31—1850. | THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
493 
t prospect of an excellent crop, age on 
Fall rs _ Best in the garden 
‘and appears, | 
et 
o déci- 
t- 
you allow me to mak 
sion of the akae at Exe 
rate emen t called a 
it 
m 
the 9 fal stating that * did pee come 
within of in certain 
ted. You may judge m = when 
very same implement, called b 
horse scarifier 
f making a 
| ap ean find vari bee eee. witho 
rocee 
yal eee Societys | 
ity of explaining 
ry untry, 
would still see places he a 4 — — but hateful 
Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, 
perm and paper rek our hedges, defective in their 
The Whiteth 
fallen off, it is not witho — 
tha £ 2 
win itiga 
eather in favour of tes Me stable 
life which it is appointed to inclose. wh 
direction as easily 
but we lately met with 2 in Stirlin 
ose in the south. 
f the pao’ the hot rh 
ane mlets iy te but — the thick — = Thorn 
is heard unseen the lin water. 
road fence, and co 
Rushes and 3 jSedge an tail 
Thistles that would have pleased Burns to look upon, 
for he tells us that 
he rough 8 — wide 
Among the bear 
turned the reset A 
bol dear. 
ry | grabbers for 
in depth. 
one, desirous collection of such p 
ut havin 
to travel for them. s hedges, protecting 
pests of the ed in the light 
acre. P. M, 
Sot ieties, 
GHLAND AND AGRICUL 
TE 
— the greater part of th 
3 3 or 4 o’clock the prem’ * 
were affixed to those articles considered by the wines — be 
—— — Compared with t jociety’s show at Edin- 
wo years ago, the Aa soma so far 
as the number of impl — and in 
many instances there are gratifying — ‘of t ess 
rogr 
which — N 1 been making Sous. that t time. 
t by many that the discontinuance of the annual 
xhibitions of Dk and im ster ents for a longer see * ro- 
damage the fut ture "f gatherin gs” 
the Toro 
he pont ploughs, rat 
— by two horses — ach; 3 ploughs for filling = My 
ing the earth upon —— and 3 abe ine — —— P eskir glongis, 
for preparing — 2 r grain s dcast—in all 67 
en — of plou of ae oye riptio aiy — 3 of the im- 
— — ry have not be exhibited. There are 14 two- 
rubbers oaa of oo constructions ; e 
reen crops, 4 Norwegian harrows, several land 
rollers, and 10 sets of harrows. Several of these impl 
such as the ploughs, harrows, rollers, — 
tried on ny farm of Polmaclie on Wedne 
pom P sa 8 
of a proper 
1 — tators attended the ‘trial, thus 
5 e agricultural societies 
afford. ay it is 5 — ‘tt w dobil if they be of 
Be efit, unless so far as satisfying the judges may be 
1 Section 28 there were nine chafi-cutters, the most approved 
of which were those * by Richmond and , 
Salford, e and to one of which the premium was 
rded, The action of the 
— 1 admired jor the acy 
t—whether matted or straigh 
unassisted and ‘hel while the cutting knives were e doing 8 
work. The ag part consists of a disc, wi 5 
e to it 
angle 
dione at ion wi 
thick feeding, nor — it require — — ot * part of 
y bein 3 the 
alle id wer be 
n 
ybole, and n y him 
tho —— Pa — utter. It * of Bact 5 the lower 
e baar mps cylinder of wood, while the 3 is of iron, 
L. which is fixed aon — of par — 
N Pinch apart at their extreme edges, and tery: 
This roller 4 = does Rar — on che loom 
one, and the straw be being laid on the 
feeding bo she polly p ers wor — ng inwards pull it 
and cut it the same time in 1l- fach apri with 
creat rapidity * speed. Said by the wn gee = to cut 1500 
feet — straw per hour into I-inch lengths, with one person 
his implement was 3 dea . the materia 
and workmans m 5 which it w. 
