Jin 21, 1855.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL 



pERl 



L nhati 



VIAN GUANO, Bolivian Guano, Surerphos- 



of Line, Nitrate of Soia, Sugar Scum, and cvaiy 



GAZETTE. 



4-0 



jJSsnnf Vrnticid Manure*, Linseed Cakes, &c. 

 itiOlF*"-^^ TvolisCarvf.IO , Mark Lan<% London. 



TURNIP SOWiNC, 



£\UINE HALF-INCH BONES AND BONE- 



V '"^dissolving Bones. "J.'T. II. also invites the attention of 

 men and Agriculturists in general to his Superior Fine 

 St for dressing Lawns, Parks, &c. Delivered to any 



g^«*vinL^ndo n in Sacks. 



P"^ATENT WOOL MANURE, 8/. 8s. per ton. 

 Application for Agencies, from persons of influence and 

 sbilitr, will be received until the 31st inst. 

 KoTTiPGE & Co., 81, Gracechnrch Street, London. 



7JokN~MAMUKE FOR SPKIPsG SOWING. 



rnxTFNTBATED URATE FOR GRASS, RAPE, AND 

 C0>LW ALL ROOT CROPS. 



SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 



THE LONDON MANURE COMPANY continue 

 t» manufacture the above Manures, which have been used 

 ■ h *>hhicu success for the last 14 years. 



Tin London Manure Company also supply PERUVIAN 

 GUANO (direct from importers' warehouses), Nitrate of Soda, 

 lphAte of Ammonia, Fishery and other Salts, Rone Dust, and 

 *rer? artificial manure of known value. Edward Purser, Sec. 



Office— 40, Brid ge Street, Blackfriars. 



rpIL FOLLOWING MANURES are manufactured 



JL tt Mr. La wes 1 Factory, Deptford Creek:— Turnip Manure, 

 T«. per ton: Superphosphate of Lime, 71.; Sulphuric Acid and 

 v oprolites, 6/. 



Office, 69, King William Street, City, London. 

 X.B. Genuine Peruvian Guano, guaranteed to contain 16 per 

 cent, of ammonia. Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, and 

 other O ical Manures. 



MANURES. — The following Manures are manu- 

 factured by Hodgson & Simpson, Calder Soap "Works, 

 Wakefield, and Matthews & Co., Manufacturing Agricultural 

 Chemists, Driffield. Simpson's AMMONIA PHOSPHATE, a 

 valuable Top-Dressing for Wheat, Barley, and Oats. Simpson's 

 MTKO-rilOSPIIATE for Turnips, Potatoes, and all other 

 bulbous root crops, price SI. per ton. N.I*. Manures specially pre- 

 pare* for Grass and Flax. The ahove have heen successfully tested 

 lor the last Seven Years by the leading farmers in Yorkshire and 

 Lincolnshire, ar.d other counties, and were applied last season to a 

 breadth of upwards of 15,000 acres of land with the most bene- 

 ficial results to the crops. A List of Testimonials and other 

 particulars irill be forwarded b y post on app lication. 



A RTIFICIAL MANURES, &a— Manufacturers and 



-TL others engaged in making ARTIFICIAL MANURES may 

 bfain every, necessary instruction for their economical and 

 efficient preparation, by applying to J. C. Nesbit, F.G.S., &c, 

 Principal cf the Agricultural and Chemical College, Kennington, 

 ondon. Analyses of Soils, Guanos, Superphosphates of Lime, 

 Coprolitea, <fcc, and Assays of Gold, Silver, and other Minerals, 

 are executed with accuracy and dispatch. Gentlemen desirous 

 nf receiving instructions in Chemical Analyses and Assaying, 

 will find ample facility and ac commodation at the College. 



'THE GENERAL LAND" DRAINAGE AND 1M- 



x PROVEMENT COMPANY 



Incorporated by Special Act op Parliament. 

 Offices, 52, Parliament Street, London. 



