| 
~~ n that no sions senti- 
and pcm food of plants, nana has, and very deservedly in my opinion, carried off a | ment o 
; e depth of | premium year after year ever since he exhibited the | and boras 
thedrain. * E Me Denton appears tome to have adopted | implement. The s invention is not his but Mr. Blaikie’s, [Lon axp nian.” 7 o CoP 
e ed by so al | as wi At Melrose he yo rep in the 
hi te for 25 r his 
drilled a ha inerrae without danger of injuring all such offers he turned a deaf ear 
es- 
is te 
as i 
more or seven ad ong its pores, and that it will . = sinfe a ever saw winter “ange much 
then permanently, and not for a time onl Mine 
sag y ime only, a handsomest manner, begged to decline et pam epei 8 Pa a ar entirely destro royed 
ot 
refere nce he pe . F s å Eres apt antage ov 
nine i toho ope t ‘aun i ‘publicity l en 1m Conscience, accept a reward which seemed rather to Winter me tiara) frequently 
and th 
been more or loss é the cause, may yet prove ultimately to 
be of some real practical use to those who are at present 
he had 
very great expectations of rg tho witty of a new gored | as ype g which pe period noth ig folk friends 
oe | rom any is old Norfo en 
th on 
Ocroser 3, 1857.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 683 
pene tect drains, sud still tar more effective, he | or more of our are EE n arduous task embracing | by Thomas William Coke to Francis Blaikie. May 6th. 
~ air to consider that — pen removed the | the proceedings in doors and out doors of a Pie ” Daia 
water 12 inches further from the surface, and left some | long and busy g= In this aasan I received | The te tenantry invited him to an ente ertainment, om 
1000 tons more dry: soil p acre above = ins. | much valuable assistance from Mr . Blaikie. in — with a handsome silver tea service 
The vacated water tubes in large re then became In my view of the matter, he, and such as he, may be | cording their detaichrnient sre reat opinion of his 
ar cells and rain-water upie e in urn, and thus | considered the pioneers of man ny of our modern inven- | character in the following ter 
these elements were continu impa tions in the art of cultivation. Take for instance that | “That during the 16 years he sine presided over the Holkham 
drained soil ammonia and nitrogen, the most concen. of the inverted hoes, for perfecting which Mr. Garrett | Property, he has not in any degre mised, but on the 
trated d contrary has greatly 
ite mooo of its wen 
} BETWEEN 
quiet ——— of 
retirement from Holk- 
gratified him 
sdai b m = 
when reservoirs of rain water ‘ilk a ot be under air | lately constructed them upon a principle, not only to hoe | have had employment on his own terms under more 
conditions ee by Pere -= atmospheric zuenine x at wide preached but also with the same me implement to | than one, who knew and a preciated his value; but to 
not wishing to pay 
ts, I we e ed that hi d . . P . 
cription, made entirely of iron, at the expense of 6l. 10s., will | 48 old master so ill a compliment, as pry. rought 
Hinxworth, paan a ore my e me taking ats one operation, and drawn by one horse, hoe three rows "or ome vo aper toa — — him, to geod service of 
i : : 
place si y naan for em ho dena et 1 agay intervals. The “"Tarnip hr Ai Song: kea. ‘tried ns T fg pi s LA put slr » ae toward well “done, ey 
On one point I entirely agree with Mr. ‘Trimmer, |? ain till pring Te Sesion as to Wheat hosing mast | “nd faithful servant. Sin Br, Clone aai 
i } x » | remain til 
f Sasann 
thatthe gga on. von mg? oa cae I was amongst the first to re the principle, had WINTER BEANS. 
soil, and that (when un rt pap made, and always used it for Turnips, both on the WINTER Beans, to me, certainly possess some obvious 
aeea will cause that cultivated 3) nb cer’ain | Northumberland system and the flat, and for all pe at vo Aare iéf of which ave 
torm intoa homogeneous il x therefi rops at not less than 8-inch intervals ne | that they are less subject to blight and other di 
m e las unfit for cultivation poate eretore | for the implement as improved by Mr. Garrett proves | than spri sam diso sak, they may be sown in 
admitted, will oo far to pr hat te a fo i e estimation in Phra it is held by practical men. In autumn when the state of the land and the la of 
perience thet lari “is. officien * antiy an line re ae relation to this anin the following circumstance, the farm will permit, and thus curtail 1 the khoan af’ 
drained, 3 fect or 3 feet 1 thoroughly alike illustratie of the liberality of Mr. Coke and the spring—which is always a h riod ly 
the whole oorh draamaa e os. rane te j | Strict s of honour and justice of Mr. Bla laikie, de- the ya aisa th of ika Paty in ot i Ti other kal ot 
soya will wile cca phy ces ret serves ‘apeciid mention, At the sheep tg. of 1816 mE ig ne ore ng 
ded 
| or any other disease, have frequently pe spring 
various kin 
oere anre of that this | Qj thi Premium. The materials, he tthe time of blossoming’ so much so, that 
Uih riris sti 1 Poiti bn pee ry at this | Cokes in the responsibilit of its good or ill akai “he la land has ‘been up anc th. 
