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surrounding lime or iron to form | 
aaa otat of lime or iron, or any other con- 
genial compound, Last tly, neither of your correspon nd- 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| com P amounting to full 20 ewt. This e m ra 
fairly be stated to be 25 per cent. above an 
h th 
Of O ats t the —,* is ea defective in dutticy: onl 
The de ficiency cannot t be less 
jar cht 1856; 
pomas ie Olver, i „points y 
R. Grose, 
Tse 26 points ; R. Pollar 
and 
the remarkable fact that ” the ‘materials 
eet with 
i) th. 
+) 
green 
pastel to the E eg is the starch wh ich occurs in 
both seeds and roots fou nd in 
Dario is not ariera- A in this district. It 
may have bei Pi Pataas though 
n avi 
crop: i anorni 
cessful — rs,” 
and M Sym ons. Mr. Olver 
enn * 
e free ea 
si F ii Eaa been 
anted, are affording a large supply of 
grow. The plant has tl mila- 
ting the matrial absorbed by it it, and this i aa 
much in respect of their chemical ‘combi nation as their 
—— yee . Grove ply 
ing—A rea ions of the Agricultural 
a of the, 19th inst., who has not at hand that of 
the 5th Horsfall to 
much diminishing the consum pn 
g article is 
and the e pri of Potatoes is 
orted rate, which, but ne i export, 
e largely reduced, ts generally 
admit that the pron Ppa is is fally double that 
of ri: e years. John An 8, 3, Com 
s | may 
200 of w 
upland coarse pasture land, about “tries are w 
seco ee or by class grazing scm 
rable, I ur 
the system roheamnipeied by this. dub, raat which | 
believe is most beneficial | generally —tho ousi there 
i altern te 
2n0 ~ hl 
syst th gro 
of Whe and ineat 
out the pore ternate system 1 —, “what is serge 
called the six- comis shift. _ For any years after I 
ingine that I laid it down asa 
a porous sul ubstratum un 
aste in ich many large e estates are ri byt their 
derlying * ick » 
with the whole of pp water | 
Now, if 
is a loss to the country one con- 
k 
arbi 
but I fonwde th I believe 
ow produce a greater amount of corn ag cattle 
brn magnitude, and much good may be done by 
s I am abo 
your exposing such an instan nee & saat to relate, 
f 
of 
ject was to show, t 
underlying or water beari: 
5. DA P > 
g the 
| have to deal with church or colle ege estates will say is 
not singular. The and Chapter of Windsor are 
owners of extensive Pty let to hrima n leases for 
21 years, which leases i it has been the custom to 
e 
renew hi na 
important item at ee prosan y faa 
we ou ‘ought not to lose sight of. 
h 
n draining they 
tionate fine. ` The a condicion of esa so 
se gentlem 
not 
a me reog 
ined also ¢ Bagi? ons iin hite it. 
cted th l 
The ’ 
use to assist thei: 
som e fields 
With reg et * manure, I one vite the whole of 
my farm- -yard manure Tapa S on the second year’s 
w i on bay cla; ay 
us stratum, and 
their farms, but will not even zive them 
the opportunity of doing so at their own cos I am 
ving an 
ral reservoir, or spring, 
render most esse: 
might be made very — uctive, but whic! wt 
rred fro 
almos t a waste, and I am deba improving vy 
way the argument, 
a portion, or n the whole, may 
e descended 
PpO due to other sources. ag I hav ot seen the 
upon 
even 
gh the clay; or the supply may be | It m 
a 
si 
steward to e “in rhe ns 
o ES E whole of 
cy of 21 years. 
thed G t 
“ae 
therefore incly fi ri their | m 
a Gov t loan to| fi 
ie land is packet down to Wheat without paid 
en, as regards my gi green crops, the. 
ma cota with rel al manure; 
I 
‘thin k itisn ar, 
a greater amount by artificial man) 
to sippii an sae quantity of manure for 
D Vik U white That being the eras I stand 
ight b expected 
to white crops ; ps 
Weyer + 
r 
"ha a: 
ts. Jan. 22, Tithe eto 
Humbert, Watford, 
amem us beds on the clay, not under 
ea ere 
ad 7. 7 Pk Tiai 
pe or TA venea, but to obi 
this is a leaseholder for 21 to 
ste in Poe application, One ees think that as I am 
pe 
ms extra manuri ng b b 
the ssa This ià ternate S you musi 
aware, expensive one ; but at vhe same ti 
+ thi 
t be 
jae 
Ergi ata nominal rent for 21 y 
bd xde ende! th 
We 
from various quarters t the free use of steam 
threshing machines is Sur to (cause go a 
he oye a! at 
affords z $ gront quantity of food, a nd I stand high as 
my stock. If I di d not stand high i in that respect, “tl 
did ho do 
pT aT., krd . +. 
fe 
n | not earry out that system, I should 
do 
“be a loser. Th 
I stand some sken high; = 
t prese 
as regards plement, 
of great i importan ce tom 
tJ-imple ments are 
5 
rceumstance, 
per acre. 
