866 THE ee GAZETTE. 
the cutting of the d onsidering drainage to be one of the most 2 rooms. The good these are d in d 
Fe e greater width required 72 N nare à stones * rea | subjects that can possibly engage the attention of man- ledge is alr bos! perceptible 1 ae 2 koow. 
rmly set, and closely b It was kind, it x of the Saga consequence that the — by | and habits of che classes for whom they r infomedia 
eNi mA pei Man that the age: te oly: be plac ced | whic h it is to be ac omplished should be not only and the wi rads that the arts and > designed, 
in the drain by a careful trusty person employed at t | clearly 9 but "carefully applied in effecting all making from the aid thus I fagana 
s wages ; so also, it might have been added, ought | the several details of which its operations are co mye much good in like manner ma ge be Ši 10 f 
the first spading of earth that is turned in to cover tuted. That it is a work attended with great the formation of agricultural clubs in market 
them. Tiles on soles, as well as pipes, are very easily erect and the only adequate compensation for’ thie provided with libraries of books on farming, the 
shifted or displaced, so that unless they have been inseparable and very weighty accompaniment is, that principal agricultural papers and periodicals, 
steadied wedging in the laying, the returning | its 2 should, as far as possible, be rendered per- with geological specimens, samples of 
earth ov em requires to be done with the manent. It is grievous to be under the necessity of the straw, roots, seeds, extraordinary roductions, new 
utmost caution ; and as tiles, notwithstanding, will occa- a AER day after day, thousands upon thousands of implements and machinery, ang other matters of interest 
ionally get a little out of place, they must be adjusted | pounds, and a waste of human strength proportionate, | to them. The dt does of r he 
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hey are stence, aud even 
afford them some length of bearing; shou e a full that so — 1 Vet such is the rag as all tomers. Courses of lectures on different 
inch in breadth larger than the extreme width of the | mu ust adm o are 8 of observation or have | knowledge might be given that would initiate them 
; and ought to be made thicker than it . eee on athe subject. ording to the — Sog least into first prin ciples, and they should have a choite 
the i ed | practices, a = part a — seems ex ar 0 is to take home with them, for their improy 
ereby in curred is 3 apt o be ered ‘but t this as if permanency were quite disregarded — as if to and amusement at leisure hours. All this mj * 
5 not to be to 241 in the by those who serve onl the present —, or at most the purpose maintained by a very smal! a were 2 first 
desire to have the action of completing An impr ove- | of but a re limited space of time. Now this is much outlay made by the landown So much good, I ex. 
ment that shall be fective and lasting. to be deplored ; for, not pied does it ai as a hea vy | pect, would result, that I poem . thought af 
er put the main drain into the ditch by the hedge 3 agement to o extension of drai nage operations, advising the owners of large estates to do something of 
side, but keep it at least 5 .. off from it; and if it is but, as it require rger ee rate of parges, while | the kind for their 3 at their own cost, and, in ad. 
onvert the ditch into a covered drain, let it | its efficiency remains, to o repay origi yar cost, 8 such de- | dition, to make a prac of panene for their uas 
be in the shape ofa common rubble stone drain, with tracts considerably from the darpa resulting from the | those er eng ates that are beyond means, 
occasional outlets into the main drain, if the depth and i ar sla eng and — a heavy additional drawback to | or to too expensive for them to radiy apply to. A 
levels will admit of such. A drain of this description |i its execution. Nor is this all; an ill-executed drainage hindrance to the adva ance of agric ultural —.— 
ill be longer i in being rendered altogether joie is ever ieee. never conferring the full amount of exists in the secluded positions and solitary habits of 
th other | benefit its better execution would have ensured ; at no farmers; and their few opportunities for acquiring in. 
kind of drain. It is a eircumstaned of v very are tveg great lapse of tim time it ceases to act altogether, after formation. This makes . sary some su i 
oceurrence that an outlet of sufficient depth cannot be which it is not only useless, 2 bec comes positively in- | as that I have pointed out. Hewitt Davis, 3, Frederick s 
had into the ditch or outfall within the field itself under | Jurioue, on account of its form ing recipients for stag- arh Old Jewry, London; Dee, 16. 
