410 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JUNE 6, 1857. 
Mr. Thomas Webber, Halberton Court, Tiverton. 4J. “W. | refer toa pamph’et* on the subject, from which tah the St othe a lage of decomposition agra 
Bullet, Bs Esq., Ais The pagar vale sete è ld: suy. w. | Scheme itself and its connection with the society may be | to what it gains by disturbance, that is, a loosed Bap e 
Pl al digs hideock | gathered. The following is an extract :— thoroughly decomposed manure will n 
Ponies = Ba. ores einer Reman Berend, of Tehahideeek: mre A local agricultural soc ve society, the crm titis believed, pressed state at finst, ot exceed itg 
in England, has been extended o everal counties,} “The quantity of dung which an able-bodied 
(Prizes in Classes VIL to XL, 1 "not awarded when our a the stimulus A anea competition has | can remove or fill into a cart from the ny ) 
Class XII. ‘Heifers in + ee f or Aay Milk, under 3 years old : brought together a number of persons in various vn is about 24 cubic yards; but of the more ina : 
8l.—Mr. Richard Swindon ; 4/.—Mr. occupations * with a ree object in view. A thirst | compressed owas of cattle boxes, the quantity vi 
‘aan ant Pairs ad Minti Meio (Renee: iba: ULAM, for ne has bg ae FF cant Sent | not, ee 20 conte este So ee in the on 
sense of the evils of neglect ucation has been | tiplier representi: ev of 
Richard ape —Mr. William Hewer, of Soveuhanptots, awakened, especially a regards be a of language | in Sdopbdibetiie: toa day wor. rH 0416, and in st Km 
EREFORDS, on CATTLE and natural science. A fi of various shades of |-05. Boxes not being accessible to carts in their usua} 
_ Class XVI. Bulle under 8. yeandold : iia J EL i Hewer, opinion, ipaesi os Manai ok arii learned to act toge- construction, manure from them requires to be twice 
. of Vern House, Mardes, Hereford ; W.C. Coles, | ther to trust each other, have ope a small prize | lifted in its removal, and the constant value of zs 
Class XVII. ‘alls under 2 rears old: 101—Mr. Jobn Feaver fand, with a view to put to a practical test the value will, therefore, become “1 instead of -05, 
Westeamel, Ilchester; 5 E. L. Hewet, jun. of Vern | which the middle: ranks may be di ‘ g stated 
Ho 
ispos 
use, certificates of the progress of their children if awarded | relates to the filline of m e from fold 
a Xvi somers in ae r Me g Snai WP arnan? by, competent examiners. boxes, the next pildect rag conde ied int 
d air E? “The promoters of the A img do not offer education : | will be the cost of placing the in 
i | 
Class XIX. Hetfors in Calf or in Milk under 8 years old: | no attempt is made to found Agricultural Colleges or | jn heaps—exclusive of the cost of sen oe : 
a s — James, of Mapowder, Blandford ; 4.—Mr. | Middle Se dols; no teapectitn s propose ill less is | come to be considered under another chapter), | 
PERE k it intended to the interest of existing establish- | «Jt fair day’s work for on to trim on the . 
Len i Lowe Woorzen ments by g a monopoly of ap 48 cubic y of fold manure in its original sty | 
— igs ing Rams—ist, Mr. George Tumer, of | one thing tha: is offered to th i classes is an | oy 72 cubic yards after its havi en disturbed 
ee ame Er k rneris or, Dovon; 2d, Mr. George Turner ; Mr. John |-examination which shall test the success of the ruta thrown loose into a heap; and the cost of such opers- 
: Clas xi = ‘Rams of any other a e—Ist, Mr. John Bodley ; | #iven, whether > ee orè tn wt and ee mio e | tion, therefore, of original cubic yard, will be Tepre. 
