92 
pidge tea a the > are drains of Parkes. It w 
in the paper by the late 
tan on this subject in He gma of the 
Royal _igteatora Society, that he ori 
eS i 
ived canons 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| the Suggestion of the local authorities and of the Chelms- 
ford Committee, oa the period of the Society’ s 
ntry e held t 
[FeB. 9, 1856. 
Simonds and Way, as Professors; Mr. arrett, Mr. 
Huds on Ad Castleacre), Mr. au “Gina” Mr, 
ance all the 3 o 
expounded by our "most celebrated Authorities, and i is 
PP 
e Show, d had 
iain 
practice, ho 
tried in y ap parani a men erleg came to Ata 
ene. and havin, tried 
ytd tion 
i This r ort 
n direc- 
repo: 
| was prMac d by the Counc: 
en right 
vag If right, why are they right! If 
ng 2 
ICULTURAL IMPLEM ey oe Challoner, as 
chairman of the Implement oe laid the 
| following report before the Coun 
he Implement Committee ha S ria m into their deliberate 
consideration the subject as rred to them shah the oun 
em 
wrong, Ww! Aue g? 
of so Aii « RA 
at their Special M ber las 
cl; mplements for doumpetitive 
namely, such a classification o: 
render them s0, and are trials at the future country peor he Ki the Society, and 
aiios of partial pD of a pera occurrence ? Pale for which alone in each year prizes shall be offered as | 
of o our experienced d drain rainers and drain ning shall insure the trial ive he Sesapi n of agricultural 
implement once in thre: e Committee recommend 
a agp mca Goca at hae ques- pres Bigeom the adoption of the following rota ation for the 
ensu riod of three years, namely 
es. when I ald jon nage oe the most strenuous aa 1857 
adherents to the oscar of draining do not | pnw a rane & Harvesting of 
-adopt it indiscriminate] > bu i z ain Crops. 
: be sa ou: 
pame] ae of their icin Harro: Manure EAE 
with pipes in those mik bro ee consider to} Cal delet ors Hor ae: hoe! 
uire them. What, aa a are these situations, Sabsoiters | Dag wa achin xd 
od-crushers Mowing machines 
and ha he exist o out of Suffolk? "These hese are questions | lotor Reaping machines 
of considerable ,_ on whieh. some of yı our} Tile and Brick Machines Horse r: 
experi practi tient and scientific drainers and drain-| Implements for Drainage | Carts 
ing engineers will enlighten us. | Waggons 
1858 
£. 
eat pa &c.—It will afford those 
n patents great Vevey rf 
hear that po Patents, im- 
pressed with the importance of agricultural mechan 
Publi icity of Old Paten 
=~ 
nee ey 
Engines 
Threshing machines 
Dressing machines Oilcal 
a series all the specification 
s of patents under the old 
pesca Tas’ for “ j gling and pre 
p 
will include ‘all th the. aa d patents for sve. enira ow 
exciting so lively an interest in the mind. 
ural 
Una der the | new statute nearly thirty speciatos are 
stea 
patti The progress here is oS S bettie str 
1852 ; 3 for 1853 ; 7 for 1854, and 12 for 1855. W. B. 
Societies, 
eee 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGL 
The Committee accordingly recommend 
it is not possible for it to arrive 
in time to be admitted into the yard, he shall forfeit the 
right of the reduced rate of railway transit. 
Signed C. B. CHALLONER, Chairm 
Report having been confirmed by the ery 
The 
Mr Ransome and Mr. cnt es to their con- 
a great proportion of 
+h : i 
had 
submi tted ito them ek Mr. Brandreth he the | 
m 
. Milward, as mem. 
ward, as 8 the F `nglis! h Juror of 
s the English Juror 
and Mr. 
A R, 
oe 
bmitted t 
monthly meeting. 
Es.—On the motion of Sir Archibald 
Macdonald, Ba it, seconded by Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, 
the reyi of Prizes for Ea ae y proposed by 
ber n Hobbs for ges 9 etition at the Chelmsford 
g was beret adopted. 
