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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| by Мт, Egerton Harding, of Old Spri ngs, zs, Maret] This Table exhibits th 
den him LEO dr er this air em Drayton, published i in the Siong? "g Journal, exhibits equal to Het of tho оң cultiv; the 
is may n › Mi ма melee 
attained ? 2 p improvements of late а years :— small which is i Rein prim d mH 
implements, Darry Cows, extent of the count ri the 
farming, in indicate. the advances which ке. 00 " T ке LR PL ыгал eode ак ai йы in Ireland. ye em eroa, ont Ме 
wever, has Weight of| Amount ou and 20,808,271 acres, their extents ЖЖ) мы, 
ег Pie rent degrees in the various eb of the Teir. go. of | "Cheese S caradr for данас" E respective 
country. The eat e doubtless, had much to do "^ | per Cow. Cheese Виет, ёс. рег Cow Sootland p. to A grent extent эшш шй 
Eé t 3. d r 
which | ind ail. The best farmed districts are those, gei opt Д ЛЕ 54141 Mp tern for wn purp "w^ pasture ш | 
where, as оп, the eastern epasts of of the is! sla and, the ra. — | 1853 2 515 4x ) y ) Wir Pen etm tho Mis pi \ ета but it | 
is least. The climate of Ireland is, in this respect, 34 " , | 
rior, but it is not a sufficient reason for the| 1855 Z Hed Lm бр ^ НН (p country is аны | 
backward state of agriculture prevalent there. 1857 926 400 334 1 12 151 infer Stock renders jt >“ 
then ^ htm ze of these practical improve-| 1858 | 26 = 2 7 d EE MR end to diy eet | 
ents be made? neral—can they be still farther e E 2 н sp 1 | which!the — wet Ares the grent шшш | 
тыйса by scientific formation ? This is the problem 1861 27 335 963 7 1 | unfrequently бд stian half анс 18, in faet, M . 
which agricultural education has to solve. i extension 1862] 95. 883 264 101 ERTE Дил! Facta оте tia | 
of the knowledge of D best practice must be of| . ..- " f the f. 200/., an amount | to his s advantage, ШҮҮ the e азу td disease Sri 
unquestionable advantage. Ho ow far a. griculture E be which is exceeded by t " d аы тыф mei | 
Р for ihe year 1856, and [S s the year ЕП т may diminish this risk - will be apparent, е 
the sciences which bear u All Pha Buctuations the Ке ant has to fear, his pent the obje ct of veterinary sci cience, and той M Ж 
I. Of these sciences I Vou r^ t speak of Mathema- is fixe i, asi d any o f his enses a sciences which concern денеш la ave of late ü 
tical knowled; dge. ed t - is we тибе a ое ae | wh £t Bo realis ed, in | made grenter advanees, г: г“ f 
most improving овора Жа ЙЫ, another а itivi А асс To none then, ever "| veteri pected К 
including arithmetic, the founde tion of two of the most moro than is former, i ig DES о form an esti Tha is à isa distin "ый р requisin apn 
aids to armer—land surveying and book- not be too еа ary informed of the probable t n compete + knowledge; MAR t will be of the m 
keeping. An agricnltaral education should com ehend | ^5 rei 21 spon his ability to form a correct estimate, | utility to the farmer if he can be enabled to еы 
а e of arithmetic, of the first four rules ot io исан E dicii ^ depend. That a | disease by its sympto x EA apply t Y оты: 
with fractions, proportion and q^ and of at least | 0 aet can - бога їп ard to a crop, | check its prm. Lad the vi erinary surgeon 4 
the first book of Euclid, with the rinciples of land Mr. Coleman, of Wobur arm, has shown in the | called in | and m ile - unicate im má 
measurement and mensuration gena liy. PSU MM E 4, 1863, wherein he states | information that CX шау come provided with tie 
more tha; farmer is the science of measurement that the estimated yield Pa 94 crop, 1862, on a farm of | proper remedies death of a single animal d 
useful; he should constantly bave to do with it, and 155 acres, was 5115 bushels, and the quantity Scar | a serious to a farmer, and although w. y not be 
can be with advantage guided by i сап reméniber th res she ed was 5135 bushels. In the case of the NIP | able to assert like old Clater, in his * Ey, Man la 
on my first experience in farming, distributing a large | Тоти | own Са е Doctor,” thata drink or two at aile 
manure Sene pretty evenly over a Turnip field, raa | will b „and how many head of stock can hie eighteenpence each would have saved this, yet a knos. 
