-1849.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



tTrtound a re 4 feet 1 inch apart, and at the high 

 iL 4 feet 7 inches, and taking the distances at t 

 gi M d back at the height of the centre, they a 



J the size of the shafts at the front end of the body, 

 u indies by 3} inches. As the shafts form a portion 

 J the frame of the body, the cart does not " tip " or 

 »ilt.'' When the cart is empty and the shafts hori- 

 agtil, the bearing weight upon the backhand is 33 lbs. 



Idington Market— As there is at present a great 

 pHhonof money in the market, and from the disclosures 

 Ehave lately come to light of the n 



If the seed is good we never fear having Turnips, pro- 

 vided we sow 31bs. to the acre, and can depend upon the 

 seed. The climate is very favourable to their growth, 

 for they will grow till Christmas, and onr soil being a 

 strong sandy loam, it is well suited to their cultivation. 

 ons in reply to a correspondent on the 

 is crop this year, or any year, are highly 



— The arguments yon set forth 

 on August 4, in « backing those " made ose of, by a 

 « late Norfolk Farmer," in a recent essay on the « Present 

 and Future Prospects of Farming in Great Britain," are 



appear to many of your readers, that I cannot let them 



The whole drift of your argi 



the British farmer, as the gentleman whom yon met on 



the railway returning from the Norwich meeting very 



fitly asked, what chance has he to compete with the 



I: is a question that can have bat one 



might possibly obtain by greater attention to the ma- 

 nure-heap, or the dung-water tank, or the quantity of 

 grain that he might save from destruction by rats, 

 that will enable him to stand upon an equal footing with 

 * ill need some stronger helps than these, 



hundreds will 



fight the losing 



slothful and lethargic 



i of England from their pre- 



cned in grazing and farming, to 



m» Islington Cattle-market Company. It diners trora put to 



other schemes lately mooted, as, from its valuable pro- ! weight 



p«rtr, it offers a certain fair 



jiwted, and 



slothful body of men, nor any statement more 

 than to make them appear to be lees active 

 gent than the "trader or shopkeeper." I 

 assert, and am sure I shall be borne 



f England, that the hard-handed tillers of oar 



arested. and promises in prospective a large and j very slow fellow, or he might with a trifle more of of this or any other country; and only give them 



increasing profit. The Islington Company possesses, exertion have won. The position of the foreign agri- fair play, and they will beat all the world. Q. [Thifl 



s«nred by Act of Parliament, peculiar privileges and ') culturiBt, and the advantages he has over the English | should have been published before the letter on A 

 rights, and a large and valuable • pretty clearly shown in a letter from Mr. Thomas similar subject last week ] 



converge in this metropolis. The market is well worth 

 irfth engines to supply water to all the pens, with bank- 

 able dwelling-houses outside' of the premises. When 



f Belgium or France as from tl 



the capital will give a return beyond the calculation of the be imported 

 iwrt sanguine. It is not generally known that an | price that n 

 agreement exists between the company and the corpora- i farmers com 

 tion of London, securing to the latter, on the abolition 

 of Smithneld, full indemnification for all loss of tolls and 



lat Russian Wheat can be lai< 

 Odessa for 18s. the quarter, and when the 



The land underw 



acre. No manui 

 1849. The obje< 



Devon.— No. I. Report of 



iparative efficiency of five tune 

 inure in Improving pond mad, the 



in the years 1847, 1848, and 1849. 



soil being a light sandy loam a few 

 imbent on a stratum of white clay, 

 thorough draining in 1844, prior to 

 .roduce a rent of more than 5». an 

 were applied to the land in 1848 or 



....-..■ . 

 of the city. The Liverpool Market and Abattoir Com. 

 P«ay of the same kind give a very large profit, bul 

 nothing to what may be fairly anticipated from th< 



n*nd your farming friends, when they come to town 

 M visit the market and judge for themselves ; the] 

 *«i then be fully able to judge of the value of th< 



**« Wheat Crop.— I have not yet noticed in th< 



Ions any account of a deficiency ii 



™ Wheat crop. I am sorry to say a serious deficienc; 



™ cnief indication is in the ears being perfectly erect 

 ob one side, the' defective side is to the north generally" 

 «Jo«s is calculated to be from 20 to 25 per cent 

 «WJ not this be inquired into \ W. P. 



P^'y not a few^readers of the Agricultural Gazettt 

 TOng the name and address of the old lady at th 

 London, who is 



No. II.— Report c 

 "stover Park, in the year 1849. The b 



i on 22d June, and the herbage p 



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