uu THE Al AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRI 8, 
k that Dr. M'Kenzie’s fame for “ pa- i pe- | quantity of these nodules might be easily collected an d | of these nodules might be easily eo 
Do not you t * aud eroft A. is LALA 4 remov mine oa portions o of the cliff fis lately ten] sides of the eE and wou 10 collected on the slopi ae slopi 
in this instance at least, at Te expense of the laird of | in co * the heavy rains bringing down the which they might be * ye as manure, with be State in 
Gairloch? But my object in noticing the article at all | gau It, * th fragments of the seam or vario of | labour, as as fro om. the action of the air they hay ery litle 
is not to object to any gentleman’s giving specific ar r 10dules which | 1. on the shore in masses of v us ally integrated. I send on a 13 
i la “Facts from Gweedore, 
e sam y be traced 
the cliffs, covered only by the natural soil, and begin- pa rward specimens to * ose ere irs theta 
11 had almost anid face “re ch ae ning at a gateway close to the church, and extending | entific faveutigntion.—J. C. Clutierbuck, Abingd 5 
Sri “ at least W as appina my brethren the | westward for at least 500 yards. Considerable numbers | 
wy kno i 
rna 
-Drum 5 4 down by the Tummel and 
h 
Gairloch squatters, i. e., as they were. Their system 
and manageme ent has — 22 that as a particle or 
penny of th and money of the last a : = ; 
two years was required a mong — Their charity = — — 
rep ns 
as those of the quondam management at Gairloch had | Reference to Woodcut.—A A, Gault; BB, Band of Nodules ; C C, Lower green sand; D, High water mark; E, Low water, 
sce a: eee Doig eh i ende e — 3 Now e time for sowing Lucerne. The | the trustees, bad been increased, by t pur | 
4 id x . — 8 be double dug, and the seed put in drills, eda from 89990. to 9889. stock in the p 8 
They, ho 
‘oti ch a a bed which has been cut 12 agreeably with the official bauk zeoe 
Patriotic Society.— 75 ne Highland Crafter, Cille vert fa he * pel ail, e nnet ee’ ti chairman wutanitied to tho Council, nh * =* 
Bhraan, Mar 
Why Wheels are Dished.”—Most farmers would 
no doubt admit that an advantage is gained by “ dish- 
ing” the wheels of waggons Apaga Ke. They have manure. It is important to keep the ground free from 401. — amount of liſe e and 314. that of 
always been told that it is best o give that particular | weeds, and we weed it after every cutting. It is neces- | arrears of dee ee received; and of 353. asthe 
form to wheels, and therefore thes believe it; while at sary to keep the soil solid, and not to injure the roots. Fencing a vailable balance for cosas perpen 
the same time they, and many country wheelwrights | yy plan of manuring is, instead of forking it in, to This re ortiwas unanimously adopte 
too, are quite unable to explain how the advantage is apply a dressing of rotted dung between the first and Daiki Essars.— The emg a IAN rer on the 
gained, being the case, a plain account of the second rows; then, with a sharp spade or shovel, to of the Journal Committ awards made in 
matter may be acceptable to some your readers. | take a slice of earth along the space SMS pa Second classes of r Soc iety’s s 2 for Essays, which; on 
roduced so much as las „ of che 
year, owin its having, in ier geen the usual Sade ty’s bankers was 17 501 ee. * Of 9051. 8 the 
n be no question that the sp e of a wheel is | and third rows, and turn it over on the manure ; then | reference to the apers, were found to 
g to 
dressing of dung, an application of Mr, Lawes’ Clover special balance on the York subscription account; of 
capable of supporting the greatest wei 5 when it stands . 
ealan, libbes of cia 4 1 8 manure between the Ae and third vente and | be in favour of the following partis : : 
wheel. Now this, which at first sight appears to be an and go on to the end of the bed. By this means we the East Riding of Yorkshire, awarded to Geek 
argument against “ dishing,” is in fact the best argu- avoid injuring the plants. My bed is only the eighth of LEGARD, of Fangfoss, near Pocklington. 
