May 3, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
307 
prices of pro duce there are still many farmers who | lands, for feeding sheep, but for. feeding cattle 
quality 
The butter, the distinctive mark: which property being 
g ands is gey, ees ears Bg: weeny a eect ee am eyes, 
d tinge at the root of the tail, and full udder—these 
of the T 
matters. True, t the personal attention which a tenant superior. The and will bear the whole crop t 
f. i g the daily operations o olkia oun 7 ; general appearance, ti cream, 
farm make: 8 extent for a deficiency anure gives corn. It difficult to estimate the light red, or both mixed white, and the hair smoo 
capital ; but with good management ey pes diten in meat and in an, which this alternating | short, count fo ints ; hand „ di > 
by the home-farmer oils the wheels of fortune, an fford. slightly curved inwards, bright and. prominent eye, 4 ; 
ought to thro i l balance on the credit side of t may be thought as deep barrel-shaped y, the flanks well ro 35 
his ledger. So far as necessary funds are con ey fon laid on the oo of improve, Spleen, It handsome legs, not knocking each other when 1; 
then, amateurs cultivating their home farms hav may be ly A pin as arters flat and right-angled, bac’ ight 
greater chances of success than lessees can be saving might be effected 20 Criterion p — 20 an ng J. 
to have. The forme 
produce to market mer rve a | dra 
particular end, nor d ing | of ie 
of portable snannves till the spring de mand raises them twice a year. 
not unfrequently 20 to 30 per cent. in price. A All ren 
3 
rates in favour of aaa 
airn 
of home farms 
in 
prietor is ignoran nt of 
some | What 
er are not penne to = their | Prsec as oe arable land (the me 
rely to obta n cash to of a sui 
imself “ju ustifie 
wn think h 
a erate vih every a of setter castles i in | bs 
air who 
By f Bar 
und p: practical rper ment, he | | saving of T “bushel of seed per acre, hin, at 
| busi hel, 
‘on a fa 
say, 25s, 
itabl 
land is ploughed at least | Filtrat on of Manures through Soils—Mr. 
difference in labour nied en plo ugh- | | Writes, vat. 251, Le “The: quantity of guid manure applied 
ing erty or andre dont 38 very gre arana 
paei 
e an estima 
minute, 
‘ation per acre about 20 0,000 us or tin 
nae "he er mond for each Ploughiog | fall.” an not the rapid 7 ie of ral application 
a For th e year, 2 wide. | be the ca of the liquid m e passing through Mr. 
the profits} The next Mechi’ s drains > strong and highly coloured > One inch 
z On the o o system, 24 sels 4 Z seed Wheat would b fall: a very heav rain, and what we 
agance ” n Ua aia O with an improved drill, 14 bushel | do not, San get, Acconsliay "Mr. Me chi’s- 
would be sown with better results. ll in th 
There would be a saving, therefore, of 1 bushe el per | a and a half. I w uggest maa Me Mechi make a 
in da ancing acre on vty 50 acres sown aa ith Wheat, which, at Ts | trialof thapyiction of phar peenent ee sae rateof 1 my 
10s., or per acre, over the | ill be a 
bushel, ot aa to 171. 
ie area, sche 
ley there would likewise be ay applic 
4s. per | beak fin A his " ‘pring: woe 
he 
that case that ray himself shouid pay the piper. 
ex gance, unguided b; 
is À squander niis 
He Aad tal managem 
were the ma more 
udicious. ‘That inonpacity i mi exhibited in numerous 
instances by ee 
tions in home 
cannot for > 
of the practical opera- | Wheat, at a yield o 
n for market. g drains. 
| There are to be ify ate YX gare of jp R of | ordinary dung heap o rface of a strong clay 
of 4 ca i oly, per , 200 flowing though drains several hundred yards from it,” 
| quarters ; of Barley, 50 acres, at a yield of 5. pan ers I think is no argument that such is the rom 
250 cost of rda Ek, Wheat Ses on a field. Soils in a very dry condition are 
and to incompeteney “of the m 
a pr 
Jocó ual and al raira wi 
case 
a uarters. The c co 
yerr; Je Aos eyg than - 
tely state, 
+ no “terns reason ya supposing tat the e prolis o of a | acre, hs or 
ome will bear | 
r a 
èy the flail , and dressing, is 4s. per quarter ; by a - | much slower in ee gee 
roved steam machine, ]s. 6d. Saving on 200 scien, they are only in * 
25 cre, 2s. ‘he cost of thresh- | consequently lege pts “of uae n tac shown.. 
tel | |in A aeh: by ae flail is 3s. per quarter ; by stea ie state soil should govern the rate 
g on 250 quarters, 12/. 10s., or per | Ie the application of liquid manures if a per- 
fect filtration is desired. Ver, y dry clay cannot 
. 
