22—1853.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 349 
observed i n December last. On his return home І have been sometimes in the habit of laying on my {be advisable to nie un ar 2 vim too z 
he would "furnish an accurate statement of the|manureat once before ploughing. In every instance the crop. The ery re ent is required to 
details, as indicated by his rain-gauge.—Mr. y- the stubble should be looked ca iae over before | that before described but үр жег il object on 7 soils to 
mond Barker, as chairman of the Thames Commission, ploughing, and Nettle roots and Couch Grass AT forming man ure heaps, an en tow spring 
had frequent opportunities of becoming acquainted with | for and removed, | I do not * it by any | the mig get inconveniently fall, t the land ‘intended for 
the effects of flooding and drainage on the imt means 1240 fable to defer th f the manure | Cabba; cem om Wurzel may re 
alongside the Thames, and of lower level than its bed. | on heavy land until just previous to the t time of sowing | their s * tity, or it may be carted on the 
If these meadows could be freed from one foot "x their | the erop, because the intermixture of the manure with | land intended for Swedes, and flat ploughed in at once. 
ace-water, great benefit would result; but, the soil is more prism on heavy land. There is | After subsequent stirrings, to thoroughly incorporate it 
when thoroughly drained, great injury was found to be | little i xi its 22 wasted by rains, and in many | with the soil, and "vel direetly after ridging 1275 
inflicted on their owners, from the loss of their Grass, seseque i ould be fatal, in all seasons injurious to the 2 ewt. of guano and 2 ewt. of superphosphate of 
hay, and after-feed, which took place in dry summers. rop, to aes n the land in the spring, | er E rof. Wa оха *s | acre, Ше seed should be drilled. 
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ton, near Dartford, communicated the following state; | of mih Apia yof shay, W 5 ent. confidence | Жез, 
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f ouch Grass an ! 
e agricultural and mineral resources of a|forking, throw the field up in "97-inch ridges as Society. Haddock and Co, ted dg i 
portion ot the estate - Sir Charles Elton, Bart, in аз convenient after harvest, subsoil 10 or 12 [Pe — Wes, have more than once цаа to this 
Somersetshire :— з Сей ^ ween eyery. ridge, cart out the manure from the pamphlet, ipo annually appears with the awards of 
At the meeting of the Council on the — — of 19 1 0 yard an 22 it n the a SEM split them ri the Soeiety's judges during the year, and the 
were made as to the cost of obtaining a trac n és — from | and again subsoil same den re, and leave them | Programme and prize list of the present year. It is to 
3 ге. 1 ТТЛ M ро козы | the.re of farms, whi r 
find „that t oun +; " A : | >. 
paper, and that the charge for а trace is mn i anime Plain | portion of the soil Lu wai) be exposed to the pave I of thy {отти that we shall again direct the notice 
tracing, on а scale of three x 1 vi to ul ы Eu 100 | fying z i o ur read b r à 
acres; do. six chains, 1s. 64. do eight to ten chains, 1s acd 16.34. 12 * ; t d lis at, 2 the actual sums offered in the — classeg 
A ng of small marks aus 25. 3 acres Gy pas ate о any im apor aor d hich the Society classes the several obj 
ordinarily about 4s. But if — eae or — ng many the e preparation of land for а Potatoes, Cabbage, — » ет jects ut 
buildings and ornamental grounds, or the - ати eom p bounded | Mangold Wurzel, or other roots; the ridge system which it aims. (E dii 
by drains with double lines, the cost may be suitable for any € thém pint the ан distance is] Class J. Best сочна farm, two silver —— and: r 
00 per cent. In the event eri any Miu ner а determint ning to t reat for Carro This can be.remedied either D „ three silver medals an NUUS 
have a map of the soils, subsoils, and substrata of his estate, — 00. тез 10 TQ iis y є — — — а ee > -* noe gn 
possessing no modern map, his plan would be to get such a trace, | growing Cabbages J 4 with ipt which will „ Irxigating, ons ailver medal and 4 
and after having it examined on the ground, for the insertion of fill u up t the spaces between the „ or v Laying down to Grass, one silver medal and’ >. 12 
any pa ae ions in it since the "on was made, he ean háv a : ; Harli LT айе кыба геад vila mae 
: 7 anks, t edals and abs ої дусе 
in others) of 2d. an acre for six copies. ІЁ more are required fay porate the en forming the ridges at ж Eradication of hed E 2 
may be had for „А — — i Е еј PE 15 M ~ 18 inches wide DONUM of a7 ut the great secret of x Planting of ot, 
Elton had ten, of whic ^u uccess is autumnal manuring and cultivation, in order w Ulaiooges (в293019 
expenses o ded ning holes, and T p^ id be. satishe d with ап that i e aud suitable anid bed. da may secure а э | Tota, eleven ange modais and ад vi #194 
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acre for еа и < 
plant early in the spring, and get the crop removed and | Class II. Crops т M. War el, 0 
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2 * Wheat or other grain. Subject as we are to such rapid | Class III. Laboure =i 
who had availed Виа. of the privilege 4 PR Е int die ne in „it must be Class IV. Live st ek, four den tres b 8 neg 
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and the land will often destroy the benefits which should 
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of guano and other manures made for,them,, А its con- 
bution of means and effort anong rie di Кеген 1285 
sulting-chemist, at a reduced and yer. 5 
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ou for the a : | which. come uidi the pat 
883 this morning, and Se e on ту —— eth bar result from the judicious consumption of a heavy crop о; ty, than the expenditure of ош some 2 our a 
100%. worth. The cost I Si Hah Me bestówed, ^ri E TA А of roo erefore prefer grazing the seeds with ties will illustra 
sort of insurance of 2 en d sheep on heavy land during the summer months, sup- * syma a 
the loss that would GM feet tae weg ory ide tim lying th ith = dmm N d taki We make the following Nin som. Lo 
the money expense is notof so rhe 4 importance as the ot ТРЕ Sem wim a s ала 95-4 OREA AM e and judges. 
