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SEPTEMBER 17, 1864.] 
danger on land that is not rich in manure or vegetable 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
903 
down into a porwr’ aes or reservoir capable of 
kind of hurdling. | Still Mr. Mechi would. pur jtless b. 
The e falling 
t tha 
Now, | a au 
Aene 
dle 
has > other 
the qoo Sp rp of agree 
reali 
ge 
matter to -— with; but the DURAM of judicious | voe over 100,000 g „From this it is propelled able to show that this large inae o, 
ma anuring, a eeper cultivati g To prevent any 
H. R., Flaxlow, the great or ied 153 an f| of tc 
York. he li a hos lied to tl de fo il, or acta is a very T peel p e eit ot 
and the p^r end "dropped into the m Thro ugh Englis sh MA both for fattening them for ed 
i arket 
TrerRrÉ FARM.—A walk ofa few miles bro this a nome volume of air is ptopellad with - ma 
T force as to set the whole boiling and foaming like a pe otlier ferilsing process could effect. 
" T ot rM trge Hall; and its first aspe a 080 ct relieved little ied One man at the engine aud two at the | ith t iron n fencing on wheels must be able to 
ati better » d med, I had ager emi refer. | bose in m ‘and “baky "surface M ird operatio tl 
The chapped an y rface of the farm ag tl fl with the 
piv oy: establishment. € quel an sg ft d will, and rendered produc bel p e wl f a 1 practical fata armer who 
Per o abies g Eng và hod de AUGEN Mechi’s | , Now, this operation seems to constitute the zd x Tbe Tiki —— ^: eg ig ron 
distinetive specialty of Alderman Mechi's nd arm ture w would be likely 
experiments, that Lor were pete cable and almos P nM (ue. th how n? 
le 
valueless, because they would not pay ; that the balance 
sheet of, he operations did and must ". show «y! 
ruinous diserepancy between i el, and e endit ure 
Will it pay ? as 
years will A get his money back? Give us 
f 
and stock da vers 
more attention or curiosi ty than a any other ex) per riments 
e bal: 
ment. A de! med ‘roar 
rocess, would be w^ 
must deter any man of less 
siasm from pet, his ed into such nnconidredl 
ventures. In short, he has been widely A at 
home and and abroad as ‘a bold and dashing no 
ready y to lavish upon a own qe i 
$ £ 
esse y 
these A eusar by another, and ask, will 
Not in nor in five; no 
pe ment assumes that al the 
| expenditure upon aide diviene will be paid back i 
|15 or 
el 
A nil thia t ) 
as 
tl lt l ld , which light, after all, 
t light i 
i gree ig in | | wi 
sai new principle has he laid down ? What 
as he reduced to a science that ma, 
quati por by the millions who get their living 
What has he — done MÀ Mrd 
vd. pg. Mugs r imitated to any tangibl f ne 
an this 
ti 
tage? These are important questions ; 
, begi! 
th 
20 years at the farthest. It lends money to ‘hs 
| landowner on this basis; and the landowner stipulates | 
th his tenant ap he imburse him by annual | 
instalments of six o r cent. until the whole 
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veriest bog of giie es 
From what I had read et heard of the Tiptree Hall | 
k 
J 
pe 
Mdated. Am s the tenant- 
OS the perian i is s liqui 
forie d is willing to pay six, sometimes seven, per cent. | 
the way ginning with 
| the last. 
