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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
34—1853.] ТНЕ 539 
oe i resol 900 grea етинин сап be seen in it ie ake [e the rm of the forward ewes to the ewe pen, February 24, 
1 don m 7 a * athe part of the same fallow, as also in No. n we had our first lambs. They finished the Tur- 
Digging and Picking ... 100 ate common sorts of artificial Grasses are— itch in Nos, 30, 31, and 29 on A and those in 
Rents and Taxes, &c. 110 0 Italian Rye-grass, perennial ditto, Dutch Clover or on 7; ‘they hen put on the seeds—the 
1116 6 whit ed or broad ditto, Saintfoin n» Hop Clover, Lucerne, | doubles in 39, the singles m X the 
e in 34. 
эсли 5 аге wanted very early, people plant — 
mber ; but 3 would require foreing, 
— e agrieultu urp 
(9). Expense of a Crop of . ore acre:— 
wG ; these are the sor 
arab e 52:3 д Festuca ovina and Со 
laying down a permanent pasture. 
in general used on nd a few 
cksfoot are more for | 
4 Ibs. of White Clover 
in 
ht 
10 Ibs. of Red ditto Ы The doubles t 
1 — oe ein e x ees M for a fortnight; the lambs were castrated soon a 
1 Rolling. «= аденін ) 0 6 кешш Easter, an d llth of June in No. 37; 
6 Ibs. of Seed at Sd 10 the ewes were sh June 7, and the 
ing The above is what has been sown this May. The Downs that had y lambs were fatted 
6 bushels öt So Soot A a of 10s. per acre. The ака аге the1 fields in which | off, and sh wi ; that 
ding = it has ‘La n sown this Nos. 8,9, 11, 12, 29, 30, | lambs were sold with them at Malmesbury fair, ex- 
Carti 10. 31, and es cept four Down Six lambs ; the e 
Hoeng till end of f July ni ( (13). In making hay or Clover, and other artificial then put on Nos. 25, 26, 24, and 35, and now are on 33. 
ts m. e pastures, the best time to cut is about one week after ws were in the house till May 5, and the heifers 
— e EROR its having flowered. t when unripe, it will an M he Mangold Wu wi April 12, 
е wither up almost to nothing, as it is little more than | and the cows had hay before they were quite out; they 
з water, the wood bre not having — he eut when |had chaff with Mangol 
Expense of a Crop of Mangolds :— $ over-ripe, it itious 1 Linseed, and cut hay and straw. 
1 Ploughing : x Sut ч perties having ut of it ; it will po pe ing b 
2 Harrowings — T woody fibre, and . will care to eat it: but if ш PE ee HA 
ip tons of Dung i when ripe, it will keep all its nutritious properties. In ADJOURNED TRIAL OF REAPING MACHINES, 
6 Ibs. Seed. 5 ; n Grass there is from 80 r cent. of water, SELECTED GLOUCESTER MEETING, ON THE FARM 
king Г 0 in hay only 12. You can ascertain if hay be fit to eu or Party PUSEY, Esq./PRRSIDENT OF THE SoctRTY. 
