Dec. 1, 1855.1 





THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



PERUVIAN GUANO, Bolivian Guano, Superpho 

 phate of Lime, Nitrate of Soda, Sugar Scum, and evei 

 description of Artificial Manures, Linseed Cakes, &c. 



Wm. Inglis Carne, 10, Mark Lane, London. 





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ARKES 



FORKS AND 



PERUVIAN GUANO.— As Agents of the Peruvian 

 Government for the Importation and Sale of this valuable 

 MANURE, we think it right, for the protection of consumers and 

 respectable dealers, to apprise them that the adulteration of the 

 article is still extensively practised, and to recommend them to 

 apply either to ourselves; to our agents, Messrs. Gibus, Bright, 



A Co., of Liverpool and Bristol; or to dealers of established my sole AY hole sale Agents, and 1 have "authorised th > r- 



character, in whose honesty and fair dealing they can place place to the purchaser every Fork of niv manufacture found 

 implicit confidence.— Antony Gibbs & Sons. defective; they will also on application send Wholesale and 



CAUTION. 



STEEL DIGGING 



DRAINING TOOLS. 



Whereas very Inferior descriptions o< -reel Digging Fork* are 

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

 chasers nt the same have believed them to be the same as tho*e 

 manufactured by me, and to which the Royal Agricultural Soc 

 and numerous Agricultural Societies' prizes have been awar< led, 

 I hereby respectfully inform the public that every Pork manufac- 

 tured by me is stamped with my trade mark "J. I\. and that 

 Messrs. Bcbgess & Key, of No. 103, Newgat. treet, London, are 





rpHE FOLLOWING MANURES are manufactured 



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

 7Z. per ton; Superphosphate of Lime, 71.; Sulphuric Acid and 

 Coproiites, 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^ 



rr<HE LONDON MANURE COMPANY'S NITRO- 



X 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 S 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. Pric- 

 per ton, 7/. 10.?. in London. 



PERUVIAN GUANO, FISHERY SALT, and every other 

 MANURE on best terms, strictly warranted. 

 40, Br id <e Street, Rlackfriars. E. Pu r ser, Sec. 



OEVVAGE CHARCOAL MANURE— This highly 



O fertilising Manure, which is Peat Charcoal completely 

 saturated with London Sewage, will be found most efficient for 

 every species of crop ; more especially for Peas, Beans, Turnips, 

 Mangold Wurzel, and other root crops. It will produce a greater 

 return for the outlay than Guano or any other Manure at an 

 equivalent value: it also possesses the property of retaining its 

 fertilising power longer than any other Manures now in use. 1 

 maybe obtained at the SEWAGE MANURE WORKS, Stanley 

 Bridge, Fulham, at 41. per ton, and En quantities 1« than half 

 a ton. at 55. per cwt., for ready money only ; and in quantities not 

 less than a ton, will be delivered at the London Termini of the 

 Railroads free of charge for cartage. No charge for sacks. 



It may also be had from Messrs. G. Gums & Co., 26, Down Street, 

 Piccadilly, Agricultural Seedsmen, Agents for London, and from 

 all the other Agents of the Company. 



DRAINING BY STEAM POWER. 



JOHN FOWLER is prepared to undertake Contracts 

 for DRAINING LAND by his PATENT STEAM PLOUGH, 

 •at prices varying, according to depth and distance, from 31. to 51. 10s. 

 per acre, inclunive of tiles, main drains, and all other expenses. 

 Contracts executed with great rapidity, and tiles manufactured 

 on the spot, where suitable clay exists. — Temple Gate, Bri >1. 



DRAINAGE OF LAND, BOGS, 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 lay out and superintend, and to 

 supply the forms and attendances necessary to obtain the 

 certificate of the Incisure Commissioners where such is re- 

 quired, at a charge of 5s. per acre and his travelling expei ; 

 or he will contract to perform the whole work to the satisfaction 

 of the Commissioners at a fixed price per acre. Mr. Htmhert 

 (having been more tlmn 15 years established in business as a 

 Surveyor and Land Agent) has found that wet heavy soils can 

 i>e BftHftUy, carefully, and thoroughly drained, with pi 5 4 feet 

 deep, at 41. ner aere and upwards, inclusive of every expense. 



