SEPTEMBER 27, 1856.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 651 
cultivating the intermediate strips very deeply as long; bing pa, ay rather lighter in quality of soil. Both fields | “our. successful l operation of te rai mv —— dry time.’* 
as he can get pea the a o Wheat, which I arm, although a a gravelly |T ent and the 
Te at harvest time nearly or quite meet; the |y roay = mg in the bot t here the soil was — t of ours es appears in in his l g and paring 
strip pipt is bao this year will be Wheat next ea friable and sandy, pnts fin cae were | mo fe ap deeply than agorai in the 
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and so on. No doubt Mr. Smith’s land is r; more — beid, prune he ma ploughmen to make far | o part on, o doubt paying better in the one 
a u s | better w han that done by them with horses in the | | (even if a ge sel _ coals, as some do, to 
g the subsoil every year h Sonne fo call into | same a their fires up when weitnkes them). With ms 
ch e long lain dormant,| The steady equal draught of the “ steam horse” sce mos however, we rage Seg jn our humble opinion, 
by the frequent stirring it gets it imbibes some | deserves special notice, as it differs widely from that of | | that burning the earth to a red hot bricky Salak ang 
on of ammonia from t and water, and there | | hor: orses, Ace ustom ed to the latter we think lit tle abo ut | subs sagen daoa the argni properties of the soil toe 
is no doubt i gi changes mee place on the i on very many 
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still larger pao ig i= echanism and the meats a: ath ion of the fulera | faapa r this reason — was, ‘thet we ci sen ne 
5. Name such recent geological discoveries as have been | | Crootpri ints on the g snag over which their muscular | * burn” some an rch” the rest of the soil suffi- 
already used, or which promise to be made use of in agri- | force acts, and compare them with those (t the, endless | ore ge i kill = L Tving substances the fires were 
pare. 1 5 i f th i f, the steam and smoke papuara the soil in 
I am not well versed in geology, but I think the | is great and aco oa in favour of the latter. In point of | no pn ag int Of course Mr, Bake nh pry to of 
i he to benefit “greene are the fact Howard’s P P ploughs alr are “entered behind | his broad-sharing with nen me instead of ours with 
bringing to ei t T coprolites and ‘the riches of the | the steam horse almost alone, for we 7 ue . | three, would make his expense re than ours; but his 
green sand in n country, and the beds of bone Mid leton remove his s hand fron om one of tog 
earth in Spain | d how much further it Soui of implements, iro me 39 was rea ‘to be included 
6. Hees i the cultivation of Italian Rye-grass, its probable |] in both statements. But he “ crosses” the land with 
Es ae reaa and the soils and locality | phe expense A ploughing 9 inches deep with four | three horses, which swells his account 3s. 6d. more than 
Italian Rye-grass is cultivated now in many ways. | ploughs is thus given i an pose 
Some mix it with the seeds of Clover and common Rye, An engine-man, or stoker, at 4s. per d 0 
and sow with Barley or spring Wheat ; but the most A nae pode apd Hd ploughmen at ae 6d. do. 0 
approved way is I think to sow by itself in the month 10 cwt, of co: a 0 : 
of March or April. The surface of the ground should ane ear Eo és a ve oc BB | set down in Mr. Baker’s item at 17. 6s. 8d., whereas we 
bemade firm before sowing, and the seed slightly har- expense £116 6 BEE ae ia pee 
Sela shan ho kallana d TI | expended and noticed only 15s. We did not note 10s. 
frat seeds of dha cb gaia epi Saal 7 sa The of 36s. 6d. pe 10 seres s would be some- or 123, per acre ; this is an error of our friend Mr. 
c 2 ie c “A — Tyer : sawn ing os of ber Seay sae 3s, 8d. per acre ; but say 2l. per day | Baker's, who no doubt took it from the Gardeners” 
s eai na pons D man cae PAREEN yk oh tit ny " kd ee eee Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette of September 13th, 
ET = ç- e value of the work done was estimated at from | wher bserve the editor wrote himself—“ The ex- 
up to five penis cuttings, and I have heard it asserted | 20s, to 24s. per acre; say the lowest of _these two pen =” seol t E A part 10s, or 128.” 
