THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
(FEBRUARY 20, 1964, 
rate of close on 5s. an acre, which is a very good aver- 
age performance To this must be added 661. 12s. 6d., 
of named for tear god wear, 
9s. an acr If 
brin "gi ls the whole up to close on 
d hardly 
i great object is to grow plenty of corn, o of which I 
have 100 acres annually ‘out of my entire holding of 
170 acres. 
This abundant season s hav 
8 acres of Red and 8 acres aot White Wien "sold out of 
the field, or rather off the k before thatching, | as 
realised near 167. per acre, the produe e bei ing 7 quarters 
and Beans. 
and about 4s. 
bringing the cost "of nae Pulibreitd up to 
per a 
It will be Qwrted a the work is charged to Mt 
to Mr. Dewe 
fs 
the charge is a mere question of account, and 
e. be to keep : an account vamp shall esa show | 
plough to the College, it is right | 
to ‘charge the pie at which it conld be y^ one y the 
horses of a sam And- this, seeing that the work 
included n plo oughing at 5 and 6 inches but 
digging ind string 10 and 12 inches, is probably what 
has been done. In other two cases, of course the | 
reris 
cost of the ar Ne i5 anthi gw to do with 
the fairness - the price That 
ys seta solely " E Fam of the n work t that was 
mplished, Twelve shillings pe e is probably a | 
fall price k: Erawati ploughing on "the ie Cotswold Hills. 
Seventeen ings is certainly a price likely to be 
underb: ea - rival, either horse or steam for wor 
inches deep on adhesive so 
The ea pm some of the akiring A of the 
autumn work 
"i 
mile, two hours w^ one hour in preparing 
burning 14 cwt. of co Sept. 
—Engine and apparatus 
removed to to No, 29, 3 of ^ mile, r.i é tiis morning, t tackle fixed, 
need wo rk b; A r fallow 
ished9 a 
at 
erroe & on Turnip 
etches—did NA. M before 
Rape 
x To be teat next uiis 
A Quir el T 6 reri 
dot el fo ug ine puis 
ata Paying or all the vs 
and sometimes w 3 en this Ae jon 
a twinkle eK 
‘of the countenan 
a sort of “nil” expectation, STA 
TT “Here p ini stock balance sheets for the last prescribed by by Ad. 
two years, and 
bou 
r occupied in removing the apparatus | 7 
us fields have 
been 6} and 6 q 
quarters “of Hote 
ack Oats; of ‘this much is due to 
ep cultivation, md sin nage. 
ter: 
g 
of Red Wheat per acre. 
command, we may take liberties in cropping. Rive 
Wheat suits our heavy land better than Barley. 
J. ^ 
Bay 
my Saat poor soil, the root and green ipee are M tery | 
heavy— | tur 
| far as I can learn, of a positive compul sory p 
= 
enl p 
under the * Land Drainage Act 1861,” the 
een worse than no othin ng. A rbitr: atio 
it it (). 
rveyor of t ‘the highest character as an 
oat p as a a pu usiness, 
umpire. Thea DN 
as he considered (a 
1n 
t | satis fae rui. evidence red "e 
| S had been E instead 
| y this, stress tad = — pening” and “c earing” to 
esti as 
TIPTREE HAL eq n this case (and it is the typeof 
Live STOCK ACCOUNT. ede wasa ice [o 
T Oct Se p^ £737 18 0|B is i5 pat. . £749 18 8 be ppring pas made his awards. Ba 
o dun y valuation car knows what is in it, oe pie Tey - 
ea ke e steak bas e costs, which I pai explained, ital to it 
bought .. .. 534 6 0| dairy produce, x and so the water way, which had been blocked 
To balance 238 6 8| and poultry 1299 5» by his kindly disposed neighbour, after it was wae 
£2049 4 5 £2049 4 5 | Serviceable, remains in a condition worse than it my 
eid originally. Three acres of land is all that is affected, 
Oct. 31, 1862. Oct. 31, 1863. and the applicant is content to bear the evil, and the 
To valuation — .. £749 18 8 N valuation .. £317 19 11 | charge for the drainage under Government; than 
To bey stock bois "feat won old, pay more than the fee simple value of the drained 
addi aie 0511 ^0 dai Produc, land. This is the result of proceeding under the last 
To balance to credit T ule 1 12:4 16 3| Act of Parliament for securing outfalls, 
of root and adore ——— his will sound incredible in this draining” age; but 
rops n £2202 16 ?]|itis true; and ng as my single voice alone is 
£2202 16 2 raised to expos surdity, m. ng will be done, 
prev But the absurdities with respec vg outfalls are no 
CROPS CONSUMED (ONE YEAR) 1862-3. 
12 acres of Globe Mangel 4 acres of mo 
6 acres of Swedes The Sen 
2 acres of It: ae Rye Grass 7 acres of Red love 
acre of pas 4 acres of pasture. 
ALT, ania FREE, cer 
THE fo aa ing is a resumé of the Bill brought in by 
the Cbsitibellbe of the Exchequer to we the — 
of malt duty free to be used in feeding cattle: 
Ex r^ 
r, Which 
-- haa 3 rson giving security and taking be a Hense may 
tip a Leu der approved by e pem for the 
so made and mixed h Linseed cal 
oe me divested shall be free n du. 
2. The qi eme is a bond to her Maji, with 
of the Excise, not to take from any 
FÉ except duly mixed with material 
the 
just as if they were clays Fequiting eération and were 
smalec ect to the same influenc 
At this zc ee neatly 20 years experience, We 
he e did i ne d of our 
p iin not io & t we are 
e EE inj bir ‘the ites Sanii P T country, 
and vids rre affecting the free soils in the dang 
of the lan 
I will eg gon * Gloucestershire Drainer” "to join with 
me in s an inquiry into the whole question. J. 
n, 52, Parliament Street, Westminster, 
Home Correspon 
are as nearly as ible the 8. The malt Tione Eist be properly named upon its door. 