OREIGN OFFI mmunications received from the 
Foreign Office by instruet ions of the Ea rl A bei or 
were Seterra d to the 
oe of mis Conni veer pn them. > The clea 
adjourned t weekly meeting on the 13th of 
vs 
Mi mba aa 
. Proper Time to Manure.—With 
P ga rm-yard, herel ss and 
ake er manures, that w ill depend entirely on circum. 
stances and the convenience of the fa: a 
armer. I remem 
this question was once put to a very shrewd old Che- 
shire pero ay neighbour, who had a very 
high opinion of the ol n’s judgment and experience 
farming matters, and after Pt nen for a fee in the 
oe seg . jug of | ale (which co wt cheer- 
fully paid), y reply to 
the anxious inquirer? Why si oes on. 3 ne ‘Put it on all 
the year about.” Now h we not quite 
agree with the old farmer that all the year aroni fi 
the best time for putting on manure, y yet I thin 
of us agree w Fn ta 
ll seldom do harm at any season ; and n bt by 
th E he old man meant wi ‘cael 
upon the mind of his you sinkghtiotie the very high 
Carlisle las tbc aone: edits 
system of offering individual money 
| tion among the implem 
ment makers ; ; their satisfaction 
dieti ve; 
prizes ier e compet 
value he „placed upon this ae hand friend. In my 
opinion, t p Kai any kind 
including bone-dust) t perm nent pas is when 
tion is the most active mic in aos plone of 
| April and Septem if nd can be spared) ; and 
| the old-fashioned custom of putting on manure imme- 
iately after the hay is pba off is, I think, a very 
nipped fa za 6 : Colonel Cuaitoxen, 
chair, y-four new members wi 
ee Raymond Barker, en 
the re 
Riaan i the mi trom which it apptaited Mon 
the curren in the han nds of the bankers 
was Sori, ‘He i 
decided upon by ‘on Council ; their _ desire i: have 
he FAD F: 
® | good one Mr. Martin at Cheste 
scription towards the n strong wish “ that th f the jud e arg Px ADR 
Society’s country meeting to be held at ee place i Calendar of Operations. 
‘the present year. He also laid on the tab! quar- | (as the e ease may Ye) should we pirori in the ate 2 of Tae ae 
terly eso of th the l y, in sub: FEB re 
‘branches e Society’s income and caplactoons, stitution of ao" individual money prizes as hereto BERWICKSHIRE MERSE n. 28.—Just before Christmas 
coe and abilia offered on the Society's pri ze sheets,” On the cog, of | We Aaaa wid ie most Intense a Ea S known A 
PTE . orgs the tye ey of the French Lord tates, ech a Mr, Evelyn Denison, M. P., | by similar giente n s, from want of sno 
ly xp s Memorial w: and received the fullest con- ranor the frost Jeet ed he depth of nearly a foot, so 
bike h, Da h norary Méniber of the sideration of the ARBE X that for several days after the ards | Nal was out of the 
i uestion. That operation is unusually far behind for the season. 
Seley the following sche en were carried un: n the motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Sir | During the past week, ho , much lee way has been made 
és a nite eevee =P, ia ohn V. B. Jonhstone, Bart, M.P. ., it was a — | up; for in such circumstances a must pe the law against 
. On mo bate enison seconded i ss oughing down a little fros ne good effect of the black frost 
Lord Berners :— a That his T mperial Majesty the coma aa re G ati _ sk se ad ree more imple remains in the ease with which the lea furrow is turned, 
of the French be duly elected an Bunara Member of the bare of the sam e judges te tana ted to | or no Wheat has been sown uring these two months, and the 
è Mit a r p ares ie of E Bisi the prize coll Meese them,” greater breadth remains yet to be sown t few 
. On the motion í . Bra adrbth Scant by Lord Fe a rs ie do a eey blade appear to have sustained little damage 
:—“ That a Diploma of the “aapmcid signed by the n the “the f iow fe Brandreth, seconded by Mr. m the weather, Not so fortunate are the Swedes, however; a 
resident, on countersigned by the Secretary, with th Thowpsor, e to ll owing rap were Mori rag the an nui aor e rotten, and le crop so deteriorated in 
meee Seal of Syd Society attached to ae vl nehiy res Ne which prizes would | feeding quality that cattle ca t improving only by the 
nthe motion of Mr. Thompson, secon y Mr. Hoskyns : offe: for the Chelmsf assistance of artificial food. Hoggs, it would seem, a ier 