— in favour of that practice, Suppose that a waggon ere, but the quantity of prodace is ve ery great, an nd 5 3 vd of 20, for the of ie 155 ee Gittin al 
weighs with its load 3 tons is travelling upon 1 “find i it excellent food for nag and carriage horses in street, Bootle. „ ae oi. PARA * 
level ground; 1} ton will of course rest upon the wheels | summer. —6. O. III. The Prize of 30l., for t the best Essay on the Management 
on one side, and 1 pen ton upon the wheels on the other, The Salt Question, so amply Aaner Ob lake te your of Grass Land, awarded to ROBERT SMITH, of Busiey-00- 
side. But let the waggon come in the course of its columns, has, as mi ight have been or bag produced the-Hill, Rutlandshire, 
journey to a part of the road higher on one side than a host of eon n ing and contradictory eee 
on the bien, the Barden will uo longer be equally Many of these, it strikes me, might be in a considerable 
divided a: * the wheels, but the greater part will be degree reconciled by taking into account the localities 
thrown — the wheels on the lower side. Those on where the experiments were tri 1 We 
the higher side, for instance, may only wi 1 tons | that rain water contains a Sel considerable portion o 
while those on the lower in have to support the pres- | salt ; and, of course, the supply of that aen tial article consis st of not more than 300 persons; 4 
sure of 2 But if th els are R dished, the | in the food of ben — a great men- deferring to a future meeting their recommendations i 
position of the waggon which throws upon ‘them sure, at least b n proportion to the Wanna c. by which suck dinner may be made Ü 
i ring the in ie district 3 e is malo. eee of advaneing the objects of the Society, by the 
riments with salt, upon ace and erops in the eae communication of practical views or facts of interest 
mie = tainous distriets of Whe west cide of Great Britain, und importance to the ‘members on that oceasiol; # 
greatest weight to bear. II. on the where the annual fall is from 50 to 80 inches, would, | well as their recommendation in i to ee 
i : : ADI, tion of a lecture or lectur ng on with 
York Meetinc.—Sir Joun Jonnstong, Bart, MP. 
be haute. onthe part of the General York 7 
i d 
eir 
Dinner this por at the York Meeting of the Sociel 
tak n Wednesday, the 12th of July, and 
the Committe 
eo =. a z5 2 
pies 
be dg tbe Ce o be delivered during the 
week of m —xhe Coaneil decided accordii gly tat 
they mus í 
i 
that is, — it would have been strongest when they only i 
0Y | the annual fall varies from 25 to 30 inches. A fall o there Ghoul r pa a Couneil Dinner at Mhea cai pesh 
support 14 ton, and weakest when their burden n was in- | 10 incbes of rain furnishes about 1 ewt. * of salt 
loug 
: E = unanimously appointed the loea i beakers of ora 
to be overset. The dished aks . of tthe counties receive only from 23 to 3 cwt. The results of during the eed 8 he ene een 
those | experiments, conducted under such different circum- 3 city in . i 
andini stances, cannot then be otherwise than contradictory.— NSULT Exe r. dressed | 
ith some obstacle on the i 72 z ea Sy J. Little. letter to the Cou — expressing the 1 regret vin 
* e o 0 e r Man — Ra SPEDE which he felt himself under the necessity, on n wecouat 
of th 
leties. 
