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Азю. 8, 1805] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 325 
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bo umor or the p urpose o of encouraging the special | 1s. each, A: Exhibition will close on Friday at 5 р.м. ducing. In the southern cou Isaid before, his plan 
ining of young duin in the science and practice of| As usual a жет гө of the Society, two superb чар d not always, or perhaps qux, answer; and we have 
training A ring the interval аак резулта Me | military € i» tend on Wednesday, and one or omit of spring corn or Wheat. The latter is often the 
agriculture du g ti d their other of these bands will а t crop to sow in. but it comes at the end ead of the 
letion of ordinary education, an ntry о ese s will perform on each day of the | beginning of a rotation, when the land is often not so elean as 
сотр ltimate occu; tion. eeting. it should be. Where, however, Wheat follows the fal'ow, T 
oi iat for this purpose an examination sball| New Memjers.—Mr. J. Paull, Brockley Hall, near | 0014 merge m poni d qt ip qs 
lace in the month of —— for the next three | Bristol; Mr. T, Co oombs, оган Mm Mr. J. B. Ververs, have more air and light. and be Ma PEL ed the € 
take Pt any young persons between the ages of 19 | Park Hill Court, Stoke ith, Ledbury; Mr. J.|firmer; and the seeds, if kept near the top, would vegetate 
rig years, who shall have given one month's | Walker, Westfield к= обн: Hereford; Mr. Ј. | better. 
Pei notice of their desire to offer themselves for | Lane, Church Farm, Stroxton, Grantham III.—IMPROVEMENT Or WORN-OUT AND NEGLECTED 
tni ion in practical and scientific agriculture. RP NERA EE SLE Pálbit sud ШШЕ "m E ag 
* That t esaminers shall be annually SS авми LONDON ril 3. — — з Land Management. — pe nutritious Grasses » v long as the soil j eir Pa ted with 
by the Council to conduct such examinati. Professor бошт ‚ late of Cirencester College, read isture. We may have, it is true, a considerable bulk of 
«That the distinctions — by the Society shall | a paper on the subject, dividing i и mas the following watery bad bad eg у and | it is this fact that has led to an idea 
be divided їп into three classes heads :—1st, Is it d e to terially increase the | indeed in rores erai it rior iid | much as am v 
Any candidates who shall in the opinion of the examiners Proportion of Grass lan А? n ow can we best | injured Grassland. This I deny as regards clay. pe adis 
L ie eed shall receive the | produce а Pasture ? te d, Improvement of Worn-out SERE Ere Sreloago Soos no goad—where the subeoil 
the Society, under its corporate seal. ; n el, for instance, and where the moisture which found 
2T ru ber of candidates not exceeding six, being E Wa Weber eiie Pastures; x api Irrigation Dy | its way along the porous beds from higher lai зау have 
^ ^ie next in order or qualification to those receiving the actually nourished, and only been in excess at rare intervals ; 
diploma, shall be presented with A Certificate of Merit, to I.—Is 1T dee O MATER 1AL LY INCREASE THE | for be it remembered such water is not necessaril ant : 
be signed | кр the Chairman on m des f the P РЁ, and и те ОЕ GRAss LAND? it may fertilize and pass on, and fte; įv e. N 
shall be entitled to an Exhibiti f £20 nnum | At the present time we are ре же met by the assertion | ©!08© drainiug in such а case, by cutting off the water before 
for three гин that land поша go down to Эш. Those who know nothing | 16 reaches the soils, may do harm, and I have heard 
з. That an Bumber of candidates not exceeding six, and | of practical matters seem to look upon this as a panacea for | Where this arent that the drains were bl ip 
being sexi in диви ж d of merit, shall receive | all our difficulties. Stock is high, and likely to maintain high | *Zain. Draining alone will not renova rn-out pasture, 
a gold medal of the value n Оо, " wx obi hand, Cum there es grow Grass, е ри to m IDEM n d. : s rse 
80, with a dash of the pen as a = of the ч aken possession of the ground, and driven 
“That the examinations in gen agriculture shall | shoulders at our dul I stupidity i i not ing ur эт 4 out or dwarfed the better sorts, die out when the water : 
comprise а all the details of ' tillage, — feeding | sity for altering raetice, the qu о те не wi noble. | the ea contains little available food; the atmosphere has 
f stock, апа the Кее epin g of| man, who E prt Lia interest in agriculture, but like many not =) able to circulate and act upon the minerals; and con- 
and = That t id examinations in in es бей бөз others has a the M aei" rather tban 2 praetical acquaintance | p | MM 24, drainin sy teg not followed by liberal treatment, the 
farm acco unts. 1 h i with t the sube "lately fell into conversation with a large Lin ge y rate for a time, falls e and the farmer who 
more immediately connected with agriculture shall|colnshire farmer. DAC said Dé, "9 ot are all wrong in | may A * loo ook n drainage as the only necessity is dis- 
comprise the elements of E chemis istry, botany, | Lincolnshire : you should lay all к коа down м nn. » | gusted to вла һе has less Grass than before, and тат ps jumps 
а. and vegetable physiology The gentleman to whom this remark w: ressed eo хо à too-hasty opm P - "erra. з was a mis! taxa; 
mecuanios, t is f d EY th that Lincolnshire was growing more P AA, (n Mid. Wo ool | ыл Colem G 
This amendment is framed wi @ | now than would be possible if his idea could be carried out, 
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marks of distincti roposed to be conf: e ng us a vast b pfo n Mr. Tack 8 property at Braydon, and Mr. 
