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дах 11885) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 615 
one-third increased value will be e soil, and КРЕ the drain at a|capable of being efficiently steered or guided, and of 
4 single "m ew beginning Ф pe n bis attention | being. turned completely end when desired. The 
n made on w land thoroughly ^^ ge = eam, "Before p achine was constructed by Mr. 
hat by — eonreoutive us of mowin g, the last yea the für of whi ch he was the Panda was | Alexa Ledinghan, m E тг, and the 
{ results PP er week. | cultivator or grubber, which is — to it, by Mr. 
plowing те! йө: in covered and open = тн Messrs, ae of Bedford, who began to manufacture | James uncan, — tsmithy. cultivator has 
ve 
ered Yarı 
see printed 15 DT — se vm ptm] 
d barely M" roduced 10 ewt. per 
ar circumstances, the difference 
an average can be 
milar co 
м amanare 
peculiar 
M* i tly important to оен) thei 
ОЙ the Application 1 "^ 
Owing чані of а used, the ex cre- 
С orr jr r proportion to the 
e in covered yards, 
material la ed. 
i rl further enhanced, and consequently 
required is further reduc ed, by the avoid- 
soluble salt: ts attendant on drainage 
1nd infail, 
Assuming tons of ordinary open-yard manure to ho 
afair dressing per acre, an nd that 13 tons of covered 
o ра would be quite as effective, we in n this 
save the 2s fat the application of 7 to 
T 
je; Ам Site of 
mi leakage à after 
some years later, hay. sold about 400 s ets of steam 
five tines, with diam 
mt pointe, 6 inches gena 
pro; 
it is pelled w ith e 
th Л Inm 
e field. The progress of steam vultivat tion, extra 
oer as it may appear, is Pe e чле, unted for when 
"7 tration that its cost is only ab ne half the cost 
of cult 
eet, гн to the depth. of 9 to 12 inches, Banff- 
of 4 nes 
shire Journa І. 
рага 
рет Turriff recently aaee a €— for “improvements 
t 
n by horse-power, a Jie "ana is| Tillage and Ammonia. — This namo gas has one 
super ior. 1 by it a k sAd oves those, and 
to the еа. in many cases of a qua; of grain pn r | falls on. those, and blesses those «€ prepare for it and 
aere. The question, indeed, is not shy steam culti- redit it kindly. It uw with the occasional Yu 
vation has extended fast, bu y it has поё! поб to mention the nig guy д, butlike that dew 
ended faster, Nor is the answer аем «e find : hates a stale surface. бо oad, a negle - ч 1 бот, 
great retarding i has been the ереп of t hard i 
—— atus. This we find stated as under E ho report ir y о perch or ewe so if you wish ш heres r4 
he last | great peccunie ion of steam Б еы. аб | sweet Er sovereign influences, stir =) — 
Жас т in 1868: keep p it continual! uy stirred; and no тай ow coarse 
Nam. E св hibit Price, the subsoil you ve brought to the Moy the quantity 
Vidal o o de Including cda of ammonia wi. ay absorb in a single summer is sueh 
Do. Las engines, 12- Morse power са) . . 1220 that, you may laugh—or mourn, as you please—i Z 
on 520 neighbour Dryehaff's v ev that nemi hea 
Soen 615 that is carrying to the field the ew vhi" 
бү ый engines, 10-horse power ва). Dd departed spirit has descende Js eeks onths ago 
е b 
From these fig gures it is anae that the first step to oet M fu s oaken t м Ar pee 
be taken, in or ad to bring steam cultivation ye from the dry and pt every dung-hi!l, or other 
cost of the nd 
more extens o id the 
is t 
atus. With "this object in view, Mr. lah. Pt 
а erage is certainly поб 
у. 62, And besides, in ordinary practice, t 
gir manure be cart o the fields to ferme 
in a beap to its application, and the 1 pree 
involved in refilling, кешр and emptying, may b 
put as 4d, рег ton, or бз. r aere, showing in the 
aggregate a saving of 10s. per acre; and! њи V. lieve | s 
to be a very moderate caleulati ion. Mor straw 
io made for а Sum 
ary 8 engine of 103 rse may be 
ne for 1901, making the entire cost p Mire n: 
T| will do 
l or vegetable matter for miles 
around you; and “ they will come when you do call 
for PEN п Еа a is more to the purpose—if only you 
—keep your soil e condition to 
thing 
attract, ые; а retain them, Но 
‚ Calendar e pee eant sad 
Wheat and other grain crops are fall ea 
their магут. depends on оп pue камым, iban 
| those — the farmer exerc 
€ t Жү fo 
—— s - becomes каре те food ; T ше upwards of 1507. less than the low Pea "terne P 
ind if there E^ = E est: timates which веб the ced steam cultivator above mentioned, Ped They cut with hook а! 
“Бн а moreover, that 4—4 there is a fixed steam engine 
of straw ab кул ДЫН ton, the gain in this respect | or water- wheel of sufficient power on the farm, it Ж. bundles, and ы to dy era ea daily i e md 
Im, be M rut Mr. Moscrop, in English Agri-| be used to work the eultivator, the por uu or self-| . Beans.—The winter-sown crop of Beans will also be 
propeiling engine necessary under all the вузбетв | ү д» by the end of Jaly. They may be let to 
g hese cirenmstances dispensed | tie, and stook, at 
LOUCESTERSHIRE; June 28.— The drought (for the 
на. йу weather may almost be termed 
керн 
thi it is necessary 
with. 
to itg that, in ali „еве таи. motion is com- 
according to Mie ор. They are generally “| agged," 
as it is jm АА heavy hook, which is bem at 
such) has s0 0j 
pid not alarmin ng. 
