Oct. 13, 1855.1 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE'lTE. 



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THE FOLLOWING MANURES are manufactured 

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

 T per ton; Superphosphate of Lime, 7/.; Sulphuric Acid and 

 Coprolites, 6/.— Office, 69, King William Street, City, London. 



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

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

 other Chemical Manures. 



THE LONDON MANURE COMPANY'S NITRO- 

 PHOSPHATE OR WHEAT MANURE FOR AUTUMN 

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

 and 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 bv slow decomposition, 

 and is therefore particularly adapted for Wheat. The quantity 

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

 per ton, 71. 10s. in London. 



PERUVIAN GUANO, FISHERY SALT, and every other 

 MANURE on best terms, strictly warranted. 

 40, Bri dge Street, Blackfriars. E. Purse r, Sec. 



ARTIFICIAL MANURES, **— Manufacturers and 

 others engaged in making ARTIFICIAL MANURES mav 

 ebtain every necessary instruction for their economical and 

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

 Principal of the Agricultural and Chemical College, Kenningtou. 

 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 tlie College. 



DRAINAGE O F LA N D^~B O C S, ETC. 



MR. HUMBERT, of Watford, Herts, supported 

 by unquestionable references and testimonials, offers his 

 services to proprietors about to execute works of drainage, which 

 "he will undertake personally to layout and superintend, and to 

 supply the forms and attendances necessary to obtain the 

 certificate of the Inclosure Commissioners at a fixed price per 

 acre. Mr. Humbert (having been more than 15 years established 

 in business as a Surveyor and Land Agent) has found that wet 

 heavy soils can be usually carefully and thoroughly drained, 

 with pipes 4 feet deep, and upwards, at from 41. to 51. per acre, 

 i nclusive of eve ry expense. 



LAND DRAINAGE. 



MR. THOMAS SCOTT, Land Agent and Valuer, 

 5, Charing Cross, London, is prepared to undertake the 

 Planning and Execution of LAND DRAINAGE in large or 

 small quantities, by Contract or on Commission. He has now at 

 work around London steady and well-organised " gangs," under 

 competent Foremen and Pipe-layers. 



Mr. Scott is at present carrying out extensive Drainage 

 Works on Crown Lands, which he will be happy to show to Gentle- 

 men desirous of seeing them. Communications addressed to 

 him, as above, will be immediately attended to, — Oc t. 13. 



LAND DRAINAGE. 



J BAILEY DENTON, Engineer to the General 

 • Land Drainage Company, offers the following publica- 

 tions, which may be had by post (stamps being sent with the 

 order) of W. P. Metchim, 20, Parliament Street, London. 



1. LAND DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE SYS- 

 TEMS. Second issue (1855), price 3s. 



"The best practical treatise we have yet seen." Agricultural 

 Gazette.—" A very able treatise." Mark Lane Express. 



2. TABLES OF COST OF LABOUR AND MA- 

 TERIALS. Price Is. 6rf. For the Pocket. 



3. RELIEF OR SURFACE MODELLING, as 



Suggestive of Drainage and the Profitable Use of Drainage 

 Waters. Second Edition (1S50), piice 3*. 6d. Medals (R. A. S. E.. 

 1840, and Exhibition, 1831,) were awarded for this method of 

 Modelling. 



4. GENERAL DRAINAGE AND THE DISTRI- 

 BUTION OF WATERS; a Paper Reprinted from the "West- 

 minster Review" (1842). Price IN. 6rf. 



5. Also, THE DRAINER'S A LEVEL FOR THE 



CSE OF WORKMEN. Price 30*. 



Mr. Bajley Denton's engagements do not preclude him from 

 Designing or Superintending the Drainage of Estates on terms 

 to be ascertained of him at No. 52. Parliament Stret ndon. 



^HE GENERAL LAND DRAINAGE AND~IM~. 



PROVE MENT COMPANY 



INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 



Offices, 52, Parliament Street, London. 



Directors. 



Henry Ker Seymer, Esq., M.P., Chairman. 



Sir John V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., Deputy- Chairman. 



"George Thomas Clark, Esq. 

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

 Sir William Cubitt, F.R.S. 

 Henry Currie, Esq. 

 Thomas Edward Dicey, Esq 



William Fisher Hobbs, Esq. 

