306 THE eee ee GAZETTE. [May 8, 1856, 
head of cattle, 1000 sheep, a ane 200 pens of | statement of an experience. The farm consists of lay no doubt a more liberal vpisa should be allowed 
ae rks ave been entered, besides more than 440 pens |330 acres of arable land and i es of meadow than would suffice on drainage pe enditure, but taking 
of poultry. The best breeders PoE pinaes Scot- | or permanent Grass. The following i is fha list of the y ni o7 per cent. would be 
, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Hol- | implements employed upon | He ugh. | AA se nme le by 7 nonin limit as 
stein, , Saxony, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, | 6 tro: ron p ploughs ims y-making Sachi far as Trae n he os of irrigating appliance rea 
2 Ridging dí z 5 e ggest 
pan Nagg da ap g s. Scotland; Eaha naraw do 2 Horse hoe eats | the danger of unwise stintedness. Whether it be in the 
as we oa ast week, s 17 á head of ca tle and |1 Broadshare do 10 Carts tanks, the engin pup epee or the subterraneous 
1 England, not ai vigorously canvassed, | 1 Clod-crusher 1 Waggon and 1 van ipage, true economy will always point to substantiali 
“ns i y; an wo cylinder | eam engine 
or requirin ore vig vass, has entered 94| 11 mith A edhe deren Bol ah zd 
req ng a m gorous canvass, entere | lle 1 Combined threshing machine | 88 à sound test ro y- 
head of cattle and 170 sheep, beside 35 pigs, 290 |4 Sets of ir 1 Flour mi yg can be more annoying toa keen agricultu- 
es 0 implements, 39 of produce, and 199 2 Seatifiers or cultivators Linseed mill rist farming his own land than an interruption ev 
r £ S-ts of i me Faipari 1 Bean splitter Pa the, 
of pany Of Ireland we have not received the 5 Natick Chaff machine: few 
actual n rs to be sp + but itis said to have | ; Corn d 1 Cake breaker à | is just what may be expecte f there i is a want ot power 
hited more than roportion. 1 ignia ànn E machines jin the engine, a eet in the tank constru 
a oes — be held i in the Palais de YIn-| 1 Grass at ‘rit 1 Barley hummeller |or a general weakness in any of the other fittings con- 
2 hot tural Fave will take place att? Liquid m ure cart | 4 Turnip cutters and pulpers nected with the irrigating machinery. How greatly do 
place. e 1 Water ca | 20 Tron troughs | some of the older fashioned and more prejudiced farmers 
va same § ime a o in Liquid manure me |S Shepherd’s feld honse | ic — a little mishap impedes the success of 
rejoice p! a 
a 7 ais ws mn ay and weights | Sheep ag at d, | BPS rm practice, which, as if by intuitio 
mine the "number a wa of our common crops|, The estimated weight of iron in these implements 
actuall r acre in our ordinary farm is 20 tone, and to it there may be a ded at least 4 
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any cases irrigation = other progressive systems, 
for kinf b Tinas ast &e. with the prian of which men who were thought to 
patios have not issued in any very uniform results. | tons r ir OD WOrk IN IATM DULGngs, Fares, ¢ enthusiasts have endeavoured to stir the cerebral 
it w t to be expected ‘hat they should, fas ulties of oe farmer, have experienced greater ob- 
om Dat Liat: satel “on Wis ame plant | these e aaan good is is 6} cwt., or “ater | struction by some _ defect or prac etica l in inadequaey 
vary exceedingly i ize. and that | More, per annum of aces 9 iron, and Tewt. of cas to bri H 
sımples such as those prepared by our correspon- iron. oe nu a of horses dy ept is 14; eac if y oth If a home farm, therefore, is is to 
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; re Jaini eto 2 lbs. ea tig x them ; on htl on è m — —- all ee Saty process 
: ; : x or so are lost, and the average weight “of "the | wach may: oats mee ther relating to irrigatic 
neir pnnt. ae pias poraz EEES old shoes worked up is about ł lb. each. From bee otherwise, at only be oa tb apt a 
9 a: | Stances as giv re: Si robablil A! e eni 
proper to be used as agricultural data: and that these data on is calculated pee’ nearly pa cwt. a A il Ae ee -= P y 
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crepancies of weight he quality, which difirenii of wraght i iron 12 cwt., and of cast iron 7 WE per | exc ies ented: with an:-nediilous 
samples, all of them, it may be, genuine, present, | PPUM. We pets not in fo rmed as to the quality of | extreme which might be dictated by parsimony. 
