Sept. 8, 1855.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



601 







THE FOLLOWING MANURES are manufactured 

 at Mr. Lakes' Factory, Deptford Creek :— Turnip Manure, 

 71 per ton; Superphosphate of Lime, 11. ; Sulphuric Acid and 



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



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

 cent! of ammonia. Is itr ate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, and 

 ether Chemical Manures. 



rpHE LONDON MANURE COMPANY'S NITRO- 



J- PHOSPHATE OR WHEAT MANURE FOR AUTUMN 

 SOWING. — This Manure, composed of blood, animal matter, 

 «nd dissolved bones with silicates, is most strongly recommended 

 to the notice of Agriculturists, It contains from 7 to 8 per cent, 

 of nitrogen, in a form yielding ammonia by slow, decomposition, 

 and is therefore particularly adapted for Wheat. The quantity 

 required is 2 to 3 cwt. per acre drilled in with the seed. Price, 

 «er ton, 71. 10s. in London. 



PERUVIAN GUANO, FISHERY SALT, and every other 

 MANURE on best terms, strictly warranted. 

 40, Bridge Street, Blackfriars. E. Purser, Sec. 



CAUTION. 



PARKES' STEEL DIGGING FORKS AND 

 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 M 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 & Co. 



M 



FIRST PRIZE REAPING 



NOTICE. 



MACHINE. 



ESSRS. BURGESS and KEY beg respectfully 



to inform the public, and particularly the noblemen and 

 gentlemen whose orders they were obliged to decline for this 

 season on account of the manufacture not being fully arranged, 

 that the Royal Agricultural Society's First Prize of 302. was 

 awarded to them for M'Cormick's Reaper, with their patent 

 screw platform, at the trial at Leigh Court, near Bristol, upon J 

 the 29th of August last. Amongst the competing machines were 

 Bell's, by Crosskill: Forbush's, exhibited by Mr. Palmer; and 

 Hussey's, with tilting platform, by Wm. Dray & Co. The 

 reports of farmers who have worked the machines during this 

 present harvest, show that the average quantity of Wheat, 

 Barley, and Oats which they cut was from 1£ to 1^ acre per hour. 

 Two horses work the machine with ease, and the only attendant 

 required is a man or a boy to drive. Further particulars and 

 prices sent free on application.— Burgess & Key, 103, Newgate 



Street; and 52, Litt le Britain, London. 



PAXTON WORKS, SHEFFIELD. 



C AYNOR and COOKE, Manufacturers of the cele- 



^ brated Exhibition Prize PRUNING, BUDDING, and 

 GRAFTING KNIVES, VINE and PRUNING SCISSORS, &c. 

 These articles are Warranted to stand any kind of work, and to 

 carry the keen edge of a razor without requiring to be sharpened 

 so frequently as is usually necessary to obtain that sharp edge 

 so requisite for the comfort and use of the practical gardener. The 

 blades are also warranted to wear through to the back. They 

 are used by all the eminent gardeners in England, Ireland, and 

 Scotland, and can be purchased of any nurseryman or seedsman 

 in the three kingdoms. Those who may not have used them are 

 respectfully solicited to give them a trial. The Great Exhibition 

 Prize Medal of 1S51, and the Prize Medal of the Horticultural 

 Society of Manchester, at their Show of 1854, was awarded to 

 Saykor & Cooke for their superiority of material and work- 

 tttpshlp. Established 1738. 



PORTABLE STEAM THRESHING MACHINES. 



-*- —The time run by the four highest Portable Steam Engines 

 fit the Carlisle Meeting" of the Royal Agricultural Society in July 

 •last, with 14 lbs. of coal to the horse power, was: — 



Tuxford & Sons 3 hours and 47 minutes. 



Clayton & Co. ... 3 do. 27 do. 



Barratt&Co 3 do. 10 do. 



Hornsby & Son's 2 do. 54 do. 



the North Lincolnshire Society's meeting at Boston, in 

 August last, Tuxford's and Hornsby's Engines again came into 

 competition, when Hornsby's was again left a long way behind, 

 with 14 lbs. of very inferior coal ; the time run was : — 



Tuxford & Sons 3 hours and 3 minutes. 



Hornsby & Son's 2 do. 43 do. 



And had the testing apparatus which was supplied to the society 



"from Grantham not indicated the steam pressure falsely by 



several pounds on the inch, the difference would have shown 



hilly twice as much to the advantage of Tuxford & Sons' I 

 Lngine. 



