49—1854.] THE AGRICULTURAL S 
== some milk, if you have a dairy. I am particular in are - Mx s to the ep hey w sina = 
rem ап js it; mistaken opinion about it; and even the tality. Fix a cork in ihe эф um. of your flower- | remove both the water xe К a surface and ' — 
because t Scoteh agricultural periodical (= The North p^ and you will soon have а praetieal illustration of subterranean v viia ata depth exoeeding the power д» 
editor енын) will continue to assert that live stock | my meaning. The sallow and bilious plants (like many attraction to elev vate it too near Ње surface.’ Sd. М aila 
Bay. тов pay, irrespective of manure. " Turnip erops I know of on undrained land) will show d ды сти pepe regag Deanston. dth. Tue 
ena: VicissrruDEs.— Three years ago, when | by their expression Fa is denied to mi in speech, Poe o сибү increased width between the dre fer 
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culture gloomy ‘апі desponding. | examination of eee spilli айо, or T ti Estates тый С Rande fr ө t - 
эй Wheat is 79s. per quarter, with àn abundant | much less of all those Du Р ve д should аат щу Evidenoe TE 
barvest, and agriculturists happy. Those who will refer changes, that turn ж е кылый dn inta "ood fpe | btt, 1845, Q. 161 and 152.)" 
my predictions at that period will admit that I was | man r be ast ; S Ly assured, Min M. is vitality— On this Mr. Denton on remarked that, m 
to my P h i etain th me d ruin the ehallow system, only 
ils, but will refer you to © Norfolk Agricul- | АсысоітовАт, i gA min | 7 my, was most popular in the country, 
» by Bacon, a most valuable book, where. you | agriculture, їп the me Чез об of plicat 7 ^ d їп- | Object was simple, and it approxi 
Rt t farming balance-sheets exhi- с pendent of - th ps than horse, and horse | practices, Мг. Parkes's, or wx 
bing all the phases of agricultural рер and | Sbetpsn 1м imum hors costs 1 e „Рег day, and vin n UR aimed at the conversion 
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adversity. You will there see and 100) а | day (including harness, shoeing, &c.), азда fur боега nerd i | 
difference of 10007. between а * good year » венг а * bad | the s But as a good bits weighs 1600 Ibs, and a man only Parkes 8 system is (а. the score of the excessive 
se ria pci ties sage agrioultaral viis: 19 enie Poras er ЧЕН org ta as a ians of m tomen Ih б дий ШЕ 
should teach us wisdom. They always have probably (including the necessity for manual superintendence) as that should have оте drained 18 to 25 feet ı 
and Феу always will occur. А wise agricul- | опг о опе, This brings me to the fearful question—what por- have t from 30 to 45 feet, and yet 
ist will, therefore, when things are palmy, put by а са of the — of this p^ и ой farm Pon етен І тан aano cost ot oam drainage, executed in 
f Я тэ heh 4üky/berésfter be а In p. arable culture M n cele diu рече Grass, it | at least элүү in the last eight 
in enlarg oidings, w denn res horses acres, se will 
dnd weight and loss in times of difieulty. On a farm on tho a verage from 5 t 9 6 ac Tes (а ndlord's measure, | ® e 
of 400 acres of highly farmed arable land, the discre- which includes hedges, ro — vaste, farm buildings, o) a orty. | taken as a guide to tho future costal drainage 
in price betwéen the two periods would be |;o imd: weeks (no corn) will clear 2} acres of Tes country," . Mr. Denton then goes into the 
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ous, Take the 200 acres in grain, = différence | This will be found aonn t to 10s, per — or 26l. per annum, | gener: ssed 
кт рову ing like 15007. -If I were to advise you, | 3nd will ал — of about 6 acres atdi 10s., or four rents and may thus be акеп Гері, of drains, distance 
thin è А ег асге. І speak, of course, of average land, ren г. t 
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drained, more рагйешану! ы of heavy — lterna- | all the year round. Оп very poor farming, like some I know drains" Ов th 
E isone of profit. o I kno many e of, 10 acres would hardly keep а m M mq бү high farming |  "The-character of the evidence I bava oolleeted 1n во созбе. 
