49—1848. | 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
which agitated the 
icultural 
that of green erop ani ural world at this time was 
uld 
and Loupe 14 8 ane he thought it 
g. 
: yl 
Dee, or disrespect to your correspondent, his 
: » a highly respectable person, though the dispa- interest tt 1 
by sheep, and the 
pant with B 
th 
35. rops were, he beliey 
to all er of soil. 
the family a or farm servya 
2 up Ra hen wind 800 a dried 3 : — h 
o-day carted the spring Wh * to the barn-yard in tolerable 
ious 
"Secured in the stack-yard by the 20. uf ve 
| hav tone fiel Aek 8 us 
> bushels per * d ot Wheat sown (10 — at the rate of 2 
. c bilities and elocu- | soils, they sl ; y; t i * 
— ossessing a ocu „they sho plant ye and Vetches or winter Pillars 2 feet in height, with acap t h 
“Gon,” &e, ; but they require impulse and excitement,” | Oats. On the mie d description of mixed r z 20 | nt rapa daargi n he corn, and ikewise admita a 
a Your correspondent is the first person I have ever | Rye and Vetches ; and on the third, or cla Lig’ J F 3 
‘ [of objec ing to an Irishman on the score of in- Vetches. The Rre should be pla ited 5 i Marel find the quality f Tr 9. the Todas ts e T 2 
tency in handling the s With regard to or April, and they would procure after it a much better | gent are likewise a good samp e. “Working horves 
of temp ent, it is our national physio- | crop of Swede Turnips than by allowing it to remain i — ee e 
characteristic ; and all physiologists and his- fallow, and so, on the stiff! ds, the green crop would s ply of sen all Pals cone Ger y — 
who have written on the three leading peoples eusure a m etter crop of either Barl Theat | tispored of, likewise fat wethers and old ewes, to butchers ia 
€ p of either Barley or Wheat ; se fat wethers and old 3 to aha 
the inhabitants of the United ey patos are E the following year. e land re éasil = Wonka ah lb, ; is J. 
a i IGTONSHIRE Fa Oct, he 
“constituted , neede the pr risky of t anguine- | Cleaned, too, by planting green cro nd he thou ht it | finis sth ult. we 
4 pera of the Irish to the tee and very injurious to allow th land to l lie bare all the ables state of fog the f renee "i wast. 
sullenness of ey the Fug lie h, or to the P loddi ing sel- Summer exposed to the rays of a burning sun.— . Se betel pares We N eee id’ per 
of the LLAND observed, that he thought no general pri 9 ie eee advantage — 
Ls briefly notice What seems to ba “ the burt hen” could be la on ith regard ia chick und tł porn ontas, N N Y 1. 
ndent’s letter; namely, 4 Whether it is As th physician would inquire the habit neti 4 used in ae * 4 wd me 5 . . 
759 that the Protestant par arts Ireland are better tion of a patient before he prescribed for 6 che have recon Ae a 5 r aces 
“gultivated, the people Ben e happier, more farmer must consider the state of hi land, as o culti- with the scythe satisfactorily We ares — 
"4 abd peaceful Hoan e Roman Catholic parts! vation, whether 5 e in or ou N and t a favourable opportunity to secure our Beon erg N. 
