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says that by this machine 36 square rods or pol les of 
land may be ae by one man in the space of 12 hours ; | 
ee agg od r inferior to 
an 
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divided, but the spits not ee or at leas 
imp erfeetly ee si cer any prefer the action ‘of the | 
aschrom” or crooked a sed in the Hebrides 
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o have been has been attempted ; and 
I Sink 4 it gra ted that inasmuch as we have 
will be nt 
able-bodied angen “es psy ae living upon the p to 
d lar wit tal 
rates an and th at with capital and | 
f the 
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the — of o our —- since the days of Sinclair 
goo: ed for. 
e, Scie pea pakn llish t our cul- 
hould | friend | fi t e soil; but time, with slow and certain 
mble both horse and hand implements ily to | hand, is accomplishing that. Legislation cannot con- 
to 
suggest the Some for which he is searching. Is 
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buying from foreig gn countries, | b 
e carrying wheel, I would fix an axle 
travelling, that is g 
this axle and er ives being made 
llin 
s the 
with radia siop aar. 
revolve alon with the trave! heel, al of 
course wi ry same velocity, pear form shears with 
he others soy rego and thus twigs would 
e cut. This he same on as a chaff- 
ngl: 
ould 
pea machine, but I pe d stro 
n the rev 
mäi radiating, but moving 
the cutting knives, and the twigs being thu: 
r the edge o f the fixed arms or or kni cin beatings aee 
w the vince a Jandlor d that his only pa lies in g gs, 
A +, se natfreeing th 2 ts T et 
and other scratching iolss; the mattock or adze, the prisa tenantry, but the spirit of t believe. I he hed 
bregetapibn ugh, the caschrom, a varie ety of spades and mplishing that; legislation wi a ae sp “conden fetly mnt ren and to make it do so at an 1 angle 
forks, i h ever be per rmitted to interfere betwee 
mould-boards, Far a ha &e., ant ae was no lack and tenant—its province lies in removing obstructions, viZ., a wedge-shape, the axle or nave 
rs an ription, knives would have to be adjusted to re 
attention was next dire toa a gro up of contri- 
patented as “ a ae machines,” 2 Major 
er, on 
‘Mu ch has been done, and m: 
~~ obstructions have 
been removed. pone have bee 
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commuted ; wastes 
Pratt, Feb. 26th, 1810. Th ese, howeve 
model, my friend having discriminate y 
tions obviously impracticable and ni a as sea be 
worth an actual trial. 
One of Pratt’s designs is interesting as being the 
millions of mo ney 1 
pa one Tami gre: 
e | yoke the horse in) attache 
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volve at a rm 
mined angle either by a “ Hook’s joint” rae a Saens 
shoulder, or on an axle PRE at right angles to that 
of the hedge. Such achine would cael no 
“pillars or groin wor rk” fa er spree two shafts (to 
to an axle, on which would 
e community 
obstructions to the improvement of limited and encum- 
estates, by si a allowing any owner of land to 
dy In this | arrangement, a number 
af fonts mounted u upon carriage wheels, and each 
carrying a horizontal pulley, are alafiopad at certain 
fi endless chain worked by a 
motive power on the heen and, passing from one one 
to anothe er. rd and for 
ay coe mprovement of it, under the 
direction and at the discretion of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners, e the -a he i improveme ent 
the inclined axle for the cutting knives was chosen, 
then all that would be ted would a si 
pin as a driver from ling wheel acting upon 
the one with the revolving cutting knives. If the 
“ Hook’s awe with a directing shoulder ferred, 
the estate ; so that, so long as iis owner may live, he 
will annually diminish the charge. When he dies 
their sie whi would then revolve. The only 
d irene wrath cer would be the greate: r certainty of 
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next ey of furrow. 
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All his. ‘can now be ap hg but only = a circuitous 
Another scheme con nsists of a machine rane by 
r windmill” be 
„But I am incline d to believe 
volving equitably, in consequence 
f oth roth giving them their driving power. 
The W. G. Aber 
able, p it would be, I have no ram very “acceptable 
carriage. hese 
ned und in succession, 
thus P aling itself onward without the 
liability 4 oe sg 8 
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r Government, is rá to information obtained 
h "Ls ht, aah 
wine vate Piss, mg through we societies, 
p of cost, &c., of 
si arya various parts of the country. 
than to systems adopted to obtain information, to 
be Aeg as the ia of legislation, to foster and en- 
courage agriculture, And at at no 
W. Wooler. 
aas Destroy the Wireworm.—. 
mete made of the ra’ enemy to the 
ed will find by applying ye of met ee 
from the method of | 0 pening 
drivin, ving by the carriage wheels. The ploughs or other ingi iries as may enable it to judge of what may be about 1 per acre, sowed 
I done with oa and sivas i? Anon correct | preasa that it will completely “destroy this plague ait 
: novel proposition in thie. patent ds for x ughing n the ‘yield of our harves fit 
1l l top-dressing Potatoes and all other 
peuasói fap about a vertical axis, and made riers ogee effective ns havi present Pech where these „pests want Refuse sulphur of 
revolye motive power. An inclined plane lifte time, been adopted to Shikin it. To aoe. a wee han soda ash so frequently 
the cnet fps pa of g during the coming year, we shail be depen ended. on a Manure C ly 
d drops them i g d during the oth r half. | hag foreign countries for the chief article of our aay | this. dressing at 5l. per ton, Salt and econo- 
i tion th tati P g for ni Jand, as will ors assist in 
because it offered successful agricultural 
pelle, the inaran passing ana the soil in the | va never been dinin, by our as islators. to gro crops.. 