Directors. 



Hm* Ker Seymer, Esq., M.P., Chairman. 



bra John V. Shelley, Lart., M.P., Deputy- Choir man. 



William Fisher Hobhs, Esq. 



Edward J. Hutchins, Esq., M.P. 



Sir S. M. Peto, Bart. 



William Tite, Esq., F.R.S. 



William Wilshere, Esq. 



pOLLEGE of AGRICULTURE and CHEMISTRY 



^fiV™ °J P ? A CTICAL and GENERAL SCI 1M; E , 37 and 



38, Lower Kennington Lane, Kennington, near London. 



Principal— J. C. Nesbit, F.G.S., F.C.S., Ac. 



The system of studies pursued in the College comprises every 

 branch requisite to prepare youth for the pursuits of Agriculture 



f x n .-, e . rlDg ' M5n!n S» Manufactures, and the Arts; for the Naval 

 and Military Services, and for the Universities. 



Analyses and Assays ol every description are promptly and 

 accurately executed at the College. The terms and other par- 

 ticularsmay be had on apnlication to the Principal. 



ROYAL 



IMPROVED MOWING AND ROLLING MACHINE. 



AGRICULTURAL 



CERENCESTER. 



Patron— His Koyal Highness Prince Albert. 

 President of Council — Earl Pathurst. 

 Principal — Rev. J. S. Haygarth, M.A. 



Professors, ate./— 



Chemistry-J. A. C. Voei.ckeb, Ph.D., F.C.S. 



COLLEGE, 



-"- ^ vrn m ? • u- xi r* L. L. r. i 



■George Thomas Clark, Esq. 

 John C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P. 

 Sir William Cubitt, F.R.S. 

 Henry Currie, Esq. 



^ EdW , ard Dice ^ Ts ^ » -— — > -- H- 



Lmpowered to execute Drainage, Road-making, and other 



Land Improvements, and to Erect F™ o-tuu— -— »«a«a— 



F. Armstrong, C.E. 

 Manager of Farm— G. Austin. 

 The Second Session of 1855 begins in August. The annual 

 fees for boarders vary from 45 to SO guineas, according to age and 

 other circumstances. The fee for out-students is 407. per annum. 

 The College course of lectures and practical instruction is com- 

 plete .in one twelvemonth, although a longer course is recom- 

 mended. There is a department tor general as well as for agri- 

 cultural purposes. Prospectuses and information can be had on 

 application to the Princip al. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP 

 ENGLAND.- 1 ARL1SLE, 1855. 



PROGRAMME. 

 Saturday 21, Monday 23, and Tuesday 24.- Trial-vard 

 open at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, when the public will b 

 admitted on each day at 5.*. for each person, to view the Trials 

 of the Steam Engines, Earn Works, and other Agricultural Ma- 

 chinery and Implements generally. This payment has special 

 reference to the Trial-yard only, and will not entitle the person 

 who makes it to an admission into the general Show-) aid for 

 the exhibition of Implements. 



Wednesday 25.— The Implement Yard open to the public 

 from 7 in the morning till 6 in the evening; admission 2s. 6d. 

 each person. The Judges to inspect the Live Stock and awar 

 the Prizes. At 1 o'clock (or as soon after as all the Judges shall 

 have delivered in their awards), the public to be admitted into 

 the Cattle-yard and to the Exhibition of Farm Poultry, on the 

 payment ol 10s. each person, at the Special Entrance; Members 

 of Council and Governors of the Society being admitted by 

 Tickets to be purchased at the Finance Department of the Society 

 at the Show -yard. N.B. Notice will be posted up over such en- 

 trance when the Judges shall have completed their awards. At 1 

 8 o'clock in the evening the Yard will be closed. 



Thursday 26.— The general Show-yard of Cattle, Horses, 

 Sheep, Pigs, Farm Poultry and Implements open to the public 

 from 6 in the morning till 6 in the evening; admission 2s. 6d. 

 each person. The Dinner of the Society in the Pavilion adjoin- 

 ing the Show Yard at 4 o'clock, the doors open at 3. 



