





THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



1 down a§ in the preceding instance, as rapidly as 



kC TjT one good mower cutting an acre as his day's 

 55 . Ind the cost of a tarpaulin may be dispensed with, 

 h it is very useful in any case, to protect the hay 

 5— *r rain during the formation of the rick ; and 



381 



here 



lew 



> ; c Available tne neia cocks can ue uruugut iu 



Unless for horses 



fast as they are saved. 



-tt* m*y require to be limited in tneir allowance of 

 **? it js desirable to sift salt very evenly through 

 Z!fc course of hav, at the rate of 14 lbs. to the ton, and 



tft ch course 

 people 



larour 



a 



If there be any reason to apprehend danger from 

 ■spheric moisture in hay, layers of straw may be 



;phenc 



introduced V— - e ~- .,.,.- , j » 



hi* rick immediately after it is finished." 



A neat farmer will thatch 



Miscellaneous. 



Sain during January, February, March, and April, 

 1853 



Locality 



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BlOLAXD. 



Greenwich 



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iU warden 

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Ireland. 







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Mil 



ork 

 Pwtar ?ton 



Armagh 



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SCOTLAND. 

 GJMgOW 



Aon* Ivrth sWre ... 



Average amount of Rain in the United Kingdom i 



to 30th April, 1855— 5.00 inches. 



■Allnuil's Irish Land Schedule. 



Calendar of Operations. 



MAY' and JUNE. 

 Wot Srsssx, Hay 29.— Saturday the 26th will be memorable 

 the first warm day of the season. The atmosphere was com- 

 jjttelr changed. For the previous three weeks we had frequent 

 •to* l but though it kept the corn green, yet the Grass made 

 pot little progress And we may now put down the Clover cron 

 u a complete failure, come what will, as it is now coming iu 

 ■wer, an-1 hardly long enough to mow even where it does cover 

 thepound, which it does in few places, and it is no uncommon 

 thing u, «e the mowers in the fiUd cut, not the Clover, but the 

 2ETl?i.!5 l M ? ther K ,, ' eeds ^ have established themselves 



Zn^iS^i ™ J * A , s m u ay be e *P<*t<^ feed has been 

 U.?Y?' e ha ,^ c heard of hi S" P ric es being given for it. 



t£™ SSST^h," 16 , h . ay WiU b ° ***'> and » *' U1 be de " 

 kbok taMnnT™ m 16 ? f the 0ld stock left - Tlle Wh " a ' « said 



«WrV wL^rtS? I 7 - '" "T? places > but in tllis P» rt ° f «»e 



"t h !Il •* v° , \ g °° d ' lt is doin S wel1 ' We sliall have 

 "iwaeat ears in May, but though late it is all right in other 



SSt've Sk r»t 2?/, S 'S* we,I » and the yonng g Clove« to 

 ^X e «t^ J' ., f, et , ter , U ! an . usual - Mangold Wurzel was 

 SnS hSr.Si tb the ,and in the beit order-too dry for their 



St hmll ? " "J? Vs ether ' a,1<1 for their cultivation in 



Tto £* 1° ' n if P «£ W h8VC been ' bet ' er tb3n «» ««on 

 WfcubJn r b .V ? comttien cement of Swede sowing; the 



WwTbxv^ait^rT tim .°,' and < a tIliu S that "rarely 



"E, JtZsh we have dm hJ-r H 10 "^'^! 16 p,0per time ha * 

 •"Ij Turnios tint wl k tS lf ", ls not to ° earl y- Among 



^/wX-e found tWfl" S ° Wn v fof eatil, « l, P before W "eat 



« eow, to To in'?, t, L flr , very bus J"- But u is seldom that 



*«Wa Where U 1 %ZZ o where /V 1,ei ' p,10s P hate of lime lla ^ 

 b low, fie," ttL ^ ?W USCd I l . have never but once "» d 

 "Hrphosphate and I h if Wa ? W v Prc we used home mad e 

 ■^»utoiea^cWv^«M e M 1,e r b0 ? M were not d issolved 



2- A ««»nother cance Lt -: k 6 f ? r tbe plants ' to P ush ««««» 