At the recent trials of Threshing Machines at the Paris Uni- 

 versal Exhibition, M. Tresca, the Government Engineer, em- 

 ployed as the motive power one of Tuxford's Portable Machines 



th h . ad been P llrcnasec * D 7 tn e French Government. 

 p* 16 Combined Threshing, Shaking, and Dressing Machine 



« * u , x I on * & Sons, was •• highly commended" this year by the 

 JKoyai bociety at Carlisle ; the Bath and West of England Society 

 at Tiverton, &c. 



At 



Trv™l ra 'f f - Catal ogues t with prices, forwarded on application to 

 t^fggP^gjo ys, Engineers, Boston, Lin colnshire. 



" V^} G1 D °MO."— Patronised by her Majesty the 



Gm*o ♦K^ n ' tbe Dllke of Northumberland for Syon House, I lis 

 I imn ? Uke of Devonshire for Chiswick Gardens, Professor 

 Crc *J S r , th e Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Paxton for the 

 EftUn a V A i ace ' Ro y al Zoological Society, Mrs. La 



tut? £ &rk ' atld - Collier > E »<h> of Hartford. 

 «/»H S I PROTECTOR from the HEAT of the SUN. 



Lawrence, of 



and W i D0M0 »" a Canvas made of patent prepared Hair 

 whPiiJ^ ? .i a . pcrfect n on-conductor of Heat and Cold, keeping, 

 aI ,£? r ! 1S applied, a fixed temperature. h 



and fi ° U ,tural aild floiicultnral purposes, for preserving Fruits 

 from Vn7 i rS t rom the torching rays of the sun. from wind, 

 *«» - ua ? ks ,of insects and from morning frosts. To be had in 



It is adapted for 



Elish ! t Ien g th , 2 yards wide, at Is. 6d. per yard run, of 

 Lanp r ° MAS Arche R» whole and sole manufacturer, 7, Trinity 



SniTeV-T 1 5 trpet ' Cit 7' and the K °y al Mills > Wandsworth, 

 kingdom <'T° f - a11 Nurse, 7 m en and Seedsmen throughout the 

 -^_^l_J^8much cheaper than mats as a covering." 



J A v J S- N 7 ^ ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION 



Govemm ♦' 8 P ecial, 7 patronised by the British and other 

 Comn-in? ' the Hon ' East India Company, the principal Dock 



c lerrJ f« most pubIic bodi es, and by the nobility, gentry, and 

 c °rrosicm' out " door work *t their country seats. The Anti 

 door Painf 1S partlcular Iy recommended as the most durable out- 

 of Irnn -J5 ev , er J nv ented, for the preservation of every description 



^nnmt^' i° ne ' Brick « Compo, Cement, &c, work, as has 

 toe niimJ™, b ?. the Poetical test of upwards of 60 years, and by 

 at »d wh irh f 1S (be * ween 500 and 600) testimonials in its favour, 

 S^en tliPm i m rank and Nation in society of tfeOM who have 

 kind hith«r;A ave T J ever yet ^en equalled by anything of the 



JH1 be 



uirs, prices, together with a copy of the testimonial- 



Winchester *L W^ation to Walter Carson & Son, 9, Great 

 NoAgenS rS /ff e S 01d B <*oad Street, Royal Exchange, London 



«*. A u orders are particularly requested to be sent direct. 



MAPPiN'S PRUNING 



Warranted 



KNIVES IN EVERY VARIETY, 

 Good by the Makers. 





w 



JOSEPH MAPPIN and BROTHERS, Queen's 



*-* Cutlery Works, Sheffield ; and 37, Moorgate Street, Loudon. 



Drawings forwarded by post. 



ARNE R'S 41-inch I M PRO VED LIQUID 



MANURE PUMP, 

 with Ball Valve, fitted with 

 14 inch Brass Union for 

 attaching flexible suction, 

 with strong wrought iron 

 Straps for screwing on to 

 any ordinary Water-butt or 

 Cart, as shown in drawing. 



Price of Pump and Union, 

 50s. 



lj-inch Flexible Rubber 

 and Canvas Suction for ditto, 

 3s. 6d. per foot. 



1J Guita Percha Suction, 

 Is. 6d. per foot. 



V\/ARN£R'S IMPROVED LIQUID MANURE 



* * OR GENERAL PORTABLE PU 



The valve is a ball of imperishable 

 material, and cannot clog in action. 

 The barrel is of galvanised iron, not 

 likely to corrode, and can be raised or 

 lowered at pleasure. The legs will fold 

 together, and the whole may be carried 

 on shoulder to any pond or tank required. 



Price of 4^ in. Pump, with legs, 3Z.3s. 



The barrel is 27£ in. long, and the legs 

 are 5 ft. high. 