2d, M ve paren powe criminati enit sented in a lt multiplier by -02083, 
Clase XKIE Ponnot Five 'è Ewes—Jamies W1 Buller, Esq., M.P. | teach d t be rte f th « 
Class EV. ‘Pens of Five twotecth Beene mr het | este Me ethers ae oppo ete roving DE et 
t process in the preparation of fold-yant 
th 
e 
raa b taal ing the heaps. This may be 
own = 
eed, P58, R iom ie ‘Barton, We do not refer at aii to the details of this| in two ways—either by reversing the heap in respet 
Crediton. ` scheme, but we recommend our readers to study it as | to its top and bottom, or by first picking down the 
‘Class XXVI. Yearling Rams— John King Tombs, of given in full TORN by Mr. Acland in the pamphlet | former heap from top to bottom, and thoroughly mixing 
Gloucester ; 2d, Mr. Rama tat ate ‘Handy, of Fairford, | "amed below ARSAC LANE SBEAN its opaa and ei Dn Ea pr hea ip; aud in 
7 either case the amount of labour. of the operati 
“Class REVIT m na ee Er = Rebicws, influenced by the state of decomposition ‘of the amure, 
aera aii in Haee S | for mse will be much greater when the straw 
aaa XVII Pens of Five Ewes—Mr. Thomas B. Brown, of The Pads app a Assistant, a Note Book of Prin- long and with difficulty separated, than when it iss 
oe ae Pens of Five 2teeth Bwros—tit, Mr. Jobn K. s, Rules, and Tables, adapted to the use of all) and putrefaction so far advanced as to be 
Tombs, of Langford ; 2d, Mr. TI BS saa in Agriculture or the Management of Landed | rated. y the first t 1 mode, the oa say a 
Sates fee P 4 peer: BY ohn es Land Surveyor m Agri- | day’s work may be’ stated to be from cubic 
Class XXXII. Yearling -Rams 1st, Mr. John Moore, of nde ee ae = a Blackie & Son, 
yards, according,to the state of econ bod and the 
Littlecott Farm, Pewsey ; 2d, Mr. John Moo t per cubic yard will be represented by the 
Class XXXIV. ‘Pen of Five Bwos—Mr. William Lucas, of| We have seen a good deal of Mr. Ewart’s work, -both “0333 a nd ‘0287 respectively ; but in the en 
a eae xe , erect Five: 2-teeth! Bwes-1st, Mr, William |diterary and. professional, and have always been struck | ace cog | > similar circumstances, from 15 to 20 ibi 
Imong of ast Coker, Yeovil; 2d, Mr. R.K. M. King, of Wal- | by the laborious patience and industry it has exhibited. yards is an ample day’s work, and represented by 
h present book t exception to the geas ey n constant naien of “0866 2 nd ‘05 respectively. 
WN, 9° is: performances. It is an excellent illustration of t “The final process in old-yard manure is 
Class XXXVI. Tessie ome Mr. John Moore, of Lit- advantages of d arrangement and close eens ekaa P ; 
ae; p20 S- t with soil to a depth of from 6 to 9 in 
vane es M, Mx, Goiege Harbin, of Newton House, n first part of the book is a short t atise on arith pean teat Be khien : u p ina 
Rams of any other age—lst, Mr. Georg furnishi 
n 
"Class XXXVI George turnısn such ‚instruction. as is needed in h bout 12 tbic ards in a da: "5 work, 
Harbin, of N he S i 6 Harbin y dy ; eap about 12 cubic y y y ariak 
Sopar “XXVIII. Pens of Five Bwesit: atan of = bry beei e required in the ‘subsequent < sce for wea manure ~ been iy hig 
mein Hons. ew w the new eap, a work m 
XXXIX. P ons of Five 2-teeth Ewes—] “The second’ part contains rules for computin the fi | Alli s about. 204 
Noria ikoan sy Seba z1 a a, ot value of all parat ‘incident to the usual routin ine toe mei the Sere ac: OFT eubie a ard is represented 
| practical bandry by the piece, whether Sard by by. rca abe ile aaiae N y i 
Oiam XL. Yoarling Rams lat, Mr E Thomas Danger, of Hunt- "Manual or animal labour. The mode by which this “The 
in drills 
stile, B ‘ad, Mr. Danger. result is obtained is by the use of certain numbers o i ppiostion of by re may bed is usually 
Glass XDI Rams of any other ago-—Ist, Mr. Robert Temple- | factors, meprasenting the time occupied in performing performed by women or boys, at one-third the mated 
oy gs he Somerset. quantities of work, as multipliers of the rate of i the quantity:that 
m class XLII. P Five Ewes—Silver Medal, Mr. Robert wages by the day current at any time and in BOS wages of able-bodied labourers; and as‘ quar ; 
| Class CiT. Pens of Fire’ aa aa a T < DY PAM can be spread by three-women or boys is about thesme 
by 5 
; “ The third part- io. | as the quantity that can be filled by an able-bodied man, 
fo lec Th The thi part relates to the permanent improve- q y. vi e ó 
se XEIV. no, Maihi jjis guek. E E ing, Tepresented by the same constant. multiplier as for filing 4 
Class XLIV. Rams of any Age—Ist ames Qnartly, on and repairing -of farm ~~ land draining, y Ra 
‘Molland House, South, Molton; 2d, sy Petes Bun ge i mantia of embankments, cons ion of fences, from the heap, viz., .0333. 
