58 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. n al 
enforcement of any favourite crotchet, are very | with manure -— the boxes. Proceeding in а the first 72 and was harrowed in. п. The Wheat ca came up 
mischievous to the cause of agriculture: they induce | door, we come to the cordi, which has stalls con- | 18 E ке 
i ^ А ccuracy and a distrust of taining two — each, а d havin ving w — in 3.0 ). — vna e heat, only part ploughed, op 
8. seems to be a want of front; passing through the cow-house we come to the | account of the t 
honest p tances of failure; and boxes, six on each side, with a tramway down the (2). Fallow — Wheat еони апа ploughed in, м 
Wan бун үн табат фа ber. the | middle, and four troughs with water for the cattle. At being delayed by the wet 
it „produces same disagreeable effec 2 d the top of the boxes is the steaming-hou * next із! (3 & 5). Part gears Vetehes, manure d, ploughea, 
mind as card “the lights of a picture are exhi ite the root-house, through e we proceed to a yard harrowed, and drilled. Crop retarded by the wel. 
without its shadows. Jt is not true to Natu. having three large yards with sheds on one e and a The rest of the fel Bean stubble and fallow alter 
——M large covered shed for cattle on азд other (open in front 
e separate to ivisi 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Near the large yard is the engine-house and boiler 
'SESSIONAL Bp tete Wee bi AGRICULTURE, under the same roof with the threshing-machine, mill- 
Chiefly with as have been brought * the | : 
th th h Au я > А 
eee v жы 9 deep). The engine is also connected with the chaff. 
1. Draw a plan of and describe fully the Royal Agricultural | cutter in the opposite building, ‘and can also pplied 
College Buildings, including the Steam Machinery and | for cutting urnips. Opposite — cottages is a row of 
Sa to which it may be a buildings having a r floor d 
2. Describe the acts o of Husbandry in 2,9 and, 7ана 10 58 g. à granary on upper floor, and on 
12, 34, during the present and estimate their cos the lower a Linseed- nei чах: Stallion-house, and 
S Give an scedunk ot ‘the te of each field on the | Poultry: “house. 
ve an account resent state of each field on the s Pie 
з writing the word Fallow, Wheat, Seeds, Gg, after the | No. 2. Husbandry in @) : 
No. and stating where treatment of any field has been modi- | Crop—WHEAT. Per acre, 
fied. or quite altered by reason of the peculiar weather. Reaping by machine and b binding... es X. deed. 
А, What has been the treatment during the present Session of | ооа е =" carting, and stacking E : A 
—1, the Breeding t odifi- or е hie 
—— ^ —— * — — o. . e m Carting 16 tons of farm-yari dung e * 12 Ө 
3 . —— x Ж т S 
ughing in ditto 
5. Simi ipn M various modes of eutting co ^w — Give — 
against M*Cormick’s an ussey’s ines 
ER Y. relate also what you may have heard of any other (3 & 5). Field must — divided into: three: sat E 
War isis is — pectiliar in the mode of e Flax 
cS 5 uel yi 8 T 
What the obstacles а in the f its bei Spann sorn — — 6 
extensive! ? How UM TELE remove these sing promn Pitching n ig i and stacking” 30 В i 
T. On what — 1 - Pulled and stooked bak 12 0 : 
tages pouce bur ad from ‘it P "What is ie y^ me usual Carted and stacked in Canto йа M — 6 0 ао а 
8 р Seed Cart dede ae „до Ch a 
Gp epe of Might F моз 0 90 | Carrots, the ploughing having heen delayed by — 
with that of grain of gor uality, weight pide eight ? N.B.—The Carrots were some sold off the otherwise the TI 8 have been Wheat. 
