526. 
Beans very good ; Barley, 
small, ae heavy crop; and Wheat (as r= noma larenn 
ee signs ven promising at least a full a _— 
with a contin weather it will poread A 
; Oats onary can.scarcely be said to be grown in this 
neighbourhood. Tho he ealthy state of all crops, combined with 
the abundance of food for cattle of all Kinds, beri dhe os we be 
with favourable: coarser the rk 1856 as one 
in this county ‘promise to be a 
full average. Wheat has improved n much since it came into ear, 
so eee: the well-drained and well-farmed land i: 
Beans and Peas generally are very fine: Turni 
within the possibility of crop, but the chances at present 
are against them: Potatoes are splendid: With 
average) we pect general harvest by the middle of 
at is an average crop; Barley, 
Bean a a Potatoes, | pesca 
other root crops are 
e Wheat, where thin is a. good deal storm 
oat (rot aid); Oats and Barley are unusually thin, but 
pee ni ing, anas eee pieity be we think they will 
a went will not: be general here until 
Se ont of August. Bao. Dar Y, Greetham, Horncastle, my oh 36,— 
‘Wheat, syed. bus poe bl: ackened Ra rley y, very good; good ; 
Taney’ Sean "Pota! ‘otatoes, pretty good; ae = sly 
cen ie Tah y crop. T: Spencer, Knossington, Oakham, 
July 28. 
FeENs.—A few partial: showers have been of 
service to the corn; which is now ripening fast, many lassa of 
Barley being nearly'ready for the scythe, and a good deal _ 
Wheat bas assum a bright yellow tint. The Wheat 
generally thin of plant, Tal the extremely favourable weather the 
have had has uaa eee: 
aye = seed ge" yie! eld The 
excepti. ing upon very thin soils, where 
Enaria eann aap induced it to ripen prematurely. Oats are 
also good, excepting in the fens, where eT, sl i ‘Much psa 
ig frosts. Beans and Peas 
the sprin k will turn ont productive. 
i not be Tsise is expected to be 
general about the lith of August. John: Whitwell, Pe ‘ough. 
Mia de this: poy which ised a 
fortnight since to be a very fine crop, have been seriously injured 
‘by the Wheat midge; scarcely be but what is 
— wage å papin heli oe en ate of 
the damage, j along: e suffered to 
the extent of one-fourth or one- of the. the atiy paina many of. 
the ears on side bein; pletely destroyed. A much 
‘om the 
ey are now Do acy bs yis black, spena p 
nd whole fields are completely stripped of their son R. Cubitt, 
Baeton Abbey, North Walsham, July 25.—Wheats are looking 
well; Barleyss satnam a neh Oats, the pr Potatoes, 
-at present free fro: 
m disease ; Beets, doing uncommonly well ; 
Picasso indioren, having suffered = from the ay, 
rom the —Rougham, July 
3 D E E Ani an unu: aiy protracted rain: 
season we have » had a of dry y weather, advan- 
— ie will i angor ling ptm 
n 
‘than it has been for many years. Oats, al 
Mhargyarlbctitig-weltel. D Beans 
m accom 
home in safety, the 
remains in cocks in me ws fields, and seldom have 
ds more thickly studded with them. Green 
i eee 
me. Our men and ho are fags ones: 
ing all th nure we can get for love or money, for next year’s 
Wheat crop, as our desire is that never, in any ing year, 
Pershore, July 25. 
and Mangels agg large and 
very Siara Hay crop generally 
—— Potatoes not very vigorous, but no appearance of 
disease. The weathershowery, but still very fine, P, Stevenson, 
Rainton, near Thirsk, July 29. 
arora Correspondents. 
AGRICULTURAL Clitheroe. We- have beenunable to 
ascertain the ann te Can. sts one say by whom: the machinery 
of the Poor-law establishment was first suggested as the best 
came for the collection 3 Soe ere eee pease ? 
able to wer yor 
which oe not a ia ae 
THE AGRICULTURAL 
of which the breadth sown is unusually 
surpasses, an 
| peditions in its 
manded. 
COTTAM & 
GAZETTE. [Aucusr 2, 1356, 
VALUABLE IMPROVEMENTS | IN MOWING MACHINES. 
BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, 
PREFS, 
Under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and His Majesty the Emperor of 
the French. 
ag CY nf a 
ALEXAN DER SHANKS AND SON, 
OATH, FORFARSHIRE. —PATENTEES. 
