Aveust 16, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
557 
see, turn over the soil, placing the former surface 
to six inches below, ms —— g up the 
smoo soil to the top. By this 
process all the seeds, weeds, and suet are Š enpresan 
below the eeng ; hich 
m roots or rh ghee as Cou Gain, 
ater Grass, Crowfoot, ' Coltsfoot, and others, a which 
f the farm seer, divided by 
the plough, are indefinitely muitiplied ; and do, in n fact, 
Besides this, there would be a great advantage in using 
an engine whic oie are be applied to many other agri- 
cultural pur uch as threshing, grinding, chaff- 
— roads a; 
own experience.—* my: o 
ar 3 4g as cord "kava is clay p rarely clay, I hare 
as far’ as I could consistently wi 
voide: 
extent, as render it absolutely necessary “for 
farmer to rien his land partially barren for the 
purpose of r remo vin, ag these obno: ages weeds 
hicl ly fail d he is driven to 
w D J 
1 
some years past a he E o 3 ma i 
d more ah m that part of it which has been 
der my anagement without the intervention of 
a bailiff : the | ief implements bein: 
mos t benefic i Oe esults. 
spices 
hr for thi urpose 
“In a eee i se ‘aid h has been advocated as 
system of all, the soil is not turned over to 
ar like the extent that it is iy the use of the 
1 
Ai ep ian only the 
home farm Sata 
Soe eae EE 
while the p of tl 
tel ugh ha È pits iad in as oe was 
much a that it reduced my total Aet ‘over 90 
GLASS FOR CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, 
PIT FRAMES, ETC. 
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dain their present reduced prices of ioe by > ash ;— 
Pe ri Like ai at PACKED IN Boxes CONT. 
y 4, and 64 .. 12s. | 8 by 6, and ‘th by 64. 180 Be 
ae ays T b; a des isco 9by7,and10 by8 ... 13s. 6d. 
9, 12 by 9% _13by 9,  14by-9.. 
ME SE T 95 T ig ET iea i 0 
is eA Eee Tae Re e ih i Se 
14 12, 15 1 16 1 17 oes 
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16 13, 17 ,, 13, 18 „ 13... ove ove 
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16 s 17 1 B- ee og eee ow 
19}, 20” a1) 44 ed 
tanane Aikor M NOT EXCEEDING 540 Iyon: NG. 
ES Lo: 
16 oz. from 2d. to 34d., i ox. from 22. to oz. fro: 
per foot su 
nnuals, 
r being carefully removed by the hay and 
ositive necessity, and that 
e 
perhaps to some „extent, to provide food for the mak 
crop. be inferred 
e fact st the more free the soil is even o 
rop Pag ate In shor 
t ee S laid döp as i axio m in farming, that 
o 
growing on sim 
yeu Grel ea lose ALISO! 
is Whee eat he ought to grow Wheat, er at least as far 
as is practicable, nothing but Wheat, and when Beans, 
nothing but Beans, age 
erence between spade 
y: ny 
is from 10 Bed 12 inches d deep, and to 
‘ood zede: h 
andry i it i is usually thrust. 
n. 
steam Yatin over 100 acres of land 
this season. Some of this on my own farm is under 
crop, Beans, Peas, and Oats, all of which look very 
promising.” 
Calendar of of, Operations. 
AUG Gus 
bee gee fe August 9.—On 
that the srt does not uptu n the 
his t that when the le everage is r 
the lower aie i shattered by the y that is 
offered, and the upper part is all mixed together 
b But h e 
tt 
pe gg either by the transit of key implement 
of horses, 
likely to impair the success * of our ir agricultural ope ra- | 
f 
tion. The passage o! 
over the land cannot but have the effect of ‘producing 
consi: nme conslidtion, ant ste both the 
n of the w and th i at 
e than t 
plement 
sem aps s the ) paddi ing o of the iat is much 
tal t 
ime operations than 
iene ge of a heavy impleme: ent. For the 
horses continually tread ona lower surface which hae 
s formed through which the 
will 1 wid freely percolate till ue the application o ork a 
good subsoil plo which in ntroduces 
the padding of t oe i ur reapers! 