E УЖ tè т чу v (especially on the irrigation system), o -— would eet. of the shallow system of drainage, and, with one 
Isee the tenant 8 seni was ing m u sufice. This brings us to consider the о sity а ly, во much in favour of the соса 1 
eril influence of undraiued elay, that it is quite a painful | advantage am forcing from and its utmost remi develop- | Superiority of the latter incontestibly admitted ey fact, | have 
consideration. Iam ma € to prove that if а tenant | ment. = m will ip a bor there is only MÀ ана ether to gain evidence d np fre the — a 
will pay his landlord. 5s. per aere extra, or 5 per cent, | tithe, on one seeding, and so on; but all these are | deep draining as compared with shallow, prom 
y : р vds qid элу | s multiplied € five to ten. n times, by middling “+ чуч rming. | ту inquiries by ап — and earnest ELS to 
on 51, per aere drainage, the gain will, in various ways, | Those who have watched the discrepant productions of three tons mparative ad of the two ауар; 
= exceed the charge. I may þe asked—why I attach - 50 - МА. ес food рег acre, m at once apply my D Им auper д may тма an diosire to^ 
i 2 í ons. a пошу may be effected in eep, by 
зә; 5 карове! Why, tei та е as | crushing the Oats, cutting the green fotd and mixing with jt a | compensate for distanos dust which T 
well ask me, why I mportance to circulation, pope proportion of straw, &c., instead of turning the horses out these in stances, though Se: 
vital or monetary ! гед water, or stagnated air, | to trample down and defile their food. , do dere fest ths s 
| D С”. . We have abun А; ins dalan aking de 
— — рез of shallow e and effectively атак г land noi h 
To ve, 81st October, 1853. By porem 31st апсат 4 э drained, although e — with ү к! — а ir 
= t E E ~ "rc if not impossible, to ~ — 
E i - T , ainage properly execu тиа 
iat бй» к Ө С. жө” hi TO ЖОШ ment bas fasl Е в numeróns, "обе 8 Pn e Rund 
Cattle and cows AU. WE ^. 189 10 0 dub e compl of деер draining asa 
Implements Go ЧӘ 890 120 Pede ple, that qus qe Morti Pel ade Ай 7 = 
нА "Tillages, hay, &c. dum X how Ма 64 W^ £^ pelli of that principle under апу cireumstances 
урем - An үсү аЬ ЧАА ав... 
0 0 Wheat, ig. 6 bush, per ps 60 acres. an 5 ‚ I чүт up t 
og us 0 0 Barley, 7 mut РЧ. 
пе оета e ағ " пе i599 70 Beans, 5 -—13 » t 100 46 б of the ractice of the ]ast years y tt 
Livestoek bought 1619 0^6 Oats 13 à = Qs 9e р. dites) dió Жуу, of the: em iet a minig 
Er саке МО Feeding purposes; "horsc Produce of tt Жи ret n feet, where adm it of 
Di ёс. b gu 109110 9 ld - four feet, Qutialis w » 
з бо for engine, tradeimien s bilis; 6; 88 0 0 Horse wor fk, bour, hay, manure, &c., for On the next poin a 1 
€ y Сала dien! 73 per KAR 0 private Sstablishinen t. ere y 
T бад qoem sii en Live gh and wool sold 
sevo nitaq oido 080 AL ЕТ E IT: 0 200 tons of Mangold Wurzel са Viena 7 bens e P 
„рет рег acre „. £240 0 0 cowkeepers, 20e. - “Пата 
aad vin o — Є 0 тоб 1® 0. à nd 
а4 ла 1 Гаја ттт „ 151115. 0 * Mains 
меш a fol iilanijud Бил quoda "s (89 bioti bag caet 45 adt 1e 76 и 096 Hv ТИ 
зня ч рза И аана ач e : > 6212,18 0 гноя 8 avad 1 fk 
. umano eo! T insda д 7 эрдей STOCK ACCOUNT. 7" ^ а ш шы» ча 
To Valuation; 1853. Qo ar sadga /21016:16::0. By Valuation 1854. — e 9р6 19:571406. fat in 
Corn, cake, and fee Аш, ab 11021.10.. а Livestock апі 
іон rne Mey. m — ы Lu Veit a ri ii ms Mut ТЕ L 
Ут food oce by the mik: ih тт as follows (this includes the keep of six farm horses):— 
ДИ of Mangold Wurzel. 
