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28—1848. | ; asks | which he thought essential in reference to the facility thought. tial i 
lough the land. "Sage oni — A eee ndent, 8 e thought essential in reference o. the facility. 
8 rious is it to ploug = Cow Pas y be eradi cated ‘eas a ing | or otherwise of the entrance of the fibrous substances 
y, the manure would be more effectually preserved, into ugh their OO pce — The Hor. Cap- 
6 l 3 “This like the Dock and other deep rooted the pipes — ugh t 
rts i ould be drawn when the’ land is wet, | tain Dudley Pelham thought it a matter almost of 
— 5 short, Mr. ven in the pista the top may a afford Mar . — t i e. whether 1 * were 
7 4 ink. PB oa bold for the ose, Those in the 2 sho is with sockets or co ars, for ‘ound the 
E 3 k 55 sar be pulled up, as 3 f those in the field, and not one insidious fibrous substance gain an easy entrance into, 
Sos that the tenant-farmer — greut should be allowed to seed itself.—S. P. W. and 9 1 up aud 8 D Bo 
am — - ow: W. been co! om im vio 
aae ~ —— tay noocomiry on er eB 2 : ere ord at their e —ç 7 ay 1 
and the horses better fed, if aoe aË — du i. 5 
summer, had box, with excavated bottom and Pe 
s Sotieties. 
im rain- | ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY or ENGLAND. Mr. Acnew, of — arg 1 to the her goa 
ing-tiles were scarce and dear, and difficult to be ob A SpecraL Couxcil was held at the Society’s House, 4 statement connected wit arge painting of the 
pe ora but these difficulties have almost ceased to in Hanover-square, on the 24th of June; present, the Society’s Country Meeting ; Mr. Sievier, of Hen- 
exist, and so it must be with all other obstacles to im- Earl of Yarsorovan, President, i in = Chair ; Dake of | rietta-street, Cavendish-square, a statement of Ana- 
provement. The knowledge diffused by agricultural Richmond; Lord Portman; Sir D. Acland, | lyses and Products of the Bituminous Shale, or Schistus, 
societies, the prizes given for essays, the discussions of parti M. P.; Sir M. W. Ridley, Tack: Sir C. Lemon, of the Island of Portland ; the author of A Review 
’ clubs, and the facility of transmitting ideas, | Bart., M. P.; Sir J. V. * Johustone, Hart.. M. F. ; of ey 1 Mas Statistics be France,” a copy of that 
however humble, through the columns of the Gazette, Ir.  Bramsion, M. P.; Col. Challoner ; Mr. E. Denison, work 1 essrs. . and Cos of Edinburgh, 
must, and do, all exert their influence in the cause of M. P.; Mr. B. Gibbs, Prof. Sewell, snd Me. Shelley. three s in continuation of "their Rural Eneyelopæ- 
improvement; and the subject of preserving and apply- The President having informed the Council of the | dia: be. which the thanks of the Council were ordered. 
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plants we cultivate, will soon be er understood; the Vork meeting of the Society, soa Council took into The Council then adjourned over the York Meeting 
and, ste = eee, Ih the means for | consideration the requisite e ts to be made for to the Weekly Council in London on Tuesday, the 25th 
earrying it n practice will = e supplied. — | the reception of his Royal Highness of July. 
E. Curtis, 5 Isle of Wigh TWEEDSIDE UNION AGRICULTURAL. — At the late 
he Dorking and 2 Hambur rh ds.—Your inte. A Montuiy Councit was aon on st last, te Annual Meeting of this Society, Mr. Milne thus ides 
“Chanticleer,” at p. 411, has se 8 July ree nt, the ara 5 5 D, K.G., in | seribed a contrivance for recor rding the issue of w 
m Ric 0 from a drain. 
commeneing lines of the chapter, p- 31, “the Portman, Hon. Capt. Dudley Pelham, Sir s+ xy | Mr. MILNE proceeded od describe the apparatus, which con- 
Dorking would appear to owe its mm 3 „ K Ridley, Bart. ; Sir C. "m Bart., M.P. ; Sir J. B. V. | sis sted La a wooden box, to be placed at the mouth of the drain, 
been chiefly bred and cultivated =? at :” | Johnstone, Bart., M. P.; Sir R. SB Bart. 5 F. 5 | the Wains Aom which, entering the boz by a fonnab at the top, 
sequently he asserts, in apparen sea * ps r Mr. R. Barker „Mr. Barnett, Mr. ennett, Mr. H. passed into one of the two compartments of a tin or me ag 
above, “ on were 8 and po s aos Blanshard, Mr. . Brams on, M.P., Brandreth, Mr. . py tha hor el — of ine on — . —— it fell fell 
by the Cumberland breeders.” Probably in third ee me 8 cae — Cherry, p Druce, A P. down with 8383 of — . and emptied 5 at — 
edition he will either correct this, which s to be | Hodgetts Foley, Mr. Fisher Ho r. Hudson sama ů ae ta e ee ag 
au error, or state grounds for it. The appears cy Mr. Hudson (Castleacre), "E x onas, Bo Pendarves, isl, the funnel; and t ‘his again 8 * 4, Pear x emptied 
ancient, and appears to have reached us from Normandy, F.; Mr. andos Pole, Connected with this — ment was a ele 1 — r — 
where it has existed from time immemori would Aystford Senor Prof. Sewell, Mr. 8 (Leadon, which mares one none wie 2 N of the receiver, 
point out another, among the many, mistakes of | Mr. T. Turner, and Mr, H. Wilson. thus be left at the mouth of the drain for weeks or months, 
Richardson, who makes it appear (p. 32), thatthe Ham-| The hollowing new Members were elected : and on opening it the quantity of water discharged from the 
burgh breeds are crested, and of two varieties only, the Graham, Carolus, Strawan, = Perthshire drain during that time . be 12 —̃ — on the: 
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says (p. : Pres er, tain the quantity of water discha rom shallow mpa 