2 Rollings ben vis AER by twisting a bit in you d same way as clothes In making their ote the judges regret that, after 
ten ak Thinning” ө s б re wrung ; if fit, it will break and be quite crisp and having tested the 1 Gloueester 
Getting up 0 5. brittle. If you are oblige cart hay before it is quite | Rye unripe, and ide js Jove unfit fe ries dene 7 тарт 
3 and Caring . sor 0.160 fit, take care to have a hole left in the midd ре of й | have now again been compelled (at this adjou 9 
S 110 € stack, to prevent it is much. can rom two days’ extremely wet weather, to test the 
"T8 done by 2 eene ` — M pet in — chines sel u corn in a — they, 
ntre, or a 4 or 5-bus w s would not have eut ; 
Expense of u Cron of Turnips :— id put in, and drawn up as the stack progresses ; this will | however, have given the different reapers as full a tri: 
1 he nts oru. unió iie ) llow the ho to pass у not sufficiently made | a: possible upon Wheat, Barley, Oats, ; and, 
воот OWINGS ..  .. we, 4 should be put into small stacks. An acre of Grass in | after carefully testing their merits, have unanimously 
Artitelal manui 8 ts green e we 4 to 8 or 10 ee awarded the Societ «24 prize of 207. to Messrs. Cross- 
Brilling .. „ ade into hay, it is only from 14 to 2} or 3 tons—14 to kill’s « m ан Reape They also “highly commend "> 
4 Ibs. of Seed, at 64. 2 tons is the general thing. aere of G herefore | Messrs. Burgess a ey’s reaper, upon M‘Cormick’s’ 
Hoein > В ы - cc » 
Getting 3 > ould be w rather more; but, then, in the winter, | principle; and E! commend ” Messrs. Dray and Co's 
Ren МЫЗ ibant „зи hat are you to do with your s u cannot feed | reaper, upon Hussey’s principle. The e judges have the 
String M LM ee rd them all on straw. Yo keep more cattle on it in | satisfaction of reporting that a decided improvement 
green state om t ay that would co st ory ce in the worki reaping an ge 
but, then, if you graze all your pastures in the summer, brought under € notice ; they are, nevertheless, 
of ud — eR got up E Novem! et the to е and have to ink hay at 90s. in the winter, you vii find | opinion that 07 a combination of certain elements which 
эе бочне = s - — inning of Novem * that it will not pay so we may see are exist in the machines xhibited, there might be 
di tho frost will rot th а т; bey should Deve tha len weg at chances in haymaking as well as everything else ; saei g anything hitherto -brought 
ent off, not too-c bulb, and the dirt i off ; | but, у, if ue do not chanee th must | before the per, Such an implement might be made 
fhey t — — геа — — a pit or 2 о does, and of wh не our to unite the f .simplicity in tion, 
ебед two hurdles, and coated with straw, The ay, for — them; therefore, in the long run, greater durability, lightness of draught, and reduetion 
net se Ul aient January, and last good hist it will al und best to make your own hay, and in price rough capability of being more 
— wedes. Turnips ate i64 8 se at the not cut your р to feed your cattle on them green. | easily managed by.the agricultural labourer. William 
end of Sep r or beginnin of Oct ; Swedes E 4). OH es 1 t nii . — in the way Jof акоў ‘Toomer 9; э. E ; He — my Ha С. E. 
t the beri T . кече в, you сапп ? , : x 
about the beginnin x 8 they are either pulled 7 — ^ fori . oseph Druce, Judges. Pusey, 
‘preceding accounts of eac it may be seen 
Carrots are the most expensive ; the ey cost four times 
as much as 2 a ips for getting up; ; they nte; more 
hoeing and seed, and also some ashes or soot mixed 
with the seed, to phon it drill, Next in ex co 
Mangold er the seed of which is more expensiy 
| is more cos iy per —44 
charged the Tarni i 
ch 
that is the 
so онн 
a | Berks, August. 17, 1853. 
on per Home Correspondence. 
pul weigh them? which, i if y you have Berberry Shrub — — of Blight — 
your sheep on the feii, would Lg рул. you would | years since І Berbe 
have to cart them = — in my — 
a — for T urnips as | neighbo 
a gre of the 
Ys on i ie. of M arable field; and my 
3 nged, complained : 
may be уже 7s. 64. per ton to bitterly of ihe blight, which b. ч 
„ there is no 
there is fos 8 
by 
you, while to me they doe ho not be worth 5s, The stock I had no hesitation in removi ae he considered a 
which e may = bought dear — sold nuisance, and I hear the subject, and 
consumes an 
cheap, — pay nothing. As also in pasture you might cannot sa 
kno much ыер could take їп grazing cattle for; not. The eee Я 
shot up again into 
part next 2 was manu red in the wi inter, aud a 
tng not be stored unless they are not to be used for some | 
rather t, th uld be no eriterion our own, as 
— the person to A m you may let it aig г food riving plants, and this. year my Y Wheat abest 4 aeres, 
sire E d fea ied bolus са уз riled m фа Nie them. When you consider all these things, you will find is igi 4 taele, dark in ear and the straw’ 
S, the * Pen also be 6. A же; ridge; as, if A "tis 4 di m. t of p rud м ; my. E M Foe sample |} о -— "he eer it into 
on "s LX y get too iine likel ebtor and creditor account of eve а eld. ik yand it was my de ina to | it > 
iP aaia if Fe Mea m is ein. hlv el У | You ean mak 0 because there is a money riek of straw, untied and not to be threshed; but E 
itis beat to M on tes flat, a as they then get Lm p nibus value oria tod it, or Carrots if you sell * but as have been advised w be to the horses’ 
є к to Turnips an asture it is quite an im in using it for litter, and that as blig corn will grow, 
ture from the soil than do in ridges; th F wm: 5 , 
cannot be cleaned if dirty on the fat. his s Barley (Debtor). Е а. d.| Barlej (Creditor). € s, 4 though unfit for food, my would all be covered 
‘having been во d npo ata (June 17) and all 1 Ploughing * 0 9 0| By 5 qrs. of Barley, at with Wheat from the dungheap. I have, therefore, this. 
