THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
orth in the presence of several gentle- 
men iterated in sam cult progress. This 
— >: plying steam power to cultivation, 
t HIN ETT, its inventor, has patented, 
s 3 g down throughout 
P n 
or 
parallel permanent rails some’ 5 
ing interval, and qoni 
50 m a width, “resting on two adjacent rails, is 
the engine which it car vaad at any 
reo lanio and furnishes the m of 
carri and of. draught for an implements, 
oie leah or cultivators, rollers, harrows 
imum of for 
the implement that 
ure, anon g wher 
in rolling it is desired, is pat upon the and. 
ALKET?’S success 
of the rails which 
intervals of 50 feet, will 
207. an acre. The engines an 
these storm, “ond pe pore whic 
draw ork, 200 
= 4 
@ 
oF 
‘6468 
same at ba a abit Sau and e aa z 
such cases as those of the parere ilunt; pa 
an enormous expenditure pe in labour w 
, the some is not likely to be adopted. 
s given elsewhere are calculated for 
1000-acr oooupation 
the if, given at Wandsworth ona 
toward circumstances are not the best pera 
for the illust stration of a novelt 
y. Mr. HALKETT 
has displayed eat ingenuity in devising 
eg iire and contri vances for So 
uring _but these are all} ai 
Paido the pants pri neiple of his schem 
which, as he has himself des nti it, consists 
per “ guide 
oft: the 
: t he has ploughed, cultivated, 
rea it now 
rove the as eco- 
o e wealthy agri- 
ho, not content to leave well alone, 
for ne Tt 
ustrations Pi sae 
a the roughest means 
uecessful, however, 
between a verbal or literal interpretation of the 
lease and the spirit in which it was framed may 
re can, Packie be no doubt that so far as this 
one point—injustice by or to a tenant—is concerned, 
a leasehold se le is preferable to one depen- 
ant r thee of the owner of the 
land. Take th see Reser s illustrations. 
bo month ago t i Har ald reported 
the trial of a case in wid? aurea trustees sued | t 
the tenant of their land aro. cropping some of aad 
fe miyi to prii 
ey 
Court Ta niae. and de 
of 707, The tenant held under a lease for a term 
of which eight or nine years were une 7 
lease he is not tied to any Senet GA paR “ but 
the rules o hus- 
bandry established in that part of the co pantie, 4 
rom the report of this case it appears mise oe 
bee 
sult s ‘ miscropping ” 
increased fertility of the land—and be dai bt a 
largely increased profit to the tenan 
Thi 
“ miscropping ” has consisted in the se of the 
4-field course on certain aes ogee of the estate, 
which, as it was not according to the im of 
the country there, was sa or to be Sponiee by 
the terms of the lea: That it t really 
miscropping was proved by Me inoreasing fertility 
ofthe land under this 
Loot 24, 1857, 
107. for the best green crops, _ whic 
101. for the best corn crops, which i. aaa ined 
te for, in equence f not ha bear s; ieni ed to 
pes 
the eae 
bt t 
manage Sent of the tatiient have m 
sense of the word.’ And d 
was when I ; 
uit. a foes i wrote to reg prim x 
respectul bam SO. pe an i 
been very m ae him tab 
intervi 
sare E > an Roos. im. 
likewise, that I could not all to represor anything, either b jowl 
r deed, that I h: aid or done to incur his: displ 
t e a reconsider ey esr To this letter I received 
was on the ugust. 28th 
ten 
it seems to us that the pursuers in the case believed 
— hom terms of the would enable them to 
eir tenant, a a apartlcipatar in that extra 
profit with which his energetic culti was re- 
wa sheriff befo Penko the 
question came held their claim to be elatis 
unjust, and aer Eposi d it. 
er 
107. or 152, per acre is spent 
sar cy worth or 501. per 
mi ther eisa erent extent 
of land in the neighbourhood of the experiment, of 
which all this is 
Mei of our ean interested as exhibitors at | Y 
s of the Smithfield Club will 
otaeere the pes emen 
yearl 
- Bes occupation of the ind and a 
nur cree , thei ir labili- 
of 
eto Re the cultivator ha: ave, 
np ice and abuse ; an 
van 
: "n 
and it som very 
een a on ee part t of, the owner of |p 
~ 
| ed in 
s oer. kok ‘his family. The 
is liable to such soso 
' the other, as the contrast | 
2d, J. 
