422 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 30, 1:64, 
trated, to ba NDA the agricultural management l management of | attended their efforts. We shall make many extracts | from the others. ~ 
land. He and publish them hereafter. cakes of various e d to be giv n to stock of 
imate es yery much upo the fitness of the Mr. utton’s paper, taken from the Journal of the | different degrees of simon To economi the Gragg 
earth’s surface to retain the sun's rays, and upon what Secular Society of England, describes in full å ore stock, we should have à 
becomes of the tege mu ram T uu wu — uy the plan whic he has f found successful. We have cory a combine balk. with nu qe fe sif 
there is no worse conductor of heat than water. 10 h tracted from its pages. We hed € give a ‘certain ‘amen ot 
lout for a long time to the top-of a kettle before you tàn | already more than once extracted ‘ror am 
= it boil: s " tion would à on from the surface, but The PHONE are passages descriptive of the experi- itla er D an ox, “we Mould have it m ane tier "e 
the water below would temain comparatively cold. In the | enee of Cheshire farmers, taken from the former of pd say in 6 Ib. daily, rather than in the a tae 
case of ordinary boiling, by heat applied to the utra the thede nee eke: wd rated Rak " . One great advan io i "4 
bet by the RR ma h psa ree rne On Mr. Atherton's doen at Chapel House, Speke.| using c cake on the Grass is ithe keeping of the Grasg 
ton, the colder ones falling down cote prom — heated. | —« This claimant’s farm is 168 acres, — he iau P for Ker in a progressive state. 
direm: this you will see why the eHoct of the Pubs laying down 36 acres. The land is a good loam, 
— — Oe ended. pos oce ary ae Pane tie land was mown twice, tg been aes dee for the Cottage. By Jeptha Young, King’s 
surface 1s hea evapor: a e e: A 
thus carried off requires as much heat as would raise 54 | with tiles, The seeds sown in "April 1861, quantity Stanley, anim Gloucestershire, 
gallons of water from the freezing to the boiling point, thus | and variety sown were—10 Ib. Red Clover, 3 "lb. Alsike | Thea recie handloom weaver, kias known to di 
4 i md | 31b. White Clover, 31b. Trefoil, 31b. Rib Grass 1|asa worthy labour ing man, who is 
yop mr the. uo erem iym bushel perennial Rye-grass, 3 lb. B4 2S Fescue, 3 1b. | disease, and during his frequent illnesses i^, intl 
required Agere it, chilling the plants and einge on to | root pas meadow Fescue, 3 lb. smooth stalked ditto, rhyme the events of his EL aded eking out the 
the wickly yellow sppesrance/nf the ‘Wheat, so commen = 2 1b. Crested Dogstail and 21b. of Foxtail. ihe 36 acres | [E earnings of his loom by - Lr of his 
of 10" to Up emer gp A edes that =e nd claimant | pent boom e ex his aeiio 
drained and those undrained, though similar in other ated ng d one field 1} tock until Ak r collec tior of m — verses was noticed some 
respects. This undrained ground, again, being thus | the middle 2L A ; P was then aget with guan l Je ptha s us p 
oras haa d dene to ehil fuo nie Bae | di - © | and nitra! , and 3 owt, of this "t applied | t the readers of that notice. purchas 
we seo such land et to fogs, hurtful to man | to the acre. the crop on this field was tall and thick | of his sixpenny painphlet at that tim 
“and by intercepting th: Toys of the sun further | on the land, the sca vae set with nearly all the He has now sent us a collection of the pieces which 
ning TM ire FU qd eem uen Grasses sown, and altogeth have since accumulated. Though they are for the 
the ocean, it, im the state of vapour, contains a much Musgér Number 2 ae ma ipdresol with similar mixture | most part mere rhymes, ye pog the stanzas ere 
pi -of heat than it did as water, this heat becoming w åt | and about t ime as No. L e was equal to ang which indicate both great er natural powers, and 
assum: ds o orn aot falls ‘al ath, Eei E 46 No. 1 i aria and Sigh of p h greater effort and resolution in the labori 
thnt mage ri meh charged nm "yapour, we bave, as it | of greater length. h fie lds hing rate. and we | Work of self education than are commonly displayed, 
were, bottled up in an invisible state both rain and heat. The | very rarely see any S YT Š We quote a single verse in illustration of the abili 
rain thus warmed falling upon the earth and X freely |. On . 8. Fenkinson’s farm at en. —“ This | of the author, from'one of his longer religious pi 
— a7 ta nöt only moisture but w — Aag elaimant's farm às s 189 npe and claim: r laying descriptive of the Journey of Life. In this he very 
ad whilst to ill-drained land the former is soon — strong was San p te 5^ ciens up his argument as follows :— 
lost and the latter is an oe. t ue it an to e on seeds ware an in 1861. The land h n -—— pon Y South; the frorn jot 
^ : i ur tbin n ra ravellers 
sale 406 eens abet 90% X to ias your soil to the been drained, "y ao erie of seeds Bown w ere And thousands - from East to West 
condition of undraiped land, and that you must thereby | —1901b. meadow Fescue, 1301b. Poa trivialis, 104 M " REL Loa a est.” 
