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instead o ( presenting the dead black appearance of the | formation of this property ИСР: formed of large crystals of у plongbed before 
pest; has no ark brownish grey colour ; where it is ае СТА in а ground com of quartz and "враг the dong von have for 
under чта m the matura] — have disappeared there ы "^ ended, Жуст а stwag d ecomposing tendency; | Swedes, Carrots, or Potatoes; aud by the cultivation of this crop 
and all the land is lüd do wn to pasture, except tl ae зогу s" portion of mica in it, which ів generally the land will be in exoellent order, and it should be sown in the 
fields which were in Turnips and Ra Tus granit 2 Z зу be called porphyritic, as the felspar erystals | produce the most nidi € hen on such m 
3 land was being téénclied- the black ага а we detined. The body in ——— am бићебдой natural to dry friable sil 
peaty is friable, and falls ry —— ate. (Messrs 
soil'on the sütfhce мав carefully intermixed with the | to * a to pieces, This liability tod — ends | Drummonds, of Stirling "n yon with the 
ий your belldings kind and quantity.) 
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oniposed granitic gravel. After this the land was | we г бе whole mass was easily exeavated it had the | sheep and. b et remain in pasture, 
1 enltivated, manured with guano, and it has pro- appearance o ng granito before it was moved, but | bre raking up oniy the f Belda wi VE ides vd Gram 
rmm two erops "mE Oats, + granit Xu a бо lar gravel, with large blocks expense of bringing t tate 1 vation, and or 
Wh which Omer мее сасе Be isnt | Ded Nd Mad bo ia уа "ry ‚Тһе cau of th decom- | t guas permanently а mprov » MU amount v HE — 
and the land has been pastured by she p and the felspar, m ^i h- iron interposed between the quartz and or 60 acres on D the — of н 29 
н 1 с granite are во numerpas ad W 
ever since it has been 1, n. Ir. m Whe e decomposition of t ый pe is complete, | nearly cover the асе, — is to remain as it fs, and 
Y р , hima ciay ie formed, and Ше в ент ld wet clayey soil; | there is about бо а — p эп the south 
Fowler's intention to d it re ong às ide “е! 
Fow g on this p f Dartmoor the МЕ has only effected | moor, which is also to remain; о Y two fields may be added 
it will produce good k ү үл woe: and Mode. which I quinta т the ML rpm mh compose the А. and а | another more to the north-east side, over which tbe o blocks of 
rds doubt will be a ease for many years to come. | Р? слоши 0, жч Нараг ahd the iron. Dela X nite are so abundant that it would be advisable either to 
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Clover and Italian Rye-grass sown last spring is sd are dissem eor assuming the rock to be formed af | se thet there wil he the somalud Уз ee A 
e 5 of zT бїз of Quartz and 1.00 of mica would be | Of this, 1 belle is about 900 acres that will require 
егор; the 47 Clover is in blossom, about 18 inches high, raining, vi which aj 
rum А w 
ve there 
ich mar — ^ sari ü 
A. À ocks of ite 
ed nte may ent Obs npe rem ; dien 
Ry а f M má of silica di AUR 120 
with white Clover, Mr. Fowler informed us 8.51 « р, 0 p oxide of manganese 
cro eeks per ' acid. 
has 
Tw "The bl ms 
The one-y ear, fry: and three-year old pasture pre- "qe d 8 обе = anite а m) 4 p on ti martae = A жиы and дей — stones on the river, EM for diia 
sents а thick, ose covering of fine Grass, and the foe n immense mines ec partly imbedded = 4m ini үле ы вм. чау 197 
| ‹ it shows the quali сү, ЕЖ" 8, Ей ob these blocks rest on ^] vd fent w z hd > a e S na e т my pr 
of the herbage at this season of the year, and the quan- AY ng tere, the softer parts having been washed Te actes, fo 
tity over the whole field is most abundant, although E of the fields of of Prinoe Hal Hall | ostate large blocks о of — 
“ Appear part su ut particularly in two | The expense of building your barn, root house, boxes for 
seen such ture in any part of the country. lds near the bridge they are T ng on the surface in such 8 i 
а 5 2 x } Е ҖЕП abundance ЕТЕ -—À tha b vU bn ddr ease. your boosts, sheep, and pigs, dung-house and cart sheds ию 
1 А с arface; t. этчү л асге 
sought for in the perfect drainage of the land, and the | with Are T^ 
^ Я rge gran nite "bloc ie se together that it is 
а mixture of the pira surface with the subsoil. x айе, to pass between doni "but there i is good sweet erectin ae Decessary bufldings € 4 
rom the nature of the vario i = ters which | P r sheep between those that are further apart. Most of implements, and the labour of cultivating the and d m 
this ng you get 
we have seen the granitic kid is — of, we able is iuh баа кёч the whole laid down to permanent bern may take you 
dde 1 d y» acordin 
infer it has been the means of eme. ing феа the X The pos of Кы MEA Ln s is р о m С x v dp "a en чилик: 
tion of the readily to ! t water descend per tien tari Ll it meets 
T a шыга бе кше де ты t ec per tede лыр e Ero 
á ^ j| deco mass all the ma erials of rr EE ne 
and th e heavy dews and the mildness of this climate | natural zer but devoid of any adhesive m wW ману T ым 
(ме AAR may be the cause of the rich luxu- | е rain r desce РЕ сеа this кү» Маа ча на 
i : | with ud i Thus а ċapital of . We. кс. m — дй NE. EE 
riant re on this estate, са" та" d, as it is, оп а re E x1 harged on a level s will be required to do this. The mereased of the tenā 
ery side by the b “ы ? D 2 rable depth over the deve and | after it has been во improved will pay a per on thís 
"LU y the barrenness 0 n when tbe declivit ~ уч not great, peat is formed over the | expenditure over and above the o rent, which 1 believe 
estate has been pe Het а drained, al the blocks | Soola of the elevated = of Dartu = to a greater or 2 was about 25. 64, per acre. J. M. 
