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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. "997 
i Pa 4 the o ty there огей 
of e availed ram Mui i tui dee to which 
см 578 of our 
уа examination of this 
of what we m 
suggested concerning it; gr. that its novelty ‘со 
sists in pra very little more than 
arrangem 
and in олеанте use. Those o 
MEETS 
J. B. LAWES, ESQ., OF ROTHAMSTED. 
number of Herts Tenant Е armers, influenced as well by their koodis Ec of Mr. ини ртї re worth as of 
hi is nme services, me ts reviou эзүү camen at the dn M all, St. Albans, on December 24, 1853, for eme 
consider ing t 
„4 
ments Cxhibited, it was decidedly the most fragile e 
imperf. Тһе соп ween it апа the ma 
It 
e formed, for the pu 
side 
ав) for the purpose of me ri their peni s ime in re regard to -— 
t hav 
OSTIMONIAL. Р acknowledgment of those and 
red as merely local, it was desired, if түм деч mag Ёш 
p - Hough, from 
searches at Rothamsted, Mr. Lawes’ services cannc 
of scientific and ерони investigations, 
а to accu: d 
*, besides the ev e 
t 
since the be nefits 
th 
e to in other г нуч Aa it : should v in some degree a 
еа which iti is емал із — i many foreign. visitors in the 
onsidered as even limited ted to this 
at Mr. Lav са € for many y vé wi engaged in a series 
for the improvement e7 Чай тә bw wid which, 1 hay been denim out 
detail An] at а cost never а n: rtaken ‚э an — 
рм ый labours, from 
course of practica mih gr sore nto the T 
Successful than апу © е. ir known, for insuring the crop; whereby, the value of certain 1; 
wool, p 
, means m 
s, Ani e produce of corn, meat, and 
as unanimously agreed-by the Meeting, that а GENERAL ACTING CowwrrTER, from the у, of Herts, КРЕ at once 
rpose of promoting x a Testimonial to Mr. Lawes as would be worthy the y thus 
asa арнай дә to his со 
It "was also agreed, that т. ент = 188 ma a К н and- thus: givin ium national character to the movement, the 
ttee shoul h their Secreta. with P Ts and. occupiers of land in various un of the c md 
m Brie а view to the formation of е е ONORARY COMMITTE 
| In Leod of the — that , the pem танур | — has been е respect in which 
Mr. LAwWwESs' services are hel cs various itum. of the agricultura d, the following Шан list « of those Noblemen and 
d in "(^^ improvement of agriculture, who have E y eg present time given in their names as members of the 
Honorary Com 
of аас Ransome, Dray, and other Twy отур RARY COMMITT ге 
у very apparent. In fact, уе Ashburton, the Rt. Hon. Lord. | Derin ng, Sir E. C., Bart, М.Р. | Lake, James Rivers, The PME Hon. n. Lond 
are co eei that а machine similarly constructed, and Ames, Colonel Dering, Robert, Esq Langston, 7. Ж s 8q., Rice, E. R., Esq 
suff = stron ear and tear of its Alexander, Caledon, Esq. Dorant, Rich ard, D Leicester, TheRt. Hon. he acl of Scott, S Esq. 
ciently g to Baker, Sir E. В., Bart. Dyke, J. Dix igh, J. Shaw, Es Sebrigh T. G: &;, 
operation for any reasona| length of time, must | Baldwin, y „ Esq. Ducie, "The-Rt. v bes. the Earlof Lindley, Professor, Ph. D., | Simpson, r^ Ае Es 
n ily weigh mueh more than 14 ewt., which is said pod А., T Essex, The Rt. Hon. the Earl of rax si om MS раван NA Esq, М.Р. 
i i геайа1Бале, t ost Hon, the | Eley, George, Esq. arsha sq- Я tu ‚ ©„ Esq. 
to be the weight of th an ч ет d Marquess o vend Mop db ii ,J.J. Esq. Smith, W. Masters, Ева, М.Р. 
xious to insist upon this t; о ог Bosangnet, G. їл. Esq. Greville, Colonel, М.Р. Mevx, Sir H., M.P. Simpson, —, Esq. 
which h n so commonly propagated in unscientific | Det, Ө M. Est M.P. Hamond, Anthony, Esq Morton, John C., Esq. Talbot, Hon. W. P. 
periodieals concerning the relative cost of this and of | Blan t Halsey, Т. Р., Esq., М.Р Munn, Augustus, ыч Thompson, Н. 8„ Esq. 
our own machines [е fact i is that the low cost of of the Beokfürd, „ Esq Halsey, Rev. J. Е. Newman; Sir Robert, Bart. Tylden, sw J. M. 
i Бийи! the Right Hon. the | Hanbury; R., Esq. Newman, Thomas, Esq. Debt tme ё korr dg 
American e ue to its inferi Earl o Harvey, G. H., Esq. Oakley, Richard, Esq. , The Ri t Hon. the 
We have not space re eari at length the vartti ot | Сат б Hon. С. ба d Р. Hilton, Captain Payne, J. Manwaring, Esq. ы: 
new instruments exhibi many o whic were of Cavendish, ҮҮ, Н. F., Esq. Huxtable, Rev. A, Pusey, Ph., Esq. IIT the. Rt. Hon. Lord 
;d W. iall t th Eol Cair , James, E Hilton, Rey. d Puller, C. W, Esq. M Henry, Esq. 
