6-1 



to 



thick seeding. Except in very late sown 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



Wbatt, 



^ ia parenting 



or two of depth in sowing will have much 





fcrthe 



well drained and well prepared tields Wheat is to bi a full .™„ 

 but where the land is wet and cold, it looks thin and stuXl T„ P ,i 

 cannot m many places be more than half a crop 1U° nt' h^ 

 occasion lately to pass oyer a large part of the count rv *I am 



l" veir b *Tn the ™"» tcro P »»? ^ grTaUy inferior^™ 

 last year. In such a year as this the advantages of thoroiJt 

 draining are very manifest. Whatever the crop L when sown 



RICHMOND & CHANDLER'S PATLNtIcHaFF 



tV CUTTING MACHINE. i^ nAt * 



ed with such inconceivable rapidity to so 



. . . L -_j.-ir :« i — » :- 'i.- --• - ... — -ina untory 



indeed, the corronal roots, though they shoot which coldVnd A^i^y^^hinA^! which SS^M 



'it first horizontally 



almost immediately take a 



I am dis- 



. gnr i direction, ana aiso grow rapiuiy. l am 



I-*. 



to think that the ejecting process may be more 

 ifctivelv prevented by draining the land ; the roots of 

 jTunt= will then take a deeper and firmer hold of the 

 -piL and the action of frost will be diminished by a 

 £emed abstraction of its heat. /. M. Goodif, Dublin 



* 



Calendar of Operations. 



JUNE. 



asm oil Chelmsford, June 25.— Since our last communication 

 rt bare had a continuance of dry weather, with northerly and 

 -itfc-aaateriy winds, and with white frost more or less at night ; and 

 frttgfa tbe grain crops are looking vigorous and healthy we do 

 ' recollect their progressing so slowly upon any former ceca- 

 ls A few Wheat ears were observed on the 12th, and upon 

 to »th (the day upon which we are writing) some are to be 

 •ten it t majority of the pieces in this district. The "Wheat is 

 ia ippurance aa' healthy as it can possibly be desired, not the 

 dig bleat attack of rust has appeared to check its growth ; the 

 eo&ar may be of somewhat too dark a green colour, but sunshine 

 " a continuance of dry weather will bring it right ; and speak- 

 npoothis farm particularly, we are perfectly satisfied 

 both vith the plant and appearance, and are enabled to say un- 

 Itaitatingly that it never can have appeared more promising. 

 Ai regards the district generally this observation will apply 

 wtta the exception that there is a deficiency of plant to a consider- 

 cxtent. though from the vigorous growth that has taken place 

 remit will depend upon the future state of the weather betwixt 

 present period and the coming harvest. Our Barley has of 

 . _ ed more rapidly than the Wheat, and is unusually 

 prKDiaing. The same observation applies to Oats, except upon 

 tot* which were sown late, which from the drought that then 

 exisiad are irregular in plant, but are otherwise progressing 

 rapidly. Beans we have none, but in general they are very pro! 

 iu?, and at present bid fair to be a full crop; whilst Peas 

 thin in plant and far below the standard, and we believe 



™l!j l S7n! 0I,,riI1 J E ?P ly thr ™ighout this county. The pros- 

 pect of the Clover and Grasses for hay crops is universall y bad ■ 

 ■ot more than a moiety of the usual breadth has been reserved 



Z^t^ 1 U ? f S Ti n the Very best land > onl y a moderate 



wHl P n^h^nnnS e t?hi ^I'W 11 £ e inferier soils sufficient 

 wfflorfbe fonnd to be worth the trouble of cutting : for from the 



■too of cold weather that has followed since the rain, the 



fcaa been arreted in growth, and will be the lightest cron 



STtM. r Dy 7 ?? ?^' We shal1 commence cut! in? Clove? 

