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SEPTEMBER 6, 1856.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 603 
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ETE Te Te TOLD AL GLARE RUG UMTREUIGR ERT a a TERT hee ane cee ee DET OO tae a Tea aera ae 
fo circulate about the foliage. and plant such varieties as rought forward .. £264 18 6) man th ood for all 
| tiba e k agement, there is g reason for alleging that 
come early to > perfection ; by those rules I have not yet E grindstone and fram a TT 0 | they rig be made remunerative if only proper! y 
failed to | Weighing machine ; taken care of. The successful care and tr of 
—The Bean is fond ofe trong adhesive loam, and will even | mma elt Ho j 2 o 0 root is necessarily connected in a ve: angers 
m well in clay ; it is a very deep feeder, and will | og Ak “of dairy fer manu- with successful farm ment altogether, and 
3 ume teen a Ive 10 0 0 ere 
enetrate a long deal, that Seadh soil 3 mi before | rse rake for ha eu slay sie gs10 | here I shall notice the hug i h these should be 
ie: ined, i ai ae w DRE oh ery, lant hae + sire i at oe a A 1 Q managed on a home farm so as to secure this end, 
would thrive on n fhe. desert iption panes ; but it Pi riyeg | 2 ladders 200 The rotation—whatever it may ati usually begun by 
TNE nie’ then ie fa deahiod. pi Ki ie s di | 4 shovels for stable, &c, at 3s. 6d. | 014 o|either a naked fallow or a green crop break. a 
» picking its 100d 1n | 6 hoes for Tu imning, &c., at 1s. 3d. ... Be 010 | Tespect to summer fallowing, it may only be said that 
some cases out the drain itself, and leaving plenty of | i for hedging, &e, 0 8 d, bibulous. 
ttle pipes to conve an Aes aS through the | Vice, carpenter’s bench, augurs, axe, hammers, saw, METTE «. ii 
li oat xi p pato con ra rapt aes are ngh, i ne yen] gibt \ahdmee beak tees anges, a tine fo rnd = a home farm, gob Fe these om, be the 
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white straw crops, and many ins rim could be amed Hed anaes bills, short and long y i ae tar BA eikai SIN ie 
> we rnips in Matt it, th amatai it is 
where Wheat and Beans have followed each other A Br aara A TEn ae a o aes a hly drained and permanent gs roved the 
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goan ree W ye nn eer pe few has even ig tied mete Barris ares pn etl peeing aes o | better yon it be for both the landlord’s and The tenant's 
of a in a ar k bape oe | ease tht he ened secs 0 | profit account. In preparing the soil for the various 
This me: e good manure fi Ma gpa edi ae a EAE flexible sac aver a k species Ei green crops there are certain modes of cul- 
vile i a 2 eae fo ‘or ope succee saat ee pen pi ar a ata aA toned A op a g | ture equally suitable. fe. them all, and it may be well, 
cop (may Pie : egum 4 ploughmen’s poles fo for r marking ridges 4 0 kaime to treat of th TERE of me land for these 
Hi aar e Š gat 2dan drags ... ga wea 6 | purpo s by itse tself b g goin 
it j we roba e an Si i | 30 chains for cattle e s. ss. Sa oa 0 
o y pn e freni b i an A nt em mpre Turnip peeks ar R 6 q „The first t preparatory A Hs for the i at crop 
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thus in a Ce tests the Wheat plant, which re for x holding spare whey, mixing pig food, for piek- lA of the previous season light st 
requires to be largely furnished with these in- | ans poe eat, &e. a. 0 | work may consist af 4 thorough grabing of of ry peated 
gredients. The only culture it would get under the | 9 stable for hi d 1 rst up aud down, and then the ridges 
org mene on ah should pursue on this farm | Stable Final N lanterns. 10 0| Cath here beak). By using the raad aha or grubber 
hae À be, tha t n atter harvest as con nvenient, the | | | Booeebeey, zad mane combs Q| drawn y two horses abreast, the soil may be quite 
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eea Ok A naib Eai > 6 | easily loosened to the depth of 6 or 10 inches, But on 
elt yator, or some other of that class of implements, | Sheets ets for Ì per psy ae ai 0 | rat rather strong soils nre is no implement it the ent 
and a prong or two; tl I | Sac w of wood with top . irn beams 6 state of our agricultur: 
ould dra 12 or era art-loads of manure, a and Sereen iron i ae pet tag * ay tal 1 0 | soil pe plough. TI rE eg GEER 
spread equally aver Jap piegon and plough down with | Corn ii Dii les, and pu leys z A piei a al done by it may be described as panada As soon as the 
4 ep a ; the only other culture i go get Grub hoes, mattock, &c. ʻi 10 0) throng of harvest is a little = soar even before the 
