OCTOBER 21, - 1865. ] 
STEAM “CULTIVATION. 
] mave received the wee. evidence upon this | 
abject fro rom Mr. Hutchins 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. 997 
ve adopted, or are inclined to adopt, | 
M far the cheapest and most effect 
Аста land. 
ox keen " ramon or of Fowler think justice is 
rallel cómparative account, he is free and is 
especially to t| those who 1 
| the application of 
known mode of 
1f any disci 
not donein th 
reason (if they would. toll |. ш) for not usingit. Itis 
that it із very cost] 
is of but little d 
pepe for Master бш jith's 
little d ttle at Chel Я 
grex Cum —Mr. Hu nson bas impa artially pre- Paris о! ono pec Y mn make a statement of bis own, if € in S at as ad tickle thst “ Del in у 
well-kep! t t ral 
— snd ba begn онр tomi ie n ME жамы, existing stoam ulia. Companies, e. say A ea БЕ ri. | battle e ; y now it stands ready to do battle 
turis*.— Manthorpe Lodge, Grantham, October 9, 1365, mid. "ау pei e y еде, against S e t 
SMITH Жш Ме 1, $ m 5. Hh jus К. WLERS SYSTEM.—INVESTMENT, £1378 lis. 0d. [incisis Bend e". iy. A AMA applica 
le Engine, orse е» u vator cet wide, || Two daos Engines, each 14 eP 
Oae Portabl х Ў 5 tines s Е dines, маг н Horse € Tee A о ч s Cp a do precoding nat: t "- 
detail of Steam Cultivation in sed on payments || n detail of Steam Cultivation in ba. yment ш тїш give y 
„ете Steam Cultiwation at Dunton Lodge, in Bedfordshire, as made ў the Steam се дото eil at ep mee фер med worked out this autumn А myself, 
i » shire, аз published, йа Wednesday, Sept. » 1 е out p old 
131 days employed, 773 acres cultivated, 6 acres per day. 125 bios "e 001 acres cultivated, 5} acres рег e, and at 9 a АМ. it was my 
5 Manual la hurmón дорой by. land field No. 4; E s Le = it was shifted 
df аз per published &acoounts, r doing that it was shifted to No. 2 І ; and 
жо! labour for three moa ал "s ; ш]. f 7 3 Manual lal four men, to Dec, 31, у IE that it was shifted No. 1, which it 
bour for three men and four £9312 4| £142 16 2 рөгү unts, finished оп.Мопйау 25th, at 2 р, Th: fields 
ass labour Кы, 1566) 0:0 Mem jo 2 ает non, by way of | of hilly, uneven, and very heavy land contain 38 acres. 
15 12 6 Manual labour for three boys at 1 * onday afternoon the tackle was shifted two 
Oii, лы ae eph -! mà op. i es to my No, 3 light land, 13 acres, which was 
LEG on arm (а n 
Coals, 06 tons at 16s. 04. on the farm .. — .. но oj 1m 10[ to lores power as par оошту, diti coording TER on Vete Pise t 2 nas making a 
ї pe a aog oil А June 30, аз por n ad а" Куч р 
accoun а shifts an Р 
1918 0 Me eru: and oil to Me Fowler toJuno30, 
mies ens o erm чырт, Т quy dis work e тип кимы, быш тө 
ar 1 strengtbdning oultivatinig 90 7 5 Tut us АУ. ИЛЛЕ. Buried кес Fowls 00000.31, t e. per ton, ur ith. tke 1а upa 
includiug iron e as per pu account, f Я 
| 0 0 0 Rep: йа апа ой A mc 31, | total of 3s. 8d. р leaving the wear aud " бо a 
‚ө! ere trifle, to be From No. 2 ТЗ e 
L chan ed Алу» А 
Horse and water-cart 127 days at 48., С 25 8 0 50 о о | Horses, &c., to supply TERI EN 125 ackle was shifted to No. 5 light lan 2 acros, o 
charged above at 8з. paid b, euplorer. which I set my аы -power Ser ul койа 
Horses for moring engine and apparatus from о deas 410 0 410 0 ir coal for removing engines and apparatus о io work, ridging and subsoiling the land 
deg 96 пу CI rey m maney value of two по operation, and leaving i it ready without any ^e as 
оза or ы пто, rendy v money, valuo ей) 18 5 s| 90190 1 ste l wire торов, cach 400 yards, and one oper T. кел z$ ye emp Tis аз fais hod 
90 yards, 2 inch diameter, on Frida; th at 6.10 р.м ais is the sum total О 
( Annual fund toproduce 641 ch togother with | my vk for 1865. Tbe total consumption of coal 
Annual fund to produce n which, together | 801. 17s cost of wire rope already oec n d for, | b -tons 14 t Iw t à th kle out 
with я. l7* cost of wire above p ed and 16l. 7s. 9d. value of o1d apparatus to break | was 9 tons i snas noi v 
for, and 251. 8s. value of old. apparatus to break 211 4 11210 { upat the end of25 years, will give 1701. 4s, 94, again till red next harvest, yet my land is all 
эрме end 9 тунд will Мм 1801. original | еден а of aene eno, wey Ms the ud clean, and m: ept ‘во ever ith 
apparatus urrow;plough, not us 25/$ f. 