being co — ented by a labourer saying, I Hie are questions:the farmer must ask and answer. ledge of the principles of the po^ ary art may s 
guessed 16 P etit Lim) тун “т h нета of To do this Jtem is — ; but the assistance of | enable the progress of disease to be sta yed, that the 
Бесма, tá d moasuremen y figures is sio: nes these he must be well regular practitioner yen basa fi epu). 
ment, solid a well as корей Should be > acquired by E dre оаа жы ап ini egra 29 fein of effecting а сше, terinary practitioners os о ай 
the farmer, the, сараана knowledge requi ws in his in considerable н and receive ап educa 
utility. By it dei is enabled to ascertain the contents s Ay n; qualifie d to fit them for their ааг ад, M 
of any piece of land which may б desired. Even with. tend to the improvement e оао must be |f о the interest of the farmer rae sni lioet 
out instruments this ay be done, The езв: ӨЙЫ and we may procee cd io шде tiea TEE Ic Т 
triangles or rectangles being laid off, the number of Belences from eli stance may үр dart ed. rry ont the эшо сны. b which. - Y» 
paces in their sides will give with sufficient accuracy Il. The next HE aag ры importance Jot agricul- порите for himself some preliminary ) knor edge Y 
their length in yards, from "which нез turist is Veterinary science. When e great Moya of | subject, eterina nce is 
— ciples i iim Vl nh. сур э че of d the live stock throughout the country is consid red, important subject ч рй. the age of un 
in arie prese — ену dev маси this importance will sufficiently appear This is by their dentition. The usual in ications of age in tbe 
this “noviedge X it will be impossible in all ca es to strikingly exhibited in the returns which have been hono. ака daed: иша gertsin 4 iret M 
arrive а de both in Scotland and Ireland. In Ireland accu- teeth, principally those in the lower jaw. 
Book-keeping, or a knowledge of accounts, is perhaps es statisties are taken, bot e crops and stock, | practice aloni un proficiency in this can be attained, 
of all others the kind of geri a Mig: h will be most every year, Fn iş we are enabled to estimate their | but it is M in the first place to be informed what 
gen usefal to the farm din ox S ect alues, The returns for the year 1864 are the indications are to k -. This information 
book-keeping — published have "been as given below, made up from the Cte of the| veterinary science ri impart, and by it the age of tie 
the difficulty by keepin а tall. y jtm slve аыр жей ды al:— horse ter €: Ls 2 
чур аё erede . Butevery s $ esti а ah E f: 
should be able t to кер a book, and to draw up some kind dl — P M nno ме 1 tio i dental indications, from Viu, when neces- 
of balance sh In every business it is necessary Per Acre, sary, t age can be ascertained, Veterinary science 
potus inm ET i [m " Wheat $79,809 а 0 95 2 27056 аз ап олау practical bearing upon agrieullure, 
mess) DER TE ay эр Sa peer Ode. A 1,809918 ab 5 0 0 — 9,0495 e as such demands the attention of every enlightened 
Mme ; Jra „662 at 0 = 1,908,634 
12 mo t ela can know the result | Бейеу 77: UND гоо 53052 inq cei science of importance to agricultan i 
of the a ac nal yield and price pb Meanwhile his| Beans and Peas s d at 10 5 р т. ае Mechanical science. Аз implements may be char 
expenses, family and otherwise, go on as usual, and thus Бка му. 406,585 at 5 0 02 2,031,675 terised as the right band of 'agrionitare, фо 50 mechanical 
if there is any serious shortcoming he is placed in a Flax 301,900. аб 15 0 0 = E $9: T есе И hae baeo aid, Dy. e roving their form ami 
difficult position and unable to meet his rent. Farming d m their construction, has given cunning to 88 