Hay and wd клы M dd ch it may be called, is 
| ciem peri with a result of, stent on the low 
meadow land, T than half a 
it upon the low, tich, hen 
е for ihe Ae weather | рет 
So EE 
m more unpro 
з h their r growth that the ming in 
and in 
the s tanding е n suce essive blows, driving. yard 
making the steam-en igi ine win of iron 
or steel wire to which the онан АА "attache On 
ассо ihe of the wir 
fri 
e | placed 
s thus ren и necessary. Les slie d 
ith d wire а 
ай 
TH a ме, 
oughe 
portabla, and, in "92; of the systems, a self- втра 1 
Mr. is- 
width of a ios va then em ployed to gat ther that 
which has been cut into a sheaf, which is laid on a 
b w or of Bean-stalks, which had been pre- 
The Beans should thus 
tied and 
58 
Б Ро; 
de? for a few 
vile leafy B: 
gae al "i ey sup- 
au the sun Xie 80 got into the land тв there 
appearance of some coming into ear at x 
Barley, which „Stood the hot and —— d weath 
e 
or carria M X which the cultivator 
is рүнүш. The motion is transmitted by a train d 
y Rye pm may Wire: been left. Me don will also 
probably be гот for the sickle. 
and Parsnips may receive their last horse- 
кү or ed hand-hoeing in this mo nth ; aud chil- 
eels to two йөре y wheels, also in connectio 
provided with teeth o for | 
in the last week or nine days gone off 
А ч 
pikes 
! sin hold of the ground, In its PERE, оа Ње | 
tion. is so redu ced in n speed t that the hemp торе rahs 
st 
plene that havs jm left double, is g young 
plants that ha peared s Gd soot e m Би бр! This 
| is necessary, 
А for t all aaeh May 
y eet 
A we hope the blossom 
e heat in causing the 
ГЕН 
^ s 
в 
"n 
very scai in many places this 
rOvender i c^ felt eve lt even more than last year, 
Templi tit; ty of go -— 
quantity of goods mad 
ieepers, Tho m ri 
T 
ДЕ і 
PITE 
I 
е, " 
HH 
f 
e 
Fat stock Bits very 
to the scarcity of keep, 
Í 
чото stock, o owing 
pead is reduced, "the power is increased, so that if we 
e friction out of account, the edis pull of 
tho “propelling wheels would be 20 times greater | 
it- of the hemp rope. account of the 
communi icated b 
and the whole к 
е n part of 
erminating, and үе Carrot its ind 
aud zs e 
angel Wurzel must be horse-hoed at intervals 
I this month. 
urnips must also be hand and horse-hoed. The 
this month is the period for hoeing the 
logs of this crop. 
Rape в should be hoed as soon as ару 94 high not 
nd then it should 
M 
cultivated by a steam аиа or wa at 
steading. Besides the propelling wheels, мает may 
other wheel (also in connection 
жойы In pin lower 
r о that 
its axle may be 
other. inclination to the 
== et out as Turnips ng t thati in “ singling" 
two or even three plants y be left together. You 
may continue ол it during ris mon! 
Flax is to be pulled as as ready, which is 
ly by the Ai of this month, before the {7 
„Тһе seed may be separate by 
1 
E p кори 
genera! 
bolls have ripened. 
Р. 
р of roots is ver 
а 
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3 
achine. ane) this vedi is rà М but m 
H 
the machine has to be t is placed at fis 
angles to the propelling wheels vind зык into gear; 
it is thrown out of gear, 
the following spring, on p^ oin 
rick all winter. m 
on Flax stubble after 
n shock, or in 
method, "after remaining in the 
autumn Turnips may be grown 
есаго 
3, “whilst th tho 
Ps | 
| 
and RE ina position parallel to o the propelli ng 
eels, 
an vob a this month. 
Ind the some of the young $ e fields, raises or lowers the ‹ eult tiva- | 
se mb which sia devastated the, iia fiel г ot wh . The ma achine also е 1 à M е, TATI and. Clover continue to furnish keep 
falli ed e weather- | may, without making any signal to the engine driver ьа end 
gives us hopes ofrain. R. t stop, or wl it, and turn it to the right, or for the ho: 
left or mpletely round, if necessary, the rope running | hauling lime, ты ТЕГЕ 
: eous. i the time. In this - e Бе | the stubbles after 
Cultivator, —Ten years ago William | 9Y€* the common me of steam ше, ай fotohed mid 
Uy Hh armer who cultivated his | 5 Which reqnire the ке E to be sto] ped w сай momeliráes 
Was thinking of MEME s vind plough has to be s , which is, of course, E: the purehase now. 
inning. Now the е abont | €04 of the frame or carri above | cleaning out 
ploughs fa rent Britain alone, while | Mentioned, propelled and guided by its it pae and | generali ici 
Work, not only on the Continent, but | Steering wh ich miy be m-horse, any | stand agile 
ndia, Australia, Ni aland, and | Cultivating i "M may be yoked ; " те и Нори. Й ст секад fi with ad- 
' ago John Fowler, having drained | Proposes to use it fi r dr zs жю vantage, for he purpose of the earth with the 
liis steam draining (which conveying or distributing far rials | nidget (a Td of D, bei ж; {ће rows ot. Hops. 
earth, 30 inches to 4 feet deep, with | ОУ a limited area—thus still pos y ^os ng horse| [f the weather be dry the ct uad cannot be stirred 
tonnel at the bottom, into. h hi $t | power. he inventor claims to have produced the too frequently; in in this month, and in ау weather, 
st я " which i first steam cultivator, ie by rapidly running rope, | reri ** tells" most effectually on the crop. 
rope, leaving them 
