1849.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 523 



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The answer I received ! the feeding of stock, or from growing an increased sheaves that '• C. L." laments, is that which to my mind 

 itity of Wheat. But, in either case, the same ! gives mowed Wheat i' "" 



tig purposes there 



ly gathered and tied sheaf of reaped corn, and one 



•** ^Saiorial from the Board, tin -> of Wheat. But, in either case, the same ! gives mowed Wheat its chief advantage. The rough 



**^?tmv proposal could not be entertained ; but principles apply to one as they do to the other ; and it : sheaf admits the air and lets out the damp. For 

 2*" the deponent said not. Henry Stephens, Edin- ie to 1 tag purposes -■— '- 



^tiS Agricultural Show. - Having attended 

 JJffoi thew i annual exWbUions, Iw^ Jbe allowed 

 B^fwere two days' admission, one of them, the first, 

 il »dmit visitors to the implement yard at 2s. 6(/., 

 2 the c* tUe yard at 1/- : Eeveral attendetl ihe former. 



, great disappointme 



I implement of 

 JlllJwiand' I this was Dr. Newington's dibble; in my 

 2T!!L.tified me so much, that I felt my long jour 



Stratified me so much, that I felt my long journey 

 2f expenses amply repaid by having had one in my 

 to bands. They were bought up quickly whilst I was 

 there, and the Doctor's agent on the ground obliging to 

 SeWne for digging or ploughing drains, another for 

 grabbing, ta"»j»ing, ^^S» n »»d wwing^d rt one 

 neat Sot shocking or pooking Barley or Oats, an inven- 

 tion rety ingenious and no doubt useful. I must say 

 t»e plan of delivering catalogues looked very mercenary, 



sheep were very fine, but r 

 numerous. This objection cannot be applied 

 implements, for the fact is this— the great m 

 great implements make it a bazaar— the shop 

 ferred to the show-yard. Hundreds never see 

 implements nor a quarter of them ; in fact, to vi 

 attentively is impossible. There ought to be a 



produce. Mr. Caird is c 

 and satisfactory in giving accurate returns of the gains I up with a fork. I have said well put together, meaning 



ant part in all farming speculations. Where . sible below the band, and that band 'bo made and 



acts alone can convert The mi | - more irritating or impeding in taking in a 



Caird's profits is shown from the following Btate- 1 will consist of two men and a boy, one man cutting, the 



boy making and laying down bands, the other man 



of crop and stock formerly 1 1 -oduouu ... Ml ! gathering and tying. I however prefer leaving the 



"■oduced ... Mlfl I .. „ r two ; j a ,ijia case let the 



om the standing corn, that 

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So BOOB 



1 ;" of 

 then 



3 



~* a quantity than 1(15 acres in 

 crop, j^c^mc^u e ^^^ provided. & To raise 



nure 130 cattle are : "hole expence ol 



re kept, 150 sheep, and 3 young horses. The i dragging, and setting shocks at 7s. 

 •■ ..: . . . . 

 hay, Linseed, Beans, and other feeding stuffs, VU 



"" e dung-house is covered, situated at a lower level than "l the A.iruuUural I'.a-.dir, yot 

 l feeding byres, by which arrangement the dung can your readers to the apparently spo _ 

 wheeled in successive layers over I M U P ot Clover in 



ue is conveyed over the top of the dung. Dried r ' .been recently limed , a good 



«s is stored at hand, to be spread over the different example has occurred in my own garden. Twenty 

 ers of dung. Any portion of the uriue that finds its years ago 1 had a common foxglove growing there, 

 way to the bottom of the h. . ! < and *<>* tw0 or three years the plants 



to guide us. I will notti 

 *d will conclude by not 



anoyance. It was i 



• the poor man to make his complaint known ; will 

 you kindly do so, Mr. Editor, and I am sure they will 

 be grateful X. V. /.. 



Practice with Science : Mr. Caird's Pamphlet.— A 

 5«ater service could not have been ec ' 



pamphlet, by bringing into prominent vi 

 advantages of high farming. Many modern improvers 

 nave advocated the same thing, and have enforced their 

 K"? by P rece Pt and example too ; but it is to Mr. 

