700 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE 
T T E. 
roughly convinced keep the land loose, it only requires the drills to be 
helps a a б da Эй ‚ depths, | plo ou oy split back, now and then, as occasion may | 
ve of soil, inclination, the time comes for applying the manure | 
E urnips ; or, instead of splitting ep drills 
- “ bottom, the drill о neave | 
, CO rills, and drawn pe sh “horse; | 
may ө; тап Чо, followed by a double plough, to raise 
up the mould a id, on one occasion, E in the 
ure and finish the drills ofi in the autumn ; but where 
iekweed and бй annuals, the 
, по on 1e C. | 
a de pm “absurdity of laying do 
distances for drains, irrespec 
Ke. " ерау т ы m kind of logie to con- | 2 
demn an as ignorant because in his hum mility he 
vites С gems the DM of Bread to confirm his | 
ws. C. Ex 
| 
e Drainage.—Mr. Joshua Tri rimmer has done 
and gravell 
во as to counteract any bad eff 
weather, and in about 
cation of the manure to the soil I turn and 1 
without 
pr ule in ra ming to leave nothing 
| to-day undone for 
as well as all other — 
to pei: 
. Mr. Todd, 
time of sowing. ! I believe, toy zn the influence of the 
anures, having lain in con e soil through 
the wi n and impre d 
good effect on the growth of lan 
refer to, ‚= кА. аше beautifully, zv grew large, d 
ned too early. 
ri 
2. Mr. tm ders son, ut Edinbw ж 725 do not approve 
in most soils of ploughing or trenching down quickens, 
although I have freque ally prac бг the latter mode ; - 
but it not proving satisfactory, I discontinued it, and 
whether such pursued a system whi в І foun 
t with economy. р 
Now that the 2 of direction of . ада is fairly more effectual. As to 
afloat let it be fully discussed, that the ing of the as much of their коа аз 1 either close cut- 
Gazette may have a practical effect. J. Bailey Denton, | ting with the sickle, or more generally by mowing with 
— — tl sey the, as I hold i re profitabl emo 
dde sueh straw that is A esit left as stubble into the 
stack-yard, afterwards to converted into manure, 
Societies. бад о Plough it pese ith the view of enriching the 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL , SOCIETY | soil d, regard to ploughing down Perm ond 
OF IRELA &e., I vei found it diffieult to do, so as to exclude the 
AvurUMN CLEARING or S Oct. 11.—At the and to decompose them ; and this I found to b 
meeting of the Irish Farmers' Club, hich has gro more difficult in light porous soils than in deep loam or 
out of the Agri Society under the vigorous | clay land. І found it more advisable to trench such 
management of th y, Mr. kness, a discussion deep тулу hy | paring саса іп broad fur by two 
on the Aad чүн етй was n day shea by that | hors ugh, with slight feather upon 
gent ing addres: reported in die: — Е due e to be deeply covered by another 
the Journal of tl 7 we cull the following extracts. | common plough following with tw ses ; and if th 
hd, eet three of the re uis e by Mr. Hark- | land stiff I frequently used three horses, or two 
dodo to En Scottish, and Irish corre- oxe ho: But method of autumn cul- 
— 2 ts. ture which J latterly pursued, and which is found to be 
1. John Grey, Esq. 8 1 9 Iston.—In answer to query Ist, the ter à series of practice of various 
1 сап tell you how I m. y years a id a| modes, immediately after the ground was cleared of p 
farm of Couch, and bring it into such condition that its| erop, to commence ploughing, upon the porous light 
vent was advanced l., during the years I had it in | soils, as eep as two horses with the common plough 
vn pation, to 6007., when I let itagain. in uld do with ease, as the would admit of, 
my minority, arm in question, which is my property, But if the land was of a stiff nature. I Бе» break- 
consisting of a strong loam, on the side of the Tw. furrowed it by laying one fu ove another ; by 
mear Berwick, had bee by my guardians, and ill- h means not only e weeds were 
by the tenant. Although at a distance of 1 mposed, but the Jand much ameliora xposure 8 
es from my residence, I resolv ke it i and frost duri i e 
^ of clean- 
s ; 
and to T a Lise 7m 3 lived with me to take char 
of it. 
