194 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Maren 18; 
of saurians and large e fishes being derived from the . conditions, has been ayen moligos eee 2 ) DRAIN AGE REPORTS. -N vill 
e small ogo thoroughly clean, and in high condition, aud Pi 
* h e ae * ven pa of P 11 wn earl ak 4 farm er md in most situations | the draining ayn in the latter part of 1846, adii 
fi jae gots gwick le s discovery of the stl depend on 6 or 7 pec „in some cases | las = P à 0 k » prasot year on an PAE 
existence of phosphate of lime in the upper sis n sand, | no t less; 3 but in the pp a condition ; n of a very | amptonshir e a 4 made eaten 
though I r ~~ that this inf tion t more a ‘ain of the arable go in a 1 i aa api y bedha 8 A : andlord A 
ener if sown as it for the most part is in November, and even | cent. . satisfaction was — 
ee pie e ond be advised to rely | the tenants when kary system of drai 
rect, it appears | in December, no prudent man can be a ly was inteod 
oe pent: whi . 3 . it tr 0 Pr am- on so small a tity of seed. The safest course is but I am glad to pi 4 ben now r approved by 
ridge was that there . in the above eee cer- for every his own to sow each field o Labour, including i Parkes com 4 ren 
ales. which Mr. nslow “ considered to be| Wheat in, say three divisions, on the same day— n er ie 
coprolitie. This info e (if correct as to the with 6 pecks, one with 8 pecks, and one ith 10 pecks, The mirage gs s usod 4 : 
ture of the substances in which the el were and carefully watch the result, and thus work out his —— 1 Pp a Ts. 
found) was far too scanty to be o h agricultural | own experience on hi articular lan S 3 4 z 15 E 
value ; and it re ed to be afterwards shown that the} I observe, with regret, a bro rude a been - i 1 Ts. 4 
i far larger eee wow kios rnes and the systems as recomme Total, Ba Pe 
eld have ben xisted r larg q a om readers y who may not have the advantag drains are 4 feet ane and 12 yards as ki 
ho 
mal e 
act, uck waan ee 
his dou b as 8 the oprolitie origin of 4 nodules. 
cannot, in truth, therefore, dis my claim, in 
j i ee Way, t * discovery of 
the fossils of which are ee | 
green sa 
pE 
marl, in 
passer a is amnas "e rich in that valuable sub- 
stance; and t worked with agricultural | animals. n all respects so entirely — ee per acre.) otal £230 3 5 
advantage. is a remembered that the large | tory, that but for the recent description gi en in you Drain 225 at deep nt 12 fris asunder The 
jority of the fossils are decidedly not coprolitic, a Gazette by Mr. Nicholls, which I confirm in every par- greater a of this land is clay—som u, and. 
that they consist of corals, sponges, echini, a great ticular, I should have enlarged on the subject. igs very soft ; some of it.stiff clay with — 
variety of shells, am bored by tenedin My visit chanced to at the period of the Flax | of gravel. 
other Coniferous w c ules harvest. I had felt no interes is atter, not Far no —l6a 
size, ng no resemblance either internally or exter- having any idea of cultivating Fla the philan- gs ee including * ae commission, a Be 
to e. Ir la fi „ thropie zeal o th t was evidently great ; Pipes “9500—13 1 * : j 
in order to show that there were periods in ancient g uld not therefore do than aceo ny hi 7200—13 „ same prices as before.. 20 9 
geal history, when large outpourings of phosphoric acid | his invitation, round his farm, to see the whole process 0 , 5 b 
occurred, tura substances with | of the Fl 8 dressin That which I under- 20 5 2 a eee Mire 
ic ontact, after the original carbonic | took as a sort of task, became a source of real pleasure pou a 3 8 10 to 11 a cs oa e i 9 
acid, through some equally u cause, and satisfaction ; for though, all I saw, I could tenacious clay. strong, 
pelled. Moreover, it ap present evidence | ente do f the mercantile advantage of the Vise D hare 
that this substitution is a local, not a general fact ; that crop under the careful and intelligent superintendence Labour, including Mr. Parkes commission, as 
is, that it not been o » excepting in the „ it evident that extended and “soo Line, ** 60 5 7 
g eee 1 have enumerated, viz., | benevolent philanthropy was the mainspring fan had Pipes: ae ty ae same price as before. * 
“the true wer green sand,” e galt,” and the set, e tion, all I saw going on at Triming- 290021 „ at 2758. E 
upper part of the “lower green sand.” I have, indeed, | him. I have real pleasure in bearing the testimony of 300 2 „ same price as 3 11 2 
some ne gative idence Spores) to this inference ; for Ija stranger, zo this visit, to the worth and use ess — PARRE 
1 2 ed a many fossils from other fo a- Mr. War whom I Dav e not seen . 1, 158, 7d. per al. 27 99. 
my geolo sme ra and I find them all! I could — “bat express my surprise e perfeet eg was Siiri “all done by the. day work— 
deficient in phosphoric acl _ Whi id | sweetness of the boxes, and re Ae eed comfort 
abounds, 
succeeded in arousing the 
intelligeut * to the pia adh of the "hidde den | 
be locked up beneath their own 
3 nor 
ich d i 
gout ting to the communication which 
for these remarks, I in that | 
arded in its ew eee or agricul 
tural best, the discovery does possess some novelty. 