1£ inch Gutta Percha Suction Pipe, 

 I*. 6d. per foot. 



1£ inch Flexible Rubber and Canvas 

 Suction Pipe, 3s. 6d. per foot. 



Maybe obtained of any Ironmonger 

 or Plumber in town or country, at the 

 above prices, or of the Patentees and 

 Manufacturers, John Warner & Sons, 

 S, Crescent, Jewin Street, London. 



Every description of Machinery for 

 Raising Water, by means of Wheels, 

 Rams, Deep Well Pumps, &c; also 

 Fire and Garden Engines, &c— Engravings sent on application. 



.- V 



fX^ARNERVS PATENT VIBRATING STAN- 



* * DARD PUMPS. 



PATENT CAST-IRON PUMPS, for the use of Farms, Cot- 

 tages, Manure Tanks, and Wells of a depth not exceeding 30 feet. 



Diameter Length of Barrel, 

 of Barrel under nose. £ 



2J in. short 1 ft. 7 in. / Fitted for lead, 



I 



2* 

 3 

 3} 

 4 



24 



n 

 ft 



n 



tt 



long 3 



t9 



tt 



tt 



tf 



gutta perch 



or cast irony 2 



d,W 

 all 



» 3 

 ditto 3 „ 6 



ditto 3 „ 6 „ j flanged pipe, I 2 



ditto 3 „ 6 „ v as required. J 3 



short, with 15 feet of Lead Pipe 



attached, and Bolts and Nuts 



ready for fixing 2 12 



24 in. long ditto ditto ditto 2 15 



s. d. 

 12 

 15 



12 



18 



5 



The short barrel Pump is very convenient 

 for fixing .in situations of limited height and 

 space, for the supply of coppers and sinks in 

 Wash-houses with soft water from under- 

 ground tanks, or in Hot, Forcing, and Plant 

 Houses; they may be fixed, when desired, 

 under the stage. 



May be obtained of any Ironmonger or 

 Plumber in Town or Country, at the above prices, or ot the 

 Patentees and Manufacturers, JOHN WARNER and SONS, 

 8, Crescent, Jewin Street, London. 



Every description of Machinery for Raising Water, by means 

 of Wheels, Rams, Deep Well Pumps, &c, also Fire and" Garden 

 Engines, &c.&c. — Engravings sent on application. 



WARNER'S SWING WATER-BARROW 

 (TO HOLD THIRTY GALLONS) 

 Is intended for all large Establishments where much water- 

 ing is done by the watering-pot. By its use much time and 

 labour of the Gardener are saved, particularly where the Tank, 

 Pond, or Pump, is at a distance from the garden. May be 

 obtained of any Ironmonger in town or country for 32. 3s. 



Manufactured by 

 John Warner & Sons, 8, Crescent, Jewin Street, London.- 



ToIlN WARNER AND SONS, 



*J Crescent, Jjewin Street, London. 



GALVANISED IRON TUB GARDEN 



ENGINE, 



With Warner s Registered Spreader, 



is strongly re- 

 commended, for 

 durability and 

 low price, viz . 

 2L 19*., to hold 

 10 gallons. 



Larger sizes 

 in w J or iron, 



viz.. 14 gals.. 24 



gals., cv ;?5 gals. 

 May be obtained 

 of any Ironmon- 

 ger or Plumber 

 ; town or coun- 

 try, or of the 

 ] ntees and 

 Manufacturers, 



as also Machinery of all kinds for raising Water from any 

 depth to any height by Steam, Horse, or Manual Power. Prices 

 nt on application. Syringes of various constructions and sizes 

 from 9». upwards. Metallic String from 5d. to Is. 3d. per lb. 





OYAL 



COLLEGE, 



F.L.S. 



AGRICULTURAL 



CIRENCESTER. 

 Patron — His Royal Highness Prince Albert. 

 President of Council— Earl Bathurst. 

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



Professors, dc; — 

 Chemistry— J. A.C. Voelcker, Ph.D., F.C.S. 

 Zoology, Geology, and Botany— JonN Buckman, F.G.S., 



Surveying, Civil Engineering, and Mathematics — 



F. Armstrong, C.E. 



Manager of Farm — G. Austin. 

 Students are admitted after the summer and winter vaca- 

 tions, also in April and October. The annual fees for 

 boarders vary from 45 to 80 guineas, according to age and 

 other circumstances. The fee for out-stndents is U)l. per annum. 

 The College course of lectures and practical instruction is com- 

 plete in one twelvemonth, although a lonper course is recom- 

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

 cultural pnrj ses. Prospectuses and information can be had on 

 application to the Principal. 



