138 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Fesruary 28, 1857. 
ad set agoing, and after Ichaboe had 
been anicevabed: Both of a ese sane will how- 
e been set in pae o or 
e| THE 
dininig appears 
manures, but in the manner of using t them, so as to 
render what t they use more EER o% more wholly | ¢ 
efficient for the purpos eee o these points 
however we mus brates raga 
discussion on the Keythorpe system of 
for the present to have been 
place of Ichaboe, and fe cial manure market | brought to an end by an.exchange of letters between 
be spurred on to vedoubled activity. r der | Mes TRIMMER and e he 
full efficiency however of Ichaboe | pamphlet published by latter, in which the 
o the 
of 1856 and 1857, e must, like that of 1845 and 
1846, be freed fro i 
Captain toare- 
one ad rite ale it is for the 
war ew m 
ntaraste of ipadlar that it should be liberally 
acknowledged. But a new ape a suċh as that 
which kas left us in the lur Peruvian 
supplies, must not be pontia if the influence of 
the aay al body can hinder And we are 
d to see that this ion one of the points urged by 
the Highland Society’s deputation on Lord STANLEY 
of Alderle, : 
sive right tos 
to Captain Onn, in ote Arabian 
Tord TA expressed himself favourably in 
d to two first points; the third may not 
Kokil be brought under the notice of both 
Houses of Parliament. 
Fes 
The value of Captain O s dependent 
eff 
Sone quantity and anaia of the -Adta deposit | mate 
oly. The jas if they ha 
exercise. And to some extent:we suppose that they 
are the clever exhibition s ‘irony in fun ” which 
o | Mr. aan takes them 
epoin nts, howeve er, to which Mr. TRIMMER 
attention is the obstacle 
giving « actual sections of thes 
had examined, and he says 
a a, Asaan were dra 
F | sections, aak Eo ould te multiplied, £ them 
ent from the numerous marl and clay- D opened | 
in Norfolk for the improv iei of t 
request the reader to observe how sn nill a port ion 
of the deepest furrows falls biloy the line of 3 feet,” 
he inference being that a cross-cut 3 feet deep 
would on me eat majority o of them 
Mr. Den the “Keythorpe 
id 
— 
-| necessarily fall 
oe by Mr. Trimmer before 
ae Keythorpe as an illustration of it, are 
sony 
“ cual this = Mr. Denton does mes to 
controvert the testimony of those and com- 
tent witnesses who 
drai 
atch took place (only a few hours after the cessation 
d, and on both points the infor-| of a he rain of forty hours’ eontim 
appeared is sa r. | what it was described to be. All he contends for is, 
Cartrp pero the 2 eet! on one of the islands that the Keythorpe drainage should no fed called 
ns, and the composition appears from | 8ystem—a term for which he appears Mi e a great 
en. which were communicated | abhorrence when applied to any drainin. at his own 3 
meting of the Penicuick Farmers’ Club, near at his epiteni is, whether at equal or unequal 
last week, by Mr. Tuomas M‘Lran. intervals, he has not informed us. He repudiates the 
diron d he rejects drains at 
a n Capi On, “and after ei fo na to atari some such 
unequal intervals, those ‘intervals bein ng determined by 
trial-holes, and by the subterranean conditions of the 
bich rı 
A Diem e 
becoming 
in 
Bgt eem p a a 
_ stock from inclement w: 
= pa a a — accomplishment of the desired end 
ost, 
fj} dm 
d | arrangements 0 
s modern 
c 
o:scale from actuat | 
n 
Y There are also attached to these buildings, sigi p 
- of advantage to = +: ay mara —s 
e the particulars any 
results have been = ater by 
were uildings to such objects, without incurring = 
avish BE ai which too often accompanies 
schemes. y- sail 
I have erg had the pleasure of Ù prag u ion 
alterations of this kind made by Willia 
an 
Morla Sq.) 0 f the Court paps Lam min Kent, 
on a farm on his estate in his Occupation ; and jt 
struck me that I ldom a, more i 
dena i 
so 
By iaaio f Mr. Morland’s are (itr, 
Whig ieee z am sodhiois to a a plan and deseription — 
of the tenn &c., which I submit are onl 
ul t rrant a space for them in your valuable 
may premise that they are not given as a model of 
of this kind, but as an instance o of inge. 
nious and he adaptation of old farm buildings tp 
a pa P 
Firstly, a old b rn was converted into a chaff hous, 
with loft over, settiadeesily large to me a chaff-cutter 
n pr and a 
ma adjoining the r boiling 
nvenient a building, 59 ftx x ee con- 
rows of e boxes with tral path, 
angles again a parallel with th o chaf Mi 
sheep pens, also new, with open 
ae cs e, ng filled Bes ae wood ashes, and 
ing the The Idings are well 
ventilated. On the “side of reg yard Pee: to the 
ttle boxes is a barn, fitted up w a threshing 
ooms, 
re ai ning ain 
At right 
are the 
no 
a straw house conveniently connected with | 
tains a do rack, with mangers, for 
rom. The cattle of different ages are also a 
divided ; anda gi of water is main 
Seg — and an engine house. 
gas orland’s 
they have oniy two things to do—feed and sleep.” 
