Novemper 12, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL —— = 
dered effici No doubt it - has been since| The asbes of these plants — iTespectively— — ee at a Eon the a igne T Xn 
Potash. Phosphoric acid. ote e Ju 
pc A eae the pm of a pole, and lbs. lbs. arehiteet; John A Ex. ‘land agent; end Geo. 
ving roun — drawn by a In 100 bd iene diu l^ pe Dines, Esq., builder, only one prize was awarded, 
dii or " horse, w vedi 24 imm quantity of f Clover ..  .. 9 7 | namely, that open to the 1 ont Kingdom. ad 
Furze E vio d cut into 3 ere length, - ata! T ee % in mind that fti m E e A a Special ference was held at the 
I the 26th and 27th of May last, when 
very small cost. But, with the exception . R. th ittee of the Society to Dr. Blythe was, to 
Bolster, of Glentane, near Mallow, in this nth "d détermine the feeding quality of Furze, and the amount — -x important qu mpar a ably Apre and con- 
by means of a small water wheel cats the Furze into | of the two valuable in mon in the ashes of plants, pret el nt Pes aay end far aia Ted 
L 
2 or 3-inch lengths, amd tben bruises it in a bark mill, viz., din "X phosphori acid. He, of course, also 
I know of no farmer in this t of the country who | dete P ined, wi een by a re ference to the ee islature vision for Mess i mrdr in 2" the agri- 
pulps his Furze. There cannot be & doubt that for analyels, the puroimtiqe of nitrogen, which was nearly | " al fe bow je the proper mi and physiest 
calves and sheep, and probably for — pulping X $ ]b. in the 100 Ib. of fresh Furze, or, more accu ed fnr . nd er, 0 m phy 
greatly facilitate the consumption of Fur » how- t. The following are the doctor's 
ever, adopt the common pra A of the district, and | clusions :—" Thus, the respiratory mat i a n — m ne has deme eei il 
cut it by means ofa chaff-cutter into j-inch lengths; | nearly in the same proportions in T parts of fresh Ies: wt pa talc = jpg g MÀ 
Ee fq be state cows (sar a “> -- consume s) Furze, natural and artificial Grasses, in the first ae | zd e5 frequently tobo att ve edi acit di adf Whee, 
are very fond of it. Wor a man Of | stance they are nearly all soluble in water, which is not | E 
mets y h, and fed by another, my machine cuts | tho case in the others. The i ae pecori re | labouring aar ap, ier caer 
-stone weight per hour; i re also mn he and tii he thr ro, i rge pro: d S ed rema p at; it i$ essentially 
gear, anie a dab en a ó, d asses n 
cultural House, — it easily cuts twice that quantity. | in much 1 er proportion. In the ashes the phos- necessary for their own well-being am perry; us 
2nd. Would it pay to bruise Furze by steam for a phoric acid A is about Ss same in the three, but the | “°° a5 + ge ay sc a hpc ed gb 
bo^ E a rele | potash is ‘somewhat lower in Furze. A comparison pid T3 Rip ^ stent y pp e 
Tt inly would nct pay to provide steam power bt, however, that fresh Furz -— g ay 
eres for prie food for 12 cows, nor for20|is a more valuable — substance than natural x 
„but wherever steam, water, wind, ^ ho rse | Grasses, and, in some respects, is superior to Clovers ee the cer — ‘Kinin, uw ta 
por ly, y^ ah me aA aw — | and the refuse matter from Furze is scarcely, if at all the prize open to the Uni fort irs MEME M 
at ork, eadow » by of a pair of | inferior to that from the other two as manure.” Now, | ably MY re his enn nee el 
metal leyli nd dace, be pu mt Hye ona without the trouble of E fresh Furze, as taken from the -— M weight for | aw D e — y "4 : y wo 
previous lt at a merely no cos weight "t in M, ert. to mead z oae and 2 hA "—- " beg to ur n vp " stes ral dapted 
3rd. Must not the land be rich, deep, and dry to as hay is to Gra 1 to between 3 and 4 it | the plan to rows of similar buildin ecting i 
grow te taie alliy ~~ E drained by y Erw: daibb: eus de A 
