it unfit for the production of roo! t crops or >in all 
such cases it would be undoubtedly wrong psi gai it | 
into cultivation. rtp Grass is specially 
required to a certain extent, in om 
neighbourhood of Spey: ye for meadow hay, as 
= neighbourhood don; or where, fro mathe 
gi Fees nF is of 
sages ene 
come to perfection, unless 
ane 
this 
balanced by extraordinary “applicability of the land, ‘or T 
wede 
the produ ction of S Turni ips or other r crops, 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
“conclusion that ~ is 
not advisable 
[June 14, 1856. 
subjects immediately before us, and probably there may 
be several others of like x Geeni though it would 
pa a iena r me to te them e 
OnT: pas 
lands to which the aigos = ‘ies fairly 
o all of this 
The is diferene 3 bi _ land a angers t 
m if they | dis 
2 inin pe land wi s. 
to break up this source of su ppl y necessarily lowered its level, 
pasture lands. e di fer ence of profit is not sufi- which ahinapas in pn ab the wells until many 
cien nt to pay for the increased landlord’ s cap ital i of them unk in o the 2 clay itself, and as 
ahh. 
cultivation. The [eae tag at which Mr. Woop | such pol hy snd ng a, the deeper the y walle 
arrives may be perfecily correct, and probably is | were made in it "the grea rte amount of impuri- 
so over a great extent iden lands in this | ties with which the water g e charged. mr» 
ntry ; b the figures which lead him to it| position of the case eee wae ont bya = 
certainly do not lead us any such result. |company to divert some small streams* 
n oes s an acre extra rent will well pay for | from the western slopes of f the Cotteswold | iil 
ngs, and 28s. extra 
ym nar for the perre A s — capital. Mr. Woon’ 
which rise high to the east of the town, in 
pa 
paper concluded with 
is leeti with hay a 
cat a 
he ploug 
nn 
sequent dis so “hited the lage 
h 25s. or eve 
use of the eae hte and as thi 
ess of po DA ms "aid no’ 
the 
Dat w. 
ate years, 
ould p be disturbed, poe Par 
i a — land w. was worth ha 
e it became a question 
nger 
whether. it ny not t nba pe roken up. e con- 
obtai 
however er, the supply from this: — has been f 
ing w 
Parliament was a ti sa 
. soure pr a the large: 
A the Is nd- clude oid an extract es his address upon the mes. el Traa rising ri 
lord’s chances of rent, from the tenant not farming | subje the eastern slope of the Cotteswolds. To this, how- 
He iye eighbourhood with a large proprietary, and | ever, the landlords, farmers, and occupiers of lands 
pial e rent as it had anes done in rons, where the breakin up of inferior Grass land had been carried hich th : ised 
ee whic ea od t nd lib al m hipag tame ee case in which 100 acres of pasture was | 0? the stream to whicht e spring gave rise raise 
j Y g0 sty ga an er roken up, A a cold land jon of 300 acres, the Tad having | Opposition founded on the followin, 
nuring may be d one. In fac » he r are ha of | been thoroughly aon n with, the tenant more than The strea: amA , Jar pe i number of mil the 
m the ae sta into soon the straw which first afavbich w f hundred yards 
e land newl 'oduce: i ears 
tenant allo mii it to deri, and also from, Se afterwards, clei ara istance, the se ofti|'from its sour 
more 
e that there 
lenr an for ee AN beca 
0 a-larger amount of capital to do 
well, int ako — that capital to be in sever 
for E oes ng ne time ‘without any 
gies 
_ d withont Tt being at much 
curs no 
pro pater ing, she. at po Aa masher for the first seven years 
of his T ion 
The question , however, has to be decided on a 
comparison of receipts and payments under both 
r manu 
mar “of loss poe asce 
tu: 
pa e q ty, he wou'd 
r he had cotichont kA. to carry out the work 
in the best manner; and having satisfied himself on that head, 
he should entertain’ no doubt as to the success of t 
ee de hay if 
wal ey ge 
in it jeka er). 
4 | concerned b 
g 
anks were some elegant seats of country 
gentlemen, to the i fertility, and aoe 
importance of which the stream in question was ab- 
solutely necessary. 
The ee interest in general was much 
as from 
the sheep n an elevated and ed and 
consequently | rowing country were, e Grass 
of the irrigated meadows, supplied with wren 
spring feed which enabled them to compete wi 
systems of management, and this Mr. Woop gives oe a ae deeds Peine Tiis Pylon gier eas nd and climate, and thus it was argue ed sp the 
E PARE SOTERA: 4 land useful was thorough drainage. When that was accom- whole of the hill ict trict, th ell 
E e ile da jng mre hing icy Pe aot wits tor Fo tia — Oaa pA soe gi gN gra auent intervening neg would suffer from "ie ese ra 
ent «ethos i ba p aei ee, iaka burn it. In his opin e latter mode was the best, because it | of their water. 
roe “ p a sage i ac elie or | Thee argumenta, which were fora y tho ome 
t t ith t 
eR Kevan beet EAIN Pa steer nome har to Jeah 17, oat 10 z pani rm satia he s wa wont lent “tio data: the. t fi e = i. wing in, tetra man fan nA hin indeed have 
Ditto of 5 sheep through the wini 54 10 0 en ist rod anà barned than Akdin Hea Been ploughed in: eet = that r= have = desired p» . = ma 
Th ked down into th e show a 
Costs and expenses :— 4:0:0 TE impro za ais condition. Three or four prone ‘aft er 1 cated gee? e, at a this ae “we 
l i : 
Sent, ihon, pol tazen., aii AB; 0 ot less than A foot below. tie o anrfaces nnd it ol A — to take from the source of your river a daily 
on vein smo, fencing, or ar that the e p of x! in ihe soil materially assisted the | supply of one million of gallons of pu water, but 
£118 o ity on ta o T eeg yo 7 very coat this shall be done in such a manner that you will be 
knew who had broken up land of the description mentioned cw at no loss, but rather be benefited thereby.” 
