533 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Aveusr 1, 1 
ndirect—indirect, however, only inasmuch as they WILTON HOME FARM. 
pws ema — ssarily be more expensive than the later ps 
do not act merel ’by a direct increase of the crop."| [The following is a continuation of the a read by 
se who “ain tii watehed pastures will | the Right Hon. S. Herbert, at the gathering near considera an ests AE the ring of 
have seen that the wet Soom has a number of’ Salisb ury last week, when the Water a soree d Home naapa fs ppla all of Sy 
ce om. ei a E ie fhe aa E aT | shidh mu (ela toed following greai importa 
am in the drier ones. Of these the elena opa n ae the members of the English Agric Es ei parie 
i ; = biosa succisa,* Devil’s | Society. SHOWS THE Rege 
bit Sabios: S ‘ugar Butter-bur, end Since 1850 the stock kept has been per annum :— E THE ARABLE PORTION OF tug 
ent Sedges may b uced as examples, and Ph wah Ba. | ez ign per acre in-| Rete per 
as iti m a law of. nature Mk: every place should be 3 EE | A $ g fe : a © of purchased uira na 
occupied with a vegetation > Jig ES 1-64 Š 3 È a3 PAE ee 
change herein produces. in obedience to this law a H TA 
corresponding change of herbage. Hence, then,| 9* | 261 101 | 6to7 | 6to7 | 6to7 | 8to9 Cattle 
this principle draining always rids the land! *Tt must be here remarked thatthree out of nen a ge Poultry 
plants loving stagnant moisture, and its indirect oe wig ing Dri in = —S Denpi T sea 
action as er oe - meadow is an vid j eg yn 
of weeds of clas prepare the lan No. of | Weinht gross, an 6d. 
for an oddupetioa oe their pion by plants of a good Acres, [or T | Bushels | per -| two-thirds arable, or hay, mo and 
Kind. pt w: | per acre, | Bushel. | of the ene of fo 
Irrigation when it can be seta is—though ania Ss ae ‘an nging to Sede ipn. rm and t three k 
erp 4 indirectly—the most direct means of getting wheat .. .. ..) 12 1. 18 34 60 
rid of all extraneous plants from Grass herbage, auy EEEN A E- = = The dead weight sold off per annum hi 
and the most. direct encourager of the growth ofi Beans |) | Y 6 1 ow 56 65 Dead wolght acl of 
we possess; in illustration o Der acre on 186 aeii, 
which we quote the subjoined RT from. the Hay, Root, and Green Crops from 1850 to 1855. a E A 
‘eurned Agricultural Socie Tbs: 
x 2 a — ser ay ees ` Clover | js, | Common | In Mutton .. 0 
a De ee ay.  Bwedes..|, Mangels. | tomnipe::| Wool 
nena tons. cwt.} tons. tons. tons. 
Proportionals. | Prime ge eae iz a x 
| Seconds... ni ds * a 2 
j E E weg wor ee a a 
Botanical Names. | Common Names.. |, 28 E i a - 
ER EE E52 Tn reference to this table Mr. Herbert explained the 
RE CSETE to the Turnip. crops to 
nee : a, ES ee pae usually fed very early, — 
pright Meadow) long before the maturity. 
