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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Novemazr 14, 1857. 
and mechanism ; extended use of 
chin 
won ndrous powe 
Æ 
which ii it makes to human 
oA 
the 
and scientif appliances to farm 
effe Da an almost 
complicated ma- 
work; the 
e utility in op Bagge in the 
its econom 
y 
ime, its conversion of saa ances almost 
% 
n duty to supply th ai 
nden 
food at the cheapest Lise ga cost to the utmost possible 
t—the 
extent—t which 
ina ew exce 
pti ional cases 
is sure to be bere of the present TS of high prices in 
enting farms—the 
pier bond 
settled state a 
hand—the artificial modes of st 
richer food supplied to cattle, Spare 
stock far more precarious, and attent 
it measur 
vity, skill, and ie: 
rise can alone expect to reap savant tage. 
fae) 
i 
4 
h 
the he: valth he our 
n to the eco: 
- | due proportion 
n | the cou 
the e the free of t e take into 
| consideration that She ‘benefit av i ag he d could 
thus so essentially confer would be of s 
ance ie the tenants, I think aa is mee going too far to say it 
is his d do ae pee tell to vey 
l pies | our whole system eS cultu ust be r 
mode lle d. _ We must adopt hososystemsof cropping wi which 
er amounto f gre 
Much of our my: must be: so > managed as to po he 
herds of dair oe, wats or fatt ane. stock. The 
f tilla age must be so arranged as 
rentest posable iA of winter feeding. 
untry under 
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et 
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afford the 
usban 
ver be accomplis 
of 
t have conetahte and 
We 
not 
improved machinery. We mu 
well arranged laterals with well roaded farms. 
he use of artificial manur 
i] 
3 
wt 
from a mong reg my 
skill and industry 
sma rt Dig 
try. We can 
ir great improvements. it wer 
e following in their lee, cara 4 our sailed b ‘them, ae 
make our own soundin 
this saves the ons of havin: 
Weare y com Nate ‘in nearer to hati 
with the mig irit of agricul 
ntry, may we not bape s 
KERRY 
cing redo 
the foremost in the world, especially 
rearing, an 
and fattening of stock. Indee 
NORTH Mr. Christy spoke at the late 
annual ostua of = society AA aes deeem = 
eonig. 
ura. 
os our fate pilots far upon ou 
< premium of 2 
the pu 
And I pope yon a "e not dee 
4 
Bo 
ut our hel 
great ocean of |e 
en hope soon to leave 
aes wiy in ie 
iy i 
poe al ates em oe sda 
Aevielws. 
A ras on ae Cultivation, addressed to the ve 
R: aeli, M.P. William Smith, 
Woeii, Baca 
Row. 
The decision of ee Highland Society to award their 
o Mr. Fo wler will 
D 
ulti engine, dra lou 
in the brooding, F travaio ti ag and Smith’s, 
ed, the adya 
ing on a similar 
pe apan sires of mn prods yo veg and letting | 
uch vast i a - | ste 
tl 
ran improved system of | resp 
A “much, very mu uch, has to be done, and | p 
n 
aight acclivity. 
