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34—1848.] 
BELFAST F — — Se ae — ERY. 
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Si —_— — — f . — —— the pro ä 
2 Ireland, on. on pre —. 5 to pgi Jakers Ma Mae ADAM BROTHERS 
Co., Engineers, Soho Foundry, Belf: 
The Agricultural Gazette, : 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1848 
. et fo — 2 r 2: 
Newcastle, Durham. 
CORRESPONDENTS 
means of detecting the Fraups of Manure Deaters, 
and in answer they have o goon hitherto received 
the recommendation to avoid all risk by dealing 
only with a 5 so chara cter. That there 
are such dea with no one will 
unless, 18380 it be the ane ina 
acquaintance with his 
subject almost too deep to be innocent, has dealt 
t 3 J for sy mpathy, an and much 
manure dealer,” 
exposed wher 
be done by ee to particular cases, not 
nee tirades s against whole class 
hen c 
have often asked us for the | ere 
ver they are met with ; but this is to 
el 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
LAND sp ideny REPORTS. 
No. XVI.—Trn 
LOUGHOR, near 
Fhe a — Light mould, "aie: in some parts | 
YDD Farm, 885 39 f.] = 
Were very expensive 
stones, save ndra 
F 
05 
> 
g 
5 
3 
q 
aa 
"E 
285 
F 
B 
5 
a 
A 
8 
2 
tance apart, 33 ft. pa — price per . 
Cost of cutting and filling the drains 
Cost of cutting ditches and outf 
Cost of day-work and overmen 
25 3 = 1 ge itp pipes of 1} in., 2 inn, 
51,850. 
Aver ra 2 price Pe 100 on e * *. 
Qos 1 
Cost of sea a freight ind i ‘and land haulage .. we 
Save — e vellin 7 8 
pec — —— ng e expenses 
rubbing and g * . Pulling down 
9 fences 
‘pea 
Commission gy; cc 2 bs 16 dee „ 35 00 
Wages — 252 ote a * . s2005 3 0 
Pipes u . . 32 2 6 
Freight — — hau 18 11 2 — 70 13 8 
Survey fee and — expenses ve djs Mn iF oS M 
Fee for making out Government form eras: ‘ek Oe | 
Or about 101. 1 
menced January, 1847 P but is in 7 s on of the 
ed until June. The whole is 
analysis, in ca 
tory. And it would greatly facilitate the good effect 
of such means as this, were our Agric 
tian. safe- 
pas of the Scottish farmer, as that of England 
Hill Votes, 2 
PS. IS plied fo eye money song the Government loan, — 
but as yet have receive non of it. su e ex- 
object in applying for 
money was to see how the plan 2 2 answer for small 
landed proprietors farming their nd, of which we 
have e many in r —— hbo 2 Land sells for full 
30 years’ pure no peculiar 
any building sites ey much higher. Agrieu 
ears. 
to adulterate guano and bone-dust. The 
um. Gypsum itself may be ee | 
rated, which can ony be detected by a quantitative | a 
examination thus ypsum will, 
as an imp 
ae 2 which has 1 — chan y opinion 
neve: capital 
, | has no A ong ara 21 years ; 1 Thomas, | A 
fi 
ef Oats in 1842 and lain fallow till it 
advantages; where | „i 
Itural 20 
x 
. 
