60 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JANUARY 24, 1857. 
propan, commanding more comforts and pouniviing skill can bring into operation ought to be adopted, to , the isp ig moisture and the whole of the Saag, 
How pleasing it is at Michaelmas to see | facilitate harvest Chern HOP Sy ae also in the event of a amp air would be driven out of the s . In Pi) 
tera eet lad and buxom lass at the next ae town, | difficult season, to preven a great measure the therefore, a a rar da of pure air wap 
accompanied by the fond mother to direct them in | injury liable to be done to corn 1 ie rom wet, by hastening | impure air could be made to force itself ; 
spending their ‘ately speirabin S wegen scores of them | the drying of it, either in the stack or corn chamber. | a stack of the size named.” Mr, alam the: 
may then be observed re at evening with huge | The desirable advantages to be gained by tl metho 
eee of hats and Lie ‘ae, pet other clothing, of fk machines, when perfected and simplified metal, earthenwar » or even wood beneath th 
other year of service, and to in their construction, are such as must eventually | from which spring up perforated tubes to 
soother step in the: art of decoration, When th hey ie supersede the use of the sickle, inasmuch as by| desired. By the action of the blower, atmospheric 5 
at their cott lled together their operations the corn is speedily cut, much time | or any other gases, can be forced into the stack e, 
and more often than could ba, — Fa effects may and labour are saved, and the corn can be allowed, if | pervading the whole body of i 4 
arise from os thickly planted crop ; but far less are | required, a longer time to attain an advanced state of | abundant moisture pe a natural proce Seeti 
the evils taken pence than € ould be predicated of | ripeness. Their use also will be found to overcome ps ag nce on the same principle were also a i 
lodging 12 or 20 youths ne building, with only one | those difficulties which agriculturists have lately | for the pepan of ventilating corn when stored in thy i 
steady pare 2. fe the paira mending, and moral experienced in getting in their crops, in consequence of | corn chamber 
control of a as f harum scarum boys. svd are had the scarcity of labourers at the time of ha Lan S 
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master, so as to get through the year mit nothing + Soma the efficient working of reaping machines than when Farm Memoranda. | 
than an occasional tiff, but Mid few could be induced to | undrained and unlevelled with ridges and furrows} J ycnyirw NEAR QUEEN’s C y 
submit to the control of a “ co mittee . who could get a | In misty, showery, damp weather, it is considered the 18th ult., >: "i 
“ place” or had the Fae Etera of belonging to a “ home.” | better to run the ya. of a slight Saag " me stack, 
In religious matters “ one volunteer is worth two pressed a to leave the crop standing out fro o da ay 
men,” and if the clergyman can win here and there a | exposed to aifdrnats changes of mi iet, ‘oe an ae cab 
few of the young working class to assist him in a} The sheaves when taken to the s stackyard ‘should be 8 
unday-school or to take a part in the choir, why it | to all external appearance so far 
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rewarded ; for look at the reverse, the knowing, | gradually dry off w p ibalis any damage from weigh the — med ene ohnon Zoe = 
forward, loose and ignorant puppy, accustomed to slang | heating. Saeka wall pomer in this manner will ke eep 
and smoke, emulous of four-corners and pick and |ou ut any amount of rain, and tbe grain in them wi ill keep 
hustle, thence to hen roosts and orchard robbing, under | better and ay pouer, rai when enclosed and stored in 
the cognizance of constables, a victim to the beer | close barn e plan adopted by Mr. Charles Lam- ACREABLE PRODUCE. 
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an reliev: e mise ed stack yard CROPS. SOIL, | British acre. | Irish 
It may be presurned good parents will bring up good | open at their sides, possesses great practical advantages, | — oe: 
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village ; it is quite a different thing for a well-to-do | ported on pillars, and open at the sides for the storing of Dale's hybrid do... "| Reclaimed bog! 29 | 15 
class being accessible to the poor, honorary members of corn, save the cost of thatching and the materials used | Yellow _Glob3) Upland 2 
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ther promoters of schools, and giving them a | under them are more loosely detached, and bei eing White Belgian } 
lift when the “shoe pinches,” adding to their gardens, bapi ari admit of a free circulation of air amongst Carrots } Sonus geen cece 
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scension of patent charity with pity engraved on their | more rapidly, It appears, from an old painting which I The ese quantities do not er enter into , competition with 
supercilious approach, and receipts for s soup and in- | possess of the Dutch school, in which there is a farmstead | the enormous yields said to have been enai aa 
structions for the heathen, lumpirg the Jabouring | with covered sheds on ran open at the sides, that more localities ; but if careful weighing aaa ealeuly, 
so much stock for devout meditation or | than 1 tion be deemed sufficient data fro a 
mani ° on y, and common av grown 
One cup of the milk of human kindness would nourish | can b e brought immediately from the field in bags to be | very inferior land (which was valued by Griffith at 
the whole mass in a community of interests ; a glow | dried and threshed. Less horse or steam power would | 7s. 2d. per statute acre), the os arm being ape 
gratitude, an emulation of excellence, and a taste of jibe required by following out this plan, since scarcely | hilly, and consisting of either mpy 
real happiness that B hope will, before many years | any straw moa ld then pass thr moat the machine when | consolidated granitic gravel but t lightly covered 
have passed away, be shared alike as the feast of the | threshing. Another plan for drying corn is to have | peat, and plentifully aw rspersed with s le ruggl 
nobleman, the pastor, the farmer, and the peasant, | wooden or brick bu uildings, inside which to place hot | rocks; and in n every re ue m keeping w with “the pre | 
Ji We EON: water pipes on the floors. The damp corn is placed a ing inferior soil of ths lon l 
Say wish to ask your advice on the th e hot water pipes, the heat from’ the latter driving ou ou When, four years agos. Professor Skilling got poss 
following eee I keep a number of sheep in sheds, | the dampness from , is e sion of the farm rm, oe = onsidered only fit for poot 
and autumn I have lost several. The sheep are | through an opening near the roof by a fan or exhauster, aoa T inferior bok and very different indeed 
poi old Cheviot wethers, and were ES 5 in | worked by steam or horse power, until the operation x the crops it then produced from those whieh it 
September at Falkirk. I began feeding them on|completed. Dr, Ure states that ‘genial air thrown now w yields. 
