THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
i 7, 1859. 
monia per cent. of a manure costs a boi or guinea. | monia, gypsum, comm 
That i s the general rule. d this t We quote asa words from the CRE aie 
«privilege ” secured to the members of our national |at the close of the Agricultural Journ q 
eties. Now there cannot be a doubt that such | charge by the possas of the English Agricaltarial 
men as Mr, Way and Dr. Vortcxer, D: rson, | Society. Let ns repeat tha Way's list of |j 
-and others co not undertake analyses for a /| charges are as low, no doubt, as the itoak lie of 
payment smaller—their tim aluab other | the time in a case ivoire permits. But 
and for other purposes, so that we have 
i ese remarks to imply either 
hundred = = buyers is it ar will undertake 
i sampies 
pre 
A. shall respective re 
for perusal ? Ninetynino will rather “ talo their 
e | lities_ in preparing his grain for market and 
only apply to ordinary market t articles, as guano 
oilcake, pr it of lime, sulphate of am- 
what farmers Went "i an immediate answer to 
their question at the Gi of a single silver coin, an 
with no trouble to themselves. And this, the me can 
be no doubt, they ought to have. And this too 
venture to foretell will very soon be offered hbo. 
What the cost may be, and the value i as of a com- | ¢ 
plete analysis must be discussed hereafter 
Are the farmsteads of the country such as they 
ought to be? Do they afford the farmer those faci- 
in 
impossible m dive affirmative answers to these 
r 
uerie 
e to see 
inferior il a m 
chance” of honesty and safety. ours a8 the servants employed in tae the 
There needs a policeman ready in the market “ ock ess productive of practical agar 
place to tak yaspicious characters into custody at | than they chu to be. Even where large and e 
once, and do justice on them summarily at much mas ve homesteads have been constructe valp is 
‘smaller expenditure, whether of time, or cash, or many a ease a great deficiency of prite 
venture to say that if in any con- tical deny i on the part of the deans: The various 
siderable country town and super- | houses which t oy as nearly as pé 0s- 
phosphates, nitrates and lisers | sible alongside each other are perhaps placed = 
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the thousand purc rchasers of all these things, being on 
the spot and seeking “custom ” between the purchase 
of material bought, he would 
‘soon fill his hands with work. 
pete this end, however, we must divide the exist- 
g charges at least Ki yen A Se opinion 
of "the _ ow em ano can very easily be 
given, ey therefore to be ot rire for half- 
eioi, Such an opinion “ will protect ira 
fraud ; but it is not pee to assist i te the choi 
of the nuine : it will 
specimens are 
the applicant whether a specimen 
il-eake, for instance, be 
or of oi adulterated or Sat 
but it will not toll ‘haa uestion of its relative 
value as a pure specimen. Taah an opinion will 
opposite sides of the Res g Ins tead 4 therefore of 
- daily operations being carried on with the least 
ssible -yepepem vay of labour, they must be under- 
taken under vantages resulting from the 
ber ics ngs being gy for 
ended to serve. the 
3 
ses for all this, and it is not too much to say that 
arm an inconvenient farmstead will 
entail a direct loss upon 
can be kept up cee the differen 
requiring to ntigu 
rmer will without fail be 
in a A aros er degree than 
and 
so designed that a short and direct  comminieafion 
mpartme 
to m re eliet the 
a gaine r, persas do 
he is himself aware of. 
as long supposed to be indiapensabls 18 the | 
Pend of a farmstead possessing anything like | 
ug suffici " 
. |in front to admit of the yard work connected wih 
be | t ing readily under 
series of buildings ranged woe a central g la 
constituting the cattle sheds and dung court ey 
roofs we ually unspouted an the 
Fortitising effect. 
the farm might be of better large 
on the farmst 
perly designed enclosed steading, e 
divisions of which are practically brar one tof, 
there can be no doubt that an i 
labour may be effected. But here pim 
tion pott Ir mutex ary proprietor who is donb 
f co ds being Coa to any other 
is it vane sible ae secure good ventilation? Andle 
it be at once admitted that it i vd a difficult matter jp 
give good ventilation in buildi 
it i by any s antonii one, 
plan is to supply pure air in small 
points where it eniently 
uantit ately than is necessary for the 
nae of £ the respitation of the accommodated 
„properly done, and the interior 
steading i is kept scrupulously clean, there w 
te no fear of delove ventilati 
pted with gre 
principle were adopted sexathtely The strat 
and the forage store yr be placed alo 
feeding-house—in a great measure u ne 
ings, ought to 
be that are to be erected in an 
cannot be. vy Te too distinctly before the mind, tt 
unless the designer of such erections is 
ac usina ith and mer Srg ws the te- 
quirements of a farmstead he cannot ae l 
tical men when his plans come efor the 4 
A TABULAR STATEMENT 
pF THE RESULTS OF HARDY axp SONS’ TWENTY EXPERIMENTS OF GROWING CORN ON THEIR TWO FARMS, MALDON, ESSEX, 1856, 
PRODUCE SHOWING THEIR LOSS OR 
LIMBOURNE BROOK FARM. 
