THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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I LOWES' PATENT M 



THE IMPROVED HYDRAULIC RAM, 

 Fixed by Freeman Roe, Fountain Maker, 70, Strand 



ND HALLE N. 





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SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1847. 







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ANTI-CORROSION 



Llate Number of the "Scottish Farmer "— ; , 

 I-conducled agricultural periodical, published ;:t 

 ;rdeen — is accompanied bv a supplement e m- 



on the home farm of Sir R. D. H. Euhiki 

 Bart. "The farm is situated in an early 



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lents were all made near th litres oi fields, ele u 



f trees or fences, and on soil of uniform quality. 

 We have not lately published Reports of Expe 



ur farm crops, and shall, therefore, take the oppor- 





nures of the farm carry the r 



then (guano 

 »t excepted) generally hold bet one 



te the farmer 



for him to know, on the one 



■" require 

 chemical 



wedish and hybrid Turnip 



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% fill m 





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iers was occasionally more than bah 

 r smaller cost. This' is remarkably the 



i which Mr. Porter conch; 



' (illy do % 

 jood. I have invariably found a strong soil ai 



■ider the salts precarious manures. The mu'h! 



cheaper for the farmer to collect and preserve all 

 animal and vegetable manures on his farm, such as 



Potato-tops, superfluous mould from dyke-sides, 

 and above all, Docks, Thistles, and other noxious 



the fields, but well adapted for manure. By so 



All These substances gathered into a compact hill", 

 occasionally turned and frequently saturated with 



S3 of Turnips ; and will go lar to i 



r e shall only add that 

 i of 10/. was awarded L 



Itihty of ploughing in Turnip-tops, &c, have al 

 >een the subjects of Mr. Portir's enquiries, and 

 the conclusions he arrives at are well wurih perusal 



-aders will find them in the Supplement to the 



,h Farmer*, of May 21. 



time will soon come when to be without £ 



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,nt. Our Landlords a 

 r Merchants are igno 



