THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



DN THE DRAIN 





did not see any ,. 

 fill." Extract of a Letter fron 



light sandy farm near the Sea in Fifeshire.- 



; - t : ■ ; 



iai-Mip , :■ 'it..-., am; l '• l'ii in colour. The drought 

 did not affect them like the others." 



1st. I tried salt on a 4-acre field, newly broken up, 

 and sown to Oats, the plant very fine, I 



nrttdaeeda I sent to the salt- 



a bushel, and sawed it broadcast. It was ploughed in 

 Wheat ; the produce 

 vorm was destroyed, 



n the next ploughing 

 and m;ti nig totalij destroyed. Where salt is sown, 



v heats sown at 



2d Experiment was in a field sown to Turnips. The 

 thinning them so rapidly, tha 



said t: \ v. .si sing!.- my Turnips for the man who 

 was hoi'3:g them. The weather was showery, ami I 



t; : 



the crop cam. I had a fine piece 



of Turnips. [Are you sure that the salt killed them ?] 



3d. Field of 



the acre. The 



!nd well. Tht 



I so propagated ; prev( 



2&SZ 



rid Mangold Wurze 

 her degree.— Sigmt 



ar, who had great doubts of 



rili '. l. 



:ess your oatntoin with gypsum." 1 sent 



six bags, which I had spread 

 >ne in the middle of a Sainfoit 

 te on Clover, one on Wheat, i 

 on Grass ; and on my man sugc 

 ;ld be placed to 



'■... 

 i-fa—^^^nit- !>: -ill T have seem 



Irth, without being lined or su 



- 

 I in firm indurated sub- 

 carefully formed and put in sufficiently deep, to be out 

 The cases in > bid of drainage 



a large surplus besides. It might also 



r bogs, especially wh 



Ht -.)!. "la tr.im aito'.'e 



■}!!..< l-;,.-s '. 



!j;\!.' l 'Tin^!alierplaii'i' ;i ' 



:.-..:, 



Pipe, 



W :.ml 



I are lately been e> 

 lly employed in draining bogs, 

 completely and thoroughly dried undergoes some ch 



■}£,. 



roke forms a complete half p.; 

 of drains. 







ztm Mangold Wurzel of the long red sor/h 



ere stones, even if they could be carried on the land, 

 uld be useless from the yielding nature of the peat. 



which they would at once sink and disappear 

 e very low cost at which draining with this material 



1 be executed, ought to be an inducement to posses- 



le pleased possessor of smilin 

 ad of bleak and dreary moi 



I gathered the seed, perhaps a dozen in which they are employed 



!'; ' ■ 



very few roots of the original ! < 



i globe and tin; tinct 



tinct species of ace 

 with the flowers.-. 



plants, thought i 

 but I am not su 



9 to form a dis- 



the other, smaller stones are 



thrown promts ; ,, , rding a pas . 



trials employed 

 g soil from gaining 



i I have referred are at all fitted whei 

 ordinary way, to perform these funct: 



I manner. 

 e built conduit will always have large < 



3 disadvantage of offerL 



ivinzanini:.!. v.:-.." "~ : 



nee, v.;, ;: . 



pass through a 2i inch-ring, are then thrown .:.:: 

 By an improvement of late years, the broken stones art 

 sifted and separated by a screen while passing into the 

 «,.■:...., by^lm-l. m.-an's tlie larger pieces are first 4*. 

 posited, the smaller ones being laid on the top, where 

 they form a pretty close and compact roof. If we ei- 



. 



ure is perhaps to be regarded as an advantag 



deposits the fine clay c 



This kind of drain 



the land by the in 

 shovelfuls of rubbi 



m pi4enirvery considerable ^ 

 - P -can only be executed** 



i a considerable fall, and a firm compa 



h as boulder clay or shale, this ^J*^ 



_, „ employed with considerable hope H* 



nency, if carefully forme ^ he J Ut I ^oK ^ 



in an opinion expressed by a friend we q - w 



. - 



in Scotland : " Although," said he, • low ^ 



in everv field, I would rather buy tiles, even 

 ./. Girdwood. 



r ' ! "r . Irennial P 1 *^ 

 yhus), is a hardy English p«* ^.j 

 -el ; v l.'ich scm. ^arsa-o '■ 



Arthur Young as a forage plan: 



, in indigent in Suffolk, but making in ** 