Italian Rye-grass, on which they did well. As the| by a fan into the basement story of a buildin ng oie The land which has produced the crops in question — 
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When they got the Turnips they began to ie. I firat | tenantable from such stale Quri apgr redni peee 
io the Turnip tops; these were topped, but | of wind and weather.’ "l'he con densing oes gerere and substantiate the views he has so long maintai 
T eee iba stopped the Cabbage, |as executed by the engineers Messrs, Easton and | and promulgated in his writings and his lectures, Yiz- 
saa e sheep got ethic but a nips, straw, and | Amos at the Biken Club House, rakts ry a large l, That agreeably to the old Roman maxim, & 
for t eeks, when I|fan F revolving rapidly in a cylindrical case, and is|farm well cultivated is better than a large one miè 
thoug try a very sm all ‘toa ed per day of | capable of throwing 11,000 cubic feet of air ir per mnie managed. 2, That there is, comparatively, little really 
eB, They is t this pepara Sk two days, and I lost | into a subterranean tunnel und basement story. | bad or worthless land in Ireland. 3, That 
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reine which sanke i any Cabbage or tops ; ier. were | apparatus at the Bank of England, independently of | mode of managing land in Ireland is b 
ree later, and I have it lost one sheep from that | ventilating several a: ts, i t to the severest | wi i i 
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a eep in other respects have done v ; the tion to the plan proposed by me, in the dawing fai laid ys : 
ern? paid was only 27s, and they now pilai fal ly | before you, for dryin, ng damp corn when sta cked, &e. I|employment of ho expendi: i the farm * 
widii'ear knowled; Wainy ates ‘viding’ it po havo alluded to pie $ ery te ed storing of corn | always, where practicable, be preferred to that which ® 
gee impuni s where ic ai hg : 
sdrstgs to sheep, We seitas tas heme | etait i maeta o Ge atone ely done by horsn ato mc sper 1o, and bas 
i i the more effect ng of advantages over, the la , That on every 
peo in the od haning re great a quantity of damp pase a have also alluded to the proposed use of managed farm on which sufficient num be 
sheep anap milai choy” saa D vows addony given to the | such circumstances the anne purpose. If then, under | are kept and judiciously house-fed, there will always Bë 
field. W. C. S] p $ e free a rly Grover ie eee for all purposes 
atural or artificial means, has been ¢ okati proved | augmenting, which will not only raise the 
— to absorb pema S ve ee or any other, | quality of the crops, but ly i f 
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ay i eiaa 2 beh into the body of a sack when a 4 o eR cy “ae Eat 
iù Stack.—Mr. Malam, of Holmpton, observed: The Venti $ of its moist common opinion among farmers, that only 
serious injury t in wet the | s ya TAS a current of air is | classes of inf stock are ted to 
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period of harvest has lately excited the toa of par ee pn created are, that t e superfluous mois- | fallacious, even mischievous ; and area a 
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i to the it * ose dam gnant air in the body of a stack | himself has ed in his ow: erience. 
devised to hasten harvest operations, and the drying of | them pec bY the artificial condensed air driving | ealled eer bad’ land may, by proper mana 
corn in the stack when in a damp condition are $ em out, when impelled by a blower worked by steamor | made to uy best of stock, and that all 
every effort is made in fine Petes get the crops in 1000 dabie % Ay! enon the quantity of air in every | stock cola ept in any part of Ireland if j 
a proper dry state, yet there are num R > c teet of straw and corn in a stack to be about | and care 
t ul feeding, 
- where industry and exerti Spaa T gen | pa cubic feet, then there would be 360 cubic feet of | an and g ht action he p a pet to Oa 
e uncertain characte TEF in a stack, say 60 feet long and 40 wi > E pen town, we believe yen aap i correct iu oe 
e Me hi Ps of the Soutents of 72,000 cubic feet. | that the foregoing particulars si ec 
cubic ng a blower with three horses’ power, 360 | fessor Billing as the cardinal points in suco 
| heart of the apor 2iF or more could be thrown into the | what may be PP y termed, high 
He stack per minu; minute, in which period part of A Student, Queen's Ooll-ge, Galway. 
