108 
patent * for dinner e never 
* t comparatively a few 
ing r 18 broods 
acco 
the other determined — delay to set down the ap- 
roduce 
their living chiefly in he stream that run 
portion of his meadows.—W. M. F., Jan, 26. 
e. this gentleman the meed of praise to which I 
eulturists to this importan 
d | tha i 
rr 
ducks, whic ai would get 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[FeB. 12, 
which the we 
experience 
host of evils to contend against, w 
mne 
l plot of ground d does not 
t s 
m, grub, game, lark, 
wel, end many other evils which } I eed not enumerate, 
paid 2 ma m rv make him loath to hazard the 
ies and small stacks. 
ha 
believe to 
he is justly entitled, for directing the 5 2 agri- 
be 
y dim 
established this ae beeen fac, that in a 23 
duced from 
n 
may be cousiderabl 
a goo may be a compara 
Home Correspondence tively small quantity of seed. The gentlemen who have 
Drilled Wheat versus Broadcast. ag p. “4, co col. 2 mad riments richly dese er thanks, but T Sotie 
This requires explanati I am not an years must elapse before positive conclusions can be 
for broadcast Wheat, never having say in my y life | Zeri ved at, ok in all future investigations the experi- | ROYAL — or ENGLAND, 
till this autumn, and that by the ager tion polly — cannot be too minute i ir inquiries. The Couxotr- / eld at the Society’s House 
excellent s er, who states the , nature of the soil, quality of the seed, | 10 Hanover-square, TM Sen last, the 9th of 
will not go down sò s09 lled. Most E Wheat when planted, quality and weight of the produce, quan- February. P : Mr. KA ER, in the 
is planted by 97 — s and a f° oja dibbles, at pcs tity of straw, &e., must be stated. riments | chair ; Sir Ridley, Bart. ; Mr. Bosanguet; Mr. 
1 bushel to 6 pecks per . are ully conducted, in various localities, for 1 Brandreth ; Dr. Calvert; Mr Cherry; Mr. R. W, 
8 1 at the discussion o years, such inferences may be drawn from them as Evans; Mr. B. Gibbs; Mr. B. 1l ; Mr. F. Hobbs; 
thick and thin sowing at Nor — n, that altho gh will lead to the most useful and satisfactory results. Mr. Majendie; Mr. C., Mil . Nesbit ; Prof, 
the thin caang did not look so satisfactorily to the eye g Sewell; Mr. Slaney, M.P. ; Mr. Stansfield, M.P. ; Mr, 
nd that I thought w A pispa why m and French Sheep. — I think you are Tweed ; = . B. bl tga Me Aei H. Wilson, 
pase continued to sow ), during three a in giving p vip gh i any donbts you may have The Earl of Lonspate, of vther Castle, West 
the time it was on the land, I bad almost | of the f the ts of this root as stated | moreland, fe Carlton- sons; ee was elected a 
always “found it best at harvest, proceeded y radia sigs 88 * ei acquainted | Governor of the Society. 
state that 3 en - 55 with it, and have overlooked in drawing — its new Me — pus elected : 
one-third of which was with 14 bushel per acre, | between it and Swedes the fact that four roots of the illis, John, Clement’s-lane, City o ; 
one-third drilled with 2 bushels do, ; one-third sown | former occupied th allowed to nine of we eee — a ETT A Tice 
cast with 21 . 1 the latter. With relation to this root I can further inform] Duffield, James, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex 
seven judges of implements, who were staying with me, | your readers I have given the bulbs, without the leaves, Lacey, William Charles, Sutton, Carshalton, Surrey 
A this p 7 ask them caref uus. to examine y ileh co 8, a n the 3 Ee a e all Northampton 
field, and to give me their opinion w r Mangold Wurzel and thrive better on them; their| Thomas, David, Brecon 
Their imous rep that dibbled | milk is richer, and as yet I have experienced no ill Church, John, Woodside, Hatfield, Hertfordshire 
heal the drilled nearly as much flavour in the butter. I fane too the. sheep I.have| Purnbem, es. Win wick, W st Haddon, nn 
2 but more lodged, e broadcast was the nicest | fed on them have fatted fas th e ever before eae, Tee ee ta a 
profitable crop. Mr. Hillyard then ob ed eep do at this ee 1 ave for two months — 25 Thomas, Spalding, — —.— 
tot he was s any one in these days should | had two parcels of French sheep in yards feeding upon Hamilton, Edward, Bridgnorth, 
sure which) broadcast; the se I duced to purchase by tl l Wheble, J. J., Bulmarsh Co 2 — Berkshire 
t mo. ff teh renne d the very iow Jertefeld, Baron, Liebenberg, Berlin, . 
