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Fzsnrasr 25, 1865.] GARDENERS CHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTU 
RAL GAZETTE. 179 
member. that | 
rear | balance of undrained at 10 million acres. He says that | 
is their having proyed во beneficial that has led to 
pe four, ears, СЛ ы zÉ s 
{ште or 7 that iba could едай 
ing land yo Y | there are, however 11 mil on 
1 De mama doing as p they could wish, mo э lion acres of паре CIS 
E their powers. The first Drainage iu 
other fields to grow Grass for the maintenance of 
hey could also introduce another system which was| Britain is 56,352,000 acres, of ре АЕ abont | 
followed m more in the South of En. gian M on PN and i whioh, 
ing a 
29, 390, 000 wet land capable of i m" nt by dra 
4 Vict, was прене by 8 & 9 Vict., c. 56. Under 
ы last Act no 
| Ae t ka $ 10 
ы not e ad 1,700,000 Reres, во that there remain 
1,000, 00) a s to be yet са ped- The remaining | 
Ч milions p for the t part of free soils | 
y dr ту, which absorb А-у “infiltrate to various | 
advance 
EA for m "Britein, 1 о bi 
tio ou to the Inclosure Commissio 
| appointed to carry out. the Ast, ew change upon the 
la nd to be 67. 105. per annun п, payable fi r 22 years, 
lls s upon the surface, the | 
rainfall being taken up ч 
ing °@ tlie fi 
n of the 
yalue 
operatio ns, ani it is not a little een эф: whilst 
English land "wners remained generally der eee the 
t grant, and 
Ad 
the "anam am 
rtainly 
consist of 
surface of 
rainfall in 
om on e-half to four -fifths | 
avy о 
"milli ons 
8 ck formations, the 
ey | whi д, having pid slopes, en off the 
e pr oport; ions, viz., fro 
Р all. 
got lion’ share of the money. 
[еда to СЯ jin Berwickshire abont the period, 
MIR to my c wen 
to Berwick Le E Northumberland. ^ In 1848 the 
first of the | Drainage Companies Те үа comes 
nme 
ing.— —These were plans which | there are bogs and moors which catch, a large qnantity | 
aid of the Gov grant, was 
| incorporated by Act of Parliam Put as "Th West of 
BO Ina. terial ly in 
z 
а 
t not at all by his rers n,|? yakor 
their own | 9 off by evaporation mueh more moisture than the rain 
| T Ы еа проп ет, The — „4 We sur- 
arg fre 
e soils drained or re rainin 
th Wales Dri mpan 19 
& 20 Vict 0, was also а Hs "m m 
ап 
quiring 
use than 12 000, 1000 out of 23,000,000 wet bes Ui. in the 
: irse, leaving of clays alone about 11,000,000. The 
utmost extent of land drained under the Public - 
and under the several Drainag 
Com any's 
had fhere а useful Mrary consisting chiefly of haies | 
bocks, and һе tru sted the would take out those ы emt the total n 
tural туе y that which Maori ; so that a 3 2 he present rate - of p icd i 
tically by tt ti fairly considere at it will take a century to | 
they КЕ x. Lb La does ince of] completo the T t age of country. Now t c 
ct the depr essi on whi eh of pipey or brickyards making pipes 
Gre t Bd itain is es stimate d at à 800, and ета] the 
land that needed atter end ing 
to, but 16 w. 
t the land. Ho hoped t the 
в Acts 8, don not excecd ав | yet 1, 100, кн ires ч 
otland, and in 184 
с. 7 
the Scottish Drainage апа Төре Án. 
9а n Ас t Tattb ү | 
n в --: for Ње (ede dd 
Ё а C 
of the General La and 
tating the Е; 
however, can be taken by this Company, exoept "vith 
consent of the Inclosure Се mmiss'o It t be 
|kept in view that whereas the us S "in H 
| drainage loans has been to n. off principal y шеген} 
їп 22 pen at G4 (now 71) per cent., some Co 
now offer to do it 1 
ud meant those farms ra eady found in pastu 
rich iet 
се 
ayé ear, the eere made annually may be 
0,000,000. As 1250 pip 
& 17 Vict. a 
Improvement Compa. any, 
England, Wales я, and Scot 
836,000 acres may be drained per 
a la arge number of , pipes are „applied to 
Act in 1 
render it a profitable pursuit. But tb in| "6m por агу 
pastures of а very good Sub: i: which dd аси this computation 
they held then was very obvi Many farms in the north 9. Le күн 
in| know precise! 
Dra 
—lIt mportant to 
zd ly wil are the | бойно of the Act of | o 
1861, anå how far 
anothe 839, 
can now afford стель ш: to landowners 
T do improving ер. „ре. EU 
James San now of Westmin 
on the [геш sd of Berwickshire € «nda or. 