T . We especially regre! se wan ot an Clutterbuck, n Esq. Hodges, T. Law; Esq. pei Captain wa F., Esq 
op» point out we conceive to be ous | Crawley, John, MC Tw Gathbert Wa Esq,| Pri Е; PAN Wilshire, William, Esq. 
defects in the principle of Smith's reaping, and several айы; the Right Hon. the Plom Esq., M.D. Wh , James, Esq., M.P. 
other m there i ps, however. bd ИР Jon nas, Sam Кадон ione М.Р. Walter, William, Esq. 
е н Š А Duere, the Right dem — 2— Sir] Fitzroy, M. P, A ue on. G. D. Windsor, the Hon. and Very 
necessity for sinee it is het, as we are willing | D son, John, night, T. DAMM Mer The Ri Hon. ^e rm Rev. Dean of 
to allow, that British farmers generally are nof likely to оьр EX the ят Ае "e ад mittee—Mr. T. W. Оуевмах, E 
hich has ell-established Honorary Secretary— Mr. WILLIAM KERL, етй": e үөр л 
adopt any invention w. 
reputation both 
he most conspicuous ; and w may 
also add, ias Mr. M*Cormick's blades. were employed 
in nearly the whole of the reaping-machines оп 
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Suec bere 
exhibition, It may nds to know, that in a letter whi£h haslbeek Técelved from Bir J. M. Tylden (Chairman 
n of a local Commi formed in Kangi dr statug te mova Munt m that Cou осор), bbMtasmmunics a discussion which 
м: mM р. had taken place at a meeting of the Kentish C Cpenmiltton nr р ANE тутдан fo a to Mr. 
Calendar of Operations. Lawes. It was that Enter that as an Heir-loom, a piece of plate might be the more suitable; but that, in addition 
в. T ; to this, to build a new Laboratory r the poet ion motis А Agrie nvestigations, would be exceedingly appropriate to. 
RCH the ве which it was wished acknowledged; and it was thought that, um: M the a of 
ARM, a e now put on | Testimonial in some such would probably be more acceptabl ky эч Lawes than t other. Decision on oint is 
d — with a at night." "Those ewes | of course, at — v vm ature; as these su tions the Kentish Commjttee are vro fülly eoincided with by th Po 
which are crossed with a Tülcedter ts tup qr lamb Acting Committ was thougbt it migati be well, even thus у. to afford some intimation of what would, in due. rr come 
the 1st April, an th the pure Che viot, lamb a fortnight | more бшу cag ту consideration of the Committees. 
later. In this district the system of crossing as above а been| The next Meeting ofthe General Acting Сейте will be held at the Town Hall, St. Albans, on Baturday, April 8, 1854, at 
very considerably practised of late years y farmers cross мо. eleven 
their wh oc es, and buy in small or second Cheviot| The Committee will have ж ЕТ in at any time receiving suggestions (addressed to the Secr retary), from Gentlemen 
lambs in autumn, to keep up their Cheviot st his is, interested 1 in the movement, pri meeting (а е, eventually hope to do) such Members of the erret Committee, or Deputa- 
perhaps, not — to the same extent this season as formerl ons from District Acting C 3, 
owing to the v igh prices which had to be given for sma W. Ккк, Hon. Sec. 
rne do epo las year, This system vie а regular breeding 
tock із kept, has very little to recommend it, AMONG THE SUBSCRIPTIONS ALÉEADY ANNOUNCED ARE THE FOLLOWING :— 
ed for a number of 2 ча. ата degenerates sad £ s. d. 8 s. d. Edge 
inferior quality of t ught in lambs; and is only | The M Hon. Lord e Rt. Hon. the Earl Richard Knight, 100]|E.R.Rice, Esq., MP... 100 
to be s smi е kog farms w are mostly arable, and whe Ashburt .1000 79 Ducie 500|J то 10 00 Eo . OW. ED 
extra trea. given to the stock (generally small) by Colonel Ame 10 0 0 | The Rt € the Earl J. Shaw Leigh, Esq. ... 10 0 0 E: 50 
means of zTorniping well during ter, even then the | Caled mélodie. Esa. 500 0| of Ess 50 0| James.Lake, 100 s 3 "d. s. Sebrighi, -= 
es wil an inferior inco: ous lot, entirely The емы ра the The Rt ion. the Earl Professor Lindley, Ph.D, ..100 0 o 
deficient in t that similarity of shape, countenance, and contour so of des roadalbane 250 0|- Fortes 3 F.R.S. an 220 Mee AE 0. 
