Manor 19, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 277 
— years, and the subdivision of the crops in each | mixture _adapted to the soil. The old Clover leas | had only seen the steam cultivator in operation where 
= ree afforded the opportunity of removing till the Spring, giving a fair run to | it was worked successfu! ol 
Miio, such as Clover, to 14 and 21 years. Another | the sheep. sed a mixture of Trefoil, Dutch} Lord BERNERS, lin proposing a vote of t _ to 
advantage accruing by this arrangement, of saving a eda we Talian Grass. The cost of seeding this| Mr. Hughes for his lecture, endorsed des uf 
deal of horse labour, was the time allowed for urse caleulating the cost of the seed, emere ae Howard SR ur P the 
the preparation of the ic bed for each crop, | was Ti A E 10 acres, or 2s. 94d. per acre. The next | steam cu EE or. 
ially th i i 
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was passed unanimously, and the pro- 
gt the Mice vedi y 
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Men E pies and Mangel Wurzel, the | was in Tares. The Tares were cut for the use 
latter getting summer as "well as a winter | horses, the manure was carted on at once, and ploughe z 
fallow, us 'aftording a a weather-made surface. One |in as deep as possible, and often as early as May the ee 
of the pun st blunders orc all made in farming land was under summer fallow for n He used 
was, that wh for this 18 loads of ie manure, good farmyard dung, | 4 Lecture on the Breed g and Management of Sheep. 
giving it t were rending and tearing the|and the cost of carting, spre iar lave Wikis and! Delivered before the Wa yland Agricultural Asso- 
es wo Dine a ped ges er collateral advan-| preparing 8 acres for Rec d el after Tares was ciation. By H. Woods, Agent to the Right Hon. 
tage arising out of this septennial division was the | 207. 7s. 6d., or 2l. 10s Lord W alsingham. Ridgway & Co., P iecadilly. 
opum of the peri riods of sowing into small tasks, so Md the seeded land w ais ; Ciber ‘on which was now This remarkably ins structive lecture, which sp been 
one were f begun in good Bine to be pro- ende d for Swedes sand eh m nips. The | I een 
ott to an awkward season, to the detriment of the deep in d he expense type for some time, a and is waiting for penton in 
em itself, and the hindrance of all the work of the | (artifici ial manure root AE r own. It will appear as soon as room e found 
farm. The summer preparation for the Wheat ren-|amounted over sii acres die, diede md B —À for it, and i in the meantime it is n fer in apy ere 
dered it perhaps the latest seed time of the season Tu po EM storing, to 8/. 15s. 9d., or 17. with additional matter; and we are glad to 
affording the best opportunity for thin and early |an acre. The go exea i pre paration for Lena | name it here as one of the very best addresses on its 
| sowing, and the leas remaining unbroken through the | was that laid pe Italian Rye-grass in „the oring subject that have ever been delivered, 
latter part of the winter gave a firm and healthy This was an astonishing plan irs yx vigour ; it was sold 
run and feeding ground for the sheep when the by Sutton, as Reading. In propiring this dtivístuir for 
ploughed lands would not bear them. A good roots. the t » lage 1 was a a lit tle ore expensive than i and Calendar of Operations. 
MARCH. 
ie Sperone ISLE iu^ Ery: Marc = agen —At las 2H sof the. an 
from the Clover lands to the Turnip lands. e | course was "the green fallow. After the Mangels w mercem dn great it dévoghh. bo the aust was blow r ng in the 
E e t some con i 
venient spot, so as to supply the sheep with stubborn ; cost upon - eight acres 
as little cartage as possible when they were driven 16. Os. 4d., y" “22. i LUE upon one acre. The seve ent 
e Clo H 
considered his system yer adapted to the|removed he ploughed as early as possible, "d — and on edm cbe like Man 
| T et u Bao i r- | put i : i ; i looked for in November iz, continued fogs followed b; 
grim jc he sheep took in the he farmed the soil was so exceed- hoary rains and sno ow. ‘the last woek, expecially; h has been 
the the tubbles, : ver came upon the land ingly ‘stift that sometimes in an _ awkward bit or| wet; the Ouse has overflowed, ana the Huntingdonshire 
tended for Winter mn Directly tł for he had found | meadows are all inundated, and the waters are pouring down 
too wet for them he removed them to the old Italian | | it better to get it up at once, and r^ it remain without Min through Welmore Lake Sluice, again into the 
Rye-grass, and when ‘that got short he sent them to|acrop all the winter. The whole of the root- ^ii Ouse, and away to sea by Lynn and the Norfolk estuary cut. 
