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haps only a yearly rly tenant, what shall we say in 
2 case of a owner who must have at least a 
life wap te “his estate. 
means o 
GH FARMING. 
IN a former Tipas I endeavoured to show w by my own 
high farming is profitable at about 
my farm 
very different thing from maintaining — 
enunciated in 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
question is, can I ee ers? I must solve the 
problem by trying, but discussion would have he nge 
ould iste got r 1 4 giving information 
HIGH FARMING IN AYRSHIR 
Tue lands of Myremill are situated in the parish of 
me about nine miles from ape e occupation 
of the tenant, Mr. James. Kennedy, extends to 560 
1 5 600 imperial — 
E,. tae Kenn Drum 
and ater a . 
portion of a im wal e shallow system had been 
practised, n re-drained 4 the deep. This is now 
th 
Mr. 8 minimum de soil is various, 
the title of Mr. Caird's sts on 
— 
* 
here Myremill houses are s 
roposition vo 
eneral. 
pra 
be —— 
* an 2 W Ia 
the mec ‘of wh hig farnving—that à is, 
fattening e quan — es of animals —of largely in- 
creasing produce prior to the discovery of the means of 
largely diminishing the cost of production—has been too 
ted. finds his 
must be any general 
ced agricultural prices, 
1 in the strict sense of the w 
neither desirable nor — in the face wages 
demand for services in almost 
it is quite possible 
— 
that, as 
on the farm. 
an 
of 3 mend the | as sleek and clean 
ho ca 
and resting on a tenacious ail. "There i is little level land | 
comfort and rapid i improvem men 
7 feet 10 inches by n 2 aod iia 
r | less, so as suita 
year 
An additional — range o 
ingly been erected. 
from | The t 
He | reach the üthet ax when at the sam 
non- 
n- th 
estion is important, because, though are 
will be impracticable generally, 2 8 
ere is plen re teed n into it from a pipe, 
The Tur nips are rown in at q n opening in the upper 
— f th 
but bod individu at work is kept busily employed. 
ing - hoy cylinder causes them 
beanie "te e spira 8 
turn easily. 
constructed that they can be removed 
when they are not required, and the house is used for 
the green food. 
* two new byres run at right angles from the side 
may beppe i in the course of 
o unreasonable thi 
Capital, on the 
more probable, however, s it She 
part of both 
render high 
On 
ee adopti and have in a former Paper ca 
tion to it. I allude to 
— may be called cheap arming, 3 of amas Tall, 
t my ec — 
ks in 
bogs Beye beanie 
and on it l 
but I fear I drilled it 1108 he Das fie = 
t 3 quarters to the aere — — 
pay me better than 5 quarters under the 
system, pursued as stated in my former pa 
j try hird. 
past experience, prices fell much faster than the | 
w 
e 
capable and e A of li 
8 
E the forage Their width is a a to its 
length, In each of the byres, 52 ca 
two rows, with a centre 
8 to the 
— 2 from 5 
ey aay 
s | four mee N in whie 
from 
ratings over the tunnels 
* 
bui ling “filled 
l th 
ensed 
=| suficos mer this. As soon 
ve 
The Meaty is allowed to lie 
ing to the 
ha 
ons 
littered — — the night 
are modation 8 for 150 fatti 
meen at Myremill and Mr, Ken 
for mixing at the 
on the floor, accord- 
dry chaff or 
the 
forage house, with a flight of steps outside, 111 is well 
and a 
lighted 
Yous of Ayr, and it Pam him mu 
not anywhere seen this descri ki 
— r In the 
th 
E 
a tank at hand. This 
15 deep. The second ror is 
width, and is 11 feet deep, The tan 
digging out 
pu 
ischar, 
steady supply of water is required for th 
V. 
urposes about the 
at — distanee less 
ar g 
The impure air escapes 
ere isas ubstantial stone 
ing e the 
By 
are a 
opposite each stall of cattle. 
by —.— in the roof. 
each anim 
trou with an open 
one to the othe, about 6 — —. the botto 
— ee subject elicited no ali 
tal 
high fan farming of 104 eattle, and 
danger of their choking. 
one er 44 surprised 
nd their 
wi 
at each side, give — qui 
ance. The two byres are stalled for 
at 
quiet state of the 
w 
: — of Bag gx and flexibili 
the process in full — = ——.— the jet from the 
as dischar, 
ws of 8 sky-light | steam 
e appearance of | to 
Mistalee 
tained by bringing it in pire 
than 
y Mr. 
ch credit as we — 
ork mo 
e toa — yagok, where any sediment it 
iyipo settles to the ee r and the liquid 
steading, 
from 
pipes have already — laid down for con- 
veying 1 As from the tanks to 
such a pl; uld not — heen 
nag Gie own 
| hose w 
engine, which is is of 12 hor 
in an evenly manner. 
equal n of the manure, 
to attain an 
ya combi 
7 
eine It 725 
the essen 
of 120 feet, and the 
king 
no o 
with fine cattle in a 
