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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Marcu 21, 1857. 
“MEMORANDA FOR THE AGRICULTURAL 
wi pee 
m LAGE OPERA 
Dr. Madden’s dat of Tilth in Stephens’s “ 
the bg se Dr Well brs 
also more 
t Book o 
soil pow mers H air than it did; vd i 
absorbing an moisture. Com 
mre rtility by ty of Daraa 
e of feeding ground ote plants, withia the soil. 
ow as pow tillage operations tends to reduce the 
d of rticles within bic olas ase so to multiply 
presents to the 
the of manure, the preparation of a seed-bed, the 
nouns of the soil so as to admit of the rapid growth of a pant 
nit, 
operations are a cumbrous process at the best. In a 
rotation arable land receives aon ordinary manage- 
ings, at least two doz 
hree rolled, and 
ener t the ne et soir op! 
n the best circumsta: 
€0 salle in order to 
The 
tillage of ev on the 
day’ s food. These ‘ingredients are allowed to remain 
in the bin three days, during whi eit 
fermentation heat are prod suffi- 
ient to cook the whole, x if it had b hey ee tied to 
the power ot steam. observed that an eat is 
itted 
s | in the beware m 
eat 
erikejo er vite of horses walk 50 or | 
os evidently the consequence of the ahiri 
evolve d from the roots and chaf. There were 
as to 
f this mixture is 
given t vanni Ibs. of Tidessd cake per day, 
ist ee 6 o'clock a.m. iiri of ete and Turnips. 
2d AM, 
noon, 4!bs. rt 
P.M., mixture. . 
P.M. ditto. 
In 
uring the yes The cattle are sry hay yen “a 
the mixture, uch so, that there has 
ae experienced i in getting them to eat iy tr 
cake, ordinary feeding with Tu urnips, it is always 
aivi. that cattle wille consume e cake in preference 
ut not so in this case, as the mixture is pre- 
and placed in th 
horizontal floor. 
b thereabouts, so may lie at 
one another, so as 
and so as to lift a maximum of earth in ribs above the genera’ 
level to be pulled down as a seed bed by the harrows, This 
4 f poor aie rnal surface exposed however is not of very 
The pr practice of etd or“ Aie land previous to winter | 
is a mere a 9 
which ought to he eficien 
Harrowing is a mere su eration abe drag 
the furrow slice ace op out its depth is a most labo- | 
rious and inefficient implement, The work it aims at doing is 
th 
) that they | 
to expose a maximum of onrfate to the light, 
m were fat enough for the 
paid particular eo, to the boxes 
sat send be ps marg They w . feet square. 
as allowed to ac Solha ses 
| The ree 
2 feet, gt it was eae ved— 
Ma a weeks, and man 
teher. 
3 feet below, and adjoining the farm stable at one ont 
gre, 
g hastily or imperfectly work T 
harrow for | 
containing eight powerful, grey 6; tad A = i 
3 feet below the oxen- -house, ¢ ontaining eight i t 
with room enough for 12 head of cattle at the Si end. 
Tsee e oxen-house and 
r from these departments 
is duly 1 mixed and distabted ofes the piggery, so that i i 
the work yve the cultivator a apeiions —_ use of this 
nt follows the harrow oller, because 
travelling on ante tay it needs a Be ps4 level pie over which 
to be drawn in order to its working the soil to a uniform depth. 
‘Rolling is to 
ma 
chine, to harden a loose soil, to a, its fte. ations Pig cone aS the 
5. 
forms o! 
uses of it. Y light voles mere fit 
how elodcrushers may be neede 
the several operations may be put as follows:— 
Cost of Tillage Oper (Hazxton), 
PLOUGHING, 
Cost per a 
Acres, i 
2 sas Ter E aa ae sare er on 
— ploughing, on stiff soils, with 2 men 
re? oe 
me ty | ploughing, ‘on medium ‘soils, “with 2 ‘ 
Subsott ple pling, on light soils, with 2 men 
and 3 horses 1 
Rii ING. 
Harrowing once, 1 man and 3 horses 
Harrowing sage iy 1 man and 4 horses ., 
Harrowing o “Eg gheigeedts paee oe 
. 24 
. 32 
. 16 
"O deeply strong ge f yn and 
Grabbine light soil, 1 man and 3 horses. |. 