J. dur mating d Paine. 
ioe THIN IN SEEDING AND BOX-FEEDING. 
avi 
| t. ‘ee Salia of the anim 
e | was trod so ast as to exclude the ai 
ing my | W 
of 
a “knowing Mr. 85 
either in the cultivation ‘of F 
animals, I would re me i 
I went there as a ben stranger, withou 
uction, merely to Sabah the 
ts r 
sd san animals, so contr ar 
n Mr. Warnes ex plained! that i in consequence f the 
als in all directions, = “litter 
ir from mass 
mmediately under the surface, — . fer- 
| imentation, aa cause of the disagreeable effluvia in 
3 ta sta'ls. 
I then visited some e or four other farms on which 
the system had be pted, in consequence of Mr. 
e 
3 
to, and in every ins entire a with the 
change of system ri patties =r effec 
a der th determi 
the system myself. Many pnie men 
ned on 4 E 
strictures on the offen: 
or some time afterwards that 
| feetly sweet the stalls ar 
sive style aud — of some of | How the a 
contributors. 
w 
they bad 
n, * 8 e, 
e!” “ What co 
nimals seem to e 
8 dun- 
w per- 
aT iei 3 
selves 
p 
1 
mage me accord, 
an k which 
ho 
a medium 
hoes altogether un- 
a prac- 
priuciple, and 3 eremi . d 
be economical and highly remuaerative, und 
er ' the inferences which 
in stalls.— C. L. 
0 
d yet social e their auties ae 
he herdsman’ s brush, will be satisfied that, “th 
t been muzzled >» “that. Fi peues a 
nm the life of his beast,” and if he asks the be beasts, 
they shall teach him not tô deal a Hoe to la 
y such a 
system 2 but would say unto him, “Go thou 
and do likewise 
JESE — 2. et 
= 
Gazette, sues tae petite or ‘tall Tesine: involved 
or an 
Ë should have ex- 
s+, e diffi 
hmin kail had Apr —— Teasing stalls, I g 
the g s of m which may enable your 
y Steam-engine 
that the „former consumed most. 
chaff- cutter on to cut straw in about tA ord inch 
to | 
lengths og litter, toning that daring a couple of days 
ngin 
as going, I might usefi 
former cutting. 
| having been ascertaine 
weight used for the same number of beasts 
same period, these facts are of no further value than for | p 
drawn by those who feed 
e The 
The e of a farm varies in eve 
mi 
for — z 
ry field—chiefiy a bi 
heavy clay w ns of gravel and 
most part of the 2 very full of water, nand, aad 
RM B.—6l1a. OR. 317. 
8 e Mr, Parkes’ commission ik 
Bre: “47, 40018 ius . . £152 11 0 
36, —11 3) 
3100 > 535 
same prices as before 77 12 8 
This 
the laud being ve ry strong. Drains 4 feet deep and 1d 
yards asundcr. 
m E.—20 acres. 
grai including Me, artes . as 
oe os 6816 8 
22 2091 ine 
3 
” 
Pipes: 
2 55 — same prices as before 25 2 6 
(41. 13s. 114, per Total.. £93 19 7 
The drains are 4 feet ‘deep, 10 yards asunder. The 
soil chiefly a weak blue clay, be 
Paai. F.—46 a 
Labour, including Mr. Parkes’ commission, as 
efore 
Pipes: P 50014 inch 
160 
2 
os .. .. £165 13 
EY ids same prices as before 55 15 6 
Total £220 19 1 
filled with small lim es. 
ogg —13 aer 
Labour, including Mr. Parkas commission, a as 
before è 
12 0001p inch 
—17 
. £981 
Pipes : 
17 15 6 
(5l, 38. 4d. per 
e drains tre 3 feet me 
— The land partly a strong -a 
hard to work, at cP a 28. 9d. to chain 
mM H.—12 a 
yape, including Mr. ig pa commission, a 
—.— 2200—3 i inch : 
193 — =o 
„ £9612 7 
same prices as before 143 wi 
£50 16 1 
Ko 2 sd: ze acre.) eer 
are 4 feet deep and 1 
The soil is a gia poor whitish clay, en an 
bed of ae H. S. 
e Correspondence, 
aes ee allow me a ioy ort 
in in su 7 la 
But se us view e 15888 rita, 
an animal in a sl , the 
animals are cruelly treated, 
— by their excrement ? 1 believe that 
