1070 
rire’ GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Novembre 5, me 
E of each which ag See that advancement which 
hat = (Mr Holland) would not 
dw, ell long upon v^ que , but would ma 
general remark— bak meet like -— 
— me 1 any other great indus - proces 
wait fi ier changes; more part at d poe "that 
apes reae 
doing, 
ig, however, great difficulty i in | doing ‘this on h 
: but I rs ope th ces pem — will aap 
rease in 
Sau. at co 
as bee 
t z on 
cultivation. * AM tlie Royal Society's y vas exhibited d, 
castle in 1846 only one steam [o 
alladed 
cause to which Sir John had 
apart, and could not 
were tear engin 
ee and eitivelomw t will 
creasing; and I hope 
art of ‘the 
Mr. Brows then read the report of the judges who 
pita li (A volas “That’s it”)—for capital was required 
ss I. Mr. Southernwood, Tring Grove.—The farm is nearly 
pe arable, 300; grazing, ae On this — o find 
ay. E might ‘not be at 
hah 4 
case 
oper 
success at the et d 
400 
pes es; Barley, 64 acres ; 
qx crops as follo ws, viz s Wheat wi — (Te y, 6 e nes 
H 
a fewer n 
mall amount upon a larger 
e Fland t 
4 
urnips, 53 acres ; 
find bere that a 
re unable to 
perd them ; 
from Londou, 
He was sure t 
been their hist istory? could not compete for any 
length o 
introduce machinery for the purpose of making an | The fences generally we find it m. BOE, rw 
article which sufficient to meet the increasing | of a T ad que ones poe are e MS out. The ae ae bip m xu 3 2 M our hos pog arhood, v 
i i excellent repair, e stack-y: armer, who et t ed for a similar priz 
ww wa creasing population, and allow cane of old Wheat still remaining : ricks are well ee ip rent hs d 95 pets cent, Mr, D. p ee 
ple to have it cheaper. Then, if they went to very creditable. We consider him fully entitled to the P thanked 
their fields they would see am smashing up ist ede mpany for the honour done to the judges, and sí 
the land, ~ pe — - a day which would| Mr. Underwood, Home Farm, Little Gaddesden.—Varm, are amidst much Appian i 
erly ied machinery | 422 acres : KMS "2 pasemo 188 ne. TAM pr poems -Mr. BUTCHER said : taken the 
roots ; x 
they ‘managed "à “eounterac the: change of seasons, to bo y: 9d, tod , Bons, and Pes; dth, i Wh modi We find | “rst prize for a good cattivated fry md he need n 
so that in state of things it A" be|the crops as follows:—Wheat, 34 acres; Barley, 48 acres; fear y advonce in Mn x ren ve he has 
very difficult ^^ r Abe small farmer, with. liis: small | Oats, 34 acres ; Peas, and Beans, 42 acres; all of which we if iti J too pe^ he hason 
plough, to ki itl hi ogo ger goo p E clean considering the nature of the soi gO. cere ly Pens atulate Mr. Southern 
plough. Year by year the erection of e the — 
struction of railways, a age t a 
quantities of land which u 
power ould fe ted to make that w 
they had. pro ponet teieni 2. meet the requirements 
of the population. - thought they were doing the 
utmost in this respect in the locality to which 
belonged. 
ge 
^ amer vei said a vein be! alia: ran duisi the 
Us n» 
Eq ur a 
80. 
— 
n mubetitute f for v 
that the qu 
y as they could have wished it to do, and that some- 
we 
ü mbor 
thi ing. more was tae ae They felt that someting son in AMD to the size of the farm, viz., 117 ver ea 
e of 
regulations as would ma ke it the interest. of "the out- 
with the 
under the bed part of his lease, 
It would then be 
= - benefit of a farmer to leave 
e land in a high 
of 
vei jujurbty to his suec 
same skill and: care that he had observed | The 
very e farm being 
cultivation “eet pany in a state which would facilities for pm we Lg “ey tand as a hala! ia a fight 
"t 
eavy Ln 
S 
ve different [ro This shows but w 
BR 
had inspected the farms to award the prizes for best | nex 
leg 50. eas 
: ni seil distiot 2 I have nid seen alae 
vated and honour 
e grow our crops, Turnips, Swedes, 
festa but t the*fblds are xo; all’ a 
with Wheat at 36s. to 38s. per q 
f. 
s fium; 
L 
sai 
tin 1 shall foe TON pr nin j 
good, and to improved management. 
a s question ota 
n the far 
sideration ia is is important ‘tha ta 
p wer 
a rig 
Mr. Sou enige rnwood ha po. 
t 
for the season ; Mangel Warsal a ero indeed; the whole culti ate far: say it is an 
of the arable land | being perfectly clean, an in an ex xcellent | agriculture for Me, eee to. hav. 
emi m cultivation. The grazing land, part of which is nao h : Qu. catinot of SR 
ainder being grazed by fattening "butlocks, which y y oler a bet 
Mittlo cake, and afte Lemme pet S~ io ves and fed _ iow INA. than. that for the best t culti farm, ‘and 
oa &c. The sheep stock e 5 breeding ewes and | trust no landlord here, or about here, will take ad 
r wi 
nd r 
ed. 