with the publicity which will be attached to tho | duction of which a thriving population was very profitably ет. | Camp? ell’s at Buscott, and elsewhere, and НА 
dre: tli m : ti ployed, and added his opinion that the present prices of corn | А а reference to the subject of i rriga ation, We shall 
awards, wi х А and horn would have comparatively no effect upon the increase urn to his valuable paper next week. 
schools to devote attention to agricu ural education, | of Grass, but might prevent our churchyards being ploughed | " 
to com with one another in qualifying pupils | up. There may be and doubtless are instances, where the land 
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is strong, expensive to eultivate, and the climate moist an 
EL ndidates for the Royal Agricultural pariwara, Taare the return e pasture ry d E desirable; but 
Socie! : 5 $ : even in such cases, we must have a considera roportion of | 
A discussion ensued, in which Professor Wilson, меа ааб, ш Sra annot help i ptc T mdi the Tesis Support Statements by Mr. Sn liam Menzies in 
ny Я - ‚ | pur Grass lan I cannot help givi ng i the testimony of a cele- 
Mr. Pain, Mr Cantrell, Mr. Jones, Mr. Wells, Mr, чс Shorthorn breede Who та nsists o 34s олы | iit X his Plan f or the Drainage of Towns, 
, Mr. Dyke and, M.P. ; Mr. Bowly, the Earl e. He aa me if he had double "Wei fable fand he could | 
of Powis, Lord Feversham, Colonel Kingscote, M.P. ; Е win а а greatly increased stock; as it was, he gave his s neigh- | | Mr. enaa i here answers some of the objections which 
Mr. ok part. On a show of, hands there | bours 2/. an acre for 1 Barley straw, and carted it, and could nu | hav ve been raised ed to , his Riens since the publication of 
МЕ er for tbe шашы кш | go EA E TM HUE D I A his subject. Апу plan of deslin 
18 Ayes to 8 Noes for the report. The Orb Was | he has eh alread ; but may be instances arg tM with town sewage so as je benefit by all the chemical, 
broken o^ fro ence of the м h price of engineering, е. chemieal considerations which affect 
Mr. Dent, M.P., having moved that the n nien corn, that may sdsantareone a go "back to Grass; but: ne the subject, must, he says (1) be free from nuisance, 
present given to the Press a the Weekly Meetings (2) economical, that 18 creating a profit by the v 
clay. such as the grazing lands of Leiceste: gem ire, accompanied | 
Бе in the сазе ОР rich land, as the заед) E resting on| 
n | as they often are with н cere садот! ка hat produce a great | tion of the drainage water, must prevent esen; 
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extended also to the Monthly Councils, the miei 
, but lost,on a division, |е ды Of обете hay, |G а cann t be worked vo advan- | these waters into rivers (whic! y the way is implied 
by 17 Noe $ 5 Ayes. ne ut at Arasy an pet quantity, and more often two- | in the first and second oondition) Tma (4 (4), practi cable. 
" thirds f arable to grow fodder and litte: ‚ 
EETING 66. — Memorials, with plans A їп. How то, Puoptc 5 EH n € m point Mr. Menzies has given evidence to 
sections, guod by the Mayors and Town Clerks of| Fist selecta a pro Aud e гад ож tity of good E show vast a amount of fae al matter remains 
St. Edmunds, Ipswich, King's Lynn, v seeds. This can Әл beobtaincd by going to a respectable seeds- | ү ying drai ft 
Norwich, were шеден ед, soliciting the Council to тү qot pe ying А, ful pet se. eem Mr ptg i ied ШО in consequence of the prevalent Sys tem of 
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т э А Country Meeting at those places in | poi DUO erty a AY aedi ess са. e er otl bros sting so на. to the rain water for flushing 
e year 1866; and a Committee, consisting of Mr. | park of natural ugh land was gradually reclaimed by | Purposes that thns foul ит ai the worst kind is 
Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Pain, Mr. Randell, and Mr. Torr Men g up Ап, ог 50 acres аб: А ta! aking qe ое t» о ора discharged. еей REN: the street gratings, whieh 
eri im to inspect the various sites offered for | Yst to clean the surface and allow the vegetable matters to rot | Jo, dow urface E Roin tho houses, and 
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—-—- and irm 2 Аа report to the — on M y Pike. (se a tA Mh. ka. d uas saa есета alig eh, ria is "the result.” And even if the 
eh vdd ME announ than read it verbatim to the Club.. Mr. Barker says: “I shall ern system of thorough drainage of towns is 
n ihe т о-и by th ecease of Mr, Baller. | follow be. 0 vie: io dicat e Le i e рр of р efficient i in daily carrying away every day's sewage and 
uaüties Vi een treated—san ci е H H t 
XP gave notice that the clection to fill this va сапоу | a ay. vit ilr clay subsoil ; Fel lon on limestone and red filth, уе the plan of pL gratings and ventilation 
d take place on the 3d May. loam on freestone; soft spongy clays and hard gravels. which obtains through them is most vio . 
