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Jawvinr 28, 1865.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURA 
farm co contains 1 180 Scotch acres d, all arable. The|doctor. Now, what with pleuro-pneumonia, the Grass | of an acre, made out of a wamp. Levelled and laid 
oil is a free t loam po portion, certainly disease, and the foot-and-mouth disease, &е., the vete- | out 1 -— of mea : 4 for irrigation with the wash 
Jess than 15 acres, whic h i lined „cla; ж-д Тһе aub- | rinary-surge on is almost in rd акш: and|from the house. The liquid manure from the other 
soil is the ие drift, nr. a few our expenses. It tanks is viec into the middle of a Lern 
pec sandstone comes rather о, near the м» i a very fortunate y indeed, i meadow, where the liquid can be drawn off i 
pod part orit is pretty в steep, but all h art fi а tap.—J uly 12, 
ы, and is thoroughly алая where this was | by be I once lost all my cows sein one— (Gi gned) бохо JACKSON. 
necessary, It requires the — of o 4 pairs of| worst in the иы and 3007. would not cover зу о 38 E This i complet їгү and g Farm, and 
waa ‚ and there is usu ually a n “orra a bea ? besi des, dea ths sinc e I began fa rming, tosay nothing e deterio- | lies in agood climate, is well situated for good roads, 
foll th ada In this way a large per- and within tw 1 а canal ai il 
wages f wo y | centage of the price of our fat stock is swallowed up. On | surfaceis gently — No giving — of fall for the 
the other hand, if, inst n at жасы you pu urchase your drainage; well supplie ed w ith pur water. The soil 
1834. 1864 stock either as one or two-year olds, you now pay а | varies ао fi sandy subsoil, 
"- ж £150 2970 | Price зарир fully as үз as that f beef, and are | to a very tenacious clay рр on a solid clay subsoil, 
Wages—Forema: Z 14 23 still subject to loss from „disease, Havi ^ " Grass The fields, roads, farm buildings, yards, dairy, and 
2 imma Dua c RM a - than гани eg Inow buy in ү bullocks for ies, all appear ag cw and well arranged for 
n Housemaid `. CM «| 6 11 * LN autumn I paid 167. 10s. a head fo m. High | co nvenienee and lesse ing labour. The machinery for 
n- буруйга . E у ii 6 12 s price is, it would have been still drm Ћай it the various purpos indoor and outdoor work 
LONE o ллы 5 10 dt for the large кшк of English and Irish appare y substantial "du effective, ne dairy ме 
ла wer cq Е tang have for some seasons app appear complete, In the ship each a 
arkets. he purchase " these is attended with 
in tbeitems of rent and wages there is a dif- great , and several parties in our neighbourhood inspectors i not think veg of this arrangement ; 
аб of 162l, of which 491. is in wages alone, Ваё | Вауе got their stock tainted by them. The railway "e think & walk to a pond twicea day, and a little 
other portions of the expenses were in still stronger trucks get the blame of this, and рэе. ач airing in the yard at any season of the e year, is of 
cont In 1834, his father had paid 107. for bone- without reason, The expenses attending feeding | g 
dust, while the last year's accounts for artificial | T€ now nuch greater than formerly; and you cannot ы new 2 pa been well ган aud kept 
manures amounted to 1507., and in one sense, he said | 8 the hig prices before mentioned али you = clean, and а: complete. Each field has one or 
it was too small. This raised e difference of expen [something more Шап Turnips and straw. Daly а a | two "substantial gatos and posts. The occupation roads 
to 3127. We asked how he e it up, and will give few of our best cattle bring anything like the t 
рү quoted in the newspapers; andin thesame report | d Potatos healthy and clean ; the former 
t 
his answer anıl the rest of this contrast as nearly as| 
possible in his own words :— 
" Why, I do not make it up at all. 
an 
than we know, but I am los ing money on it, My 
father p wrought it к tle six-crop shift— 1st, Oats after 
le 
My farm is not the 
d ^ is certainly cheaper 
sum 
our stock to defen bete hey vil sell ые nm fat, 0 
Гав 
u will often find a Lj ege of jy per e between | 
extr This on of 40 ог,50 stones 
1 nearly as 
orced from want o 
two emes. А т, and clean; half Oats an average crop, oth 
amounts to 47. ог 5l, and the anin al тву con- | half a;ove an average; Barley a very promising crop; 
ed nea rit s pi a а анн опе Д ee A erre clean, but not showing (or heavy 
ал 
oth g 
ws ач е w di rain; A Me ows appeared 
а od rain of her 
e Stoc URL EM bred, and well selected for 
e ies е required. Тһе whole concern, 
ea; 2d, Green crop ; 3d, Oats or pid 4th, 5th, and 
6th, Grass, Не had thus 60 acres of corn б which | they leave little or nothing fo eres of 
would possibly yield on an e bolls. 1 see I оба — for cattle, but t his inclu al udes t P 1ce 
crop 1834 stated at 420 bolls, of which only about one- E а cow which I had to к, This oen ame largest | th 
tenth was Barley. Pricesare entered from 15s. to 215. 64. | Sum I hav "t ever drawn for t СЕ. ДӨЙ оор EOD 
рег boll but a very small portion was m at Ше | Wa good, and I used the damaged grain freely. But 
latter price, My father's horses scarcely e ot any after all, it leaves а Eos of 607. against me on the 
expenses already en ides what was required 
You will not is 
s 
clean:corn, the shag perag thought і А for them ; 
but they had less work, and were seldom out 
in bad weather. He had sold of this crop 
s of Oats and 40 bolls Te — иа 
rir прен А част v rigen 
His receipts fro 
from the way in which та и of the book i is ом it 
zd require some tim ascertain them exactly. 
