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‚ tells e not only that guano is good for his land, but not ; and dene much kiš money. And although it has 
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It BI be observed that the result of this experiment , ed PRA alone to discover : and in this sense тй way to the influence of steam—so there i 
with the мену ай in vimos 338 of the may, in his own way, be it ever so humble, be № suppose that these themselves are de „эй мүч 
зборев, n ide: that well fermented farm-yard |zea alot Муса ator of science. x ery experiment, "поз | ive way to more powerful influences, either altogether 
manure contains more nitrogen. Ev very y praetieal f d heel ever small, if conducted carefu lly and sensibly, a and its new or the present ones modified by causes at present 
knows that well-fermented qmm de = еч and properly weighed, is in so far not in operation. There seems to be great reason to 
ieally on vegetation than fres h dung; ; and it would contribution to human knowledge , and a portion infer "mw erm B is 2 destined m play a very im- 
be indeed strange if such manure, contaming the essen- | of that piatt tion of facts upon which future portant m his of mechanical inventions. 
tial fertilising substance in а smaller meh than in week Here ths ma Dos be based. But, perhaps, Even de 2 expense f gen жз: the nece 
fresh dung, should not be more valuable than the latter. cely of io éat alterations руте is the es obstacle t to its successful gr aa roa 
It does not follow, however, from the faet that well made which ‘relly have fan place in agricultural pro- in many proces arts ; and it seems almos 
and well fermented manure is more valuable than fresh, cesses within some few years, so gradua ually have these possible but that Ajadi an Ai pidik and posee 
that common manure should always be applied to the ич been wrought. Now, іп various portions of the agent shou ld be turned sooner or later to far more 
land in a perfectly decomposed state. On the contrary, work above mentioned, we find the following passa ago | general account Азы is at present the case. 
wherever it is admissible, farm-yard manure ought to yero not, perhaps, a drill, a horse-hoe, or scarcely a hor |. Letno опе think, then, that in the present state of 
be brought as fresh as possible on the land, as thereby | rake in East Norfolk."—* Cow-houses are unknown in а Norfolk | the world it is possible for farmers to чүле? still =i 
voidable loss in valuable fertilising substances | farmery— 7 Bullock sheds are — A " nn id ore than any other class of mankind. Eve 
which attends the fermentation of dung in heaps, is om which the wood is cut every time the oerte i felled ; also miek's reaping machine, which at its first Маро 
а осели prevented. эш роПагав”!—“ нофи? А is а practice puen x ho otof Mr. Pusey described as “the most X Arn ng 
nt referred to shows in а forcible ! ў mtem бач e district, е ау, се по — E ^ ound | to farming machinery that has been invented since the 
sisi e loh which farm-yard manure undergoes in | е ost bet otii ii paris " ин ms (for е фей | threshing machine took ай place о of the Яа! pt fast been 
keeping, under bad management, and proves, also, that | peculia ederet аре noivitistanding iem je alre wA: uch уфе" апі improved ; and Е hands- 
even completely decomposed dung is richer in nitrogen ^ It is the refore since the period at тош this book was аге at at the attempt to construct as mess 
than fresh. For illustration sake, probably an extreme written that, in this county at t least, the i кэ] | or ‘cultivator, and it is even, saii „thatan . American 
case has been chosen ; but in actual and good practice | altératións i in the treatment of ean n б manage- Successfully o 
the loss in nitrogen will be, I have no doubt, less con- | ment of hed esee in draining, in growing crops in | pes odi in hy" way о of its yenit usefulness But pi 
siderable ; and well ce heus er n fermented | | rows, and in many other points, with ме resulted іп еаеһ пе ention cannot be otherwise than а бооп to 
ure, T think, will be richer the manure | the buio ved үн of the present day, have taken | the farmer i it enable him to produce ce cheaper or better 
haine i та 2 third mE > fermentation in the above | place. r than he has hitherto been enabled to do ; and, there 
experime . Voelcker, Cirence. wou numerate some of the most important of | fore, although the future of the farming interest viti fi: 
Ба EE | tans improvements to consist in the introduction of all pr r Tau be subject to т pen chan eh doubt; 
mproved нинди for drilling, hoeing, scarifying, and | апу other interests, yet as these changes wi! no dou 
SCEINCE AND AGRICULTURE, IT Скл well as for еар апд Maca x | take Lon M 1 and by a process of continuous. 