0 g ope 1 
as alarmed at the sight. ot ing, &e.; which, if the land was light and porous, 
so fal of C Couch, that he said is a ould | I commenced crossing with a common grubber : — 
ou must not 
t to fonia m of a = eqni : cross- "uocem with two hors 
А = rot it underg d ‘We set four a co n plough, and after gave the land 
autumn, two and two following the 8 e for a green crop. The kind w 
а; » with а broad-share, se implements I and most generally 
preferred, 
e modern etie s plough, a subsoil | e 
re steady, and do not commit 
dw uch damage when the plough comes in contact with poh — eart, and all that was iet 
ing a ast s, &c. I also used ru of suitable | for getting in a regular crop of Turnips, was still be 
e | weight to the kind of 2 and then reduced — nd ploughing to the full depth; and if there should int 
horses uld with a r and iron di shaped | Couch left, I put Finlayson’s harrow „ then 
those harrow. The Single-wecle plough I have pn and | worked fine with a roller and eomm for the 
uded en it used with great advantage when the land was | picked Off the weeds, and ridged up int to drills in ie 
юан of it clear of stones, within the tillage depth, but d it | seed. "e cleaned stubble land 1 
nd Jay til is slow, and makes very imperfect work. As to the same ras skim-ploughing an M 
oa M» oss the -h ber with searifiers attached, and the | weeds, then ploughing gt land to the “fall depth, and 
Jo [51 des horses aa ч the depth of 4 = iron ghs with wheels, I have never seen with Finlayson common harrow e 
Жэ Ыы ава: т ae um in a ^ and them in ti ve frequently admired them as the Сөеш. "left theland in Му state pare 
Md th x alae, for’ fehe ving Couch to pick | implements likely to succeed if the land was sui ‚аз when І r it up, p in the 
The ба of this а Lu pe rked for Turnips. described, for the zia geta чүү plough, 2 not other the Beans, and after € ‘them in, hone in 
int acti: à dui d aden ae "def оде ringing fresh soil wise. But m а strenuous advoca the most ridges rn down again. uired no W 
ак ЫЫ, n ionge n vas very re- | simple нае ао of all kinds of farm im coding өе, as I pulled when juin and peo |. 
the farm, which v" this king м апа и >d produce of | which I 0 rom experience to be most suitable my pigs, which thrive w em, and eat eve „їй, 
as M йн to b ау, ieh occupation for the generality of servan d occupied with | except a small 4 of the root-end of the pods м, 
i de ily Arii ws ЫЙ, m — ipd 1 of eultiva- various obstructions—I cannot recommend c mplicated саге is um ave them cut before ae urnip ep. 
plan whi a LE ME ot ool K e weed. Another implements for any purpose, od expense and unsatis- | forme p was suec 6 by а manure , 
к me ora Me enefit is, in early nutu „factory work of whi are erally admitted and drilled i in with bones, v ЙА ару of rcr 7 
: avc Es ef a е in P. thin objected to. I invariably cle a as early was done; an a g 05.5 | was 
do ble vu 1 f s 7 uch, &e., posu and, in order to facilitate ie I frequently | advantage of der ee land cleaned in germ 
latter, if soil admits), s id to ji ill brok commenced ploughing [pt the stooks in harvest, | then found out, being a saving of a кешш would not . 
tes tie 2 ie till broken up for | which were carried into regula аг rows, ming the time of getting Y the seed into the ground. As tim the 
2 ittle need for m is ching mE Dos hoe rabbi re api ng for ^ е admissions € igh. a ereland permit for oerang a all the stubble land туд 
over 3 астева day flowed by ig ы беек», sili | die тойы dfe enten, portion intended for spring Vetchen [M 
£I is needful, till it io pdt В, nd n reception a green crop, it would ‹ certai pl be a great Mangold Wurzel, ай ploughed with a ; 
; I u me to set it up in dri | Saving of time and labour to ap 1e manure to the land furro soon a aft 
furrows. ene it saves time in at t ost venient sui on prior to the|i 
lan | arrival of springs provided n manure, to be so applied, 
aon propt ecom te, as T always s preferred 
re, that much hacknied theory of ure 
ting its fertilising qualities by ex ы to and 
rain, &c., I carted out the rm-yard manure in winter, 
| and mixed it properly with sea ware, if near the sea, or 
ihe ond 9 Ei  ireqi any other com. i for decomposing i 
8 N d il e. rA док бейшен F 
E Р, ч y n drill. profitable, in so doing, in situations where ood ; 
autumn, way preserved in | and in such a high state of cultivation as to produce a 
Sie mig dy ord r through "i әс which regular successio cuttings of crops, Ke. 1 
* might Dave been made v “Sse tt yo) e ree als 
when weeds appear; and ito the sides, and ridged up top, aoxietimes thatched, 
England, —— ok 
on the land as I E 5 feed, at ‘the 
rapae all 8 lan 
* 
was carted I ploughed up t the 
consumed 
may add, that 
s get the be WA Or my ewes 
and early la ana vi mbs an outlet through the 
канен, to go over the field as they liked, 
There was not much autumn cleaning done in this land, 
as the стр -— used for this purpose. The. 
ploughing dow mall weeds, and keeping die 
surface clean with the hoe, till the 1 12 closed in the 
poss 
to expose it to the sun and air, To get ore кш 
of acres quickly, I fitted a wide-skim share on a 
MP dry w 
8 poni Pus ag as сте to 
the weeds 2 de ria Thes т dd with the 
ear in ‘the first "ie into rows, which were forked | 
together at once and bu ва The land well harrowel 
M ti ing weeds d shaken out on the 
e, whicl MA an 1 ed and burnt. 
1 dier gave 7 land a “fair coat of d ploughed un 
and segetes tely sowed winter Уем "When eo 
them with the harrows, any Couch-grass that 
below the skim-ploughing, and — ae with ‘he 
dee hing, when covering in the dd 
eie i - d "i eked off - land, These ce 
were eaten on the land by th е зр аз : m 
nips were — sumed, and, in doing so. was 2, 
Tur in 
xcellent c ery manures left on the land, which an 
