THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
593 
CO. S8 HORSE AND 
WAFF-CUTTIN 
op 5s. Horse- hoe, Dr ressin g Ma- 
Itural Gazette, 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1848 
2 ; 1 * jon eae 
K. 
Durham.—8 — 4: 
Claydon.— 
e Nee —Sept. 7 E 8 -on-Trent.—Sept. 8: De. 
"Austell. Sept. 9; East Kev 
methods by which 
Gouxp, of 
suggested 
was 5 
hur. 
F 
0 
ered. uninjured. 
y be 
it becom in this 5 debouriood | is in a sad 
e is one plan: another, which we regard 5 
: A suggested so ago by 
: ANNAN, of e recommen nde 
a Bai = Eer nm of — 3 feet 
rect, on so e dry 
Sle of lea ‘He then oH ties i eaves 
one on the other, laid horizontally, eink | inw gee 
| ‘the hurdles, forming a row sheaf-long wide o nth 
| side of He builds these “sheaves up ia the 
E y of the hurdles, and then covers the interval 
a row of sheaves all klong at 
ver the top. 
neart aa is aya 
in con ntact 
pis ra y dry. Of course it will be advisable 
toh af the corn not immediately on the land, but o 
We publish dices sonar, notwithstanding that 
write, indicate a fayoura 
while w 
fost mater for in this changeable climate 
n the weath 
pe ser 3 apie er are never ina 
and 5“. 
sng Prill, Stubble-rake, Oil-cake 
and "Oat 1 Su 2 118 Pe „Double eve 
W 
. 3 0 
Tus wet — of the past fortnight gives 
estate on which they are employed through any 
adjacent land, on 
Whe 
n the case of merely life owners) 
of coe pay for . w 1 
may be roped only by = a ie 
l ill be ee B A 
ount, m applicable to pes one im- 
provement 9 where Com operations 
may ext end to all sorts “of permanent improvemen nts. 
mp; nor is . mais 
ble be 
appro- u 
p 
Of course the details of the Compa ny’s and the 
8 contained in * = protecting as interests 
of oversyn ners and re er men, cannot D 
e, but must be soug E in the Act itself, or — 
application to the Secretary of the Company at 
We will only add that the ae are not likely 
to allow their Act to remain a dead let tter, having 
been alrea 
private Association and limited to draining), and 
being providen y w jar a staff of surveyors and skilful 
workm en, W sii es erected, &c., all imme- 
diately available 55 carry out efficie ntly any works, 
Thus th extensive, which may be intrusted w them. 
another Parliament powers equally extensive with 
those to which we have alluded, so that the whole 
d may have the advantages which that portion 
t — immediately in connection with the 
West of Boed ee e now has placed f 
N ‘is reach ; 
HE sm 8 OF FARMING, 
F perso s eoin 
that sense whic iy 
vested thi pe deal o 
will say that it is much easi 
than to say what is right ; and this 
degree: but regarding the nen vot the land, there 
which should alwa 
Pe 
easier m o find out — % Aisin 
of course. 
suppose you have 50 =. on an 
rods ; 
down 49 of 
of 
ing the zalai of 1 bushel of Wheat, or 
i ve bee th rods o 
charge the inheritance with 0 5 2 eras 8 an 2 
above Co: nt improvements wwe be) wetness of the eit on if the stagnant 
ompany, when duly sanc- ter y near the su o injury to the 
issloners ; Improve- | crops, gh by capitate ee, which, science tells 
wa us, will raise water 4 feet—an eaei 55 
rances whatsoever, excepting 
y employed to 3 these great 
mae and simple, bei “ i 
eee Enel : one: only a con 
cery. Money may 
e Commissioners of the 
eff 
cn * of works ofl; 
- cit to attempt to cultivate land a 
S and | and as 
fs 
| extent, vie. . 
emy as water, irdly, we cnn the pulverisa- 
tion of the soil.“ Ought i a erised a all? To 
this nc, I think our —.— ense will give an 
answ ee zl o that the plant sar more 
sanity 0 ex Cand i its roots nourishment in the 
soil, which soil and which pulverisation should extend 
extend as pa 3 plants 
ought not the to be rale ed to that 
4 feet ? 
e fi nse of this, I am aware, renders 
ainak impracticable ; but this I cannot help. I Gait 
i ter the true pr rinciples of nature. I must assert with 
ommon sense that the de > you pulverise the more 
ou move in the right directi e next point is the 
distance at which plants shot be placed apart. 
going to say there could te 
y t the common sense 
Daws wo 
€ . | perfection ;” ; 
MEt ono A0 
ca Carlos Geronimo, &c., &e., &e. 
€ 
m | there is eT reason to believe eed have 
iod. 
e | but hes nity 5 — at 
was flow 
t one opinion acre tiahi 
ould be“ 
together as Possible, giving each plant room to come to 
but instead of this w 
ne in 
ruggle, 5 
ine fully formed plant, ret 
natural Lr how the crop 
3 IV. G. Grossmith, 
ORNAMENTAL POULTRY, 
Tux CHINA Goose (Cygniid 
THERE isa venerable joke: about a Spanish Don who 
knocked 2 a cottage 
„% Who 's 
nates. 4 on Juan José Pedro Anthonio Alonz 
pi — 
reply; 
many fellows p 
tion as the Spanish Do 
night. ” 
as and Anser 
ose, and probably 2 besides. 
3 waders e, and per ‘plexity, ar rtain 
whosoev 
from all m 
fa bird so striking in its appearance, which 
> been dom 
ticated for 
e 
> 
with a ety 3 alases, i it aa by being 
altogether exclu ded pate soc 
T sika call it — oe Sto for the ew 
s Willughby hints, that it 
wa mon wiih us 
new object to a French so 
another title, prebably as . 
Bewick has given an adm 
to refer — strange or 
source. Spa 
ſemale, though to both may be 
and m 
i applied ‘Wight k — cription, “a stately bird, walk- 
, with the idea of per- | ing with its wick — 
neck dee erected,” 
calls it the Base Goras The tubercle at the base of the 
Fe 
in the 
eee of flake a 
goes further, calls itm 
wan, and says that 
be separated from the etr A Goose, ho 
it decidedly is, as is clear — its terrestrial habits, its 
powerful bill, its thorny e and its diet of grass. 
fi iat. it 5 China 
about its home, 
2 pai ys; 
ld group well on 
rice, &e., the 
to 30 eggs before she begins t 
autumn, after her moult, from 20 to 15 
never e ed any disposition to sit * tha autumnal 
It is ee in the Guinea-fowl, a spontaneous 
diet of the creature 
n feeding as the 
ch — ordinary 
dependent 