tg bth = ee t ji ate to whic ged. was 200 feet u — triod out m tter than we at time expected 
je same time Statea. te convictions that the in- the side k a hill sagt was A yepe tates her continue 0 
he sam f i Y e tó being 69 miles | to accomplish our desire in good sty) 
flibe anhority of 1 am „told ! the ine of demarca- | farther non, various parts of this county, we believe we are warrn vated 
tion is palpable everywhere.” As I amined Ea rs FOLK : Repor the Committee on Under- average of f the crops ia general good, an |v od the 
‘two n bers of your per t have been published dealing. =e presenting thoes Second Annual Repor t 9 yenn — . — 5 cana reco Pout wens 
~ since ; f letter appeared, without seein any pu ur Com tee beg leave to submi onsider- . rene ha Tad ultim: s 8 ‘of this crop have been 
Tiotifeation of it from you, should ave furnished | ation of embers of the Association the following fully realised — the experience of the * r ht, 8 
bim ich 3 e desired information, I woul articulars: First.—That in accordan ith their in ‘el 5 ent, ne hey ge o far as 
“Yee pleasure, am sure, would con structions, they have taken a personal view and enquiry tingily st useless for t 7 wedged. in uman fod fs now rom ae 
“Tasting be benefit on the e 8 ity also by his elucidating into several localities, as to the manner in ens = very | Which we write there happily exists such pact for ‘the con 
. e, 1 fo at t that Tarai questio, us at long con- | important operation has been performed, so the 855 4 hem 7 — * * 3 
or rather ri st acre ; and although the tile delas karrene of the Porai. Salai o A 
l ink he one | recurrence of the Potato malady; 25 
e that 1 m confident n o gen ae an Possessing under the immediate inspectio r Parkes, at Sibton, | | the current value of such deseripdion a 2 to those enses in 
uld e to con s on in the opinion of your Committee, cannot be s rp ed, eee tty e rly in the 
i a + sujet ‘without "the Apes oe ony of in point of execution, » your Committee have | present be abtained for ao wid tase = high pereo wi —.— — oe 
gi 8, an 
truth an acy ; as s I could nots suppone that | pleasure in subjoinin statement of two iustances | ternis upon inted ones can be disposed a to the farisa 
4 ig E the information of the people ” | Which came under their pt ore as well 1 especial | Mills, the crop pin thie 7 L . 9 
= ibl be so weak as to take “I am told, ” or | attention, viz. 5 the f bert Crisp, at | ticns of the country is oh to suo’ tl do exist. . — 
and a0 for Authority.. “It 1 be a Bigti Leiston Abbey, Mr. “Boh bert Boud, A Sternfield. | own experience in the. eu — of the to, we 
“falla sous rf Mr. Robert 85 iter Leiston Abbiy.— Distance between adduce two points which we reckon of the . 
“snbject, a very delusory, A vers 4 5 the drains, 23 feet 5 de epth ae drains, ong 15 38 inches; | 2¢¢ in approximating to success: Ist, the land manured in. 
an a question of igs importance, one vitally affecting number of the 115; mber of Sian mea tina ear n March. the erp oii ot 
E Had your e read the Pipes 8 e bn acre, 1906; cost ot 1 pipes per | weather, Ce. will permit. We have found that portion of our 
a viperous 8 8 1000, 12s., exelusive of carta age; co: cutting n crop which was treated in this manner not to contaim 
n the ` v more than 10 a as ae ce » Whereas those planted 
by 
drains per score rods, 4s. 6d.; cost 
floor pe P 8d. ; cost of Alling per score 
e for pi 
0 
bar Has 4s, Gd. 
Layi — perk and floor of drain 0 3 
Filli s. 6d. per score rods. 
Axe rage depth, 3 er 71 —.— 8. 
8 5 score pee 15 rods, at i a per score 2 1 
1900 pipes, at 128. per r 1000 (-in 2 83 
: ; 4 0 hes raging A oversy as it 
re, umns 20 Lettl ne to its ge for digging = ROCA. main drains, at 10d. per 
score over and above the aforementioned cost of 
Sheep.—In answer to oe eee 4s. 6d. per score rods. Ditto, extra pipes = 8 
0 
| fe 
jent he health, and the horses are gly receivi: 
in &. 
e peeting the foot disease at present h Tbe pipes for main drains. aan 
re i that 9 had a: a eep, 
8 eure them by th 
w nearly 
M days ago, 
7} 
One man and a boy (4d. p ay) 83 fay tiles for 6 
men, doing about 3 score ro 
Me: Robert B 175 
Drawing drains with plough 4 Sense, per score of 
Lobel: pacts ‘for drain- 
d 
Manual ia bour, cle 
ite satisfied ca has a out the first 3 
m Digging 2 broad and 1 tse ne ofl: 12 inches each 
in depth, and filling in 2 sA 
labour to complete 
0 6 6 
them rub 
20 ar to 
pe 5 it, first Wag the Panes: and 3 0 0 0 6 
3 A Sub, 
Cost per acre, average depth 3 feet 10 inches i 4 fee 
intervals varpa the drains 284 feet 
score 8 rods, a per score we 
1500 horse-shoe — 28, at 17s. per or 25 
Cartage of ditto, at 28. per 1000 
” Clubs. 
