JaxvanY 16, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND ARIA GAZETTE, 
63 
derfal powers c of the plant to use them. Itis s requisite | 
he 
* +} ae 
lud steam-culture re for the 
1 
toa 
et} 
review of all the circumstances, 
+} 
- A statement of his case must, 
ris aval; e as reniri t, nar rn or platform 
ething more than merely add t 
S which the soil — it must be éddea in in an 
available form nd in so eases it need not be 
added at all; ‘it will ration ‘to develope the hi dde en 
resources of the soil by s chemical or 
rocess. Ifa soil, for akban e, lacks available potash, 
à tains insoluble silicates of that alkali, liming 
indicate glide, Aa E the lind has 
of Chemistry is followed by the 
ssor 
Professor of Botany ys and the introductory lecture by 
. Wilson's original purchase ial z 10-horse power 
ixi nd apparatus from N) Mr. Fow was fortunately 
effected on such t o give them up 
at the end of his year’s experience vt out loss. It is, 
— of these favourable 
would hereafter stand 
e, that 
a: e first place be direct 
nent i p been w Verc hitherto by 18to 2E ed 
though this has be a narrow allowance. It was 
LI CAH 1 
opr yand suggestive o of the series here collected, 
great interest for the agriculturist, not only |o 
mbi 
nd combining all the facts 
of that Pn growth which 
also of its 
ent 
E 
A vicus none ments ma 
from. which to advocate the abandoned system as any de 
ld ec 
e endeavours to base | “heh 
his decision ; and to these the atte ntion of the reader 
wil fewest 
nght ved Xe ; vpn that as improve- 
oked for in 
ve it. His 
ision is, of course, de termined simply by the ‘sialon 
on of i and so he 
xum to give up steam-cultivation for the pr edi 
— ea mios: of the coming year should alter 
loss to hi mself, 
to ied. out hat in ise case, eene ome, is as 
n be anywhere (4 horses 
Wheat- 
arm 
hart 6 m (no diff 
of the bud ‘ealtvated by steam and A apa ph respec. 
has bee rved, and i a di 
such as Y i was A" he 
. | las tly, it is worth noting that this is " case in which 
s is 
Ta th 
case ni 
there i is not enough work for the steam-apparatus to 
the services of agric Vis ped, i riters 
science sun vegetable physiology, a pos on the mi of the 
higher uses of botenical studies in the education of 
the man. 
Professor ve introduces his course of lectures on 
giv n to the expense of f orse vonr, but 
e ihe Minn “of land by horses is, owing to the 
character of € soil, attended with a min nimum of 
injury. I rison both of the cost and the 
e 
ped in 
Y TR 
“Jt has a special place in the education of the agri- 
culturist ; ; tending to form i in him habits of obser rvation |t 
g 
e| by horse and steam m-pow 
fer rence of the one or of the other hinges, and in 
n 
er respectively that our pre- | 
Mr. a 
: rA d that ge is not on this recolo more than 
ork for z S 
much as 1207. a yan is not eno 
E A. 
| favourable to the oi rmer. The } 
which a a pair of horses can per erfor 
| the trifling i injury, or, "deed, détnstimes actual benefit, 
incurred by trampling, reduces the chane e of 
odine any cheaper ti ti illago power. Nevertheless, even 
seems to me, the only reason why 8 
Te amount of w 
im cette a taste for direct eee with stock 
ario 
a d careful observation of their v: p 
pointing ou& the necessity a a general 
aequainta th domestic animals but of s an 
altention as is — = Sed pn by handog them, 
watching 
ily. 
ea in fet Aw: ming "thoroughly epa with 
them as alm 180 a 
members of his fam: 
e pyes venen with Mr. Fle ee y s account of th 
Farm under his ement; and it will be read with 
interest, both as a ee d the only school of | 5 
agriculture in the island, and as an answer to the 
c ar aii hiis titutes a. ge nd agricultural 
A Lecture on the History, Progress, and. Compar: 
Merits of the a baal teas ks a 
Duckham, Baysham Cou 
x d um and, 
n this phlet, which contains the substance of 
Teu aver à Before the Royal Agricultural College, 
hg e xr M collected a great quantity of testi- 
ts of the Hereford breed—and a very | 
fall history of ‘te growth, progress 
i And Se ege agree with bim i in his concluding re- 
ark 
e Herefords, although an acknowledged | 
That. 
iuda. d of cattle indigenous to the soil of the 
coun ty from whence they , take their name, readily 
| T 
n & Tux- 
and achievements. | 9 
l 
on such land, dud 
work per annum for Mr. 
narrower lacis: is 
-JI suggested to Mr. Wilson. that he should 4 " his 
power “has not proved Since the more econo mica! 
which cem 
Ligue 
iei 
s 14 horses for the work of | do 
co vering it wit th the steam-driven plough— 
eed both of teams for pe 
weeks in 
| horses were eon reduced to the - 
is harves 
number required fo for 
Tw 
carts draw. the dung. out, P be ie in V, ai d two 
ets must b to get the ik done 
with sufficient rapi idity. There is thus a pribi lity of 
tion would be profit able eve en in his cas se. He declares, 
S 
after this tege for 
enabled to give 
rae: only four to six horses Ye the use 
ge ugh ; and this is not enough to make iste cultiva- | 
n economica 
The follow: the P IS of the 10-horse 
2, and May, 1863, 
‘ial oh nt with Mr. 
