ГЕ РАЗ 
Jaxvanx 28, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZ ДЕПТЬ 88 
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hovel and brush being the only articles 
Жее») 1 I bave, myself, known this plan adopted in 
the country n. ^ iral: and have always found е as et 
füeien& to absorb all moisture, aud prevent any 
DN my n to the self- | 
Uu . Mou 
on several large farms in Warwickshire, and the quality 
of their nora Eu deserved the appellation ar 
o ndid. We the habit freque 
E 
ange of s ай Wheat and Barley particularly— | 
om or d, and I would remind you how the | 
produce fa alls off in qual even i in the first t crop, а and | 
ile, 
n be 
po | 
be recognised. "This may partly be laid to the posed 
f profit! Nothing, 
=й FT сы the Welsh farmor во наод 
rain 
secon 
I ЕЕ 
E e fifth, after 
=» al "s such foro or MA, ds is i de or pre- 
Cipitous, or hed? On the old red 
t, and with 
I should state that t these observations do not equally 
apply to the growth and maturing 
n 
sandstone x m 
к | opinions not plain, hn that our, climate : is be kept as aral eadow 
useless; and who have d store to carry out Шаг and pasture. Whatever alternate course of cropping 
sni tary measures for the working classes well know t not lly ourable pi is pursued on the 40 et a four, five, or 
how dificult it is "to work any plan which Spit s the the. growth ri Toots and ar tieil. Gr: - and to the six-course po about one half of it will come into 
least care or attention on their рш. Тһе б са t \ ке, then, the four-course shift, and 
apparatus js also ап objection which canno I thi * l ex management can Sage ther vil be, p acres under roots, 10 under 
looked. But, after жы фе principal diclis ‘which : ttl li ey, under PR. and 10 under. Wheat 
beset the dry earth s Sgt Y "i ch w t and it Ha Jen dia E medium quality, and 
adoption in our cities Ta rops "A roots o уннн Геп Ais in land A been for vated under 
1. The necessity which ps К Ис. keeping up a | under a —— M Pa — ate cropping, putting a rotation, ar average Field ru wn at least about 
regalar and suficient supply of earth or ashes in our | in the much earlier than 40 b arley, 30 bushels Wheat, or 50 
hons ave — this for ен 8 l to 60 , Oats (we will „вау it is in bru NE oris will 
is obvious—the -— oes a deep le u stackya r (carrying 
2. “Tho diffi 
it to the closet ; and— 
uisance which must necessarily attend its 
Q 
pilyo of insuring a constant application of | i 
h 
„де d 
igh cultivation, m pid g h, d acquires 
jme aed HP жыра ыыы ra in the 
se da 
ard 
wo acres to each stack) s Tim of ps pere arn. 
80 bushels each, and 5 taska, Um heat containi 
60 
. The n 
7а А... removal. ason, and secures longer days and a higher sun to bushels each, and takin ns per aere, 40 не 
Веу and beside these difficulties the system mature it, thus becoming to some extent йөрелде nt | ОЁ straw—a (rw Чаш for "ter the stock and other 
would involve the pulling of all ou (if I тау! во speak) of the season. La these observa- | uses. This, al 
and the forma tion of proper closets, with receptacles tions, are anything like t, our а of|secondary source т) ofit, is probably more than the 
for tl asi gea is, D es xtent, eee out. That we|farm produced under the old system, when 
е communications which I Mt: iden kd sagnia, irs е Аг а Die limited growth of corn, | nearly the whole of the land was kept in requi- 
атое p alternate crops, sition for th rpose chiefiy. This estimate 
o- (ho necessity for legislative ей ould remain in|of the produce of corn is not guess work, but 
taken Кош. Lo own experienced realisation of ma: 
Ке corrnption of our streams, and to insure as far as 
pra acticable the applicati ion of the sewage to the soil. 
бө rass peu we pn presently poit iix as productive 
pasinres NA: meadow appen evident. І would j 
in Rinds g t ^ even ander 
are now being adopted, it is , seriously proposed to 
Sm a 
just IN the remaining 10 acres of ro 
id» cros of “Clover w ill be usually heavy crops in our 
fo 0 to r acre, 
restricted БА of corn we should g 
пж бй land to which it might be м ously 
lied. In which I visited professionally а 
° 
applie a town 
short time Qn was found, after a sum of nearly 
30,0007. had been in sanitary measures, th: 
efecti à 
useless, and a similar 
ty and of far better quality t ten m yd 
present system, in which nearly the NN farm is laid 
under contribution for its productio 
(2.) Our soil is also to some мау peculiar, lying as 
it does, for the most part, год the Silurian formation. 
The ‚фм ло аа. Paaha vari ous for mations 
AU 
E r 1j to 2 o each cutting for hay, 
кога а grent qui uantit 
and stra 
sided the 
o | they YN and have been pee to their Soes state 
mi pasturage eadows, by 
means of} E draining, perio dical dressing of 
е, and earth dry from the dite with which a 
This instance, an which 
w being com- 
any e 
mentioned, show sd necessity for Testrictivo measures 
to aste which is | 
event the gre 
mitted ад Ош ча country at 
C. Stuart Barker, 12, Buckingham Street, Strand. 
AGRICULTURE OF SOUTH WAL 
[Ihe v Тойон; e 8 lecture before the 
ES. 
aree cala n Club, oi AER part was given 
TIAM 
roll of past ages. 
c 
What I have c to 
ically 
immemorial. 