е d, be 
se my — and paira, expenses. 
that I am exi 
d am going buc 
1007. Len 
To any o 
"T eg MET qo which they do not know by ex 
ын; but if they, meet the eye of any 
vagant in either, but I know that 
the world considerably more than 
f our readers these notes will e | 
leave other occupa- 
t 
He usually reared from 12 A 15 calves, and fed from 
8 to 10 bullocks, which were four years old wher they 
left the feeding byre. The pr ice — exceeded 121, 
Peg м , and ane 
ty ones. 
1889, and I the farm — ыз the ti нб | 
the whole иеа: interest w 
new tariff and the 
was now 1807. I 
wed these 
ч са for that of farming, it may | serve to show them | 
that 
m sand е 13 acres 
erous class 
lan 
usually the. case at this Season, 
including the dairy, showing no want of ability or 
а: 3 th + Sta | а 
Снаттевиз, Isue ог ELY: January 23.—The n 
in "apes away, and o much se 
eather. We have occasional visits of frost, but | heke 
о not hitherto been of long continuance. Two 
nights ago we had 12" of frost, y there аге — 
to be dra 
has its dark as well as its bright side. Scottish 
armer. 
fr 
To g 
Овїз, having 1 no cover of snow 
ood rain would do good to ud 
f being injured A m mem. d 
ы idi 
l3 Mal Mal 
TarrENHALL HALL, NE m: CnuzsTER.—[This farm 
d last year tbe priz the ea, and | ro 
the Wheat when 
mmen strike i 
ots from near tho sarfaco. Tho la V^; ema st Vio 
verpool Agricultural Gociely, Y the bes 
of not 1 
than 200 acras The 
—Far 
previous RI of it. The pris i is ES bs, whic s 
cept of 
Y 
these a e II rre ex relin 
ter C E i green crop; z acres 
cres Potatos; 
| compara 6s. 
кнр ошату runs, Oats are not yids 80 pet " 
er; M Mn ple ега Polands, g 
i Whea 
eig hh ac ice, from Qe. per 
icipated, and is 
Barley ; _ acres Beans; 2 
| Turni acres orchard, ати am a ur 
21 plantations, & 
th h bad harvests, 
melting away much vot than it sonda ted. I have 
altered my вуз о 
all my 
Y 
this I take two Oat crops after 
Grass at two years instead of 
seed, ery iui. € corn, 150 
peces е Ar аА у — - н 
pm etin кл roots, Barley, seeda, 
ve Stock.—6 nags, 4 co colts, 8 airy cows, 
2 eig mA 3 3 bills, 18 heifers жы Pen 142 
, 49 pigs and 15 rearing calves 
гы tal, 39 
ара ан on roots and cut straw till calved; then 
corn, bran, oilcake, peni malt cornings 
tidal. Сее cooking, and ing done by|! 
re is mixed as made, and chiefly 
ns, Previous to 1857 all | 
—— төш, — then 
st 
рана 
- for root crops weg 
ene m er — by 
a-year 
bones, а ебу go to don amd dete About | 
iod 152. per annum has been spent on super- phosphates, | ae 
AIL the land has boen drained; 30 acres of old 
and 25 acres with tiles. 
ere all, or 
ersonal 
le& us see how this 3007. 
you pay 10d. or 11d.for a pound of steak, | filled 
* When 
20d read in the n co vmi 
of | erected an entire 
-|and eradicated m 
| eonsiderable sum, vx 
| increased 
ved old 
ced | to the new cea supplied t timber and carpenters” york 
рана че насту JS mee 
new homest end, f 
nga 
ear per cent, as 
rent. rs 
for feed 
crop ыч n are а slow sale. 
ыз of Co 
and Mangels, 
ч —: now in yards eating 
raw, quarter] lb. Linseed-cake, aud 1-8 
ча poor price, and is being 
Beans and Peas are 
„Д7 ag pn ego The 
eii gl нент quickly, 
except on 2 ut were light. We have 
Whea 
more befo: ce 
boil bsd жеш: ий apo - — m er gag — they do 
d 2} lbs. Barley meal 
t gro 
out: 26 acres this year, to test its suitability "y joe 
The following has в done by m wn cost, 
[enger cm qim en mo :—Have 
епн ч — old Toners planted 
f new ones, landlo rd 
'ARK, NEA в Nogmiwiom.—|A prize farm of 
ASTON Pa 
the eagan д“ а Сүз MEN — лөө ө 
d Ci mown 
s чөе ae remo 
++i 
саста UP» "m es Acres "cia and Yeh 
stall fe eeding ; 
x 
10 acre 
aud yearling ng calves. - Supplied and 
estead. Made 706 lineal yards | a 
rd 
cartel. Pav "re 
stones and a and formed the чи for "m the | wit 
w hom l ya 
early ones, and Ray all pies sairo the led Main 
mon Turnips ; ‚Жаушы es, 3 acres orchard 
"ute, zoo 
Customary Rotation Wheat, 
Barley ог Oats, seeded. dow wn for six or "eight years, 
meadow, out of the site a pos old 
he 
and the nearest blacksmith our only’ 
from | near four 
homestead and waste land around. Planted an orchard 
require. 
Live Stock consists of 5 horses, l pony, m. v 
dairy cows, 1 bull, 11 heifers and stirks, 27 
