33—1853.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE; 
Home Correspondence 
DUM 121 ass.—I was ааа interested by the 
contents of the e Agri 
tural cA of J 
relatin 
n 
o 
f your cor- 
modern you 
redpétidents kindly ‘ifn me as to y the best method of | m 
growing Italian Rye-grass on a stiff en soil? What 
md it и г 2 8 treatment of the land previous to 
uired to be зних bes st time for 
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which is invariably produced after Alyske than md 
au Clover. If mown for hey, it should be cut as soo 
full bloom 
Palmer's machine, invented by ; and the construction of 
which i is pretty 3 — лы ite was drawn by two horses, 
anot at the side to ow out the 
corn at intervals of 'about 20 yards, v meh pe ich ig Sigs to 
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ts—when tlie leaves turn 
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гор о the crop should be eut— 
off, op 
for hy standing танд the plant w will lose more at bottom | be 
tha: 
i gains at the top. 
weight of seed required 
to be sown жү e circums 
hindi! in. ] 
d by a — * 
very well, "pe 4 — — te 
ind 'y one horse starting Mom 
he field. KS: corn appeared to 
espe 
half the la bou ur; 
their b 
15 Ibs. per acre, an e Will 
many tons annually of 4 75 esos , independen 
erop of seed. Theh 
by the faet of its ivi mis 
admit of being at the ex 
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Grass 
eavy crop of seed, m чейи ап 
det nutritious iate for horses, oxen, and 
йыр ай а t 
e of the plant is pra Сона, 
ay 
rough 
е | . machine 4 ma pe them повода, whieh he had tn 
— 20 yea viously, and 
carry the w 
Куча еѕ being bevelled 
achine., 
effected in 
kills а By Dy the Rev. 
achine, баа —— of be 
r. Bell races is Pd 
— 5 throw 
qual to what it wo 
corn been higher it is probable that t 
better. The 
appended d on v fol a crop e 
— readily | swing it round, when dry manui re escape 
‘through a number of holes. Above this tub was a vem 
cart, consisting of a wooden frame ап stout canvas 
sides and bottom, in which the f 
P | D Ec was a very 5 
scal 
continued failure of my gs of red and 
‚&с. 
п —flour i is "АЙЫ ted—and 4 
d to try it mall | X. 
e (having given 2s. Leid pound for the seed) by the е: 
this has түнү n to fal ] 
ated Man 20 "AS. Be a rt u 
e % “defend viam ? Is the cinder- 
teap 
sorts of Clover 
| off t 
nch and the b 
tarted b 
s drawn ky two he 
jdfad 
bone-picker to have the sins of the — added 
to their Are nails used b e poor e 
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divers other arti articles, all 
which * A. В. С.” bg * a sig if he fancies—but they | to 
stint as 1 as gy re the people of England. 
ibus В.с did not defend what 
X. Y. 2” ^u rely gave an instance 
show fte the. bender itin "may sometimes be laid 
xai the 3 shoulders. He is a correspondent well 
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her 
Ё це the reverse * an easy 
n s Mr. Obadi ah 
e drive ег, апа dip b lay th Psa m with 
on well, b ut the laying was considered so 
cumbrous 5 machine, and the manner of Jaying 
арреага: The next machin 
Hussey’s two- horse rea reapin i 
the irar It was 
He 
that bone-dust i is often mixed with mortar siftings and which 
its . 80 A tend ban © of reaper. Mr. і... gett no’ 
ш А 
support. 
of the ground, —— 
Mr. sey w ied in his arrange 
directed to the ава exhibited by Mr. Wray, a гече m wing 
and reaping machine, made — Бе онн by Mr. * of 
Leeming. It was drawn by tw: tw 
Sotieties. 
2. M s 
LEE AGRICULTURAL.— This great and impor- 
t association has held its T: 
k 
t week, owing to the length 
to which our report of the 8 иды: Тһе following | * 
is abridged from the 8 
ntries both of stock atid о of ‘implements b ж: 
petition and exhibition have bee 
so than last year, when мы 
ist year — entries of cattle, 3 pigs, an 
numbered 443, this — they 
there were > Sheffi 
and horses, 
hed 483. Of poultry 7 
was st Sheffield. | 
m 
| БАЙ (асу, and was a аты аё 
mac 
ing a 8 break- 
‘tt put right and ti the MARN 
the most admirable 
Whilst st of 
the 
7 ees, Mr. Crosskill's- Bell's machine order p and 
maie its way direct enen the centre of Í the field and back 
gain. The СЕ was, ч Sem 
fist trial achin —— 
Jie, whic ch we vu 
ea start, — the corn 
thes 
wn t de reque 
s ot, as in 
uring t proceeding s it was 
‘tha t the 88 were = ee kind to "A 
Uter. and were never D in case of а to suggest 
ven at they co would be 
prar: in the 
the whole the trial was. 