—“Thata copy of the sixteen volumes of the Journal of hod t reg cultiv ator, 5 5008, 5 ord meeting g,(excuivly oo race, for they have done well on their cut yellow Turnips in spite 
e Society, y bound, be forwarded to his ad 4 reapipg machines, of rain and mud, and look very comfortable now that these few 
Imperial Majesty, together with the en of his pease wards) days promise drier weather, though drawin to frost, and @ 
appointment as Hono: Member of the Society.” aeg pee s of ploughs 2 ws. £40 little snow to-d It is now little more than five weeks till our 
~ Sranpine Ci rts were received from ei Me , harro . 20 lambing season comes on, and the ewe flock is daily folded on the 
ar SER } + i i a » caltivatoes &e. 20 Turnip breaks for a few hours, = K off into a org 
SSD $ P „ su ee 20 fie Live stock markets have been dull for some time bac 
Stating how often their respec ective committees had m i A > clod-crushers and rollers... 20 but to show more animation. Our local grain markets, 
and how many reports they had s ae to o the he Connell.” ~ a » tile and brick machines .., 20 which had just begun to revive, were completely knocked on the 
JOURNAL AND Liprary.— chai Š , draining implements E _20 head last week by the panic that emanated from Mark Lan 
Business was a sS still, and nine-tenths of the farmers 
of the Journal Com: oats ne e the, E : copy of rove their corn hom in rather than submit to a reduction 
the new part o! urnal and submitted to | arranted by the circumstances. Short as has been the time, 
the C: Hi ( if ae = motion it was further resolved :~ ES th ie reaction has bch set in, a e0 le begin to see more 
ing, cataloguing, and completing the library of the 
Society. These suggestions were ado ge 
C. ir John V. B. Johnstone, 
m the Chemical e 
€ Tha 
sums shall be divided = Aep at the 
pallens of the judges; and in 
pe K nd gids unless there re deeme 
otion of Mr. Brandreth, nuded 
resolved that oe folowing a be 
which the Sege Fr riz oae for a 
cu aE An PRE be vi rth 
steam- ny 
camp inn aad that i 
ie 
last. The Comet adopted this 
tiom te fllowing amended EAH sr es tne oil, a and be an phones substitute for 
e :— 
PARIS AGRICUL’ ND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS. 
2 Qn the composition of and imago water, ana On the motion of ohn V, B. Johnstone, Bart., 
SA toview progress o of chemical wo Sadly M.P., seconded Mr. Thompson, it was r lved : 
to bone and sean se T I hanks of the neil are due to those 
Guavo-Suncrrrore Pusan On the motion of Mr. of its members who so ably represented the Society at 
Raymond Barker, seconded by Sir John V. P, John 1 Exhibitions at Paris, for their exer- 
stone, Bart, ME: M.P., it was carried: “ That the period of tions.” Sir John Johnstone explained that be w: 
the Society's liability fc Deputation 
prize shall terminate with the e year 1856," to the Int | Agricultural Meeting held a Paris 
CHELMSFORD pct —Mr. Detik e fieeen in pone bet Song of Me MI iles, M.P., as President 
of the Chelmsford reported to the Counci Hudson, as Secretary ; SR i 
be wished. To judas ‘tro rom the re op nigh < sie =? cultural 
poppation, Russia (if she show fac s to 
a buyer than as a seller, J. 
"Waer Sussex, Feb.—We have still little to report. The 
changeable and rather damp wi sibathoe: tas not been suitable for 
dung carting, a work that we like to get forward so as to lighten 
us when the busy time of its application comes. There is a little 
complaint about the Turnips not having stood r well. 
and perhaps the se: rge on us all the e tori 
them as we now do Mangel, as apart from the saving of those 
h now rot, we will not have so much difficulty in providing 
for the sheep when the frost sets i Lambing goes on well, 50 
we have heard, better than usual; and though the land has 
been very wet, yet as it has bee: ild the ve done pre 
Our markets have come to a stand, but as there is still & 
should think that threshi 
the same state of forwardness as al at this time es 
now haye our attention turn sowing and ploughing UP 
behind the sheep for Oats Barley as soon as the land is dry 
enongh, Wheat still looks well, having stood the winter without 
wel su all; and m oy aes wg Slovene. gar ee 
A Boss is 
3 Mutton the same; atk gud po te are da. Bd. pet átone 