 «JW I the merit is due of having, in a small tre 

 ponnded his theory with singular perspicuity a 

 S? of su PPorting it by indisputable proofs of s 

 ■w own practice. The advantages arising f; 

 ition of facts are likely to be 

 ■j» a substitute for depreciated prices by i 

 France and an improved system. It may be a question 

 «j>er in the Lothians of Scotland, where farming 



. 



a£ P t rtlCularl y a PP licaD i e - Mr. Caird begins by 

 nn™ v , at are tne permanent improvements made 

 taL t ,™> C0Dai sti°g of 260 acres, through the 

 r^« oi a liberal landlord, Colonel M'Douall, co-ope- 

 *Sffi h * n »telligent and enterprising tenant, Mr. 

 toirew^' himself bein g onl y ** occupier. These 

 Serlc? eDt8 C0D8i8t m drainin g ™* subsoiling, and in 



en the greater 

 such districts that this 





,/tliea! I have seen much corn troddta 



■ -n Jar. So 



>vel. It is 4 feet deep, | fl 



31 feet in length, and can contain | JJJ^J ^dKVo^eara 



Foxgloves sprung up around ilic place 



the coast ; and about 2000 loads of peat moss 

 y turned up and exposed for a year or more t> 

 sphere, are annually carted out. These sub 

 t-e mixed in alternate layers with the manure a 



ie green crops. This is certainly a splendid exhibition 



[ high farming, setting at defiance protective duties. 



But we may go a step further, and see whether, even if 



we admit this management to be so superior, it may not 



ssible to attain a still more elevated standard of 



Bnce. We hear nothing of the drill Bystem being 



, nur of tillage. Now, these two processes are 



important in husbandry, and are not in general 



ently considered. We know that for a corn crop 



fill in a great degree serve as a substitute for 



re. We read in the very valuable work of Mr. 



Tull, that he grew good crops of Wheat 12 years 

 1 without any manure at all, 



Foxglove had formerly g 

 Our farm labourers say l 



and ashes) always bre 



at, and ask them whether they thought the seeds 1 



sa 2r &m TsrslrA *. Eft 



D , it may bo said to breed it. The 

 [ Clover springing upon heath land 



i it not possible that the difficulty 



I solely by 1 



Uage. The quantity grown by 

 56 bushels on the acre. May it n 



Caird is exactly 30 bushels o 



supposed that if these two processes Had been adopted, 

 this quantity might have been largely increased ; it 

 is not impossible but that it might have extended from 

 40 bushels to 50 or even 60 bushels if the land were of 

 a very superior quality. The rent paid on this farm is 

 only 16s. the acre, the allowance for draining being 

 deducted. This is a very small figure indeed, and con- 

 sidering the high rents paid in some other parts of 

 Scotland, is not such as will bring high farming into 

 great repute; because, disguise it as we may, rent is 



lord in the expensive buddings of which a plan is given 



our ignoranc 



the study of this* subject well worth the ' attention ( 

 irdeners I T. G., Clitheroe. 

 Nitrate of Soda for After- Grass and Weak Clover.- 



, which cost 10J. an acre ( 

 he results arising from ii 

 ive, from the Potato cult 



**». Ttemwt U8h * h?y WCTe thCn - aCt "Ji^le^tem 

 !t!* qUantUy of maS made Sponge farm 6 ; wd U 

 em £ clear .that unless this be done, no high farming 



*•■* Uw feeding of stock with them, that Mr. 



cessfully accomplished. It is not either just or ] 



able that a farm should be put up to private auction, 



and that a tenant should be chosen who promises the 



as the owner of any o 



Mowing Wheat.-l am an advocate of, and invariably 



Md fixedwith'the aid of a little string by the ™j*men 



« h fay » oftfie \Zl^T^^Tip^f The 

 great point to be attended to, in harvesting Wheat thus, is 

 the gathering it well after the mower ; jwtm" 

 ----- 'no women or boys to this offii 



[ the borders! By this, 



I Agricultural Society, of 



Rye-grass cut six times a-year, yielding altogether 

 the rate of 1 18 tons per acre ('.), by only giving it a g 

 watering with liquid manure, immediately after e 

 cutting— thus making it grow 3 feet in 6 weeks- 



i reached the limits of pract. 

 this climate. But how many farmers have net the 

 nvenienceof thus collecting and applying 

 .nure ! For these, nitrate of soda is 



..; 



after-grass, it should be mixed with 6 or 8 times ito 



" } ire*^ wt nUate of 'sodf 2^Z 



.'Tr ^.wod'ashes. If the Grass or 



•ended for cutting, it may be strewed any 



time from M;. t in the short 



days, or early spring, as its effect is very dependent upon 



sunshine ; and a wet day must be chasm, that it may 



be washed into the soil, as its great strength may 



do more barm than good, if lying dry on the surface. 



on Tuesday, the 17th of July ; present, his Graae 

 Duke of Richmond, K.G., Trustee, in the chair ; 



Barnett, Mr. John Booth, Mr. Hammond, Mb. 