Eu eMe have f 
any of the hines. to consideration the 
f the 56 the shortness ^g tite Grass, there is. 
little doubt that i case of a fair and average yield, the 
reaping 5 — vill ere v long, with additional improvements, 
ti rh eects 
e followin awards for im 
to plough 5 h 5 fhe deep, 5l, Mr. J. mem of Stockton, 
ine Messrs, Howard, of Bedford; second, 27., 
Dun in tem. 
rticular! — 
made in m 
hi 
er, "rj 
nches y, of Newton, Bedale; and 
ance, 
and yielded 
egree of lux 
shoots ig eae and d ваен although not so Sen 3 
y man 
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‹ ured s. 
prain in open 8 
к being, in his opinion, worthy о 
Cultivation. sit is found in Holland, and that 
tried its отап long wi 
other Clovers, placed unde: 
that the result con — him that there is по other kind 
of Clover equal to it for the йолка es of feeding cattle. 
Clover will ah onl ears in perfection 
il be 
Micheli тасран in enia 
on a cla; ууч аА 
f 
ald place 
"esis that — 
b nd October ye 
lost in consequence of the heavy —— during that period 
vus › the Alsyke Clover, o n the con 
g 
vigour much 5 r, 
— risk and expense are avoided 
aecordi 
Furth en this 
€ hed, it va annually t man es in fall 
and produce annu t quantity of herba 
of excellent quali are of “ai sing hr“ 
Alsyke Clover crop ч either by mowing it for hay, 
1 it 0 f ing it 2 
with sheep, in which it turned o 
Sooner than any other Clover; and if eaten down quite 
mus «in de " the first week in June, the 
next crop will com to the scythe than any other 
etse apta Clover 80 13 : 5 and if eg for seed, 
will ‘sooner and the plant 
will again a afford a good bite for Pia t iili until the land |. 
be 
go 
f| operations took place in a smi 
tes near ie villa: 
i po 5 € de Yor 
5 
and a 1 età 11 
required to plough for Wheat—a heavier crop of 
show» was more 6 айа" - 
те The pigs, too, „осе 
public * but it w 
taken by Leeds exhibitors than 
. antis 
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-- Pw ФЕ шн о” 
ae 
itto, 
G Meynell's peu. rg general purposes commended. 
Heavy harrow, 37 tead, of Barnsley. 
t м 
g ITO: es 
Horse hoe on the ridge, EA Mr. we Busby; Messrs. Hin and 
- commended for o viti: = scissor motion 
rn drill, BL, Mes 
— drill, Bla Mr. Horn ео 
ans distributor, BL, Messrs. Garrett. 
uid drill, 5I. 5 „Nr. y 
eae 
mp. 
"i abber or Searifi т, 51., 7. Il. Kearsley, of Ripon. 
sroadshare or scarier, —— to Mr. Bentall, 2 
carifier, belonging to Messrs, Hill and Co., nded for 
Horse rake, belon to ——— Smita and highly commended. 4] 
€ pe commended, 
belónging' to Mr. — ES commended 
for Md E principle 
“Bell’s Mp inia 10, mand Son eon Boelety'a gold 
of Reaping Mac ch 
at noon on Wednesday, the 
ld medal awarded to the best 
. Irelan 
mprove Wurm Messrs. Crosskill. 
— was 
The prize о! 251. for beers ee ant Go, 
ir six 
steam e 
31. to Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, Liverpool, for an im- 
proved chaff cutter. 
a йїп, n, 
qua liy, а 
1. Mr. Palmer, Stockton, Hussey's € with ‘Geet and 
Sons’ and the Exhibitor's own improvements, the registered knife 
bevelled only on one ed 
2. Mr. Cr Beverley ; No. 1, Bell's reaping machine. 
3. Mr. James a Borough Road, Lok one horse reaping 
а, invented b r made by Н This was after. 
wards E hdrawn tios — 
. О. Hussey, Kanter two horse reaping machine, 
maker and à ee О. Husse 
. Wray, Leeming, Bed ale; Grass mowing and reaping 
machine i invented = Ыру by the exhibitor. 
urgess Ke ses Cand on; CIE — — 
m 
— 8 * ei — 
to Messrs. R. Hornsby h 
x 5 of York, E a mortis EN pus 
r. William Smith, Kette 
23 John Naylor, of Migge 7-7 а pcc 
eoe s ut t m ll tools; and 105. to Mr. Stanley, 
| for his tubular field rakes, 
Th 7 ’s medals were also awarded to Mr. John Kealey, 
London, for a Turnip cutter; to Mr. — — ean е forè 
new Bean’ cutter; and to Mr. George Locking, model of a 
2 — 
ouncil Dinner and agre —The dinner took 
T in the Gu ne: . Leearp i introduse 
— — am — intities, 
guano and other land til arn — А 
crops.” over the scientific part of the ec omn 
and coming more to the practical, he detailed severa 
iments of his own. One of the material points in 
scussion of this kind was the soils with which they 
cores P ight venture on a sort;of 
rude classification of soils in this way. He would con- 
