876 THE AGRICULTURAL, GAZE 
mr 
F TE. [DrcEmBER 26, 
1857. 
I found the grey and white more a than the 
The choice should fall o lh with 
t inclined 
matter as it should stand ; uinen Err oar to depute | stock. 
another person do. this or him ould have | black and white. 
He wishes te ty that he is | large ears; a e g straight side not in Pie lee 
ars; 
glad of discussion on these matters, that the truth may | to be big- T I have pointed out the princi mvipal i inci- 
ught out. Mr. Smith on his own occupation | dents for a to treat the subject in way 
grows double the amount that Mr Piper me: done on Mr, | particular Gani no doubt take up too much of y 
J. B. preen Colne Engain space. Thorp Perrow. 
as they are se n x cer — 
tain elderly Tansee is poland sa id to ng unted Societies, 
blacker than they deserve? r old fashioned fields in SENTITA 
Ireland, exhausted and incapable of bearing profitab! FREEMASON’s TAVERN, Dec. 10,— Aad rain ic 
crops <f Po nd corn, are given up to weeds for Agriculture. —A meeting of gentlemen interested 
three or four years, and thus Eta a s hepa that | agriculture was held for the purpose of nern from 
bles the bear several more cro otatoes and | Mr. P Halkett a description of his sys stem, the 
the e satisfaction and ae f Paddy r and variety of the operations of t as 
Liebig says the exhausted fields in the neighbourhood performed, and‘the costs at which they have been done 
of Naples recover a fertility for being giv in a simi- | by the guideway steam pro nable him to 
nefice 
inion of weeds. Very | prove his assertion that large profi to be derived 
allow any credi ese friends | from — tems of the entire Saltna: of land by the 
man ascribes the restored fertility a the sole | power of steam. Mr. Mechi occupied the chair. 
and unassisted influence of atmospheric matters inthe! The pi 
; ad these fields con 
tinued in tillage, hore y: eo and the ope ning | Pe 
must all feel that. horses are most 
be preferable vided it 
and disintegratin ing labou man, so far trom | had to depend on horse power three parts of the population of 
necoverin a pe: ruth detility thay would have become | | this co n ry would. be Hmelothed, ah ORTAYA Pi hep 
furt | we consider that a manufacturer engine 
to na ae S he ge = E | power (which is probably kept working night ay dae) would 
hem CTN neg bre t =e f 3 fos lie require at least 2000 horses to work it, inasmuch a na hors oefen c 
robbers, er restorers of a fertili y] mie win rk six Iw a on consider the im- 
which our cultivated crops have stolen our | possibility of finding groom vege ped. stabling te 2000 
fields. | But weeds are also further our friends by their | horses, of 50 0 horse hover pa 3 you will say that 
stim of good culture, and so further con- | Se ought to ta ngin wid tk cin be a i 
5 MIGE | , provi it can one pro: 
tributors to fertilit: eo were it not for their maintaining fitably. Now, it setae ‘that the dimealty, as anton to 
Pa eta Cre erate, Ont allows and | the soi ia one- offi “millions of cane etme, og 
our s ow crops ould not receive from us the labour | locomotive was invented, it was found t towing to that fric- 
that i uctiveness, and | tion it could not. be applied ps common ro a poss Hharetore 
s “A 
to make new r or this young gentleman—the 
of £3 c elements of veg e napi gr engine or locomotiv hink it is not a question 
action on that would e tin the “thing costs but of what it will ay, and it is on this principle 
soil. oat have oo the origin of all fertile soils ; | only that we may expect Mr. H p invention can be made 
the rock s ringin g me its ocean bed would to y a may acre seems a large sum of money to fix upon 
remain sterile for ever did n ee come to the 
rescue, and by their generous pit i 
to the beast of the field and bird A a air, and bread wi Ps i Vapi = ei b = eee | 
+ ! ij ment. at presen ass an opinion upon I u In. 
do y paria owe to NE eds! and yet we iti is worth while - submitting it to practical me: d 
Seep: bers Even in death they are t likely io make a mistake upon the subject. To- 
victorious and do good to man in return for their day I w 0. Polytechnic Institution and heard Mr. 
