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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
of the season; nor is this alla matter of ‘omer when , 
in the former case the seed might germinate in 7 or 8 | 
Never | 
» 
are 
ace. e. Carrots, 
of which the iie were cut 
an he now for rapidly, and ere 
they grow too thick are thinned o By th 
5 
y be sown | 
who would enlighten me on this subject, state if this 
culture has pen tried in England, give details, 
or TA reason why it is not prac ctised h nied betes the 
bay of the Barle ee dit Carrots now in n or 
n the spring be net ioc At what Pensio abil 
the Barley drills v of Carrot is t e 
or and Subs criber, 
os are not very coat a “ah 
the nly case in which w 
seen the plan silat nA the Carrot crop was ee Jy 
valueless. ] 
armers’ Clubs. 
DDING Reform. — This 
Hap ON: Roa subject was 
discussed aoa a late meeting of the Club, i 
e Club, g 
n the turnpike = 
unty, and ass’ e has given a correct 
lisomet of the ni ink Aeran of these roads, and 
made t maintain 
them in future, resolves—Ist. To adhere to its former 
ur rate on horses and on lands 
bag condem: natory of t 
a fe 
nju axt in operate. 
e 
„in the piece 
use 
road without hing. 
North District toll-bars Sodas 7007. a- year 
A ane soree sate the expense of m 
g these re .; yet out of th 
the casting vote of the 
Wes T Kent, —The Rey. W. W. M. Smith Marriott, who 
was in the BEEN said he ‘recollected that it had been 
hat in 
ver he 
honour 
foun 
bros n was paid to this 
t 
nd | longed, a 
| able to appreciate comfort in 
is disposed to make 
ut by hoeing. 
crop of Carrots is obtained, and if, for investment. 
‘ound m 
e 
| or build anything 
n He id 
proper ty, so far as they 
the system of persons purchasing a little land, and} 
feia copa a lot of ill- — cottages, with no gar 
and charg arging a pate If a little more attan- 
rabieet, “the landlords would fee 
che aoe of the benefits ae they might confer upon 
the r classes, and the very great social chang 
| which thes might sy the means of bringing about 
mfortable hom 
7 aid that it was quite extra- 
over ae ype to consider on 
whom the great bulk of the land be- 
nd to see, on the other hand, to whom the 
creat proportion of cottage dwellings belonged. The 
compara tively to a few of the rich; but 
gst | Ta nd belonged c 
r | he relieved the far greater pr H poder hs of cottage pro- 
| pe f per. 
erty belonged to that class TSO 
"ake dw role gs, and hoy 
them convenient, had n 
ns to make Proper cottages. They were, to a ver 
t extent, labourers th emselves, an nt 
actual service. The chief reason of this to that cottage 
property was suppos ed to give a high rate of ae st 
Consequ ref those who jad Me 
it in this way. 
ever 
| 
bl prank 
vin 
|w which they wer ea perfectly well satisfied. He 
| told them, “It is very true you get a large return in the 
| shape of interest in ‘ik ata 10 
you forget to ee forwar s 
or later will be necessary.” If they looked Dicom the 
parish they woul genera re y find that 
paruo dy thes 
a 
, the 
this subject ct, wit a view es provide better house-accom 
odation for the 1 labouring c classes chea eap. 
Var ALE Pus pies Agricultural Machin 
following report 
from he Dorset Chroni 
Mr. Joseph Lande er said he yor ge endeavour to show the 
i attained and likely to be ex- 
ih 
W hich WYE. 
tended by steam machinery. wou commence with 
the porin. uun all the new inventions they had < found 
as y et any oub 
many present had seen the old- fashioned plough, ith its 
wooden turn-furrow, as i formerly u n this riye tip ood ; 
niii e 
as A 
e 
trees ecg * machine, which had now been eens brought to prin 
ver a no inplement had there been more “important, 
made within the last half century th 
There were now a great Mod offered to the shes rate eg 
For many districts the Scotch swing plough was considered 
the best, though not much used MA this — bg ogee 
the favourites were those manufactured by Mess 
dford ; Messrs. Ransome & Sims, of Ipswich; Mr, Pearce, sf 
Ag 
mie 
e; and Messrs. Tasker & Fowler, of Andover. 
