y benefit the public, provided I can pick something 
a "of sa apa of others. Falcon. 
Wag v. Carts in the Harvest Field. —[The fol- 
adn Fe 1 are from the Spe Mercury.) (I). I 
beg and you below the y particula rs of a match tried 
ce of nge S made by Sir John 
Thorold, at =. Inst meeting of the Grantham Agricul- 
re 
the side rol a hill, one is prety steep; and all the loads, 
upwa The stac 
when full, were dra e k-yard, also, 
the most steep and a ne d in the 
neighbourhood. The field was fairly divided, and the 
n and boys were equal on both sides. e 
of carts and of waggons used on either side was fou 
the horses used in the waggons were seven, w 
those in the carts "e a ney ed had a sepa- 
stac nd the two parties e at once. 
mmen 
age field was steno in two 
hours a that when the ca 0 a 
had 1 their ae rot the ner p waggon Ps 
on 
-yard 
autumn, stg: be 
the 
THE AG RAG MES L harid 
of dung bein 
ng fermented ; suggests 
dung, nals a on oe fallow party in 
sprea 
p g in 
g Wheat plants, Atter lying for a time, it 
ace, to prepare 
should 25 “harvowed well o 
for 
a friend in East Lothi 
us seid an ex- 
the 
cellent bed of finely- ani pioa e Moveable 
railways will co vg the dun 
of light iron wag 
land in March b 
still two 8 ke Ss ndie, Agent for Sir o every f weath 
hn Tho Me see The ve pene having been | washed by the winter’s rain and snow, bleac by t 
i sual m r tthe drivers having been pr * dried e strong winds; yet excellent 
allowed to trot their horses whenever they could), and | crops are g a n under this system, and t o0 at a 
aving mplished in t a devito point of cultivation ; and, in the low districts 
pee of n aa — of seeing = er rA ~ in of the country, the crops in that ped were hetter tha 
ca it se in the usual way. This is no dare-devil experi- 
thing again at the ordinary rate of d e trial 
e eavy one, and the 
distance fro stack-yard is a mile and a quar 
On the way the river Wit is crossed by a ford, and 
the approaches on either side are steep and alm 
frightful, in ormer „ the and boys 
were equal on both sides, and the number of waggons 
and of carts on either cura was horses used 
in the carts were five, e those used in the w aggons 
were ten. The time — in clearing the grou 
was 44 hours. ies began and finished to- 
t the ad 
the waggons. f last week proved favourable 
o carts on level a p- while this day 
result is equally favourable for both up-hill and down. 
n to the river, it was found necessary 
lock a wheel of the waggons, and to ar e the horses 
80 as to allow of an additional leader in going up; while 
the strai on wi r change o 
circu 
y of the many 
in 
rather between 
men than horses, whereas in the 5 cases * e men 
ides 
anged that tho 
(viz., ° Sir Jan Thorold and Mr. Fisher) should ny 0 ent 
h 
t the ee of several pe 
ractice ; a 
with the doctrines of chemistry, 
facts are stubborn ris 
perenne 
the na 
iniinis "will not run to Bent till the second | „year, o 
a herbage to create fat an 
Lolium perenne alone, and 
not to be w as in the co 
of Saintfoin we add Trefoil, because it would 
i firs 
t Pasture — On layi ing down land to per- 
— ence of the — 
on Rye: gr . ing t ar; thi 
the first ye s 
eee ee for in its “being a less durable plant, as it i is 
fG 
FLOORING : fhd H 8. Your question has been sent to one who has 
erecti 
Foop rox ory P A. We — greg Tares, aoe, or 
Trifolium incarnatum to Ry fi 
Ry: g in Septe 
Hay-MakiIne Maca We dlake, of Romford, 
— them, ve believe of first-rate construction. 
ITALIAN RT E- ORA better not sow Italian 
R s n crop rotation 
English Agri 
: S P. We have ao by us their 
2 wish to be known they should 
its fertilist 
apy 3 
that burned 
p 
eo 
Liras "ear: B B. It is very calcai areous 15 
te tendency, It pays 
Stifle burning is tha 
Bu ary them in a ait the 
t 
“ By this process Mr. Huxt: able 
them years, at the lapse of which time cack were eaten 
with avi. lity by cows, sheep, and pigs. 
