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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
JAN. 5, 
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el and varieties of form and — pama same | tion to make both ends meet, and no class in 
egances 
r power has, by rapid intereomm 
in with ignoran: 
fronted intelligence ce and — The 
press will shed its brillianey on agrieulture, and 
the steam engine must compel, from the undisturbed 
an inerease er 
uated obstruetive legalities in conveyanein 
will to publie, 83 immediate er. 
A — acres of land will e ange hands as quickly 
as 20,0007. consols. Why — it not! We shall 
then 
e 
n, le; *. civil, social, artis 
influence ? Impossi 
The censure of our present state of 2 is 
not the mere ipse divit of poor Mr. Mechi. It is 
den 
porti is operations ha 
or 3 * Lande cannot be ex 
be oo with amend. 
expen 
T have nticed 
publie may, at all tim 
To me it daily and happily d 
of tural amendment. I ‘iar doubled — 3 
uantity o Let 
ve the means 75 ‘the same, — a 
of — ares quadrupl 
others who 
25 
— a ka 8 
consumption; for 
general population could * ume three times as much 
animal foo w get. 
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God me 
all opposition, to stimulate icultural 
amendment, and indulge in the, to me, most delightful 
PR th e. ine wisdom and g 
exhi Nature’s varying beauties. J. J. 
Mechi, Tiptree hal Kelvedon, Dec. 27. 
me Correspondence. 
The Fruits of Thin poo, Mae Ae read a good 
recomm ames thin seeding, I was induced last | time 
small scale. erefore 
e of one of my fields, the 
average piece of my farm, ploughed four tim after 
winter Tares, and sown upon a state fallow ; 1 — result 
is as follows :— 2 ridges pere sown broadeast 
ith 9 q 8. ced 9 bushels of Wheat; 2 ridges 
52 perches, hoed in with 5 q uced 6 bushels 
1} peck of ditto ; 2 ridges 48 perches sown broadcast 
with 6 q roduced 8 bushels of ditto. Where 
the at was sown the wireworm eat it 
and quantity of the straw was not so and the 
of the Wheat not so good by 2s. per sack, besides 
filing the land with a quantity of weeds. it been 
sown after Clover, with one pl ink the 
difference ee ba n favour of the has 
thick seedin . R. Hulbert, Ford Farm, Bradford, 
Willis. 
High Fa and Low ay eee liance wt of 
all 
b 
- | more ap gk — the good old motto “ live and let 
. | Sure, but few 
Can, — ’ agriculture stand ll and escape this prices 
general in ossible ! i 
country | in 
live.“ But o 
better U this 
My Lord 3 mates the p 
in Scotland i in which his sapa m in the present year, 
els per acre of Wheat ; * N N 
indi- 
22 1 „pe them know to 
curtail greatly the 
3 . 
cheerfully submit to any criticism = which “ P.“ ma 
2 I should prefer practical suggestions from 
experi rienced men; and I ho ope if any of your correspon nd- 
| perega ugh the —— have a tank to 
y | oe N all 
p such part as 
in We — and employment to my — 2 
_| attention and much i 
shall but that they are 
Ok course, with these 0 
than the one I propose to pursue, they will kindly do so, 
I have good farm buildings and yards, ye buildings 
e the surplus 
will not 3 1 in order 
ll the produce o = th 
upwards of 800 yards in the manner described, a 
rate of about 60 } r e e R. F. N. 
Farm Estimates.— I peruse your Paper with som 
interest, but must pag oe that 
Iam much eee not knowing w 
many comp ade by farm 
t the 
L of the 
28 only they 
headlong to 
-course system, Sore a profit of 28s. 6d. 
