eee 
т 
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46—1853.] 
below, and Ре tariff adopted by Мг. must be conducted, i EDS so perfect as they 
Culloch d. imagine. had 
asin or — . per ul 6s., 64 i|  Whoev LA orward movement in practice or | 
1,566; 8s, 81" 6 '8 | science must expect nei on from those who have 
is Cams. No price stated { "say b 8s, 410 0 : ^ 
Ws. Oat: sa by Mr. MC. 1 „ 258, 28 16 0 | acquired v 175 inter in things as they are. Por 
$900 „ На 8 „ 5 3 2 seven ere battle of Mid aii n and | 
ин » ore ” аса — 9| the furrowed Vie oh on which it rests, as a question in 
2 i * * * 7 
f 7 10 pure geology, with those e logists who have vested 
хт; ma PD T interests in asitis. I have come off victorious 
£203 6 2| 
In my paper of rh er I adopted Mr. M‘Culloch’s | th 
figures, given in his as the value of the food con- 
sumed. I shall — aud ebene how it happens | a 
that his figures Е accord with the above; but I! 
shall assume ani own — as correct in calculation, | 
estimated price. 
and very low in We arrive, therefore, 
now at this result : 
Value of food consumed as above дг " 2 
ast and ir 5 head of cattle for 100 days, 
say 3 per cent. on 6507. ... X wn AM RO JD 
Attendance i ftl 00 days, at 15. 4d 0 
£242 16 2 
Beef produced, 4003 imperial stones, at 6s. 6d. 24190 $78 
Cost of пе æ о catt 2 11 
Those exu were Abr with the litter used as “bated: by the 
reporter, say 
p. ton stray for Ls «а. fed фе a tons 
305, at 25s., 
Total sum which manure Fast 
Inow come to inquire what "дану of manur 
to cover the above cost. I 
P authority, Morton's “ Cyclopedia of Agriculture,” 
estimating тан m ph uced at three-fourths n 
the weight of the food co stria which, in the cas 
of box-fed ea ae" whol will pr in e shape s 
manur 
solid stall-fed b e-half will 
bein solid manure, de othe © half in е. I derive 
from this that there was ridus 0 
з Solid itd 
yv E 
from the box-fed beasts 
From the wwe "ad 
Litter as 
35054 
Say of solid cM 1751 tons. Of this the value is 
generally estimated at 5s, per ton—and if we were to 
adopt a licher value we could not have Swedes at 
23554 
6s. pe 
Upon liquid manure I should be dispose ol to p ace a 
— in Ri: con- 
sidering, the о other т Aarne held in s 
ly equal to the expense of distribution. Of the 
urine of fattening oxen, there is no analysis that I 
сап find recorded; v 8 а con- 
tained in it at 1 per cent. (which is nearly double of 
Boussingault's oce as to urine) we have— 
235 cwt. (2632) Ibs. ammonia, at 6d. per Ib. 
Total yalue of manure 
being 487. 13s. ld. less 
assuming that lean 
e m when — 5 and I believe the ex 
perie 
iddes is that ET 9% a lango 
Jo wonder, then, that aims, 
gland, 
o him as a ‘portion of the meliora—better 
iar on THE 
"KEYTHORPE 1 OF DRAINAGE. 
45 12 6 i 
= ил follow that § 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
o ha 
draining as it is. I expected v be attacked by iius, 
» have wondered m 2 attack did not come sooner. 