No. of|No. of Seeding per /Produceper| Weight | State of the How cleaned |#*P©¥*€) Weight of | Wh 
Field, | | Variety. ; acre. |perbushel. Land, How planted, and pid rine p por trate jowi. Tasherep 
i | - 
ist 4} |True Fim 4 a bushel 5qrs. 5bush.| 661lbs. | Poor, & foul, | Drilled at 5 rows on|Scarified & hoed! 20s.. |Ver heavy|November| Various 
r {White Mummy. mixed soil. feach stetch of7 ft.4 in.| twice, & wee eg hsi | (too late) seeds 
2nd | -10 -> arn E 1 bushel 5 qrs. 64 Ibs. An & krat | Drilled 5 rows on 7 ft./Scarified & hoed| 20s. Heayy |November; Clover 
i y a in. stetch twice, & ed too la 
Pm n. |A certain portion |3 thinned out by| 23 pecks | Best and na, x Te ca? Pepys oo. , | Heaviest ; ihin s. 
of 1 stetch sae hand heaviest, 
» ” Same on thinned out | 2 pecks 64 Ibs. oe soe - 
“|”. [adjoining steteh A Kapsa 
Brd | 2 | Rough Chaffed | 2bushels |3qrs, 4bush.| 641lbs. | Poor & clean Broad casted Hand hoed:and | 6s. Light {December | Peas and | 
Ai Certain portion 14 pecks PETOA sot weeded (too late) | seeds 
i ”. cae Be ia a K pa 8s, 50 Ibs. ial ee 
Tre out Heaviest bb wee wen oer 43 Ibs. eae s.. 
ae adjoining steteb| ` 14 peeks i 
oa |» | E steteh 1 bushel 5 qrs. 64 Ibs. a sm ak gs. Heavy = oe 
sth | 8 | Tartarian Oats | bushels |[Notthreshed| Fine | Poor & foul Broad casted |Charlock,weeded| 12s. | Heavy Various 
thalathh stimt. 6 qrs. by women (too late) | seeds and 
i ee 1 stetch 2 thinned out 8 qrs. Heavy pale Po he Heaviest. wae Saat 
by A eae = | ; | z borers cn BEN Ho on Heavy y „> ... 
9 to» | Next stetch 3 bushels. Sars. Light ae ee hae Light i kat 
pes ent KNOWLE’S FARM. 
irs Prolific Red bushel  j4qrs.6bush.| 60 lbs. |Good, but very! Peas 
. . Rean ery; Drilled 5 rows on oes hoed, 
’ ‘Wheat. j á cee ateisti dirs 20s. Heavy October 
2 | 2 | Prolifie Red 1 peck 4 qrs. 601bs. \Good, but very} Drilled 2 rows Octo Beans 
, on Searified i eavy | : 
and foul | each side of the er eo -n 5 z 
stetches 
Early Potatoes 6 bushels | 100 bushels | 561bs.. |Good, but very! Drilled one row on 3 feet space out} 20s. |Dwarfy March ars 
foul the middle of 4 torked lig one centre i 
> 1 Prolific Red 4 bushel 4 qrs. 60 Ibs. | Good, but foul ina be ig ona | Forked and 25s. Heavy October Beans 
a: 1 Prolific Red $ bushel 3qrs. & good) 56 tbs. | Good, but foul} Drilled oor on rere a,| 30s. t,and | October | Beans 
ae plant Lu- stetch, aud sowed” and hoed t ataa Lucerne in| 
eis, me Sg broad ith Mareh | jas 
< hi | & |- ProlifcRed | } peck; trans- 4 qrs. 60 Ibs. [Good, but very tein thr k pit eans pagel 
Cepas planted 1 foot | Very fne 'foul N ee e Mann T s 
i and trans- 
o planted in i 
oi 4 bushel 1 qr. 50 Ibs. | Good, but foul | 4 rows on a stetch Hoed 10s. |Paiture, seed} “March Beans er 
sa es destroyed "a ber 
oi” _ TBM o| SUH. | SAM: Good, but foul} 4 rows om a'stetch” | -3 Hoed’ «| s, | Heavy | March | Beane |" 