ge; in which case, unless the ditch can be suit- | nant water sours the land and renders it in reality — ͥt—᷑ᷓ— — 
ably increased in depth, the outlet should be carried | wetter than it was hefore. THIN SEEDING. 
under it, and brought out at a lower level in the field Deeply impressed with the very great Poni em of| Icrosz two letters with facts about thin sowing, 
e duet being secured at its pamage under the | the subject—aware as I am that its operations are as a | The fact of 14 Ibs. of seed producing 30 bushels 
ditch water from the admission ofthe same by a wooden | Whole most imperfectly performed an and its nefits pro- aero, or 12,500 per cent., is worth noting, 
is means is often found necessary i ta portionately lost— and feeling an anxious desire preci 00 n thew. of 128 for. ne we: Abd e tae 
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should not in — tn den be neglected rs ~n an attention; and executed in all its various details, | the country. I know many farms this unfavourable 
taken advantage of if available. in a manner equal to its deserts, such — formed the season that bave only returned 20 bushels where 3 
Outlets and main drains require not carpe ped to | motives that have prompted me to come forward and | bushels. of seed were sown, I. J. Mechip@iptree-hall, 
under a hedge or nee cove 0 ay ee te ees, | Offer to your readers my mite — the general at-“ 4 T0 I. J. chi, Esq.—Dear Sir: I promised tolet 
Furze, Willows, &e.; in whic the tainment of this momentous object. Whether my you know the result of the English acre of Wheat which 
plants being tog apt to close up 8 * 8 ead pre- | efforts have conduced in any degree to that effect, it is I planted with 14 Ibs. of seed, It produced 1792 Ibs. N 
cautionary measures should be employed to provide for others to judge and acknowledge. In a matter Wheat, which I sold in or marpa 28s. Cd. par 
ins event, The sl a h to 280 Ibs The qual 
agai r eY 
bank should, if possible, be decided, and the duct, of | condemn, the language used may have been occasionally good and the straw v Tes this was a 
wha materials formed, should be made specious, somewhat bard ; but it could not be otherwise. May 1 crop, I have put down our Wheat this year with 
that it may endure the longer before ag closing up. | hope that it has been received as it ought—not with a the quantity of seed, say 28 Ibs. to the acre. I take 
pipes are the most fitting ee arii or the purpose, disposition to retaliate, ga e 3 to — the liberty of sending you herewith 12 pickles of black 
very | by end— other end i bti ra very prolific kind. I got 
but as these often cannot sufficient size, a ve S| Egyptian Barley, o ery I goa 
good duct is formed by placing Jo <r of main drain | Sought for but that of goo ood iu in the who le > of these con- | present of 11 pickles last March, and planted i 
tiles on their backs, and another in reverse order over tribu tions to your widely diffused Paper, which I must my garden, 13 inches apart. The 11 pickies produced 
them, taking care to fix both firmly in their places. If now, bring to a close. John Duncan, Thornbank, St. | 747 stalks, with an average. of 67 pickles 222 
constructed of stones the bottom should be paved, and Andrews, N. B., Nov. 24. 50,049 Siha or "4550 fo d. Whave just fni 
the cheek lose ag.¢ e. When measure, in which I have 
dibbling of an acre, Scotch 
the end of the duet is exposed to the open air, stones THE PROSPECT OF FARMING.+No. 11I. put 13000 pickles at 2 feet apart each way. Weight of 
should be used to form that part; for this reason, that War British farmers have in future to expect from | seed for acre J} Ibs. 1 hope to communi pil se 
tiles there would suffer from the action of the frost ; | free trade I fancy is alre 27 being 8 d to them the result. Our Carrots this year are not sa as 
and this should be observed as a general rule in respect by the large quantities of foreign corn that, cin the last; the produce is only 15 tons to the ish acre, y 
i f an inlet and the mouth should be pro- mona By 3 of the old W * sO 2 Turnips and Mangold Wurzel poor. Oats — : 
a grating or other means against the admission | been forwarded to this country upon the first alarm of | James Herdman, Sion Mills, Strabane, County Tyree A 2 
5 calculated to obstruct the passage; an outlet a e e and the low prices they are al- : 
end is able to take care of itself, rovided attention is | ready realising. Notwithstanding the loss of Potatoes, | «#1, J. Mech h Eege Sir: i 
paid to keeping a clear ou should consider the | the deficient growth of grain, and the injurious harvest of the äiscnssion which bas rigs some, time now me 
pipes manufactured by the Port Dundas Pottery Com- of last year, and the fact that either of these casualties | goin 2 85 n as to the fit or otherwise to be 2 
pany, which are made for being elosed at the joint with were 1 sufficient to greatly raise the market, from thin seedin „ I was last uced to 
cement, to be irably adapted for the purposes now | We e had the corn ayerages the past three months, auh poction of land in this cold climate, where =. 