ing was 
taken up with the labour of removing from fi eld to} 
ep 
Fowler related. In 98 s P [e part of which was | 
their “growth ; E rp so, “it is probable "that he hes 
in his case reall 
The lesso ns of »u erience seem en be that steam- 
w 
superiority of i 
gnonghrit on light land—to keep t 
ore than 100 days per annum. , It is plain that there 
field, 270 
cultivation 
and 60 wi the same time pressed by means of 
4- ibi prodit attac he T to the ploughing apparatus, 
397 acres were deeply 2 onm E — in —À casos 
n though a very large ener of farms should be 
pdfaded by these two rules; and that the fir 
deration alone will render it profitable in many cases 
where, according to principles of the second, it might be 
throughout on Ue ited Kingdom, but 
only 
d they have been fairl 
which has fo: 
tion, 
wag 
tried in distant parts of red h 
the world ; also, that they veg "eee "X beue their 
orded at t 
c 
^| The Late Mr. Richa: 
3 | great regret to announce t 
as 9 to 12 inches, an ese 188 acr at the 
same time gel M Mery harrows attached to the 
cultivating appara g | supp 
water amounted tender r to 14s. a day, the oil cost 
1s. 6d. a day, the coals (at 12s. 6d. per "ton spat the 
ground) cost 7s. 6d. a day. The whole cost of coal 
1 4 
llaneous. 
rd Hornsby.— with 
he death, in te ony p^" of 
his age, of A Richard crank Pg he M. z the well 
known firm Ho rnsby & 8 f Grantham, after a 
foetit 
point, they a 
P um half a Simeon o of salt to half a „pint 
£ Tal? id 
that 
ongst te abd satiate 
the producti mal 
Dymo therefore tho, most profitable breed of cattle | 
ay ir point h here specified] which will not ¢ 
is that r ae to the king 
; but several at the witnesses 
ects, attest ‘oh dairy 
eature of the pamphlet is its 
large collection of er witnesses sot facts from the 
den counties, countries, and one might almost el 
turies, in which the breed has been known an 
ill EPN a valuable ibtzodpafión. ih ib the 
the Hereford Herd Book, for which | 
colleeting material, 
value are 
estimated at 10 per. cent. on t the Trial ME of the 
r water, boil for 10 a. "y mi inutes, eat wit 
tackle, and this, per cent., 
amounts to 1201 
mpm eene thus s 
aseni set say 
Interest a my 4 
iin cost per ann 
compared w. th the. aaar. of acr work 
which | it gare Ales ee is just , for which the 
en s of pl onghing 7 he das of 
which TOS T cost fi as much 
o by h The ge 
farm does ais vii more an 
aere, the eeper pose ping s ome ns Ev Peaks, 
by Be malls an 2s. an acre, 
Heavy draggin; "e bute poe ID code wa Pressing 
ap Bs 1s. 9d. 5. grubbing sai probably cost 5s. 
ite ras M eene of light and 
Dac. 
| deep plou: rig hr of grubbing, dragging, | an 
e done upon the farm, in 
reed i 4 the "ge vo might 
A horses as it 
by E mut 
viboghiug 
Fisa Memoranda. 
gp NEW tans, NEAR NEAR Maw: .—Mr. asdurin; 
NE ov year employed steam-power in the cultivation 
Le m. The arrangement under which 
E: 10 @ year’s trial included 
~ ave the year’ 
Satisfactory ; but Sg has 
* Since the prepara 
E 
ng 
avourable as 
tion of MER Mz. Wilson has deter- 
PPPS? experience for his guidance te a 
he has | pric 
ul be foie rly expected 
r. Wilson thi 
20 aer 
dragging at ei 
would be allot 
annual cost 
arm with 
ui nat tlur 
desirable thing ; 
n year, These a itema of the annual Di 
as follow 
t 
ter, pour it into 5 quad: of boiling milk and 
em ag alt ‘to taste, boil 10 m 
Calendar o: 
«o ode 
f Operations. 
R Y. 
the rain and the rough gales of 
nj udge bet tr zi ec Wheat as eh than pre- 
to theme visitation. Gen erally he Wheat plant looks weak, 
The land gets tittle Poi "S consequently 
is mo: seed T M weeds hi n coi 
mingled together. The e kakov clogged 
the qom look * dro thati is lesb of the tines when clogged 
with s weeds, an à worm 
Wh ter i 
So 
Decem 
vious to 
thin, mn ** spindly,” 
re foul. The 
on fallows, w 
No exbbath: o oF jue, or day of rest does this Christian soil 
A but'in Tope Here the Wheat plant looks gay 
T D Ioughi Fa th the fine 1 mm of Hampshire i$ MR 
yie eep p ing in the fine loam m 
lected. It is useles: A to preach :— 
prx idend whilst slecgarth di 
And then 1 have phi 62 bos sow and to reap ! 
M E dan (reg eo = ng ele gore, 
M tee 12 to 14 per acre. on loai 
Sacks, and tbe weight 50 to 54 lbs. oo bushel, ‘out 
was housed for the mos! 
ba ge this sown 
Di se nba Ee Que ntf di the Wheat land. ‘There is 
braees such a capacity for 
5 fea? pui, n soil in England which em 