if roma la d “To find the cost per cubic yard of preparing at — 
ode el ILV. Pens a see Ewes gion oo ee Mr. James mag amd = pes Pacer bat: _ pa Wini: mik the applying ‘fold-yard rea is: for co apane: pe 
i rre daa nen We shall in E fees pus refer in detail to Faxed whole of the previously described processes, etl “ie 
For ‘Acme ESES. manner in "an ch the plan of the work under t covering the heap with soil, at mi egere ee : 
Fitesinceset For Acmovcrona. Purposes. . | several departments ater out. Meanwhile we al day. Pe nge `p iy bo Uer Ge case may | 
| the following ee) aaan of the. methods and pie ps or the sum of them, as 
| the cost. of manure man ms E. e produ ee 
agement as an illustration. of and th 
ormed.his 
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baz Leubicyarde 
Class LV. PHP ane on 
1 Son ta Je ar ‘inn sgg the way in rag S Fy as as compressed by : 
h s Sevenhampton. > 
ae Sowa in: Mirow; or'thht have’ thrrowed ‘the trampling of the catt in yards, varies from 15 to 
witk ing Sm dey Iaa eee 18 ewts. to the cubic yard a its bulk; but the minta 
Hewer, Sevenh ; 2d, : e Esq. „of cattle kept in box which . 
; Digt Asagpor Fatis irmnsrba Hy EER m a e alaia will increase in bulk in arning and mixing when fesh “° 
; os Hewer, TE 2d, i ‘the p portion of rg hia ey every cubic yard Turning a aod sees when rotten 
| the i in Untilling 
i Fi ` 
Years old in 1357—18t, | y of cattie in Untilling Srina nae 
Ter Figg oon oe yard _ boxes, to l yard, when disturbed in Spreading 3 
yera considerable weight by |, “ To find the quantity of noil in ei jo yards r 
keeping, et 39 nagar ami site acter Faget. 
Position by putrefaction has attained. The loss in ase 
I ! Barton F, Mrs. composition - i ch surface y the 
sg f manure heh fet s sod ag eater Cwt, | the product by 36 for the cubic yards 
OF this meeting d F the West of of England Agrieut- | ‘when'so far ea pira ier weigh... 100 some 
ena: only add, that it was a. very successful | gcarated by the fon, it will wei weigh only E = 80 erate acts E obilie Proce rule by i pee 
gathering. Upwards of a thousand implements were} When decc A tty ie chine oon od that the. mass “Po the cost of covering per cubio 
exhibited by many of the principal agricultural imple- be reduced to TERY ight will Divile the wiis aioa oF eost $ of covering the he 
= morte rs of the genau t and by a p nn of! And a shenpiattly decomposed, it will then only 60 by the nuniber of cubic yards nokk pUe = 
mac ‘owler was there with his steam- 50 | ved in one i 
po! gh, "already Kriege these columns. ‘The prize "Or be reduced, when in in that state, -to one hal its wi, se rarer apa il re peice near! wr pensate 
ot vne tarn-wrest plough,.an implement much’ used in original of bulk also takes ace from for for the loss of bulk of the inal quantit — 
the hilly districts of ai excited much competi- | -x 3ra pice orig 
ed Sn Eren Z Si g ae was also PER) ied. p Pain Mi ahaa ai Class Education i ae a wid West a by the ‘xi rz: rim Beate € hes cost per cubic” j 
: The aay. filling out and preparing the ef 
> ile 8) esto and yt = vgn ramier of pemba, TA Bor tho Tannera TT Ai in weeps ge 
ee an actures, C d th y t i i 
leep. Nearly 300 sheep and upwards of 30 pigs | attention seems to have te the Hine Arts.” No parti t — era pleget 
of this -society to Heat? a ac oa m 
, has been 
nt claims 
anding its provincial character, 
zh ite of i 
s education, 