drains would they not be quickly choked by the roots value to ade 3 or 4 tons of Furze e horses, ini rey ier itect, 
of m no matter how ocn which „are son mewhat o over the ordinary | sizè "of farm Wes age, 
one of the above conditions is essential to ExT: qf FROM SPRCIFICATION AND EsrrwATE.— Tbe 
pattani -is Fore .|as their m s provender, and I consider that they get | walls a d to bé bulit with good wer 
LL EP. iy P e meadow scrapie through their work better and certain], - ud stock. bri bric g eta SRE floor, art ond bet aei pm 
portion of the witch. tà a tin qy | better, than when in spring—the Furze then co Lethe i bn brick ond iow a Ac Scie rad «nb let 
rers with T of "hing el chay over per etik 3s | into blossom and not being so palatable—from a ston ne the ead Of the garin, with “quid fenore ies Ro cach 
baie. Itdóé require raining, sind » loe doe | and 3 hd Red two stone of hay is used as a substitute cottage t. re insure ventilation i is proposed to insert air 
d bout 10s. Os. per sta ase acre, “sed the f two | for th yr frames inside, and e air bricks over 
years’ growth is about 12 tons. .. On be otter r Jand 1 Sn this Each ofthe e gentlemen who have n opini Ln the ceiling communicating with the fi 
county 12 d, but land i subject thi reque: di Lo I ks ry I - er. A core with quotes 1 
sa em to mine ri Mt good Furze: meadows, reply any teg on nis matter whic ink Of | close empa 
importance. In doi ing s Dad ould - re to guard d oe m Fir. The d 
t+ : internal E hi 
20 y« Mee and — as * oa in fmt, à as e against au error into eat white deh. ci ijected, free fro 
wwodétive neu. (hee pst peri es have 3o which I dt fal in my first "endeavour, viz., take shaker, and other defects, "d thoroughly Season ned. 
iua ; yp vided in the back pore ic eani 
sal bu bataie to n Y a a Ku c. cd | and, above e all, do not stint th ed. For want or the force pump ge cisterns vues 
experience T now possess in "this respect, a four-aere | and i ls. 
= PI^ na bet eL r* im "à dpa covered r m field which I sowed with 30 instead of 50 lb, of seed water le baved by the. ‘provision of res 
peu —— — M: EP —— «m i ffi ]y | each page and d remainder is Aree ^ 
atoh sta a great distance, ther farm | Per statute acre, and which was not sufficiently pata LA 2 Ned 
3. b^ ; 
say tint the up dr t Pa $0 1b. ver he | The estimated cost o the 
covered drains useless wet | thin ce I used x» e P eter DE 
es for ver I voi ane EN pne. : 5| perfectly hne have no Pre ube Tope d manure IE aled n 
"— — land for trees, | 9* 
Uu. Nonus SA kill the | April. I m AE dg dy a tenor 
Y only milk well, but produce as good flavoured butter as Complete ad be 
ink i events, o on the summer Grass il pibu te Front ibteibos Porch 
Re tle rii a may e te “pital! conclude a letter "ia has, fas, malo an 120" by th oud pla 1s e T U^ Pan 
never heard of anything rring in virtutis lé emini on strongly | Back Entrance Porch—fool House Yards—Dust Water 
— Batts—Cesspool and Liquid Tanks, end of garden Gravel 
ace, by 
mer, Mid ly: ya of of them as have a 
5th. In places where the soil and climate are favour- advising ery farmer, ally Walks. Superficial area o living room and scullery, 228 feet. 
ece of ary T no matter how to break it up, | Cubic f. : 1824 feet. 
siis to the Moe jut of Wendüpe ard Mangel, do you fw Until the sod is well reduced, and sow it dvi]. De the cci d plan an are Bedroom, No. 1, 12 6” [e o"— 
‘eed, not Test than 50 Ibs, per statute Bedroom, No. 2, 9' 0" by 8’ 0”—Bedroom, No. 3, k1 
Furze rarte "Landing «inet Press—Superficial area 
FOF course, those w 235 feet 9 inches. Cubic feet of space i 
eee E er oe a a crop if Turuips, a and feed ‘hem off with sheep, asa ng mcd ri mim ieu 
necessary to raise a good crop of these roots is a gr ; / Corn crop, wi Home Correspondence. 