the early white Turnips. If wet set in they were | was - prepared and put in order for the su er | We have not had so heavy a flood fora long time. Low-lying 
brought off to the fold on the old lea ground, and | green crop as soon as nen and the most profitable — eri tan enough, and all the Fen engines, 
there supplied from the store drawn for the purpose till | he found was pe w the ‘same manure as for pumping the waters into the large drains to be conveyed to 
they could be got on the Turnip land. All the | Turnips. The Mangel dosi was put in at once with | ‘old Ocean” as speedily as possible. The Middle Level syphons 
got again p P i hoe - 
about bestowed on the sheep was well be stowed, for | the new green crop for summer consumption. He did | erected across the main drain just Il e Wr i Baer 
ou ips. ill 
The whole y tested, and fro 
home, and in the dunging of the land. ve pi roceeded |expense of preparing for the green fallow after the | the experience of the last two or three days we are inclined to 
to take the crops year by year. He commenced with Mangel was 62. 12s. 4d. vs - 8 bere N or 16s. 64d. per think Mr. ginge nie pi eg ger m be fully realised. tia 
: ave also had a "d ser f frost as well as downfall since 
the new year an fu. EE. we had several ME 
owever, 
thinking that would come better when he explain Turnips was 4l. Als. 3d. over 8 acres, or ri ag er acre | nights, with the roan ‘uncovered, but no perceptible injury 
of the preceding crop. But, supposing ct that the was sustained by the growing crops; indeed, the Wheats only 
ure 
the Wheatstubble to be on the land, he found he J} 1 Ez to have mon et a salutary check; whilst all stiff, 
r ious soils desi i ps we oroughly pul- 
egr: n seed-bed t| 
mas the soil was turned i 
the Barley. He used at 
soil 
could Ww very cour ao. quality, and, | The nex ie was with qoem to pieces of land that apes 
taking the average of very much | had not — proppe ed at all, a bare winter fa allow that wards made could not have been desired. This weather 
larger quanti ` mee ben eu "ind as he was | was plough and | s. e followed, oy a fall of snow which covered the ground 
speaking of o tubble than after Turaips or any | put in ie ue in February, and cultivate d as for 
roo ar) M ample time was afforded to get | Rape, the cost ‘iain e 1e on 8 Ur ded or 19s. lid. 
wW 
good £ service a all vegetation. The Bais however, had scare: 
i * n frost returned, and the 1 
the land into ect condition for Barley, and the|peracre, The avera of tillage in the three | locked up for some days in its embrace, and farmers became 
preparation itself was such no fear of | preparations after the Pen crop was 1l. 17s. 8d. per | snxious for suitable weather for putting in their Beans and 
he p 
^ hawin; 
y the other course, He ploughed the ied in a | farms. be ma rincipal features of his system were that | bas veered into S.W. The fogs a } 
it befor ore Christmas with three e and once in iren. allow ved for the preparation of the seed beds a "improved tho appearance of t iod etary Whesta; elu. 