spin of; and ges thou meh ihe cost is greater than when | With the whole three combined, and enhaneed by à is cold clay, with wet retentive subsoil, w with W W heatafiet i 
mon mployed, sen Í have little doubt | Protecting duty amounting to 10 per cent., Wheat Swedish Turnips, and I have 8 Aer ne - E 
satisfied 
that ultimately it will 125 the least. A much smaller under 52s., Barley 33s., and Oats 218. per quarter, that I pisai 
duct suffice at the first, and repairs or renewals | prices that are considerably lower than what have been with staal 
be comparatively unknown the averages of any seven years in the last 60 years. | not enter into partieul 
No inlet to a current of water should if 2 be | And with only the inducement that these prices have may be used upon 
ed into a drain fi from the land; such carr: pada wn — out, nearly three million 2 of foreign grain be used upon good land, 
and lodges rubbish in the d On ve been receiv Brita S, I shall only give 3 = 
open furrow or surface channel ought to ee * d uty and gone into consum ty a — 48 
kept from passing over or along the course of covered much beyond what we have been in the habit of getting | go Peete sown 
drains, as it is ly ent the water in a year. And wh ghly important to note—* This | one 2 of Wheat to the acre ; 
breaking into the „which is much more likely | large quantity has been collected in this short time upon w non the 28th Au 
to happen most people would be inclined to believe, | # sudden demand, with no previous antici of any | time 100 beautiful, and as 
After d i tive clays, u h irement, after a. previous drain E 1 * . a very 
the soil should be studiously avoided as old stock ; and still its withdrawal has had little effect ver bad erops; an i 
—.— for such very destroys any porosity it in raising of fo the last foreign ve rable, 
an ts the beneficial actio the | being large supplies and lower 
markets, 
e, at the result of the drainage of When the policy of free trade was a question in Par- 24 feet deep ; broke it op 
we hear very generally expressed, but though r e ane * future effect on prices } ane wane hone worked and cleaned it well, 
m drainin — 1 ill’s roller, manured it with farm 
open soils, still parties have in too many instances them- its future ; pes ng, upon the. enhancement of prices 3 and sowed about 4 ewt, of 
— nd - 8 gm: measure to blame for it, “The proper abroad, which would certainly follow the receipt of any | i ou 
d; and whoever | Considerable demand from this country, and our con- shall 
r this ‘will find that the money expended in the sequent inability to obtain any large supply at lo 4 Now to m 
na Wees ye e little purpose, We ought town. but the experience of the last three aone has | Nov. 3, 1847, I sowed 1} 18d 
ieh. 
eding agains 
5 to the treatment subse- Ina tats No. of the Maidstone Gazet tte may be seen t e. 
; ceny Daer bestowed on them, and never irrespective of = e aps by different auctioneers of sales of thre bushels 0 the ns 
farming stoc 
under seizures, and in another paper an | tenth of a bushel of 
e has 4 o let. 
el by the very “ Coming events throw their shadows before,” er acre, rin 
— t 4 dal teased of i in the Prada ee and the owners of undrained, 3 timber - fhin on the ground, 
| * of 1 Lam in to 1 smothered — will do well to see the future prospect | appearance ; 
the practical | less. calcu to attract | of farming in what already is before thie the best crop. 
I| The improvement of the rising generation has of late east; the thin $ 
in towus by the establish- lat 
