Joxz 18, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 587 
"was what I had for my 78l, the sum for which Mr. | 57. 14s. Ad. ; No.4, 51. 3s. 10d. As v and 4 were very| There is great truth in this remark, for on comparing 
ted to supply them rough at starting. They are all n ery clean. I need | my crop with my neighbour's three years since, the 
"E contrac nthongh th the Mesérá Ransome'deny me | not trouble you a out the opertis n and co ost on my differe nce in quality alone was 12s. 6d. per qua arter, I 
asa customer on t d October, 1855, they try to make light land; they ke been equ and suce His was sold for 87s s. 6d. 
a customer of me nt ihe d February, 1856. Iinfo ful; it is now "well cropped ami: deti arley was then dear. I sowed 6 pecks; my neigh. 
w, let m 
them at once that I had nothing to do with them, rt brother horse farmers divide the figures öper 4H bour sowed 10 pec 
that it was Mr. Fowler with whom I had contracted eac ch field by 9, A tell me whether they could keep | Ic cou "és multiply the these T P AR wy re 
i m 
eta DC ee Het e then is paia to daheim Mr. R. Ransome's quantities are— Wheat, 1 el; Barley, 1} bushel ; 
** Feb. 28d, 1856. statem ent Tien my success, but in future let him be | Oats, 2 bushels; and as : firm more highly ust 
“We are obliged by the favour of the 2lst respecting | mo e generous than to try to rob me of the credit of | reduce my "epp s. ne can lay down a vx" 
account, and have written to Mr. Fowler on the subject.” originating "- Carlisle pais ly Fowler — draining, Mme or all soils, yee modes of farming, and 
"There the matter ended with them, and so it id and that’s all; he and Howar d are followers of mine in | varying seasons, but we may safely accept a few general 
with Mr. Fowler, for I had paid him the 782, the su Carlie) pri inciples — 
of E contract, and I paid him no more, proving cleanly | in the ae ‘of steam ice ue apparatus ; neither| That very early sowing must be thinner sowing. 
& I stood b my contract, and that it was Mr. | had he until lo ong after my doings in Dec sind 55 and| That very highly manured or naturally fertile land 
to whom I gave the order for the windlass. | Jan 1856, stated then at the Society of A The requires a quantity of seed. 
was not such that would | jatter we know all about, they claim nothing as origin al| That cold elevated a e hera " a more 
to induce me to give more than my contract. | starters, To that extent they act fairly. William Smith, ample se iiig altho cold, rained, and 
om that tbe windlass supplied had Woolston, m — Bucks, May 30, 1864. weedy lands, a full "— etim be ex cted. 
ompletely nsa ros € te p 4 sis valor , : That the quality of seed, whether arising from season 
was notin working order i ——Ü 
^ windlass did engine were required. HOW MUCH TTE ON n SHOULD m Med much nent ÁO 
oo fast by half. The EAT. I know some farmers who sow tail or inferior thin 
A mastered. © Biddle tried thus a THIS im i den answered by ea seed. fut my ease, I not only dress it very close, but 
Ipswich could not have done pre: and you all know far on em éwn fold and i ner own climate, -— after getting it quite clear and free from lizht kernels, 
that two anchors and snatchblocks cannot work the | pe des tried comipatative quisiiim on those fields, | pass it through the blowing machine, so as to have only 
he Woolston system—turning the imple-| under the same circumstances as to sien, &c.| for my seed the very finest - heaviest kernels. In 
n 
ment at the implement at the land's end ; they never | But has each farmer tried comparative quàntities fact, to do with corn, what we do with cattle, begin 
a res dle with th Then wl Ir. R. | either on a small seale or on a large one? with the right parent. 