telling and so pl n the well-selected and Mino oen вз 20 0, Sir rica ГАРЧ 100| The Rt. Ton. T Pem- R. 
flock. large prices obtained for lambs of the above-men- | G. M. Butt, € ps B IA foam untaine, Esq. 0|. berton Leigh ... 500/7 
tioned of late аб. induced many to pursue the W. Beckford, Esq. 2 2 0 | Gardene Ch W. Ag Esq., М.Р. 25 0 0| 
further than a due re he Ата d ty and profitable- Dt TE oord 220 p teen of 200|J.J. 518g. 7. 0.2 5:000 1 E 
ness of their flocks will warrant. e Turnip crop is eek Hard d Aic a 0 Q| E.Greaves, Esq; М.Р. 50 Sir H. Meux, Bart, М.Р. 500 
р a and few farmers һауе been able to reservi it | Thos. Clutterbuck, Esq. 10. 0 0 | Colonel Greville, M.P. › 0 0 | Sir Robt. Newm ры 50048 
heres or spring use. About віх weeks’ ias снна ме vanadiy John Crawley, Esq. ... 100 0| А: ony Hamond, Esq. ) ewman,. ia R0 020 
nsidered sufficient wd ‘Cheviot Mene in 8 The Rt. Hon. the Earl Thos.P.Halsey,Esq.,M.P. 2 Richard Oakley, Esq., ..1000 
aive mm mp Vg oft гм the lambing of Chichester ... 100 v.J.F. Moore Halsey 1 T. W.Overman, Esg.... 10 0 
season, From the Mig Tarnips, Grass e Rt. Hon. the Earl Captain Hilton "e Phi Pusey, Esq. 500 
monly high—from 30s. to d per e Ay ATS rents; Сомий s .. 5 0 0 | Rev. Н. Hilton й 7. Manwaring Paine, 
and many Grass fields are y Che hogs The Rt.Ho rd: 25 0 0| R. Hanbury, + 2 Bu o 
turned to the hills, The usual plan in this district is to John Dickinson, Esq... 10 0 0 | G, Н. Harvey, Esq... C. W. Puller, Esq; m AI 
give the hogs half Turnips during winter, them about | Sir E C.Dering, Bt,M.P..10 0| ў ne Hux due Colon roca 529 9.0 
the end of November, and up till about the first or Dering, Esq. ... 500 Hodges, Esq. ... ida 180 
Second week in Apri Тїз season, её а aranh, of T. poen Richard Dorant, an 42:600 iod Jonas, Esq. ... The ES AY the Earl 
they are turned off to the hills fortnight or weeks soo J. Dixon on Dyke, 100 се .. 100| of Romney 100 
than Lammermuirs 00 1 d ds h b itt à, a didt of space, fr 
а 
any other manure.. Apply it 
month. It тау be applied to Wheat, Barley. and Oats. 
Hexe: Tyro. It likes deep rich alluvial - XT It should be sown 
in the end of this month, or beginning o Mar, 
of seed Jur acre are sown broadcast u n well manured tand: 
Ses ros s of after culture. are given in agricultural works. 
em 
Міхеват, Сом, Тав 
which we 
in Blackie's *&Cyclo 
в: Г. asks where it ЇЗ to be had. The answer, 
are unable to I an advertisement, 
EnnATA, In the article Straw," p. 203, first column, 
ogoni and ind nes of Та, for той st зш е 
“Qil, sugar, "e mend em w), 40." from. 
bottom, for * , &c," Ty 
pectine, &е,” pps column, after the 
Shows a cimo 
2 pet. em. t. gum 
the Table of comparison 
in 004 of 
б keen WARNER AND SONS, 
NT, JEWIN STREET, LONDON. 
айел» IRON TUB GARDEN 
read. “ 
id а less in oil ,starch, &e," Y. 
Power. of 
upwards, TE assortment 
Welle | i; Т. 
With Warner s Registered Spreader ers pen A 28 15 feet of lead 
i pipe attached, and bolts and nuts 
ready for fix “e о . s 0. D 
Larger spe i 
——À сен е D used for- 
snpply orcing, a: ant Houses, - 
from rground "Water Tank; can. 
Bi Y аы їп A ичүү 
plumar in Torn or Gora 
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