vec to dleit Catars ville Fur) on quod land Ed Y ‘the su ror rng ngth and prodnas o ? Dex Flas Cropping im Mayo— lave lately m t Dr. 
produces a large return a r^ win C Hot ait ken th "pet ina h n. | Sulliva Professor of Chemistry to tbe Catholie 
and very little for labour. wo Be outrary, ae = Mi: Murp i, Horse il, ‘Bandon, £v ere give 864 P» | Udtvesety, and of the same science in tle m seum of 
it does, its mineral fe sith Yonthene n PA AA nS cath "| Trish Industry Dublin egre fro 
other ted crops, and yield toy up these fortlsing | ; blin e À e interesting barony of C tele that 
ingredients in the excreta of the animals whi ah " | '* Knowing him tó be the Viet venie 
sume it, to be applied to other portious of the farm, it GRICULTURAL LABOURERS’ COTTAGES. r authority - ads day E all do ap at st to Flax 
like irrigated meadows, to maintain the fertility emend it will be mq à A of your | g ipuslon, as (c 
of the farm arm, and, consequ s a! ee the Se ee bers, in TES y b prs I heard 
poss marin 7 man ris ^4 Society of Arts, Town. (0 (rhrongh. ‘the ‘liberality’ of | Eipre wl. any such scienti fie man, I my his 
nton, TS t, tl p ' as it is called in the 
what eight: of Fer ze ought sound Xs la ih is | of whi in a moral and sanitary dte His “You know the lands of the 
nd, of which w 
good value for 17. per acre, statute, produce Minndlly, | the wretched ders stg of this useful section “of the | 
and what I consider be be the value of Furze | Jal 
pou as compared to à ree! 
reply, I wg say that such land, under the | means, 
D have 
barony Ko Costello, tes 4 the Mops. u aie in their 
bouring classes, and to i ibilit y of | cult: ivation, better than I do, but x ow what 
eting suitable accommodation at a rent within their perhaps | you bad not an opportun seei 
when in the E Lois 
ting à 
lands. I saw with Mr, Thomas 
at his Flax -Castlemore, near 
parative val For “competitors to carefully 
we have in the report of the Cork Agricultural tenien, wal SOA ANE aM aoe 
for 1862—the analysis of Furze | the various apartments as have been found practically 
by Dr. Blythe, the eminent chemist Le the gue to answer, and also a rate of prices for the various | cent. 
pe Cork, toads for the express p materials, upon which the estimates were to be based. 
mining this question. | The ana "er an à dere HE Conforming the em y. in yo s of construction and | 
in the Farmers Gazette ot the and a reference to |substantiality to the nemora n of the Inclosure per cent., and 
erp mot dde i et | repay the trouble. | Commissioners as wpitet v opta liter quier d be 10s. a stone, but. this 
nary, as given | the several I Acts, ‘and limiting the cost of | was t crop, grown in highly cultivated land, and 
at the close of his report;— ` each cottage to 1001, which sum had to embrace the | no fair criterion by which to n cpi apti eai 
Freeh | | meu | perfect completion of the bui including fixtures, | they are, though proving what they can, ought, anc 
me me 2 Mitinge, doe. and ae pirates Tut Gennes Quit an AL will be" At tbis rate of produce aud 
edisum | - ~ contingencies; for which two prizes with the Society’s | average quality the gro sales of the fine fibre would 
eaaa im AA pa shfoming)| lbs. | tbs. | Tbs, | | medals were offered. One specially to the members of | stand somewhat thus : 
Total respiratory (or heat-producing) gio ecd the Architectural Association, London, and the other to ry (lar at Ta a stone, Ss cm M 
Se oe ceeded in - m 10 to 13| 6 to 9|the United vei In reply to — in dence id quc 
stoi a $113 to 7) Daamin, 184 des s, estimates, &e., 1 
Mineral meter ashes) 4 es y l s 3 competitors residing in wy pate p "T If in fond soon hey Mi e ease of BE ee pogr set 
Water 60 to 80175 to 83 Diei y oar and after a careful a minute! down 187, Ss. as for rent, taxes, seed, and labour, there 