 fata una dav and shall then proceed with the Grass inwguto 



The weather appears clearing up, and, with the 



W«i J^ gf We h ? pe /° r a successf "l wault. The Mangold 

 Wwl grow* more slowly than usual ; this we attribute mi 



SiWJT.f •' mostofltls ^w singled out, and although 

 K XI e clLT « ^PWned 8 of throughout the dls- 

 S«JhSM ' fi nd baVe S enera % a full plant, but 

 ^ric S than usual - Throughout 



IWwede tein-Sf^i^P 111111 ' of the destruction of the 



B2523 1 Jn^the 6 laL and m ° St f ° Ur ^Ighboor. have 

 ty ^IT t the laud ' rnany, however wait to sow 



* ad *gL?s oLt u J n K ° Ur ° Wn P ros P ects *" have a 

 «*- «rl/ spr l L P K,f,*» Pieces succeeding Rye and 



the con?mencen. ent ' the Tl * fT"*? portion falIowed 

 he land d „^„ ° V _ e . * hole . °C the plants are eaten up, 



:-n 



P^head Cabbage W ith tl, J f .^ S be f n re P Ianted w *th 

 J m still prnceedil wl f further . P^ting of which 



5»ath, and more „f«» We ^ rra , nd ^ es abont 8 &>* 

 + «ige after p ZJ n l ' L "?. P lant u P on th « «<>P of 

 *» »U down with ,.? , 1,e swI over the manure, and 



«JW, and tie soU 1°^°/ If rolI , er ; the P Iants are P Ia «d 

 •» «*te and watered ? illS?* ,? nn about them ^7 pressure of 

 » Wppen , pS ^l" f^ ^ « twice as the weather 



*»* ctrryi Dg out thi. n-™ "It regard is P aid b y som e persons 

 •« br im'ni^ 1 ™ 8 P«W" that we have seen half the plants 



gernent; for whatever the state of the 



«_ tt »r be, we hold i t r.V wnat ever the state of the 

 *• * planting Ou'" pl?7 S n ecessary to water them at 

 iinelanf n^f' . r Pot atoes, as we 

 *» «*•— S*Li r r . , 5?* an . a PP"cation of lime and salt, which 



•■dent 



as we before stated, are 



2* «Wher. We are nowTf S ° f J the Sa,t destr % d the 



S? *» not incorporati ° th e d that °' ,r Ul SUCCeSS has 

 "■» pUnting. ThiTw g t mixtu re well with the soil 



y^^-'he Plum nidH ' ons ' hy the olni ^ion of the 

 2j PfP« inquiresTf M«„" , ,§ T, 88 spoiIed - A correspondent 

 2£«* breeding Z s W B g ° ld Wurzel is injurious to small 



&^ lw 3yfol iu n S ^ t!,0llr 0lv » experience 

 4i t 2| U * m awn it by sending ;k U<1 have alwa >' 8 endeavoured 

 3JK* months to /fara » hf ri ff- * Way during tlle winter 

 ^f»» «mali in numw and „ *- 18 ? ot used - The farrows 

 St *^« if nndertto effertf "?? 1D S,Ze ' and the 7 ^dually 

 St 2L Ww «- « the cont™^ ° f ,6 VCI r Until P ut "P° n diff erent 



£ .** which thrive re^V^r fat ' M is the ««« wj th 



*mive remarkahic nraii ««. .-.n^ 



*6 



BeQiod 



corn 



^itioE U ?f rK abl7 fc WeU V eBp6cimI ^ With a 



'Bean, ^ * large nu »»ber of hogs are fed upon 



5M^ 



hogs are fed upon 



^ luif 6 ^ 1 * first■-ratp'«H,r^;■ l . ^uw ^ ^ aown witn advertised 

 *• itid i° ^ cent 7k a ^ vertxsin ? hoiMo. we have a full 



Sffi^^a aCe at ^ 0btaiD T ed a8 ^°° d a 



HSSSS* Pr °^ «S"~ ^ V5f £*lA a ?^ance 



^rZj^pa in furu4 ur wft out T 11 - s? t0 prevent *5 



&TE ™^t !s S nce t0 / h€ k gr0Wing Cr °P' and'keeps ahead of ft 

 all the way on to harveat. Oats and Barley generally look well 



canfpTnTH bFairding S i r ° ng and re ^ lar - Last year when tUey 

 S ? for P n 7 AP f >6are » anyt,,in & bllt vigorous, ind were quite 

 S.nl P D v S lhr ° Ugh t,,e triftl that awdited f'em. This year 

 wpn g rnT" e robl lf' we anticipate that they will come through 