of granite have been removed o soil, and саг үт: = ө the lo ro parts of Dartm я ерд no M actam отет the | ——— 
'off the м есо ground, but we ascend from и Ант 
A ; the = has ee po trenched or ‚ the pea to the bigbest RAPE € ER TEEPA: 
treneh-plo well eultivated and manured, pro- point. "The growth of peat is owing to а cold, humid — cluded 
а excellent o of Turnips and Oats, and is now I and stagnant water; and these elements 'їпегеазе as we i2 - ye : u 
have hen the he land is perfectly drained, and the peaty- surface weil | P Ш, milar T will a ea in 
in permanen 
aprendan Qe QN the farm-buildin d six com- 
, gs an inco the Me part of the decom sed granite, it | 
wodious cotta have erected, and а forms а productive soil, and when the elevation is not above | comparison vit. dose оГ the milch cow, — = 
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ai Hë i е; all'this has 500 ог t it Mee and H ood erops of Whe 1 parison with other feeders, I think I may not appear to 
been done by the energy and ability of Mr. ey in The (a deaa chia аратара е dijon жүз Yo caus eded Ld fh ч түтү m аы — 
the short space of between three and four ie more perfect, and its natural tendency и rapidly increased 1 b sp регі in effectin i average increase 0 
result of this is most satisfactory, as it "а vtt pog remm m ren nit of the ara sod, to 18 fb. рер T үг. 
whole of bé brought t incorporating the peat with the drei 0 Chat a fresh s нуд average pain o n the whole of тч” n veo stock. Frome 
Pra Bowlers die d о pro ies 4 -- mineral and vegetable matter is exposed to the oxygen of the cmo rst wi ich I submit in 
rom APE p ч ^ o asias n MT E та өчү ту) acts qmd T бо ФМ ки ОЬ e Gazette of J une 3 (No. 22), e wien d that the 
which was iren a Fowletis being carried оці дуъа шщ end Баринин nf rainy day» averages 18b. Tha | £bi ad gen. а 
р аныл i n tem of rines Hall ) ]ba.. hich oceurs to of 
b; ere 
tionso: We saw 250 of' the соп at work, trenching (which ca 
—- the — about 16 inches ie, and lifting up the n ЕТ IR Vd и ak 
stones an in the ng 1а supply of ^Y 
5; the — —— | in — EN fiie тей ded p е prode of Turnip and Pota- | cattle, Төш es T кеткет эм 
Бед by Mr. Fowl P ба пі а pets O06, requi ур месту" Pr "per фу, ое llbs per Trodi 
ed. Dy . Fowler, none of them requiring to be  rísed, (n dst n pan ues ing the months of June. on (lié КЫ "t cows бле on their yarar Се 
unpowder, and two or three men could s — ars Land your a em e getting milk bein ai bali and with a continuance of 
y mild, humid atmosphere, is well calculated f. th of plants, | same fi im in weight and condi M 
piece v M RED the workmen, = deu тй 50 or 60 A large ze eropa ol Ок, and етеп ГА Wheat pave pun am di rans rr ja nés ien gain z flesh and fat some- 
acres, 1 nsa been tren | cultivat rts o moor; yet, ав М И casein 
d sci dii ps (which ha been pre- р P "а, vem we ther, with much sun during the this is | aA den SUR. =. 