1 
P Total savi the use of and 
those of any similar l by a tenant. or aas 3s. 6d. per acre, or one-third of the rent, 25s. | it e quantity of liquid. manure Mr. Mechi telis us he 
In my next letter I p | Besides the economy and direc £ pain ti “ago tarmen, jA pu on his field in about three hours and a half time.. 
department of my subject. 3J: acts Morton. | the muon of 1 ape l per employed | Wi th such a pressure the interstices of the clays would 
— es reproduction important aid to a consumer, | conve Ayy eet directly and niay to po drains— 
adi ulti dates ver the total area of land still | ence the failure, . Henry Bundy, Dynevor 
PROGRESS OF BRITISH aang agg “Vealtivated wt the “old system would form no in- | Cas It is de that there should be æ 
[The following concludes ge rP significant addition to the annual resources of the careful re-examination of Mr. Mechi’s extraordinary 
| country. experience. We should be inclined to attri some 
Field.’ Practice: The. greatest improvements in ai The rapid d of useful information and of of the waste to a flow over the surface of the land.] 
vation, and. management have taken place. in. the str ng appreve d practice must be laid to the aceount, in no) The Keythorpe Draining.—I ave a paper on the 
lands, Draining is the foundation of all these improve ll degree, of the journal and of the meetings of the Keythorpe draining in your Number of the 26th inst., 
pa Draining, now better understood and generally Royal English qiraat Society. Tke meni s sign Ted ani Tri r,’ in which that gentleman ex- 
well executed at a sufficient depth, has changed re Sonic ty, eid te Fasson hid coutitizioe ta whe ka Vakok tie “Keythorpe 
character of tga gg Snes unmanagea’ ’ m e variety 0 f system,” and Rew any disciple of the perpen- 
and unprofitable goili, into, gapyrwerking and pro- useful information in the most attractive for dicular and parallel tie le to Lint em of 400 
dhative Jong, Such are some of the proofs of the onward. march of es as efficiently and cheaply drained as that at 
It would be pag to ascertain the extent of Jand agricultu Keytho rpe. _Unfortun ma tely I have not had an opi 
drained each year ; but no sufficient data exist for a | the Exhib ition, and, in many points, by virtue of the tun nor am i strictly speaking in 
reliable estimate. “Drainin Exhibition of 1851. Still we oats Ogg ves to be only 3 a situation to” ear the gauntlet so boldly thrown 
by. means of the public loan, the His of private com- Tol the threshold, and much r o be done. We bun RS Mr, Tri mmer, i asmuch as nya farm i 
panies, and of individual propri eres, of which 170 only are under 
£, 
0, 000, 
works in sean of, the last three years ave err 
1808 
1854 
of science to edger ye giae into the secrets 
“Na 
hat proportion do the 1 I 
loathe to the lands drained by pe capital Ei 
70 the plough, 
| of ture’s law mechanical _ s bring Sheu x Mr. Trimmer Yass a v olig to extend his 
| to our aid in the feta ie: mighty agency of ste | limit from 400 to acres, I am prepared to e 
ee aed call upon the farmers to continue and nerease | his ‘haller onud n = 
s $ = 322,728 | their. efforts, so soe = sf be able to am pace a jury im partially. selected.” > ihre 
| with the dema nds n them by a à population re draining gees, 2 ; rer venar á a stp preg 
_ £1,051,843 | ever increasing in num peg in wants, ain- enge Mr. 