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

 Sir S. M. Peto, Bart. 

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

 William Wilshere, Esq. 



Empowered to execute Drainage, Road-making, and other 

 Land Improvements, and to Erect Farm Buildings upon Estates 

 under Settlement, Mortgage.or otherwise; or Church property, 

 and without investigation of Title to charge the whole outlay and 

 expenses upon the Estate, to be repaid by instalments spread 

 over any period determined by Landowners within the limits of 50 

 years for Drainage and Roads, and 31 years for Farm Buildings. 



Landowners may arrange with the Company for the execution 

 of the works by their own agents, with the use of their own or 

 the Company^ Ca pital. William Clii i- >rp. Sec. 



f pHE~~LANDS 1MPKO V E M ENT CO M P A N V — 



-*• Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1S52— 53, for England 

 and Scotland, and "further empowered by Amendment Act, 

 1854—55. To Landowners, the Clergy, Solicitors, Estate Agents, 

 Surveyors, &c., Tenants for Life, Trustees, Owners in Fee, In- 

 cumbents of Livings, Bodies Corporate ; Lessees for Lives 

 renewable, or for a term of more than 25 years ; (and Lessees 

 for Live* not renewable, or for a term less than 25 years, 

 ■*ith consent of their Lessor), &c , are enabled, by way <>f Loan 

 'from the Company, or by their own funds, to execute and 

 charge on the Lands improved, by way of rent- charge for a 

 term of 25 years, repaying capital and interest, the cost of every 

 prided improvement, especially of Drainage, Irrigation, Warping, 

 Embanking from the Sea, from Lakes, Rivers, or Streams, 

 Enclosing any Land, or improving Drains, Streams, or Water- 

 courses, Reclamation, Farm Roads, Clearing, Erection of Farm- 

 houses and other Buildings required for farm purposes, and the 

 Improvement of and Additions to Farm Houses, and other Build- 

 ings for Farm purposes already erected; Planting for Shelter 

 and for Periodical Cuttings, Jetties or Landing Places on the Sea 

 Coast or on the banks of navigable Rivers or Lakes in the High- 

 lands, and Islands of Scotland; Engines and Machinery for 

 J^rainage, Engine-houses for Farm Steadings, &c, Water-wheels, 

 Tanks, Pipes, Water-courses, Bridges, Sluices, &c The Plans 

 Of Buildings, Specifications and e-rimates are prepared by the 

 Applicant's own Agents and are submitted to the approval of the 

 Inclosure Commissioners' Inspectors who are also the sole judges 

 w the due execution of the works. Proprietors may apply jointly 

 Tot the execution of Improvements mutual 1v beneficial,— such as 

 a common Outfall— Roads through the District— Water power! 

 <* c - The Directors wish it to be understood that the Company i 

 °f a strictly commercial character, and that the details of the 

 * lana and of the execution of the Works are not interfered with 

 &5 them, but are controlled by the Landowner and by the Inclo- 

 •nreComnr ioners. For further information and for Forms of 

 Application, apply to the Honourable William Napier, Manag- 

 *a& Director, 2, Old Palace Yard Westminster. 



CM1THF1ELD CLUB, 1855.— FAT VTTLE 



^ SHOW.— The ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW of F \ T 

 CATTLE, SHEEP, and PH 5, will take place on the 11th. 12th, 

 13:1), and 14th of D- ibtr, 1855, at Um Carriage Bazaar. King 



Street, Port man Square, when nearly 800/. will be awarded in 



Prizes and Medals. 



The printed forms of Certificates, properly rilled np, must be 

 returned to the Honorary Secretary on or before SATURDAY, 

 November 10th. Prize Sheets and the necessary printed forms 

 of Certificates are now ready, and can he obtained on appli- 

 cation to B. T. Brandretii Giubs, Honorary Secretary, 



Corner of Half-moon Street, Piccadilly, London. 



All communications on the Club's business should bear the 

 w ords "S mithfield Clu b" on the o utside. 



THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND POULTRY 

 SHOW. 1855.— The Seventh Great Annual Exhibition of 

 CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS, and DOM1 IIC POl LTUY. will 

 bo held in Bingloy Hall, Birmingham, on TUESDAY, WED- 

 NESDAY, THURSDAY, and FBI DAY, the Uth, 12th. l.'ltb, 

 and 14th of December next, when PRIZES will be awarded as 

 follows : — 



CATTLE.— Including Two Extra Prizes of 20/. each 



and Two Gold M lals or other pieces of Plate 

 ot the value of 20/. each, for the best Ox or 



Steor, and the beet Cow or Heifer 



SHEEP— First Prizes of 10l, and Second Prizes of 



hi., for Leicesters, L mg-Woolled Sheep not 

 beiiitf Leicesters, South or other Down Sheep, 

 Shropshire, and other Black or Grej laced 



Short-'NYoolled Sheen —10 clauses 



PIG B#— Including Prizes for Pens of Breeding Pigs of 



a large and small breed 



ROOTS.— Including a Silver Cup, value Five Guineas, 



f<^r the best Collection o* four different varieties 27 6 

 POULTRY.— Including Nine Silver Cup*, of the value 



of Ten Guineas each, for the b Pen of Pen- 

 cilled Hamburgh, Spangled Hamburgh, Polish. 



Spanish, Dorking, Cochin China, Game and 

 Gold, or Silver Bantams; and for the best 

 four Pens of Pigeons, to be exhibited, espe- 

 cially for this prize 



£ s. d. 



840 



150 

 69 



• •• 



• - • 



• • ■ 



451 10 



£1037 16 



Exclusive of Silver Medals to the Breeders of Cattle, Sheep, and 

 Pitfs, and Prizes in the Extra Classes and for Cottagers' Poultry. 



Mr. Ottley has also offered a Gold .Medal, of the value of Ten 

 Guineas, as an extra prize, for the best Pen of Polish Fowl of any 

 colour, to be selected from the several classes for this variety. 



Prize Lists, Certificates of Entry, and any further information 

 may be obtained from the Secretary. The Entries close on 

 Saturday, Nov. 10. John HobOaJT, Jun., Sec. 



Offices— 38. 1 5 e n nett's Hill, B i r m i ngh am. 



pOLLEGE of AGRICULTURE and CHEMISTRY, 



V_y and op 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 Military Services, and for the Universities. 



Analyses and Assays of every description are promptly and 

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

 ticulars may be had on application to the Principal. 



P R U N I N C. 



THE GRECIAN PRUNING SAWS are univer- 

 sally acknowledged to be the best for every description of 

 Pruning. They cut faster and cleaner than any other, and do 

 not bend or break. Trice 2*. ft/., 3*., and 8s. 6(f. each. 

 Thomas Bill, late W.Coleman, Cutler, 4, H market, London. 



HOSE PIPING. 



V\f AITHMAN'S PATENT FLAX HOSE PIPING 



* * will sustain a greater pressure, is lighter, less bulky, will 

 wear longer, and is about 60 per cent, cheaper than the leather 

 hose pipe. 



Manufactured only by Waithman & Co.. Bentham, Lancaster. 



No. 1 Quality, Inches in Diameter and Prick Per Yard :— 

 4,9/A; J, H'/.; 1, 1*. Id.; 1}, la. Sd ; 1*. 1«. 5d.; lj, Is. 7d.; 

 2, 1*. 9d. ; 2}, 2s. ; 2£, 2s. ft#. ; 2J t 2j. 6J. ; 3, 2*. 9d. 



Super Extra Stout Quality :— 2, 2s.; 2}, 2s. 3d.; 2J, 2s. 6d.; 

 2'i, 2j.9<L; 3,3*. 



No. 0, a cheaper Hose, to bear a low pressure for Garden and 

 Agricultural purposes, at greatly reduced prices :— 1, 9d.; 1J, lOd. 

 1£, lit?.; 2, Is.; 2j, Is. 3d.; 2$, Is. 6U 



The Hose is Burnettised at an extra charge of 3d. per yard. 

 Union Joints. Branch Pipes, and Jets are also supplied. 



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FIRST PRIZE REAPING MACHINE. 



NOTICE. 