WNERS OF SETTLED ESTATES and OTHERS 



desirous of availing themselves of the various recent Acts 

 of Parliament, by which they may charge their Estates with 

 money expended in the Improvement, Conversion, and Reclama- 

 tion of Land, by Drainage, Irrigation, Embanking, Inclosing, 

 making Farm-roads, Clearing, the erection of Farm-buildings 

 and Machinery, Planting and other Agricultural Improvements, 

 are respectfully informed that Messrs. II f.witt Davis & Francis 

 Vigers undertake to advise and furnish Plans and Estimates, 

 and if required, will contract to do the works, and dispose of the 

 Kent ch ar gea . — 3, Frederick's Place, Id Je wry, London. 



HPHE GENERAL LAND DRAINAGE AND IM- 



JL PROVEMENT COMPANY 



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

 Offices, 52, Parliament Street, London. 



1. This Company is incorporated by Act of Parliament to faci- 

 litate the Drainage of Land, the Making of Roads, the Erection 

 of Farm Buildings, and other Improvements on all descriptions of 

 Property, whe r her held in fee, or under entail, mortgage, in trust, 

 or as ecclesiastical, or Collegiate Property. 



2. In no case is any investigation of Title necessary. 



3. The Works may be designed and executed by the Land- 

 owner or his Agents, independently of the Company's officers, or 

 lie may elect wherher he will employ their staff. Equal faci- 

 lities WILL BE AFFORDED IN t HITHER CASE. 



4. The whole cost of the works and expenses will, in all cases, 

 be charged on the Lands improved, to be repaid by half-yearly 

 instalments. 



5. The term of such charge may be fixed by the Landowner, 

 and extended to fifty years for Land Improvements and 

 thirty-one years for Farm Building, whereby the lnstalmen tin 

 will be kept within such a fair percentage as the occupiers of the 

 im proved La nds can afford to pay. "William Clifford. Sec. 



ECONOMY OF FERMENTATION. 



BUSHE'S PATENT ROOT GRATER, manufac- 

 tured by FOWLER and FRY, Temple Gate, Bristol, entirely 

 supersedes the necessity of Cooking Turnips, Mangel, and other 

 roots ; it effects a saving of 30 to 40 per cent, of the Roots, besides 

 *hat of fuel. Price 3/. 10*. Printed testimonials and directions 

 may be obtained gratis by applying to Fowler & Fry. Bristol, 

 Licensed Makers of Corm's Patent Chaff Cutters and General 

 Agricultural Implement Makers and Dealers. The Root Grater 

 ^ay also be seen in the Agricultural Department of the Crystal 

 Palace, Sydenham. 



WATERPROOF PATHS. 

 BARN AND CATTLE SHED FLOORS. 



THOSE who would enjoy their Gardens during the 

 winter months should construct their walks of PORTLAND 



^Screen the 



pplicati 

 Retail Price Lists, &c, post free. Francis Pa & < . 



FIRST PRIZE REAPING MACHINE. 



NOTICE, 



VTESSRS. BURGESS and KEY beg respectfully 



p>" to inform the public, and particularly the n Memeii and 

 gentlemen whose orders th were obli d < decline for thi 

 season on account of the manufacture not being fully arranged, 

 that the Royal Agricultural Bod First 1'rize of 30'. was 



awarded to them for M'Cormi Vhraper, with their patent 

 screw platform, at the trial at Leigh Court, near Bristol, nj n 

 the 29th of August last. Amongst the competing machines art re 

 Bell's, by Cr kill: Forbush's, exhibited b; Palmer; and 



Ilussey's, with tilting platform, by Wm. D • i •>. 'I 



reports of farmers who have worked the machines luring t) 

 present harvest, show tiiat the average quantity of Wheat, 



Barley, and Oats which thev at was from 1} to 1 \ ar per houi 



Two horses work the machine with ease, and the only at lanl 

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



prices sent fie. • on application.— Hi jkoe it Kk\, I u3 t Newgate 



Str eet; a nd Little Hi tin, L-.ndon. 



PAXTON WORKS, SHEFFIELD. 