A e st years.” I sometimes add, “ Ho ei kini : made in it stall be fiepoeiind in a dax room, way ux wet c me the favour 
much do you get for y and root crops ?”” and | as the al be conv € gem upon such notice | lately to insert a few remarks rein aM 
the reply I from rs on unimproved soi 5. The mal shall e sécuré rooms in A malt- | trate ae myself on the working a E new Act in tbe 
too often, “ We get from 17. to nothing per acre, after | house, to be proved iting by the supervi for DNE: sn nion. At the same tim ou copied from the 
paying for the corn and cake.” And perhaps the|Sindine the malt made by him in such m house, and | Mark e Express a reply to Mr althorpe signed 
t confirmation e this is that dealers and others who | shall be properly esie ated ks pt locked eu bre AT byan * ld arish Surveyor. Probably Mr. Calthorpe 
purchase the n fier TA dide than IL Wal of Boisa, o m FAA : per has not seen that letter, but as aa ae 
of Turni mo t-h " | 
pind resi erop of ey give the Pu ground and rere a ser nde rin m haat ee ine Ehe lost another umi to the rate-payers of xe p. wit 
5 es they will ERE uS A RU, of ground Linseed cake or Linseed meal; your readers should hear what he says ar d 
cake—I barn now of sonth and country, not such a degree of fineness and in such manner as the answered the arguments of the “Old Surveyor 
of or the north and west, where among high eth Se shall approve, and mixed togethe r in He says:— 
5 ip tbe liad ws t quantity not less than 40 bushels a$ a time in the presenci letter of 13th J I said in ference to the work- 
have a nao — suitable to the Turnip crops, | 7. Tue: máltster shall keep aceont of the quantity of all malt | 2 rot ris Aot in the Docking Union, that Em 
which ere from ther | mixed as aforesaid which ho shall from time to time send out o pense would be heavy, but a compa g this; the 
hindrances a dry atmosphere, or deliver from with the dates and addresses | Dade by its advocates that I adduced no proof of MUS 
he following, hi j f . The roads 
My brother agite mat nof expect sch | Zuipen Mom rid mies mal i oso ser | EWES mecnm Pace fat ER 
as 57. to 72. per acre on poor land, after paying} 8. If any n shall attempt to separate any malt from | °Pemse has n eraged so much as 2d. in the pound, inde 
for 207. worth of purchased food consumed with each | 22Y ma a which the same shall have bes Y ixed have already paid under the now Act, a rate of S ien 
] e and root crops, unless they adopt a2 shall use this malt for the brewing of beer or dis- | P0923, E ae ed s fat a bas beet 
M of feeding, like that recommended and 9 and Fep The Sunities oF pi tite ve ted. ——— : been much mo m eyors. a 
[se a ely 1 8 MES 1 ewe aoe tac bear g + This Act shall Siete: in force for five years. ha Tt it been in the ag nds of one of pia sooated Po 
A : e the old Act, with th l 
rief with my farm and house sewage pee -aoatisdhian w i EN Aprin bi "y y recone 
acres pasturo and Ry rum, Farmers must lea ENFORCEMENT OF OUTFALL. per mai gee rtis n napect tor of 
their and much of their | I cANNOT resist the compliment paid e Nol ointment ' 
other atra me by the similar to the I tor of Nuissnoes-am app 
(rope keep their animals well sheltered in die tates Drainer,” ad at ‘once give s his the under t PEE Ear val A Aot bas wo v d o Soot 
All these tend to produce — wires on the t of compulsory | many counties with success, but I f diat is tds j 
the root and mare Cai inde fo a m |" "There oe Scu HRS di ies incorrect. If we were told in What counties, we could 
7001.-worth of fad 1 jament which w. information by inqui nion, a major 
ve him the 'orcin, P Wh the Act ad ted in th Docking U! wish 
shelter I "eto MT ower of enforcing the object if he likes ot the Waywardens mot ft in A tbe b best spirit, oe ith i 
to t uardist 
“the T na PES pri vate eo Acts; or — Aree pare also Wa Wa: miata are s Eon — 
Lan depo c an 0, under superior m n I te eet 
s popularly | Pz, e quien tint, etr ower to Me 
called. By either oF these Ae hi talon; beside LUE Do fake measures for -— ic 
pose if he ——— amie a viet: will, overcome | Highway District, as ided for by 39th sec. be carried e. 
therto acted, as every | hd that it is believed that the mo on wil oneni 0 
ems oom cae man know the they wala, asa complete ow Ak is tot working wall or. — di — ET 4. 
le In conci Ww on. 
dificaltes arise out of the obligation im mposed made solely, froni Y i conenietitio0 to do good ds 
atti asd soot ep on every f not only to pay | °° information as fro PM ct experience 
: ears, An a 
«€ expenses Vido bey — may warrant staing; arid Üherüfora fai with the 
costs, but all Mme e the old Act, I felt myself in some m 
Delite. the shape of Wer s witnesses an p well let this letter bei 
kno 
| the fee simple value of the land improved 
Ta he Tast eas in which I acted—the only case, as 
weer gt for the most | Sa 
expenses I wn to 
by 
pens Pe adek and his neighbours) na Í 
Took to d orovioin cause 
* Old Surveyor" says, e otwit 
charges of salaries to clerk, surveyor, 
are reduced and the roads improv 