This account I have 
th as 
y appertain 
e farmer 
ving the 
2 the t two together cannot how the exact state 
askon 
arious 
try ; it would e s public, = | might at same 
time show, by com my might be 
In your Gesala of Rav. 24, yin Tull” 
gives an account of his proceedin 
gs farm 
56 acres, and states the profits at about 1057,  Omi- 
eron, in your 8 0 15, red this to 
297. 10s. But h h this! He begins by 
putting the p: pigs, fed off the Barley of “ Amicus 
Tull,“ at nil be allows him nothing for his Barley, so 
that in e 0 
£ orge 
very —— to go over — farm of 8 2 e re- 
duces also the p co of the Sf aeres “of Wheat to 
4 quarters per acre, not taking into consideration 
cus Tull 
P 
himself with 37“. 10s. of extra man 
mis- opinion that his sta 
made to are not well founded; as far 
the pigs are co ed, it is really but t parent 
the critic had not weighed b walt s ald 
not allow him his pigs, allow him Bar l 3 
to de prive him of e his 
charitable, make 
used by you as you think ae ; farmers ou 
en 
be 
d, they have much 
come, provided they are x 
with a fair reduction E 
of alms-giving; with the of objec- 
tionable conditions in the leases ; and the abrogation | 
of the Game-laws. One who wants to come at the Truth. 
Price of Meat. — A bu A i 
business, 
never made so much 
s are 8 
in grains ba io 
a doubt as 10 35 000 grai 
Grass which do 
tural 
might attach to it the importance that it deserved ; this 
to 
resent season have applied | i 
are not gaining anything, which Te 8 8 pen | 
In M 
and his Rect or 
R 
- | for it, there must be 
-= not 
” has raised his produce to 5 quarters, he | AS 
! oy 
to contend against, but cates that Sera cannot over- | 
are pro 
the last six mo * his profits having 
been u 
of 45 per cent. The . 
explanation s his being able tọ 
t has bee n said, 
Thin Seed ing. Early spleen last, I forwarded 
you a report of an pedi eran made upon different 
— of Wheat to the acre, to test how far 
ht be carried out successfully ; 
to thresh and make up the quan knowing 
the object ga to be ascertained, niese chan to be). 
them simply as an experiment. 
15 Nr. deferred inserting this article, until t the 24th of of 
onth ; and as I had hoped, forgotten i 
it ee, as I Ta from the obnoxious phie 
resorted 
8 enter into publie 
a | em to his friend 4 Newin; 
cannot 
without a a . parting observation ; first that 
by al sen rag. Bar tated by him, as being 
ingle grain, but I ng reh have ex xpressed 
ns havi n produced, and 
ubt I still entertain. That as Mr, Wilkins 
g purposes 
rely stating that fact, that public 
ure | that he has fallen upon me pell-mell, by endeavouring to 
own with personalities (of which I regret he 
ve ever come 
— own; as I happen to be acquainted with the nature 
of the soil on his 8 I am enabled to state that it is 
light silicious Turnip soil, and absorbent, and there- 
re would not be ‘affected by moisture 2 z 
unequally seede 
9 Ww rer the major 
ed exceedingly well, — 1 deposited. But 
it happened that exactly as Mr. Thedam increased the 
British far 
cultural lhc A 
duty of every lover throw 
as much ight a as he possibly can — one of the most im- 
portant branches of farming. 
Cost or TUENIP CULTURE. 
Per acre—£ s. d. 
One deep winter ploughing 3 9 0 
Ditto subsoil ploughing ... 16 0 
Two 8 pioughings 12 0 
8 wings. 3 0 
ga One soariying ee ia £ p 
For gathering Couch Oh a 4 ë 2 6 
d dung covering : 3 6 
. ie tons, at 3s, per ton. wee ee 
For —— labour ... uA „ WDE 
Three horse-hoeings B . 0 4 0 
—— 
£7 0 0 
this system of cultivation will so much improve 
the condition of the soil, one-fourth must be taken 
1 
One. four of — ae = „ 
or — nun Sea, e 0 
For seeds 3 
Sowing 85 f ) 
Pulling and cleaning 25. A 3 
Carting and camping csi matinee e 
Rent, rates, tithes, = taxes... mw „ 
In terest on capital ., ote 855 . 
£7 5 0 
Taking an average crop’ of roots at 25 tons per acre, 
and as the tops are for manure l/,, and quite as 
much when Gren to ade they will cost Gl Se. PIE 
ton of 
lares 
- | money “ since he wore a blue apron,” as he has done 
acre, or 5s. per ean roots. Now, what is a 
reots 2 is one ee important 
uestions to the British at the present time; 
But to and to make it pro- 
| on ekili and, jodpnent a 
farmer, and how it is carried give 
| experiment what they consumes 
during their 18 weeks of feeding. Two | horned 
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