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numero'is permanent iraprovements, such as the appli- 

 cation of marl to light sandy soils, the application of 

 chalk to heath lands found to be deficient in calcareous 

 substances ; by an effectual system of draining ; by the 

 general adoption of irrigation and warping:, in all situa- 

 tions in which those important improvements may be 

 severally applicable. 



"Without presuming to hazard an opinion in respect 

 to the actual extent of the benefit to be derived from 

 economising manure, and turning to good account the 

 immense quantity that is constantly running to waste ; 

 it is nevertheless believed to involve a question as to an 

 addition of millions of stones of meat and millions of 

 bushels of corn to the annual home supply. 



" Nor is it attempted to estimate the loss sustained 

 by Beaton of a vast extent of arable land being in small 

 inclosures, surrounded by wide hedge rows and &haws ; 

 suffice it to say, that in some instances the waste has 

 been I nnd to exceed one-fourth of the whole, leaving 

 barely three-fourths of the land in such instance 

 applir le to the purposes of cultivation. 



" The productive power of the land is susceptible of 

 vast e.\ mansion, and the products are capable of being 

 multip led to an extent to which no one at the present 

 time v i assign a limit : we are, however, in a position 

 to com; rel.end, and cannot fail to observe that agri- 

 cultural improvements are universally and pre-eminently 

 desirable ; for by whichever party effected, they possess 

 the peculiar merit of benefiting all who are interested 

 in them— the consumers, by obtaining food at a reason- 

 able pr • e ; the producers, by obtaining a proportion- 

 ately larger amount of profit ; and whenever an efficient 

 super v -ion is adopted, an important prospective advan- 

 tage is secured to the proprietor. " 



3,185 



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Miscellaneous. 



Pu l o Digging Machine. — Mr. Hanson's patent 

 Potato digging machine was tried on Thursday, at one 

 o'clock, on a field belonging to Mr. Renwick, farmer, 

 Mar> h I. There was a large assemblage of agricultural 

 gentlemen, land d proprietors, and engineers. The 

 machine is of a simple yet peculiar construction, and is 

 not of large dimensions. It runs on four wheels, two 

 small mus at the muzzle, and two about the sis* of 

 <cart win s on each side of the body of the machine. 

 A sock, which tapers from a point to a plate about a 

 foot and ;i half in breadth, is made to enter the drill at a 

 depth below the deepest Potato roots. A series of 

 grapes is made to revolve immediately above this sock, 

 which eti 'tu illy scatters the Potatoes above the soil' 

 .and sepniMtas the roots from the shaws. The axle of 

 the win-H* on which the machine is supported is so 

 construe t ' that the wheel with the grapes is worked 

 by it, and m be stopped on turning, or on other neces- 

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 machiiii r containing the necessary implements for 

 joking, invoking, and altering the machine. It was 

 drawn o»> Thursday by two hor.es, and worked by two 

 men ; o- -,f them drove the horses, while the other 

 worked i machine. The weather was exceedingly 

 fine, an! to soil was in excellent condition for the 

 exper. t. A few minutes after one o'clock the 

 horses ^ ire attached and the machine started. 

 During i h« first round it was driven at great speed, but 

 wrought au'ifully. The roots were scattered clearly 

 above ; «p -round over a breadth of 2 yards. After two 

 drill* h*#l hten opened the horses were stopped for a 

 few mimres, ;.nd the gentlemen who were on the ground 

 bavin- assembled around the machine, Mr. Hanson, 

 the inventor, who was present, proceeded to explain the' 

 mode of ©^ration. He said that he had a shaft which 

 could be a tached to it fcr the purpose of supporting a 

 plate of z nc against which the Potatoes would be 

 thrown, so i hat they would fall in a regular line, and 

 not be too much scattered. We afterwards heard Mr 

 Hanson e x- ain that the machine could lift Turnips at a 

 distance of C>, 9, 12, or 18 inches by the attachment of 

 hoes inste of grapes. He also stated in answer to a 

 question put to him, that it could easily be made to 

 throw the Potatoes to both sides, so that it might be 

 made to 1 i -t field without requiring to turn round a 

 number . ills. Not a single root was cut or injured 



in the 8Kj» rt decree, and none were left in the ground. 

 Ihemetho,, of lifting Potatoes with the grape cannot 

 atallbeco, i; ,ared with it, and it works with about 

 Rouble tin- speed of the common plough, while 

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