uita eres of Ttalian Rye-grass, well irrigated, and five tities ent or fed (4 Mo Cr Ae 00, 
» Second growth -- Clover, irrigated, about 9 a acres, A first growth on 
"20 Mes of Tares and w 
16 Acres of good — te Turnips and Sedes, 
The straw of the 
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Grinding meal, attendance, interest for Shelter, &c., may b idered 
Mr. Mechi's paper was followed by an — dis- Farmers’ Clubs. though the 
cussion, of f which we shall next "MAE "givo give E Lowpos, Dec. 5.—O0n Land Drainage.—Mr. mm abore (ће surface those slacks or eode 
Mr. QN. da € Das d agriculturista: de be Denton read а most mem uec bd Ар me Uu laeks or Етте 
made u bject—the best practi : whieh, when d 
эшне, and es nem fei дөва аз Sepia. as er utbs land inage aut" have yet seen or anarian еши tal € ооу faco rear unu of 
class of manufacturers. His speech gaye а remarkably | to be published in з separate form, and we are Меге эе voler A c 
able and general deseription of the agriculture of we o lay oly an abstract of it iru ini т оа polut is direclion 0 lon this. 
the eotitry. Не eontended that steam eultivators were | readers iugi to some of the points tre Утһе AR cludes as follows :— Ў 
a= I not within the reach of ,Agrieultural disetissión : | author we к һе а чч direct Sendo Dean Не ёш т тй of the praetiee. of the STI 
and that sewage manüre and the liquid system generally paper commences with а comparison of Smith o апа (he principle of Jaying ott v ISTE 
„39 inapplicable to farming. - “Мт. Oakley referred | ston's system and of Mr. Parkes's:— of the ground in the genera — and fanow may be 
‘experience оп box-feeding as superior to allother| c The characteristic views of Mr. Smith were— Ж ua tale of. carrying E. soils without ng 
Systems” fór” the quality of the raantite "produced. | ^ «49r. Frequem nt леа t close intervals of {той 1016.94 fiet dept t the direction of the drains be what they may, а constant 
Another speaker gave a very interesting experience | 24. Shallow exeseding 09 Шин eat аыл. eiae dise ye yer айу securing 
on the application of liquid manure to Italian Rye. | 5ingle purpose ҮЧҮ е depth ot rpetuity py carefully designing, ai сла” 
‘Cai d: tha = i. {hont reference to the vet. dnd Фу ES {һе o outlets with due regard to ry ums 
appearance of P m = the ig fr —— ier ра failing on the wan d ва deed. E Key 
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o pass freely and compie a gm rore е «гелей. shallow, which is mE, the natural 
о eid of the chief low, vith M] ge jor drains thorpe gnre ү” water, which is also con- 
he lesser Боож, (The reason assigned for Во POS Pee. | in the subsoil as carriers of water; MAARAG DE, it is 
d the lesser ho ее t descent was, that ' the ed as fo its practical carrying 4 Ao 
ру ав i s views generally олана гав angle to the surface. жс iones eset that the kn of. the dist ТЕ 
to! criticisms» Ci "Challoner and Mr. preferred to tiles н С | er uneven, scored, and cbanmelled subeoils 
d wp thé'diseüesio with remarks in|  « istie views of. Parkes, then, were-- | face soils ov "Denton them discusses spring 
aii P * Mechi's services. Тһе latter The eha тенебе v at intervals varying ui wil be useful, Mr. Dee matters of. local rather 
: 114 34 ч ist? Less frequen Be а d і : 
"referred. to- the solid form as being, in our | feet, with р aod Me Ина (uy ӨК Ө apas but | than general interest, and to whieh, ғ t 
pam "he most useful form in which to oniy ruin ы ire Mr stagnant and mi оү» agent for | not here refer. His concluding. paragrap и are 
ич, on another E point I had been | о the water falling on the surf А idation; ће. enume all the various 
mas. ot. the culties in the | ° чылгы hat all inn -— — -— = беибо и by law, whether. оп departments of the 
The Мека power as to its Ает to eultivatiom: | .* " Thereisno doubt tha describe ап angle wi powers et 
he surface, m erated companies for the purposes 
Stated his o E ds lists liquid ш manure, and | pat "Mr. Smith was os wrong rear Eee of soi soil is кей шнен. P'We shall at another time go fully 
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