usage of ploughing up perio: 
upon which the plough can р padod gra 
time 
pius out is, the 
"n 
‚© 
Wales, is the sys tem ГЕ над that TAn te бед 
a 
for the roots, Ба 
| and raise early Los aja Marr Ryo, "Veiihen 
Ко. „э the p ча у of во бав a supply ot food 
nd u 
rough to work; that whieh is too high or steep, too 
and ES , ОГ 
the [ues 
a favoured mea adow adjoinin ng 
5 
ihe home: 
с 
ol ug: manure vill ^ imn as to E tha 
l with wee з; 
laying it down, or leaving іб to rest as itis called, in 
other — Á— it to " су нар by the ded 
ofn 
ind State of fertility. "What may be done for 
а; ands, by the means І have poe pas would 
scarcely be believed without being n point 
that eight years -— DA clayey 
ago 
swamp; proquoiog oniy Ше орлеу. sourest Arme 
now vered 
ei A oubtless be unhesitatingly conceded that | proce and when nature has accomplished 
there are mt spa about Wales in a farming point this task, 
of view. Тһе most important of these may, I think, | Course. Te t a system, a p. Uaec of the 
ё ranged indu three heads, viz. climate, soil, and | land is siwaya ae in ап pagi эш эфе state, 
the farming usages of the country. The two first аге | requ rt М rali bue to etum бна ie 
сана Abe {рчс Dc badly f feda and nerion нч yet ce in facti is s but just 
long in existence that it has impressed a peculiarity e 
co 
parts with the iud ostia és m worth 3L] "x 
antageous kind on the farming of th 
riorates. 
ystem io age gi g det as the adva 
e certainly of requiring p fie. Lt or intelli 
Aprep our сета б 
te 
ent e the aer | 
can be ac 
object, an an, ift 
It must jr "acknowledged, 
plishe x · ds sufficient. 
Home Correspondenc 
Painless Extinction of Life in Ani -— heo cem: Jor 
—— regm was very much inter by your 
mphlet enti E 2 деч aes СЯ 2 
Life i in aip desigued mam ic "a 
your judici ious stric tures pon it pt elt 
vino dg for агн" 1 
of. corn A the field eine dressing—sometim 
heavy one, dung me being tumbled ж is 
I accordingly procured а сору from Messrs. Lo 
(for which I paid 18, enough certainly for 12 pages 
), e read it with 
an 
келе ү (the one eating up the other) ; „but then it 
nd A 
g telegra 
ашу excepted), | Y 
e been able to 
win and 
bright. 
I dn гаа London every other [y su 
th ther and win 
тей and tr As to leaving the 
ng 
land to rest, it 
but he farmer. himself. The land i s labou uring to 
ummer and 
to ti the production of a grain, 
ve | while he is sitting by hi his o. dde with bis | pipe in h 
mouth, considering whic h field he will plough - 
n 
е- | this part of Wales at t м! поб be denied. 
n 
y | If, then, there is any с 
particularly as to elim: ree bend 
t со 
hu — ^Y they point? Do ir: e indieate that 
the first and fundamental work is draining, and then 
ment 
priv s 
— of co Іса 
tat rest; eoi is NOD at rest 
t, 
and hav 
time val surprise that the 
author ahy дч forth. such sta ист аз — t 
found at , that “bloo wholeso 
dst аз sany portion of the fles i of animals” 
hat “the recommendation that animals yve 
| is | bled i is тазыл a butcher's prejudice." d as. 
unfortunately | for Dr. „Ме Сог mac's theo that the 
society is 
] 
ext. That this is t 
Of e candi oor р 
еа irm 
soil, to 
t of our , natural „pastures 
rieri 
У < 
апа 
in accordance with ап enunciation of unquestionable 
— It was not d х ае t the flesh of animals 
was permitted as for ind, and when at longek 
t 
ve^ ires shall ye not eat." Not as " the ar rbitrary 
of a sove reign мы ue is ЗА дч алучу Mh 
authority, in most 
2 ES V lea € uantit 
m Mim Таа тавад Ba d 1 vor rur ate green ап m е accordance with Var e right. Farther on 
in the т o 1801 ечк you will inquire of any of erops, eire supply the eb жакы the winter in the same fa аш code we read: * And whatsoever 
the i:altsters of this wn, I am sure they will inform | months with food and едал, and that the p * thi at eateth any I 
you that they could сы ly get a bit of Barley in should onfined such limite quan tity, of | will even set my dit against that soul that eateth blood, 
fit for malting, and that it could hardly have arable d pero tation of cropping, | апі wiil cut him off from among his people. For 
Orse; while at th ‚ from all along | seeing that the breaking up of pastures or meadow | the life of the flesh is in the blood ” (Lev. xvii., 10, 11). 
the line of rail from Glo g, they were | greatly injures its productiveness for a series of years ; | That d iality of the peni DA may 
р ring as fine, if not the very finest, Barleys and grain сгорв never grown, except Fewer die with not be m isunderstood, we re ad fu rther — voe 
етег made into malt, ey weighed басу 56 1b. | roots or Clovers, &c., and as part of a th r of 
кө struck me And ies will T: indicate that this i isa country dor 1 fosio the strangers that sojourn among you, heir hunteth 
to the same in the dairy farming, and cateheth any beast or fowl that may be em e 
in fact, that many, if not most, of our farmers c мы of cattle and sheep, is the legitimate business | shall even pour et the blood 
buy flour for bread a little after the harvest. I wasl of Eam hee in Wales and to corn only as а! withdust,' Only onee more, lest objectors loud M; 
