Jury 19, 1856.] 
ins 
successio on to live stock, implemen ts and aR ‘and | 
that in widenin 
g| 
their expectations, efforts, pal application, | 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
structive review of Agricultural progress, referring in | readi 
93 
eee 
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has one the: rk consist of about 19 acres na 4 
es 15 a res Potatoes, 17 acres Turnips 
acres Cietaie Cabbage, port rag AT a Ts S 
ily afford facilities to Pere desirous to sera | 
fran sipaciaiena, | ata 
expense which would be amply compensated if success 
su 
bent: oe! meme attend the experiments, That uccess would solely in a figurative fga ma marked, that 
* intelligent practical agriculturists know no horizon,” end them, if Ng dy made, does not of what enerally Serna he ‘the ot 
$ of do ubt. To e process perfect, some simpl y? j y 
ARTIFICIAL Di e ose?” The s tock of o cat 
DRYING HAY AND CORN BY f heated air supplied by the | eat and old), about 75. are choice, and in gay 
MEANS. heating UDr, to secure its rapid action on - condition, . 
You did me the honour to poret in your Paper of Grass; some simple chibi would be readily con- | as two first erly bulls of this ept. “Two 
the 14th of June, Bome remar: which I ventured to | trived, in the nature of a hay-making machine, to wack ae mit in justice to the prisoners, I ought to 
f harvesting agric cultural | Mee to act on vo spot, the Grass being | mention—one is s the erection of the most ificent 
produce by r the in a currents of dry heated air, origi- | supplied to it ; but in the first instance the end might d the fields that ever the eye of man 
nating, on my p: elief pi Cire! important | a= attained ‘by the free use of the Pitchfork i in tossing rested upon as agricultural fences—the other consists 
objects might be: ci aiken by means which w ould | was The | of about 2000 tons of peat turf now drying for fuel, and 
be efficacious, simple, and econom mica. bour required would be less than the ronal A which will be housed in the next ins pamper from 
I have si itii to to turn my attention sacl n | in a S fie id in the frequently abortive attempts to save | part of this brilliant gas for the priso Il be” 
ubject, till more Asaint a at the o $ 1” 
that great ae. are attainable, and in some paris of ‘fel in proportion to the higher oe rg employed Labour Gazette.—I have observed in your valuable 
the ae Toe he wetness of this season has ply ji T. F. Kennedy, Souraa of the 28th June pew important or 
ved the cridia of en evils e ng to be el feed 9. n the leading article regarding communication between 
iated. Hay-making and the curing of Oak bark hav = ra oyers and labourers, an o hope from your 
ave oe Home Co orrespondence taking up the subject some plan will be adopted to com- 
season critical for e proces nd at an any | Mr. Fowler on Dartı —OFf all tg inte eresting, | plete that communication which is at present so im 
pless at which an artificial goat had been in action, | Aem mr irti reading that is to be found f ct as to k i th our existing means 
d hay ae to ae 
e been avoided under any | 
and all circumstance 
But ae object of ‘the communication which I now 
resum: make, i 
occurred 
; myself without a kadiiellge ee the opinion “of other 
Tene but I have ena referr: ce $ 
Heng ees ” in = 
vol, ii., p. 15 ; and 
, the few me in a late num itd aipa 
n the Abo ut three years ago I w 
satisfacion ey 
| tion of waste o anda, w 
hear rth e reclama- should be a ‘in pack a 
as atory of the views en Opinions wich Thad 
my form rmer communica’ | to you, 
. Thomson, “ Ex- 
pornak Researches on the of Animals,” pp. 
71 to 79 ho cca & Co., 1846}, 6 and on a perusal = 
ave 
nd from which all inform 
o 1856, age 
Canter the greatest benefit on the pid num! 
that work found abunda: nt confi: rmation of th 
ages 
obtai 
oni kn 
n his general plan of Working, oe ns of t w Poor- 
supertaneds sf the a and pass: nk 
which give ae couragement f 
3 
te 
sit, “the 
with lie eee as to ‘errors of aan e hen = aft ter- law ” the pai poe Serika “requ oo money to 
way for empl ehre wee remem 
her farm produce, imi all | 
their krer aia. Notary. I beg leave to 
’ Tagai 
ould havi E noge 
ered 
is way, 
ly thank | te t th 
widen were after. d 
on 
published ender ty name of “ Talpa” Hi 
bs 
raat int 
wards 
J 
F ah 
Ci 3 
give some idea of the import of his more pr i 
statements. 
hee ‘The great cause of the deterioration of hay is the 
Fowler, it t would b 
| advantage to others engage ed in the same 
nta; 
erwards 
to the apa a ians iane the amount of wap AN 
The 
f th or oy of | | and also the accommodation prepared for the sss 
advantages o 
| climate that he had ; : + the vicinity or 
mane of the nataral amount of water i in the Grass, by 
S Tigr agent in such a 
roads, steep, bad, 
ae ee a dian,” and seeing that i in my parish (being an open pot 
all these’ red should he fairly stated. 
lords of the manor) we have 
ing, or 
ming Water when existing in hay fr rom either of 
these sources will induce fermentation, a ar Py 
which one of the most important constituen of tl 
kai: sugar— Felgi be destroyed.” “ The only 
method w. 
und to succeed in preserving her 
i will 
about 25 able-bodied labourers more than the land of 
parish a. Soha and hearing that frequently 
and do 
r to obtain them. Guardians and overseers 
not detain you longer, having 
I do. M. G. Y. 
