Dec. 8, 1855.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



809 





PERUVIAN GUANO, Bolivian Guano, Superphos- 

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

 description of Artificial Manures. Linseed Cakes, &c. 



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



R OYAL 



SOCIETY OF 



-* — - 



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 i* still extensively practised, and to recommend them to 

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

 & Co., of Liverpool and Bristol ; or to dealers of established 

 character* in whose honesty and fair dealing they can place 

 implicit confid ence .— Antony Gibbs & Sons. 



^HE FOLLOWING MANURES are manufectured 



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

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

 Coprolites, 62.— Office, 1, Adelaide Place, London Bridge. 



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

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

 other Chemical Man ures. 



THE LONDON MANURE^OMPAr^Y'SNTTRO- 

 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 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, 

 per ton, 71, 10s. in London. 



PERUVIAN GUANO, FISHERY SALT, and every other 

 MANURE on best terms, strictly warranted. 

 40, Bridge Street, Black friars. E. Purser, Sec. 



AGRICULTURISTS, especially such as have been 

 imposed upon by Guano and other Manure Agents, are 

 invited to communicate with the promoters of a MANURE 

 CONSUMERS' COMPANY, now forming for the purpose of 

 delivering direct from the Importer and Manufacturer genuine 

 Manures, warranted after special analysts. — Letters to be 

 addressed to their Solicitor, E. A. Copleston, Esq., 5, Mitre 

 Coart, Temple, London. 



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 3/. to 51. 10$. 

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

 Contracts executed with great rapidity, and tiles manufactured 

 on the spot, wh er e suitable clay exis ts. — Temple G ate, Bristol. 



draFnace of land. 



MR. J. JOHNSON, Drainage Engineer, is desirous 

 to undertake the Drainage of Land by Contract or Com- 

 mission. Temporary Tileries erected in any part of England, 

 and Drain Pipes manufactured at moderate prices. Every descrip- 

 tion of Drainag e Tools. — Abin gdon Street, Westminster. 



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 Inclosnre Commissioners where such is re- 

 quired, at a charge ofos. per acre and his travelling expenses; 

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

 of the 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, at 41. per a^rp a»id upwards, inclusive of everv expense. 



HE G ENERAL LAND ~ DRAIN AGE~AIs T D 1M- 



PROVEMENT COMPANY 



HfiKRT 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, whether 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 

 he may elect whether he will employ their stalf. Equal faci- 

 lities WILL BE AFFORDED IK EITHER CASE. 



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

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

 instalments. 



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

 and extended to fifty years for Land Improvements and 

 THiBTy-oyg years for Farm Buildings, whereby the instalments 

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

 imp ro ved Lan d s can af fo rd to pay. William CltffArd, Sec. 



THE LANDS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.— 

 Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1852—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 

 far Lives not renewable, or for a term less than 25 years, 

 with consent of their Lessor), <£c, are enabled, by way of 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 

 Unded iiuprovement,especially of Drainage, Irrigation, Warping, 

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

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

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

 nouses 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 

 £rainag<», Engine-houses for Farm Steadings, &c, Water-wheels, 

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

 °f Buildings, Specifications and estimates are prepared by the 

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

 Inclosnre Commissioners' Inspectors who are also the sole judges 

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

 *or the execution of Improvements mutually beneficial,— such as 

 * common Outfall— Roads through the District— Water power, 

 <*?• The Directors wish it to be understood that the Company is 

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

 Irtans and of the execution of the Works are not interfered with 

 °y them, but are controlled by the Landowner and by the Inclo- 

 •ure Commissioners. For further information and for Forms of 

 Application, apply to the Honourable William Napier, Manag- 

 ln *L5l^ j ?» OId pft lace Yard, We stminster. 



J TO FLORISTS AND OTHERS. 



JONES, Iron Merchant, has always a great 

 • Variety of CYLINDRICAL and SADDLE BOILERS in 

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

 and Frames, Furnace Grates, Soot Doors, Hot-water Pipes, 





application to J. Joneb, Iron Bridge Wharf, 6. Bankside, London, 

 *ear the Southwark Iron Bridge. 



AGRICULTURAL 



ENGLAND. 



The DECEMBER GENERAL MEETING will be held at the 

 Society's House, in Hanover Square, on SATURDAY, the 15th 

 December, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. 



By Order of the Council, James Hudson, Secretary. 



PRIZE CATTLE SHO\*^^T SMITHFIELD 

 CLUB.— The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Prize Cattle. 

 Seeds, Roots, Implements, &c... commences on TUESDAY 

 MORNING and closeson FRIDAY EVENING, 11th. 12th, 13th, 

 and 14th December. Bazaar, King Street and Baker Street. 

 Open from daylight till nine in the evening^ Admittance Is. 



THE" BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND POULTRY 

 SHOW.— The Seventh Great Annual Exhibition of FAT 

 CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS, ROOTS. * DOMESTIC POULTRY, 

 will be held in Bingley Hall, on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, 

 THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of 

 December. The PRIVATE VIEW and ANNUAL DINNER 

 on TUESDAY, December the 11th. 