tes | July | e == Engloh shee T 25 . Chase, Bab aha, d 1. soe 1 75 eee on, Berkshire 
| en is Mhen Bere mp Sey ear. ey eight, Thomas, Rhyd, saph’s, Flintsh 3 
observe tha ive of ts! hn Brewster, Witnesh 1 i poy 
Ade Bary was neatly & Toct MEEI: Shaw, have done wel a MEER test mutton T| Neison, John, Highford, Shemeld, Yorkshire pma 
Deep Draining.—I offer these observations to such 
read nvinced that a deep drain 
after rain bi run sooner than a shallow one. Ist. No 
i cept the air follow water, whether 
Sie trata be toon or shallow, 2d. a co 
gai circulation of the air to and from the eri 
drain That 
have ever taste nglish o who has long 
resided on the Rhine, —.— me that if well fatted I 
should find them 
5 The Sepi i is not stated, but We 8 apart, a 
than any 3 Kinds, and so I — them. 
is less thiek on abe loins, and the m 
greasy, and very ie — for private family 
The considerably ; . 
dey: kinds, es Tatted, Fach only 6, 7, or 8 stone 
H. 
The n 
not so coarse o 
You wil 
understood, and 
pas in fact ke 
see t fhag 7 9 of pee ditching as qu 
t his experie ext 40 4 vl 
25 
wear out, require i 
trust, pact ande with ppi ne only chanco 2 any 
permanent improvement by draining, as all d 
with . ees Ne the last ein of thy bes 
the first, by forming a per of 
wish the question. of depth and off efficiency 
gati factor settled. In 
last, there is an error in the figures: for 40 
— — ag 140.—A. Holt White, Sewald-hail, Harlow, 
Esser; 3 Jan. 18. 
Sarat, Freazley, 3 Staffordshire 
De Leuw, Dr. Gräffrath, _Elberteld, G any 
Robinson, Richard, Bel 
igney, 55 3 Yorkshire 
1, C 
Rosewarn, John, Nanhuska, . Hale, Cornwall 
Dickons, Thomas, High Oakham, Mansfield, Notts 
garrasi Henry, Stonehouse, Brideslow, Okeh 
on 
shire 
Robert, Westborough, Long Bennington, Newark, 
* 
soil will 3 ied re ex + Nottinghamshire 
moisture hout i 3 1 “| 9 
peg ts 93 ph er od in p quickly | f rab: mel wat x me Sees A the ir more lively play- 3 * 1 corse Eee nee e ; 
the air circulates in the soil to and from the drain, the | that the s eye will object to them Bacon, William, Chilton House, Darlington, Dur 
sooner the mo ts evn or to esca s sg f stand ‘igh on the | leg, and that they are light] Otranto, Count Athenase, 3 Söderköping, cere 
Now it i i ok z pe. o = Seg Fi ey an re pa borghi cheaper Janes, Bd a — Lond ta 
the shallow per r than the ordina 5 lt 
ei ee e oth le Enlai sheep, the objection on disappears. Familie who| paston, Horas Basy Si Edman a 
e their own m are not F 
than — 4 185 5 5 e ee of fat rhe mutton sarees tho uid ta Bc cg Sat * pe 3 Leet 
drain we “ala i 3 ave travelled abroad, and a; $ 3 k 
fay pe al ah ao dey sponge, reno more may pae agel he u I my i ro enon twee | 
23 will observations. 1 of to be put 7 41 the mouth, and | Mr. Taunton, on Cow-parsnips ; from Mr. L 
Al an yri that a deep drain runs | foreigners 8 understand this, or ind their | Vineyards in England; from Mr. Deacon, on n i f 
rp open fal cage de fo fH Davi Freie |E a aiae, Bir Chany iar ta Sl 