nat page 
ein s for 
n to require 1 — 
Kirkwood’s is 0 = on the old d diso principe with the knives on the 
n be made 0 
— and obtained the pre 
n partly 
31 and 32 consisted of Linseed bruisers 
at and Sin as Peg of — sam d 
ther mp 
— ‘Richmond — 
sized spirally-grooved roller machine wa 
mium — bruising — and ay its 
t the for 
consists of a single fiuted roller working against a uted 
breastwork, which being moveable by screw * can be ad- 
size =a ho 
r * 
. 2 os req uire 
b oppe 
n, and En quantity i — by giving r 
more or less inclination.—In Sec e have tw — ag 
drical Potato or root —— ey a 4 — screw ide, 
which retain and wash their contents ‘when turned in one 
direction, and pitch them out into a spout M turned the 
prota site — 9 This machine was originally invented — 
any.—In Section 34 there were four differe 
kinds of of apparatus for steam purposes. The prize was awarced 
to A. and W. Smith, Paisley, for an apparatus pag caso 
ular boile 15 with fireplace and flue running 
entre, 
5 feet, = * about 80 gallons of water, when filled to 
ao) 
rizontal lever, which becomes — at 
the one end, pring the float sinks in the boiler, and at the 
same time opens the water sale at the other or raised end, 
and allows it to flow into the boiler, until the rising of the 
through the men 
The length of the boiler is 4 feet, on the diameter at: 
arg 
is said to be very it again, 
self. acting feedi 
accurate g ng apparatus 
This 
in its working, — * A to get 
am part consists of — et. iro 
placed * eicher * of the 9 5 3 
about two 14 from 
Gmnitved u — the fal 
n 
cooked food * 
— steam, an 
tely the eon 
both tubs. Seel ons 36 3 H n he —— = 
carts and light 2 carts; 12 of the former and only one 
a: De — he workmans. of the whole of the farm 
s highly cre creditable to the makers, showing that 
this a a piya of farm implements congenial to the wants of 
Scottish agriculture. The prize was awarded to RO 
and Sons for a double ni — — tor tilt cart. T 
catching — underneath, 
— 7 
N 
ba ak while, th 
bearings in spe: 1 in as apparatus — two 
— oa 
centre, is ns — * done a ee Amg of t 
when not areg jis retained in rite place by a horizontal spring 
fixed to the Ar when the bod 
cart in this section, with a self ac apparatus, 
which worked rema ably well as exhibited fa the ard, 
which the rea: — baer be v Hable 
derangement in the various purposes to which a 
arm cart is applied. This — had 4. y serious fault 
in the tilting apparatus, viz, a 
ly a foot underneath the fro 
e tive horse w 
zia e tilting a 
applied to so I r A 
3 — i 13 necessarily capable of 
ing tilted, without eee the Bonesi and hence the 
reason wh yin this warded to to a cart which 
probably — — no su rit over the others, 
than that of having a Th — carts were most 
a tiltin — — 
commended which exposed fewest tenons to view, or to the 
pep test 24 3 such being the parts at which a shaft 
or ouest piros way. Alexander Rei gshaw, 
Stewart — N ms a very ingenious tilt — for hilly land 
which e heavier on the horse’s back when go wa 
oing 
— lighter v — going down. e is — Pe at 
ends (like those of the large bear — for heavy 
—— ods in large tow s and bein nt dow rong about 
a foot, serves to place the 8 — tha c low. 
The shafts of e wee — the body are plac 
centres, so tha e the whole cart — oc. 
heavier hapy raised, ahs body when 
same ease ot rt. The af oF b rv 
were of souk a — Ai and the pre 
2 — 5 2 fan yee for a cart with w —.— 4 inches broad- 
very little dished, Mr, exhibited a 
pnt — ed with a * iever for shifting the 
load either hooker rds — — * ht de required.—In 
Sections 43 and 44 were exhibited 
machines, on the Seateh rincple, all being fur 
ters of some o 
nE 
* ese 
e question of 
s Deg s is still uns 3 a there is no — 
t the peg drums wi are comin 
dram om — atent 
* iam orate sshill, 
e four-horse- 
“of mium 
1 
andle withi 
rinciple, so far — to 1 of pegs 
none i 
ground, while the fanners 2 
and chaff being carri rried up by N 
thres! 
— 
of which, arm ef em w 
appie wry the straw oa ages a jer king mo — up an 
nd delivers it at the ——— sage The sPw 
very there scavely 
of Shettlston, 
shaker, th 
each other, 
15 one i 
obtained the — 
struction, withou -bo — : 
1 Comber, Ireland, exhibited a very 2 double 
i 0 e 
of drilling pom crops in Scotland, 
been made since the Edinburgh meeti ing two 
area considera rable number and variety c 
om peat moss, a 
eous matter from cla i 
mi 
1 was 1 
locality of the show being so near Ayrshire and 
other ger dairy 
vounties in the west of Scotland. "Neat week a complete list 
0 
e., commenced 
specting the stock 
ole awards will be 
t too lat ape ate week’s Gazette. 
The public dinner of the Socie ety will take place to-night in 
the City Hall, and Friday will conclude the show. 