re na 
e e the ‘las two yo used in ‘this | 
Bedfo' rd stan d 
thought there t be seen e pe aeea "taste 
anufacti fis it sting 
for the est iron 
pained 13 Seat oe peep . the Royal ghar eat 
which must be & proo: riority as a p 
land, fi Pana for we gerietal Bode 
Withers, ina tecture to the Botley Farmers’ Club, stated that, 
mparison with other ploughs used in his neighbour- 
a a Ho tesa gr went through the land as a hot 
knife goes 5 through pean or gre a beautiful smooth and 
even furrow, whic turn first a little, and then a 
pert ease the ng ge a as it passes 
y turned, the grassy pa 
aving i beautiful bet bed on the top, a 
earth for the haste ow to work 1 The other ploughs, 
said, were dragged along rent i the soil with the long a Hows 
of the share first raking up the bh tel gee of cutting 
Be breast of the turn-furr g the edge 
t 
urrow, w 
Boto 
sina turned at all. 
seen aes a hole worn through it by 
which would easily explain how it was ras tht Howards ‘ploughs, | 
and er hs of ty similar make, were of uch easier dr caghi | 
He d no some ‘allusion ‘to “steam PURDE A 
ll felt rya rar gem 
Steet | 
mo frequently 
make s 
But for 
Aai little 
prac- 
recommend sean ponent we 
and practical use; although he did no ot think 
for ar 
„far distant when it would beco 
the tim 
coun’ 
+tond 11, 
Uy DG & HOW IRYVYCNRNUON 
fa E aa being overcome, and: 
indispensable to the practical 
cost as in n many others, are 
feaping ma achines will shortly be i 
a 
tying por Ag paree A horse hire wear and tear, be about 
per 
being akio 
at "ha very point t of 
cally Bow an eee whole, fields with dispatch, espe- 
even at en ages, aggravates the danger from the un- 
phoned of th the. weather. —The threshing tt r hons con- 
sidered had been i roved upon more than any other. The 
three different ae of machines which he should 
call their attenti were :— First, the horse-power ma- 
chine. - Second] the four- er steam threshing 
machine, with steam shaker. ‘And, thirdl , the combined 
steam t g machine. His j to 
show as his and ex- 
when the houses | 
ai | 
who, howev a 
ot the | 
servants in|} 
m a reason with dri 
y| 
e- | 
u | West Hill Far 
o pay more attention = | 
} 
— The | at wide i 
fa ee on this subject is abridged | ich mea 
cle: u 
He believed an 
the arded at 
‘the Royal prions, A Society, ie woad j: a ES 
| power suiivable toa 
Faction | 
perience would admit, and also t Xpense ¢ 
per sack b my of 
Of cpus Uy Gara ta inn up 
into that matter it sonli be well e menti before 
stances as ow has n harves' 
whether it Was very long in the straw, had a ten: 
unt thes 
hes 
nce in the amọ 
8 
E 
entering i 
i 
i 
a 
Hi 
Td; 
0 71820 
d with combi 
to the gee 
yield, Now the: ey would 
of threshing m 
Note, 
fi 
Sreeshing Per au oh Bde 
ere, was 
ẸF 
percei 
a 
E 
5 
i 
s of machines by the s 
with 
great ady. atea ‘the first cost, and also 
| afte rwards, 
dA chicing, 
este Nest 
acai Steam T. Ridgway, Pic aly. A. Halkett, 
This SRRY a weannede a rite fi by hirae of 
pg tae Society of f England, written some months — 
| 880. which th ese i appiying Maer prea in 
tontit ai in 
arried out i T descri n 
als. 
o 
any way on the land, culture c 
weather and state of the ground without injury, even 
on the heaviest lag soil, leaving it in a 
ness Epos ble to ig at where the weight. of a A 
implem ho: o eyer power 
cometh dati or poaching ie ee roe ge con- 
in ay 
pie aD E a 
reaping machines han 
thus 50 feet wide, as travels on two 
n to the 
number of tons Gati is e oonidarai which 
tute upon many farms or gardens, varying 
100 tons per acre per annum. feo ee : 
that there is for their cartage, an it 1s 
that a horse draws atr e tim ri mach ona 
as it does on a ploughed 
i oe much cheaper "than animal ; 
practicable by this 
cable, and landed parr 
farms 
er et may come back in 
“The quantity that co could be ploug plong 
and tw o men would be all that are requi 
culati 
well as by 
a of being ‘abl 
fbi weather, 
This great economy of time 
for reaping and carrying 
‘The rails formi 
that every see shal 
wens el to 
hin 