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, for instance, Common Ry. - a whie 
perenne) varies from 10 Ibs. to 30 ibs. per bushel ;— | SBPPOS® 1; t eavy—bu ut from their being spoken of | passing notice is that of road construction, A “fate 
if ory e ed one G individual weight in| #8 Pa s, 5 ing 60 high a 
°F jt is plain that | We Suppose it to be light, and the latter is more rent as more oe rably ireanii in this 
1 ib. of ite lightest. wi will. « a Sco Bethke abe probably the case respect, ani if good en add to the rental, the in- 
many seeds as 1 Ib. of the h pt andso ofallthe| . 0 s farm i in aeaa then, it appears | crease when sufficient to yield five or six per cent, on 
oA niei rate Pyar oy, Eira Me ant ame on cons umption of oe the expenditure, should give complete satisfaction. 
SA ag, ba S, y es retin 4 Ibe: ve fron rper acre per a duse of far that with a large one to sti 
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aaah those deren not as errors chargeable on | this ma frias be e r Fr ench “correspondent a as |), ghe i ek ai s oA pes ys ion e 
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actual results properly obtained from the examina- | ° obtain—the only one indeed wns have ever wry | fOr 8 a proprietor | in taking a a home farm into his 
tion of different samples. Our own results, given in | “ttempte d. e must remember however tha n 
the same number of the Agricultural Gazette with the pe porroa of mes and pasture on | | thorough | repair, and from year to year they sat be 
those of Messrs. Lawson and of “J. C. X.” (see pages this farm not those w] hich obtai AIL, ONET the | gi tin the highest possible state of {efficiency. i 
234 and 235), are another illustration of the same | Country generally, f iron imple- | t he outlay requisite in forming the ‘roads o ght cer- 
x ncy. Thus, Lolium perenne is put down as en u r$ vo. en e On b th — eeds the qua ne, tly to o be caren equines permanent nari 
; : seeds per n bo ese grounds we |S repairs as may e from time to time belo 
Baan A es NA 322 560. 192.000. e i e TET paa je ie in this experie ence there | to the tenancy Ponce In some cases it will be a 
249, per w STREN? reye ahn w OH 760, is nearly double the consumpiion of iron which h matter worthy of consideration whether tram-roais, or 
i í nite 
) $ generally obtains per acre; an there: refore that | 8 P J 
344,000, oh on sepa ag re a 5 md P as this over the voile’ generally, c } damised roads. ihe may seem a ard idea, but I 
ao, UY, gil per 1b.; and fes- 4 | confess I en ve a strong conviction am ares e thirty years 
tuca ovina as 1,113,600, 768,000, d. ather as being between 2 and 3 tbs per acre 
3 ? YYY; ie pe en ra widetwoan same it will be no Seiko thing to see ee a peice uce of & 
lb., the third figures in every case ing o ur own, | Yearly t : farm brought from its outskirts to the 7 eit of the 
and exhibiting quite as distinct aan as either a a a aT homestead by means of a railway, the working plant of 
of the others, on a co ies HOME FARM MANAGEMENT. No TI. which will ~ be fixed or aiioa as may be 
e following table, therefore, must be taken| Or the outl ted | desired andily might the ne manure be 
with the understanding that its figures, however | with a | irrigating appliances of modern | won to distant a in this way! It could not per- 
widely they show the quantity of seed used per | times formno merce » part. With _— — haps b e laid down at the very spot at which it was 
acre in English peter Ha practice to vary, yet do | farmers, the vital question “will it pay?” is still in required, t 300 yards of 
not give the limits of this variation wide enough— respect to irrigation thou ught t o be unanswer: red. cy aanost«tmportan’ end i wou be served. „For a farm a 
for of some crops it turns out that two men sowing f from 4l. to 5/. an acre, | 400 to 500 ncree with the steading near its'sentro;i two 
ntly equal weights m et, owing to which i is necessary to bring the process into operation, main lines crossing each other at right angles, and a oon 
ma ieee 80 pe of The — employed, be pegs subject will naturally leap | branches would be sufficient. ee let 
wing num 
a f A certain r e-stirri uestion 
kanae an iar ry cal naar profit and loss calculation on the scheme leave a dividend?” Why should it not? But 
d ill ll g I am again anticipating a future section, and must pass 
onthe “allowing table relates to those Partan in ordi- | CE e a ore: AAA on OF ei 'profitableness of cheap tram-roads 
o at cultiv: ful even in a money point of view. One great error n be ubt, and in many cases ba will be found 
growth :— no itted in some well-known cases has been that of hävisabie: a make them the ‘substitutes of metalled 
la; ying down m re pipe: mee than could | Toa ways. 