murder, for in their destruction they give rich vegetable Pepper Teeture on tis ye 
t a 
th each of which con 
e aot men m t f Mangel Wurzel with per rfect ein 
uld have had no troublo. in paesing from one end 
Now I 
“purchase. The method of la “a fo 
rails is as phir saa de trench op dhe Si oh 
W a i 
7 | hem eee e e at 15 brig down i the 
soi e rails are tarred to revent th ‘ z 
h poe by the machine as it rt ah o g, with a bh plon 
r more in a yea o; f 
a igh ss of land occupied by the road is 
A el 
ery sm ing the gauge at 50 fi 
rail at 24 feet, it is about” the 1 Lath of 2 = ee for the 
and the 
said: We 
expensive in the pus ation of the soil, and that steam would + 
Afte 
ystem of cultivation, it is. al 
expect a perfect Tk work at is. almost too much to 
: Aeman 3 sh 
e 
other point is the agricultural . ‘Now, 
unacquainted with the extraordinary difficulties of a clay soil 
cannot have the least idea of the benefits to be d 
this mode of cultivation whi perform t 
culture without a ls , as we 
‘0 g and lea t 
n and engineers | 4, 
the moist a 
and one teen ich I 
be Shams at the least expense. The 
which he has described the 
th on a to t aa pon! its at the s were level. know that the results are 
afford Mo eg reasons for that t thick seeding whic o had ca and i pundred ton por apia Tor a 
the armies of the in aders to exceed i oft d only ¢ COP n. vet a rate which | f CATS OaE S CO aine, is the pods il 
as this thick ng Aaa would require Picas a peenaa to carry o s, and the reason solution of fii robiem or Te cultivation of clay soils without 
ion impossible, their tinual incre of that was nothi ing else but the dilference 1 “i ntletion, kers aka ving a spat os or heavy machines pressing in soil 
: ; A ult; we shall 
it the blessed necessity of still thicker common roads. = think we can infer from toet that Taare is during cultivation; when we Bane penah of this 
have done m clay soils 
> 3 Ey erea T ore to advance the value of y 
ng. ck seed we me thanks for i Some reason for inquiring into this question, and to give count than is done for lisht sous by t the oe of 
ter, and no doubt tefully snap up this so alkett an opportunity of explaning it tous. I have seen Mr ahe Clav koil is ee age valuable, a far 
Cerberus. J. M. gods | oh ete ee ni i ane g eget ph and a subsoiler, erway quantity an food for plants in pp ays more gen 
$ reply to “North Lancnstershire” Prdicly ond no ail i ise ie, Sea Fgh ea |b taken awa iter Dy maleter oF Bie beas of aia sum, the 
eas "rabbit for profit, I would advise i ‘sue Vio tiem that it would be so with a locomotive engine ia ae 1l be able to peen ig ph will not venture to 5 act the 
prepare some hutch the if suitable ploughs were attac beneath it. At present we interes n- 
r a utches for E not been able to feed the people of this country so fully part either ae od ere: z opponnok ey, bad he ey but 
‘ > : p” . -, : d 
het at che en of the side, eaving a dark for s they that which was et cent “Te Halkett, that the good- nk pesos’ 1 ee in which he h 
y é wi our t n uired a great amount of capital xtremely scientific nim with 
iin my hutches acted as a doorway, so that I had perfect * oo pron : e hie he een tees K entitle 1 him to our best 
contro) 
‘ol over every part of the hutch; this is necessary, po hen ple shad 
oes 
hem in two se: parate laces. Mie Ss is bof ete 
mg 
> Y Teco 
ai (hey a are sila tems about. advocate 
sometimes only had two young ones; og this ha pened tat of laying sown, ea “the whole f fen ie be caltdvated 
generally put them with another nal lel hard tram t- 
= miz 
co 
ey 
le n | reception, and a vote of thanks.” (Cheers) ( 
aying their young, often- clothing aon otiia countries without having the wherewithal e SF follo 
a me motion of 
chairman, the owing reso mously 
“ Reco nltivation by spade 
“Recognising the fact gotai c 
labour is productive of larger crops than ¢ cultivation by by 
horse ploughing, but that the "enet of the ed 
vents its entering into table competition 1 
lat tiur and skeen sa egg el ee turists 
by Mr. 
= p% vis Tage at $ to condition either equal or 
saa 
verified, at a dot eonsiddes by me can that of horse 
in ou ay gad 
achinery)—Resolv = that the 
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i test im 
er | ject eppum to this meeting of the grea 
ultural interests of this hes an ate 
Y | to 
the ‘deep attention and examinati 
by 
s already given 
i very interesting conversation then followed, 
a ag ena ae oe echi (the chairman), wks 
ay, and urnips, C Webster, Mr. Slaney, Mr. 
ea nt agen ae and the sso eg the cot Wyatt, Mr. G rafton, Mr. 7 Noore 
> mited, or m ey ea mu dry | part, Nase Pepin Si n eliciting the follo owing informa- 
ae 
| hot trie ‘he into of the os Grass, Bid car Soe does 
, | pletely out ong pieces. te 
operation on 1 a farm would be of putting the 
k while the other er pieces did 
r. Mr. 
boas bree took 
zri ex 
i o Parliament 
me se since, I should be most happy ay ri some shares z out 
referred 
Haein a the vote of thanks, 
wan wa expe ed oe e with ee vi ales 
sett lands e said: — liquid 
ed with cl: aies prevent its getti consol 
T mined some clay with Baus Boeg 2 
ixed 
— and others p water. 
got dry 
: we: 
hat had the liquid manure in 1 manure 
had he it with the iret although itd m 
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