Friday 27. — The general Show-yard open to the public from 

 6 in the morning till 6 in the evening; admission Is. each person. 

 General Meeting of theMembeis in the Guildhall at 10 o'clock 

 in the forenoon. 



ALEXANDER SHANKS and S N, Arbroath, 



. 1 -rfarshire. Inventors and B le Manufacturer*, mspeetftillr 

 solicit the attention of the Nobility, Gentrv, and Gardeners to 

 tW§ Improved Machine for Mowing and Lolling Lawns. T 

 Machine is in operation in the Royal (Jardens at Windsor 

 1 alace, Buckingham Palace, and at < tsborce, in the Botanical 

 Gardens at Kew, Regent's Park, Manchester, Sheffield, Ac; at 

 IJlenheim Palace Trentham, CI eden, l'.l rattan, Broadlands, 

 Woburn Abbey, Clumber, Lilleshall, Castle Howard, Shrublan. 

 Lndge Castle Lnville Hall, Tiptree Hall, Chaiswnitk, and in 

 many other of the principal gardens in 1 kingdom as well as in 

 the tinted Mates, British America, and he ( ttawnt, »bem 

 its merits have been fully proved, and its success est thliabed. 



The machine is made to cut the breadth of 4*2. 30, 20, and 

 15 inches respectively, is exceedingly durable, easily managed, 

 and adjusted to cut to the length required. The execution of e 

 work is far superior to what may l>e attained by the moat skilful 

 mower, while at the same time a great saving of labour j s effected, 

 and the turf much improved. By the largest machine a Scotch 

 acre may be i;mwi <1. rolled, and the Grass collected in one hour. 



A. S. and y have much plear e in stating that they have 

 made considerable improvements in their 16-inch hand 



machine this year, by which the draught is considerably lessened. 

 I his machine combines all the m< r» and advantages of the 

 larger machines with firm and secure c*sjgtruction t and is 

 admirably adapted for borders and for lawns of no great extent. 



Alexander Shanks and £< also respectfully solicit notion 

 to 'Fleming's Weeding n? Salting Ma me" for <!. r ving 

 weeds in gravel walks, court ynrris. drives, A-c. This marhinn 



is now in operation in mm parts of England, vhrre it has glTSBj 

 ample satisfaction as the best and most economical means of 

 thoroughly ke< ping down weeds or Moss. 



Further particulars, with testimonials and prices, maybebfd 

 on a pplication. 



CLAYTON, BHUTTLEWORTli, * CO.* PRIZE 

 PORTABLE SHAM ENCINES, so COMBINED 

 THKESHlNCi, STRAW SHAKING, RIDDLING avd WIN- 

 NOWING MACHINE may be seen at their London Establish^ 

 ment, 6. Pitzny 'JVrrnr.', New Rend, where all Information 

 relative thereto can lie obtained. These Machines are constructed 

 to horn Parley, and make a perfect separation of the chaff from 



the pulse. They are fitted with Elevators, which deposit the 



grain into 1 -4, snd beyond the feeder of Machine require no 

 hands except to take away the Corn, Ac , rs threshed, the whole 

 of the (] .rations being performed by self acting machinery, 



whereby the C orn, Straw, Chaff, and Pulse are delivered in the 

 places assigned for them. 



C. S. & Co. have paid special attention to this class of 

 Machinery, and Fixed I'arn Machinery, and from the position 

 they have taken at the Koyal and all the hading Agricultural 

 Shows of England, flatter themselves that for efficiency, dura- 

 bility, and simplicity, their Lupines and Machines "are net 

 surpassed by any other maker in England. All letters for- 

 warded to the Works at Lincoln will have immediate attention; 

 and Illustrated Catalogues forwarded to all parts of the kingdom 

 postage free. 



