458 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [June 27, on | 
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suffering severely from the fly, cf) land England at any rate, may, half of it, b for Rye mi 
and Voiches followed by Turnips, and the other half i GEonocy, 
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usual remedies are being advocated with t r Mangel Wurzel, Carrots, or the like—all these 
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1. Hockin 
usual Sees and. tried, we must add, — the ‘ing followed Hy Birley inthe fifth ae a Barley by Clover A N. eq. L poda nomia, | 
usual ERSS Momo . | pane the processes to T ai the land will be B: Aitken, 2. am ja i 
dusting the young plants with lime as eP gee as the i dakoa bauring this ke, In the first year then we have = H } eq. 3. Jearrad 
appear, and every m orning rwards before the | for Wheat one ploughing of the oe ot at least two x awkosley Horton | 
dow le le | double bavila before the seed — one double ji l 
w has left them (two or nom bushels per | farr yen Cr 
acre. will. anffi ae ‘pe a Puri a arrowing after seed time + the land is cus Solle; and perhaps a IVIL ENGINEERING, SURVEYING, ide, : 
the Swedish, and bth ab Dadamo ta olect | “einousieneh tree ra aoar] leat.” Second Dis, 
mire latte — ae refer a whieh Pe l gmiza and en to pieces with the ha arrows, or searified and Gardner } eq ds Ftc } | 
ra Fe pe whic wed and weeds gathered and burned ; it is then canta 2. Cadle i i 
q oly exten the forme (ths . Popry’s the Sots wod do of C e Beans) i ahoa ages 5: rper 3 
evice)—and of cate g the ar aiaia | er, harro in early sprin; g, work the - Heritage 4. Nott 
2 grubber, and harr ibly arified Hockin M ; 
beetl trap or fly-e er over ‘the rows. Thi j wed leiora it is “at to be ridged up 1 to receive the caiae Me Laughlii é e ge | 
beetle trap disturbs the fly, which leaps and ig —0n which the Beans. are sowed and c with the plough Prizes ror FARM hows 
caught on an adhesive: screen: we name it here as spree nd eae a light harrowing before the young plants 1. F. Robertson 2. HH. Oakes | 
gt : s . . n 5 appear—and it is potah, ba twice in April and May, and the Highly comm 3. Jearmg 
~% e eH by testimonials to its efficiency ; aera Tree Gap With layeh- ab the. latest fimp the Horiog ge ae | 
5 we a ttl P a: m any expedient of | In the aata for the third year’s crop it is searified to level oo Ala 12-1. Eriein | Classes 8 & 4, Aitken | 
kind for saving ‘urnip crop ofa farm. — | and mix the soil, and ploughed and harrowed and sown with tony Commended-—W. Phipps | Classes 5 & 61, Tews 
The work of haymaking is everywhere vigo- Wheat and harrowed again. The spring culture of the Whea PRIZES FOR GEOLOGICAL Nore pric 
rously proceeding, and a a heavy crop is being made “Wat cop ards ig same as was named before for the ii ed eq 
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adi m present the most favourable circumstances. |_ In the autumn of the third year that half of the stubble On ( H. H. Oakes r Power 
intended fo for Ryeand Vetches is scarified and harrowed, and so Pesan ; (eat Highly commended—Boign 
In continuation of our remarks at Apear ompr nea ees d th y” lakang 
the seed 
On TILLAGE OPERATIONS we may refer Rag Ako wl Vetches being generally dried and ‘Ry e ae ana n mai See pe Books, 
me om tween omens and theory which thos sown broadcast—the age harrowed in and left. After r the 1. Fowler 2. Bayoe am Ja 
T oe tivati 
wk f oeryador jey hie ee with. an actual i ‘i the Turnip crop, including a at rer “two sloashings and i ‘sundr. 1. Ho. N sree J er rusk 
tory of cultiva sa was published in these py the godan 1 3. Oakes 
€ plough for th ti f th 
Co. umns five years ago, No Soaks: in skilful hands again are split “smear ema mi erap jm aman <4 er Co n ras award raer o> 
tillage operations have all the efficiency which has iors rS — Whaia uibble receives w hat cultivation ti f Bude W. Norman, of Carlisle 
been described ; = ow cumbersome a process tion for the Carrot and the Mangel Wunmi mhona te oleate Hotere Herta, of kondon * ngdon 
these rati Sade ted ingdon 
€ idii y aed gore exhibit in un- rooney omar Cultivating with be rr en and harrowings | oE oe! 
may vt ag from this invento d l hin ew AS, OLLow' good _— 
now before “a of the tillage ys „ona Hamp. autumn; and fhe arer akas revir dung, sho sao me en he | SENSEN ma: FARM 
shire which a A tenant claimed »#*rowings and scarifyings involving no upturning of a fresh | IN CONNECTION WITH THE : ALBERT; AGRIOULTURAL 
compensation, The ERa J = OSERE aeae n ~ Lig niefor Cares. For the Mangel crop INSTITUTION, w 
the emn covered in before the wilitbe—-invvolvite for the oe ape mna lī Ape ne eturn from r i ano which 
g, 15 acres; R ion merely a li harrowin, d rthi the drill need atiorde ne ore was 
Ploughed once and G od ve a rolled. before the seed is ted, xin | these crops require ine eral | d creply interesting in an an agricul ural point of “vig deih 
2. Down Barnfield, : horse-howings during the their attention was directed to the notiee 
h. 