[In reply t 
capitals 
} 
mode of 
t the pith of all T 
and I may pre 
“Tae and write largely on m 
ay ımpar 
1 hi 
indulged în ing on the poors’ rates. 
ich we have 
aeiy entire is EDY Ro fd it ff means 
Rye- contai 
A Elala, Ardele y Vicarage Bunti 
wth as saan cent. of w: th 
ay WW. 
r nine y ears’ experience , th at had Agricultural Maxi All plants, 
Grass 
+ pia heat, ns at re 
ts growt SBL per ce 
whickt a may be ved by aiek the Gra 
mperature considerably a that of boilin ete 
but even with a heat of 120° the greater portion of te 
water is removed and the Grass still retains its green 
colour, a character which appears to add | grea atly to the 
their nature, ees in rage main pr grees 
Coach re naga in the same 
rg make 
The first _ the nourishment during | the early part oi 
way i 
| gro und ga Ara by stone drains, 
ieee by trenching, ploughing Bios soil vos 
following in same furrow, so as to completely stir and 
mix the soil 18 ag 
erust or pan; 
cultivate will also encourage 
e growth of weeds, 
2. Two kin ds of 
plants pa close together wilh 
When this dried Grass (as it may be truly ‘termed by | 
PPS RE SATE ta Pada Pac i 
f giving; therefore if weeds are allowed 
| to grow amongst th the o ai we cultivate, the cram ae 
1 jus st be so much nutri 
to ‘consist of a series of gare » which, if placed in esa 
atu 
od pric of y i our plants 
j ae Aca — they may not rob 
rishm: aree Te to have. 
the soi 
cely any art 
| ficial Taing opii: ANa 25 to upwards of 34 tons 
| of Swedes per 
e from 
p 
ah out a in e S oie times of bet par M: 
August ; the ground rolled before 
sal 
by the rain: 
The amount of soluble 1 matter capable o 
x moderately moist—if not wait until | 
Gant November a very he 
stone roller drawn over all the pastures, and this 
repeated about the middle of "ian fk if iera is 
t is. Il let m 
exist amongst any crop, a: they not on only di th 
infiuence of the sun and air from the soil and the root 
oes = 
J 
r cent. or a third of the vente ealehie 
We may therefore geo some notion ole 
sige shower 
freee 
sugar ait soluble alts that sis hay 5 s0 
maeh less acceptable the appeti ite of 
r 8, whe: en, according to the crops we sts tivate. 6. ey plantir 
your seed in so that is full of the roots and seed 
m at least one half of your labonr 
roducing them, while only the 
A 
he rent, the 
h the pian of 
| their idk; the Grass home stead Isend you the 
ern Times, in which and vim an my brief rng gi 
ge Wm „Fowler, 
lab 
remainder 
with a 
a 
follow 
wi The pigs, about 100 in number, claim attention ; 
and thou 
; they in amount 
riage ars 
of labour and “capital to clear the “ground of them, 
which sinnguises the 
e other ; pone — 
uring petharrcac the 
appearance of straw, so war hay hay o 
A gh not of large fram me, 
ost symmetrical animals, 
pe aptitude to sea cone the i 
Sac (wi ith scarce ely a gr nl the lot, 
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3 
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=] 
ZE 
a 
la] 
© 
A 
D 
tn 
a, 
is 
etable and animal matter i 
Grass straw. ” “Some ee in ed prepara- 
tion anded in such localities 
as are affect re than usual fall of ey We 
<m „2 moist, gener “especially like that exhibite 
pro cing such a stock, as nea all bave been bred 
imide a the prison Sabian wa all. "phe next sttncticia 
ie ha; aymakin 
turned in 
dec iy Sagan sa add decaying ma 
ing and rickbuilding operations, each | which has prod 
most satisf: 
Astac- 
rey am should possess on their premises a aur 
rom, where hay, Potatoes, and even Corn might be 
Such being the 
a a oe t the 3 apparal 
Martin’, fal 
object F be attained, I ente 
of Mr. Haza azard (No. H: St | 
manner 5 the estimated quantity of hay t thus 
secured, and in first-rate order, was n tons— 
more , in addition to which abou t 40 t 
are in the yard, so that their prs of hay, 
decom 
vegetable, por fon — matter, hent, iga ma 
moisture being the sam We see the which 
when the remainder of the present cut is secured, will oil prosper i a. proport o the 
be little if any shor? of 150 tons, The Swede or op, like cultiva: manure a we enjoy pot our 
cal pirn a very saraa rate ion (whether the appa- 
! hed Saat this they co to do year after year ; 
ti f pi 
the “othe er crops, considering that fly hey T 
to make them more productive. a plant i is 
ratus or het fuel i pissing e iih to attain the ends desired ; 
and I have that Mr. Hazard w ould 
they chie 
coming on land just reclaimed, excite pt Rik Arcee at 
he complete and signal change which convict labour | natural to any particular soil it te ion lived Ge 