Why ів it more profitable to sell than —.— it? d oth o ground (4). Seeds ; very wet 
9. What Паг circumstance renders agriculture sop aes oo апс Others stored in a long heap about 6 feet wide at (6 & 10). — after eds, and part dibbled with 
‘systematic routine the bottom, and covered with straw and about 4 inches | Wheat and partly eren ders Wheat- б ier 
3 - e x a 1 about a foot at the top uncovered, to all Wheat but id h і 
. — ie 3 N кайы ы: (7). Batley stubble, ploughing delayed by wet, 
Bu. buildings a = of the College Farm and also one Vetches of the Racer kind which Mies + iran xb). "Whee pe 
e latter itar of f which will rer the | p and part of 2H land The ded on all the (9). Part f sies “etka voli — — а 
зде to follow эү to Question 1; and the юе — hi afer a dressin F bout а 2 „ the He pensis Мане pw 
d former will enable Hin io TM follow Answers 2 and 3.] a g тети м spread in ge the usual mann DM exi The 5 | Vetches, being now eaten off by the ve nis 21 
Answers ву Mn. Parte AND Mn. C х гар ‘al (11). Turnips partly eaten off, or carted awa 
No. 1. Entering the farm-yard gates * the right, ba two tines PEN of the th f ve before the aril partly stored on the ground, would have been моды 
there is a long, be shed for the implements, and on the weit “в рэа d was drilled at aha чаю uy n during for Wheat or Barley ex or the we 
left a weigh bridge for weighing carts, cattle, &c.; pro- per acre, 9 inches between the yon pans $ bushels (12). Mangold Mei фе but not ploughed, 
] im the left, there is on one side the office Witla НА, , ; » and was after. on account of the wet, would ha ve been "Wheat 
" | ksmitli’s shop, wi ure and ‚ (13). Part ploughed Wheat ma would hay 
toolshouses, and at the end a butcher's shop, salting- Some a аат. meom ee pee and burnt chs 4 on z - 
иче cio iiy for-offal or boiling Potatoes (i - z 8 s . Payne's Rivets ax Wheat, retarded by with 
| Yu a ings Ра 010 (16 & ag — Batley, mou have been o o9 
2 0 i except fo 
— of seed, at 4s, per bushel 018 0 
8 — stubble, would 
this field was — N ttl ; lon part roots Arm i o: жаы: = 
« u uy tor the cattle at the farm 
d iade inth Res ane, ne —— 9). — heat "ati; — hare n ploughed.and 
d permit, after which it was car. (20). DE аба: 
е ‘usual ense of (22). Sai 
and loading on to carts is about (24). nonis pasture # 
А a е. After the hay was (25 & 26). Do. do. Rye-grass, 
: bo ved, all the young stock and bim Wheat stubble only part ploughed, delayed h 
“ы ined — il the and re- 27 
maine ere til t - field wa 28 i " 
ploughed, whic hw done as soon (20. Sainfoin : 
ven Tp an and — ground too wet for sheep. | | 
(32). Permanent m. al 
(33). Se 
э атада red straw winter Wheat, E 
у Е 
637. Part urn part Sainfoin, and fallow, ] 
ble an Rayn- intended. for Wheat But could not be — 4 | 
COATES _ 
or = 
b per acre, 
ata - of about 
4s, 
bushels of sed, a por msi 12 10 0 
2) Mangold Wurzel during this | of some жеп tegs ‘and вш" 
Session ‘has been pul led up, carted, them on the and were all 
and stored. The roots vi pulled butcher b by the ond of. of September. The 
5з. ; for feeding were kept on 
» being always removed 
made i 
ots Y ff the ground, and stored in 160 in 
row | about the same dimensions as the e Carrot h еар, and on | in the beginning 
рен de. vi ground would have been р bs wer 
— N 645 Wet weather, ad libitum, and 
vu Wheat. after Eolo t neces the | ceive half a pound 
жы їп апа, ав soon | about a wee 
x dung- —— nat Wat Ploughed, and harrowed three mg to be raised to'] Ib. 
; 
1775 
and in October was drilled | 
with 6 peeks of Lasa Straw per acre ner at 9 inches |in Мо. 11 m ного obliged to 