Fanuneulusacris { rowo 7 I 3 I Upon this Elicwed ti the statement of the entire ex- 
” Bulbous Crowfoot . 3 1 = pen and receipts for the five years. mentioned, which jn 
Plantago DEN Narrow ~ leawe 3 1 I jisin 1 fact the balance sheet, | bushels, 
media ., § {Broad - leaved 3 f ne fo heen Smeer YOR THE Five YEARS comMENcING Mionarr- paid a full rent and 57. 9s. 2d. per cent. per annu l 
raed . , 1850, Prenat havin MICHAELMAS, 1855. | terest on : 
Trifolium repens . h Clover... 2 — — tess Wh 
pra ense.. an Clover ws 1 2 2 
Anthriseus vul- SR” mon 1 1 Ex | 
_garis_ penses 
Expenses in| Expenses per Acre‘om | jney cie 
Here en we see a marked decrease in bad Free Tian. (oat , anes the 186 Acres ea 
lants and a corr ing in pata : 
Se tly traced in two years, and in Bis years z om hai 
this decrease is still more rapidly rogressing, and a. y PONES EE SF et I of ie on 
we are enabled to state as the result of some seven |Y mas 1850. =| soie 0 10 oor 8 2| 3 4 o 
years’ watching that now irri ted me adow ea aie | 1979 9: TOF RER 229 
presents scarcely a trace of the plants belonging to » Manure purehased’..| 495 I7 34| 99 3 el APPEARANCE OF THE CROPS. 
“ene ae? Foe heat ot 561 9 9 | 112 5H 012 6F é ude 
See: but fos or nearly all are replaced by | ” Repairs [We propose during the next a 
most. ent Grasses ments, blacksmith’ reports from correspondents in the seve 
The followin table re resents the Biba bs er jo echt een ioe Ce l give our annual report in 
took place in 13 aye the meadow Grass 5 p Stock: purchas stuff for aa mie Venieri, Beier os towards the = of the month, when opinias 
time. — field trebled in value os Siac cattle and sheep ..| 3340 8 94| 668 1 33| 311 9% more trustwor thy.] 
; 1: » Horse-corn and meal] 106713 2 | 21310 8} I 21h 
lee eng a a increased | *) Sundries .. ..| 4213 1.| 811 74} 0.0114 
value being due not only to the fact of its growing | a a D 1500 © 0} 300 0 0) 112 3 
: is and nothing else, but to its growing only the > Balance in favour o 
best kinds of s; for irrigation actsindirectly| 51 9s. ae pe cent. 
killing weeds and innutritious Grasses, rannum on 2600., 
or 10l, per acre on 
Table 2, Representing the Changes of Grasses under Irrigation. the whole area (or ` 
142. on arable), the 
__Proportionals, average capital em- 
z a 3 ployed. eed this 
Botanical Names. | Common Names. | 2E Ju 23/493 | Der centage is irre- 
1 SESSIE]  tmploments and ae 
E £5 EE made in the inven- . Í disease. Harvest 
tory at Michaelmas | 709 9 23) II 17 84| 015 3 
1 3 eee 13,543 2 5 | 270811 93/1412 2 
i | ; : * Including Park Team ; or 3%.: 74d. exclusive. 
| > = a > aon good as 
T soar _ $ È 
eea Seeger deen, average cop, 
stop hii mana a 
Bott rfo EErEE Er EE Erer 
ti g 2 «.| 1578. 7 5%) 315 13 m 13. 
: 4 6 «| 1575 15 0%) 815 3 Of 118 10 
ctical 155 18 su 3 8 | 
# getting “| eben i¢ sinr 2 a ¢ 0 it 
e same 
growth 
Thus, then, we how a great number of weeds 
can Be poe Hd af of by indirect means. There are 
ea _— — hacer Arn keep posses- oe am = 
sion 0 under ordin reumstances, 888: 6 6 |. 1771 EA 
oa mie he aa oas are applicable ; ae a fi inta Boana Paing, orm 
and these mus separate. | some by one 
means and some by another, a and to cope wi wit th the mas, 1865 .. | 3759 0 2| 76116 OM 4 0.10 
‘We must to a great extent be. observers of their | —— — 13,543 2 5|2708 11 9| lat 7 
‘natural hi in- value of unexhausted improv ines 
action which all can understand ; but their | fertility of the farm being consi a full equivalent 
our article too long, | t© the expenditure in putting the farm into tenantable 
question 1846, when taken in hand, and 
Michaelmas, 1850, when this account commenced. 
result aceount un e of the 