o dispossess me of tho feredit of When in Hampshire the other day, — extensive) I certainly feel very much indebted to Mr. Hallett, 
originating » Carlisle windlass? I did not n make armer t ld for I adopt his plan of ening first the finest ears, 
either did Mr. Fowler make it; but I Wheat, 3 eee as 4 bob de; ‘Oats, G ‘bushels, ana then the finest kernels from those ears. Agricul- 
for or what purpose else did T goto Carliejle? I S ravalled This raithot ni nishe dm "es es much to that talented and persevering 
0 that place, 250 miles, for loe other urpose, Mr. as ligh jt, I oad, “J enh me you have. arrived at these gentleman, a i edi me very oat Pipe from seed 
Thomas, " living at Liddlin on, and Mr. Bennett, quantities, after —— "esce trials.” The | raised A s stock—and I find no difficulty in 
e Duke edford’s steward, gh d all the pay eol amén up into my friend's es — he candidly | selling his W heats wet sighing 65 td per bushel; I find 
rom Bletchley rw core On our journey ther peni ed at: hà. he E p other | that i makes reap b hd. 
| ex plai ine ed t o them vat I was going to doy + tld quantity, but followed £hó: eus beats the country En conehda 
Well," “fi de your syl; in e: dunt: 
E Eh ce I e 
L3 
et us pe forget verd a Peso mi = acre 
m 3 
hould make the vain for me before I came back 5 s, Ta Carlisle a 
«auUvuwIcI CO! . 
herefore it is not creditable on the part r. R. stub, which will. ori Mire a little trouble. Half an | bushels, and Scotch, Irish, and Cheshi 
m 
"m 
ansome to try to deprive me of this little bad LA 
‘he facts about it are dpc here they are. 
My No. 3¢ ultivato: va patented Mar: ch 1855; 
M mM ct o 
ire 
es t 
paper refers. How frequently a plant t of young Clover 
made | is smothered and destroyed bya aoe — crop. I 
from Bletchley seal n. "Carlisle, 250 miles, on the E remember a farmer near me gettin angry at losing 
myself and a large pa: Cl 
Monday of Carlisle = ie al al Ag ricultural di in Ben Cumberland in eptemie r last. This conversation proves | sow 1 b vitae | of "Duis t to La je determined, " "e 
pis purpose idl n "O å va T al at, G ie je | unmistakeably that ferien generally, ent not - much about the Onts 
PE 7. Eie RU in " E m B 1 aiios «€ relative quantities by moderate ve ari — Fil: qai ie lates SEE 
"The fir pelle Lo d m RN thei fi f Oats that he ever gre From 
Ranson m at Mr- Smith DAL Teror do hic : ard, who is a good authority, gives us he an | a bushel of Oats dibbled I had a very fine edy of corn 
this way I1 home?" bb Vie ir p» yt Ul un 2 Fn increase of 8 for That is, we sow 1 bushel or one an d straw. looking x ít said 
buy a v PN engine, ” waa te rep (Then dii kernek aan giao goot — * What a ducno of straw you have, Mr. Mechi; how 
“Jet us supply you with it,’ es, but I want some : nine | much seed you sow?” “One bushel.” 
windlasses for ploughing by steam power.” After peer nete u«— sees cu treten inge and | said he, “F sow 5 bushels! and have not so ninch et 
m th o id | men ^4] wivery i s not at. 