` iohakade tae or r boiled, not having had 
mei a Sipe nt under such a 
r the tenant at will 
We take it from the 
VERARD, of Groby Hall, 
of Lord SrAmFoRD, has been foreed to leave his 
months? notice to quit of which 
no explanation is offered, nor given when re- 
ested. He gives a most i ctive history of 
his occupation, which we extract from the speech | w 
delivered by him before the meeting at his house 
ou 
after his sale of farming stock, On that occasion 
he said :— 
In the year 1838 I commenced busi st ~ a small me 
seams to this eon ya adjoining the o 
fat re _Ina few I broug 
into my occupation, which was 
300 acres, = = spring of 1868, 
prize of 25 plate for the sodas caiieiented fitr fem upon his 
estates, sores prize I obtained. He likewise offered a prize of | 
n the 
aite re on my lord k his own residences and he not 
ate refused to see me, but t he likewise fused to assign 
a step : = nd I sar ane 
day as ignorant ‘of his motive as any of you. 
All my sources of income have been eee 
and when I was remonstrated wi = b 
rent would be, but proceeded with on 
vej i 
my improvements to learn what my increased 
draining, ot T i 
> 
no 
on the property | fro 
my farra whe vihaa mex 
nd at the time I received the 
my farm 700 tons of night soil carted 
nt TREER T 720 tons of Breedon lime, and was in the 
act a8 aram hag ew entrance a my house. On 
the 
ould a: a yearly as a loacohold ico I 
Boat thesbt things to panes to the world that I did not 
I ha 
ct 
the treatm: 
rth 
BALANCE SHEET OF WHEAT GROWING. a 
— ; 
vammig g Wheat year after year, totall 
is land some 14 or 15 rece re ro 
a ag or yard, then e am aes a yard, which interval is to be sown with Wheat and fi 
iper sows moderately thin, Joe the ama ipe 
ib tutudi over for 14 years, a top 
ai half the land, sowing 
xt year, an 
D. PIPER’S SYSTEM jit ia 
Wheat after ee , vihot ploughing or digging 118 
Re ra 9 sacks Wheat, at 171. ] 
ithe : P Sirawai ae "9 
Chaff `. 
zi 
p 
g 
© L pmudeet shan hate 
Nrooorcoe 
| 
i 
g 
ing 
Manure, nitratoof soda 
g 
Twelfth y eat aiter 
Expenses, £ ~ z 
eno 
Threshing, 3s. 6d. p.qr. 0 1 
Reapi ks sQ IE A 
Manure, lime . e 0 í 
£9 14 10 
Clear profit per acre = 
EV. S. SMITR’S PLAN. 
Alternate ridges e Wheat and fallow with no neem 1855. 
Co to ding. o 56 | i dali oft Wheet 
= 4 op 0 ive of Wheat 
EOP £26 at 187. oF 0° 0 
aa n T 1 0| Half ton of straw at 
Dias Is. ek xe OP PER 1l. 10s. res 015 0 
Hoeing .. .. O15 6 | Chaff, atl i 0:2 6 
Rollin; 0:1-8 —— 
Mouldingupthe Wheat, £917 6 
Smeden irae Expenses és 510 0 
Havent “ees ome ; o Cl fit 7 
ivano S ae ear profit per acre £4 6 
Threshing, 3s. per qr. 0 7 6 
Beer 0 eg ow 0-256 
Drilling about. yas ake ee i 
Rent, tithes, and rates 2 0 0 
10 0 
— arsan of Wheat deen fallow with no manure, 1856. 
RODUCE £ 3.d- 
praise 4 6| Five sacks of Wheat tat 
Soei, 24pecks poracre 0 0 16l. per load 800 
Hoeing in March -0 0 | ton of straw, at 15s. 
Hoeing up PET F 3| per ton (Il. 5s.) .. 018 9 
ay is 
eaping 2 
erena (ZA perqr. 0 9: | Expenses ae $ 
PAE i BIE AE 
Drilling and carting at cai rofit per acre £312 8 12 8 
harvest time ` 0-5 0} z r 
Rent, tithes, and rates 2 0 0| 
ae 
Mr. Piper’s en for the last eight years. 
Profit 5th year £6 6 “ yea 
” ar >o FB 3 
i 5 3 | Average quanti r acre, 9 sacks 
Se. 4 Bl ste ee 7 
” » 1113 9 | Average price per load, 181. 16s. 
» loth „ 819 $| Average pon per acre the last eight 
» lith ,, 10 1 0f years, 7, be 9d. 
podn gy 10-6. 8 asin proli pop aero the ast tour 
8)£62 6 4 - 
£716 9| 
$ a areis Piipa of the last s two yer 
812-8 
1855.. 210 1 Rev: & Smith's. 
———| 2 
2)£20 7 2 £8 0.2 P favour of MP 
£10.87 ca ori Ep 
J. D. Piper, Colne 