Cattle 



President — Mr. Miles, M.P. 

 Stewards of Departments. 

 Mr. Simpson, Mr. Woodward, Sir Stafford Henry North- 



wtfflr Q Q *n l **• drm Buildings upon Estates 



na^infl f^ 611 ' - Mortgage ' or otherwise: or Church property, 

 sn£™ "litigation of Title to charge the whole outlay and 



•we^ JS^ j ! Estate ' t0 be repaid by instalments spread 

 •w.!tJ ?Z Predetermined by Landowners within the limits of 50 



W i ll i a m Clifford, Sec . 



COMPANY. 



♦vTo WVI * a "y meir 

 31i^!5Hnj^apitah 



•JHE LAND-IMPROVEMENT 



t»4 ScoS at€d Jv Act of Parliament, 1852-53, for England 

 S^TV ,n J f «rther empowered by Amendment Act, 

 K, ^Landowners, the Clergy, Solicitors, Estate Agents, 



3£ 'J i - Tenants for Life > Trustees, Owners in Fee, In- 

 '•Wwable «rfnr m,J "" s ' Bodies Corporate; Lessees for Lives 

 *W LiTMnrf J a te ^ m of more tban 25 years; (and Lessee- 

 *>* consent nf ^ n ? w ? b,e » or for * term less than 25 years, 

 Nril e,rLeswr )' &c ' are enabled, by way of Loan 

 W on VhT P ? n} \ or . b ^ toeir cwn funds, to execute and 



on the Land 



fe rniof25rpnroX. - ,rnproved » b > r wa >' of rent-charge for a 

 lt *talnjt>rovpS;r e ? aying . capital aild interest, the cost of every 

 £abankinVCi n IsW" 11 / of ^insge, Irrigation, Warping, 

 i ««iBnnj? anr T «L .' trom La ^es, Rivers, or Streams, 



f^^^clam«H^°^ lniprovh ^ I>^ins. Streams, or Water- 



^^ar.doheJp^M aim Rot(is ' Clenrinft Erection of Farm- 



cote, Bart., M.P. 

 Tmi'lkmexts?— Mr. Fisher ITobbs, Mr. Cavendish, Mr. Hoskyns. 

 Poultry— The Hon. and Rev. Stephen Willoughby Lawley. 

 Finance— Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart.; Colonel Cliafloner. 

 Sale of Tickets— Mr. Henry Wilson. 



Receipts and Admission to Show-yard— Mr. Raymond Barker, 

 Pavilion Dinneu— Sir John V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P.; Sir 



JohnVilliersShelley,Bart..M.P.; Mr.Brandreth, Mr.Thompson. 

 General Arrangement of Show— Mr. Brandreth Gibbs. 



By Order of the Council, 

 London, July 21. James Hudson, Secretary. 



By the regulations of the Society, all persons admitted into the 

 Show-yard, or other places in the temporary occupation of the 

 Society during the meeting, shall be subject to the rules, orders, 

 and regulations of the Council. 



Pavilion Dinner Tickets and Subscriptions : at the Finance 

 Department of the Show-yard. Pavilion Dinner Tickets, price 

 105. each (including one-pint bottle of Wine), will be sold at th 

 Finance Department of the Show-yard on the Wednesday and 

 Thursday of the Show week, between the hours of 10 o'clock in 

 the forenoon and three in the afternoon each day. 



Subscriptions due to the Society will be received by the 

 Finance Committee, at their department adjoining the public 

 entrance to the Show-vard. 



JJTfoe ggrt ntltttra l (Banttt. 



SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1855. 



MELTINGS FOR TBB ENSUING WEEK. 