E reg i: : truetive instance of the proper qiemity of seed per | because I kno r k 
“Let us see Mr. Fowler. We met with him against | aor e pe use w that we get more w " of straw 
|. the threshing going on. After an introduction I 1 pee omen retro ates rie MR E pin E M x * Mechi, 
I X opem to € wbat I ege "- tald, bin! that I " I. a to be the — epe e Ova: Clover field "Phe following conversation may here doted from 
... fhoul money for it, so that if i was goo jo 3 tons of Clover hay |a report: wf i be q 
k e nothig i it ai be my loss. The only stipulation | per acre, was then Pree. == sed miiia: Oona A) of Mr. Mechi's publie meetings in 
Enc pir MR egg eae n EA oro stand a | hen the after crop was euficienlly advance MF. Mot Tay tO You, fatti of. CutilbttiikL had tli 
€ by br edo A TUBIS bon copvinced, for it. MÀ 
gom for the British’ farmer ae A 
19, 
2d tried with cde in June, 1 55. I toivella d m show ee "aon such Vrbe are made, I 
* aps Í knew that Í saw was Mr, x —— vide loss an "wem theinjary of untry. leva th 
oit by j prone l of 
É eai ) e b this fel Jd 1 | vi: 
pe ^i" " vhs was to M: - e esl mis appears to bet right quantity ; and |y; 
himself, for at that time J did not know t hat he had | pudica un mamta for | th 
not works of his own a 
|i : her agriculturists wh mr ed ir 
ireto rm undre: er —The 
ing to order in e tabe e isss, and pd or Pese OF a i: ma ctore Argento = "Hed, P CE Seven. 4 E Em T 
y 
à bit p " y Mr. Hal having a projec tap sens 
| ot; E Aris that v i x Feee, dept pidvent the holes being ty than lj inch. Itis a 
cost of 6s. 3d, ^ ot, |t" 
With lar per acre, exclusive of wear and tear, | = md ud ge AA —À ae aon , 
From that time to ue on m iai the etg ww of the aibble rary Inst end of a return of 9 for | E Stn the one grain in 
cation of the Sie - app Basi. Mis wc I shall ne on these 4 lands a return of at least 200 | a s had guessed © © nutes -— 
cintai de ooit „apparatus, fe i: It was dibbled in October _ This xperiment | o! qe De pu. 
4 the. most. cultivate his own farm at Woslsion with | lias atre Br its my eo eonviction te: ‘thnk ie 
? À results; and to ntroduce Lia ring and time of 
j » Y ppa us. idely and | quantity of seed. In this 
| datter part of € be worda prove the correctness of the ; would 
| application, Teil give a S quoted above about successful | of opinion, that the drills 
full report o ane Operations, | to 6 inches apart, so as to have the seed well dispersed. 
of this year’s cropping on my farm On a field — v c and Cabbage, I have | Produce 
Field No. l.In 186: eM a mtn bl ram 
n 1863, Clover fed rogressitig favourably, 
Steam culi ated ence, d i cee eth DE later. Also on a field of Perle whee! angebe. ow 
uad ies ‘ae well as 
Field No, 2. Clover tained hon Barley looking well. | Jands have 14 peck per acre against 6 pecks à h ry ingredient in 
ge 3. one cultivated once, 7s. per acre, and that the | Surely each farmer will ascertain for himself, irre. | manu: eB PN n CK is a: 
: in 
for Beans. They ai ee ve of ancient customs, by a small comparative | (bone-dust) rops, 
"MS Prior iron rial, what mper — his eae eee That we|nitrogen. As, under the English system of iterate 
seed for modern high | husbandry, the former are generally returned to the 
d 
Field No. 4, ‘Steam cult 
cost Ze. per acre. When toot’ ig yeaa pi sow 
used on this land exce 
ever No manure what- " i by th d the ra r 
farming there i: ee. p= n doubt. I said to an eminent e in a great degree by the manure, an e 
ap tun A straw and wa water, E en iit toe KA "d Dreri yesterday We shall have a fine Barley erop, [is to a grent i extent dissipated by the da of c 
He PE PB UR k3” he saidT fear there will be too mueh|or ttention 
* hus. renta acre for nine ire be on each of these — p 5 rage te m the cause of his fear, tin said to the nitrogenous manures. be uM ie m Mr. Lawes’ 
YX including steam laid alfenid , d i6 will be of interior | experiments that under ordina stances 5 lbs, of 
10d.; No, 2, Prae lis, 4d. ; No. 3, quailty, cn on malting.” ammonia will necu a veka" of “Wheat, We 
