THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ts throughout his fields from 5 feet 
ate proceedings according to eg nature 
e had eprings to contend ip — land natu- 
e his drains 
h would have been — rga — he had 
ock at an expense that would have e pure! rcha sed 
he ground. ob! — to make wells in the ruck, and allow the | 
oer, but was o 1 uld. On those par 
arts of his 
escape the gun i it co 
= interpose an obstacie te the A ake 
— * . here rock, did n 
measurin 
water being di ischarged, but it ared to 
| pretty nearly * from both outlets. The per drains 
would probably be carrying a portion of under ater, It would 
it where 75 had level at disposal, he de his 
— follow the 
e: these must be regulated | 
g I tt of ral us wa 
by much secured by — 85 ab at ev ery 70 or 8 8 6708 
t to allow 
ie pr | drains, and a few ia enes ager fate so 
» passage of A current tof air, which would facilitate the 
[1 of 
ning, to a new facilities for sabeotling and | o 
5 any chance of injury to the dra ains,— 
Mr, Lavpsay CARNEGIE, of Kinblethmont, informed Mr. Sm ith 
ion 
wate 
one 
to Mr. Smia iat he thought the 4 feet desis were the most 
nce confirmed him in 
2 days ago, w 
tthet 
land- steward, za strong ge ate for shallow 
f tbe üd he repor 
a 
re pai e had been br rae’ upon thes 
by hav ring the tish only de 
execution inne improper 
ning 
mparati e oxpiriniekt 
hë wind willingly go “4 great distance to see an example AA 
land thoroughly drained by de an 
when a a yawn-like ‘stretch becomes 
round of luxurious indol they 
| ees content. In the stalls 
| n ea r. Ta when 
. vl sig — es a da e boxes 
| sniff by the no unpleasant odour i 
Ä A= -e en gar is litte ere ed do 
s 
to lie down in, a pri 25 ney can greet n ex 
boxes, but which, in 2 is forbidden them. 8 
phuretted 2 carbon acid 1 aj 
detec t in t riper kor are the accumulating 
| — all in 
ace; to the — — possessors of these downy 
„warm, comfortable, 3 But to the 
suc 2 essfol carrying out of this plan I t i 
dis m PaaS TC! 
EE about six 3 ago 
t 
go I wished that all th neigh 
ourin 
where it is a flat eee ‘they 
ater in the ditches until it reache es within 2 tee 
of the surface, whic seuson 
this opinion. 
ei bo Fole country was drenched with rain, 
that tlie ies Wheto the deep drains — was the 
when he himself atte 
apparent. The ground there was dry and firm, while over 
the 30-inch drains it was soft, — “ns being filled to the surface 
bo ayan like a sponge. —Mr . CAM L, of Crai igie, suid that 
uing by shallow drains 22 or 24 potos deep, 
ich E 13 to se a. the sh me Had the same 
money, however, been expended on A 25 4 feet drains 
wo inte have heal been on Sn feet apart, wnen the result 
might ha ave been very di er Besides, the deep gris 
had not had time to “if ar ly — within six months of their 
pode ae aa 2 the land been subsoiled or deeply worked 
after the Ar rain At the same tine: he did not think this 
fi idth, being a 
very retentive subsoil Speaking of subsoil Poring he might 
pace i the furrow 15 or 16 feet apart; and in one instance, 
one gts s flat and wi ituou t furrows, only 12 feet 
oan He h 
g herhall, he 
me had been present to witness Se 
precious eames, which, in future crops an nd h ee was 
be so productive and valuable nd mankind! An 
thet in this unctuous manur re were the matters 3 in 
hay, roots, Linseed and Rye e-meal—nothing lost, nothin ng wasted, 
your readers con ri- 
cultu urist. 
the a 
Having egg occupied a large space in your in- 
vill defer our method of teedi ing until your 
next,— 
EER KSHIRE MERSE ahha March 17, 
have been vanes I leading 
and delivering Wheat 
and tiles for drains ; 
1 
tan i las? 
dung ror Ts land th nt 
at mull, leading T „ ing 
the es attendi ng the ewes and lambs; a man and 5 ay 
fe veding t the ; four men cutting thorns, The land 
East Lornlax FARM, March 18.—The weather fur most of 
the w has been showers, 2 3 vd moh nal Serine 
corn 3 little has a 
orn. Essex Fann, ris rch 18. —The weather during the last 
tor farming 
rra ons; indeed, we scarcely ever . mn a con- 
reir of wet weather at this season of the 
We 
d si oe with 
ave been eee in various ways. 
. 
eee. las 
to each other the round still remained marshy; he deepened 
each alternate to 3 feet, 3 24 feet between the 
deepened ie: the . the und now quite dry. 
Hetreated a greater part of the ground drained at 150 or 16 feet 
in the same way, in general deepening erop aiternate drain 
but in a few vp 5 tances, where the — was deep and un- 
broken by any tag a he deepened each drain. He 
—— these drai rhaps, in 
one field, Ei SENATA, where there were stiff seg spots 
ooked e beri A oe drains 30 feet apart 
generally 8 — his land. 
a ches 
i d, where aie outfall was deficient, the 
drains "average 57 feet Mag 5 and 30 feet t apart. had sub- 
take on, poate in this wet weather 2 difference of 
the state of “the and which had been subsoiled, compared with 
it as y 85 over. 