 Z?!L 8 \ unsc \ th ed. The earlier sown Swedes, although now 

 three weeks m the ground, have made little progress. A first 



Z\ 7 J^ br . An ' ded ' and now the second *M * coming away 

 Betwixt the two we will have abundance of plants. Sowin/of 



SZ 25?*: I 8 ^ prOC€eded **> and ^" ^ weT 1 nigh 

 nnrtl thil WCek ", ^ anures of *H kinds are abundant in the 



annl ted \ ulT^ *** ^T^ h,gh priced ' a lar ^ e quantity is 

 applied. Hay is very light generally; pastures have been trrow- 



r« e ttl? P m ly i' t^ ^ St ° Ck are I"*™* ^undantl, 2p id 

 The deSftf fT tm el e Stiff \ althou * h ^ )rices ^ «tt" K 

 heavy ^ flnS" tJ." 1 -^ ^"S ~ ntinuin « ^ d '^arly all our 

 «a a i7 o • " d th ! ir way th,th ^, and fleshers at home are 



sadly complaining of the scarcity of this commodity. Good 

 draught horses for sale are very scarce, and have no be, nlo 



rSn^ ThE J™' W ^ 8 ° f half > ?ear 8ervant « ^ ^ 

 using. They now receive from 7/. to 101.; boys from 21 to 4/ ■ 



li. ~eek? m 2 " t0 * Lab ° UrerS are fuUy empl0 ^ at ***** 



All the various modern Implements of Agriculture manufac- 

 tured on the most e „, a and improved prio ^ plt . s X e ^ 



sTf tr Tvf an , 2fP°^«oo.-Addreis, Richmokd *' Cia>;«ST 



salford m— '—• »„d3l>. South John aiwet, Liverpool. 



Catalogues Gha 



Notices to Correspondents. 



C °w S ? G f ASS 2 ° LD PA8T ra«= W»alfcy. Cast wood aahc 

 broadcast over the spots or pieces of coarse Grass after mowing 



really elt n en a J ° U ^ that ** D6Xt gro,rth wil1 ^ ' 



Charcoal Dust : Ignoramus. It is one of the very best thinn 

 you can use to absorb the liquid manure, and thus apply to 



^t. We haV6 i QHt eiUptied a tank ' 8 feet in diameter 



and 9 feet deep, upon a heap of imperfectly burnt ashes stand- 

 ing upon about 30 square yards, and the ashes have taken ail 

 the water up—none has run from it ; we attribute this absorbent 

 power to the charcoal it contains. Three or four cartloads of 

 charcoal dust per acre, thus saturated, would be a powerful 

 dressing. ^ 



Garden Plough. We should be glad to know the maker of 

 Warren's Pony or Garden Plough." 



Haymaking Machine: Subscriber. It will answer any where if 

 the ground is so far even as that the line joining its two wheel 

 tracks shall always be (not level but) straight. 



Osiers : G E. The following is the character given of the varieties 

 named in the article you refer to:-Salix viminalis (common 

 Osier).— Very coarse and brittle ; cast out of beds everywhere 

 Brindled Osier, Blotched Osier, Snake Osier, Speckled Osier" 

 —Different names for the same variety; it is the very be 

 variety of Salix viminalis grown. Yellow-barked Osier.— The 

 next best variety. Velvet-topped Osier.— A good sort. Apple- 

 tree Osier.— Ditto. Salix Forbyana.— The last new kind- a 

 very excellent Osier for general purposes, and of a good colour 

 when stripped. The new kind good, but inferior by much to 

 some. Salix triandra (black-budded Spaniard). — The very 

 best Osier for bottoming farmers' sieves, and for the narrow 

 strips for finishing the handles and borders of baskets. Grey 

 Spaniard.— Tolerably good for brown use. Horse Spaniard — 

 Coarse, very inferior. BrOwo Spaniard.— Rather better than 

 Horse Spaniard. Salix rubra (green-leaved Osier, or Ornard). 