About 20 years ago he inaugurated the irn of 
underdraining. the heavy tile- -clay lands i in Esse Up 
annually for 20 years, for 2 1e ee ipe 
s to the farm 
= d re stognint son sot Duik -—— 7 | production which dr: weis Lii e cu ulti- and worthless by the “most intelligent farmers in the 
housing horses, cattle, sheep, and other live stock, all vates. At the end o It was more n. "Tus wae A dec othe ye tha = 
Snacks A aoai Wilh Dohi hde fanek could | paid by i the PE e the a iw the tenant, | present irrigation sys ster r wo oul ri 
ied | and the tena r the whole 
rre » à hen e: npr A sate "28 : fancied original outlay upon the stand ft tood to reason that it would do no such ting. Did 
th tablis! ts of f tl New Yor three parties t ba sera operation kuowa t to the adigi 
Boston merchants, who thin k, Fern stimulating it mu ; bos be lee over agai elven end of 20 pan clay until evaporated by the sun? It might as well 
| The system is oo youi eed in England, for|leak through au ined ig ge age It was v gemis 
countr 
thirty "Yo forty thousand dollars on a barn aad its 
appurtenant outhouses. With these EN sb oe 
was an unexpe ected sati; isfaction to See qu ite 
ng y 
pr one * say how long a nie “of tubing will "last, 
m it sors rec gees 
farmer mi ight make ae The house is rather a 
large and solid- looking building, Mae by Mr, Mechi 
himself, but n all ostentatious of wealth or archi- | 
tectural taste. The barns and “ standings.” or what we 
call cow-houses in America, are of a nt MNT cast, 
h 
been gained. No 
intelligent English pss ub tái. tried "" b ewe 
asks if oes 
5, 
a a man's n that Hen would 
Sr shilling of it Back v In the face oft these 
bte Mr. Mechi tard on, training his pipes Rags od 
fed after field deep below the surface. And the water 
ayer through the clay into them, until all these 
| now under- et dd will pay; d 
he expect that will pay back te. hol 
expenditure in less du 12 or 15 years. Here is 
r his steam-engine, E for all ved 
| generous b n the pim on the 
par arties concer Then why s should not Alde 
e*n tile-draining, of clay | lands was a 
2 
country: bred farmer would call 
mical an De. The ho inestend occupies n 
picturesque site, and com mma mds š no interesting scenery, 
which, in England 
e land 
is regarded as a rather small holding. is 
y sterile - M M y ‘on ERN mo: ath of it 
tly being with pide Seon 
When ploughed” deeply, the sc ned up 
eas iron ore. 
poverty of iud 
a bi and the hard labour i Pes and beast it costs to 
till it. 
To my great regret, Mr. Mechi was not at ho 
though he most of his time in prts rat T: 
s for who enters into ali the aipat 
ments and operations which have made the establish- 
l interest and enthu- 
"x 
e 
farm by this amou 
oe ? It is nothing very 
200 bundred acre farmer in 
motive or ionary 
the matter of tui 
oa Merge even 
te cog to ang a 
a 
a 
or it, too, 
and d 
ge shi pee “their r great advant age, 
| the vast nagmencatin rof the valu ie id pe eee of 
the coun ty. re, then, ich he has. led, 
oco 
am-engine, and to find lenis Ó of work 
rier his grain, eer his fodder, pulping ‘his 
ro d ^s ri his s hay and str poet r purposes. 
Mr. 
His next Ps ng was in Sine way of agricultural 
is 
machinery. He first introduced a 
nage. 
Bat does it augment the yearly production of the | 
nt? To ie: that it is the only 
the se objects | | | fa arming purposes in a district iint million 
eins ERE pA 2 to t acres "phat, too, at the outset, was a fantastic vagary 
of irrigation. sii ERES tubing, a third of| in the opinion of solid and r 
a ee long, reachin & eo centre at p" — ert farina. They insi horse as 
not uu with hall the hose Sorta a aap e | dangerous in the barn-yard or rick-yard as the very 
ra inage of that field, sr dragon in Scripture ; that he would set everything on 
that the iron pipes will las fire; kill tl 
May aay They might tainly be dcin go to hold | up himself and all the buildings into the air; that all 
good for 40 years, If, then, for this period, or less, the |the horses, cows, and sheep would be frightened to 
te yields ten per cent. of aroue at th „and n 
annually p and above the effect of all other means | be a ait to lie dow ee a recede by h his vp 
he oyed, it is quite evident that it will pay as well as | even when his blood $r eold, an. 
asleep. 