od order, with the exception 
Sw 49 which a 
wn op for! thet Season ; pa 
sa "A reg we farm we 
part and u gives me great Lose la think that heh 
Ie 
m of his tenants to raise their rents.if they com 1 
or the best m farm. I a y 
b the 
nsider I be to b rods 
ore, consider 
Arab ior 108 a acres ; grazing, e pas es; Mee Sy - 
this farm is the four-eou —Ist, : highly manured, 
very obun: ; Mangel Wurzel aa exon Aged S wedes and 
T 2d, Bar seeds, Bi 
urnips nearly a failure. is, Beans, 
eas; 4th, W —all se ich vac vim em ees and paesi 
ably clean, From this art of the straw is sent to the 
London m bot] lieu of which a large quantity of London 
high te of iihi There is also a large 
eeding ewes, 60 lambhogs, 1 em with a lar; 
arge number of 
extetent, D pigs fattening. and ga 
tes are good, and 
in capital order. Tho stack y adi is erp neat, and well filled 
The buildings also. in good amete We therefore award him 
Mr. n Pr 2e - Farm, "E our —Exitent 
rable, 
— give the following, viz. :—Wheat, 35° acre: 
20 ae mye Ma —: Clover, 15 acres; roots, pen | 
crops 
acres OEN Wheat, which doaie some Couce! 
lock. The Swedes a fair cro v ac: gol Ware 
o Ay varie al llowing grea 
zel 
state of cultivation, Steam culture is here cai which 
miis ng such a | tenant, I puer 
I landlor 
R. Bri 
th. of the sp 
always poc ded [7n ipt ut a E CIC 
obtaining of prizes, but M class of prizes he 
allude t uck had no diee 
it was the prizes for good i ulti Meg" 
classes of farmers, one Aue the 
under th 
H 
question which would 
Whatever the merits of the steam 
had not gained the 1st prize for 
e glad to hear from ese Fowl a 
t thee so pliontion son create to the sols 
Tring, for th "or gl to "M — m 
ho pang, He e shoul a ali be g 2 
the eco; 
e priz npe 
first emit as a new yiia d 
d should be gl 
mple 
farmers. also. The o 
we consider a pee advantage. There are rof cattle 
kept. Cattle, 37 ; grazing colts, 6 ; breedin; 50 in winter, 
^ in summer 60 wethers. fed. off. Gates and fenees all in 
Farmer s! Clu bs. de gent s mol, w tacks aE e Bick on built, lied Mns: 
e whole, ae consider 
Me to —At the primers ip mee here, | and dente tote 2d'p 
- W. LONGMAN proposed. “ Prosperit; the There afe tw ES which we might commend, 
cul Association,” and congra: ed — on | and some highly, bu e x ares bns ME think justly so— 
the 23 years of success which the Society had expe EB. to EN. pamasa as it might deter others from coming 
‘or in future yea 
rienced. E friend of „his had se told thn 
I 
d worthless, | their dut 
e rivers to polite the waters oir about 300 00 ae: 
| even ce, 
ved. the 
mid: B e. belie h 
to the batt their ability 
H 
judges: had don 
They had aee 
mined every field, 
was done 
year, 
dges had done a'great deal. 
ht it requisite to say something respecti 
rd for 
ata ES md bo entrabtad | 
found 
a greater number of stock on the farm than the land 
to-ten-acres dail 
nine y 
esirable thiug to introduce i dr 
wes io às 
rese, new wil t a si ght, and. almost: 
farm. * mma nsidered ia great ho 
e | Buckin nation tak. p man of a “Sea 
S ^ e Woolston, —- have - ime 
cultivator, an 
mete S S- and ek 208 He had followed, ; 
, Fowler, ;and ot and he hopes 
8 wi soon become general. 
gone over 130 acres. twice in 50. days, e. 
He consi: 
on ana of his root: crops: 
iking 
to carry out ‘onthe plns who 
poor mele the sewage o 
e 
population of 1000 persons. y 
Mr. Am -— said : a "rois object of a farmer | 
to increase his pro mee and to decrease | 
the cost c m production; to give 
stock that — the | prize, it was entirely the 
said something for Mr. Smith’s: y 
rt 
general management , a he fairly 
prize he had ‘received. He ‘begged to “make a remark 
| or two on "what. had fallen from. arenes ie amens 
ms about this loeality as ; for any large 
an off Jagland, SUE Bon about 
He believed the was better 
b be much higher; and if so, they liad ds bis than for level eom f ploughing is 
unprofitable, and to take ie of ‘the best infor- | prospect before orm He 1: that they should | o hill side, the 
mation which the Royal Ag gricaltural Societ strain eve! inerease their flocks; but still puli up a plough - they have often. 
a season like the t. | they could not do y without Wheat: and what were they | to get themselves up, so there is a loss.of. 
t increase their stock : | to do if prices lasted? "There: time u steam engine 1$ 
only ot: corn at the present prices; | 70s. was considered only about a paying price; now, iy. is ‘implement to draw, and. the: 
they must increme thelr stock y in sheep; | the:price is 36s. and 38s, ; aud he would tell the landed | ongha up willie ng 9 
fot tlie consumption of increased stors that if that is to.be of the day, ceptible. "Hs thenked. thems fof listening ot 
ity of the | the farmers. must. turn their i something | remarks, and lioped they might: long meet! 
else. pisa v v" well to Siang pum must have more | erin a t am and. if he: many years 
ra ending | stock ; but the question e — are we to dep Lib amd en hoped: cultivation!" » 
t. and | what we got? I slarmisty bat I} them see on his farm that steam culti d 
ui. 3 Quid. He cuan 
told. that P. num year. 
erythi 
In reply to the toast 
wae judges Mo Wo 