the weeds nearly being killed, Mr. Vallentine has drilled| 1ш Р 3 70 $ e named" 110 0 day sheaved it, and put it into a rick, mot tobe thatehed, 
most of on t; this part of 8 bush. of Seed at ds. 012 0 but to be run through "—— 
may dry. Towards Ireland — ag 8 Е : — iar aeta ae Bet cien 33 
land ey are al (or nearly во) drilled on н apos some: of these esre:do: 3 
the ridges, if the ridges are rolled after ben j| Mowing =: гоз 0 area IIa red — — онна, сад. 
ун bino ене good ө the ridges and the flat. — алво ы 6 0 Vo sag t v Np n аа 
Nos. 18, and 1 have been drilled on the flat; hrec 0 7 0 3 sigo Lui cal ca only 
of 3 and 5 has been ridged, and pes 2 " is p be drilled Rent, my fe. 110 0 £3 17 9| Another — is - ce wae — 
on e. me е flat; about 2 acres in No.! 1 £312 3 acti ины dne infected, ought I not to have cut it down at once? It 
the Potatoes , Parsnips, and Mangold Wurzel are ridged «P ee а, б е у ср 
the Carrots re drilled on the flat. — 2Ploughings *, 0 16 0 Sold, 18 tons at 5. 4 10 0 last year in several crops— Beans, Mangold Wurzel, 
Ti The. advantages of winter ma manuring are more n “9 0 Expenses — .. l | Swedes, and орача Potatoes—and all -differently 
especially shown on stiff clay soils where long gree — fi молеа УЕ: Ек, ! e ridge the yard; a the same, 
18 applied ; it then ipe 7 it more porous Dung | ft: 0 3 6 with lime from the neee t iiv large coat of 
tible to the weather, and in the d x iet scie n. ot Seed, at 6d. 0 2 0 ashes only. But this 
Пр, breaks down and ршуегівев mu ore readily. 2 "1 i : erop. the ten Potat infect the whole field? 
The difference between winter and —— сап! Rent, 252 ID. &c. ..110 0 n sending some eommunicati years’ 
easily be the ground which was manured in . ago, I observed whata dreadful thing it would be if the 
Winter being more like n mould, as regards fine- 5.14 „ Toss» fi 4 3 disease, then first showing itself in the Potato, should: 
bes than that undunged. All land, if possible, should see that on the Barley crop there was a infeet the Wheat; and if the Berberry is not the eause in 
be manured in the winter, the manure of course be g | profit of 3 31. 178. 9d. реи acre ; but ис Ње * gd my un erops, I f. my зепзіоп is 
Ploughed in, especially on stiff clay soils, An example | loss of II. 4s. 3d. per ac ; hence, the two crops being The clergy are upon at times 
2 this ( i manuring): i . 2, about there is a gain 8 "Ol. 138. "Gd. The root crop ю pray le * weather” or “for rain, and 
тоба Nos. 3 and 5, and | aere in No. 1; in 3 and | would, rn blight t South Hants. 
„ Bly made to your ‘inquiries respeet- 
and 29, got ae hay with their — gg $ rie — € timber d several months back. Thirty years 