but correct. I ce, ewry, n. 17. erry favou 
3 n onis, I N — — A ity of a E or send — an account of my |? with a ean and aia 8 a a plough een d 
i * (by of his invention ; an r. * 
sowing of English soil will shortly y be unknown, and that . years since on ahin rearing that with | specimen of h his sectional tiles for draining s ta i 
succeed e the previous tenant, “ aney repo! e made by Mr. EA 
. a. 0 ° Our so soil will have | to be worked at a a deeper | ing,” failed + 152 8 ignorant m in the drainage of an estate — 1 in Shrop 
— | his t ion al 8 es together with shire ; and Mr. Fisher Hobbs, on the til 
3 ; 5 3 manila 
corn,” about t ured by Mr. Dixon i 8 ve te j 
Micke Te ve 9 . * was ne i floeit ose ia of 8 nf mba? cvthly- Councilin d 
prudent, careful man, who —— e v arch: —“ That „or a committee of their i 
well, havi eral of the — body, should have different subjects of general inten 
dit 3 3 3 improved. He { _— , to be borer iga ant = “e 5 6 j 
ite: 0 about a part, resent, Wedne 
ce. | farm, which let out the wet and Ne ee sitting n e after the other dle ‘a 
and pastures d rendered the p ghed day is over, and that due notice be pre bef 
2 oy enough for ploughing early in the year; so | °° bers £ Council and others in patars 
t ris eres 5 green on the ground at the . ee <a PP 225 
ets nad 4 year when his predetessor could not come 11 ty of his new manure for ten acres, it the ven 
0 plough, on account of its w = month t ot oe the ee ay fom ned till 
a 3 i d = on hd 
1| tures, and 4d. a rod in arable lan Lis ana ee adjourned till Wednesday nest 
to go he plough ar not disturb the bushes ee ae 
conversed with numerous advo- 
lately 
cates of the 3 systems and the facts (so called) which 
they addu b 
very inna e character. Thus n us w — a å 
window that a at lak or a whieh is no i to his Beer ge: 
field yg could searcel s the 
a grain of porn not vege- 
up the gap and make 
even again. But we dec 
called loa: 
dry by — and bears very 
deep, that 
and straw that the ditches 
n laid 
re filled with, The nepli- Farmers’ Clubs. 
e= of ee ae lad provided, by e HrXHAu.—At the annual meeting of this nd 
` a great quantity of bushes GREY, of Ditton, made the following remarks «On 
ut not suficient for “the whole farm, so that some of Cultivation o an Crops? 
the ditches in some of the fields are filled with straw be ite importa” e and advantages of root, eropa bad 
only, whi Tabrum say e has known lst : ied the ationtion of farmers, and had established 
lene ve well, via 2 2 one rege * as being the foundation of all that was ved th 
f eS Bad of Some this r present course of husbandry. He conceiy 
arm marly soil, which = ‘inhabitant working of fallows, and the 4 especially 
call rere clay ; this is best e plough. . en „ a test of 
w å è 
t of the land is stif red zp a Which — here 3 11 the — ct year 5 3 d root 
d-ditches, but does — well i tà tillage,” 
any f. into 
ah d. It hed 7 — be satisfied, 3 go ing i 
of land . 