QAYNOK and COOKF., Manufacturer* of the eel c- 



^ brated Exhibition Prize PRI MMi, BUDDING, and 

 GRAFTING KNIVES, VIM-: and PRUNING SCISSORS. Ac, 

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

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



so frequently as Is usual! ne isary to obtain that sharp edge 



so requisite for the comfort and use of the practical gan The 



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

 are used by all the eminent gardeners in l.ngland, Ireland, and 

 Scotland, and can be purchased of any nun pro an or t rial 



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 l w 51, and the Prize Medal of the 11- mcnlairal 

 Society of Manchester, at their Show of 1654. was awarded t 

 Saynor & Cookr for their superiority of material and work 

 manship. Rntab lished 17." 



pHAFF CUTTING MACHINES from 2U— A 



V^ complete Illustrative Catalogue, all sizes and most improved 

 description, will be forwarded on application to YYn i.iam Okay 

 & Co., Swan Lane, Upper Thamea Street, London. 



RUfSI NG MILLS for OATS, B » A i\ S t M ALL 



&c. — Illustrated Catalogue will be forwarded on application 

 to William Dbay St Co., Swan Lane, Upper Thames Str- » t. 



L)URE AND CHEAP BRKAD.— Flour Mills for 



I Family Dae.— Grind your Wheat— Pure Bread, and do 

 awav with medicine entirely besides effecting a saving. 



Mary Weiu.ake's FLOUR MILLS, 41. 10.«. and upwards. 

 Washing Machines, 61. 10/r. ; Mangles, from 60*.; Chaff-cutters 

 and Oat-crushers. Book on Feeding Horses, la. 



IIS F en church ^* « t. adon. 



~ S WITH Fl ELD SHOW, 1855. 



T 'RIALS of STEAM-THRESHING ENGINES. 

 The time run by TUXFORD am* SONS' FIB.ST PRIZE 

 ENGINE, and that by the Engine of Messrs. Hornsby, of 

 Grantham, at the Carlisle Meeting of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, in July last, with Fourteen rounds of Coals to the horse- 

 power, was— 



Tuxford & Sons 



• t • 



• - • 



3 hours and 47 minutes. 



Hornsby & Son 2 hours and 54 minu! . 



At the North Lincolnshire Sociel 'i Meeting, at Bos tot 



• • • 



in 



August last, Tuxfords* and Hornsby*' Engines again c:\me into 

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

 With 14 lbs. of a very inferior kind ot Coal, the time run was— 



Tuxford & Sons 3 hours and 3 n.inut 



Hornsby & Son 2 hours and 43 minutes. 



And had the testing apparatus which had been supplied to the 

 Society from Grantham, not indicated the steam preeeure fals. 

 by several pounds on the inch, the difference would have shown 

 fully twice as much to the advantage of Tuxfori/s Engine. 



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

 versal Exhibition, M . Treses, the Government Engineer, employed 

 as the motive power one of Tuxkord's Portable 1 ines that had 

 previously been purchased by the French Governm ?. 



The Combined Threshing, Shaking, and Dressing Machine of 

 Tuxford & Sons was highly commended this year by the Koyal 

 Society at Carlisle, the Hath and Wtet of England Society at 



Tiverton, &c. ,. 



Illustrated Catalogues, with prices, forwarded on application 



to Tux f«>rd & Sox-. Engineers, Boston. Lincolnshire. 



TO FLORISTS AND OTHERS. 



J JONES, Iron Merchant, has alwa a great 

 • variety Of CYLINDRICAL and SADDLE BOILERS in 

 stock, also F and Furnace Bars, Supply Cisterns, Double Doors 



and Frames, Furnace Grates, Soot Doors, H water Pip^s. 

 Elbows Tees, Svphons, Throttle Valves, Stop Cocks, Flange and 

 Socket Elbows, &c; also Trough Pipes.— Drawings and Prices 

 of the above, or estimates given Jpr the work fixed complete, on 

 application to J. Jos -. I ron Bridfe Wharf, 6. Bankside, London, 

 near the South wark I ron B . 



DALUSTBADING FOR GARDEN TERRACES, 



D executed in Austin's ArtiBcial Stone, by J. Seelky (late 

 Austin and Seeley), Nos. 1 to 4. Ke P p*l Row. New Road. 



This work is of the same constitution as Portland btone, and 

 after a winter's exposure is hardly distinguishable from that 

 material : it has be*>n extensively used in Scotland for 20 years. 



rnRELOAR'S COCOA-NUT FIBRE MANUFAC 



JL TERES consist of MATTING, DOOR MATS, MAT- 

 TRESSES, HASSOCKS, BRUSHES, &c, and are distinguished 

 by superiority and excellence of workmanship, combined with 

 moderate charges. Catalogues, containing pries and every 

 particular, free by post. -T.Treloab, Cocoa-nut Fibre Manu- 

 facturer, 42, Lud^ate Hill. London. 



r»R!GJ DOMO.*— Patronised by her M»j* the 



Queen, the Duke of Northumberland for von House, his 



( ^OLLKGEor Ar.KlCrL'ITRKANDCilEMlSTRY, 



V-> a^ PRACTICAL and GFNBBAL IENCE,S7and 



Lower Kenntagtou Lane. Kenninpton. near London. 