FOR MAKING HAY, that he could make zonoh more of the farm, in consequence, Raw ike al roposed. was that of a co 
poiana at chee = . £5 00 he did before; and he c utenda . “a panairin the artificial 3 p * d as 
Se ri eet ae Te ae gorp aaar now wih reach, the cheaper corn | tion reservoir, which y be ex big fr 
(obs Se ionii —At a convenient spot a little way 
and expenses :— 4 ki 
owing make 
Manure Ente hehe eae ad ʻi 15 o ye privileges conferred by the laa ae k vein by ee oie of the 
PESONEN gt ri cites sane to R erty in ater, ‘deed £ when this was filled the withdrawalinf om 
| rig Pp ng to property in water, in : uired million gallons for the daily pe of the 
a Pra lial eee 1010 0] than might at first be thou ught on ‘the ma ble | pt prng Ti possi wt iene 
i re wee tees cave BBO} yeang of water supply. So true is this that in this BRGY NONIAN of 
pensation system, as in seasons of a short supply 
Two cro 4 2 0 |country every stream pg i small, is a property d le the million 
Total yrofits per £210 z water, or in times of drought, while the m 
ki therefore make tf er A of importance, and con ase D its pollution Ont aloha day were being taken from the spring, & 
pro: o i y legal ied from the 
Grass amount to 27. ls, to pay er rh 2. skill, enactments, and hen nee, gir illion gallons were to be daily supplie! 
3 re, “opini ons are ; kok- ts of the 
jugent, capi, a omc I wil S wae sought and evidence procured to guide Teaia of pri conan ge ederm gai pementa 
E: o» Paane mip: ps — decisions of a rbitrators, or votes in Parliament. sad AA AKAN ief an equable flow of 
I usually adopt myself, vi e egia ow, as it has before shown that water 5 2 e 
anista sitit. and gree a crops and taking ean t | Supply is a matter entirely depending upon geolo Fg = aid ghee aa a nls oes to acerue 
twice in six yea! aien must remark that when | gical details, it follows that in all questions pe a TOP is proposition it will be 
Wheat is likely to sell sa high = has lately been the affecting it guidance should be sought by not | ther t me ded on t the ast Fion that the dis- 
case, I have substituted W or Oats, and grown it | merely a surfa examination but a careful ea ee ren be arri a Toone glut 
every other year. Myrota Smet crops is as follows :— | gation of fact from the point in de Se h Tori ical eee ce — on 
Ist year, winter Beans ; 2d ditto, Wheat ; 3d ditto, aN but which facts can only be ti by a Me beer ore e genlogi t ws of the strata was 
Tares seeds; Bt it Wh Wurzel ; 4th, ditto, Oats ; 5th ditto, of the structure of the — s crust. And we fol spree 
i ph better exemplify the truly practical nature The strata of 
Ieulation in „detail ; pat may of the science of geology han by reviewing the facts Me ii nee conn sigs — as 
th f arli tary inquiry relative to the water | M¢ or itic tone Pi ced 
copa, Mich ¢ are as lions a supply of a large town, in a case where the rig ghts o f | rapidly as Some ore be considered a8 
osts and expenses, Produce. 4 ir di 
£ s. d. . å. :n | forming the drainage area of their distr 
betime- EEES, 5 0 . 7o roe, ax. affecting the argument come out in 3 ft ese polite, rocks rest upon the e niy ha 
yee 00 he water- 
Bate Mang td ye FED 10 0| The of eyham i is for the most part | Clays of Deun the latter rock affords 
Soala EAT a S P a 16 0| situate on posing in undulations shakin dation tex ough porous s rocks of 
Wheat, sixth year ti E Wife o olof steer ins, i ip ofwa a ensured the storin ae arae ekos must be gradual, so springs from it 
oe up of ever: o 
Toat: ae s o BES s = = rain ery s oe ae Sues thragh theses are maintained at a tolerably equable tbe a an as. 
iat S i the impervious clay, thus large set et age be gE WME- T 
years ee N 23 18 7 aes a omen a nd and lesome water time ARPER n 's lig ma singet are the 
This gives oe the annual average Prost o AR CAR à culti- for the accommodation of a limited population. si “te rata thus rise to springs 
A m 9 | here use the term “limited,” as the wells sunk into | Tesult porous st s. giving flow, impet- 
. é : which are tolerably constant in p ow, 
oma this natu depended for their supply | Y eat sail nates e in 
Grass (both of i "them a a grat reat deal fey’ high upon the amount of rain re pap extent of the sand | V!0Us strata c: g 
ung to we | area, and > These streams issue of the lias which 
e: 
pr Net is meant aed 
—— by a spri Ae 
ost simple example 
oolitie 
ans up in the hills, ore prip porous ou em fae 
amen i sand tein capes b 
Now, as the er increased the drain upon om mothe 