that oe tosson saa food may be grown per acre of figures, which would give 10/. per day, his was a paragraph of his own words in the leading 
his G Á ; fro to 4 bushels per acre is the usual | the 2, (the expense of the engine), we Rat e 8l. ] of } s d eight trusses 
uantity of aa iy l Think article e of that paper. gain, we used no eig 
q EPN tr place is I think near the | as the profit per day over our present system, 481 per | of s and no wood or bushes, and here i is brought to 
homestead or feeding stalls, where it can be very liberally | nie or foe F a cost of the engine in some 10 | 
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witho - any. Lastly, we left out of our ‘accoun ar 
J spreading | ys send and here again is 4s. 2d. more, 
so quick a return for any expense incurred in manure Wh h loughing full 
as Italian R; tye-grass. I ha ave seen accou ints of upwards of acre an hour, butat that time it was 
ordinary pace. In point of fact the b oiler is only 
ployed on this crop per acre. I have seen some very fine calvdleed to keep up a maximum presaire of 45 Ibs. 2 3 
pieces s of it on clay soils, bat rae call the ounts I! of stea am per square ine ch, 4 horses, &c., broadsharing s.e 
ded this pressure, w! while it 3 ditto Crossways... «+. 
tly fell belowit, Milles dwe found ikat s BET OS 
io sand ; but from i its very er say a habits I | ag ek as 50 Îbs., and at another as low as 3. We Sp reads ing. “ rae 
should scarcely recommend it into a common rotation | may also mention here phy we had the dintheter of oid Straw pi 
In very ae paste as it eeds on nearly the same | cylinder measured and found it 6 inches. Proba bly Wood and bushes”. 
ingredients e Wheat plant ; or in other words I do | S iay pace of the 
Men sonia: it a all an ameliorating er rop. I should say | of 8 meres per day of 10 hours. ‘We insisted very | It gives au great pl is hae ables st yo WBE 
is the best crop that could be grown where the liquid hard on Tuesday S a 10 hours’ trial without inter- of this sort right in so friendly a manner b y personal 
eat system is adopted. Ho oan and most other | mission, so owing ‘tis rgent demands of visito 
cattle relish it much. some of them from ‘tha continent of Euro ‘ope, the Eas and: tro! nble Thanks w the penny postage for this. 
= |and We est Indien a =< oe States of America, to see | A. Hardy & Son, M: 
STEAM CULTURE.—BOYDELL’S TRACTION | it tren ound im-| Arbitration anong Patentees —Allow suggest 
ENGINE. racticabl trial. | the importance at the present time, peels inventive 
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We hav arrived at the pe view of| 5, 
cultivating our E la nds more economi aiy, iy, pies a | 
horses, that which is likely to oaei for the subjec 
hati rious attention of practical farmers, ou ssl be 
he | awe Ta pl ys Mr. Sa i Si — grees a by fir land Lf pet ayi IAAT áe jai of dail 
iddleton, and ral "Fax ven ipae occupied by Mr. vous ‘i (gies 6l. 8s., or we 8s of ppt sowing] the 
James Middleton, oy with his traction engine—the one | “XPense © of the engin ats each ca oe zeai 94 bette 
exhibited at Chelmsford—turning up a fallow 9 inches 
dee bout one-fifth i 
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Dasig | prime cost of an en, p j 
pri resent law courts are so expensive rye ae 
opaa in fais ki te of universal adoption, the peraire» 
rs them to deip nd his in invention from inno- 
ieu to all 
Fanii: gen, cag amarg ee aa a I certainly think 
thata large portion of the heavy fees which are still 
inflicted on Į patentees should be devoted to this purpose. 
arama el ee ee tr pee | Nok ntor ws 
having ertised, ended Tuesday | Such are the leading facts which we glea re court of arbitration, and I doubt not. 