PrinHpal— J. < ttantr, l 



The m of 6tud$ea punwed in the College eaaipriata erery 



branch requisite to prepare youth for the purtaits of , riaulture f 

 1 ngim »g, Mining, Manufacture*, and th* Arts; for the Naval 

 and Military Sen is, and for th* ' < • 



Analyses and Assays ot every deer ttton are promptly and 

 accurately ex.-c.itad at the College. The tenna and otbeff par- 



culars may be had n applical the FrindpaL 



ARTIFICIAL MANURE - Manufacturers and 



• thers engaged in makio K ARTIFICIAL MAM Ki > may 

 obtain every /ceaaan ust ruction for tb« eoon -al and 



thcient preparation, h applying to J.( Nk«ht, F.G 4*., 

 Principal of the Ap iltural and Chemical < efm, K tmnhtgrtof} . 

 London. Analyses ot Soils, tear*. Bin Limt 



i oprolites. &< and Assays of < Silver, and f Mineral* 



are- utadwlth accuracy and dtKpatch. i temen desirous 

 of r«( ig i: met ions in chemical Anatoa«»c and A waving. 



Will Olid ample th ity and accon i modatWai at the * tffe 



Coi-cru-sTEu rori/ruY mk»\v, !■ 

 TIIIKI» <ii: vT ANNUAL EXHI1UT1 < «»| 



Pha 



THi 



1 -EI ASSO ATION FiiK Hi: IMI vi.MEM F 

 Till iU:i.l h Ol IXLME8T1C 1 LTKi will be held in 

 thfl V l« Maik. I lit IV. i 1:11>A1 



and SATlltDAV. n.^mbt- -.! Hi l«5 



In addition to the iarv Clam Crisis, th« mWtaly dBttn the 



M.t 111 li I 1'," a Clate. \n\ Guinea*, 



for the 1 ier*l C-llec!i«in ' nllry.< I li 



lanlOl". ii man to Amateur Mlutorn tin \ II 



doin : and W. Fisnxa 1 1 m, E«j., eflars a PI I (I i I 



value liiittean r t! neral c. ll« * Is, ef & 



ss thai I ik, open to Amateur hiiora ii £saei or 



Suffolk.— Priae 1. i, Certificates ol I I't *m <>l the 



M« .ting, and a rrlnf<»rms maybe m 



Secretaries, 19, High Sirei-t. (NikhfNter. on application, post paid, 



and containing a stamped addressed envelope for reply. 



l\y order of tl 



W Fisiira Hoi lalnnat 



%• The ENTRIES CLOsi n 8 ATI W Dae, 1 



T" HE BIRMINGHAM CATTLffS AND POULTRY 

 SHOW The Seventh Crea< Annual 4tion T 



CATTLE, SHI V, I»lU8,KOOTfl.* 1 M1>TH rod 1^ 



will be held Hall, ICCSDAY \M l»N W, 



Till i:si»AV and FK1PAY, the llth ( lltl IBt 14tl 



I) -r. The PRIVATE VIEW and ANM AL DINNE1 



on Tl'KSDA^ l)e< r ihe 11th. 



There will be C1AL TRAINS onallUiapr vl Lines 



llailwaj wh lee the Adven meat* and Hills of the 



several c-Tni'Hu tea» . 



>R1/K CATTLE SHOW of thi sMITHFII D 



CLUB. -The ANNUAL FXHIBtTION Fri»e le, 



Seeds H«»ot!«, ImplenSpStK, Ar,, cotn«t -n Tl K81>A > t 



MORNING and rloaeson FltlDAY I • EN1NQ« Uth.12th.ltla, 

 and 1 h Decetuto Baxaar, K\n% t and lUk^r Btreat. 



( >pen f««»m daylight till nine » the «v- ning. mit»snr# 1#. 



Eixt agricultural (Bzmtt. 



SATIRDAY, 1)1 < EMBER 1, 1 



5. 



