THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



f such an alchymist, could I perceive any fair gr 

 f hope tbat, by the touch of his wand, your 

 wild be turned into joy, and that you would assu 



rtis," might lead you, but rather for a 



i upheaved billows of a much disturbed 

 l, hurrying on its tempestuous waves the 

 ly fair and tight-trimmed vessels, that 



destructive whirlpool, by the violence 

 surrounded them. My advice, then, i 



new-fangled and untried schemes of 



or to recommend, that no step 1 

 ment ought to be taken ; but if so, 



of a return for the outlay, considerin 



[ engulfed 

 of the ston 



e particularly one or two of them. There is nothing 



n is to be delivered from the ears of corn. In a 



11 farm the flail is of general use, and it may be a 



ition whether this method will not answer the pur- 



, j, if properly performed, full as well as most of the 



nent of capital m so exceedingly uncertain and machines that are worked by horse- power. The fault 



ous a business. ? You, on the contrary, urge the of these is, that unless great attention is paid in passing 



ty ot the farmer s immediate metamorphosis, and the corn through them slowly, the person feeding it re- 



n he must change his tacttcs at once to meet lie tain,™ *fc« .♦.«-. ^ffi^.w s, m Z f™ *i,- ♦«,♦!? «* *.. 



expense, but looking to the grand desideratum 

 of produce so greatly in 



a fair allowance for an acre, giving from three to fou 

 eh hole at 4 inches apart, the ro 



og a crop of equidistant plants 



each plant being thus enabled to assume the form in 



tended by Nature ; Wheat, f 



•he plants are distinct, in the form of ■ 



Pink, throwing out stirring and healthy shoots in all di 





a firm bed at any required depth, and the holes made 



by the depositors are so small that they do not form 

 cups to hold water, as in the old method. With a seven 





: 



i size, being light and handy. As to his lever- dibble 

 i wheels I have not yet seen it, but I understand it 

 in dibble two acres of Wheat a day, and that it will 

 •eate so great a saving of seed as will shortly purchase 



Ling the straw. 



advice proper for the farmer, under present circ 

 the position of i 



; he i often leads to pilfering, 

 ft ' [We only add, 





a , u „ t .„o «,..,. ol «=,«.».— i lie impiem : 

 portance to the drill machine is the dibble. It has al- 

 ready been stated that the practice of dibbling has been 

 much impeded or even frustrated for the want of prop< r 



ago Mr. Newberry invented a machine' of this ktadj 



which is highly spoken of in the report of a deputation 



who were purposely sent to inspect its w 



milts by the Royal Agricultural Society, % 



Their report goes to the effect that the machine de- 



posited the seed very regularly at the distance of 6 



inches ; both the quantity in each hole and the distance 



between the rows can be easily regulated by the person 



using ; the implement. One bushel and 1 peck per acre 



Mr Newberry recommends, and they be 



amply sufficient. They found the dibbled Wheat to be 



from diminu'r 



fiST*! 8 **? 1 * the seed :l • 



4 a each hole to guard against c 

 71Z0FI aS 78* totion advances, each 



ftouthtXSrTo^Httme^f 1116 "f" ^ 

 planting of Be aD8 , B 7 J ^d h^Srmer'tVde^ 

 them more perfectly. Mr. 



chaff, slicing Turnips,' &c. Smaller ones, worked 

 steam, but of course more confined in their uses, l 

 be put up for about 1001. Mr. Johnson mention 

 portable steam-engine of four horse-power, of which 



equal to cutting chaff, Turnips, &c. Several of these h 

 been exhibited at the different agricultural shows, 



oe, it is no easy matter to speak to their re- Are we to do nothing but talk and write, » UsbmeB 

 merits. Lord Hatherton has a steam- »re substantial, to "> d ™» * £ &* 



machine on a large scale d rri- and Scotchmen to establish 



siety's Journal, which, besides doing the island ? The warning voice was heard ^^ 



different things named, will raise water for the purpose the probable fate of the Potato crop mio • ^ 



of irrigation. Certain it is, that in nothing has science tation to sow Turnips, and plant Ca ° D ^ g * ' un heed«d. 



effectually as to greatly facilitate the process of tillage 

 and the general work of the farm. The best means of 



d implements, having been now 

 is to be seen what are the other 



H., Cork, Aug. 21. 

 -uontrmuting as I occasionally do to tie 

 le Gazette, I should regret extremely if any 



ivthing to his disadvantage. With regard 



of young farmers, I must confess I believe 

 and feel quite sure, from conversations I 



thorough knowledge of agriculture, as well u 



their position. As to the rates beins heavy, this would 

 in this country. If the average poor's rate, &c, 

 and was only 3s. , the market price of produce, and the 



iriners of the present school, that I shall be jj*PR 

 >r The first* 12 months on farms rented and properly 

 ultivated. by English or Scotch agriculturists, w* 

 xceeding 300 acres each. A scheme of this son 

 -ould be more beneficial to all classes than mere* 

 eeping human beings alive with Oatmeal, and empr 

 « them in stone-breaking and making roads In* 





? P Xg", ty thfs ianTnTbraceomplished by expert 

 griculturists, who would, no doubt, in the co^^ 

 jw years, reap a rich reward. 1 Dt busi 



ny set of men to flock over to Ireland as ft 



'hTdktanceTrom London "to the'S remote p«< 

 \ie Emerald Isle, by the assistance of steam, ,a J*^ 