 ••nsiw „I 1^ 'ri"" 03 perhaps with this circum- 



2?« «• »t '« Tslfe'- anfl ?W bear ,'- And indeed see - that early 

 !■»>»»? in the midoiPrf i J b . eheve is »<»* that the flv to 

 *« »*t of tl e soTl isdrivi"" 6 t0 destr °5'' but that the crop by 

 totmtrj ml^l uj™? "» more ,.inickly, and so defies to 



rapidly ItlZ* l ot . 0Ter 8 "PPl>«d with fat stock, and it 



»nS ne y arW a.&W °T cr 5 *- P« stone for beef and 



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anted. G. ft 



Notic 



**«■««> or Two's S *° Corres Pondenta. 



«-o Samples of Scpebphobi-hate : AtH 



t-tf "«! sa 



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7r * ted «"phateof lime - 



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No. 1 



10.00 



12.01 



6.45 



7.67 



11.31 



A'jricota — 



No. 2. 



21.76 



7.16 



20.75 



10.41 



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26.67 

 37 20 



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Nitrogen 

 «<Jtial to 



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No. 1. 

 1.02 



1.13 



100.00 



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No. 2. 

 0.30 



0.35 



15.36 



8.60 

 31.32 



100.00 



Vitoa ammonia 



■^7,^ ammonia »V q 7 '" , — 1 - 13 ••• °- 35 



Sft ^soluble nhL u P a er lb '» the soluble Phosphate at 2-7. 



mSL f WiU *n, ^ e M *«ut^K- Is U ° f Any U5e to the Swede 



tSj 0r Ww^, 11 ? experience? It is especially 



I^J2^ w ur Z el, but not tbat we are aware for 



*t efij^^r^ ^? believc the tw0 are th « same. 

 ^ W?« manu re drin i(.TJ mi]ch diluted you may use it 

 !5& mm *i*t^ the "fl"W on the top of 



5&i? ^l/a^^^?;, B«t for use by /our 



ed along with whatever 

 n FT PrevimiK f« ;ifj ::*"-" su Jn tne furrows before splitting 





CAUTION. 



PARKES' STEEL DIGGING 

 DRAINING TOOLS. 

 Whereas very inferior descriptions of Steel Digging Forks are 

 now manufactured and sold, and I have been informed that our 

 chasers of the same have believed them to be the same as those 

 manufactured by me, and to which the Royal Agricultural Societv 

 and numerous Agricultural Societies' prizes have been awarded 

 I hereby respectfully inform the public that every Fork manufa - 

 tured Dy me is stamped with my trale mark "J. p " and that 

 Messrs. Burgess & Key, of No. 103, Newgate Street, London are 

 my sole Wholesale Agents, and I have authorised them to re- 

 place to the purchaser every Fork of my manufacture found 

 defective; they will also on application send Wholesale and 

 Retail Price Lists, &c, post free. Francis Parkes & C o. 



1)0 YOU BHUlSfc. YOUR OATS YET !— One 



*-/ bushel of Oats when Crushed will make two. Great savin e 



OAT BRUISERS, Chaff-cutters, Ploughs, Threshing Machines 

 Flour Mill Carts, Corn Dressing do., Horse and Steam Machinery' 

 put up, &c. Book on Feeding, Is. 



M. WKPLAEg, US, Fenchurch Street, London. 



W E D L A K E'S N E W H A Y-MAK £ R, 



▼ ▼ only 10^. 105. Gd., cash in advance. Wedlake's New Horse 

 Hay Rake, cash in advance, 3?. 15s. 6d. Book on Making Hay 

 Cheap, Is. Book on Feeding Horses Cheap, Is. List of 260 Cuts 

 of Machines, 1 y.— 118, Fenchurch St reet, City . 



IMPROVED LAWN MOWING MACHINES"; 



MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY 



and H. FERRABEE, 



Phoenix Iron Works, near 

 Stroud, Gloucestershire. 



FORKS AND F U ?mw ? BASINS, VASES, STATUES 



» t F »^ mN tR ™ AY *. &<■ »■ TERRA COTTA ' 



By J. M. BL A8 nr,ri.n Pr.^ p l reet> P.ddingte,,._i^ r A ;;! _ 



M ILT ?, N n ' S IjBl PROVED ^COTTAGE HIVE 



Prize & , of 2 l^l Th wT' y B ? b , ire ? (° r Whie]l tht> E *"> - 

 m^AlmtT^lr^i^L^ .?« .^est improve- 



ut killing the bees : also 

 Glasses, Feeders, &c. 





ful book o 



n M i LToar 

 per pest, 



Street. Lo 



Budding's Patent. 



