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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[OcTOBER 1, 1856. 
noyer, ripen. appe 
it were growing in on south of Nor orway. pr fact it is 
ea: situated at 900 feet above pe level 4 the sea, and 
— to every wind—land on which the 
Sesaat outlive the severity an 
Turnip | B 
sae a fo! 
d for W. 
than ereen The system is, first year ets second | 
ate Sigg yt = Grass, fourth winter Wheat, T 
„Im e hig hly fo "for Turn rnips, and, besides 
— o> 
Pe 
mS 
eat | 
I had the ‘pleasure of making his ac qua: ntanee at Park- 
Py 
not 
grown Jargely in in Dorset—it is not t 
winter Wheat, = this land I give much attention 
kd P 
tances that tend to 
argely. 
for “his blackfaced sheep. “several "years he 
Barl ey re 
ding the 
P raS of Wheat and Barley. as I say, I have some 
arley 
soil. I find thi ro 
or rather i in what i is called the Tynewater. The 
nsiders Mr. 
land situated at a t elevation 
= tea pear alce hns of our sean ty pro 
y Profe 
his < ies ca on "Seotch Agriculture,” 
The 
ssor paai in 
of eed Wheat as I Peau” of Bane after thm. 
When Be ADS, Peas , or Vetches are introdu uce ed into any 
be the most extensive 
ey Sa ir 
w. 
through agtoanehire, will a us. He says, 
“You maginary line ur the husbandry 
changes ; seems more barren, the people 
of white straw crops, but “merely as what are termed 
“catch” crops, They are all three rather uncertain 
crops, in fact 
@ jo obber, n the 
kg Mr. Bate aoe Halton, and je frequently speculate 
= 1 purchasing Turnips for ption on the ground, 
s0 th 
p 
Indolenty- 2 Ss their methods more primitive, You ask 
f 
the | fae peed effect of seeding Vetches may be seen 
son, 
EE j Etahla Jt 
peA 
But if in the midst of this 
or tra 
t of p, or 
eld aan ona iga appear, all at once the difficulties 
Mr. G. Harcourt, M.P., spoke on r price of agri- 
d He regretted 
to 
Bansury.—aAt the late annual dinner of this Society H 
| m 
choosin: rk 
appear to vanish, and heaven and earth seem to conspire cultural produce, find that an j| water cows, who gave 30 or 40 quarts of milk per day ; 
in rewarding the diligent cultivator of the soil.” It is | observation h een made, that the prosperity of | but he never knew any of their progeny come nearly up 
just with us, we have both a cold soil and climate cul e was l aage much more in time of war | to ae not sangu n the success of our 
to contend with. But this is not all, our summer | than in time of peace. as persuaded that a slight frie J. In his opinion, if you leave 
tel rature is much lowered by the wood and trees knowledge of the political Milte this country g 1 shortl j ll find no breed pay 
being so thickly scattered over th unding land, | be sufficient to convince t that althoug ight | for a ll (cet e Kyloes. Th 
The t ture of the soil isalso much lowered by its | contribute to increase prices for a time, its inevitable | Earl thmore is makin pa fine Jod of 
inability to retain moisture, and w e eonequkt gar result was s to check the permanent prosperity of the | Sky at Streatham Castle ; Mr. H. saw his lord- 
ration and the flying off of h ch tends toc chill ow near ly the | ship’s steward, Mr. Dobson, sell lately in Darlington 
both the soil and the air. By sb y s, and his experience aseie back | market a lot of 3-year-old Kyloes steers to a butcher, 
readily perceive that I would a l to t tt he old Frenc s | at 30 guineas each. These were reared upon an upland 
in th n of corn cro) th the effec! t struggle upon the pb a interest firm o of r ough "pastire, and finished off at Streath am. 
i il or climate. What rotation could be | of this country ? In the years 1810, 181 812, the 
county of Norfolk than the four- pem of = ae agricultural produce had risen ma eA OES good breed to 
Wheat in the two last ye: 
course ? ag ot it does not erene far north—it is not 
The husbandry | being a qu a 
h system of h 
bein widen, 
d | monika one baisé a day, besides 
be ¢ 
mak | put up to be fed - the Shambles. oe st ang ener 
n Newcastle, 
o average of ant 
sheep, ett &e., al 
coincides. Robson purchases es 
and d d beef t 
kills upon 
nd that he finds his account in giving 
extra prices, as a certain: class of custo mers are, willing 
Mr. Bates, of Kirkleavington, of note ae rity as & 
shorthorn breeder, farmed Halton Castle, near ar Hexham, 
Pi Welsh and Irish ; wa: it ld ; an limit 
limatic conditions being all On what | paper circulation was | allowed and pres of all descrip- } 
are termed good Barley so o the | tions of produce rose enormo usly. course, while prices 
l rule t Barley after Turnips, followed by | were rising great a Patio accrued tothe seller ; but it 
ears Grass SA hea his is tly called | was ev vident that such a state of things could not last a 
rs five-field system ; and where it can rried out | day after the pres sure upon the a market v 
description of soil, without detriment to the relieved, and was, that when the peace 
stock, I would recommend its adoption. Any farmer | came, this ex xceptional ‘state of ee ceased, and | a 
<an alter ppl present | universal panic ens me sa he told them, at that t 
wants ficial to the soil and | Wheat was selling 
The ‘chemist would teach us that if all the sub- 
as a very great privilege to me „and I can with truth 
“say, that his knowledge of husbandry, was on ly equalled 
My residence was within a (2 resol 
me, I fear, to trespass over much u upon his hospitality. 