er e чим мы А syor w^ жан ade with a сору of this paper, the more Б б Да applica of horse-power to dev elopm e is no err to doubt that farmers 
December 12, 1 ‚з нр ийнин 4 ава Walsham Farmers Club pu poses of draught ; but m аб. о Р all, in the дэк = | will Г вру amd proftab Aes opt each new improve- 
| of steam to purposes of draining, thr eshin, ing, the carriage | ment as it is brought before t eir notice. 
E (ac vidi o m мау pones — all are "uie ed | of corn de кенш, &nd oder Sedul d requirements тај Many elements bearing upon agricultural prospects- 
during the past few years, both in "as P LT d = farm. I would also gien the improved methods of | 1 w 4 
of agriculture ; and that none her cse of housing and feeding stock, based upon the knowledge work, which must have an important influence upon the - 
opinion, that ihe changes which hs vs puse ce in which an acquainta ance with the chemistry of the fatten- | future welfare of this branch of industry. Thus the 
ing process Pina koupe " Я, aes oand various Stimulus which the increase of ea nn m the 
saline manures d; as well any other n | Meme 9 our ports to foreign pr 
cesses, which the сиса ot Prof. "Liebig into ywhere and mer € foi, th тщ энек. of 
" i mal chemist 1 Г 
improvements ; hin tav vhilet in every other dept 
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M NM Nass mach анан ктей from us to pe | Eetiwitiols of gold produc a ang less s thickly inhabited 
рч аге 5 eiae ud ng our labouring pedi 
making an ine use of mechanieal a pplianees ` 
E а тав er of dictate пету, А And lastly, the Зее 
g th of our f the m of 
t the quanti а It would e indeed that in nearly every department |. 
grown, but t er the e difficulty and expense of so of б агт , has considerable progress been made 
growing і of ет carting, and grinding it; and owards коз ар the appliances at the —: 
in fact, t consideration every process con. 9f the British farmer, and that whilst the greatest. 
nected Ld p manufacture from the time the seed ?€tiVity has prevailed in every other branch of cs seem 
is sown until it LI gone through all its stages, and and science, agriculture has by no means been — be: 
in fact, Reeg me agai > Perhaps the first great stimulus was go to it by the 
In looking fo; da signs o WT improvement in agriculture, | high prices obtained for the iue land еы е, 
To ferner ieri е te of the eountry we late war ; subsequently the long a m ce of peace . d 
shal se most mar n distriets such as. Promoted the cultivation of this in common with ge nel r cert 
some of. edi East PNS а ы һивЬапйгу has: unexplored subjects ; and, still more recently, increased Теп Сет th Vots 
for a long time mun P acd. on the best known | competition has compelled those engaged in the tilling | | the necessa laws of supply : an у impo: upon М 
р: — it, in common with every other braneh rof f producing art 
Judging then of the future by the vë - 
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| | whieh more crise gri- 
cultural will afford, will also v sensibly "felt in 
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wher зк э un eripit A A м әт 
s i etim omparatively neglecte d ; such 25 Goma ON о асана а cost м raising it. And Май ичн 
of the estern P tions of this coun king of 0 there a time when the demand was greater : 
which, in a work upon Norfolk voe iam published b, by for all the means and appliances which art or science ii kw — — — xem лач чү rye 
а Mr. Marshall in 1794, БА author thus writes :—« The Could furnish for the attainment ce these objects. wi develop will eventuate in the determination by 
western division is either marshy low land, applied Tbus it is within a very v few vespa Dat vé Tuve quen" Косыл paa s, pee ides we shall vigo ees е 
vo dins to the ас оке pes fov walks and extensive exchanged for "—— ppr ve improved внын) ^ s oily to Бро Г per ej ibn o n re e be 