MOWING 

 be used by 



These are the only 



MACHINES that can 

 unskilled la- 

 bourers with 

 equal facility on 

 Lawns, Verges, 

 between Flower 

 beds,on Bowling 



Greens, Cricket 

 and Pleasure 

 Grounds ; 4500 

 of them have 

 been sold. 



Hand Machine, for One Man, cutting 16 inches wide £5 10s. OU 



Ditto for Two Men 



Pony Machine (or Donkey) 

 Horse Machine 

 • Ditto 



London Agency :— The Manager'of 

 menj^Bjiker Street Bazaar. 





22 ditto 

 26 ditto 

 28 ditto 

 36 ditto 



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6 



8 

 11 

 15 







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the Agiicultural Depart- 



KICHMOND & CHANDLER'S PATENT CHAFF- 

 CUTTING MACHINE. 



All the various modern Implements of Agriculture manufac- 

 tured on the most scientific and improved principles, suitable for 

 home use and exportation. -Address, Richmond & Chandler, 

 Salford, Manchesterj_and 32, South John Street, Liverpool. 



Catalogues Gratis. 







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? 



..£? manure you n V y " undi,u 

 ^ Previa,: t " af ri lPose in the 



V^iiui^ 1,*' Yo "r letter hn. , 



«r 





ot yet been replied to by 

 ii*U! WpVoneV l n M 7 ,me . that treatment similar 



^^^m£i^^S& ° ftener ' Say 



w»Sm!% DIGGING FORKS X DRAINING TOOLS. 



M £ ^ S RS BURGESS and KEY, as Mr. Parkes' 



*■ -■ Wholesale Agents for England, have alwavs in stork a 

 large assortment These Forks and Tools are now in use by 

 nfwards of 1000 of the Nobility and Farmers, members of the 

 eve y r in\ g ent^ tU an/r ie ; 5 "'-, wh ° P rono «°^ them to be the test 



Price Lists soAt ?rl t L faC,1 ^ ate .. labour at ,east 20 P er cen t- 

 oftS. MF.^ i V *PPl'wtion, and Illustrated CaUlogue 

 Qlth^esjj^nnjmpiemein x on receipt of eight pos tage stomps. 



T^f™ ^'_ S ,.? 0C ?.A:NUT FIBRf-: MANUFAC. 



BRU 



-nrVmJcM,? <3 ' s .t" , g'''fhed for su j e iority and excellency of 

 r„°?„ mans ' ,, P^ onlbl ''?d with moderate Tprices. Prize Medal bbth 

 t ^rl*. and Amenca at tbe Exhibition of all Nations. 



London Cocoa-nut Fibre Manufacturer, 42, Ludgate Hill, 



NEIGHBOUR'S 8 IMPROVED* COTTAGF RPF 



IN HIVE, as ori g i„ally introduced by gSo^N.k^S 



& Sons, with all the recent 

 improvements, glasses ther- 

 mometer, &c, price ' 35#., 



securely packed for the 



country. 



This unique hive has met 

 with universal commenda- 

 tion, and may be worked 

 with safety, humanity, and 

 profit, by the most timid; 

 its arrangements are so per- 

 fect, that the honey m be 

 takt i, at any time of the 

 gathering season without at 

 all injuring the bees. 



Early applications, ad- 

 dressed to Geo. Nkioiihocr 



&£« 127, HiLTh Holboro, 

 or 149, hvgent Street, Loo- 

 don, will receive prompt 

 attention. Their newly 

 arranged Catalogue of other 



rw™- ^ r, . improved Beehives, with 



Drawings and Prices, sent on receipt of two stamps. 



T it£? nt V~} Iancl,< * lcr ' llALL & Wilson, 50, King Street; 

 Lneipool, James Ccthbi r, 12, Clayton Square ; Chester 

 i . & A. Dickson & Sons, 106, Eastgate Street; Glasgow, Austfv 

 ci f. AsLAN '» 18G ' Trongate Street ; Dublin, J, T 



61, Dame Street. 



Edmundson & Co., 





Tt ? J! V, r P 9 R 7 ANT TO GROWERS OF ROSES. 



TEW L\-IN VENTED APHIS BRUSH, or 



GREEN FLY Dl^TKOYER-The attention f Florist 



is particularly called to this Cheap and 

 Ingenious Instrument, invented by the Re* 

 E, S. Bull, of Colchester, which, in a very 

 simple and easy manner, instantly cleanses 

 the Rose from that destructive insect tl*j 

 Green-fly (or Aphis), without causing the 

 slightest injury to the bud or foliage. 