Wkdnkspat, July 

 Thi »sdat, — 



ha i dat, — 



I Afrteolfural Iscietj of Inglaiul— 

 ( Met ting at Carfiria, 



l 



R OYAL 



!»*«*T 



ings required for farm purposes, and the 



"••^urement nf an/i *Tj • ^H"*«<-" *^i iuhu purposes, anu me 



lD S* for Farm «, AddlUons t0 Farm Houses, and other Build- 

 !■* f °r Period LW?f eS alr , ead y erected; Planting for Shelter 



Periodical Cuttin 



>2te^v e ;*f U8eB f0r Farm Steadings, &c/Water- wheels, 

 "• AiiM* ' ater-c""-^"- »-*-> «• 



Biiild 



£^*«tor on the h^ll ? gs ' ^ etties or Landing Places on the Sea 

 **• tn« i.uJSPH^^gaWe Rivers or Lakes in the High- 



fo 

 els 



in: 



tin 

 tin 



ge« 

 tl 3 



i Hi 



r er 



k^^^dof thp^T'T.* vl,I * IHC *er, ana that the details of "the 

 %***< but are t^ Ut l? n ° f the w <"*s are not interfered with 



J ands of Scotland; Engines and Machinery for 



mses for Farm Steadings, &c, Wa 

 r-courses, Bridges, Sluices, &c. ■ 

 Jcations and estimates are prep » 

 »nta and are submitted to the appr 

 •new Inspectors who are also the 

 ot the works. Proprietors may ap 

 improvements mutually beneficia 



■hoads through the District— Wl 



£* *trictlv commo^ 1 ■ ,, to be un derstood that the Companv is 

 ?** *nd of tho ?. ercia . 1 character, and 



.' ""uainsi SnA«;««Vi ' *' 41U B^»» oiuices, o:c. 1 ne ii.ii 



T A »^nrtown P i^ * tlon 5 and €stiraa **8 are prepued by the 

 I «}osttre Commits ts an T d are subn ^ted to the approval of the 

 ^duee^S "'I? Ins P fCt ors who are also the sole judges 

 I* ** execution m ?t e WOrks ' Proprietors mav apply jointly 

 4 common Oiitf*iiL_S lp ^ >vements m «tually beneficial,— such a"-; 



Koads through the District— Water power, 



«e &iL^ 



pARKES' 



FORKS AND 





- CommisMonPr? i ed r by the Landowner and by the Inclo- 

 Sl^ton, anniv I' I °\l n rther information and for Forms of 

 ^J^rector, ffip, Hon -°urable William Napier, Mansg- 

 " ARSOXlT ^ al ^?Ya'ci, Westminst er. _ 



aw p Aix T 2. ® RI GINAL ANTI-CORROSION 



^era la€nt , th ^ c 'ai]y patronised by the British and other 

 *;». ' lue ion. East Tn^iia r»™.,„„- *i : :-_i i^.^i. 



nS^es, most Si F*?. 1 India Company, the principal Dock 

 ffi for outdoor wort ° dl ! 8 ' aTld *y the nobility, gentry, and 

 2J*ni is partirnioTi at their country seats. The Anti- 

 5^*inteverin3f y , r r C0mmended as the most durable out- 

 aW*' ^ d, StonA p '■ f r the Preservation of every d cription 

 ^* P^>ved by the »W \ Com P°' Cement, &c, work, as has 





^isn 



a?id fclT^iw (betw?^ US ^ of "P^ards of 60 years, and by 



sW^^mther^v^ ^ 11 * 60 <>) testimonials in its favour, 



*Hnl i?f *' h ^e nevJl a » d station in society of those who have 



^t«enobroutrhthlf ye .i n °<l»*ned by anything as the 



*mt? of col ^rs ?h J ? f re the P ubH « n °tice. 



W t*tk^ nt cn ■PPl&« g » et w r with a c °P y of thc testimonials, 

 C^ St ^V 1 Walter Carson & Son, 9, Great 



Hm$ ' A "orde«a^n d J tPeet * KoyaI Exchange/London. 



are Particularly requested to be seL t direct. 



AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT 



CARLISLE. 