encourage surfat 
Ace evaporation and consequent cooling. If it | Crested fog age Mal Fescue, 104. Poa pratensi These 
he more desirable system would seem to be, to | 140]b, Rib Grass, 1 Red Clover, 801b. White 
E right more than the 
: h some of the h Clover, 721b, Trek P “Cor G and 18 busbel " 
below, dnd ‘so allow the heavy rains to which we are subject, to over, 419, 2rei “oul, à iv Grass, a 8 | 
perodlate freely, leav rec FY Ba dieat 
are 
dui 
Ten. MERE. which ‘they iuh. hiteets excited, 
ae here ertheless, fe a sure that vasi 
address of 
variable qualities of the atur , was equal in vari Grasses £o the best seen this 
tions ther; these ate, its ht, ; author amich i is gives above), he ‘my ry repaid, if 
dinh Hno und, " ref) db ition al year. It had been top-dressed with 24 tons of the best | hot py the pamphlet which will be ie Bae 
e gee ged to predicate the weather guano to the acre. Seein Ee im — M | return, at least by the —— that d rut 
o ha ell to bear in mind that in the months this case for the same pre the crop was walked | jatution has been well bestowed 
pori Eto to sierso of the ura crop, i the dew | through í carefu ally i in different quits ind found fully as a8 
*toore tian five or six degrees below the temperature | 00d as 
; 1 Turnips may safel o wy; for though | .3. e x G. Halsali's s farm at Haleba nk, Homes Without Hands, By the Rev. T. G, or 
yet the soil will imbibe sufficient mois: Warri is 182 acres, ind Part III. contains an E accou 
ge 
re of the 
s i r el, the m the Sting the 
"ho ait in aadh “wane aiarad | He ‘latins for "ging down 18 acres. The soil is strong | Stormy Petr ! 
dà tho Gentis. con aan loam on clay. The seeds — sown under Oats in 1861. Toucan, the he Swift, and — other birds which either 
tensive, that it would afford materials fer | The Oats following Wheat; the land has been drained, make their home by burrowing or by aking So 
woven ay fao to | and ma a cwt. of panu T fhe | of holes already made. A short chapter is devoted to 
some of out wr Younger mo mbes epe és to to follow it up, and T| acre. Quantity ani variety of seeds sown per — | burrowing reptiles, and an Rr to burrowing i 
promise them they will find it a path of abundant interest and | 31b. Red Clover, 31b. Cow Grass, 241b. White Clover, brates, land erabs, and ‘other erustaceous | creatures, 
enjoyment, The SOME signs of rain, given by the celebrated 211b. Alsike Clover, 23 Ib. Rib trass, 2L 1b. Crested 
ied. eT le eee tie DEE DOT, | Bega, 816, Pos pratensis 3b. Poa trivialis, 1 peck | le are pave hich is written in a popular style 3 
The hollow winds begin-to blow, meadow Feseue, 1 peck hard Feseue, $ peck Cocksfoot, | young peo 
1 give clouds, ws black, tir i asi lov $ bushel ftalian regnum $ A perennial mon ens 
i s down, the spaniels sleep, grass. This claimau gius $4 s tall and thick, & E M 
spiders from their cobwebs peep; randa. 