m | this, there would be great advant 
By 
$ Wesley & Co., 54, Pat dati Ran 
these at other times w ould be meets 
seeding and in tine agric ultra en Prien oo 
umber f halia and the 
neg pric? I could bens tivate more 
are employed to n 
led to ap that the loss of po 
weighing pr 
moving te 
Pr 
of 
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Zy 
P$ 
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cet 
Bie 
S 
= 
ger 
$s 
required to cary 
little or no power would be 
tornei its own efforts, and the 
friction might “he reduced to tothe 3 Pemp 
engine wkich could be applied to iiei other’ wiel 
tural , such as threshing, grinding, chaff- 
cutt 
ing these things in mind I formed my oy 
ama; in the spring of 1 ka ore wis 
reaper as far as fo could 
Royal Agricultural seit etn ving at ale 
in in the hope of meeting with m 
esigns, I share pine A 
power engine, and TR 
up a admixture 
and e yalat Sim it hor a state of eaen 
obnoxious Grasses on the 
we making in this respect are bei Diridh a i . | perish, than by the action peo the e Common l = 
admitted. Mr. Strafford tells us that iced is the | Thi - m indeed that he was re ts them to pi ieces and p aoa 
best adapted cou in the world for the propagation | the originator of this plan, and Lions in the summer w oriee pee crease ae 
and improvement of the short-horn, and when we he ene the rs. Ra e and becomes a mat f absolute n rs 
into iderati e fact that we have in this coun ry | Fowler to agg e first apparatus £ ne kind that had ” e season of e I applied steam yore 
some of the v ribes of them, I think it is not mn t or himself And the cultivation of about es. Hereis the 
o far to say we bid fair to = = t bree “ All the attempts to apply iiam ie the Somme the crops on the cold das ari 9 quarters, 2 
ry in the world. Y understand that | of the soil previous to the year 1895 had been Peas rs, 1 bushel; Beans 6 quarters 
I consider the natural soil | the year 1855 I invented mine, had it omy o the acre. My other crops of this year olti- 
enable us to go brought to a suecessful trial at the close of that year ; satisfactory, but not mes the result alee ount of th i 
ith | fi en but not one that has ene A it is unn record the am 
e a shadow of pretence to success was mad attempted | produc 
a sain ofa ote the beginnin, ng of the year 1856. The 
means of connecting the power with the plough which I e We 
— was the well known sy. indlasses; with} Lrsmany.—We got here at 9 next day. 
I have work eam plough to see the monster steading whic 
j arei and I find this + plan or my plough so much | home farm to be worked by the lan 
appreciated, that several of my countrymen have adopted | and got up in handsome style, and 
plit Fe sing it; nat I believe it is the only| tial. The limestone there is exceedin 
mical substitute for a horse plough or the spade | for building, and is, indeed, a rather 
a that has hitherto been invented.” The entire establishment a 1 red 
t e follo passages from his recently published | master-hand, with a view to eco 
ing of the il unimproved state of the Bodi S many of py kp tics sages fron and eaha be success. | whole t There is 
the backward English districts, and comparing this with | He grindi (we saw al argo 
the vast improvement which has taken place within the! “ arm ~ prey of not quite 200 acres; of the | Crimea), and pumpin a which is 
last ten years in the large ‘ots of Irish stock which have | arab acres illy cold clay more than a mile | tributed by pipes from a very large gi 
daily imported to the English markets ; thus bear- | from home, but witl a field barn ‘and yard; 70 acres | all parts of pe e — for the use of the ¢ 
Se ample testimony to ae rs ata ement we are ng | are mixed gravelly clay near h a sous sab arranged so o be used for exti 
WwW however, rest satisfied | and the piece steam plough the pre ingi aikai for a farm of fr 
done hat still may be done, which the Turnips way bs the ed iad the es a ry kra is the 
it is the landlords of the country who can now make rnips, make up t Oa this I formerly | i and such ! the 
is This reminds me | worked five horses and a stout pony, and they were with “slight ieee: and when te Wok oee 
struck me in your show-yard to-day. | fully aerga I now keep two horses and a pony, and you see the ne 
here you make three | for these I do not find anything like full work. At | their chimneys, and thei 
I think, at least in the third | times, it is trae I am forced to borrow a horse from my | gards,” as roi calls the were but 
ey given for bulls would be far better | Mare? r farm, but I certainly re ay in kind far more | of these fields, now Turnips, uk that, 
e premium for their cows and | than I borrow. am therefore applying steam at a| “cabins,” now entirely ol ee Jeon the 
rds supply them with papon great disadvantage, com: ha if I | standing, there pore gee" 
those farmers to pr more arable On from 200 to 300 acres | now than there were whee 
l beast; and I hold that 3 no | of arable land, there “nk be from 50 to 60 days’ work | girl is employed at barn or 
iter benefit on his t s, and | at steam ploughing in the autumn; then there would be | at di i 
than by bringing into the country | required only ; just sufficient horses to cart the corn, and | nominally had 