stoc еер and rabbits," Yet of introduced ; reaping п achines in ste d | 
East. M itself, "i n oe эре ШЫ йа! fol чечер ЁД наї аймайт ld meer esf m appii- d ‚ those which villi most conduce to the рет 
fici 
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owing terms, h :—“ p oí ihe grow ing plants; whereby also we 
gl erms, he says The roads are unpardonabl cation of artifieial manures to land, Whilst ev п дерей far m ore in näe epende dett of dhie éengoHk adi Vandi 
are. That they sei consist in the improvement of 
ibo | bf ай А miren i enero Г so that our agricultural proceedings will be 
-— a forest.” At the present day, one would in farmer in knocking ou: his corn as the new reaping 229 менй" enrried on by Meo power; as : 
vain try Ккк by such descriptions аз these the machine does in harvesting it. This аЙ i 18 dd d substitute for animal f аа y: "by илыш di nsé — 
well eultivated fields, and weta tocked lands of n | by its inventor “a grain separator," and was latel | petet ge тетте СД T 
portons.of West Norfolk; de firm macadam |! described in the Times as “ being very portable, weighing | Wo het nu Pn ; 
— ample es and - trimmed hedges of. our pe 14 cwt., threshing easily and without waste at the | shal) Lad е 
“Жы муре of the county. | rate of one bushel in 540 seconds; turning out the grain i mated 
in : of the i improvements — have been effected pite ctly clean and ready for market, and as being tha further сш 
agrieu tural rw ns may be pm tiec the two manufaetu red in America for 237. vhi pent much i increase in them of information and intel- - 
(d | sequence ап 
oes ligenee Соке se 
| | will be i imperatively required, And asif foreshadowing: 
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Tecept М е machir of 1deas which jac 
which discerns that som - ^P елу а че» е of has been о ва Анны ей invention, which | n iu ig n ard F к Pees and 
field Darius will pi dive. 4 poalen 9 of P Wheat fro froma although comparatively un need in itself, yet sided её» эй "ende ned f for i dé E of duties he- 
ы t hitherto had yielded а ү bad опе ; ог,араїп, to show ithe perseverance and ingenuity which a М will be called to 
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the prospects of farmers are as 
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laced upon it some time before it is wanted, whilst a | barrow, the greater part o f the weight i is removed from 
овча will sae littlé or none of it, but the hands of the e person E it. 
* е d away by eav But great as have been the improvements in nearly тда : wit: 
rain that те, "m the other hand, is it not of imn- every mechanical Ж ртн, whether pote Pie i КТ have compensate е ке that i ч ад | 
"bd died prisca to be furnished with culture or not, th sign of an {| йс, апа жү. avail théaad vis of — new | 
his seed, cultivate ч indus M ity becomes assured to them, 
à ved erops, secure ustry are pursuing their investigati ions. There is 
mid his corn, and transport it, if need Бе nothing which might S us н иез that we had беш ну sy still confidently k look ах to M md asa 
ti dis tant markets ; and all this not merely by the muk jet o vitre on in any o departments; оп an "e ng. 
Eae: n of human or horse labour, but by the th e contrary, everything seems А p to an opposite 
and ication y oe principles which ешю eap conclusion. As аад have superseded coach travel- L— LLL 
| ling, эче the electric telegraph has supplanted the ancient Home boe 
| ommunicating intelligence, and as the scythe| — Drainage > Oirencester wot: aper 
нб the sieke: the threshin g-machine the|of Saturday last, in the report ` the азб : 
rencester Agricultural ciety, there 
supe 
йай, and human and horse labour are rapidly giving | draining at the Ci 
>S ages = Un tms we must refer io from. the columns of the аге two or three errors ng of 
M ашышын: T D perg rm drains on Lord de pr à 
