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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
LOCTOBER 31, 1857, 
machinery, and tools ; 
the characteristic feature of the guideway system 
=% me, a seats er agriculturally. Mr. 
TT clai the use of permanent 
which are to be cul- 
s his 
parallel rails arai the beds 
tivated—and across these beds, resting on adjacent 
ils, his working platform stretches. Mr, BuRcHAM 
on the other hand has not thought of a guide 
p eons sepii at pr 
ne end of i 
the evan Aodh which is ai paii ng over the 
land in ci ircles—a fresh centre for the stationary 
end being taken every time the arai is complete 
ey are both of them as yet mere ideas, the 
latter rok oe so than the for ace because 
Mr. T has submitted his method to a trial, 
ugh and insufficient manner. 
processes. He carries men wieldi 
upon his a and helidives that the cant 2 
locomotion which he undertakes for them 
much na saved, nt added to their stthhiiey a as 
iicarer on the soil. 
e don’t fatter it 
is. We do not think that a 
bi 
e leg much increase the pow ae 
durance att of stroke er af orat 
thos 
Aw’srotating pl ioen ery iapa, 
who complete ant hac we circle of the land as it 
ni different idea Mr. 
” plan, in which the plat- 
y be unforeseen, 
aërate, and fertilise the soil over which it passes, to 
a 
any depth that may be require 
THE offer = a Riggers by the Highland and eft 
for the steam plough capable 
of efficient mack: = a cost less than that inentted | 00 
ans of ce 
sg confi yt anea Socie 
e of the Stirling General Agricu aliara 
_ esc erro the fields selected were large and 
level, and so far ger adapted for the operation, 
fair for a useful and trust- 
riyal schemes for culti- 
urers, ks er, at the time appointed 
, and Thursday of last w 
earance,—an un 
: oe an a Chane rough testing to which the machine 
was: — the element of' simultaneous compa- 
oe been sk a Aia anti 
OWLER’s implement consists, as our readers 
as 
an 
ae means of 
ropes. t operation on 
nesday was a BS y Clever lea, of te 
CTURE.— 
three ro seiguired at an expense of at east 16s.) Ist. toe rel yeas vate _— for the crop. | subject of making meat, the 
against e first for two hours) 2nd, | the raw material of it in order À 
e steam plough drove; 3rd, Anen men a ava agricultural pro- | e bags va —is 
_at the average rate ofl cesses, $ = P isthe oa of: a ton ET 
working day of 10 hours, | 4th. Weeds — from preserves in way sides | These numbers are “expressive of o oe 
of the furrows and waste place usually sown to an acre Po Er 
cost was computed 1. In ots Kani for August 15th of the present P™ round numbers, fractions ‘ 
“adh teed and in order that year will be found a census of the amount of weed tines are 
this estimation may be may. be andeistood the the following seeds observed bya careful investig gation in 
ive aking the average size | samples of crop seeds which had "beet gi 
s to be about 17 acres, there will vegae: st from different parts of the c en 
e removal | being such samples as are sent to 
e n 
sori upon, 
umber of weed 8 
of 6 pends sown in every sn yard of 
er of days worked annually and the which they were — ye genr 
r 
soft or stony ¢ 
Names. 
e|and dividin 
al | 
pint ae a Wheat stubble partly ee eae 
ow 
and the effect of its action was considere 
e 
y 
fhe Sre aa at 1 
of w 30 Ae 
ia of 4l. pet gat Addin ums 
ing by the number of acres ploughed 
zly we get 9s. as the utmost cost of the heavy 
land work referred to. 
On Thursday the machine was tried on somewhat 
Broad Clover 
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White Dutch Clover 26, 560 
70,400 iri 
This rare gives us a startlin 
aried pw ty 290 to 236 yards, this necessitating poco being fe of weeds absolnbalft peri 
i n &c., at the | farmer wins he ee Fe artiticial 
however, were accom- enough in some cases ae 
i n | is necessary to asee the oil, a 
vee w togari to the weed? that pn a 
with ard manure. length o 
work, which, 
a in an average space of h 
one hour nearly an acre was turned o 
e 
gers 
s. 3d. per acre in durin = ; and ae by ig 
asic s such laborious pair-horse ploughing is parme taking at last comple 
cre. The exce ee of mia work was, of the surface but of the food ed th 
Soper “still more the theme of universal approval quite true that all these weed seeds 
than t m great economy with which it was | minate h w 
perform 
A trenching plough, taking only 
breadth, but lifting up a stratum of shoei tad to the soil whilst crops niet 
aying it upon the buried top-slice, was also ae 5 
tojt 
that of manual digging, whether for Jeni which | ‘ 
averaged Kin inches, or ae the complete pulverisa- 
f the dry soil e rapid progress of the | ¢ 
rse a 
, Whereas the com 
e of its work over 
Teac ’ says 
the reporter in the Zim n fortunate in 
at last age a sufficient trial, in a papan N dis- | weeds, or he wo 
tric of business thoroughly intent upon 
doing Pti toa wre like steam engine in 
lough harness; and w hether orn not the Highland 
withhold b rew for want of 
is no ae Ser that the 
deteanta fr om itia quantity 
plants an enemy which robs 
so 
It would take up too eer 
hly aw 
week, | Farmers’ Club it will be seen that 
OWLER’s steam | re sy ted as opening a paper on weeds wi 
unfortunate | fo 
onthe eli, as in spite of the pro- weeds are bpa] rather than diminishin 
ed-o 
th 
public to the great adva vances pa e 
bee culture.’ 
the bindi of weeds which thus 
n made in steam hei i 
Ix our report of the meeting of the Croydon 
t Mr. Woop is 
the 
wing remark. ‘I cannot help thinking that 
ng, and 
histles ar ore numerous than the 
were.” This melancholy state of things he accounts 
for as follows. “T ns believe, arises from the th 
without clean iie ; | the — oF soem plant, ee 
rinci 
rime oe being | proporti a others 4 pore 
se | the next a 5 fet Ë in 
ssessin KOUDE FOA 
s tha Bet re was of eon ye ch steadi; 
the quantit of ground it cov 
= - goth Scions, for uae re p 
on tha account more certain and constant in better £ patches of 
their operation, and as amongst foe are the this should take possession sa i oe 
noo sowing of weeds by the r himself, which would conseque a 
seth 
ould now make a few iyat on this | = via 
=| mode of seme propaga! ion | 
in various ways: gst | 
ng Fag the Slot: may be worthy of attention. | 
owth i in the kai of | of | 
e, still there are e 
MEMORANDA FOR THE 
STUDENT. 
Tur Meat MANUFAC 