RETURN TICKETS available for 14 days, are issued for 

 Windermere at Huston and the other principal Stations on the 

 London and North Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and 

 Midland Railways, at a little more than one Fare. Visitors 

 taking advantage of this opportunity of seeing the English 

 Lakes will find that trains are specially arranged to leave 

 Windermere, so as to reach Carlisle at an early hour on the days 

 of Exhibition. 



Just published, second thousand, now ready, 



HARRIET MARTINEAITS GUIDE TO THE 

 ENGLISH LAKES. Beautifully Illustrated, demy 4to, 

 extra cloth gilt, Is. 6d., fcap 8vo, 55. 



"It is the most complete Guide Book that has ever been pub- 

 lished: — Daily News. 



CAUTION. 



STEEL DIGGING 



DRAINING TOOLS. 



Whereas very inferior descriptions of Steel Digging Forks are 

 now manufactured and sold, and I have been informed that pur- 

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

 manufactured by me, and to which the Royal Agricultural Society 

 and numerous Agricultural Societies' prizes have been awarded, 

 I hereby respectfully inform the public that every Fork manufac- 

 tured by me is stamped with my trade 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. Frantts Parkes & Co. 



LACK J A PAN VARMSH.— This article vill be 



found from its durability and cheapness of the greatest 

 utility for Painting Hurdles, Wire-work, Palings, Gates, Fences, 

 &c., and ont-door work of every description, whether of Wood or 

 Iron. Its value has been proved by the test ^ time. It sh< d 

 be well stirred up before using and applied cold. This Varnish 

 will retain its quality for any length ot time, provided the cask 



be kept closed. 



May be obtained through any ironmonger ; or of John Wabn*kr 



& Sons, 8, Jewin Crescent, London. 



N.I3. Sold in casks containing 14 or 7 gallons, at 2*. per gallon. 



Casks (which cannot be returned), 65. and Bs. each. 



The annual meeting of the English Acricnlhiral 

 Society takes place at Carlisle next week, and a 

 eport of the proceedings will appear in our columns. 

 The following is the programme. The trial of 

 implements continues until July 24, the public 

 being admitted on payment of 5s. to the yards where 

 it is carried on. The implement-yard is open t«» 

 the public on July 25 on payment of 2s. 6a. each 

 person, and the judges inspect the live stock on that 

 day. The cattle-yard is open on this day on payment 

 of 10$., so soon as the award of prizes has been com- 

 pleted. On July 26 the yards are open on payment 

 of 2s. 6d., and the dinner of the Society is held in 

 the pavilion at 4 o'clock p.m. On Friday, 27th, the 

 general show-yard is open for Is. each person, and 

 the general meeting of members takes place at 



10 o'clock A.M. 



The subject of Irrigation is one of such great 

 moment in some parts of England as to render it 

 unnecessary to apologise for occupying a portion of 

 our journal with notes upon the following points 

 connected with it. We refer to : — 



of soil and circumstances bes 



1st. 



2d. 

 3d. 



The nature 



adapted for irrigation. 

 The mechanical meai.s necessary 



to its due 



4th. 





accomplishment. 

 The nature of the changes in vegetation effected 



by irrigation. 

 The advantages to be derived from the practice 

 where it can be properly carried out. 



1st. A principal requisite in the formation of 

 irrigated meadows is an unlimited supply of water, 

 as it would appear that the quantity of this fluid has 

 more influence than quality, as when water has per- 

 colated through one meadow it is not impaired for 

 being conducted on to another. This is a conside- 

 ration of some importance, as it does not appear that 

 the efficacy of irrigation depends so much on the 

 chemical constituents the water contains as might at 

 first be thought : it teems rather to effect its good 

 by a free percolation among and between the Grass 



loots. 



be commanded in sufficient 



If, therefore, water 

 abundance for the process, the m xt point to ascer- 

 tain is the capability of the land for favouring a 

 steady even flow of water— not over the surface, as 