lie | hi ed Kingd for 100 gu soy 
“If | ably hold. | 170. pi er number of acres, inet ig a ‘Wheat 
So A T os | erop oi uxuriance and comparative Poe 
the public loa ok hig eg = e. | mine, Ae a frei account the quantity an PE ei Aa 
ore ion one-fourth of [those drained by 
Alderne statement from 
Tey Cows —Hav 
are Denbighshire,” in your Paper, of four decide th 
no} corn sea in mess the aforesaid draining jury to- 
ihs n such case, th E: G; is — either now or Sa before or 
n draining for the last three years would amount to | “Alter giving ‘2 Ibs. (18 oz. to the pound) of butter | | after harvest. I: offered similar | challenge last year to- 
5,257,615/., and allowing 5l. for the expense of an acre, duri u Ifi „Iam 
the extent of land drained would ex b arrien acres. | cream jmi family uses, d wish to Eae Tie in ho opes by ane the ag se more pi nonien Í shall 
issum, or whatever sum may karepi y (or Alene) s com is apenas to be obtained meet with better suecess this year. J. C. Sherrard, 
n draining, will have been capital nly help in this island. Those age are sity on Manor, Reigate. ; 
the proprietors of land. A sum equal orir reaped in | | brought t from Jersey, and ‘sell rath ner cheaper, The cultu — Statistica The following letter, whieh 
amount has been expended, mainly by the tenant [!] larger, lee a s for publieation, was lately addressed 
jarmers of the three ki ngdo ms, in the urchase ofala pees ‘darker colour er wi from Jers rsey, | | by Colonel Clinton to the Secretaries of the Royal 
mor ; vague esti Instances have been known a Guernsey ox heing | Agricultural Societies gland and of Scotland :— 
t fattened pa 15 cwt., but the ote i in Jersey has_ ve the honour to state to you that I object to the 
The sale of cman guano by Messrs. Gibbs for the | not exceeded 11 cwt. It is an invariable ice | °f compelli e Farmers of England to make 
last three years have been— returns. What is sauce for goose is sauce for gander, according 
e years hroughout to tether the cattle, staking toa vulgar but sharp truth-telling saying. May not the question 
ue Pongo them by the horns t e » by sof an ir paeroa en Eaa PEA Et E p ra coania ier re 
-a oo . y e ues er n Eray T agaes 
a aes diate a a E OOO E tached to a halter about 12 feet in Jee cttuted at ted authority eall upon itive epencei wate 
1854 papain, SEES ory 60g ; this shi t four times in a ical returns of the ‘Fields ‘of capital they lay down ?—of “the 
hatha day, allowing a fresh - of 4or 5 feet. They are | crops’ oon wit Tire of that capital w pr ran a e 
430,000 ked three times a day throughout the summer Teaping? May not the conntry lay claim to aright of d 
Allowing 127. per ton for cost and carriage, the sum months; the milk is with the pie e wool, ere ee 
ded 5,160,000. butter is in great est by the country le as 
To ee must be added: the large outlay nseed article of food, and is pretty palatable ; ch is never ders.— Among all the prizes offered and given 
on minerals containing g fertilis ising mar he g quantity that a Guernsey cow will | for so i miy — articles and productions, 
rags, 
ptindiples; on lime, plaster, &e. 
the part o of t 
venience of the com~- 
efforts on 
Soil, th i — as 15 lbs. of butter in a week. hich } h be good 
tive powers of these islands have rian an ranana he people of the eminence of their , that very | its kind ; in fact it states Asi 
orce. | fore eign breed is rig excluded, ti tin ad pA oncom te 5 inating a a good ladder, some 
a have said that the most see at oe ara imported for the slaughter- house: a Guernsey farmer aapa menpa wish to hear some of the particu- 
taken place-on the strong lauds: Drai want of a couple of ladaers for stack 
ngland. As pe e= amn as good Norway spars, and 
pert the occupier of — jena to nad Swede aie to ibe oah purchase it —- be pacha | having divided one of cries Twas advised to the 
Turnips to this course of eroppin i ee | that | convex i any one 
this addition is beginning only This | exhibit on its person 20 marks. before the “Agri | mapanas aneneen de a very good 
this aon is beginning only to make itelt felt. the jety of the i | ladder, aan apiason: cnn: A 
value of the light lands, is now: performing a i PAR A E REG O E EE eine divided it struck me that we might make 
almost as great:to-the:strong lands, not, as on | father being proved to be good, and yielding yellow | two rs E of it inatenddliseans one, and accordingly we:had 
