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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. - 
[JULY 30, 
jet; and finds its way along the pipe, it is difficult to 
doubt the ultimate cheapness of this plan. Certainly, 
1t 
5 discovered ма 
be 
ap has 
which the cheapest artificial manuri 
efficiently Hr mer and by which even ‘the а босына 
аге to be drilled on the flat. 
of afickle climate г 
— 
It is, we анай the duty of the owners and occu 
piers o and it certainly is their — to 
watch with particular care the experiments n dm 
ee. 
mill and at Tiptr We hopet 
he public. 
ewhat curiously, i pa = 
the economical use 
cheapening of foreign аш ши in е Pe" which 
has been excited at once by the: oce nee of Mr. 
Меснгз е M and by the. — | 
of Gua 
ne 
The following letter, ‘conveying intelligence of 
the very highest agri cultural importance, appeared 
in last Tuesday’ s Tin mes 
ot expe — I last Mes to you; 
ould be so early re 
so in the 
ur 
eei comparatively inferior. 
relates that being becalmed off an | 
They 
pm: 
‚уэе dep cab ba in the 
cured * iis and brought tib | 
се * The samples having been taken from near the sur- 
inferior to what may 
e immense, the 
nd thus 
ong its e 
taken to make the guano available to the British fa 
ty 
th — ere drilled on 
acre), a ries as 
MA a 
little, it w 
of white Clover, pe of 
d oth wo 
piek 
— —— — 
а valua 
1 Acre. —1 Ploughing ... 
rrowi US 
10 lbs. Red 
80 bunn, of Rye-grass 
mg 
(2): The — are the — on — different fields 
of the far 
; 2, Potatoes, 
won 
s, Mango olds : 3 & 5, Swedes 
, Swedes 
r 
o young boars, not 
which was - ^w a Fishe er 
y: 0 
ear ; it was ploughed, harrowed, and r 
rrowed pom E мба 1 
tion of the acts of husbandry i y » this 
rt pa n 
7, Fallow fa Tu iow Oats mo Sainfoin; 38, D" and Seeds 
„Seeds (mown); 40, ow for 
Next come the Ve — 
5 arch 9 
owing mix von We. 
— — it i 
uq he following i is 
fiel 
S с» сос 
0 2 
seus: Б 
8 pa ite 
22 0 eS. 
Parsnips, Cabbages, — and 
, Vetehes, Turnips, and 
e 
t 
(3. The e of ыа оп — College farm | i 
are :—Stallion, Clydesdale 
and one 
— ia All the rest " 
he 
— MawunES for Turnips, 
acr 
"en 
e 
red — and D bushel of | d 
; — close to ч” field, it does not then cost 
0 
. The buildings, 
a 
applied at per 
—3 ewt. of Bone-dust, at 18s. 4d. per quarter; 1 ews, of 
Guano, at 107. E —- 6 bush. of Soot, at 5d. per bush. 
2d.—Another mixture.—8 bush. of Bone- dust; 2 do. 
2 cwt. — Neh ‘Soil, at 27. 12s. per ton; 2 ewt. o Guo; 
of Super 
e for 2 acres.—15 cwt. of C vilitas 
8 sd pr Salt; 10 do. So m op 
To prepare coprolite grind the сор. 
powder ; кем sift а ee phon 
urpose ; and to e every 3 ewt 
of sulphuric acid to e 
while the effervescence takes place, oh 
an and ме ught dic ке» action 
, | sulphur es it o the mixture to settle d down an 
s| hour or ino — then as out of the tub and put ina 
d for use it must boib 
i hot wat 
weight of bones of ios, mix well together, or they do 
not all get soaked ; leave "them for about 10 m inutes or 
ird of 
or by throwing in some copro te powder vn mix- 
ure is boiling up i it prevents i boiling over, 
using artificial anà fani; 
—The for osts 2“. to 27, 5s. fora 
UM s lei — the ater say — t€ jane 
which is the pem g, at 5s, per 
then again ar Bens are mu 
e» homestead t © e — as 1 ewt. of arti! 
veral a t would take 
85 
2. 
I said а rtificials were 21, per acre, I did 
labour of mixing them and dissolvi 
e coprolites, &c., whic ke 
heir price pe 
an ee som - pes 7 
uildings, a yard em can then | 
manure out - i to de field about or E | 
as you coul out your artifici ials. | 
1де = as a cleansing crop; they — 
and take the id of 2 | 
very good, bu 
ut not so good as with the 
Bar 
cotland and Ireland, take the 
eds. Y 
se du sow about th 
We ma т wn breeding pigs are Ber As regards t drill | 
2 1 his p^ iden vs ‘shows . may long. reasonably deren . of hores, I ire eur he Clevelands a з the | hoed, and they should be drilled, at any rate, * 
antici th and especially udi ted for this farm cober € is so light, and they | than 18 inches betw rows; an and — 
off the les ebt e Peru, ás mentioned in my last eing oa wage anim mbine speed ih their | hoed two or three times. ere are the — y 
er This i the true way: ib te eak do own the monopoly se ngth (which is quite “ийет for all ordinary pur- | spring Beans, the form wn end ef. 