EU Yep nidore at at B) por cont, additional y ey oma of vene power 
А year's interest at 5 рег cent, on 180l uH ost or giy $12 1 Бе on 1701, 44, 90, cost vnam y rome ж tont of p sched land one shown above, 
apparatus . of appa) ponghi 
A year's interest at рег cent. on smi, 4 ч 5 0 60 8 6А years ditto at ditto оп 12081, 10s. — our h маб pn rep this. 
Eee о ee qe api AE LR у be dei о wisi Т ug, or МИШ ФУАТ VIN 
- cost ot ES Suis ? hg 0 0 25 0 1 engines (say amount of Mr. peir o | cmn the question о of steam cultivation ; but the facts 
d bill as per published account). above prove that it is their pockets that 
Esümated additi п cost evi Ж Ditto additional cost every fifth year | fop се — ness and bli . I am speaking plainly 
year for thorough ааба of 6 0 0 60 8 0 for thorongh restoration of engines, rk dim it, for. I have to 
engine, 801., one-fifth sach year 21. one-fifth each year. to now, an ean 19, IO 
мы am zo produce 160L, which, Annual fund to produce 604L, which | В e, I hav A coe qoot to the deaf ears and 
A s — provide ed, aud 801. for ; n us жин МАГ above row яг —€ bl Mes о oyal Agricultural Society of 
n to break wp at the end 422 I0 ONG, reat up ^ | England, and - 1 е узт tho т facts of Mr. 
25 years, wil theend of 25 "ill give 1908/.4 E g 
nee n Pel a. € € eae "m t o Mil co d S еппен per oont, | H Hutchins: son, with somo о ;evidence s of my ow n, before 
it fou ^] OA 319 EE расии for 1551. ag t 2 li, 
mber, I make no apology for this n ta 
"cl of this sum to steam cultiva- Tires üfths of this sum to steam iL ber, атру "apology Smit h, Woo. lston, 
tion and two-fifths to threshing corn, 5832 а 1711 0) 3 9 105 6 8 34 cultivation and two-fifths to thresh- е 0088 1 
утуй fodder, &c. Ud ES ing corn, cutting fodder, &c. Bletchley Station, Bucks, Oct. 16, 188 
«д Еее. 6s. и. рег acre gud 2963 Ts 8 £504 0 6 6 { prabot c — 14s. 7d. per acre according 
Vt and Water verzus Corn and Нау," an Essay on Sten ute r— me Correspondence, 
Cultivation, rejected by the Royal RN Society or or or r pim of e "n aive е. of engines for PM nd wes е. —1 was Rr gari ari 
O ODARE Ue BUM EU UTI маме eadimg тш article om the application of 
UMMIY 
Price 9d. ( во сору of. th ore квада of Smith's appliances (requiring only = 5s, 3d., ha) addition te Croydon i in the. Ageionilorel iar pa of the. TU ins 
D. the capital, treated, above), it might cultivated three times | Is there any instance of success where the sewage has 
Since publishing the Essay by || 773, or 2319 acres—or, at the calculation, three times | been applied to a flat surface withont natural or artis 
‚© that, instead of one Yat. aue 85. NS ), Бан Ы. 691, or 2073 асгез іп 125 days (one season), аба cost of 7081. бв, 6d. ; 5 | ficial sub-drainage My own imp n is that, as in 
9f the cost of wire rope, 181. e vise would have been sufficient, || against 375 days (three erit d at a cost of 1511. 11s, 34. with > " 
Ке yere eror ero p ee Eos 
absolutely п ry. 