Like most men, ni Bates had his weak points, but he 
h 
stances, peace, the continental ports were opened, forei n 
its fertility would be maintained ; but practical farmers rought to this country in large quantities, and the information. 
are aware that th Ë the soil is of as | artificial rate of prices g destroyed, suc! 
much i ce as the ar naa state. They kaon | ensued, that Parliament was called upon to sete 
that if they were to reverse their cope af Barle arli ament accordin ngly took the matte er in hand, and 
Wheat, growing Barley after their G and Wheat 1813, 1814, | enjoyed, as he w 
after T pst the in texture for | and 1815, to ) investigate the matter. The result of their | integrity, and z 
the that in order to assist, 
rgb. a crt a charac a ioh skill, 
u 
eal i n his About time 
the latter. ys ee te is Cues for root crops, 
Mr a= conananal the 
they thought, t rs —— of the eA! Parlia- 
manufacturers of York and x poniereiap were in fall i blow 
eerie rag of ment inion, was y y 
hat g ni toben aidea Darios |e Steel nt, r w aa specie on of all Paien com | H g thi j i ief that it was 
k ada essence of = ge droppings of the isuwa may pot y vas’ prohibited san the price reached 80s. a quarter, B t| p ibl j f cattle, which 
peeta downwards, we get a firm subsoil for the Clove: d that cure the evil?) No; for in ata ka next year, | y in delicacy of fibre; 
and afterwards for Wheat—both ube Clover doen: tontinting. to fully there. wast ities, or an 
standing th sas “The | san among the agricultural . opulation of the | of the valuable properties of that most estimable bree 
Barley crop Should be as far ak from the Whea the Kyloe cow with the ran 
Pew possible, pee} 8 on this description of soil, | in t in the untry since, of sufficient i kate eall fo r wall: Tio wn that the rule laid down a 
for after Barley we always find the land in that ligh t wave exam mination of P. regen Sonttnitieas into its Culley, "Cline, TA other distinguished men of se 
friable state that wholly unfits it for the production of | causes, there had nev existed such distress among | and practical knowledge, is a small | maales or E 
a good crop of Wheat for the two following years, This agriculturists s as exist ted in the year 1815, s all t ch ‘ 
the land for Barley, but more 2 especially by. that peculiar | 
say that war raises | the prices, and tha 
other cai might tend t 
had cea 
uses 
war 
the 
detrimental to some of our culti- 
ae 
last war! Ha d we not been paying tax upon tax ?— 
soil that 
vated pa Here » wo fi find nme 
This plan 
power of giving raiity to the soll Ta 
lings and treading of 
added to the malt 
procera perra sii c 
ona ag te of ape so din i been p 
hat, he asked ni would have a the. 
1. } da? Th nks 
3 but what had happened during the very | one 
| oat Hegel the Dacia of mrs ‘theory, M 
red that he 
side ; and that 
possessing these pamte which he con 
butter aire but as thi 
f her milk in 
Rag porns the adoption of or at donk in some | certain 
ld lea as in the 
rotation. I follow this same five-field og as nearly | ® 
do away with, the 
i latt, 
furnish my sheep with sufficient food at the right season 
0 know what would be the result were I 
I 
Pa 
production of straw ; 1 Bo 
when the old ten i ploughed, of | 
texture which we all know to be so SAREE liked by 
Wheat There are few farms 
my sheep. ft 
pa altering this old fref — I increase 
to| Bra 
an excellent sam 
ey the militia would nec 
_ 
market had Tek e 
m 
ural occupations, 
} test. The 
wasin 
great and rpcitin improvement in “og mie 
the additi — Sapa bs eight of the fo re quarter." 
The a — dor the most part, kept veh 
istance from Halton, wh 
M and 5 oe 
oich pee e di 
n B. had improved by draining, paring, 
d laying down to pasture. Eventually, 
and was abandoned. firs 
oe 
rse, no 
rs of the district pee ser 
<i breeder 
them, even when they carri carried off many pen 
Farm Memoranda. 
ck Heptey 1N 1814. 
sample of the north of Englan 
ses anma ee was 
d yeo! 
of pure 
jae Mr. 
as 100 a 
shorthorn blood. every agri 
= s, which n0 
icult rks Be 
puts rig sect a eis offering = sta’ 
ore 
full of all thee energy, enterprise, and 
ure 
eee aracter 
‘0 “boot oe 
of Baier 
he had to has 
bodily activity, | t 
d the Borderers of old, and having paion 
honesty and civilisatio on, he | to consider it as a mi 
and friendship of all l with whom =e Sie be trace 
traced eve! 
stock, put which it will be w 
He was oiei 
Tahiti: 
È ourde- post 
Pasa 
always howe Pj 
| lent or harmless results. 
be VO- 
Mr. 
r| skill i in husbandry, especially in i the department of oe 
He lton was the ay 
i i Beg: by 
t con 
So 
n 
information to his friends, and to E me 
very large breeding stock. 
altogether a very and grade. 
guo ae 1813-14, pure 
inety calves this season, 