 Vi ice 2s. Qd. each, or free by post, Ss. 6d. 



Manufactured by 



JOSLIN AND SONS, 

 Ironmongers, Colchester. 



Retailed by all the principal Ironmongers. 



"Wholesale Agents: 



W. Thompson & Son, 15, Upper North 



Place, Gray's Inn Road, London. 



RIPE FRUIT, STRAWBERRIES, AND SEED BEDS. 



XTEW TWINE NETTING (Tanned if required), 



-*-^ 1 yard wide, 2d. per yard; 2 yards wide, 6d. per yard; 

 4 yards wide, 8c/. per yard. Half-inch MESH do., 2 vards wide, 

 8d. per yd. The ELASTIC HEXAGON GARDEN NETTING, 

 To" Meshes to the square inch, effectually excludes birds, wasp-j, 

 fiies, &c, from fruit trees, flower, or seed beds, A\d. per square 

 yard. TANNED NETTING, 2 or 3 yards wide, \\d. per yard ; 

 4 or 6 yards wide, Sd. per yard, at \V. Cullingfoed's, 1, Edmund 

 Terrace, Ball's Pond, London. 



Samples exhibited, with prices attached, in the South- 

 Gallery of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 



pHEAP WIRE GAME & POULTRY NETTING. 



Wide. Mesh. 

 24 inches by 2 inches 

 36 „ 2 

 48 .. 2 



n 



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Galvanised 1 . 

 6<i. per yard. 



Plain. 

 ... 3d. to id. per yard. 

 ,.. 6d. per yard. 



Sparrow Proof Netting, Galvanised, 3i. per square foot, made 

 to any size. This article is shown at the Sydenham Exhibition, 

 where it is much admired.— W. Cullingford, 1, Edmund Ter- 

 race. Ball's Pond Road, near the Gate, Kingsland. 



j — i — — — — — . — , _ 



^ AN NED NETTING, for the protection of Fruit 



-L Trees from frost, blight, and birds, and for the security of 

 fresh sown seeds, either in Gardens or Fields, at Id. per square 

 yard; 200 yards, 145.; 500 yards, 305.; 1000 yards, 50*. Scrim 

 Canvas, for Wall Fruit.— At EDGINGTON and Co. T s, Rick 

 Cloth, Tent, and Waterproof Cloth Manufacturers, 17, Smith- 

 field Bars, City, and Old Kent Road, Southwark; Emigrant 

 Outfitters, Ship Chandlers, and Export Merchants, Brunswick 

 Street, near the East India Export Dock, Black wall. 



HEAP WIRE, GAME, & POULTRY NETTING, 



5d. per running yard. 

 GALVANISED DITTO. Id. ner runninar rard, 2 feet wide* 





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Not G alvanise*. 



5<t . per yard 



6Jd. 



7ht. 



lOd. 



if 



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Trtf* , ^ U ^A-NUT FIBRE MANUFAC- 



^n vl ; k^^°^ ATTING ' MATS, MATTRESSES, 



TrVi.?' ^™a HORSE-HAIR, and BRISTLE 8UB-' 

 1 L 1 L are distimrn khpH f,^ «^« :~«** a ..^n * 





Galvanised. 

 U in. wide, 2 in. mesh, Id. per yard. 

 30 in. ,. 2 in. „ 9d. 

 36 in. „ 2 in. „ lO^d. 

 IS in. „ 2 in. n It. 2d. 



Sparrow Proof Netting, Galvanised, 3d. per square foot, mads 

 o any size for the same proportionate price. This article was 

 hown at the Great Exhibition, where it was so much tdmlred 

 "or its light and durable appearance, and acknowledged to be the- 

 heapest and best article of the kind ever offered. Extra 3trong 

 Wire Sheep Netting, 3 feet high, Is. 6d. and 2*.3<f. per yard. 

 Vlso every description of Flower Trainers, Dahlia Rods, Garden 

 Vrches, Bordering, Flower Stands, Tying Wire, Trellis Work, 

 n visible Wire Fencing, Hurdles, and every description ot Wire 

 Work for Horticultural purposes.— Illustrated Catalogues of 

 Patterns forwarded, post free, on application to T. B. Eox, L ity 

 >f London Wire Work and Iron Fence Manufactory, 44, Skinner 

 Street, and 6 and 8, Snow Hill. London, 