the first dr 
‘St 
followed on | ing cut, and in some instances sickly, and there appeared 
ing. e th i such a way that sufficient time was | reason to apprehend a | atten: We have sown 62 acres 
purpose, a very tight implement, | ry Rich d the mere for a ged wea Eelt surface for the seed | f Beans, Lud e te Tof Oats. We also 
was lifted completely up as deep as it had been which was to come. The next most important was in getting one day’s work done ere the weather 
he effect of: fi l ff oy - 
: c nd 
Barley on clay lands. He twice cultivated with elis which much expense was saved. Upont e old system V y 
cultivator with four horses, twice harrowed, drilled 14 they had the spring corn hanging over their heads s Uu ACA B for E pe ta e 
tows of 8 feet with three horses, and light harrowed | that must be got in at a certain time, and consequently | read: | read r becomes vour: 
afterwards. The total cost of the tcm for | the roots must be got rid E they Sd ed « zondáled | able. BET. have M of 430 sheep inre 
o pu on” the s p d ni 
the beginnin; ing to the end over 9 acres, was weather was - owed to do a great deal that otherwise | food (ie latter being rome: made). The ib pint o sheep pont 
ox ud or Ka 4s. 3d. pe acre. He had good | cart horses implements would ba ave to do, and it rm g the same, oubl 
salt marsh: l e n i i 
e "The first year he Mies Wheat, the second em ey; idm at pem pem when the land would best bier V EET irri iarri oh did by getting on la 
and the third Beans and Peas. For the third crop he |8 shee back in the night ; in another of 173, three are missing, these 
carted a good dressing of farm-yard dung. He ked in what locality the farm was are died fro boprets- In th e 96 shearlings pos went dizzy ies one 
divided this course into three different classes—that dioe. i: idaoeabia, pen not one single din ot lameness have 
Was to say he grew winter Beans, spring Beans, and| Mr. Hvaurs. On the north side of the Isle of Wight, | ‘yet discov ered. What this rain may do remains to be s 
an early description of Pea. By this division they got | near to Cowes ths stiffest clay in the world, I should | Wel have besides these 76 Sc nih which are treading straw into 
periods of sowing and smaller tasks, and this | think, -— —— e pr canoe sve: eee oe 
ad work k 
ceti M WEE with land like his, as it gave more Mr. HUGHES (replying t 2d Lord Bemer), bee that £z kept EE yet ern is ll ae kok 
total Y of getting through the work. | The | he commenced drilling Rape in April ent on to| men no mane bate Wor Buenos A. R. 
ot in preparing for winter June. T Rape he grew jm Turnips pde year with Wesren v Ross : es We aro m Oe 
was 12/. Os. 4d.; for spring Beans the same manure as for common Turnips produ has fill hedge and. di ener yid 
and, Peas spring iip ed up tch. Some three ago 
241, 17. Over 12 acres, inc luding mucking, was | sack an obno crop that he had ken feeding | an intense frost arrested the plough, and although a thaw set 
* Hs. Td., or 9] 1s, 6d. an acre. iem go it, and to cut the whole into chaff for the sheep. He in abona E nics ee ae ae continued to 
seeded down Le Oat course—the fo e | mixed ustard, which was useful for | pell exposet pork oo menge eere 
this also i ‘Own the Oat crop in October, but. S o divided sheep. e bour 10s. a week to labourers, | hold when this new storm A few days, no doubt, will 
Di 1 divisions—a winte ion, getting | 11s. and 12s. to n, 8d. a day to women. lear the fields and Me y for the plougb, but 
© im in the autumn to make sure, then Mr. HOWARD cue qa if the lecturer got a s Es = sama ran n es 5 prs redu a few 
"erem Od i ipti i is land he would find some advan’ "ar e em enden. 
sprin a rarely productive description for the | cultivator on his wo tage in | considerable e breadth of Oats was sown in excellent condition ; 
"ne vs some Canadi De and he placed the | breaking up in rer ^ So e m du qr mb opem qo driest farms, tho 
md rte rin E Mr H 1 ES ee se me e way Oo ur Turnips were 
We. d "acres, inch Mene dunging, me had been in the Hampshir vo hills he e vod perm HIST, snam n genae mime iem i 
s. Veniens or +H 18s. 9d. per acre. The spring : idea of employing the steam cultivator. He should be | with snow quite insufficient to afford any protection, so assisted 
Si v € other two divisions o f the ut os rop, but | glad if he could work it with advant e; GA consumption that the few p now to let for sheep are 
iis e merely seni amd cleaned, but a not |, Mr. Howamp should bo sory for it ogo for that | afra ne ig etry wil mre rea er erasing 
dut e expenses, etas DA ng p hilly ground was unsuited to the steam cultivator, | previous to their usual time, and were it not that our Potatos 
2s. 9d. over 8 my 17s. 10d. | which could be profitably worl = E any description | are u nsaleable even at oe. oie, aud will have to be consumed 
o fifth E isi ei n crop, moy = ale work, in ye a perpendicular. | 0 the farm any o f the cattle also w ould eo te E 
he used the i ved Italian Rye-grass lad to We Aue wir dh cuis of sooner han was wale Ou? anticipated. Cattle in good condition have 
clean Clover, and seeded the rest down with a He h experience in p matter himself; Nw southern butchers and dealers to visit o ur marketed 