Seeds per vid ptin asii operation. Inthis| |The only remaining improvement, th veg of which 
square foot.) way a very heavy interest has been | should be placed to a landlord’s ase t, is that of 
urani į}———— incurred, p ng. Wh hether live or canes nne nme omer 
60,000 | 14 to 28| return obtained on the gross « n-| is t the e pr Scary ee a0 should p em, 
2,810,000 ,, 33887000 os ae — There is 7 much “Tianid being bound to perform Seen repairs, On some 
2'400,0C0 ; 4,800,000 | 55 , 110 q 7 mutual 
146,400 ” 1952000 | 32” 42| manure required for a small breadth estates the live hedges are kept in order at the 
120,000 „ 190,000 | 3 „ kiraia land that vm excess should | expense of the landlord and tenant, the work being 
240,000 „ 380,000 | 5i» 8| always be at command rather than | performed by a staff of hedgers kept for the pur- 
14,000,000 7 18,000,000 | 320 », 380 : f the 
3,200, 90 risk | pa ose. Thi ea th ay o 
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of seeds yo oe per acre, 
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t the attention ra the al met, Som is that of employing fe ine parras dipe arad” bout a h nif Bie rene cos: mi ae ng, e ca 
farmer is What vs the use rying to | 0 ted with the chemical rm i cl to the tenant’s ledger 5 on the same principle 
obtain 300 o rn plants of Flax or 100 te 570! | animal e cxcreta, is aware that neither urine good vahine- or order, half the = 
plants of ats on every square foot we wt d pense of repairs being debited to the tenancy outlsy- 
| ea rrasa but i used together they do supply -these | pares he i eee panto ease is very 
Tue question was asked some weeks ago in these | pee Gest ea aa Teg — Eer | ae oon 4 outa “from et peos erection of 
columns :—What is the annual waste of iron per | tage, is to have both solid and liquid exuviæ ramaan pe anit arty ; “9 the tenant sien an interest 
acre in the cultivation d? It is probably |in = otidin. ape anticipate the discussion of in the matter, and should contribute a share of the-ez- 
Curious rather — psi and might have eA | this -~ ent of my subject, however, I | pense towards maintaining them i 
unanswered serious lo: ur readers, ceed to = the outlay on irrigation as constituting |, As it is not my object in this dep t of the sub 
ee very much obliged to Mr. impor oe € e landlord’s i | ject t fully int 
Tars Siaa nietr A aoe opted, unl acir oe 
pes ith which iat, and has|; fe their ow 
en as the ing to major ane se, and in | that of many tenant farmers nt on 
giv result of his i inquiries the following farming his own 1 nd ti part iota = cies means and exertions for success. The 
* This is on the Gus a | irrigating fitments at the debit back which a tenant can experience is the want of Si 
one of white, and res.’ rm is 2. of ved, | 19 ia permanent improvement account. On this enti cient capital, and notwithstanding the present hig 
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