THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



Broadcast.— The disad. 



The evils of Sowing 

 vantages of this mode ot sowing are more nuui 

 han would at first sight appeal 

 >y the eye, as we pass through the thickly sown _ 

 elds of this country in summer, no crop could appear 



covered with weeds and 



g how the surface in general is 

 md Grass, often quite as much of 



t is nearly i) 

 o get them 



1 vigorously, while l 



rop. Nor is the 



ends to the crop after it has bet 



long before the sap i 



! out of the weed and Grass s 

 found long afterwards to be much spoile 

 cause. Then again, when the grain is 



!■- ■ : 

 eery great improvement when 

 >rn, with the subsequent en: 



!. where, at least in the norl 

 ■■■■■■ 



gh Farming and Low Prices.— The Leaders 

 appeared in your Gazette t 



pies in the pra< 

 interest ; and al 



e jreneral application of i 

 lthough I am not discr 

 behoves each of us to h< 



as also by a more skilful syst. 

 to every person acquainted wi 

 agricultural knowledge ; but il 



I farming, is obvious 

 le mere rudiments of 



nt that the great breadth 



rooted in the cause. M 

 clay farm of 100 acres, 65 



d. Where is the average produce per 

 here ? The farmers have for the last 

 in a state of healthy progression, and 



ers will surely 

 i fairly tested 



Had, however, 



Df many for a bare subsistence, wi 



time. But has not the demand fo; 



recently 1 And wha 



the landlords in that country ? 

 Ireland will not I admit hold g< 



t labourers, ban! 

 audlords, and a beggared countr; 

 mall peruse your Leaders with sc 

 ion at least, if no pecuniary gain res 

 [ hope I shall not be sic 





listing payments, 

 •upt farmers, ruined 

 i mental gratifica- 

 in my little farm of IOC 



may be more i: 





The Council resumed their sittings, after the recess, 

 n Tuesday last, the 6th of November, when a monthly 

 leeting was held ; present, Mr. Thomas Raymond 

 Urker, Vice-President, in the Chair ; Hon. H. W. 

 Wilson, Col. Austen, Mr. S. Bennett, Mr. Brandreth, 

 Ir. Burke, Col. Challoner, Mr. Carrett, Mr. Cratnlreth 

 fibbs, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Kinder, Professor Sewell, 

 Shaw (Lond.), Mr. Shaw (Xorth.uopt i.j, Mr. 







a at the n 



eting, were then read. 



Finances.— Colonel Challoner, Chairman of the 



lance Committee, presented to the Council the report 



• Society to the end of the previous 



ance in the hands of the bankers, on the 31st Oct., 

 s 4o3l. He also laid on the t 

 , the quarterly 



mously pass 



Blamed in counties, wi; 



ared during the recess, were at this meeting suspended 

 n the walls of the Council room, in order that an 

 xamination of these names might take place by mem- 

 ers of Council residing in the part 

 eports made on the subject to the Finance Committee 

 previously to the Special Council in December. 

 " [ber of Council.— T) 



member, Mr. Hillyard, of Thorpelands, near 

 of the 

 Specifications, 



Journal Committee, transmitted to 

 ' " Judges of Essaj s, Clans. 



""ings, from which it appeared that the 



for farm 

 llowiog adjudicatioi 



I. The Society's prize ol 50/. for the best Es 

 the Construction of Farm Buildings (with plans, 

 nd a working estimate of the farm bui 

 prices, enabling j 



""1ft 



Barker, Mr. So 



" Joi 



s report on Lector 



r Mr. Shelley, and seconded b M, p' rt ' 

 ouse of the Society on the occasiono?' 



ouncil for Stock PrUei, « 



8 " dSvo^Cai 

 inquiring wht 



the north or sot 

 where) would be qualified to co 

 e duly entered agreeably with t 



I .<; elements. — Sir Matthew Whit 



the Farm- Account Committee, laid on the table a com- 

 plete copy of the Forms proposed for adoptioa, subject 



Council, to each of whom a copy had been addressed 

 «e on the previous day. 

 Veterinary Inspector.— Professor Sewell commu- 

 nicated the assent of the Governors of the Royal 



Joverne 

 co-operatioi 



Professor Simonds i 

 rinary Inspector to I 



the College, for tin- 



application of veterinary 



those Members of the Council who 



great object of the 

 the live stock of 





exclusive of dwelling-1 



Farmers' Clubs. 



itley : On the Application of Ma 



a recent meeting of this Society Mr. t 

 i the following remarks ou this subject : ^ 



■■:■....,;:"■.. 



cipal bulk of vegetables, consist only of four be idles, ^ rf 

 E h ;ith da c^^ 



■e. in ***»."!?*! !*■ 