at of this Society, Mr. 
upon aa ind thin 
des d was advoc 
vi Mechi, 0 
In eonelusion, your Committee desire to r their 
neta conviction that there is no material for vec 
drains to be e 
than 14 inch diam 
of large trees — 25 avoided at least 30 feet; and that 
in no ease should the = e laid nearer the surface 
a 36 inches. (Signed.) Cann Welton, Geor; 80 e Bond, 
as Roberts, jun., and Thos. Elvin Capon 
Calendar of ‘Operations. 
BERWICKSHIRE MERS ssa 8 T Since last report, we 
have been 3 er ber stubble land for Turnips with 
three ents a nen been so wet that we could not 
twas dry last n: sao abe a urene 
carry any e — 
wind all . which made a great t change in the corn 
bushels f : 0 workers have been e pos in ae 1 threshing sna 
i B ona day 
Sowing and gts ie Fea 25 1 1 A Oet. 7.— e been employed for 
58 ht be grown aan crops he thoug Code ‘of the e in ploughing 3 ania 8 for Turnips | 
at tas N acre, Another $ cubject | and Beans, likewise in threshing Oats and 5 coals for ORs. 
ere th 
ma and April, con 
far the 1 proportion e gone. We did not find 
t 
much W in remo stems on the fi 
of blight ; a gentleman nt cg 50 in July to a very consider- 
5 informs us that it did 2 3 ess of dis- 
e | ease; Our oecupa 2 0 on, farm n preparing for 
Re at sowing one s, but in eee the heavy 
ains since the b w of of this — . work has been con- 
abe 8 all stored 
mes 8 gene w ait sede . ra ltl l, and then 
re pa our pigs for marke 
em deen of bee food ad Be with pemde ga jats, 
Lc. Our much i late, though in- 
erior in ap — —.— to . of 1847. Our stock are in excel- 
allo 
and straw in the stalls; 
eee — Faux, Bk 7. —The on eg aed week 
din 
n driving manure — > 
and dressing Wheat ipa — be; L , 
paa Hoes to Correspon idents, 
We would recommend you to 
defer t ten act of guano till the first wet weather in April 
eee may apply to Mr. Whit-. 
ane to Mr. Swinburne, Red 
— st cannot 
AUTU 
AYRSHIRE mr 
name. 
e e Baren: C K saye : I was induced parz 2 
—— 8 in foo "ine purpore of procuring © 
. 
not — 
rrespo 
taking 2 work of advice. 10 
Dissrine Macutne, &e.: M R. Will any of our corespondente 
give information respecting the s the dibbling 
pas sienn a sh our leading article of Ps 18th March. 
Will s of our — oe dents inform us of their experi- 
rent steaming apparatuses which 
are ant made. 
FLoor Drummond copied, about two years ago, a 
N for mb a flooring ; 27 gallons of gas tar, 3 tons-of 
sand, 1 bushel of lime, and upon try this see 2 — — 
d not prin pte but one of t. 
er quantity oe! time, it 
afterwards, foun 
Guase Subseriber 5 Donaldson’ s work on Manures, 
. te he = 1 which now 
the finer Grasses amongst the coa 
obtain would not have avy —— — plan would be, 
ft ipa manuring with salt, a 
lime i reg E to feed it down £ 
would relish it after $ such tment, Then in 
ubber t through the ith 
th wing seeds g * 
which the follo „lbs.; — glomerata, #198. ; 
be p T TENT 
18 85 ta 
aoe 5 lbs.; 
olium pratense, 3 loss; ve 