 •—Very excellent and very tough; with the bark on, the best 

 for carboy baskets. Salix Hoffmanniana (Brown rod Osier 

 Brownard Osier, Silver Osier).— Silvery on under side of leaf : 

 all sound shortish rods, good for eel-wheels. Salix amvgda- 

 lina— There is a variety of this, grown near Chertsey, of long 

 growth and tolerable quality ; local name not known. Uelster 

 (ghard), Horse-Gelster.— Both shortish pretty solid rods for 

 brown work, and for eel-wheels. Salix Lambertiana (blunt- 

 leaved Ornard), S. Helix (rose Ornard), S. lanceolate (bastard 

 French. — All rubbish, but used for hampers and fish packing- 

 baskets. It is one or other of these which, by snapping in 

 working, causes our trousers to be torn by hampers. Salix 

 purpurea (or bitter Ornard).— I have not seen this grown as an 

 Osier, but it ought to be ; it is very tough, very slender, and 

 will grow in wetter ground than any, except the Ornards, all 

 which grow in water. In addition to those named there are 

 two excellent Osiers, the botanic name of which I am uncer- 

 tain of. Keal French. — A most excellent Osier, especially for fine 

 work; used very much for cooper's twigs; that is the twigs 

 used to bind wood hoops on wine casks, &c. Stone Osier.— 

 Also a very excellent Osier; much grown along the Kennet; 

 used for fine work, twigs, <fec. Salix fragilis, S. Kusselliana, S. 

 alha, and the varieties Alba c&rulea, and A. repens— are all 

 occasionally grown as Osiers in Osier-grounds, for the purpose 

 of making eel-wheels and for coopers' twigs ; but Salix rubra 

 and the real French are very much superior. Of these Kussel- 

 liana is the best. S. vitellina I have never seen grow as an 

 Osier, it is used in gardens for its toghness ; if it could be 

 grown as an Osier free from side twigs, it would be, with the 

 bark on, the very best for carboy packing. Now, if I had 4 

 acres to plant with Osiers, 1 would plant — 



One with brindled Osier 3 ft. in. by 2 ft. in. 



PARKES' STEEL DIGGING FORKS X DRAINING TOOL3 



]\/f ESSRS. BURGESS and KEY, as Mr. Parks*' 



X*A Wholesale Agents for England, have always in stock a 

 large assortment. These Forks and Tools are now in use by 

 upwards of 1000 of the Nobility and Farmers, mem bera- of tfie 

 Royal Agricultural Society, who pronounce them to be tbe beet 

 ever invented, and to facilitate labour at least 20 per cast. 

 Price Lists sent free on application, and Illustrated Cataloga* 

 ot the b est Farm Im pleme nts, on r. ipt of eitrht rx-i 



IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS 





PATENT 



1 LIQUID-MANURE DISTRIBUTOR OR WATER-CART. 

 SAAC JAMES, Tivoli, Cheltenham, begs most 





 

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2 

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1 

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*5^ 0U *rs to follow^ 1 * them ourselves J and we can 

 ^7» w * !*!*!« «v*_ . ouow the same nractira. T« n . a *~~«. M ~« 



*- """^allqua"^™"'- ^ ur V arrors never «*me up 



,, - **ts are diffi^ *? d * p arsnips to the same extent ; 

 ■ 4 *»«BCT^«^? Cl i lt J° obtain > we a re not able t 



*2 



^ 



Si 



S, of »•*, soTw 1 1? miX their old seeds with a small 



S*5fck ferfl *ae»to ~ Uch ., I * , * er ^ uantl ty- What we 

 2f>- «2Sl bour » »pon *h^m W ,i eh ' onrn «* d3 > w to purchase 

 Q l^ one can havo ,i^„ they ,«» de P end - As regards 

 ?* ~JT »om„„ — ,hf,. them gathered in his own locality 



^ . . .ni ?" £,! f m .? H CQCt Proportionately 



£ e exception of the last U 



1 *° ' ™SsiX ° esl ™' a i" 1 th « cropB tore 

 <Mtd in ' m, !,™2?. /•*»• . Wh e*t has shot tip 





e " and 

 rices : 



t 





Zt h{ > v « l»ad for 



^t&y. 



blade 



One with last new kind 3 



Half with black-budded Spaniard 3 

 Halt with yellow-barked Osier 2 

 Half with green-leaved Osier ... 2 

 Half with real French 2 



And I would try a rod or two of bitter Purple, remembering 

 that the green-leaved Osier and bitter Ornard should be in the 

 wettest ground. Nevertheless, it is a great error to suppose 

 Osiers grow best in swampy ground. They grow best in a 

 loose sandy loam, but do not mind being occasionally over- 

 flowed. J. C. A"., Bermondsey. 