operations with the pepe h there is n only a — 
loss, but there is ous waste of power. Sa 
w f pow er as distinguish ed from loss, I m hat 
portion of the power which is actually applied to 
counteract = effect which we desi to produce, 
The po mn orse exerts to dainty hi mself across | 
r lost; _bu t the | weight arising 
is all entirely | 
or exerted i in producing a consolidation of the | 
soil and subsoil | 
found to be inju rious. In spade husbandry, too, the | 
land p eorapletely, cultivated at once. | 
h operation: 
It is true there | 
ns,—the breaking up, the 
patat ion a the weeds, are | 
0 
he locomotive and the traction S lone “of applying wee | 
power.—* The s priory of ogy locomotive on our rail- 
ways seemed to turn alm 
of “te steam ; sand even now it is not Piara that | 
of our engineers. But when we consider the enormous 
e of power in or 
thei r own S psi Wa consolidating that whic 
porous, I 
a ight and chalky soils the 
Whee and Barley have ripened oran rapidly; a great breadth of 
the former 1 has be ; hands hav oe pron, ae Saeed hey least suf- 
hi 
y 
ne eA are re e winter Beans and Peas, 
a TI 
was n 
ly parched up; consequently store sheep are kipay lower in 
ate 3s. to 5s. per head; store bullocks are also from 2l. to 32, 
lower from the same cause. 7’. Baker, Bury Farm, Stapleford. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
BRICKMAKING : TTH. pat Ba Mr. Chamberlain at Kempsey 
et Worcester, The essay is not published that we are 
ware of. 
Coxcaien! G P 8. writes as follows:—“It is the custom to 
a moe ina swiftly dit Sad river in the vert of a op 4 to 
soil from being washed a from the his 
vel and larg 
crete, which should set quickly a big ee ee any wt 
of the water; and should 4 cee of you experi. 
encein such, Gan e-es I ape feel ack obliged for prti sugges: 
tio sis the uld favour me with.” maka at is wanted is 
rience on Derai which w vill set w water 
C sy Bagnalstown. One of the ‘Duchess’ cows was sold a 
the Tortworth sale = oer That is, we believe, t the hig! iio 
e ever uch price was given at either 
price ever given for ald 
of the Collings’ sı sald. et a list of the sale to refer 
to, but will ascertain shear ty Bluebel 1.” 
Essex Farmine: Mr. J. Lo Erp moa has sent t 
report on the farming of Mr. Hut 
Bi Times a 
ple m 
apao ofa very it interesting paper 
ae substance o0 i 
the shall ber gy Ake fone ay ow another day, 
vy LAND: AB. f y ais ane land into good tilth 
ay in spri y vahi nd salt, ensure od 
crop of Potatoes in rows inches apart. Winter 
should be d October 2 
havin, t well tilled and man d 
ed on thi 
land having been firs e 
Suffolk drill and eae g coulter levers heavily. 
plou; i eli made by Mo essrs. Ransome, 
trong implement for | Nahe ng a a furrow slice out and trenching 
aid open. 
in the fi hus 1 
InsEots: Correspondent. The ich y e fo ti 
round the crowns of your Swede ips are the well kno 
and too common caterpillars of the Agrotis Segetum 
mot 
a history and yo res of which we 
1). A quarter 
: 
the Numbers m soul be caught by searching the 
he loss of Ae arena aap sis weighing some ater ‘dark with a lanthor el Asi 
pro, y fro wen of nine Sexes ould e cn | k rained carefully to examine the’ crowns of the roots. Hot 
siderably gre: Ser even portion, when soap wane poured over the roots will also cause the insects to 
movin itself acr lou kei field or up eve | _ quit the fe 
vit How one na i nah er would Pora iw n a sligh | SEED Apeira T WEATHER: J Rsi “ Draw a drill, 
opinie its own Sajet oma of, d upon | 
the its movement a ode of its 
application. But. by adopting the pacion system, the | 
power lost would be only that which was required to | 
red 
aig the weight of 1e ropes and bey ea over | 
the soil, which would be much less that required | 
ttle or E power 
own efarts, | 
would te wasted in PEET EAT its 
well water the Meow, Pand sow w the, seed in ie ‘hed Tike i in brs 
dry soil over the seed ; in a few hours all the | ea a lie be 
a nice mothe state. This plan prevents ae ck 5 
which would be th if the surface ber 
TRIAL oF REAPERS reget erat or. tha reaping 
si 
S le whole sere on 
Eth Mon- 
ing machines. Conveyance from London Bridge by rail to 
Dartford, thence per omnibus 
plo! ca e This sy stem consists mainly of a complete | acres, o 42} bushels. Allowing that the eye of the PAROLA nA Bien mrommpmirdget disse te 
sce f it with tk il 300 feet, 24d. ot Teese e O , Bhd, 
mani t th e time accompanied with an il t that the turning over of the soil is | , Foreign Sheet 34s., BBs., 40s., and 
“3 ota in > perm ét Grasses, &c., fm the not a matter of p least as | 27. Per case. 
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ease 
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