F 
re I 
re heretofore he cire 
& certain extent, is counterbalanced t 
in ever 7 pa oe way. This can be pAn by using 
th a 
the pricao eo ‘Cora bein; ing checke -d, from bein, ng raised at 
tep P; : 
pads advance is to be obtained ; and in addition 
im by that means too we also economise 
food, for by using the dril 
grain. But there are some places, I find from ex- 
he other im prove ich | perience, where the drill annot To used profitably, 
Parie ae al dgzing pe ge a E similar ‘implemen th pa would lead to, but which aa present | Í grow pretty much Rape ; 
xant, pe able-bodied men n wet state i to. But no; ; the steward sees sinto Wheat again, Now I find it Serer to sow 
to stand still, as the co: iw use of those forks, pred the possibility of ‘the Deans and Canons having to pay | that land wet ; and when the land is wet, it is not in 
ween Se er r preparatory for any crops | the rentcharge for one year at the en 21 years, | a fit state to apply the drill, er = re I find better t 
to be sown or planted Pin TEY, March, or April, | and doe: that by that time the estate will have | sow broad-cast. In order the l advan- 
will always repay or p roubly pay the erage “og and the oe enefited by my having e 21 payments out beemey the land pend a: tolerably dry ; but if I 
employed will — d ease and 22, and that I aF: sirous of Pees ie the rent- | were to sow Wheat, after Rape, into land sufficiently dry 
in pea sastra this labour w A than by sane for 21 years f see ate sa the farm must | for the use of the ae; ill, I f. ff in the 
f beating additional ren nt I | spring. d by Mr. Robartes that we 
h is old * stick and half. ER are now, as a seater al enjoying a prosperous state. 
stick. Tighe rods per a en, and fi ds fi sig come into the lesion rent my outlay would | Whatever be = state of n in other parts of 
strong lads, may be easi © easily, , perc and effi li one year’s payment ; and so | England, I no hesita tion in saying that the whole 
performed by those in oné day, and 3d. a b this refusal 14 must continue to hold the Jand in its body of will not put by a 
rod may ro ‘considered tion n shilling. I eat there are thousands of acres which 
between master and man, whereas t h dC li I will not Lire two kmera of corn per acre. We 
work Fett by the renee spade would ing i p P mee luel d ttle; but our 
hae goer apaunt oars d ex i thus their fi L F dof hortof Grass, 
much land yet to be so naii ke, we grants d hich their j and our rA was oe all ee ~ Our represen 
dual of Popre. during = dead month of | the advantage is so Prt Wee di ol ssa pemkey out t ld but that 
January, with these irable implements, either ron myself?” To se there is this unfortunate | Hie i is ani e; and I am ve aana eA 
Parkes’s Dray’s Sig ‘he rag! similarly made and Pean aras I to do believe that that which appears from Seths +e be 
both in repute), as much lan ey possib] » for | ye: d to e do 
sowing with Corn, Potatoes Po cin February, March 
Cana tase with rd more than 1 bu: _ — age of seed 
r 
be tho p to assess the tana at the improved rent m, 
outlay would hay 
my 
created, an ze i yg thus increase | co 
this 
ntry ; an 
É 
a manne: and t y wn act, and t But if this statement from 
a re rete ps ati be _ faly I think, every one in my position would peo pam Scotland be oa I believe o country must be minus 
realized, thus all the labourers will be employed to You are doubtless aware that the c mption of corn | inde ed, and wi nsume angik like pe 
advantage and satisfaction of both man. If y attained ia ha amount t 
eottagers and allot ould sow of their f about 11 millions pitti ivhewes Wie Jone ee that va dropped from oor, 
plots with Corn, and the remaining irds with pa annum of qe growth, and such being the case, | Kendall. He said we should have great fluctuation in 
P ag of an early kind, alternately, VIZ., in beds |“ g t n the price of our ime of peace. and that 
Corn and two yards and after | for the public ad be kept d } therefore it was our interest and duty to have 
Seopa, we vouch for them abund: i] i tenants, | greater foresight into these matters, and that the 
far beyond a Hardy and Son, to a thee successors, and to the nation ?” Fi think k yog merchant is better versed i ows when t0 
Seedgrowers, & Maldon, Essex, bject of ot nig importance, and [| sell a ms ti yti 
Crops in r troubling you a a the kets, $ d t this is 3 
an opinion r peii to “ the ereot the past harvest” asking you to insert this the ltural Gazette.— | matter of impossibility with us—we cannot always sell 
f considerable extent, in the E remain, ana your obedient sa J. F. B. C., Aynho,| when we wis instance, there y of us who, 
baronies of Ards and Castlereagh wk » 11 Jan, [This letter has been for- within the last two months, d readily have sold 
upon as s well founded, being the result of actual p f d It appeared in the Times} corn at 30s. to 32s. per bushel : but we could not thresh 
ly by my b 1 days ago.] it; we had no water ; and e we had had water, 
myself, and of minute inquiry from y farmers who that was a time when we enerally employed in 
have already threshed largely of their crops. I Farmers’ Clubs. pre; paring for the next year's in, our cattle 
state, then, bad Es been one of WADEBRIDGE, Jan. 7 EY the annual meeting of this | have to be provi with food during winter. Mr. 
most i We have in- | society Mr. R. Pollard read the award of the judges _— 
stances of 
oy Saag a exceeding in some | fi 
or farm prizes. essrs. 
ina aus Sema i 112 lbs, per statute acre, and very | 
* The Cornish acre is 5760 square yards. 
Symons, 28 points ; W, Menhinnick, 26 points ; ies 
t The Cornish bushel is three imperial bushels. 
err 
