s" THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JaNARY 99, 1994 
years, although the cheapness of the markets sae vd embrace two sorts of Mangel "Wurzel, two sorts | the farmhouse. This had never rer at any time > 
rather have Bap them Y own; the average of| o M nips p Nora crops, and where TA fa vid vhder cultivation, PEN was quite in a state of mm: 
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Potatos, and 17. for vate meat, and a free house,|per acre has pede from 5 to 10 tons, and this silet. e nature of the soil, and the 4. 
equal to 12s. 34d. per week or thereabouts. James increase has arisen partly from the tion of the land—not much more than 800 
Wilson, Wester Cowden. zi ven to the farmers b by this association. The most above the sea level—were favourable to the 
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KrNascorE.— The Ki ociation | the attention it has given so | was accordingly done — not less than 144 m 
was formed in 1857 wit a view T m ove the | breeding and rearing of c ; rn S, , and pigs. "The having been added in this way to the grain-produg, 
ental and moral condition of the farm labourers, a nd improveme nt of the Pdl E in the district during | portion of the farm within the last seven years, m 
I l years has been most marked. ne of | process of reclamation is a somewhat tedious One, 
way the short time it has existed. At the first eae its members (Mr. H e e of Watkinson Hall) | first year's labour ig entirely devoted to the uproot 
ing match there were 46 teams—on the whole the carling been called i istence as a sega of Junipers and Whins, e‘hoeing up of the Hea 
work was very inferior. This year a larger number of breeder, Mosa he: fnstrutnentality of this Society, | and draining. The next season as many of the id 
e wo well Bua m ; asa proof I may | has prod e as fine anima 2 as any in eint are removed from the hill as dug and thous 
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Messrs. Ransome & Sims; of Ipswich, and P Ea of ence; yer e A ug of ernie which this Society | according to the size of vais aed e have bep 
d. i ment is not due t the wor classes n the | pl: ir i 
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since nac xn ge has Ma en place masters have given | means, no vit; of bringing the porcine race to great ae i with Oats or a rd E hei es 
them improved ploughs. The premium ns ook perfection, but un induced habits of thrift and|is heavily limed Ke sown out) with ge e 
is reas xi of notice, as it isin this neighbourhood of | industry w which e quite unknown amongst them pee mes into regular rotation of the 
e" Neve» eio to Vd existence of this Society. A li beral list ei sued operations ave been -—— m 
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holds six disc apti moshinga me ‘November mae al bn provement has yide iteal most vrime] [eder addition to the 8 rable ‘produ of K Ki 
the T in t and 1858 w Wm. Ire pe high ” farming to a lofi 
e best and most aion ih mode of rearing E : elevation, the enterprising tenants have bw 
2 E d old. JArbíctos round on a portion of. the hill-side not & 
The e and most economic system of breaking * than 1300 or 1400 feet above the level of 
Quarterly Journal of ey An No.1. John Churchill | German Ocean, which here lies full in m 
° Whether is it best to M ecd artificial manure or Son. Notwithstanding all the expenditure of labori 
y with artificial sie lately quoted fom a lecture delivered at = carting lime up to nearly the crest of the Lamm 
food ? rencester Agricultural College: re web on the| moor range, the new tenants have already succes 
, ls it necessary that an alteration should take place edu tages to the Merida of general intelligence | in getting 55 acres of mountain land under ps 
in the laws eee to the j penndueut of the high- | as well a s of professional knowledge. and aded Skill To bring in the Heath for permanent pasture isn 
ways in England and Wales In accord | its progress quite so tedious an operation as con 
he comparative pire of different kinds of brin yeaders to become subscribers to the|ing it into arable land. The preliminary openi 
mega food for stock, and whether it is dopey sane m ayes ania above, of bon ch the first | are of course the same—the Heather has to be bumi 
se such; if so, to wh en extent, and best way ? r has t been issued. RU wil 1 keep the em | the Junipers removed, and the large stones rolled 
"The management of breeding ewes. eet is found enough for one year; in the 
f Mangel Wurzel. of Ag when among others, "They oa be placed by | ground is tu rned up with the plough, and allo a 
The best mixture of seeds for one or two years lea. it 3 in nearly the same position as if they habitually fe alow till the third year, when a crop of Tum 
The winter housin ng i of stock. attended the "aep of all the — — is taken off it. The ground is then heavily lindi 
f Italian and common Rye-| They wil read in its pages discussions an sot f b m d 
grass. courses by men of the highest scientific reputation without a crop for permanent pasture, The 
Observations on the alterations proposed and the i im- | on the latest additions to our kno wledge. It w ill be as | field taken in for pasture was sown down 
Ean nts introduced in agriculture during the past | if there rms Perennial Grass in May "e i 
of the Royal Society, the pet eec cnn ‘the with sheep in August of the same ye 
ture land, and the best of Arts, an nd the Social Science Co ongres the month of April this yea Md same field 
od et pkey meadow b ay. Whether tl d di stocked with half-bred koaga” "in the proportion! 
mane yt establishing confidence and im: £ 1 nni t wb: IU certain that it — 63 to the Scoteh à the he shotts, from oa te 
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their labourers. | rank in the esteem of himself and everybody dise. And | ready, were sold in Haddington, at the Christass! 