8. Rolle tae harrowed, twice rolled TE in the autuinn, Frag Tariy fd on th single mnara fool of the 16th ult, of the ene Stas f 
oughed once, eight times harrowed, three ti Jed. v J g, is required—the s s drilled and ye- grass on rt Farm. I 
4. separ lave pete acres RS ne ro. i harrowed niit p toed ee Gna bard see, o éither then, a ar wish 1 you have expressed that I should give you some 
5. Forest Coppice, 7 te a ; Rape. harrowed, three times rolled. is the last ti operation which the land 1 pean A re information connected with the soil, &c.,of that division 
Plougt ed once, eight times harrowed, twice ogee, S ox again for Whe $3 lof the farm on which the paia aps Che amit 
RR n have rated during this series of | fice of the Agricultural Coe 
Plou mems pag anit nee we ah ok wide “crops a least 12 ‘plouplings and 2 dozen bs fae gee = which ge nnectid th pt er 
7. Part ce boed. ings, besides sundry cultivatings o r searifyings | zi x" a | 
Forest Coppice, 74 acres ; Turnips. and ‘horse h x 4 “be S Pee a Agricultura aeiae iaon | 
idaig de dragged, four times harrowed çeings; and in addition, during all |3 miles north of the city of Dublin— i gaien den 
eivai sor eg ts na up, once baa these yi ba nape repeatedly in drought, | tion i above the level of the sea is 172 feet, and it rets, 
, 124 acres; Turni r more directly as a ti implementin breakin 
tim Moo times dragged p e gu 
Wiel pparadiso aa paer r man air of horses haye walked Th pien soil is of a friable character; but oom 
And plants me X fat on the as S 50 or 60 miles, in order soil is a pretty retentive clay intermix with limestone 
20 or ect the ti ‘of ev vel, and, perceive from 
more fields specified, sities bot a is bins described thi yod i alysi i t consideri 
in detail. Th ! s seem: the unprofessional | analysis by Professor Hodges, it contains a 
, ceedingly out of pein ia ra ae be ex » ex- mén ‘at any rate—a very cumbrous and clumsy set eatin of oxide a iron, the injurious infuene # 
ing oooh the on, ag. p mio e- of processes, eyen as conducted skilfully by the Which, however, will be greatly lessened. by thorogt 
piest u. an 0 described was valued a ms arp use of efficient implements. Of course if you drainage, subsoiling, and li A 
is plain that in this case the tenant was win Pt dept “Ot land, pe wie grail not turn over suf- | Mechanical composition of the sail and subsoil. 100 para 
nt 0 ou use them to do the | cach fb 
eh M an sg with el rhe art of work of the grabber or ine eee ae you use By Prova Teen ft” 
tat "Tha bach a ENR e of the arrows where the scarifier would be more efficient pee pe pre, ior o i noe 
oi oaen he Hampshire heavy tools drawn slowly and labori i pe A 
roms oe ron ba generally we may say, is the land fasted a of the bee or the pth eoa 100.00 100:0 
‘© most Inellicient and uneconomical agri- to stir it to p im: th, followed b meas eee cae oe " gapai 
— implements. we ‘haye. : For we still use shall rattle = its surf. a ngs aa iy trees pe p een , 
what we call our drag-harrow ; pn ee ANE ò D ee ae morethan 5 morethan 
whose teeth find their way into the jan asst x rurface ede if yon use e aena ee morn’ ite tan! ate 
their weight and A : -01 heavy draught, not merel 20 per cent. S0pere®™ — 
Hem together and ‘being alway Geek of te Ag tlinder is heovy but from the weight Daonnan aesriing a Ra DAA L 
with 5S ' ofa load aboye the cylinder resti Garden Sandy 
d from the t form and creati g oilai tai ng on its axles Chemical Composition. Marl Loam: ee 
an the number of th teeth —with an effici ion there—you cannot ‘co 
too greatly 7 ‘s of th Tor a ct to execute economically wore ty the 100 parts of each contained ze-| 
team of of cattle which Ae" sob gy tot = arora of the farm, even after the im eee: 
itis stir the itt to the it forward— perfeet manner in which they: aed, as we teni om seasag cn 
vA i e il to the "bottom othe said, conducted at the best e er oes 
the sub- | Alumina aes 
lapses How it is capable of such an effect | wer Sagan RR Oxide of fron ee ee 
we have quoted before the mmea me wassa mi o instances 4 THE session ee ce RAL COLLEGE. | Magnesia ReneS 
the result ma may indicate. bas Deen a Oe toa oo tsthetony the — Phosphoric acid ce eee 
p z *. a 
\ eo or | . circular s —AGRICULTURE, 25:5 
4. Power. “1000: 
he he iy deal, shall make a sort of Sedo of 2, Heri eritago rey tga Harn tained 685 ee ; of subsoil, 484 parts of Y 
and at once. Meanwhile robably f Norman 6. Rodick te ame Rapidity with which the Soil dries when 
lo: , y iora: la Duckwo: 7. Dawso g> i imbibed in, 
jong time to come, the effects of agricultural Bais eq. & Tomlin 12: Horton, surge sil lot by ovaporation 17.8; 0. me 
provers rather di to the i ag, of blackish 
ment pe to AR displ. © SMEPTOVE- | Osaera (Organi - | chert, and caleareous sand ; 
fa; Sipe of the operations of | 1. Norman see pope { Inorganic) + Weight at ape as paer e Mae aes 
implents a of the farm. * 2. Spooner : Serres — 
me districts of the * Rowier }® germ A Aoo 
o i : i h ee 
improvement may be j a by ¢ fpi ed = 5. Hille eee Se 
in- 5. ‘ ' site ; 
Pape ons. T how much they : eae Ta "hen 688: 192: : Tee a oe 
such i First Division — BiN r ae ee of the farm on™ ch the I an : 
p- gak 1. Fowler | is growing, j oe sia 
2T 
3 Norman omlin } oo ati ult. weighed o pa oi OR | 
5. Bakewell 8. Barratt af Co 
stare 6 
¥ A T 5. iy ) be 