mould be a harrowing or two before planting, which gon low ining ESM: 4 | szop ia romavadriua ahos Saki iotban oiiumstanoos 
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at the le about ee, ae w acre, of Ma ege | Sundries for stable, &c. n pith aea AA a tively di I ag > aed wile te pond i coos yoked 
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pis or dibple. I think it a good p ja io a we ihan zi £416 26 abreast, either with equalising p mae bars or with a 
peons, arung a sufficient space TRR a short end connected with 
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i d th hi ki for the clod | | common swin le-trees should d be set in motion. In 
han -hoein keep them clean till harvest, », When the ey | crusher, loses St ab ry val ripest Ba ap ie i he ridges, 
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same manner as Wheat, and ricked as convenient.— | th yog oe tie crown bese ee im m atched, a depti of from 1 oie Tait je may aly be 
Oats in the Scotch praetige g are e generally cultivated afie | attained. A plougi is not erm” 4 
old “lay” or two or thre s seeds, but on the Wal oe pore us in the pa p'as rera engines and | steadier and Epa aces 
we are eating o of I thin k fey poms come afler roots, mac! rn are now very numerous for hire, it may be | three horses in any other way, but the 83 ns 
as I have fou d Wheat aft ter roots does not fill well, sud better to hire than expend a large sum in a coo way. An |is quite able to manage it without a driver. Of course a 
is more apt ‘to get blighted. A single ploughing after a sak t apparatus of this sort could not be got much | strong wide wrested plough is indispensable to the 
roots, and deposits with the drill in February or Mar ender Eth to ante which would be a great tax on the | pro 
at the rate of 4 bushels per acre, will yield a fae har apital. foare be so prepared a ensure the complete 
crop ; it may be ster mown or reaped and stooked as| 40, a te the expen nditure in wages m the farm, and name nversion of the furrow if the ploughman will only 
Wheat, The Oat plant will thrive in is more humid | the ordinary prices per acre of joy foll owing operations | = his part arig ht. Unless this sgar d ploughing is given 
$ ther grains, and is not so par-| (2), hoeing Wheat; O, thinning arite Wi OH digging Pota- | when the soil is tolerably dry it will not be produetive 
ticular about soils. Itis at home on the I bog and peat ict Be inetd tose hs men | of all bse se antago which in reality belong to it in 
of I alte oT Four te with to es say ate s. Per 4 
we iA Ta OM o o| Many in When clayey 
Wiltshire, and the brash of the Co betolds | in Speed Herdsman and boy, 15s. per week gp eet | ol in this aaa state, such deep culture 
tershire, md m ill yield immense owt on the ric haki “to attend to calves and dairy ... a +. 16 0 0 and ores meets it from again becoming 
alluvial soils rd | Hoeing and thinning 40 acres roots at 6s.peracre ... 12 0 0 It also ia rn 
| Drawing and filling or clumping 40 ditto, at Ss. = 26: 0 i len E 
. Say what quantity o upa rchase Mowing 40 acres Clover top over, at 7s. 14 0 state to be acted on by 
applied duriag gk year upon the farm, plera na Soe and making 35 sera s meadow MY, at 15s. pet oan ane osph erie air, and though inch or of 
kinds and stating the Clee of each. ore e, including ee hin A jer o clay i is strong ® the surface, no evil, ke great good, 
meee purchased manure would be of three kinds. hte onde rate “a will result from seg termixed wit aidan 
f e | Mine ot te pa a re sien 
ll viz R 3 tons to the Weeding ‘otk acres Ont t 25. bi 
ma Wurzel erop. This should be sown broadcast | Digzing 3 a res Potatoes Sand storing ditto, at 2 0 preparatory FAN A for iiye inch added rap ‘he 
f li ne e 3s. | seth. of the stirred soil must imi omenia nerease its 
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As this is a salt that goes to supply the building material |_ Beans, at 12s. 
of the bones of animals, we are continually losing it from | Ditto 80 acres ae a Š a a ARNa soi that as 
the wily) and this fh pe aay mannan i in samy we can One man as overseer at 2s. 6d. per day. He should vo depth should be attained, the use of Cotgreave’s plough 
te with pro Six tons of super-| avery handy man and know how to fix or menda drawn by four horses will effect this end in a satisfactory 
phesekuais would san oh roa and should be confined | gate or hurdle, make a rack or ladder, or mend @ | | | manner. . 