MESSRS. BURGESS and KEY be/r respectfully 

 to inform the public, and particularly the noblemen and 

 gentlemen whose orders they were oblipd to decline this 



season on account of the manufacture n in«r filly arranged, 



that the Koyal Agricultural Soci s First Prize of 901. wis 

 awarded to them for M< rraickVEwper. *itb their patent 

 screw platform, at the trial at I s;h Court, near Brisi upon 

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

 Bell's, by Crosskill : Forbush'a, exhibited 1 Mr. Palmer; and 

 lliissejrs, with tilting plat'orm. by Wm. Dray 6 Co. T 

 reports of farmers who have worked the machines during thi 

 present harvest, show that the average uan y of Wheat, 

 Harley, and Oats which they cut wee; ui 1} to || acre per h 

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

 required is a man or a boy to drive. Further particular* and 

 prices sent free on application.— Br no ess & Key, li»3, Newgate 

 Street; and 52, Little Britain, London. 



pARKES 



CAUTION. 



STEEL DIGGING FORKS AND 



DRAINING TOOLS. 



Whereas very inferior descriptions of Si eel Digging Forks are 

 now manufactured and sold, and 1 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 Koyal Agricultural Society 

 and numerou Agricultural Societies 1 prises have been awarded, 

 I hereby respect fully inform the public that o\ y Fork manufac- 

 tured by me is ata ;\ed with my trade mark ".I. P.." and that 



Messrs f.itbc>> - & Kkv. of No. ik*. Kewgati Street, L a n d au , ura 



my sole Wholesale Agents, and 1 have authorised them to re- 

 place to the purchaser every Fork of my manufacture foun 

 defective; they will also on application send \Vb>la*#»h' and 

 Retail Price Lists, &c, post free. Fran I Pawns A Co. 



— — — — — — ~e mil mi ~~b^m_ . _m^ _ 1 1 ml. J -iwmp^P-U . 1. 1 mi ^p..i imim ^i _ 1 1 - t ' -^^aMMW"*"""*** *.**a^am^*ma*~^^^^^^^* 



PAXTON WORKS, SHEFFIELD. 



SAYNOR and COOKK, Manufacturer-, of the cele- 

 brated Exhibition Prize PRUNING, BUDDING, end 

 GRAFTING KMV1S, VIM and PRUNING S« [SSORS.Ac 

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

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

 so frequently as is iiMiallv necessary to obtain that *harp eoV" 

 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, Inland, and 

 Scotland, and can be purchased of any nurseryman or seedsman 

 in the three kingdoms. Those who may not have used them ar«- 

 respectfully licited to tfive them a trial. The Great Exhibi a 

 Prize Medal of 1*51, and the Prize Medal of the Horticultural 

 <>clety of Manchester, at their Show of 1854, was awarded to 

 Saynor Sc Cooke for their superiority of material and work- 

 manship. Established 1738. 



/ ^ ARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTf -CORROSION 



V^ PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other 

 Governments, the Hon. Fast India Company, the principal Dock 

 Companies, most public bodies, and by the nobility, gentry, and 

 clergy, for out-door work at their country seats. The Anti 

 Corrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable out- 

 door Paint ever invented, f he preservation of every descript 

 of Iron, Wood, Stone, Brick, Compo, Cement, &c, work, as has 

 been proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by 

 the numerous (between 500 and G00^ testimonials in its favour, 

 and which, from the rank and station in society of thos** who have 

 £iven them, have never yet been equalled by anything of the 

 kind hitherto brought before the public notice. 



Lists of colours, prices, together with a copy of the testimonial 

 will be sent on application to Walter Cai * <v- Su?r, 9, Great 

 Winchester Street, Old Broad Street, Royal Exchange. London. 

 No Agents. All orders are particularly requested to be sent direct. 



Wixt agrtcttttttral ©asrttr- 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1 >5. 



1|M11GJ DOMO."— Patronised by her Majesty the 



■a Queen, the Duke of Northumberland for Syon House, his 

 Oraee the Duke of Devonshire for Chiswick Gardens. Professor 

 Lindley for the Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Paxton for the 

 Crystal Palace, Royal Zoological Society, late Mrs. Lawrence, of 

 Ealing Park, and — Collier, Esq., of Dartford. 



PROTECTION FROM MORNING FRO 9T. 