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rels, 
„| Spare, and she 
A century ne England had corn enough and to 
| pu ursuit, "ting an n excellent yo iaeano 
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Amicus. 
and thus operating like the paddl caine orted and sold out of her abundance perphosphate oF. Lime. — 1 am charged 
Here we see the first aj ateatha of, the principle up But now she is wonderfully defici- | mystifying this subject, My paper has been eal by by 
which Usher’s steam plough is based, only acting with a | cient, and ‘she i is actually buying ‘from f y wh Iam sorry 
horizontal inste ad of vertical motion. However, tl qi the subject should considered of so little 
iE iio delad a urse population has in and po dssibly one | moment as t tr in a flippant manner. F 
acy f till age resulting from it, motel any Pee class of et will say to o ‘this, R it matters “i feel obliged to Mr. for the spirit of inquiry 
at trial with full sized machine: ery ; and, in the means of payin th which he has approached it. I wish to discuss it 
ce had fully nagaied my friend as to te “ati of | I say th e utm ost moment to al 1, | in same spirit, this c 
al the | contriv vance ious though s of them | from the ret to ae urer ; for i tion I must decline ns contest, as my time is fully 
tt’s patent. pet Ae of quarters of corn ea annual = we might occupied. . Summ: inks that 
= row at home ; the ae paid for whi w goes into | means insoluble, and t there cannot possibly be 
ath compel OF vgs Fete the f À y a er Fol 
In the midst of a costly war an iegislation be paid to | this doctri . as Ti 
h th Pica ‘pm nt >| the a oa between himself, his | neutral’salt, and yet it is the most soluble of all salts ; 
with the price of Whea d 100s, pi seg sare his labourers. therefore if any t the word “ neutral ” 
the price of the 4 lb. loaf ranging prt 9d. ba aa I hey med that ere are thousands upon with Sum: not with me. F 
whilst z bs menee l ag with 12s. per w } the two of 
wages is vided fo: rv wale in 1850 “th a n that th ot Š hosph 1d neutral only, and to take Mr. 
wages at ae fat e atol 9s. pi week 5 when it is remem- want of iho oui atla ya Tegu wired to be a by t roa owne Su its oun doctrine, where he says, “ bones 
r own island, in the immediate proxi- | in perma in drainin fred cise a more permanent action than the best super- 
mity of roads, canals, and railways, affording the t Gunes Gosia: sar ue in fitting se land phosphate.” Now Mr. be well aware that 
Some and rendy menns of transit that any county | or te occupation of ha superior clasa of tenante who Sh pow yas itis commonly called neutral 
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thousands upon thousands of acres (out of the twelve appt a meres ware ws pon necenaly 
peana pe 
my assum: ption is a 
millions of acres of land e ori ,) cap: mi peir at eek dain ioe entail 
> . taining 
of yielding s Ae aithis pein Pree han Mr exact information on this ms Š if we had, I 
and energy, and the aids so freely offered by science do | Word be vas, Sane caer: E eae 
ptf mes ae 5 soy z er icy r 5 his shame and sorrow we should Pome an ourselves 
s y Peers Means of Improving the Agricultural | "P%O estes? Ss i agg 
tate of a Country,” written in the n the 
present century, will strik Beren s the Home Correspondence. 
community w Hedge Cutting iy Machine —W. G. Abernethy me 
“Tt is certainly better to sneer kie Hee misunderstood m A on. In railway hedges I 
establish injudicious ane A AE a it. But ifa t vV: e to have 
aenn, make o ae peaeapynnbladt-se judge at what to cut at the same time toth sides of the Seliger hc 
DERES m and advantage, s v 4 y there would be no cross one side, 
a seat bit by gra only by ine an kaont ar Ea and the wheel on the other would lt to g t 
will prospe rapidity, and will be ons tr 
pt- meh i Lere to he credited, and in oe a aon A for instance. alever 
ne e one r 
which Rees ‘sl might pass away » akont ie ine | with a falra up gS rot &e. I should rve ae 
might be effected in the course of a few years under a judicious W. G. A.” describes with 
System of encoura: slot ome airite “ pillars,” &c. ; as, in the first instance above 
An age passed, science and trade have advanced implicity mess of make, and the 
With giant strides, ` y application of the most apii mechanical action and 
„Englishman the most interesting of all pursuits, if not r are here to success. Under thi 
to his country, as politi have i n I should say for a machine to cut one side | 
the most important of arts, has only advanced 
feeble and irregular pace i axle ve of the travelling wheel next the hedge I 
„Iam quite aware that of instances may be would fix at a suitable distance a convex arm, from | if | 
cited of ve and judiciou pr ts in agri-| which sho mld proj smaller arms with a 
cultura d I am free t h g dge, radiating at proper angles; these 
Be doney, må Tat mack aa a. Gera ie» 
sources of our uncultivated and our half cultivated | 
lands. But I must maintain that 