sand at Folkstone, in order to ascertain whether the | ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY or ENGLAND. | placed, of drawing up such a report of the 2 
strata gp im ibed by Mr. A Monruty Covncit was ae at the Society’s h and trial of Im 5 at the Country Meetings c 
pag add found there. The result of the search | in Hanover-square, on Wed: a i Bogard $ 5th of Society as Aer be satisfactory to the Council, tot 
has sti and will probably be inte. | April. ‘The following Molbterd ob Cabal cad “Go. ae r himself, of resigning the eee 
Dim 
restin r readers whose a ve Sas i TT f Consulting Engi 
ny — perika Te is wel OS ee the ernors were present Mr. Pusey, M. P., in the chair; y 2 : . Ar. . ve rs, r P 25 n e 
nd 
dee 
75 
Sir Francis Lawley, Bart. ; Sir Ko ce, Bart. es P the 
sand, M. P.; Sir Jobn V. B. Joh * Bart., M. P.; ”| engagements were almost exclusively devoted to 
ganli, and lower er green sand, are largely develop d in Raymi 4 8 drai e, kis efins 
hbourhood of Folictone. The town of Folk. — . Mr. Burnett; Mr. Bennett; Mr. permanent improvement of land by ye be Soil 
we e Bramston MP. : Mr. Bra for the promotion of the useful objects 
sone is built in and upon the sides of a ravine formed | Mr. Burke ; Col. Chaloner, Mr. Cherry j i iis, Gar 3 kenes to be nalada Me Shelley, ag 
je wearing of a small stream through the beds of | reit; Mr. ‘Brandreth Gibbs ; Mr. G Miles, M.P., 2s Stewards of tht Implement Ig, 
d. To the westward a natural Hamond; Mr. Fisher Hobbs; 2 Pha arena i Societ Dore their od 
seetion of this stratum forms the cliffs, which rise to an r saga te Kev. M, P; palsy. ‘Meetings of the ie Beten and a 
dippi Pi agence 150 gy above the sea, the strata | Keene; Mr. Kinder; Col. Ma mcDeuall: Me. Miles, manner in which Mr. Parkes, in hi capaci vigil 
ing 1 2 vg tepa tet 28 7 804 1 aa Jods — Mr.S we Oaa Cras * Shelley ö Consulting Engineer of the een pend coal IY 
1 "i 4 r. George Turner; Mr. to th f its 
ganit, which is again partially covered inland by a knoll and Mr Wilbraham. ENE NIY movin 1 ae ss nding sen th that the best 
of the upper green sand and trace of chalk marl abov: The foll f th Mr. Parkes 1 
it, on which a Martello tower is built. The gault forms ollowing new members were elected : FF Society; d 2 
we — portion of the upper part of the face of the cliff 8 8 a A Ne 3 oe tes: rendered 3 hich the Cou ; 4 
. the eastward of the town, dipping conformably with Parker, Thos. Townley, S Grea ama St. Helen s, Lane, | Scientific Sii that his name should be enrolled 7 
p ss ae green sand in that direction to the tide evi Connel. B vga Lik 8 Badhe dshi ‘ "| Hist of the honorary mem of the Society. 
5 t an lower N jog ace ntpelier-s quare, Brompton | tion was carried unanimously. t 
n Green, James, ä ouse, Totnes, Devon J Mr. M. P., in the absence of} 
m va ensman, William, jun., Waban , Bedfordshire GES. nate skea TE a 
umber | Kidstone, Thomas, pect Hall, Rickmansworth H ward (on account of severe indispos f which da. 
8 ee „John, Red How, Cockermouth, Cumberland. and Mr. Shaw seconded, t A for be 
ed by names of six candidates fi tleman had given notice, in the} 
obliging] meeting were then read, F election atthe = Wage of ie es. The resolution, T sand i 
malysis, these pF ENANCES.—M i was according! i y Society 
ntage sphate s gure oaa chairman of tl the follows : — “hat re eo im darth thas of D 
85 a on +h, 5 ere A 
aa. ak u the state of f the accounts of the Society 1 e be qu i 
andes * account of f March j just en ended, from which it 8 own personal knowledge * knows gas for which 
Mr ished, j tal of the Society, standin “and willing to aet as a Jud for the sonected 7 g | 
38 this £ to be traced on the oe pociety, g in the names of | ,. Women * p> 
me tide. It is possible that there Sete he ache beds , The annual fall of rain at Penaycuick, near Edlubanghy i t Pennycuick, near Edinburgh, is exhibitor of Hie yee or maker of or implant aa, a 9 | 
to be seen when the tides are very low. A cousiderable 9 ch Dr a oy. bit def gen found yielded 4 or d cwt, (1 quote interest in whieh he nig 
alt per acre, breeder of any particular pare bee 