 "FRIG1 DOMO," a Canvas made of patent prepared Hair 

 and Wool, a perfect non-conductor of Heat and Cold, keeping, 

 wherever it is applied, a fixed temperature. It is adapted for 

 all horticultural and Agricultural purposes, for preserving Fruits 

 and Flowers from the scorching rays of the sun, from wind, 

 from attacks of insects and from morninjr frosts. To be had in 

 any required length, 2 yards wide, at \s.%d. per yard run, of 

 Elisha Thomas Archer, whole and sole manufacturer. 7, Trinity 

 Lane, Cannon Street, City, and the Royal Mills. Wandsworth, 

 Surrey; and of all Nurserymen and Seedsmen throughout the 

 kingdom. /5 It isjouich cheaper than mats as a covering.^ 



LIGHT, CHEAP, and DURABLE ROOFING.— 

 CUOGGON'S l'ATENT ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT 

 is perfectly impervious to rain, snow, and frost, and has been 

 tested by a long and extensive experience in all climates. Save 

 half the timber required for slates. Can be laid on with great 

 facility by farm servants or unpractised persons. Price Id. per 

 square foot. Croggox's Patent Non-conducting Felt, for cover- 

 ing steam boilers and pipes, saves 25 per cent of fuel. Samples 

 and testimonials sent by post, on application to Croggon- & Co., 

 2 t Dowgate Hill, London, who also supply ship-sheathing felt and 

 inodorous felt, for damp walls, and lining iron houses, and roofs 

 generally, to equalise the temperature. 



WATERPROOF PATHS. 

 BARN AND CATTLE SHED FLOORS. 



THOSE who would enjoy their Gardens during the 

 winter months should construct their walks of PORTLAND 

 CEMENT CONCRETE, which are formed thus:— Screen the 

 gravel of which the path ta at present made from the loam which 

 is mixed with it, and to every part of clean gravel add one of sharp j 

 river sand. To five parts of snch equal mixture add one of Port- j 

 land Cement, and incorporate the whole well in the dry state before 

 applying the water. It may then be laid on 2 inch thick. Any 

 labourer can mix and spread it. No tool is required beyond the 

 spade, and in 48 hours it becomes as hard as a rock. Vegetation 

 cannot grow through or upon it, and it r» the action of the 



severest frost. It is nee ;ary, as waterdoes not soak through it, 

 to give a fall from the middle of the p »th towards the sides. 



The same preparation makes first-rate paving for BARNS, 

 CATTLE-SHEDS, FARM-YARDS, and all other situations 

 where a clean, hard bottom is a desideratum. May be laid in 

 winter equally well as in summer. 



Manufacturers of the Cement, J. B. Whits & Brothers, 



Milbank Street* Westminster. 



In a former paper on Irrigation we just glanced 

 at some of the requisites for the due performance of 

 the process, the principal of which were — 1st, A 

 command of water which could be readily directed, 

 not upon — as is generally supposed, like flooding 

 from a swollen river — but through every part of 

 the field ; 2dly, A slow and steady drainage off the 

 meadow, so that in no part should the water ever 



stagnate. 



Now without entering at any length into the con- 

 sideration of the best means by which the first end 

 can be secured, it may be remarked that economy of 

 space occupied by the water conduits is a very im- 

 portant matter, not only as a saving of land. In a 

 country like ours where water rights are so impor- 

 tant, and water indeed by no means a constant 

 quantity, the large and deep feeders too often 

 used are exceedingly objectionable, inasmuch as 

 they too frequently defeat their own intention, as 

 in dry seasons a whole series of meadows are 

 nnvisited by water just in the time of their greatest 

 need of this element, awhiting the filling up of 

 deep canals, until which they must remain 

 inactive, the water becoming meanwhile injured 



It must not be considered that 



by stagnation 



irrigated meadows may be good without drainage ; 

 a perfect drainage should be secured, where it is not 

 insured by the structure of the substratum, by as 

 perfect a system as would be pursued in ordinary 

 good cultivation. Indeed, a water meadow should 

 in a few days after the water has ceased flowing on 

 to it be as dry as ordinary well-conditioned pasture 

 not only in parts but as a whole, and any slight 

 deviation from this rule should at once be rectified 



by the overseer of the works, or as he is called in 



" It 



from 



the Gloucestershire vernacular, the n drowner. 

 his duty to attend to any imperfections arisin^ 

 want of fresh conduits, obstruction to the older 



and the like ; and should he neglect his duty, 



3 



ones 



or if from various causes, either the newness of the 

 works or the inaptitude of the ground for carrving 

 them out, bad results should arise, these will at 

 once make themselves known to the experienced 

 eye, and more especially during the summer, as the 