Poultry: F Z. Cochins are the birds that will best answer your 

 purpose, as they are good layers, and easily kept within bounda. 



Prize List at Tivertox. At page 412, Mr. F. Webber, of 



Tiverton, is stated to be the winner for the second best 



heifer and 3 best cows in calf. In correction of this we 



have to state that Mr. Thomas Webber, of Halberton Court, 



liverton, Devonshire, received the following prizes :— For the 



best better above 2 and not exceeding 3 years old, bred by 



himself second prize : for best pair of heifers, not exceeding 



12 months old on the 1st September, 1854, bred by himself, first 



prize ; for the best 3 cows, owners own breed, in calf or iu milk, 

 tirst prize. 



Swedish Turnips : Constant Reader. Mr. Carleton Smythies 

 merely described the effect of burnt clay lumps gathered off the 

 field and full ot Couch, with those of farm-yard dung and of 

 turt ashes. The ashes were best, then the dung, and lastly 

 ttie burned clay. His conclusion is, that the vegetable matter 

 present in the turf and dung is essential as a Turnip manure. 



The Fens i : X. Some week or two ago we are told that the sharp 

 irost and dry weather had on some of the light lands destroyed 

 J-lOths of the plant, and if any crop were known which would 

 be likely to be of more value than three s J of Wheat per 

 acre there would have been inducement on one farm alone to 

 plough 80 acres up. The strong 1* >n the neighbourhood 

 look it auionly well, but it must be a late harvest. 



- — ~. — „- .*«..«... .,„. and 



others, to his newly-invented Patent Liquid-Manure Distributor^ 

 or Water-Cart. The advance of science having so exhibited 

 to Agriculturists the superior advantage of using Liquid- 

 Manure as to induce its almost general adoption, a great 

 want was felt for a Distributor, so constructed as to answer the 

 purpose of equally distributing any quantity, without being liable 

 to clog up. and thus hinder the progress of the work, and waste the 

 time of the workman, and yet produced at a price alike available 

 to the small farmer or gardener, as to the more wealthy and 

 extensive cultivator. 



I. James warrants his Distributor to supply the desideratum 

 so long felt. Its superiority consists in possessing the foilowieg 

 advantages : — 



1. It has two Strainers, so arranged as to prevent anything but 

 liquid entering into the Distributor, so that it is impossible for it 

 to clog up. 2. The liquid is forced through the Distributor so aa- 

 to scatter any quantity on the land, in a copious shower iron* 

 10 to 15 feet wide (according to size), which saves a great amour 

 of time and labour. 3. It has waterproof joints, so that the 

 liquid may be carted to any distance without wasting it. 4. It. 

 will work" equally well on billy as on level land, without any 

 alteration. 5. It cau be advantageously adapted for the Distri- 

 bution of Guano, &c, on either Drilled Crops or Pasture Land. 

 6. It is so constructed as to be thoroughly adapted for Watering 

 Streets. 7. It works so simply that even a boy can superin- 

 tend it. Prices :— 



2d0 gallons, suitable for working by horse, £22 weight of cart,. 

 Sk cwt.j tire 4 inches. 



150 do. do., £18 weight of cart, 6£ cwt, tire 3 inches. 



70 do. by pony, 11 „ Sk cwt., tire £J 



40 do. by man, 9 2i cwU tire 2 .. 



Terms— Net Cash. A remittance or banker's reference m 



accom pany each order.— Tivo li. Cheltenham. 



COW S^ 



n 



H 



great 



are given wittieacn Drink lor the treatment of most diseases inci- 

 dental to Cows, for which they will lie found a safe and effectual 

 remedy. One Drink given at the commencement of the Tick, oi 

 Feet and Mouth Distemper, will p< \y eradicate it m a lew 



days.- Compounded by K. II arvj Veterinary 8tOTr»on t Mac- 

 ciesiieid. Cheshire. Sold by all Medicine Vendors Wbaiiamk 



Agents, B. xav & Sons, and Ma an & Soss, London, 