and Fida the Toti sad 19th inst, and sball present | {¥° days sp Messrs. Middleton. “That ‘they ‘that the Royal Agricultural Society of England would 
seount of whi a me seeping aa miih A ae peat? their Ee Tapo Ak, To those of our readers | and would refuse admission eg yards to im 
n Tuesday the engine was who have hitherto been opposed to Boydell’s steam I i foth i 
fi ventions. The di stinguishin estare o? the presen ime 
tlt on ay etary eie y "Cotgrenves trench | startling and even incredible, but to such we say go and with regard to isa oi page before alluded to, the 
The work was being done pss 12 inches deep, an dat} | judge a yourselves, and be guided by facts, not | union of several minds in the perfection of one imple- 
the rate of 5 acres J r day, or half an acre per hour. | 9P' nio TUNS the rra s ment. This has of late been abundantly shown in our 
T i dieet tae tion versus indirect, or the steam-horse versus | rs, steam ploughs, i ines, drills, and 
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done, and therefore we y from e pectin 
expense done | $008, 
at b i district. quali what the expense of such my bits we may safely con- 
7 pee ae = pa re se clude that at 10 acres per day i it would not be more 
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the engine to a panana = would have hauled neari Teaperss 
mater plo, = it was never working up to its full | | = sy er s otherwise than many "imagine. at particularly the water drills ; and it is of the Erai 
ressure of steam; but the t two, ploughs being all that | we wees hes in te elusive u ort reula | importance to the public that each inventor shoul 
t i had 
The e quality of the work | will Few persons 
ave especial] the market gar- opp eer judging fe disposed to doubt that 
ee ren rena ee oy oe Mawes ofere to | found wanting rope traction of some kind or anger but [ace by steam will be rendered practical and 
ive r acre for land so tren on rg ag: are 70m | this we affirm without fear of contradiction, that the | economical, but whether by Fowler's or by Boydell’s 
iddleton, who lets out ‘quae a large area area | 48 is not far distant as i i i le, or by some new machine combining both 
of the ma: need i | maker who hauls about his portable engine rom place | pfinciples or improving on either we will not venture 
had at ` PENN en grounds of the capital scabies | to place with horses, will w considered as belonging to a Rae = however, greatly regret 
_t j | the old school. We ourselves hope be soon to witness Fowl s — ts should be passed over, or that Boydell 
mi ‘daily expense a = Sisma pt eR ould far more triumphant results in ae of direct trac E should go without his reward, or or that either should be 
oe 68.5 coi than the above, for several of lled 
+ 3 consequently the dud would be 24s. per acre Ẹ r e 
a equal to Be eave icul! ha n engine their inventions from the innovations of others- 
ve n a natured pai Aap ath Pe i ©. oietako, and inte better fiplements for W. C. 
White Clover 
lough Billag Jage, A nelly ready to enter the field what A question 
of the araa -e ef this 
ne in two gpd. ya ques - of | Cimena prvalanee-of 
e p r Ro the depth of the furrow being | | year, Allow me to suggest that it may principally b be 
9 inches, an of ploughing from 8 to 10 acres | Home Correspondenc a to the dry E 
per day, The pate of the eo was rg tally Surface pst Earth and Stubbles—We beg your | last few years, whieh has been somewhat unfavourable 
equal to what could have been done by four f ace to i Wig es. bh rank Grasses which delight in a 
each plough, Both field wellad: irea - right footing. It has been misconstrued, and we do not 3 Grasses 
= Teg ork, being co Soomere} oen and of stion: | tinki it was intentionally, as appears from a friendly dry weather is favourable, such as the White Clover, to 
| letter and reply we have received from Mr. Baker per- | obtain the supremacy. are abundant 
the engine was at work in a large field on | sonally, which implies that he is not opposed to our that the „soil contains a vast quantity o of the seeds of 
Bait Fs f lou rinciples ed, but only (and justl 
we ing rid Lag Oe a tae sane oan ae ba ST fe l! e statements, We did not attempt to arrogate aa circumstances, other 
we pend when timed. The field was still be apted elves, di plants. ca Chaitin to the eause we meee 
than any of the former, being nearly ae, Sot ona! on hill vont we simply begged to pacha ar ly 25 A we may also urge that at this period of the 
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