Now, sir, I m ү | especially the gp dadag, where they awarded pond question, it will very 
vie Vin rara pe- FS yos wn alor mew. ЫНЫ 5007. р my wear and likely prevent some grand mistakes being made, 
y be seen that my tackle, costing 5002, їз tear at 20 per "cont, and Fowler's at only 18 рег cent. ; | many cases where it is intended to utilise the 
мы ‚ее Fowlers, С 1978. 14s, 9d.|nnd what із Mr. f towns, J. C. СЇ 3 
» the bloom id acte judgment worth, w е | ion 
in actual practice 
| т | working of Mr. Fowler's r TE tackle comes 
double 
UE except that it 
n the 
heat 
| letter i in your Number of Sept. 25, p 
"E 
Society of f England's judges say to this, 
per e « lica. * The -— were that on the E. July I wrote 48 
жы, Which, as. des фэ S Nene е ppl in you w for the water supply. Mine cost 257. 8s.;| Mr. Bates that although my c а -—— inj 
Paper, I have held challenged for 10007. ever since cod толун дон 507. So much for the little implement. | T SU, not withdraw. He I amed o 
Newcastle meeting. It : also Dien th my pective — of the jury, a T m p 
implement, 3 яе width, ex by a 10- B for ihe mig of be» Mi At һ Mr. жт ay that he m — 
A er engine, did Ve ms in 127 days eir bour 47. 10s. idc дом. юры xcd ne Charles Н e m но ne dee itt D. s poem : 
l - : r the little impiement tha once arbiters. 1 
worked b i rane ped 3 m" “э did piper eati bs shift it, for the big-un o med its | re sic I С to Mr. Howard, — secured, inviting 
91 acres in 195 days, pi гар y 51 acres per En coal costing 4l. 10s, while the master Е d the к s Води м та he expressed "rem sicud 
So much for the little lement and power as to little tackle on id the 4/. 10s. from one of his | sa ing that h dd. to act." p 
iai. How about tho depth of the work ł— | pockets to the other, for he wou’ uld have ‹ а. чу: E E m" T om MM 
the qat 0 Te um "e ur ng "m те е uc them or not. d I at lie mi e Mr ае of Long 
& do "the 773" acres "in 127 days ‘mine employed | оху of persons e will have Hard to P ehift i itself d ZA аа р à ы letters he 
1 ows:— 
men and four bó cost of 931. 12s. 4d. | must pay dear for their whis S Lion r. Bates wrote as fo 
Fowler's, to Is ot NAE interest and o (Copy) , "July 11, 1865 
men and 000 оз Me à 125 days, employed T Ru for they are all оп on the side of the little one,| "Dear S iT enclose Afr, J. Hadley's теш. What 
ich for the little "imple as to cost in manual ЕЕ “ (Signed) CnanLES BATES. 
labonr, How many times have I been twitted about | a cost of 2697. eren 8d., or 6s. 10d. per acre; regni 2 Had he unfortunately omitted to send you 
üploying more labour than Fowler! It now turns жо big-un's 691 a cost 5047. 105. 6d., РАЗ, f. ы this ме. di e not have even he 
m that in at P This proves soundness of my a statement. I һауе јаве threshed my crop and beg 
actual practice I employ the least, and d my jnst 
Re the let oost. p'oy йм challenged the pen best £o koná poi mples of it, which I think will bear 
ria for the coal. Mine to do this 773 acres con- | koh 10 007. (See your Paper every wee inc tho comparison with any other in every respect. 
to еч о. 163. 60, costing 541. 93, ; Fowler's Newcastle meeting. look when | "gh e Я per i ME I inclose my letter of the 
T 691 acres co sumed 154 tous, at 16s. 6d., costi LE Here is a point that I must 20 ar 4574 oath and subjoin a statement of the эз, - 
121,1, So mn e for the Jittl le к nt as to tl dies n Fo атт side about "annual fund," the бан 4 that this е4 проп similar light la 
mpm а а ея ысы: I read ing the fourfurrow plough, 807., might bave g p» e bd finding a LL 
ау as this Newcastlo "best application” was not used” Why, then, this Shropshire Company | with 40 bus QUEI А адре ocoupying many 
3 irte to have done its n at Чексе almoni Ake ” the Agr ie O | hundred a € t his Wheat would mot 
E Иш» жуы в England's judgment at Chester, where it awarded its | о 20 
more than do th Ko me t ~ | great 5002. prize to this very old roll-over plough, * June 8, 1865 
Now for th 3 EM MA f thing that the Royal Agricultu Society would have,| *'DenrSir,—The Wheat crop in this баіо ча езетју 
Fowler's E Афу and tear, Mine 1. бв. eiui ita dan Po via io worki h whether it would work | i- таф їп, wed t b, га erum and protracted vinter. 4, Му оош. 
xe as to itg е тет ат profitably or not; for this Shropshire Company wiil Pf NU, and cannot possibly be pom ie e tdt 
ат te, Wisi vm di not work it ab all, and I know tbat they have а У сооз |, рес: as a fair illustration of the rati g which I 
