THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



u 138/. 85. Id, clear profit." An Occupier of Lai 

 ^Draming^-nivms had some years of experience, 

 » n d having generally arrived at useful results, and 

 hine to assist in the furtherance of this important 

 !J k I am induced to offer a few practical 

 Trt eo doing I will confine my remarks chiefly to the 

 drainage of strong retentive clays, to drain which effec- 

 tually I have no hesitation in saying that the drains 

 must neither be put in deep nor far apart, say not over 

 27 inches deep or more than a rod apart. What is 



Lch M sand or grit) remaining. To drain clays less 

 «tronz and retentive effectually, it will be found neces- 



rease the depth of the d: 



i yard in width, beginning 



jrong clays. As regards tl 

 of the drains-and as a drain is nothing mo 

 than a trap, set to intercept and catch the w; 

 certainly should be placed as near across the great* 

 fall as possible, keeping in view a fall of about 1 foot 

 80 for the drain itself. In filling up the drains the mo 



at hand, a very good substitute will be found by an ad- 

 mixture of the surface and subsoil : the 

 being different, will never be likely to 1 



Before leaving this subject, I would i 

 minds of those who really wish to reap the greatest 

 benefit from a proper system of drainage, the great 

 necessity of breaking the hard callous substance directly 

 beneath where the plough and horses have been working 

 for perhaps many years past, by a deeper ploughing 

 once in five or bix years, in order that the water may 

 percolate more freely to the drains, otherwise one of 

 the greatest objects of draining will be entirely obviated. 

 I am aware that the depth fox 



others ; but knowing that the system of i 



on strong clays is altogether unsupported by facts and 



experience, 



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fearned from ft JftatT* mmth ** '*** 



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management, feeding, &c 

 panied by those details whi 



i of such a cSndw asS^Th^rWng 

 benefited^ «pT"of ^direrfnt^Spdor!-^ 

 example, if men of some experience in diff, , 



Mild give the contents of their farms, dis- 



the number of acres in pasture from those 



under tillage, the general character of the soil and 



mtutu*. 



t October, the ami 

 iretary had divided 

 gst the successful 

 wre, lor live stocK, gram, and growing crops, I . 



whether a dimi. seed which is 



usually sown in the district would be advantageous or 

 otherwise. It may be proper to state that the district 



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sir the om ^sststss^^s tz 



M3"J2ntS t< of , Sd wi - h trap ** d alluvium - The 



ol L^l*^*™ 1 "dBariey! Md 6°to < 8biiBneb ) of 

 p^«^*»(f more than imperial measure). 

 S* S J3 Poetised to a considerable extent on 

 been fe 8 ^ 11 ^ 3 ° f SOil ' but the driI1 has s <*™h 

 been mtroduced. The following -'- --•-•» - 



Mr Buist's paper. 8 



lied immediately after the ploughs, and the seed covered a 



ground, and general s 









The reading of 



g ot tins paper ga- 



1 been formed after'UtuVexperitnce,^" 

 vs of economy. If, m those rare instances in 



id the rent charged, showing the annual profit or loss— 



"? a - dd ^' tbat ,7° uld be bi g h, y "-tractive. It would 



i desirable if all your correspondents would bear in 



in details— of 



rs and measures ; and these not provincial, 



:r.n— the ounce, pound, and ton-the 



quart, gallon, and bushel-the inch, foot, 



and yard-the statute acre-are measures about which 



there can be no mistake, and which convey the same 





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with the important principles involved in the quantity ^ the use of suck 



merit a continuation by the members for a 

 and that the results be made known at the 

 meeting." R. R. 



Calendar of Ope 



JANUARY. 

 '** [We submit the following passage to the c< 

 eration of our contributors in this column. It n 

 eived after our last week's paragraph in this pU 

 » in type. Its remarks cannot apply to the retui 

 h which we have thjs week been favoured.— 



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