55 4 ausibility are enterprising and 
ophical. 
are supposed to 
may well excite ya of his 
n the W ren And t 
u n the G 
t year. 
844 the rate of growth of seven 
ants wis measured three times a d 
the therm es bei 
The growth 7 2 
casi e e, tal 
ASA s 9 — 5 sigalg 
op 
g 652°. 
plants on that oc- 
16 below nee: 
03 below 
oe 
r Ra 
n be obtained, also Engines for 
he she uncertain position in which t 
matter 2 5 tand ever, precisely tha at home, I co perhaps furnish m 
which some theories delight to find the subject of| With more exact info aun, T win 
8 c ulatio 8. accordingly numberless give you from memory, but which I believe to wi per 
rect, reply to quiry, under th of 
, 4 
e are always united together when existing on 
te 
The following is 
th 
zuee: but that 
in Question, 155 e a 
growths immediat i 
ste thunderstorm were as follows"? and 
e e eee 
Brronx. ie; 
1. 14 or .87 below aver, 
» 02 or .05 below px 
ii or. 
85 or. 
03 or, 
5 14 or. 
1.06 or 
Gazette of the 15th inst. I cannot, ho exactl 
yet been proved to be a fact. Vary lately a little | answer your precise inquiry ; but, giving you the a 
5 has been printed, basin ge he entire “ new | of my practice, leave you to deduce y n answer, 
eory of vegetable physiology” upon electricity, which is the b information n . A young 
ind sioni oak all the facts within the experience of | farmer, but fully appreciating the benefit to be derived 
the farmer l its future from threshing-machines, in I hire 
grow nae igs discouragement of weeds—the action (made by Garrett and Co., Maidsto aw, ohne Ee view to 
manures—the success of mechanical operations | purchase one e it if found to answ neigh- 
on the soil—are all merely electrical phen uring farm Horse power, porta achine ; 
Th k is written in remarkably simple style— e 601. I believe it threshed 24 loads at Wheat, on 
indeed, simplicity is the leading characteristic of the | the average, per day of 10 hours, at a cea’ 
perfor not suppose aber to * work ees ez: not me 5 = 5 
have had much professional experience either in] Hire of mac ine 3 f 15 ° 
iterat ©; : e, 2 he 4 he appears to paar itp s — — * d bind straw, at Qs. ea ach 0 6 0 
hold the status of amateur in a three: and whether 2 boys—l to dri © horses, a and 1 to supply the 
it be in his electrical illustrations of agriculture, or| Shear es oe 
in his 1 ihaetrations of electricity, or in the 
mode i ic 
h b presented to the reader, | I considered this 1 — too expensive, “aga 0 more 
there is a transparent, abs sing honesty, power than I required, and did not purchase one. I 
about him—the best armour he could have chosen this autumn hired se threshing-machine, made by 
Exall and Andre erd on t 7 y erage, 1 threshed 
against the laugh which man 
inevitably excite. 7 da 
ws Ships 
16-inch machine) ret si s [olloning expens 
not refer to his work of that title about to be pub- Ke ot mechs 0 5s. 0d. 
‘ hed, to toe be frequently refers), he may de- Man in charge to feed it SF 624 
i 2 men to turn it, at 2s. e . 0 458 
end hr eh entirely The only true 2 clear up and bind straw x 0 4.0 
peng i is oe which Bacon taught—the indue- 1 boy to supply hears 006 
5 Philosophy, as opposed to that of analogy, or] Beer for men, considering the hard work, say 0 3 0 
ere exe: "age a 
before J 
e pe is 107 collecting a m 
s. But e in this book do we find re- 
cords of ee ales of indications by the 
electrometer and other instrum r the 
various circumstances in which the 
the soil. 
spired to begin with, and that, assuming the who le 
in the first t place, e had then searched l for evidence 
of his accuracy. T is was not the way to have 
approached the subject at all: he should have col- horse. 
lected the evidence first, and have a 
chine cost . £16 Os. oe 
n rere cd * 10 10 
et ce for illustration. Extra fr ik case of breakage oe 1 3 eee 
- akin ng of positive and 3 electricities, he 
And I find I can thresh with this 11 meres ‘a 47 baat | 
in eight hours at the following expen 
man to eed cme in 3 
T d bind straw, at 1s. Sd. 
same body, and, therefore, when deco mposed i in the Two ee one to ysheaves 0 1 
soil by certain crops and the e positive extracted, the] Horse, s VV 2 * 8 
9 remains free, and instantly commences the tear of machine to be added. 
aat weeds.’ But I found that one horse did not keep 
Wh: 15 is his definition of a weed? And by what speed, it Ming constant ore hard work. 
r i fore added a other beam to the — gear for a secon 
rse ( 
E It he s been previously stated that the two fluids 
the 
mianra second shaft, havi 
work, dee requi 
rent 
. 16.— 
Anivews's 8, which is 
and, 
ae 
reshed = a by hån 
yege half a 3 z 28 dach — thre 
y very hard work, and n he same wages were 
Pon net paid as by flail ; but I was a alen! in e, the work 
his ee de s, and so n self done vt in so sh ort a time. It r es (and h 
1 pa R e shall practically engage in the cultivation labo 
Fred. Mai 
I may state that bas 
uen 
d am erfectl ele with 
. section of the book a recapi- ae uire rene in thie wae costs from 7s. 6d. to 9s. 
tulation i is given of the points which the electrical | the load, — 1 frequently án ad use the 
theory is habe! to succeed i in elucidating. ut h and-machin 
there is not one of them on which the s n 
theory is not already perterty satisfactory. in 
advantages of pulverising and deepening the soil, of want o 
ad the risk of brine it across the ocean.” But j 
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wa 
the author believes, 
electricity. 
vn with me in saying that they are very „ ee 
A new Theory of 8 arog, w on Elec. | that the labour is and regret se me that they 
tele nd substantiated by Facts, with i ation 
8 , Marshall, and Co, were ever induced to pu was obliged 
days; but it 
were 
arters of 
the 