is a profession involving much uncertainty, Ib is Totalvalueoferop ., £30,191,409 |а es bé g By investigating the si of the 
influen by the seasons and dependent upon the Sroox. "TEM i materials it employs, U aka We А material 
markets. To how great xtent, the following Fanns ы ET ГЕЗИ Дине оаа ges 1 6 dos тешеп nts than is sufficient to 
striking Table will show, being a report of t р Catlo.. ..  .. 8,257,309 at 610 0 = 21172508 тумб se for o g resistance, and it seeks to discoyer 
Lincolnshire fen farm, where Sheep ici E ien 068 at 1 202 5009378 that form which overcomes resistance wibh de le 
mer trà bague M pow Dd GR EIE RE P 2: power, Bimplidity of construction, beauty of form, 
Рворџ WHEAT vPON A Бех Farm. чанач | мјонтею and symmetrieal — 
Costof | Produce From this Bii. €: i» wes of M "T EN of the whole characteristics 
usd cutting. | peraere. |per quarter per acre. | quite een a ^ that of all the cultivated Crops g implements, mi à iti is "noi the аш ийм ЕС 
1849 n I 5534 1 $5 hü i |с " neatly, and quickly performed, Amid етине 
1848 18 7 zi 21 12 ое "ча Stock и erudi price ^ meat will of inventions it may not be necessary ndo А guit 
1844 10 9 i 131 both have tended to improve its е”; be an inventor, but he may still ics ion of any 
ые Н d i " Тһе Scotch returns exhibit the same result, "The ойс o agriculture i чар de "m | 4 
1847 13 6 12 year for whieh re obtained 1857. The|wusefn] machine, and t Me rs бут The numberot 
1848 12 2} à 121 return for the crop for that year, was, ав officially derangement, as by inv enting a new one. feram 
хр + H i Р 1 and taking the prices which th prevailed, | eminent agricultural engineers who are extent, imi 
1851 10 9 1 10 as follow. The stock is estimated at the rates given in | in all parts of the country have, to a ате exten vith 
1852 13 92 Т 10 13 1 the Irish rns, although ns may be considered too fied the practical — whichare w 
198 ум 7 1 191610 |low in the horses an d cattle, and perhaps too | branch of dex 
"sn n ге a great extent leave the Jod ith he parionr mei 
1856 17 Н 1: 161 S ү SCOTLAND, 1857, he f aeq; with hich daily issue from 
PET 20 M CRor, and specialities of the machines w. 
1456 p » E 4 Bushels, "т ч : their works| shom, id however, is * 
1860 12 9 6 * The employmen stili 
pee n o t » : $ Lead : HE Fins [^ e 0 $ = tes ám brauch of ibis duas m ES b LE 
BL. 0:5 Eud Ома...  ..  , 8210708 ab 0 3 4 c 55200 |This great T ma ca power, | pura 1o э w 
This taken from the A Agrita: Goto for Bere.. . iei OTLTTB at 0 4 0 2 134,356 |farm {ог , threshin 
Jan, 23, 1864, exhibits in a remarkable the | Вее рай Peas „ LONG) % Рог Ton, 20097 | ог ploughing, requires me Hood мн : 
fluctuations to which corn farming i err whether| Turnips 6,090,109 at 0 6 8 = 2,230,036 |agriculturis ng ona ally lead 60 this—the 
as the yield obtained or price realised, Тһе!  Potatos 480,468 аб 5 0 0 = 2,192940 | Two considerations specially - or instet 
former varies from per aere in 1860 to over iu d sossa (ine accident prep rising 
6 quarters per acre in 1844, and the latter from 17. 105. * PE tion in its management, a ines, In many P 
Ber qr. in 1850 to 37. 16s. 84. per qr. їп 1853, while seed v 2 ai working inferior рабина 
- yield Suo ашыш К ^ 5 тару 8 0 0— 14652 о femp. duni: МКА fiin of impor 
realised per acre to vary from 6l. 8s, in 1850 Calo — .. | 97448 610 0 = 6333. employment of в » and it is ipium. 4 
197, 165. 10d. in 1853. Bheep — ..  .. 5,683178 ab 1 2 0 6,251496 that tis pode uced to qe prove of 
ne noue дне variations confined to corn farming. | Pe» >) 22 M КЕЁ т АМА Үн at ihe обриві риба m every 
The following report of the produce of a herd of dairy | ` Total value ofthe stock .. £14,251,550 |utility, and tend to effect a saving 