Thk Society of Arts have arranged for the dis- 

 cussion of ihe guhject of Laud Drainage in all it« 

 ipects, malhoda, and results, at a meeting to \* 

 held during the ensuin meeting and exhibition of 

 the SmithfieM Cluh. Mr. Bailey Dkntow is i read 



with the 



a paper on the subject, and in accord 



nergetic and pub lie- spirited plan always adopted 

 by the Society, invitation? to all those who have 

 proved themselves inter ed in the suhject have 

 been issued in order to secure the full representation 

 of every variety of opinion and of practice. 



Deep and shallow draina , air drainage, the 

 Kevthorpe drainage, spring drainage, will all no 

 doiibt be perfectly des< bed and criticised. One 

 of these peculiar systems was a prominent subject 

 at the late meeting at Lord Bkrnehs 1 , to which refer- 



nce has already l»een made in our columns. Mr, 

 Trimmer's geological researcl >. coinciding o accu- 

 rately as thev do with the K ihoi] practice, 

 have elevated what was a mere in e of clever 



observation and successful practice into a subject of 

 general interest and probably of general \ ine 



We may just refer here to the principle on which 

 the practice is based, hoping, in the report of the 

 ensuinc meeting, to find in t addresses of the dif- 

 ferent speakers the full development of this and 

 every other peculiaritv connected with the subject. 

 The Kevthorpe system of drainage was desenbed 

 last year by Mr. Trimmer before meeting of the 



English Agricultural Society, and it maybe illus- 

 trated thus: In draining a farm very much cut up by 

 the hedgerows of small fields, it was found advis- 

 able after grubbing up the fence> to lay drains in 

 all the old ditches and former open water-courses, in 

 addition to the regular system of para lei under- 

 ground drainage carried out over all. The water, 

 was found, continued to draw towards the old 



and it became necessary therefore 



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fcEteedwIthtt and eoeve^pa" of clean sraveUddoneofsharp: Lhrftef tor t*i Horltenttond Society, ^ir "J^fE^JJ*; 

 rive^sanl To'fi v e partloTsuch equal mixture add one of Port- i Uryatal Palace, Royal Zoolo K ic« Soc,,ty. late Ho. Lawrence, ot 



i*nd Cement, and incorporate the whole well in thedrr state before 

 applying the water. It may then be laid on 2 inches 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. \ station 

 cannot prow through or upon it, and it resists the action of the 

 severest frost. It is necessary, as water does not soak through it, 

 to give a tall from the middle of the path towards the ™«- , 



The same preparation makes first-rate paving for BARNS, 

 CATTLK-siiKDS, FARM-YARDS, and all other situations 

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

 winter equally well as in summer. 



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



Milbank Street, Westminster. 



was 

 water-courses, 

 to retain them as drainage channels by laying tiles 



in each. 



The thorough drainace of the Kevthorpe estate 



in Northamptonshire, the property of Lord Berbers, 

 hai been effected by attention to some such 

 principle as this, only here the old water- courses 

 which have been attended to, date, not from any 

 previous arrangement of the surface of the soil by 

 previous occupiers, but from a pre-existent arrange- 

 ment of the surface of the subsoil (which is found 

 to be furrowed into grooves and ruts of considerable 

 depth) before it became covered with he soil. To 

 this conformation of the under surface, which as a 



Sur^eVT^d'Vfair Nureerrmen "and Seedsmen throughont the j - e loftica l f act has long been known With reference 

 kingdom. " It is much cheaper than mats as a cowing. \b & 



Collier, Esq., of I rtford. 

 PROT1 TION FROM HORNING FPwOST 

 " FRIG I DOMO," a C .vas made 





i, » -^w * *• — ->**- -—- — — 



p«t*nt prepared Hair 



and W(K.l, a perfect non-eon.luctor of Heat and CoW, keeping, 

 whewver it U applied, a fixed temper ire. It w adapted or 

 M horticultural «i,d floricultural purposes, tor p. T"»g » ni.to 

 and Flowers from the scorching r« '. «* "& ^Jlt 

 from attack* of insects and from morning frosts. I o be had to 

 LnT required length, 2 yard, wide, at U.M. per yard run, of 





iLiSHATHOMaa AsfflaBB, whole and sole raamifactur.r, 7, Trinity 

 le, Cannon »* et. City, and **32™*Z2iZfib 



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