that which had not, was very great, givi 2 
ment to go over the whole as soon as it could pi done. The 
view taken 
with s diment, appear 
draining 4 feet, b ld of 
Ross, of ken ‘with a gentleman Prescot a the Gov 
ment bem omg 4 fee t dee 
cep, and 40 feet 
ern- | 
contrary t 
parison of an open cutting a red dra agta no 
weans a fair cne, the action of the atmosphere ona the one 
being quite different from the other. He did not. pretend to 
Eok h of jinin aa mot Be lapri perisa had always b been 
hatever way it 
discuss with him the theory of filtra tion; baci t seemed clear 
that the deeper the subsoil is ep al which the water has to 
nb 
and — had laid down the — which seemed to hiin, after 
„most generally tg to the soils of this 
e very Various, and to 3 n ex- 
ee eaiment suitable to their 2 p natu He 
the honour on he el 
8, and 
when drains were pi da — at 
rom 30 to 40 feet — there never Was per- 
8 a consid rain, on the surface 
ee between me drain ns, 
m 
re 
distances atti wan. — 
which, orane ata = distance of 21 feet, 
Ould cost BA 17s. 
for the 
most part i We are making the 2 oe 
apart, and lying in at inch pipes at the depth of 3 feet, 
ewes and lambs 11 ; 
We are now every iy ‘anxiously 
ay . up, so that we may proceed with 
2 28 og en- 
filter 18 that water to 
be pure and free of sedimen int of “fact, it was well 
known that in wet w e iio water 2 — shallow 1 was 
ndeavour to inspect 
the experime enta t Ches terton reterred to by Mr. Dickson, He 
was vd on ei anxious for ccm- 
parative experime nt S, made, he would 
nee 
tinuiug very changeable, we have not in any Bea 
threshing Beans ; hauling and mixing oe e d for green 
ap: dressing Flax ; draining tield for allot 8 und fo 
workmen, [That ’s right: will you give us the ticulars of 
ssa; 
and w we 
like to pe informed ot the results. “Upwards. of 20 years ago 
the Soc 
7 and-bye 2 Mal the draius 
pone ‘yet 4 in hire, where the drains were fixed at 3 feet 
eep, and placed iets 36 to 40 feet aed 1 Ng width of 
tba ridges there at that ros „Th e lan much im 
cby, 
apa 
H HAMPSHIRE FARM rch 18.—Since our last report, 
Me Weather ma the vy ery of two or three fine * has 
bee me and unsettled characte: 
t The 
proved ther but the teuan aay years 
after, to put in a ee "tel betwixc every tw 
effected a bo bab dryness, s, and a suit c clay soi 
a uniform rnip mou üla. any 
named of yay conversion of a very stiff 3 oe a 
which carried splendid crops of Turvips, — 
Dovucrag said that the Turnips on the field referred to at Bal- 
parkja had been | weighed, and he be liev ed t 
rs 
one other.—Mr. CAMPBELL, ah yah ett gp aeons that 
ere 7 97 — uted an experiment on a field of 2 acres, the sub- 
was an —— clay, one-half of which was 
drained: 91 fet deep o 16 feet apart, the other 4 feet deep “ig 
f pnah 
bave en so far apet d 
can sow 
during cine month 
vege Our 
21 fee He had inspected them a for days ago; the 
water tian oe Shallow drains was much 1 and was 
to a certain extent, he tho ought 1 way the they il, while 
cutting deep 
be accomplished | with 
as clear as cryst: 
Galenaar ot a aa 
„ March 22. 
ting “al ye acres of Po- 
= 
UR FARM NEAR e a 
les m i e has prevented our get 
tatoes, which we had hoped to cover before Chris SA 
Tuesda ay m 942 was tolerably dry, a 
bed. might 
—.— distances im = feet; 
soil ile clay or mortar 
u were not applicable. 4 
and contin — — 1 
e had 
na eld on 
of 4 feet deep by 36 fee 
: experiment should be tried 
e 
om of the fur: 
re was any hollow, i indicating the satu- | 
and a much slower escape of the 
0 
and on that day w 
; but the rain returned, and os settled matters 
against us fer another bt Sas e great advantage attendi ing 
autumn plan es is, that every Seedy tel 
„ it they ba: left a i spring, m os spurts are broken 
ge e 1 2 carti n occurrence much t 
ided. 5 — Ae ee * been eke 4 
pm ire oy: ass the arguments, pro, and con the 
t | advantages of feeding cattie on the Warnesian peste n, and I, 
for one, have hohe Tena 2808787080 | in this “ debate of learned 
heads,” ahs pecos ons induce greater atten p „ in prae actice, 
to the various necessary details and minu ple 
able e aie intelligent minds. 
cattle in stalls, and fi 
every sense, to the boxes. is painful 
I enter the formet, the animals aie down to a fixed posi- 
| ing faggots, and fetching seed Oats and oilcak 
es for pigs and cows, carting earth, cart- 
et 
Our labourers band been employed in 8 up 
hedges, draining iu ing 
or 8 adjoining, and formi 
the meadows; at th 
times 
d rushes, 
ders hy os arable land 
Di 
p land 
tion, ev 
the weather havin; 
n the ir excrement, 12 
the raksa on e. tig * l not li * A e in W 
own ordu 2 at they cat avoid * * 
health 
ment. . move when t 
ion of the field Pigs ve 
—.— — — 5 The outlets wer | 
on e water from an equal event or 
Voth portions of the field. He had o means of 
ike. When they desire to 85 si gr ann mg E do 803 and 
in scene some every alter nate Pet aes sowing at ier mate wae 
5% bushels per (Scotch ?] acre ; beige d for which sth manured 
and ploughed in autumn. Wednesday th ther has 
been sag and since then we 
putting in drains 27 inches ink laying with pipes, drawing 