To think of it! to have a Pall pom rave 
barn-gable or barn-yard, and puffing out t black 
Pretty talk ! pretty 
up over a 
coal smoke, _cotton-factory- wise! 
buildings and the fields surrounding them, what is the | process by which the baky and chappy soil of Tipt to mouth ! 
t distinguishing i f his rprise? His | can be thorou ughly fertilised would not suffice to prove | M Wouldn't it be edifying to hear him string the yarn of 
di ; his housings are simple; ther » | its "-— words! to hear him tell of his engineer and 
side show of dücomtmon taste or genius. Every acre is | tio however, may be sufficient to Cnm ploughman; of his pokers and pitchforks; six-horse 
tile-drained, to be sure, but that is nothing new E its steh E fields of Clover =e Lim n" Rye was » valves, revoluti stopcocks, 20 lb. of m, 
ncommon, inage is the order of the day. A per een are mown three and even four n one Gino xing up all this ridiculous stuff with yearling 
tenant-fa Yon ean have his land dràined by |a | afterwards fed with sheep. Corta tainly, n no other vale ves, Turnips, ho » Oilcake, itm 
the Goviritesit by paying 6 per cent. annually on the | system could produce s al thiscropping. The distinetiva | | Beane and LET and € vital things a " 
fference it n other crops cannot, perhaps, be which 40 t 
cost of the job. His 2t io 
does not exceed that of hundreds of good fa He 
deep- tillage system most liberally. c 
mers. 
carries out i the 
Or t course, a he hours’ observation would not safe for 
hi 2 
made so palpable. "The Wheat looked strong and TA 
with a fair promise of 45 bushels to anacre. The Oat 
Beans, and roots showed equally well. 
The enne and deep-tillage systems were going | 
o plough, eph, 4 ary "Turnips, grind corn, Lnd pump 
water for cattle by steam! What next? 
Why, n the Aes of the region round about 
AR First DU," then emi mabrac ed? 
Taat 
on this point, but it g 
e m 
me the impression that the great operation which h has 
pp rtunity g p f both. Two: men | 
| after rie watched its working and its worth. id 
ks dl y^ bold and poen novices as Me 
won for the Tiptree farm its special distinction is 
irrigation with liquid manure. In this respect it sta ks 
e|M hi 
had alre eady m m" three 
at work turning | up the oun hich had iste bee 
One of t 
Mua, and perhaps unimitated. And this, ee? | 
the Tak E front of his offending. to 
criticise i omy and deery his experi 
'atongh the pum of | f 
dee engine and 16 hydrants, so ed and | t 
n with hose as had reach eve aged square foot of the 
The water used for this purpose is mostly, ] 
if not entirely, supplied from th draini ing pip 
Pese | and 
had the > plu uck to wor rk mee d on 
under 
o horses went first, pat, eie as many s team engi nes wo rking at. form, 
nary | labour betwee! 
ae 
by mparat ively | étui number of ani 
the eue of of rei are bought, ani asia E det dr 
ld annually. The m a 
out the sears pee in P A ti vey gp md iad G 
with a common English eds turned an ordinary n Land's End and John o'Groat's - there 
urrow. Then the other followed, of twice the of the manufacture of cotton iu Great 
ho Beil, la Bhs kako Falko with as Ge RAO 
to the work beam deep. The iron-stones and ferruginous is irrigati will ed in 
clods | turned up by this “ deep — would make a | the same order int have pooh- 
not shu dder, er, at the poohed it with the same derision and incredulity as the . 
y p other i ions they y 
asy tc iding bread d. | utilising of the sewage of large towns, especially of 
less Bi dey t dne ondon, has now me a prominent idea and move- 
_ The ouly bord p Fontur or Tarrangement besides | ment. vA oor mach rably 
aro 
turned o t for a few weeks wen food, 3 The calves 
1. 
They are then Perle t 
id pat vm N ** boa Seg is seis apr 
a foo S, 1 
a cellar bdo" made water. "tight. 
ittle e engine in the 
e | agriculturist more ambitious of the new lg of " 
slats, t Noup erhich Zach len 
app 
dol 
inery and process are admira! 
work of E a gre of this 
fering material over dn farm whi ch it may be 
ondu! cted. Thu us, t the ere 
r 
an iron hurdling for folding sheer. This at first sight 
- a little Miura, | v 
indicating a city origin, ‘sang notion of an amateur 
ing the hard and sterile acres of his small farm i iu Bx 
Britain with the millions ot tous of manurial matter 
ar upon it, with all its faculties of suc 
gga 
ction and 
A ia can iin moved | 
| the country on their wasteful way to the sea. - I 
E g 
"Through one pipe it forces fresh water in 
ass of manure, which, when liquified, runs 
eet 
ar d quietly i in any p anta 
502, or 250 dollars to enclose an (M un; with this 
an sce — for Ate -" rm engines 
operation, accom wit little nel 