/ COLLEGE of AGIUCULTURr^NrTcHEMISTRY, 



\y and of PRACTICAL and GENERAL SCIENCE, 37 and 

 Lower Kennington Lane, Kennington, near London. 



Principal— J. C. Nesbit, F.G.S., F.C.S., &c. 

 The system of studies pursued in the College comprises every 

 branch requisite to prepare youth for the pursuits of Agriculture, 

 Engineering, Mining. Manufactures, and the Arts; for the Naval 

 and JVlilitary Services, and for the Universities. 



Analyses and Assays ot every description are promptly and 

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

 ticulars may he had on application to the Principal. 



-Manufacturers and 



engaged in making ARTIFICIAL MANURES may 

 obtain every necessary instruction for their economical and 

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

 Principal of the Agricultural and Chemical College, Kennington, 

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

 Coprolites, &c, and Assays of Gold, Silver, and other Minerals, 

 are executed with accuracy and dispatch. Gentlemen desirous 

 of receiving instructions in Chemical Analyses and Assaying, 

 will find ample facility and accommodation at the College. 



~~~ DRAIN A G E _ O F L A N oi 



MR. HUMBERT, of Watford, Herts, a practical 

 Surveyor and Land-Agent of more than 15 years' standing, 

 offers his services to Gentlemen about to drain Land and Bogs. 

 He will undertake to set out and superintend himself the execu- 

 tion of the work at a charge of 5*. per acre, and the expenses 

 incurred in his travelling; or he will contract to complete it in a 

 specified manner to the satisfaction of the Inclosure Commis- 

 sioners at a fixed price per acre. Mr. Humbert has drained 

 strong stony land in the most careful and complete manner, 

 with If inch pipes, and proper mains, the drains being 4 feet 

 deep and 30 feet apart, at 41. per acre and under, and he can 

 give reference to his employers in that and in other instances. 

 Watford, Herts, Sept. 8. 



ARTIFICIAL MANURES, &c. 

 others engraered in making- ARTIF] 



€i\t Agricultural ©alette. 



SA TURD A Y, SEP TEMBER 8, 1 855 . 



— ♦ 



The subject of Agricultural Statistics is probably 

 exhausted in the report of the Lords Committee 

 appointed to inquire into it, which has just been 

 published. Mr. Hall Maxwell, Sir J. Walsham, 

 and Mr. Hawley, and others who have superintended 

 the experiments hitherto made and the successes 

 hitherto achieved in this direction have here re- 



r. 



corded their experience and their opinions. M 

 Caird, Mr. Tour, Mr. Leone Levi, and other 

 gentlemen practically engaged in agriculture, or 

 students of its relations to the general interests of 

 the country, have also been called on for such in- 

 formation and advice as they could give. And the 

 committee, as the result of all this comparison and 

 in some instances contest of opinion and of informa- 

 tion, have arrived at a report, from which we ex- 

 tract the following paragraphs : 



'*]. That the systematic collection of agricultural 

 statistics throughout the United Kingdom is an object of 

 national importance, and that amongst the many 



classes that would benefit by it, none would derive 

 greater advantage than those connected with agriculture. 



a 2. That it is expedient that powers should be given 

 by Act of Parliament to compel the occupiers of land to 

 make the necessary returns, in case of their neglect or 

 refusal to do so. 



m 3. That the Board of Trade should be intrusted with 

 the general superintendence of the collection of the 

 statistics in Great Britain, through the medium of the 

 Poor-law machinery in England, and the Highland 

 Society in Scotland; and that the Irish Government, in 

 continuing to superintend the collection for Ireland 

 through the agency of the constabulary, should from 

 time to time consult with the Board of Trade on the 

 subject, for the purpose of securing as much uniformity 

 as possible in the returns obtained for the different 



portions of the kingdom. 



" 4. That two classes of returns should be annually- 

 obtained, the first containing facts and the second esti- 

 mates; and that the facts should consist of returns of 

 live stock, and of the acreage under each description of 

 crop white the estimates should consist of estimates of 

 the produce of the harvest. The acreage and stock 

 returns should be sent in by the 15th July, and the 

 estimate returns made up between the 1st and 30th of 



November. 

 "6. That the inquiries should not be required to 



extend below holdings of two acres in England and 



Wales." 



These conclusions seem borne out by the evidence 

 in the Blue book which accompanies the report, and 

 we may presume therefore that we shall next year 

 have a greatly enlarged development, in England at 

 any rate, of the experiments made in some of the 

 counties with reference to last year's crop, while in 

 Scotland, where complete success has been achieved, 

 the matter will properly remain in the hands of the 