Grubbing light soils, 1 man and eH ses 
RoLLIN 
PTE béer — roller, os 2 
es 
Gress élod-erusher, “drawn # 
a E china 
paa apne 
Making and splitting dril MeF land 
a double pana ary plough f for root 
bapa ches) fie 
Do. on Tand ... : ie 
green crops, 1 oe ee pees 
x. os 
with a 1-horse 
$ feet n or krass, Wi 10 
A ae 0d with two wheels 
ea baa 2 
Poor the cha eg —— y3 pe s dies: of 
ter Deep Land ture,” by the same 
Stee ke Rev. s. Smithi y On L Lois-Weedon Culture” pn The 
experience both of Loi: ahte nd of Yester cates 
what may well be carried away as the lesso: mempr tise aiy vama 
mere tillage operations of pp aoii on a well drained soil do 
to a great E arehant supply all the elements of fertility. 
_ CATTLE FEEDING ON POLSUE FARM. 
es le in the 
con È = ot 2 de to 7 lbs, of the 
A GOO m N FLIET 
epi 
& | easily worked b 
of the 
nufacto: 
on by the pigs, 40 in number ; and notwithstan ohne tite this | € 
daily ate of horses, — and pigs’ dung, the 
piggery was , an out any Gaee 
ure there Earp ceed- 
ingly rich, averaging 200 loads pecan Da yF 
months d the six winter months of the year, The 
pigs were pode fed ath the fermented Turnips th three | ! 
rape old, scam was on in three tubs constan 
opted for the 
ork, ing t the ethod 
| feeding ekttlé. - "Within the last f fortnight ba Sees 
ley had be and 
Bar 
urnips, and w 
together in 
mi 
= gi» ven in addition to the fer 
never witnesse 10° 
arranged for t 
was a powe erful 
the 
re ing and fermen miis took place. 
eae ene about 40 feet t by 25 feet t eac ch. — 
must notom 
Page yar” p 
addition to this, about 3 lbs. of dry chaff is given |Í 
ay co 
such a thriving can on Byes buildings 
of | there 
| but that they are essential ingredients; that 1 un} ess the 
ts you intend to grow Pray! in the 
nts ied repea a Bae 
composed of all the ‘constituenta that 
of plants, with the 
in ikea ‘si 
agricultural chemistry that, unless those mineral 
stituents tha twe find in 
he 
cessary 
constituents in. ong e eA supplies. The soils tha 
w ere are in many instances clays, and contain a 
considerable aantity of the mineral matters 
n e 
scruple in workin ng “his land well, or in taking from 
wa Feii giving back the same constituen 
he h ken, Truly, theoretically considered, nothing 
is ids than that what you take out of the land must 
be restored ; and you may lay down rules for makinga — 
restoration of this kind, mtb leases it is common to 
require the tenant to re a certain 
pee are not always wise. 
wn land, I would le 
tell him to farm in the 
convinced that what would be for his 
fi 
, for 
established rules which prevent grils ral im 
i k to e ad 
ing those constitue 
Clay so 
che 
plants, gm the question is griy 
espect to many s5 
ques e decide ear og ‘ther 
wef educib 
poe are best 
y the i intročueton d 
plete, as the aida of 
‘ie: feeding ie ped was paar conduc 
d who ufactured 
A cows’ 
16 co is one circumst: ected w 
Tems "aildings, which will be arta to liane ihe ob- 
rvation of any visi simone viz, the absence = TOPe 
para and the every department, 
Regularity i in haiio and cleanliness is highly, important 
in successful feeding of ca — arai this desideratum 
RS to o . Ww hav 
pulpers and grates, 
pulper cst T 
root 
easto, » 8trong, and lasting 
delivered from the machine , and it is 
one man, n. Mr Karkeek, at a meeting 
Probus Farmers’ Cl 
T 
aon Bail Ege oF Rie SOIL. 
lecture by ¥ at Plymouth.] 
gratitude x Pla 
jad to the diferent pra departments. "This w. hon f 
gon work 
e 
delicate question to pemer h ar it can only be 
he | by = accumulated experi 
use is well worthy of their c H 
dai house and yards |! 
pima which were sufficiently e s EE AREEN RE | 
is | they pay ?” 
oe instruct you in the right yo 
and 
ms, 
ý business, ioe, mine, 
Liebig for 
l constituents grar we find | observe 
nitrate of 
back 
w poor in n ot Mt 
Aree penari having an immense i sile ineral 
and e ear taking out but very 
ex xhaust it not at least for cen 
little, yon pgr he 
Peat 
dmi! 
which re 
Inble ar eiaragiri for the ict rot the met d 
ce of the farmer 
seo 
0 &. . a. eh puts to a 
ques 
but i the ater is is a sensible man Fhe vil; 
answer to that questi 
ise heeds of any I anys the 
priat 
give 
“ I is my 
hans pia 
th Bil 4 
ils, admitting of this treatment, m 
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