

E^frShri aho^be^paTd already by XTnlus* 



A SUBSTITUTE DUNG-HEAP. 

 ALTHeccH long hindered, by a variety of ini 



btottcn by me ; and I avail myself of the first leisure 

 v taw it towards a termination. My last concluded 

 wteyw misingacheap substitute for the dung-heap, - ' 



S No. 1 was shown how the dung-heap may be 

 »ipW,»«toget 27 tons from an acre. But " ' 

 wince ippears to be exceeded, in practice, on a Sec 

 tan, erf which the account is just prii 

 •«MUof260 acres, all arable, and, all but 65 ac 

 rwltni On this are kept 5 dairy cows, 130 feeuing 

 Btte, loO sheep, and 15 horses ! Eighteen acres of 

 O^tttd Ryegrass, and 1£ acre of Turnips (194 

 »[»v to October ; except the Oats and straw^Uowed™ 1 " 

 * km« and 280 bushels of Beans, boiled with cha 

 *4e«ttle !n ^ whole there ' are 105 acreg , 



fcSddtJ ! mde pendent of what is dropped in 



Qoi hZ "7 f raw given with the cooked food and 



* loads (a2 ,OA UCtlDg the 500 loads of se a-weed, and 

 ^"e awe 4320 1 produ . ced from the Purchased 



*K ! ^rf , p Iie ' eD0Ugh *° w ater a the n grea r ter part 

 *Wq2s™ S t T ; and take 50 acree ( as there 



^»W™ Dearly 600 ton8 - T his, added to the 



■■■-■. '■ - . . :: l;.. .., - ' 



S^STI; , V6T l rich manure ; containing 

 ^^WriSV?" than half P e at; and iftwo- 

 ^^*^thani u 9 tonf ge e ted " myN °" ^ W ° Uld 

 S^^fi* 6 i9 °^^T e from a practical 

 * : *• PiffinM PP l ars wel1 worth th e farmers' atten- 

 ^• T ' T "le « Hill S° 8 ° lear and concise - an d not 

 * to' **-£ f forTT Under Liberal 6oVenants 

 ""fcr, B»U^ for Protection," by James Caird 



?1 Bri, »h anil, u C0U I d see ' with him > any pros- 

 ^ Dtbe "erC tUre flourishing without protec- 

 jj 10 <« Cir Sj," * Ppear to be comi °g, « farmers 



: ^^S^^ d ^ as farmers will 

 Jw?°8 ^JS^^T^ of green cr °P 9 and 



! £S t f£! Mte aDd be w\ a reTout'byThe a r d ain 0f 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



idges, ditches, and headlands, will 

 ; but they and their eggs will be 



1 be killed by the 

 salts required for 



i Duiomg, win oe aencient, and must be supplied 

 les, either in the compost, or at the time of sowii 

 And while the substance of the heap is construct 



ecessary, to give it the activity of good dung ; and 



great point is to effect this by the ' 



diest means. 



. Of the vegetable matters, to form th 



ts harrowed up, hedge clippings, fallen 

 l, heath, moss, rushes, vegetables growing in and on 

 banks of pools and streams, and sea-weed * 

 d; in fine, every sort of vegetable s 

 roots, burning none, except 



hedges, ditches, and 



« the breed of which we are very jealous ; indeed, wo 

 .re advised to that effect by our English friends 

 :, B .°. UDd ! d .^ the . s ^>" *"*. «*! " in . a small locality 



headlands, and paring of the soil ; 



earth, mud from 



table compost ; and may be mixed with coal asL 



sawdust, for loose cartage (where not too far), or carried 





4. If refuse fish is to be had cheap (say Is. to 2.?. pei 

 ton), it is the cheapest and readiest supply of ammonia 

 and carrion, or any animal offal, is little inferior. Oj 

 if a gas work is at hand, the gas liquor is excellent foi 

 the purpose, and may be carried in casks, or loose 

 absorbed in saw-dust, and next to these are woollei 

 rags, which are light carriage ; but work slowly unles: 

 steeped in urine or night-soil. And if ammonia is stil 

 deficient, it may be made up at any time by sulphate o 

 ammonia or nitrate of soda, dissolved and sprinkled ii 

 when turning over the heap. 



The compost should be made in a part of the grounc 

 the most sheltered, by trees or walls, from both rair 

 and sun ; and a bed of earth, a foot or more deep, laic 



weed (1), dusted witlfslaked lime (say ± cwt, to a ton*, 

 then a layer of stalks, roots, spent bark, sawdust sods 



salted stalks, roots, sods, &c, until as h 

 e heap can be made up by degrees as tl 



J fermentation. The fish 



tin layers between the others. 

 : turf and mud, to save the 



sn be used as dung, with the additi 

 >da or sulphate of ammonia, as abovt 

 But perhaps a still easier and cb 





Cows.— I beg to draw j 



, of the Pot 

 have been 

 id. The k 



ry to us, as repeated attempts to pass j 

 v cows as Channel Island cows have, since 

 I of the ports, taken place ; a caution to 





)orts. As to the accuracy of the report as above, 

 yw it given by one of the first gentlemen of the 

 Mr. Thomas Priaulx, but it is put beyond all 

 ' the fact that his farm, consisting of 40 Guernsey 



• .: - ' 



aspect well kept, 

 nee, I beg to add 

 belonging to Si* 



To show that this is not a solitary ini 



... 

 the same date in 18 15, in two years, gave 

 MR r.h and handsome 



B •. . ■■■, II . v .. It J .v.,;., Ma,/ 21. 

 IVn./cs.— To attempt to r. iruh.te agricultural wages 



■ :, 



V must in a great measure 

 depend upon the supply in I 



on the contrary. ds, wages wiU 



rise. Although the price of bone and sinew comes 



and liable to fluctuation, something in the same manner 



the tender mercies of the workhouse^ There are two 

 points to be considered. Are we doing justice to those 



tetter. This is adding insult to injury, as it is well 

 uiown that in a country like the United Kingdom, 



.,) ■ :i 



extend depends very much upon the social economy in 

 inunity,the different classes 



paid, a gradual change in the feelings i 



imony brings its own punisl 



without depriving my wife and children c 

 " my earnings, I must therefore relax i 



xperience, I have always found 

 lipuTrf 



ie addition < 



illings per week is amply repaid by the energy a 

 irit it infuses into the frame of the labourer ; he ap- 

 lars to dig and delve with pleasure, com] 

 man who is c ^t ream, and 



keep his bead 

 rater, and how many of them struggle tbrongb 