just igne Ld 2/8 o of „д Scotch 23 kid He 
Ger t loa giy till 1 the 
р Hrs со айн. "yadovues 
‚а ant of drainage being 
| basis of. "d PRA en feas x alike ae 
sought t the Government money—the former merely 
F 
the use of lime over the surface, he saw flocks of sheep now-a- 16 is or may be found available to 
hav pSt pam finer са: е —— sheep of 20 | reme dy a peng and геа е ng "s esultiv og | 
e sheep зу came mu H m 
pm double the quantity of tot of ent Ine creased dra Ex ie z For e first t riotors Laid f 
time referred to. Th n in th on or А the lower y 
ocenpation of that description — ht thank their stars l tł i 
QUEM feet D mus par tue но оС з he expense of getting rid of de uetions to 
their f. farmers. It w: EE tly said—| thought ihe lcf ti itid arat CU at 
there was n great error їп the recimi- basib the tillage farmer | "ne "remova or спе up r" pei ers existing : "V враро 
ofteri found himself labouring under a disadvantage, and he (the | of. mills, dams, weirs, E. 2 passage of the 
farmer) would speak of his n: vcre being so much more | upland m - is itetit “Р in it way to ^d d 
easily managed useit wasall Grass, Now he was күлен oütíalls titel pg are super-added p 
, for instead of being more easily п зал, he thought powers ar per 
greatest amount of judgment. to manage | com унон ыш їп order to t CUT or 
well and to the best ht tur y al must | de old rivers 5 = 
knoss? not only p rae nip of ask rs suited to the IE 
and w ld be bronght to perfection with the 
k upon it, 
acceptin the out- 
| lay, and f the latter readily paying ihe required interest, 
Never was there a more jujicigoe] loan, adds Mr. mander: 
9 дь ny 
e [UE en e а 
ime pr 
end e 
ding Jur раша ‹ 
юп pradie aet 3 ахопе, аф Jabo neede 
for 1 and Des lasses of. the. c 
hill farm а 6 stoc! 
ust one of those situations —— required a nr great 
amonit of j е ent and attention. In fact, it w: most 
Dog em ch Sis with m kh ct aveny set the measure 
Ai e ihe SEE of dala 
eds An m he сап urbis no ba ird 
afloat, whilst the dissentients must 
redii beer the project can be rejected if approved 
Moe Inclosure Commissioners of England and 
| Wal ales. й ПІ. refers simply to ou "di works to 
aa 2 by private propr ietors, su as „easements 
4, Land prime — But no man deserved to be, 
indeed, no шап" could be a successful manager of land | 
if he was antin z in industry 
zË 
LS 
and Roxburgh ; 
50,0007. 1 set 
named count 
as always mar wer Owners, а ee and hen “deepening 2s майына 
ап #4 ercourses, be concealed, лоте! 
E hos Т kapt an а fant rho wae ota апа "TE he miri of sttaning these objects are at 
stead of being а good landlord | an expense considered by Mr. Bailey Den 
praetieal men to be even greater than attended the 
n a > * as с -£$ d redd partir existing 
hole of the M of Tid by the 
der Pat nt. of The Ani is in fi the 
ng of 
er, that 
їп their c F intellect 
апа oh hé oa ny ay whether dud ud 7 ge ‘farmed or 
erwise, to tell him impri. is à dear farm, 
Süch a тај җә qu 
e" expenses mus 
id 
g advantage has, however, been ined, ,—the r 
with "the i 
SE rain +i heir IE з, 
pin 
Pa А js E» both 
4 96, Не paye bern рені „печ b 
ab 
ion the arran; vdd uch t| 
e landio ud d КС ing 
at t 
Pad the ac either буо He ч je sug 
DEP. drains S ches E them with st н: DERIT dug 7 
the te DLE t e total out]a 
is femur is at th HEY 1 
гүя Imu ust say 
Ер erson. 
a 
hr s emi 
Was worth anythin 
p ing. Ifa ап h tal 
left entirely at the mercy of EI SO apat he оша | S 
е the troubie to look in atter, io 5 n be c land 
A heap ога dearone. He fe eould rposing lands 
rin Sen ands, wbich legalised. 
pi 
of their cire lias been 
» entering "pon scussion, he took it 
metantly, as he сөйг that he had retired from 
public ifs, Bat still жы Е аа that he 
great pleasure in coming again 
- see es ma 
gia 
| Acts of Parliament кїм to drainage eig pe 
ong b and he: уаз missioners, М ich 
X be interfered 
g | These 
ге local; the chief 
The far 
inp it 
order arable farms, 
act more like landlords hag 
орї Great dire of the new outfall and otbers in and are well Т gp ne "mn йи 
bnt rather bs c Eid forth P hor the fen койы, М counties of Cambridge, North-|is exceeding Тагар (a 
cies ion with the subject, and their е expe- ampton, Lincoln, and Norfolk. But the: powers ot pest. ts n E "Ne 
eneo hien ү ent—into tbe discussion y do not only to sea- | Mr. L ed on a new E +, jos iit- 
hoped would fo walls, rivers, stréams, and ieu courses, bnt to banks, | suntide, 1359, yo more nn twi erem iae: During 
dite eee gutters, sewers, gotes, calerés, pice 
——— m 
STATISTICS OF LAND DRAi 
xt 41 ie pued A: e Ў sen bari of 
Sin ” (an me telj y m 3 E rwie EUM 
all the ED i 
Bier Nd 4, TDI weed, pE 
miles, fro rom pum (d an 
w NAGE. fis gartis, kedels, оге food- gatos ч оек, and ponds; | no 
ia trácts „| an t are specially reserved in every Act o 
h je т ы: yo 2 Er M. I Manger v Parliament, are v 4 to interfere with drainage 
1 SE a e Feri Agen Оле) practice and pri vilegos, The origin of our 
ort ett D d.—To da magnitude | Draima t er powers on tenants for life, 
Жн e may оен: to i rho (on in Meis i don 
edid Mr. EIN Denton beds the extent of selber and these Acts were Я gri 
ined lands. Та a former lecture we stated the | benefit by promoting improved cultivation, indeed, i 
cation in Ber Ex bire 
re | soil). "In the same year 
it the drains 3 feet deep and %0 feet КЕШ, а cost of 
t|2520/." (Pretty well for one year's outlay—60207. But 