st night thesia went palo do having succeeded well lover, Cow Grass, ais 8 Liscanp HALL, NEAR BIRKENHE AD, m Littledale, 
moon in halos bid her head ; Clover, White Clov ver, Dosa Grass, and Fescue all a Liverpool merchant, herë owns * 400 a es, and the 
Ane linga LE MTM ANI. Lain ana on the land, fo rming one of the best turfs for debuit Gr (ahi irrigated i is 65 a acres, in the yr aat so 
aa adi aito, the abana! dell ron pipes are laid for operating over 1 e lina 
cx sored itid liquid was thrown over the 65 acres named three 
Hark, how the chairs and pora crack?! M Lean and må, Topes De Descriptive Vrae ae and Price | in the season. A portion of the la water 2 tered is stron 
Loud quack the ducks, th ks cry, loam on clay, the other portion is sandy loam on iee 
oen hills are dines ans se We ‘notice this capa “trade list, Which | contains a stone rock. Y here are ar two miles of iron pipe 
ow restless are the snorting swine, great deal of useful agricult um ei apos ir the | laid under ground about three inches in di 
1 et mate wea kite we itis, purpose po mM e mer of Pa ae = ing Taps are fitted to the iron piping at various places, 
cricket, too, how sharp he sings ; Sick ` mm t of copes e as to accommodate about 8 ncres by one fap. Gatts 
ipia on the Bé Éb, With velvet paws, rienee in the improvement of Grass lands to which + Sie tap at such a point of 
wiping d e EE jaws; alluded last week :— p Yn z Me je showering the i 
or 
jr os estah t po io ómtionr re “Mr. M*Lagan, Pumphers shown us ho ar | headed, Bà ve he satin xim is wor ia 
nione x ai Ane, | Grass fields can be “kent in €; ny even iiA. WOW a VO geo perc end of the piping 
xod the dexy del last night : — We been successful in having good | «os ig attached) directs the water evenly on the 
on D acd "pe ec M kv improving "e es in —— oa i the -—À of the land, and the other man moves tta pi 
The vi AN ee cae ae — -— ph ta — Sct ps. pet wet as the surface is dressed. Water hue cn SA 
sro as ange ki the field, discit e ot acre, bs been pastared obtained at any season, which is directe T 
nd ina is | for 10 years, ye 
In this 
All liquids from the farmhouse, yates ^ 
Dp M bie Sanh for too fA ves aces, after Bigaa, sandi AE ad. 
: wa ON. cattl ing, piggeries, ae AL into t "ü 
$75 5 Watt c des ry se e SS from there is raised by a steam-engine of robo 
é extra feeding, Bon Pe po eod. tf the main iron pipes $ 
z pity = ron of the Sra, vic became Kocommodate the land to be watered. "The pipi 
fee the oa pearing walls " ged? As a remedy, cake was again sorted 4, aud. about 3007., and the tanks (both of whieh e dh 
will eee ten I see with sorrow, two months in spring, eR om a scarcity of brick and made water tight) eost 8001. rted J 
‘Dur jaunt SOUCI cider Grass, halfbred ewes and Ja Watt Wllowel at the | 2/776 stook on this farm are niinis Sappos cub a 
Avcordial vote of thanks to Mr. Harrison, and another | rate lb. of ea bandi do f p DRR ake for during oo the Grass, Clover, &c. being CS er | 
to the Chairman, terminated the proceedings, each ewe ‘per Phe first year there caried daily as the Pun. requires it; edes p 
TS SE ittitnente improvement in the Grass; the in on ent bsp bi — rse stock is Es wi Fae ge É 
3tbíctos. from the ewes i paid we the extra feeding, aud the 3nd besides $ pio oboe ost complete 
improved pasture w nbo tite While we The system as here detailed economises mos TP T 
Sogn of Pring fe est nt Tp advocate more land beng 1 p pasture, we Would ‘insist all ihe liquids sob ven [os and gg” tome 
pee ae B. ‘Ryder, | upon the pasture being made to keep tore stock. We | msPectors have n furnished merits of h 
(A, Church Street, Li havo indented the modo of doing this by giving the showing 3n cash amount the comparative 
Down Land Pasture. By | stock ‘a ather aet ‘food, on the Grice, | System to that of the ordinary mode af keeping 
we aereis: x ea tezo t for the aske | no hg os tie peice bend Jury, € M can be e > ataok ce Meir ; 
of tha’ Which they have i in common: instr ) remunerative, ag om the ENE RCS adii 
art of laying down a permanent pasture, gode | of th m "ge long ve te relative e or stock and Miscellaneous. . ! 
attends the a mees of ee ju feeding stuffs continúe as they are, ib will he found Seago of Cheese Farms —1: Alfr 
F T oered in ft ble to wse the latter on Grass, more particularly | Vernon, Oneida amem Sm — Number of cows, 470 9. 
fen, for works of irrigation, for the making (t esos, | e went in eundipion. o Sud, héiveyes, conu. | MOAk EID 695 Ib. cheese made ; 10:1 1b. mi s 
EOM t€ for many other agrieul- | mend the use pon eel with cantion for lean | 1 1p, diy cheeses cheese sold i= 13 cents pet Uh. 
tural operations, Ce | i these in aes. condition. . The same | eost of boxes, bandage, salt, &c., cents for ji 
by the several competitors, with the results which have! profit would certainly not be derived from them as! price charged by cheesemaker for making cheese, = 
