THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



i briefly ' begin to jostle a 



jngth, induced me to undertake 



that have turned i 



' In^ondusion Mr. Hoskyns well remarks :— " The 

 spade is perfect, the plough is imperfect. Which, if 



ilw.il." 



i market gardens or as name to the subsoil, when all the time • iienoia it waj 

 iMB. ^ndVthey are^. T< Yoflfer no apology for the length of these quotations 



»h Paul, of Thorp 



[ doubly so by mis- clays. " It is worked by a 

 The tract between horses, and will break up the land trom zu \ 



.ffers no excuse ha '.ting by the exhib 



Mr. Hoskyns saw it ; I i 



[. I do 



i have heard 



arable cultivation, when they themselves add so enor- Bean culture is not bad ; at all events superior t 

 nn.u-ly ami MBMM Mflty to the amount of this very f their Wheat. It is mostly by the dibble, but 

 important item. Nor is the expense by any means the \ V er\ ue'd in many places 



The best criterion o 

 its usual cost price, 7. 



i to' admit the hors. 

 keley (between Glou< 



" ; v 

 seen day light. What, then, must be that rag ol eafly improved in the 



16 Iron-shod^oofs^Xwed'V a* heavy pbughshare, j abne^wn 'fmpartf and ' whk/rconnolSu^^n^sucl 



1 1 Of our 

 hard . as a :■' tock. Nothing can be worse. The j 



Can we wonder that the germinating see. 



completely renovated ; the system of file-drain^,* 



! ; .: ujj dwellings for their poorer tenantry- 

 ictice which has been attempted to be jmtifii'p. 

 i necessity of the case, arising but too often fc»" 

 fish fear of imaginary burthens on tbt pm rf ^ 





us. Year after year the Wheat 

 >wn, the surface is tickled over again by th 



m overlne ""*"* prejudiceS ' is bat t( 

 11 in one. The plough, i 



of agricultural interest are so amply developed a lb. 

 Bravender's Essay on the farming of Gloueeaterahirt, 



Though not immediately connected with the sufcj* 

 of land or land management, I cannot resist the oppor- 

 tunity, before quitting~this county, of attempting a brief 



description of a curious phenomenon which attends the 

 rising of the tide in the Severn, the operation of which 

 may be seen any day at and near Gloucester. 



of a gradual rise of the water, as in most riven, the 

 tide comes rolling in as a mighty wall, from 8 to 10 feet 



in perfection, the spectator should avail nimseu%ii 

 ,ni ; and a wonderfully interesting sight it is tobe- 



ighters, hitherto quietly : 



there are not wanting persons adventurous c » 

 drift down the stream in small boats, to BJ«£ 



safely and swiftly to the point from whence they 

 This sort of impromptu tide is known by the nam* 

 « the Bore." It is of rare occurrence, depe^^ 

 tirely on the peculiar formation of the bed c | 

 waters ina bLd estuary, which at spring ; uta *• 



n and straw, than they ought to be. The c 

 ce is a deplorable want of litter both for fod 

 and lodging. Besides growing no Turnips, there see 



a very general practice I have 





phenomenon of " the Bore." jastfj 



But, as the prolongation of this subject y^j 



the term bore to royse u, ^ 



ass 



before said, to m Vjai«* 



tion system. It is a downright premium on robbery 1 phosphoric acid carried off by each crop j , 

 goldto filTthe stlver^d TthT uKe r ° W Th g e Hords T ' ■ X^n Uck ^ 



- : - - ^'le land. In fact (as before said), where tn< 



ntly acquiescing 



and has been completely m 



nor planned and erected after the Scottis 



ton, Esq. All the 



'wol^S'fcf the i!nprov ; ement8 are alre ady before the 



M exhibited a complete picture of the farm, in what I 



ST "irelv a»»? nide 

 :arlash is mentioned, mereiy ••» ^ cc 

 y of potass to be used, being t ^^ ^ 



And it appears, from Mr. {jf " ^ 

 s ingredient .snot so gene^y »; ex ^ 