ч. and to secure for ses) ; they are about the same height as the Clydes- | September to end of October, sometimes Ho E 
Февр. ies of guano, aud асау 10 die Мест эсе only lighter — ан finer boned. The Suffolk November The spring Beans are sown noe Mail 
an inereasing quantity at a more аге a shorter thick-mad ир i sed of February till middle of T 
; — or teem not -— qui nis as the Clevelands: The "E this is ours were 23 
“1 Sir, your obedient t | Clydesdale are a heavy large horse, best suited for hea e eset al iL kinds re Maza 
v» n * James CAIRD.” clay lands or — au» &e. ; they are almost too — Win ~ Se bitish 3 White Eye, Ae. 
$ | -— for this farm. © — . sho are Three. pi is the quantity sown per эы 
2 ieee ee ОИ now generally allowed to be the best breed any one сап | 3 to 5 m dee good rotation on stift 80 " 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. |keep,as thoy possess a grent aptitude to fa enim Wheat, Beans es deep. A Darley or Oats Sele E 
ONAL EXAMINATION. are good milkers python d not such good | Oa answer o soils ; Arne Шен 7 
uM Answered by Mr. ак as the _Ayrshire, Alderney, an erry ; they damp: — nerall -— д 
К — у» ‘lowing paragraphs v. those of the come to earlier than most et breeds, and | sow them the same time as spring Be sos, Pa 
questions in quickly. The Cotswold Mn — — тт called — of March, 3 to 4 bushels per е acre, same d 
Long-wools, they to ien as Beans, Manure should never ia fel 
omer old they can be тан е -— 25 0 or ^30 "bs. Рен, as it forces too much ; ar pac - 
. — do —— being sox — owns per Ib., be in ma ME ; it then has the soll 
then greatly — ; this E -—— 
е of about 18 tons of farm-yard | — to their — as — as — га — goo "dit breed | to 34 bose — ни ; — n e» 
is a cross a Down tswold tup. cipal kinds are— 1st, Chevalier, this is of the best qu m — 
The 3 breed of pigs is considered to. be for maltin — 2d, Long-eared Nottin; „has S 
hardiest a t the same time ned ; ; they yield than No. 1, not во so good in quality; 3d, OPE 
are black, vid, white on feet and faces ; з ^ very р oes best on soils, ere are varieties of E in 
acre), | br i her Hobbs; | Barleys. le erally precedes seeds. Oe 
fs the Moers are white; a cross with — and the |S de wih / he place of a Wiest е 
en | 
kshire 
Fisher Hobbs. 
р (4.) The 
Machines оў th 
hes, grinds, cuts chaff ал Turnips; and pu 
| mew = thi 
n so large a — this 
— all eomplete, — — 10 
— Тһе engine this 
The Suff ole drin of grent 
"The — which 
e same quantity ^ tlt | 
le erri more if anything ; ; the principal V ‘ 
Angus and Black 
cheapest corn 
inches ede the drills, 2 to 3 і 
liable to 
we generally use are 2-wheeled ir ughs ; they cost worm ; the best plan is to roll vell with 
being about 4/. 10s. The harrows cost fr about 9]. to 5. The Beans, if forced by manure, : 
ecording to size and weight. We have two of ems А disease and. para e best preventive 15 
ichines—they cost 18/, each; а S ire | and cultivate 
„this cost about 12J.; a Ducie’s perta it uo Te land for Fae should be pet 
costs about 147. ; arr ri roll, — Crosskill's roll, 1, 131; as fine as pe 
alight roll, about 11} Our carts are of different sorts, | ai дегеннщ ti ved perp реб 
Crosskill’s, Scotch, &e.; the codi foit I ie ode well en a inem. Yon. tee! fet 
| each, and a weigh- bridge costs about 207. I have now | per acre, and sow it broadeast ; it e Jean 
| mentioned — i machines on the farm ; t| ean land as ean be possibly got, and kept 
—— are never u ian h „all weeds, and rolled to keep it fine; and fine hat v. 
зав another heavy. tor w require about here is onl pane land, vbe 
а) tools, &e. | have had. the last 2 years for it. In + 