The policy of j Sus cie up Grass lands, and the best | no one will say ae this is not - — professional as | on Monday week, at 3/. each. It is worthy ome 
means of doing 80. well as merely personal advantag: as indicating the pecuniary value of the im j 
The n eom om na farm holdings being for a term, a and m thus l i 
agreemen| tain clauses, guaranteeing compensa- | The Complete Grazier. By W. Youatt, Da V.S. which in 1863 was found capable of feeding 0:3% 
tion for nna anes improvements at the time of} Eleventh Edition, by Robert Scott Burn. W p , the natural pasturage previou to the 
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The relative merits of high, moderate, and indifferent | g * The Complete € E d as educated by these pages, one sheep to the acre. Fifty acres o! "d 
ht tl rearing, fattening, a na extreme elevation have already been con 
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The relative merits of t" and dairy farming. ment of eattle-—the eco my and m an of the | permanent pasture, where Grass instead of Heine 
The preparation of land for Wheat, its after cultiva- | dairy—the breeding, prone Bes and ement of| given to the stock ; and at the present moment 
tion, and management và the time = - ing. hor orses, she eep, and | swine—the ierteliorm of “disease in | 80 acres on the wéstern edge of the farm adjacet! 
Is ox labour economical in compar ith 1 poultry | Stobshiels, are undergoing the same process of të 
—all that is necessary nown on farm pern 7 formation. Abridged from Haddington Courrier. — 
The desirability of the farmer being well versed in and their pos Ng im e farm implements and Lo au ope en : 
the theory as well as practice of his art. eir uses—the culture and management dd rass 
The comparative wis — and expenses of animal | land—the eultivation of crops, capably [of those for Miscellaneous. ‘a 
cattl and i i manures. | Turni, t deal lately it! 
and - e rnip Seed.—1 h | 
In what does a know tien geology assist the | There is sio. a wn on farm accow columns about the s o-called xi sporting” MU 
farmer in judging the quality and proper treatment of| Some of these subj = are treated more fally than I should be paa i you would allow me to e 
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The relative duties of landlords, tenants, and| | drawn from ma ny MR 4 and it is impossible to doubt | extreme care died by so ur ns 
labourers, with & ot to the mutual social well-being | that any one with a practical knowlege of tho many their much- O i son never practise pire 
of themselves at topi would be mplete grazier.’ seeds “grown. | only from sel ected bulbs. ( 
The use of straw " a farm, There are now many systematic "with on agriculture, | years ago, a a friend o mine an amateur farm r 
, Under what circumstance. is it advisable for the moro or es original, to which m dom es p dead), sowed a small field of Doa on W 
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them in, also the che peopeiety of breeding and M Scot t u ey evidently did not reli line € NC 
Dart rna heavy land. mice the eleventh po of a well sym and | perhaps they would have liked it Lepr resp 
between the Cotswold and Hampshire polarons as representat of the prese nt state c of essa of brandy through it. One of y ater bl 
systems of farming. i Án Min iga vin was of the state of entions Turnips as big as P 
The naturak history of weeds, and the best means of culture then. à " you compared "n to the ji 
extirpating EO have been nearer the mark. NT 
The probable working of the new Highway A Farm ` M à dirty: every weed that ever had a name, Uo 
The method of determining tho. nature and a y | Iishould think, without names, grew th ji 
the Grasses growing upon them , Han — The breaking in of heath | luxuriance. So my friend very wisely sid Me, 
Artificial manures, = relative i land e = t the flight of 13000 or 1400 feet above the level |save them for seed; he did so, and, 9E si 
application to farm cro; sea is nota matter of easy accomplishment. | remember, had about 60 bushels of seed, No "D 
Comparative adea Francis Burnett. | This task has, however, beet een very successfully accom- | will admit that this was a “sporting. yho pf 
: | plished pete dem essrs. W. & J. Jenkinson, ard oe sold to the highest bidder. va io, me t 
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Barn anp p Caza IE "e ty, Si into thi bande in 18, = Kidlaw, sin arm he seeds wo Aon egt Bs ey. She ral ut 
established in May, a E o idlaw—the farmhouse o h stands at an eleva | carries t th first principles of tr ý 
No particular subjects have been di ab d t these 2 d UR ae above the at "ove as at the coi- ms Tu Ern a buys i in I n Er " 
e present lease ; 
às have fallen from the speakers at the ' annual dinners, 750 redi cip § 198 of which were NER | bid the pico p go ra was 
No annual report has been published, except the report | resti pasture ‘I re Aere words, heather.” Like all] Gamp says, “shall be nam » 
of the proceedings published by the papers. The/ hill farms, the s aries very much in quality, small ber i at "certainly a fair prie and after 
eee om At xh x * densely popu. | portions t it OM equal in fertility to anything in | done, this seed, or combination of seed 
qwe aa en » requiring climate to produce " je mixing as " b Ra for 
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. Jand is grazing purposes Fin | inet est crops. Then now tenants on takin e e| E AS o bottles, fou nilght MTS nam 
1 order to meet the demand for milk and butter, its | fhe farm, indicated by th e steps they rock that they they | vot ni t Grow! ng Turnip soed from ag, Be 
d upon the grain and root cropping of the soil | in intended to mg ized a fresh era for Kidlaw. The |i eed at of 100, is nothing 
aes ha "We of m nd comparatively | first thing TEn Wi io Yetim fro the Tieath & | ace ADA it grown from plan or seed, 
lower offered by the! large tract of sloping hill-side immediately south of ‘the market gardener i in Bedfordshire, 