There will be SPECIAL TRAINS on all the principal Line 

 of Railway, for which see the Advertise: nts and Bills of the 

 several Companies. 



THE GREAT NORTHErTn~ASSOCIATI()N for 

 the IMPROVEMENT of the BREED of PIGS, POUL- 

 TRY, PIGEONS, and RABBITS.— The Fourth Annual Exhi- 

 bition of this Society will be held in the spacious New Market 

 Hall, Doncaster, on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, the 

 23d and 24rh January, 1856. when upwards of ON K HUNDRED 

 and FIFTY POUNDS will be piven in PRIZES. 



PREMIUMS for different varieties of ROOTS, m< suitable 

 for Feeding Purposes, have this year been added to the Schedule. 



The Entry closes on Saturday, Decern her 29th. Prize Lists 

 and Certificates are now ready, and may be had, and any further 

 information obtained from Henky Muouk, Hon. Sec. 



40, High Street, Doncaster. — Dec. 8. 



R~~ OYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 

 CIRENCESTER. 



Patron— Ills Royal Highness Prince ALBERT. 



/Y' lent of Council— Earl Bathfrst. 



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



Professors. &c. 

 Chemistry— J. A. C. Voelcker, Ph. D., P.C.8. 

 Zoology, Gen)ogy,«ad Botany— J as Buckrams, F.G.S., F.L.S. 



Veterinary Medicine and Surgery — G. T. Brown, M.R.C.V.S. 

 Surveying, Civil Engineering, and Mathematics — 



F. Armstrong, C.E. 

 Manager of Farm— G.Austin. 



The First Session of 1856 will begin February 5. The annual 

 fees for boarders vary from 45 to 80 guineas, according to age 

 and other circumstances : the fee for out students is 40L per 

 annum. The College course of lectures and practical instruction 

 is complete in one twelvemonth, though a longer course is 

 recommended. Prospectuses and information can be had on 

 application to the Principal. 



pOLLEGE of AG RICULTUR E and CH EM ISTRY, 



KJ 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 Military 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. 



ARTIFICIAL MANURES, &c— Manufacturers and 

 others engaged in making ART IFICl VL MANURES may 

 obtain 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, 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_fac.il ity and a ccommodation a t the C ollege. 



0~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. Ha WITT Davis * Francis 

 Vtoers undertake to advise and furnish Plans and Estimates, 

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

 Pent charges.— 3. Frederick's Place, Old Je wry, London . 



PENNANT'S SELF-CLEANSING DIAMOND- 



X TOOTHED WHEEL GRUBBER— The Subscribers beg 

 to call the attention of Agriculturists to this really useful imple- 

 ment, which since its introduction has met with more than usual 

 favour, and has had awarded it the highest commendations by all 

 who have tested its merits. Parties wishing to possess this 

 Grubber to commence the spring operations should give their 

 orders for it now. On application a drawing of the above, with 

 full particulars as to its mode of working, will be sent free by poBt. 

 W. Drummond & Sons, Seed and Implement Warehouses, 



Stirling a nd Dublin. 



PAXTON - ~WORKS, SHEFFIELD. 



SAYNOR and COOKE, Manufacturers of the cele- 

 brated Exhibition Prize PRUNING. BUDDING, and 

 GRAFTING KNIVES, VINE and PRUNING SCISSORS, <fec. 

 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 1861, and the Prize Medal of the Horticultural 

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

 Saynob & Cooke for their superiority of material and work- 

 manship. Established 173S. _ 



" l^RlGI DOMO."— Patronised by her Majesty the 



Jl Queen, the Duke of Northumberland for Svon House, his 

 Grace the Duke of Devonshire for Cbiswiek Gardens, Professor 

 Lindlev 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 MOBNIKO FROST. 

 "FRIG I 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 floricultnral purposes, for preserving Fruits 

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

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

 any required length, 2 yards wide, at U. W. per yard run, of 

 Elisha Thomas Abciikr, whole and .sole ruanuiactuivr. 7 Trinity 



Lane, Cannon Street, ( ity, and the Royal M1H% WaadiwwU^ 



Surrey; and of all Nu " 



t is much 



BRITANNIA WORKS, BANBURY, 



AHD AT 



STANDS Nos. 209 to 217, Smithfield Show. 

 C AMUELSON'S PATENT GARDNER'S TURNIP 



O CUTTERS have been awarded for the Tenth time the Prize 



of the Royal Agricultural Soch . These Implements are 10 

 well known that they require no description— re than t 0.000 

 having been supplied from the above Works. 



GARDNERS PATENT DOUBLE-A HON TURNIP 

 CUTTERS. 



GARDNERS PATENT SINGLE-ACTION DITTO. 



MOODY'S GRATERS, Fine and Coabsb Cuts. 



BUSHEaod BARTER'S PATENT GRATER r Fermentation. 



PHILLIPS' PATENT GRATER OR MIWCER. 



GAUNTLETT'S PATENT GRATER, foi mixing with Chaff. 



SAMUEL801T8 ECONOMIC CHAFF CUTTERS, for Stables 

 and Small Occupations 



LARGE CHAFF CUTTE1 . CORNER and other Patterns as 

 per Catalogue. 