crops and its effects on the whole acr for one year. Oats and Wheat as the two subsequent and last crops 
of Castl has also recently informed in the five-field rotation, Thus the land is in no danger 
Mr. Hudson, eacre, > live i А 
the Council of the great advantage he had derived from from injury by treading with sheep in wet weather, and |; 
the test of chemical analysis, in the” der e and} Ve T the benefit of their manure for a much longer dnd 
ase of manures; and of the money-loss (amounti od by feeding them on the seeds during the summer p 
to several hundred póunds), as well as of the N rusn dA utumnal months, , Drilling on — 1 niione 
| had he pr e the 18-inch width, and is gener ane 
aid of such unerring means for the detection of this entails great expenses in hand-hoe жс. ед Чу, pis waa found to be 15 10 ра 1 as 
fraud, or the confirmation of genuine ‘quality. to my knowledge and cost, where fend. is d алла the aver ve of N and, u 
. aa ual ceeding 20s. an acre. Now pas а 
' \ боле “with | migration, which B 
to a professional inquiry баин many interests and labour. But, independently of this consideration, the farmer will 2 a 
much capital im to e his com- Syste: dung M re weight of manual labour both 
munication to the members at a Weekly Council, on the | keeping at a less cost must be p nd certainly power, to a greater 
subject of Тен from the 15th. of June, as | the application of the horse-hoe to the Turnip fallows is рәр», ш “Upon 1 
originally fi until ednesday, the 29th- June, at 34, Mu as gs сев . miums No. 1 to 10 п 
12 o'clock. p i er Mangold Wurzel seed is difficult to distribute with the per there “sf been d hier last last few | years 
„2м е Council having ordered: their usual ‘aéknowledg.| Common drill with sufficient regularity; I therefore 1100 led 13,120 
the communications then made to them, prefer Sling, and make use of a dibbler consisting of | yards of dii darian have been eradicated у 4064: yards 
adjourned to their monthly meeting onthe Ist of June. two iron. s about 3 feet in diameter, which can Mi Coan lei Mire uim putik y — diis 
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wheels iron knobs are screwed, which can also be : Быз ihes: бано 
Farmers’ Clubs. arranged so as to make we pay м: nr any required —— а 3 - — is 3700 er ‘addition! $ 
SPARKENHOE, Мау 9 : E tem лев of Roots on Clay distance apart. The kno at the di jit "ye axe th : 2760 онеге 
Land.—Mr. Wortley read a paper on the e of | tapering, so that the mes Dee not p an: 1 — the dibbler Ne — 
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roots, from which we take the following extracts оп has passed over the ridges. By having а light pair of | 21211801, 24 tons of guano, 15 tons of: пач " 
the management of clay land for roots :— There appear | shafts attached, one one vill. dibble. 10 —5 " day, « Und ephcepbate of lime lare heen} T 
to be two indispensable primary palisa tions for the | and then, if artificial manure is used, a boy follows with No. 1 п ойо COMMA ins 
successful growth of root crops. The subsoil should be the requisite quantity, and another with the seed, ad ЦА containing. T 
rendered free, sound, and healthy, uh the surface soil dropping three or four in each hole; a light rake then di Parana Ws n 
previous to sowing, to'a t mam rised state. | finishes the work in a perfect manner. The plants come dem tv ted fs : 
culti distances v ФЕ; 
must hi ted 
fat the aticephere is thé cheapest’ and d the most bound- young boys may be trusted to hoe, and even if they No. 17) Containing 
less storehouse of manure ; and it cannot have a free | require the hoe Б» they are A by the positi = rim ile - E] 
K hoe, which 
the growth of roots on heavy land, ineluding all those is ms to o them, gives life and | vigour to the crop. | B 
nation of Turnip soils, because their more general.cul-| well do опе; if the weeds get to be strong the second 
ture on poor clay land is every day becoming a more! hoeing, the young plants are certain to be injured 
portant and desira i ough wi un removed, — a blank left 
= felites eradicated within the last 12 months (pre- 
l by the — and plant bein ng drawn away 55 n 
i may ре» capones prefer of the f ji — shire and Gheshis 
в cold impervious water-logged subsoil, e man rom the farm (the fara in ` 9 enc Aene. АШ 
shall look in vain to see the crop flourishing ; but, to the land, rev it by vm lou mn —— as not flagging, notwithstanding the dispiriting eireum- 
checked and stunted by an unhealth: apes | quickly aa as possible, and this prac = Hows een te — Potatoes and. олау Айй tine: 
киш: Ere ently | fo x 
Cabbage. ше. White ai j Y 
sown qum later, a ; 
; ablo exin yo le to | a | i , са Farm, May 
| 1 guidance of v ыл. Ea) ing with beasts, and as mue ch liquid manure as the tanks | as regards ti time; but al 
| instance, on à of a field for any particular purpose. For | will afford frequently emptying over in the yard. But | zia t is far from ae 
1 Wheat stubble intended for Turnips, | on light land, with a sharp or porous ету it would not ee 