2 mode of breaking up the old sward.—Paring and burnin * In м if any engineer were to set h lf the task 
were mec is 2n some rough aci fon land е first; but of devisi g the best ХЕ of € discharging, in in the xni 
BATH Anp Wast э ENGLAND: an 1.—0о e res d d Кыз iion PS UTE DOREM. dub "with of the eng all the ste ble from sewage 
he Societ, Lingor Rushes, and then these were mown off before ploughing. | drains in a town, it would | be ditale for him to plan 
All members who have aid their рн Meca The land so ploughed (begun in October and carried 
ксы Meya TE year shall bav e the eir ti ckets to be finished by January if possible) was wi Pm 2 | We! have — p Bel Freri of к 
rally black Tartarian, d manured toj. 
t cael by post direct from the «1B owt, of Peruvian gano. 3. Course of Crops.—Oats as | inveigh against er town sewers as real 
M the Soc айыы y delay when bovi fr ma — cs with ^9 mixture | | sources of — tin 
отут Membe interne: 17. of bones ат: guano, the Turnips chiefly eai 4.1 Secondly, о «ré economy or profitableness of a plan 
Third 1h he lan red insufficien! ew un- | 
уте will оч ted by tickets giving the | broken, a adr ion ot " Turnipé: sa» азс Чу conside relin а for dealing with sewage, Mr. Menzies contends that 
1 ingress and оен during the entire week : | proper state, then the land well searifüed and w and | its poa рете гаіп VM is misch — 
rked, 
Y nucon will be admitted on the Wednesday sicnt He бта ena р May or beginning of June sown with | “ Water in itself is not a source of fertility to land. 
· All privilege tickets, as they have hitherto been eec tione ide aed glos re rt e | It is an йе ent for carrying or developin 
ай will be entire die yeat, either preceding the Tarnip crop or before —— Perd sources of е, bui R ap ds = little жын. ы 
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1. and upwards will henceforth be I have never in practice fo any preju letal effect or | In 
мане for the whole period of the Exhibition, | lees from sppiying lime D сеа the same year, but rather | 
us th the set. free by the lime, I think 
чыл ^ special entrance gate, without repeated the M pra НИН 4. "The Mit MC ete тһе following may 
M taken as an average, but t different soils had different | the soil is to be kept up, contain a n amoun! 
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а 21b. Red Clover, 21b. Alsike Clover, . Meadow Foxtai » 
id feb ee ved, А e latest à a ws NAA stock | | Crested Бозым, 2 qts, Meadow Fescue, 8 qts. Ttalian Rye- and the question at issue is, * what s that amount per 
ће is the 15th of t nth : ИБ Pacya Hyeg 8 ats. Stickney's Rye- | gallon ? dome ble agriculture is not regulated by 
" " day no entries can be о "m hi i- =. а, | 2 д Деке $. ИСА at which First Lat questions of the chemical value of manure alone, but is 
a hensive study of t hi 
e of the Hereford Meeti ting was pre- 
nure is, the cost. of applying it, and the mechanical 
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n пе бро з anticipated, in response to the | 4th to AE June, E * hix DUE ID follows. XE н efe, phat: 
3 prizes, will be ded in the | Pastu: йо» is fon by stoc! күл CPRH AE ANDD, - nary stable pail, the extreme limit of -dilu- 
boe тен апа 4 ын. On Tuesda; T I ый, д qo yen x Me К ре qox та ага n) is morle sia mers could bear’ to advan- 
steam erarigo open at 9 д.м., and мч 10 the trial of | like old good pasture land, e. will continue so. Land|tage. In summer and in dry weather all will go well 
will take reaping machines, and other implements | managed as above 20 years ago is now till with that amount i winter and 
place. For Wedn ti You will observe that all wetland is first drained either before weather, when vegetation is dormant or the earth is 
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meeting, " prizes, the annual | We took into our е2: about 100 acres from a farm that had | reduce 6 the sewage water to the minimum ; ; 
entire lores, кре banquet, and the final exhibition of eei ploughed and mismanaged ; Eos Эше ha зч to get | noi not correct, all the iples upon which we de 4 pes 
for admission on MY doc phe evening. The e | course Tim и а after we had ons years of the Ши куу for AUS thorough underground drainage, 
fixed at 9, e first three days has | Grass, to bave it again at 25s, per acr po 
e popular da h person. Thursda ау and | and nd itis: ee fare cheaper to Lus "gà Migne VA i à ба TOi ia t we do not think Mr. Menzies 
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the show-yard will бере to зга ү: aimi of ра = a nrbs Auer e те been most o тобы, and sce Iti is арат not i erm st A that is the 
€ publie on payment of | which I consider so valuable as to need no apology fo ile the evidence of 