SAMUELSON S ATMOSPIli.RIC AM) ANTHONY'S 

 PATENT AMERICAN CHt RNS are Manufactured solely 

 by Mr. Samtki n. 



CORN AND MALT BR I ISING MILLS. 



LINSEED CAKE BREAKERS. 



BAMl'KLSON'S REGISTERED BUDDINGS LAWN 



MOWERS, Ac, Ac. 



The above may he obtained at all respectable Ironmongers 

 ami Implement Dealers in the Kingdom, ot whom Catai"pies 

 and Price Lists may he pi ured gratia, or po free on appli- 

 cation to B. SAMriLSON (successor to the late .Tames Gardner/. 

 Britannia Works, Banbury; or . at Standi > . 209 to 217 , 

 Smithfield Show. 



SMITHFIELD SHOW, 1855. 



TRIALS of STEAM-THRESHING ENGINES. 



1 The tir runbyTl\l< D and SONS' FIB T PRIZE 



ENGINE, and that by tli« Engine of Messrs. Hornsby, of 

 Grantham, at the Carlisle M - of the Royal Agricultural 



Society, in July last, with Font !• ■ n found* of Coals to the horse- 

 power, was — ^ 

 Tuxforo & Sons 3 hours and 47 minutes. 



Hornsby A Son.., *2 hour* and 54 minutes. 



At the North Lincoln Society's Meet at 1 ton, in 



August last, TuXFt k ?>a' and Hornsbys Engines again came into 

 competition, when Hornsl s 1 wan again lelt a long way behind. 



With M lbs. of a very luu r kind of Coal, the time run was— 

 Tv x ford & Sons S hoars and S minutes. 



Hornsby A Son ! hours and 43 minutes. 



And had the testing apparatus which had been ropplied to the 

 Society from Grantham, not indicated the steam pressure falsely 

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



fully twice as much to the advantage of Tuxvoan's Engine. 



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

 versal Exhibition, M .Tresca, the < ;. vernment Engineer, employed 

 as the motive power one of Tuxrom/s Portable Engines that had 

 previously been purchased by the French Government. 



The Combined Threshing, Shaking, and Dressing Machine of 

 Ti'xford & Sons was highly commended this year by the Koyal 

 Society at Carlisle, the Bath and Wast of England Society at 

 Tiverton, &c. 



Illustrated Catalogues, with prices, forwarded on application 

 to Tuxfohd & Sons, Engineers, 1 itoo, Lincolai 



SMITHFIELD CLUB— BifcXB Stju r Bazaar. 

 STANDS Nos. 153, 154, 155, and 156. 



SUTTON and SUNS, Reading. 



Eixt aflttntlturai (Sajette- 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1855. 



MEKT1N 



Tufii>at, December 



Wkdhesday, — 

 Thuhsdat, 



Friday, — 



Tuesday, — 



VYkdixvsday, — 



Saturday, — 



FOK THE 



SUING WEEK. 



11 ) 



12 (Smith 



13? B 

 14) 



ithfield Club Show at tbe 

 « Iter Street Bazaar. 



ll-Central Farmers' Club 5 r.n 



12— Society of Arts , 8 P.M 



li>— Atri. Society of England .... noon. 



Mr. Holland 



kingdom 



iheape 



The meetings of the Smithfield Club, the Central 

 Farmers' Club, the Society of Arts, and the Royal 

 \gricultural Society next week, make it a busy one 

 for agriculturists in town. The show of the first- 

 named Society commences on Tuesday, and continues 

 for four days. It is intended, at the annual dinner 

 at Freemason's Tavern on the Wednesday, th&t the 

 testimonial to Mr. Brandrkth Gibbs, the Hon. Sec, 

 shall be presented by the Duke of Richmond. Our 

 readers do not need to be told of the services of this 

 gentleman, or of the propriety of this acknowledg- 

 ment of them. When speaking several years ago of 

 the unobtrusive but really useful labours of many to 

 whom British agriculture was indebted, Mr. Bran- 

 dreth Gibbs was named along with Mr. Pusry and 



— Mr. Pusey, the Editor of the 

 Journal of the English Agricultural Society— Mr* 

 Holland, the stay of the Royal Agricultural 

 College — Mr. Gibbs, the director and organiser 

 of the annual agricultural meetings and exhi- 

 bitions—and no three more important agricul- 

 tural services can be named. Mr. Gibbs is the 

 worthy colleague of men standing high in the 

 ranks of agricultural benefactors, and we are 

 glad to know that his services are appre- 

 ciated. The piece of plate which is to be pre- 

 sented will be on view during the show, and those 

 who have not yet placed their names on the list of 

 subscribers will have an opportunity of doing so at 



the ensuing show. 



We may mention here, in reference to a corre- 

 sponding subject, that the committee who super- 

 intended the movement for a testimonial to Mr. 

 Ijawks, have announced the Buocessfol termination 

 of their labours. Of the 1390/. contributed, 1030/. 

 have been spent on the new laboratory at Rotham- 

 stead, and 156/. on a candelabrum presented. We 

 may have an opportunity hereafter of republishing 



