THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[Aug. 2i, 



p^sETof wbidTbefo 

 rich particles of soils w 

 or rising grounds near 



further than t< 

 Nature bestov 



i it now remains, 

 bringing still a fresh supply of 



e soils, if wet, requires no science 



lut the drainage of higher ground 

 the benefit of such favours as 

 the former, will require to be 



nt form. That is, the first and 



fundamental rule being to find out the lines of strata of 



the ground that is intended to be thoroughly drained ; 



across the rising ground, the 



If, on the contrary, they run right up the hill, as I have 



aiming at ha\ b WJf off the water 



rder that it may not stagnate and by degrees 



choke up the drains. And again, when limestone is not 



concerned (in the lands of Ireland), the lines of the 



•h safety be laid 



f Z , 



■ue right angl. 



judge, however expe- 

 gement and thorough 



drains that suit one 



quality of soil, subsoil, &c. 



The best maximum depths and distances, I hi 

 found to answer well, and which I much favour, i 



<leep to 4, and 30 feet distant apart from each oth 

 This principle, no doubt, will suit the drainage of mi 



e land than good. 



cannot retain moistur* 

 thrown away, and be < 

 Wm. Reid, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, 2 



ler-do the work by going less than 



Water 

 Turnip has been 



Home Correspondence. 



i any of your corre 

 lysis. If it has not, why 

 will fatten a bullock ; will the same quantity of Gi 

 made into hay do more than sustain life t Those i 

 like myself have suffered from the falling off in 

 -quantity of the milk given by our cows during this 

 cessive drought (notwithstanding their having daily 

 Lucerne, Clover, and Tares, in addition to their Grass), 



the quantity not the v 

 the water in tl i v valuable not 



food, but indirectly in the process of 



very sorry i 



tSriut.su, 



experiments, and are. too glad to have an opportunity 

 d own. And if any prejudiced person be 

 duced to try the experiment, how often do we see the 

 stem followed out merely as regards the quantity of 

 ed per acre, whilst the rolling, harrowing, and tho- 

 ugh cultivation of the soil by the hoe, is neglected, 

 id the system condemned without a fair trial. It is 

 startling fact that, whereas the average produce of 



10 grains for every grain sown, there is abundant 

 ■oof that one grain may produce more than 1200, and 

 equently does. How often do we hear of a farmer 

 having had a thin field of Wheat in the s] 

 " has been going to plough up, but which, 



i well rolled, harrowed, and hoed, and this proved 

 best crop. I think that no practical farmer who 

 s seen the crops at Spring-park and Tiptree-hall 

 )ut this time of the year, can but have admired the 

 lutiful way in which they are cultivated, and have 

 ;n surprised at the natural poorness of the soil and 

 mdence of its crops. I purpose in the approaching 



— Being the party alluded to in the several reports of 



;. which took place subsequently to Mr. 



[iTOtnre at the recent meeting of the Royal 



ithampton, I will feel obliged 



ing account of the ingredients 



which I proposed as being in my opinion the cheapest 



and most efficacious hand tillage, not only for Turnips 



but for nearly all other crops, viz. :— 



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t ° ' ^^f^Tcos^f ir' 



•t that it can be prepared 



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, Liverpool, . 



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ting admirably when the plague of flies c 

 -* "I dust d with f 



Thick v. Thin Sowing. -The Rev. Geo. 



-r to impugn the accuracy of my observa- 



and what is thin 1 In the following remarks I confine 

 myself to the Wheat crop. For such soils and situa- 

 tions as Holkham 4 and 5 bushels an acre have not 

 been found too much. The experience of hi 

 to the extent of 400 to 500 acres annua' 



I Of this, however laughed at i 

 tice of the darker ages." By this practice 40 to 50 

 bushels were frequently produced on an acre of land very 

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me as heavy a crop from a similar breadth of land, and 

 for as long a time, from his favourite tl 



086 me for clinging to the practice of the 



• her than the theory of modern ages. But 



whilst this heavy seed is not only safe but necessary, 



on soils like that of Holkham, I by no means go the 



the alleged superiority of the practice^ d< f, ** P*X 

 duce ? There I am sure facts will failh *** P»v 

 the correctness of his statement 

 f^omTo rte e r ck° ^ ^ ab ° Ut the "Wp^* 



quite ready to do, that t'hi^prodSmfy^iS ! * 

 tfiis^^^^^ 



accomplished by robbing the seed-sack. rJ£? * 

 I fear that extreme parsimony in this ~»£r? u 

 proportionately to abridge L^ff^ 



nent part of an improved system. It is no suth tfc 

 and he is, to say the least it, but an imprudent £ 

 who risks its adoption on a large scale. This wE 

 to the consideration of Mr. Wilkins's arguments, 



mude3.\Ti^d!i!; 



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seeder. The second aajrf. 



cur once in twenty years. nun i 



"4. Corn will be seldom, or, *J'. / 



&£&£££? and ^aHtiaiS 



I will here close my re ^\^ T £ t ^^ 1 

 tour°i wller/flm^ot^see your ggJ^S 



folk,' Aug. 5. ' n «,dalmoWi* 



The Wheat Crop appears fine and . 



: . ■ ^ : ■■ <; ■.■.■:;: : v .:■■ ■- 



straw as litter in the barton ; 



adjunct to manure. I P^PfJ?^ 'use ; th. 

 it instead of stable, or shed, or bo effec( 

 fancy, may possibly V**!****^*** 

 mixed up with the manure o eyer been» 



t n « w not if the red gum oi ma 



d to be, so far as discus* 

 complete failure, owing to the absence of tl -inn, produce a i 



advocates of thin sowing. I regret to Bay that tl 

 public mind seems so prejudiced against the system 

 Mr. Hewitt Davis and Mr. Meehi.that, instead of fee 



tural experiments, and who " 





beaten about a 



it? i • .;■>: its 

 tb. | 



to a whole crop by a » aod *»« 

 "L„'» threshing of WW* ' rrf rfi* 



[Wcshoownottag^fi'Ujj. 

 risk by suffering the . c ^"; 

 manure made from sucn au » ff t $# cu 

 crop, is not likely injuriously to 



says he has never succeeded .. 



he means filling .up ^/g. Beech » tbe 