per 
Cutting 102 rods drains, at 8d, per roll £3 8 
Laying — ose e in the first 9 inches of Be 
yg 2 at the kiln 5 
—U— —— 2 
ed 
improvement has followed all o 
No Sg ABERGELE, —In compliance 
u an account of my drainage. It has been 
going on oe — ht years, but i will confine my account 
— work I viag te ni been better do 
more accurately kept. Itis 196 acres, 
110/. a year Te consists of deep sheltered 
rocky hills, f t variety of — some deep and loamy, 
eal 
wide, built with a 
e next year 
wi drain, Total 
397.198, ; extent, 6 acres. This field had yielded a 
es was drained; it 
was very dirty, overgrown wi it was 
and ha — 1 i wice in the 3 waka ed in ny 
had 60 hobbets [ What are these 4] o 17 — — Feb., 1845 
wn with Sw a) 
ee were it more generally known and fond ia waeth 30 Ín 1846 waw sown wih spri spring beat on 13 acre a 
apprecia 2 acres, with e Wheat rideg 
ut it is generally desired to possess some simple Ao ATE ee — nn a ee 6 qrs., the Oats 9 — ee = 3 it 
methods of ees the of en 8 ss farmed less than “600 ue. the |? = fa ia 55.2 1 1 
without refere the chemist. The followi : ; ‘Ye 1898. ZT. 34 P.; fin ining 
will, perhaps, ters among the most useful. Oe ot n * 4 f ly, oih € October, 18 e same size and distance as 
the most com on impurities in 4 es is ter ~-attempte : ay, p~ nane * y pes eftectua y the last. In 186 additional intermediate drains were 
PEs aeantity of li cresent il üo ascent 8 I laid the principal * 3 n 5 put in; a part found not dry, and some more in 1847, 
ar q K ty p oh aine y fields, 2 feet deep, + pees 8 t he | in another part, where springs appeare otal cost, 
ying a known weight anure, at a e depth now consicer of very litle use. In 351. 68. 7d. This field consisted of a small piece of 
rature ree — * of boiling — — reweighing 1844 I drained a 4-acre field, the flattest part being up ee i 
8 g erbage, a patch of Gorse, and the producing 
to ascertain centre of eld. I laid the principal drain up nothing but poor Grass an es. It was 
ar the centre z = = c ay ttom to the top, the A ats in April, i ri 
g, in parallel 
nged m a 
lines, the natural fall of of the 
„came well "ag A and looked 
eeper 
land, — depth to depend on the dis 
re fro h n the autumn of 1846 I porwr 
el 
promising till the Leere. of August, when they became 
mildewed d, and in Nov mber when stored about the 5th 
were stored in the fi n rows, six 
r open Se which 
and — is prd ; 
when Salt 15 ‘carted off for cattle, 
eaten on the field by sheep, It is no 
rass seeds and spring Wheat. The aes two 0 fields 
e grea 
and 85 1 is in favour of we raining 
good can a drain 2 feet 1 do, until 3 is 
1 d with wet? dry season we kios that 
n suficient quanti 
ity it wil crepitate or sparkle on 
the hot coals, which idt pure a will only cause 
to burn urn the 3 rap 
Again, am 1 
but the pris n is easy—in the case of water, b 
1 Ailes 
the loss of 
which as it will drive off all i posers 
Tas, ee leave 8 in the ease of am 
rive 
science a the “ manure 
se. To escape work 1 whieh 
pore! Teaten is quite ahbar This 
Se ected 2 Caen to thy ak ‘all snake 
t| any quantity of wet, 
y about 
OW | Joseph "Tins, “Alders, July 125 1847. 
r 
urate fi 
all qualities of soil become bene 
say 4 or 
P. 
there a d rain laid at that depths would it ever 
hl: 
ndlord finding ti hop e ; 
be mo ie 3 — Date of 
1 she 
— 6 
Nature of Soil, Ge. ~ Various ; as chiefly he lant is 
one. 
— at stones were set ee ee form at the 
. the drain, and it was then Aled 
previously broken, it about 2 
e drains have been laid with ti 
and will admit or - 
pposing wi 
are un ere 
No. 3 p., drained a the above, finished 
Feb. 25 1845, kii 8 911. 165. it, 
rhaps 7 to 
They were sown 
ms per ac 
e | June, and had sf — rotten ones ; they were stored 
as above, but all carted home, and the field is now pre- 
es for Sipe: dee with Oats and Grasses. 
3 a. which 8 acres are drained 
aà. aes e as before, but in place of s Gorse 
was used for 2 the ston Cost 62/. 17s. 
a B 184 . of it were sown with 
Swedes from the 130 to 2ist May, with 43 ewt. Peru- 
ashes of weeds collected in ‘the field d and 
mixed with double the quantity of p, 22 tons 
per aere. In rer Oats yielded 728 bushels, a = now 
looks a most tiful pasture. This field early 
1 ages e the sea. 
4: 16a. 3r. 17 p., of which 9 acres drained, 
abont 5 at 18 feet 3 the rest 21 feet t apart, and at 
pita 5 to put only 9inches instead of 
cost, 707. 15s. 6d. 
The wet part of 
and there t 
23 stones. Total co 
Oats i in 7845 yh welded only 368 bushels. 
it used to be covered with Rushes, 
to 
within a inches of the surface, e the la last few | 