H S AN while soliciting the attentio a of the Nobility, Gentr 
Horse and Pony MOW ING and ROLLING MACHINES, ie compi elaxess 
at the same cee respectfully i os t notice to their ND MACHIN 
around flower beds, &c., and which has i 
p SON Y; ry, and Gardeners to their 
s and superiority by pe ich are now w yell ae own, 
E, a ada pted for eee small law 
=i suffi 
chine Sameer Patentees pr 
á ill cu 
mana Eppa E hal 
superior to mowing with. the se 
in a manner vastly 
utify 
the turf. tsi Rolling and Mow: 
and Osborn 
sof 0 roe ‘he 
while the simultaneous oper: sate "of rolling and on cutting part improve and 
Machine is now in common use at all the e Royal Gardens, Windsor, Kew, Buckingham 
urea Price Lists forwarded on application. 
waa heir Patented Improvements are pirated, beg to caution the public against purchasing: 
s wit octane their name and mies marked on a Machines. 
ants ‘Fleming’ s SALTING saat” ES, for destroying Weeds, &c., on Gravel Walks, Court Yards, 
of which will he learned on ap 
T. GREEN'S NEW INVENTION IN LAWN MOWING AND 
NG MACHINES, 
SOLE MANUFACTURER, IRON AND WIRE WORKS, NORTH STREET, LEEDS. 
REG ISTERED JULY 24, 1855.—No. 3739 
m Palace 
. A. Snanxs.& Sow findin 
woe with their improvemen 
A. SHANKS & ous eal 
an 
&e., particulars 
O- L 
HE ADVANTAGES OF THESE raoe deed supersede all others ving 
small Wheelin front of the Grass consequently will mow verges: ai and r beds, 
without any change of Wheels, E iana eN pe ee as- in others; wi rapes 
wet or dry, and by the sim of screw, in.front, can be rais ed o 
be i ae seri aoe will turn in ee ttle 190 » and-cut at the e:same time. All the working parts 
ge he seein ‘plades are so constructed t they cannot 
tae thes ae fone ae ies , and. not gua and drawn as other m ines, 
pata un 5 not raat half the fous to rom th The three first sizes can be worked by 
with ease; the two latter witha 
LIST OF PRICES: (NET CAS H):— 
13 inches 16‘inches 20 inches 24 inches 28 inches. and 32 inches 
45 5.0 £6. 0. 0 £7 0 0 £8.0 0 £10 10 0 £12.10 0 
Š á 
isty “So complete an 
with ease: prov: noi 
bemost suitable; Deen en in undul: pars wo pers = 
sone of the smaller sizes would b ongratulat Spa 
d must eventually pikale al others, for itis not eich free from inoin, and easy to the w 
operations, and consequently must prove a great saving in the nagement of Grass Asse 
the public.—I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, ear MAJOR. 
Other Testimonials may be had on application to the 2 Manufacturer: 
The above Macł be returned, and’ may be had 
= all principal aa Nurserymen, and Seedsmen in England ; also Mr. CHARLES GaRRoop, Superinten- 
nt of Agricultural Department, Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 
wns, and a: great boon to 
NEW P merry INVENTIONS FOR STABLE ne er ot 
a Prize at the Paris Exhibition, and Patronised byzthe 
French Governments, 
‘AM AND HALLEN, 
TE E Original INVENTORS of the E EEEN ENAMELLED MANGER RACK and wale TROUGH 
AS ONE FIXTURE, to which they have made important additions, the main features of the same being explained in 
description and engravin 
A represents the Patent Halter Guide and Collar Rein, the ball ) or mixing with the food in the manger, is alonesufficienttoclaim 
of which is taken to the back of the manger, works with ease and | general notice. 
freedom up or down the guide bar, and me noiseless in its opera- Sheet Iron, 
tion, as ae a sure preventative against the most restive horse 
being cast in the stall. 
'B The Patent Portable Seed Box can be instantly detached 
from the. Rack. without rir the el The saving of the 
seed in a clean and useful state, e; either for r agricultural purposes, 
COTTAM’S MANGERS are-constructed i 
utility, are cleanly in appearance, durable, 
e | Galvanised, or Enamelled, 
ar seer: act > Guttering, with moveable safety | covers, Sanitary 
detached, made of Galvanised 
Harness Bracket combined, can be 
used with great advantage in Teirnon Rooms, where space ader 
i as the — — of the bracket can be turned up ou 
way when no! 
both as to form and 
factured Plain, 
in the best ponibio m manner, 
Třaps, Stable — Seo Corner’ Mangers, 
Chaff Cutters and Oat Bruisers, kept ow show at 
HALLEN’S WORKS, 2, Winsley Street, Oxford Street, London. 
WARMING. AND VEWTILATING.—The ? ‘New Tilustrated Catalogue for 1856, and Estimates gratis 
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