are owl : this is a large , the prevailing colour hioi J an Armyn, . 1 85 with 1 3 He hi Ae ada 20 acre pieu in two 3) feet 
is black, with iridi all, Benjamin, Hanley Cast ton-on-Severn one part 3 feet deep, 15 feet spert; an eet 
k, og tere iscent green, and the wattles and comb, Marr, William, Yarm, Yorkshire’ C Bir onan 
„ are unusually oubt Gibbons, Stephen, Brckiesty, Great Limber, Lincolnshire | mouth, and at each mouth a "should place an instrument of 
e correctness of Dickson, who continues to say, “ it is The names of 16 candidates for election at the next | this description. Hitherto this matter had been altogether- - 
evidently a variety from the Paduan, which the nourish- 3 were then read. 22 ˙ Pan Ao P a IP ee and ne 
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4 FINAN . Raymonp BARKER, Chairman of the | tural engineers, and * 3 him that there was no such 
enlarge the comb aad wattles.“ Richardson appears Finance 2 tab joiner i the 110 ort of the Com. instrument for testing the point; and 2 had — 2 
to confound two of the pheasant breeds s with the Ham- DP pers occupying himself for the —— t six mo months to find 
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or Hamburgh, that they should go by either of 5 ka so th of soil from which plants will, by thei 
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come from Holland, and those from Hambu urgh have already — ished in the Journal of the lety. r. | ought to make their land capable of giving nourishment to 
more puan large combs and wattles without crests pi — took that opportunity of remarking, that Wee mat t depth, b; That was an element which 
Dealers n give names, and I have bought s the researches published in the Journal had h : went far to settle th rir N ~~ For 38323 lax was well 
eties “a both nam 3 Correspondent, June 20. be een, on inquiries e with Geology, — | times even deeper, and even the roots ote if heat te 3 
Land Drainage. — The remarks of « J. B.,” of Alles- — and sciences connected with agri- — depth. An experiment he had tried, which confirmed. 
ted 
a 7 ö x 3 The 3 agreed with him as to the advan- * 
bottom of the sid he ‘oe botéous of the dita hee’ ce illustrated with numerous woodcuts, for the new number by the e tae. Gees or tice por doubt. 
N vl — e = 7 + of the Journal; and he had a doubt that Professor | many advantages had arisen from 2 feet drains pet eas bad a 
the greater the remove from the chill pradused con; Simonde's lecture about to be delivered at the York | 20t been compared with the adv arising from drains 
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rome > meeting, would be found no asi im interest- | fa to himself, to make him deem it more safe r 
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stantial ee i years ben not = Drarninc.—Lord Portman favoured the Council with —— They pea draining for í two or three years, bi re A 
teh Fir ny 
og ok ined partly with sods across the fall, plantations. The boughs were cut in June and July, on on this point of consi 3 interest. It was found that 
and yet this pasture exhibits to this day its wet nature | when the trees were fall of their sap and turpentine ; | the roots of Gor? 4 tn wena 1 
in the of Carnation Grass (Carex); I am practi- and being laid longitudinally in the drains of the — iak was necessary the — ——ů es sii Bean 
cally satisfied that no drainage will effectually dry strong | meadow, at a depth of 3 feet, to within 9 inches of the areas ; — at s had power to go so deep, they could not 
adhesive clays except breaking the subsoil, and adding | surface, they were covered over with clay and turfed | do —— than afford naar opportun of getting — : 
large quanti d, gravel, or the like substances, | down. His lordship having recently had occasion to | Burishment from as great a depth as ; and to what- 
make the soil more open in its composition. To make a cut across the meadow wt ner sr for hydraulic | affording the roots of ts the opportunity of obtaining 
of ara making new gardens on strong ee he had the satisfaction of finding that = after ve tron vg and aff also to that access — A 
ys n my recommendati i 0 Fav tituen 
Pig ay to fill up to the bottom of the soil with stone, its work most admirably; and the boughs, instead of nent a we veneer’ sé ae ete 5 30 To eop cases in which snus 
ch u i i | instance = A ＋ * 1 been drained with 2 feet drains 
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the Ake to “J. B’s 8 upon, the growth of | harder 3 the cut of the knife 2 Fisher Hobbs bad determined to eu feet drains at interval between en 8 
Aira Cespitosa ut Joealities 0 indicating wetness. I think | the pleas of fully co eee ing 1 S | proprietor, It had been raining heavily the whole night, and it 
es of exceeding ny land resting | statement of the value of Fir boughs for the purpose of | being sugeonet in the morning that this would be a good 
i drainin his drai 
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Sects Borg it is very difficult to eradicate. I | He took Lake oppo: paren ity . what he thou 
th t, and therefore the best method, to | a misapprehension as to fe character of Sir John Ty. 
a de 1 low cutting. I have covered them with | rell's pipe-tiles, exhibited to the Council at the last meet- | 
rock. areta it being — ~— for many years to place | ing as having been choked u p with a fibrous vegetable 
t substance. lars, | o 
I place it upon the pipes were „not wi 
fo kill two o birds witi with on one stone.—C. P., of York, | as he had seen it stated, but with sockets, a difference | its ammonia, 