to the roots. Guano is Fo ily charged with ammonia, | Ax odi a. cats wre ld Be to keep the Fond risa I have now described the best mode of working 
and It is best applied W, dhs repair, mix artificial manures, screen and the soil in the autumn previous to the season 
over crop in April, at the rate of about 2 to 3 ewt, | soil, and assist the ea ch his B= se experi in ian root crops fai cf 
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Volatile e of the ammonia. Five tons of guano d make himself aay fe coe pap 15 0 
may be reas g difficult ranas 8 on n irefeabiary ang If the land 
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onably ernennel on this farm :— stowing 20 acres Rye and Vetches once over, at ne 6d. 3 y 
6 tons of aire ie 
3 tons otal oth sy Sed AAO Extra labour Pat afc apni elk air of rank harro mine it almost at once to a 
ne we ttle te ae ee Ore 90 10 0 table tilth. On euch land as this a home farm 
), 3s. to 53.3 (b), 2s. 6d. hp 6d. ; $ (9,218 to 26 manager requires very little skill in peg pE the 
bit val licht land to 4s. on strong land. Some | cultivating processes, but on: strong clays case is 
se rt ems should Hieni.: mires: if se Sa wre the | git $ m the Cotswold Hills pay from ls, 6d.| very different indeed, Even assuming that heavy 
is falling towards lk ae ve about 3 quarts of f table beer er | land is thorou; drained, there is still so much 
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9. Give the number and kinds of the several agricultural j: fi hful skill and prudent promptitude necessary to get 
implements which you inp need upon the farm ; state the | and Clo over, but here a man with ea pas it wrought just at the right ‘time that the farmer’s task is 
Substituted for ren wint im plements oo yur ra] 2 acres per day. (¢), Sins 7s. me ope where ‘the rop z no means an easy one. If in his determination to 
pap light sand instead of an adhesive loa: light ; on Tight Jands o, Mia Mat 12s, In the Tich pash forward the field labour he acts, rashly and im- 
D eavy land plough Sein pant deen Le 0 | lal alluvial soils I heard of o! l ng the soil in a 
Double n moujaboard plough A TIN R d th wet, or a very partially dried state, he s taking most 
Scotch cars with harvest ies br a 6 o but here the crop y was after roots, and the straw nearly effective eres | to purr gs tun = sv —_ 
Harrows, 3 se bee 0 o 1 are t y 
Clod crusher’, Er Onee ” t I 0 (To be continued.) eating is gee to A AN rom committing 
Matt z Sh ARIE blunders like this. Should he be wholly unable to 
Manure = : ise patience wait sun au 
Turnip and Mangel drill = Ser eae HOME FARM MANAGEMENT. _No.X. | dried the ground sufficiently to permit of its being 
Dresses for ridge and fiat... ¢ 0| Tr is obvious, from what been stated in these| properly worked, then he ought at once to look 
Turnip slices ant om (1) 1 o | letters that there are so pata theoretical prin- | for some other farm which will be more easily managed. 
Cake crusher"... f ci M ’” involved in the conduc and successful| I am well aware that the stewards of heavy land farms 
Bean o ” P. ting à 6 s 
Wider tack tine pA ene: carrying out of practical farming that it is neces- which happen to be in she. peop etor’s ne sa 
Market waggon (or two more carts) 0 the Pia home farms should be thoroughly | likely in many cases isunderstood by their 
Parkes! steel forks for ma 
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mring and ‘digging out qualified for shee, Agee and unite as far as ployers, they ever caution in the way z war 
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3 aV 300 ible in themsel practice with science” in its bailiff 
ais rea i Hooks and spudder ” + 06 gine forms. Example farms are more likely now | working his Potato o r Turnip land on a certain day, 
8 sieves, at 2s. oac wag Et z4 ve 0 | than at any a antes to exercise a stim paced! therefore Mr. fia me: bailiff may on the same 
2 Wooden shovels tor barn ee eee atch day be doing li kewise. Butif the one farm is a light 
proms, d F aa dis se) ld k ad other a dense bibulous clay, any skilful 
vane I ce be magna’ dace p 
Carry forward... «=». + £264 18. 6|from :the example set by * adicious. home farm Sere st tha mane Sonn Yet Mr. Springleethie may 