worth Table tend necessaril ae but a short mek: regres Winh Ke, very mod green crop. I never knew a case ‘Beans 
They must be taken for what Ah ee ie that if there was any merit in the implement it EN $ | fuiling so so signally in summer as to lead us to such 
‘intended rather as ouid za th fat ‘ th as | chiefly owing to the workmen w famegan winter have a ; 
of E E v atasa ca under ‘his (ie. *s) orde e could not, ther poet his spring on the score of 
be due a the exertions wi others, and to which he felt whin. asit n too late in aaa or cs sown on wet 
E in wi sowing 
rinay, z the ETE eport for 1817, Ehasihike. be avoided, and £o also should wet land. The 
-| he ha m Beans are sown 
were employed upon the above ground is almost entirely di 
Between Mr. Blaikie i i. John sera there was ate mean spring a second 
d | a little sparring at this tim i cait hat the former | ¢ harvest, which is u 
the fourth perth Wheat | 
man could it said with. ter were errors i of t har wh n Beans ns. 
with him duty and were anion to the dill husbandry, which, with his usual | Beans; as ary ee ra e 
h not g P om pO aT, eur ab g 
nor re the miseri i ion, | We find in the list of premiums a piece of plate, severity of winter cannot it is true by any means be 
are inseparable ion oo aie in +) aan 0 guin v to , bl f Ho r bur? an avoided, but its consequences may be re 
Be arh. Clutter inver , U es principle as S i 
Sept, 22, land. Bo Mbas out, Watford House, from similarly disinterested motives, he re a gold pears sowing. If Beans are sown early, say at the 
_—__O a ım a nt by end of § ber , they will soon 
the Board of A ulture, on und that it was | m up out of the reach of vermin, and enabled tọ 
‘aoa LATE FRANCIS BLAIKIE. carried on at Lord Chesterfield’s yore not at his own. of the soil, 
or the , however im- | “Such,” observes the editor rwich Mercury, eri no winter we ver h to 
your columns, the following | “W characteristics of Francie Blaikie; and there | q we have had winter far 
r and e in the I to whom, in his sphere, the Holkham | above ground i in 
and lamented friend Mr. Blaikie. tenantry, or agriculture, were more indebted ; for while | state for hoe ing; and when this was done in dry 
this from a s to his ap his employer’s interests he never forgot that | weather, the cultivation required in spring was very 
> and a wish to direct the attention of th an equal duty Papua a: who were occupiers, or light. Wha rly the vegeta 
r education, or with uirements | correction. Bya ted I 
a Ae Aaeioulitrat aiaderiti io was glad to that this breach was in a fair way to | and a less yield than spring Beans. 
ere always mht h | be healed, at go that the belligerents had partially | soils sprin cei 5 
ithdraw iliti 
ation wi z i 3 , 
bleterms, You felt that The following description of the m of | never saw a-single instance of fail 
ity of purpose were sure to. long private re ad with the Dicho i Her Royal Highness | “4 
is- élatmed an an acquaintance with me of upwards of 30 years’ stand- | Yield of winter Beans 
| sasons donot exceed as mam 
eo a ir 
arose from a oe oe 
Pomena ranteen ae off; everyt Soa Bie She had heard much of the ‘ad of dees 
Lor > | place, and had formed high ¢ expectations, but that these had | py 
ne cultivation of Turnips and Mangel fallen. far far short of the reality; in she said, itwas imp ; 
the ridge land, and | for any person to form a just estimate of this ioa seat 
i he | and domain otherwise than by seeing it. She spoke in raptures 
of Mr. Coke and his family, and said that her visit and. recep- 
tion would never efaced from oe All this sowing 
. | was, as you pose, very pleasing and flattering, more 
particularly as 1 aa vests e alas spoke.as ae sowing is 
‘was crammed as full of company as at the sheep si Pigg 
In 1830 I undertook the editorship of the agricultural 
of : ; 
i by the union of unrivalled ability with incor- it is seldom that horse-la 
|S a "and on the moverse“ Presented | for ploughing for ans as ay 
sir re 
ti ag hat might be traced to tl i 
depended upon. Hence, if | the Duchess of Gloucester (Jul isi, will be read | Weather but what migh pona 
he highest order of | with j at this didtance oft =) causes ‘of slate "y ve 
heir practical tendency | «oyr Royal visitors have left üs. I was Pikin with a acer inte i odie: Montis: we know of: bat thé 
in ecubenemn 
be sparl in For 