rained, and trenc is | eiiim onis А gem ae- ч C Жайма, Maps the failure ef | E i i 
, ^ |and invite the attention of those who н physio 
(which is short and not а good E бнр Sn = EN Көс ж, ИАА РИ РН n ie одр о Mt M Түй PREE е 
These peculiar ci tan t ou in the culti- =» the ехсгетзеп{в, re varying 
yelow Tarnips, M vation e genem = eiroumotan picem of Turnips, Swedes, | stances of yield of vail, and a gin of wa would 
duci а i opleen g agem сес «а. DN ji the prineiral € much to clear up а aeris mportan io 
n pro wy. че, crops om these 42 arefally ч - f ы apte Pre soi огу which little attention has т гәд ара 
friab 
cannot be supplied to 
within ash) fe {5 made p 4 the humidity of rds o 
y 
HE 
a 
collec llected, m 4 
eda drills of the crop. The roots ме a most lean b u Wi ө the cule чоп 
many of the Swedes I found inches in ° crops, the only one which you can a , — 
diameter ; they are y pl i quer Pre incor you Should mai of autumn is : КООР = 0 P. jm Me 
and seem to be all of the same size. The 8 were deviated from) to get the whole of your Oat crop eut and carried әле 6b brine M dub 9 fu. uf M 1 
ed by hand, and are all at equal distances im Му the pd ot Egk c oi though rer ach Ag vi nearly | albumen o . or not quite ie OM. 
ht rows, 27 inches aed 2 in the rows the преп пе дені ee [ , 
are 14 inches apart; this crop will be Mey учн suming the roots. “үне — eig e M ly яг; T 25 
EE АУ teni of balbs per, sere. The Turnips, Prince Hall estate consists nm ition, 0 ides giving М qu LEE 
and golds are for food for t PO COWS ; hs en ыйа by stone walls, shout 30 acres have been — proportion of easein in .68 
Carrots to be used i S kitehen on certain days for cultiv пу da «йе joa im ride s of mature - Tue whole of | sent the albumen of 5.70 lbs. of 
n {+ " " 
the table of the con boni dd иды d this lon A чес знч thin surface of peat, 4 P - process fattening, "dae mem nen Д 
"There are some n of Oats 4 Barley as food f {л PE to6 rhe inches deep, w there are hollows; in | .52 1b., or little more than i fibrine per day, 
the pigs water which runs out of the higher ground рго- | shown as gain, w will represent the albumen of 
neu тета 4 tome nd field of Oats, not duces ces pent of grea Dv рер omia sino sud ара (йэр d 1.76 lb. of Rape-eake. It is clear that tbe excrement 
ut w pea e 1 1 tisso as 
у inio fodder for Жее stock ; |cutout and dried, an {ей a faek, "His partis he worst en the of the fattening cattle will be richer and more таша 
ite ав itis too deep to get through ít to the decomposed than that of the milker, yet it should be borne in mind 
There were a number of men hauling euge merken dem M бы ус ЖГ fa di de әчен e 
4: th Barley from the field, but the grain ала a rapid decomposition of tbe vegetable, of which | When vil 
y light, scarce узд созба; elimaio composed, it the the most luxuriant | reckoned as dry material, eost 9d., а 
| bri 18 | Dartmoor from its natural sta 
"x maturi . А 
et above the level of the sea. "The farm buildings. is first of all to perfectly drain the whole, them to clear the 
good plan, and | | rper 
1 for food, whilst as manure their value will be 
Ё черә uilt | ground block then to or E : 
s venient. ey € t epus to the depth of 8 to 12 inches, ю as to pot as much in less than & halfpenny per pound. 1 is then эст 
y Mee depth of the decomposing granite as yon have of the дер of £^ | the interest of the ав much ` 
ui com rad n should Leg Асена Алеч summers Б sow j| Of his material as possible food E 
De ала to the above the report of Prince Hall with Oats and. apply sy å ewt. of guano; this may produce s | increase the quantity rather 
estate, drawn u for Mr. "Poir when he purchased it стор of Oat straw, to be mown and made into еер in] his 
in 1947 P * ugustat the latest. After minns ga or In the extensive erem 
p can, 
This фе cross-p ск as eap, Da = 
from the в bounded rth by the road leading | peat matter will be mneh decomposed, amd, it mi sily ane газа 
тА. 10 bis. P la wt hd the fields cultivated for a Turnip crop, and there will be по diffeulty in | supply cattle during rm wit! 
by Lm of the "Iwo-bridges, on the кошы getting e. Lor eg ne. Eua i canet | 1t is found Ihat with 20 to 24 Iba: gue 
brauch ver Dart ave r been 
Cherry ert SIR MORE io е the enst by tho off, the 1 amb should be Ишей, вау 100 bushels per acre, and | 0 their size, full grown cattle store 