The healthy appearance of the cattle shows that- 
system í = treatment adopted is good. They are in fine 
© 
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= 
P “Bae 
th different parties as would secure for him a | Surface of the pi fae bed, w cabin draining 
rd | A he-at length, slong willt two merchants necessary. what principle t a TA would ask, does | condition, although ea m informed by Mr. Ro daily 
J in obtaining a license ment pes fed 0 n Oat s and of cotton cake I 
Hig po ae laa aoc ia he i ited rite ace hie dista is drains at equal or their being 
dom with pamp small royalty aew ton | Unequal intervals ? pen Ma gs nat with the fall | This ae be attributed, i in a great degree, to 
quantity impe and with certain conditions or| of the peo or are they not? These are questions | Sheltere 4 
ctions which I pamane emery eag oa mild character | which, as my frie 0 y, m : be answered,| Th =e year’s calves prove that the pine 
e Briti - T bules it — a r ar fore we can get at pn! facts of the feeding throughout is worthy of notice. They will 
he transaction that Government should send a ship of war to) “ AS ds the economy of the Kirit system, | sold fat re they old, and probaliy 
protect the shipping opera arar eri of . About the month | it is useless for Mr. De ENTON , oe to mystify m weigh from 75 to 80 stone. Their food consists 
Ba ori rag es “e roi ie a6 ot eg I| subject with a mass of figures, or by reference to bushel of Hay an w mixed in equal ee 
matter, I went to Liver ol in ‘hea cling a 1 Pi ab «5. | of the drains having been laid, by way of oraehen oak with 2 Ibs. of cotton cake, 2 lbs. of Bean , 
zE pi bet perpar issa paa hi oe with wood nductors. The cheap: of t 1 lb. of Maize. They are allowed half a } a 
oF foe: the copartnery in the enterprise. He showed me a good Keythorpe system, as he has often been told, does not | 6 A.M., nd "n 0. At la feed of Swedes, 
a Be, s peice Tang saad papan tha ~ Artech from the shallowness of the drains nor the pri a = in the th 1 ae ee cs th preg 
_ Analyses of three sam land labour and ma‘ rom the small ber of y are then lelt Tor nig wa “be is 
ee drains ` it which ven area can ka ee a gt boxes, iver en nied, of dung, 
Aotsedorgunie matter and fixed salts “i ns n= oe tah sane 2 Te. cinch dn shocks xpenied be oe 
- _ ammoni. 23 31 | attention id to sik 
_ Phosphate of lime ~. -- s+ 72 50 38 | the form of the herons “of that vetedtivs hed, "Without once plough with a two-ho: gh, about & 
s ana sikelin miphaissanimariaie x a eS | which draining would not be requi inches deep. A subsoil plough follows ap = 
ae Ra ae af ee ee ee wi frm drains at intervals of | moves the earth six inc deeper ; = | «inches 
oes z er. ose i es OS yh Se 8y the saving by the ythorpe system on altogether, whilst the e ger 
eo 100. 200 io one ite tale in the number of drains required. com- | deep. ‘This system of cultivation on land Morland 
ee ne aii | header: aart agas ins at intervals of 10 heri ~~ feet — sas well subsoilod ee me „meriy# 
we ee a get E a Vik aant to aes to grow 
of Ichaboe| You may make pos drains of w aa u please ; | would have Braat ponimpatoll folly to attempt it. 
you may charge what price you please for labour Cost of roofing = at neuloa exclusive of timber- 
of materials, and Aerer so that you use the x 52 ft. gi “a 
same prices Keyth and t : ree | 
systems ; and still the ed te a system will be the re trove Bangar viates tas 17 by 30. atone. f 
cheapest by from 30 to 50 eoarse sheet, 368 l 
om per cen Paid for ey labour | 
It seemed fair to give the defence of Mr. TRIMMER, penpan framing and putting ir mwen | 
as we have to some extent given the attack of Mr. Assistance from farm men at do. = ” z i 
con: the system how appears to us more | 8000 feet of sawing at ds, per hundred . ere 
ie to pica RE of gg. ape g e than of that su oam 
un ina; ed to ensure that per- ee 
cdl shat aiiai erator ugh the soil and subsoil, on Timber Used oe 
which so much of the current fertility of the land) y pa R w 
depends. The nap boot system acts, as we have pair 15, ae a 
guano shieh scann 160 fi Pathan cai a ni Sed eur 
“It is not sn wh on thd ws eat > said, by ta apping stores and reservoirs of water in 110 a eee ae a pe A 
a8 RA ON, mans and under the soil rather than by providing an uni- 50 Lion idm e 
that we have rainless shores frequented se fi Hori naxthilie of ta el Sr ee ee 
Bs w ” rcs « oe s.. wer a: Ze 
and b Govermnaee expedition such as/ The purpose it serves is a very valuable one, and GB, os gaa ee pie 
which | Srantey held ex} Sheen 48 ceil the: aonb 16: ws E 5 B.teet Posts sx wee “ 
doubt enlarge our resources from Se eee 600 feet of Slating Slips” 
vi tis eines great ses of apel at comparatively little cost. ae 1» Wen 
R caren ence mame aeae mene meea em aaee n ” Eaves a 
Both manure manufacturers | eer T am nee 
ers in the country | COVERED FARM YARDS. an pv 
led to look more i 