expected they would c n one another, to 
le [ off a little poder at “the 
0 
up-and — and gri 
Denton for the latter — each ealling itself practical 
and scientifi, and cmd 
‚ ап forth. are all opp 
8 ы capit drains acro 
sometimes right and some- 
CUL NE e researches e show 
r ын varie 
I expected an attack, 
r. Denton, — of all the practical and scientific 
roaches the nearest to 
roac 
If he will read the paper again, he will find t 
|'eross it vie dua that — have sufficient fal | for * be 
vin to run a a free channel, wi any violation 
e la vity, and without 
lanl, in order to filter pet e the soil 
down the hill. Again Жыш ўе only cross 
Ws, the para allel 
ain, Mr. о a thing A 
is creditable, but that success ma gained a 
that such must be ub die — 
n opposition to the laws of gravity, 
of the to 
i I will say, for I have as 
eat fait . Denton of i at 
successful on cannot be eff in to 
them, You, who have not m E ve 
shown that the Keythorpe system is with 
those laws, under the conditions of N — egg vun 
lovcHr to be proud of the space which my name I hav ribed, qu then comes to 
occupies in the сета of your Number TE E 29th | Are ali soils homogeneous ? Are not such soils the excep: 
of October. A letter by Mr. == vae. Den 1 nd a tion rather than the rule? Do they generally rest on 
leader by you, all Mibut Mr. Trim my fri à, Mr. | furrowed subsoil or substratum! What are the circum- 
tacked me, and you spas t 80 LES, meret stances under which they do ot? These are questions 
me that 1 gta have been well content to leave the which I r. Denton, on his reputation gne 
miter as you have left it, if I did not fear that the | tical а tific , as who has many 
es of m be liable to misconstructio 
ction, 
awn the 
1 service - 
ЖЫ doen sir aneo, o ái 
ology. He then dec has told. 
Lex rivately, that I have m ea a advocating 
did Keythorpe system of draining, and im ' 
ion of principles which I had ina from 
d. fore I sate Je ey 
by Lord On that pie he sa 
p "Denton av on 1 rig any matured, Wi 
» oils ita for 25 years, and pn isal 
t man s brief span. here 
them—in 1 Wales, or . — 1 
deposits which Т have called 
class of 
whieh had hitherto escaped o 
much 
— нау eology before | 
І combine. its an 0 words 
ue ballon | 
that their vier heu subsoils, and 
M the principles on which T and efficient draining 
my 
enton he E со eg ea tea) on having | | such o 
n rid: the lind of a tribe of very no 
pred of the ae yos it to the чыш. agency 
rd and аа if he thinks 
dare 
rrespondence. 
| Home Co be 
Slugs —How is it that «D ^ allows slugs to destroy | 
his erops? Leth six o'clock on a moist 
ing and give it a ith fresh lime dust, 
about 20 bushels to the aere, at a cost of 3d. per bushel, | publie. 
5 any destroying 
hi А 
е great goo that must be derived in a бот 
conta point of view, — frequent and deep stirrings 
ency of the atmo- 
Laer of the case esting à very crop 
0 
and scientific authorities in Oats off i in the above year, we set to ayn had it well |] 
xterminating the bad 
fallowed in the autumn, 
ка Марш» it a good ia ie Pai gs 
.|if not the best field 
the subterranean | inereased, at 
h b my ecd benefited by ie expenditure. 
B 
| state it remain 
| recourse to such operations as were necessary to 
| keep. the i jection. 
June it received its 
with white Turnips about the 4th of uly, koi 
| I should е 
time, as the 
ear after it —— un 
again followed 
year), which, Ten considering the 
season, 3 
of Wheat we had. 
these ae j with the view 
at 
m 
— 
i 
— 
< 
ма yer when w 
or eight loads of ES fold. yard 
T e a pretty deep uoa — — = it юр unite 
wit th the different Lis of * soil 
2 conelusion, it is intended to 8 
‘ith Ef ‘Wore and P next 
, when we то 
pouce dressing of old. yard manure, C inh $ 
| i shoul 
of Mangold W 
ourse to 
| companies сек 
1 of e capital, there is none 
i than * The 
n 
Improvement Cod) ny." use of its powers, the 
owners of entailed or heavily encumbered estates may 
Е obtain capital, at a moderate rate, to improve 
their estates, and in this wa; 23 national wealth may be 
same tim 3 are being 
either fi Pa mark, grae 
rom е ог 
individuals ‘The life owners of thema 
A a invest- 
а) for the eA of sums to rar ^ 
Берт the security 
22 of landowners to have effected by its — but, 
a novelty, 
à for gue time will be little understood,. — 
n 
SA eod 
uci terms than by an ordinary mort y 
present to the public a new and most desirable security > 
they will be „ bills of exchange, payab at 
and transferable by simple 
from They will bear i ve 
does | wet. Now, I must ask those wh o take any interest 
tenants before iw deduction 
han ч y 
3 -yearly ; and as they 
e estates after they have been enhanced by tie 
the seal of 
and 
deep a chain apart in 
prejudice has in iir jndgmient ; and 5 oe 
little doubt, — " may not know it, that 
E бран сч (who still drain 18 inches deep in the : 