M : An Old Subscriber. * “pipe plan 
. oots are 
aort “of revolv- 
d the bars of 
t ewor , of Shaftesbars, Wiltshire, 
Mr. WILKINS’ DRILL ; FA . MOFAS” will pay for hing 
making ove, I will superintend the makin * 
b t I could — one — 101 ng eie 
1 fitted it it to the carri age of ‘another 5 me, I ase as 
corn, guan 
drii ‘will ào; or it will put 
you ple t * 1 
in the tao place ; the seed drop one by on 
Ie Sem Rak 10, or 100, accu 
can put little as s pint an acre, or as much as a 
n 5 minu tes also it is the best horse-hoe I ever s 
I. 
OILCAKES : 4 B says—‘“ In the analysis of the various sorts of 
€ ET by Mr. Way, ia the Jouraal of the Royal Agricul- 
e 
on the seid 
80 
co 
et 
E 
cet 
th. 
allo it to rem 
were on both sides ample in number, skill, strength, and Np — Nature (without man's sid) ‘will supply 
will, and the carri were kept in a tobias motion, | the required. Plant iti co fg t 
rarely having to w a few minutes for a taps 6 12 5 to suit him), unless he hi 
loader; and, y, that the carts used in many Grasses are gregarious, the Rye- natn s especially 
cases, though “ Scots,” have not been of the best form takes very little nouris 3 t fro * i d at periods 
The the construction most e year, and un an be such a 
as 8 Weder 
0- 
ose 
f the ducts of the soil will spring up. To ob our obje 
Cyclopedia.” Cors. , Suston, near Shape an unusual degree of cleanlin d pulverisation of 
Aug. 27. P. S. Mr. Fisher and all his men began the soil is required. It is difficult to extirpate w. 
trials with a conviction that waggons were the tena if they spring up with the Grasses. rotten dung 
and a determination to pr em so. or yed vegetable e is required as a substitute 
resh and Fermented Dung. —Some short time ago, for old turf earth; seed rg See very slightly 
ing a discussion in the Farmers’ Club House, Bridge. covered with earth, as pr m rved very 
street, Blackfriars, on the subject of farm. yar ploughing of the land, vegetation is prod d; in wet 
Mechi observed that the days of dung-heaps were season seed being washed by the rain is suffi- 
nu which he meant that farm-yard | cient. Henry Roger Smithe, Eastling, Faversham, Kent. 
dung would be fresh, and no bject the over Failur ving observed th e Clover 
fermentative p , by being laid in heaps.. This in an 8 acre field was not te g so well as it 
0 tion drew from the audien answer of usually does, I examined the plants, and found that 
” several times ated, but experience | nearly every leaf over the whole feld Va drilled full o 
shows that there i in the è some insec I acco some 
i yo i xtensive practice several ers to examine it at 3 ime du ge À m 
occasions happe confirm very fully the observa- the cause. Yesterday ee 
tion that was made b . Mechi. heap ung kfast, they bro ai me tw 28 pi nd each Raving » six 
failed to cover a 
2 r eight slugs on 8 which were busy at their TOES toes 
work, Can 
e 
Wheat in the autumn, a quantity of very strawy dung | work. recommend what is araa 
was brought from the cattle yard, e it was made | under these e e H. S. [Sows ale 
the horses and some young beasts were fed | lime in some moonlight . ma the 25 ace out.] 
with Vetches. It was spread on the land and ploughed | Drains Down Hill,—t sig whether to lay 
in with one furrow, which failed to cover the dung, drains down the ry a slope, is ag in 
owing to the strawy bulk of the materials. It lay in | dispute. ay n = eg 5 of the two 
this very ey se during the six weeks of | part ies be reconciled, 77 ma en a distinction * 
harvest, w w was considerably ers a different e . The 
and pos dees b ra aie furrows of the ground. When | first case is, when elah-land i is draine d, for the 
the seed was rowed into und, the finishing pur of carrying off the baile e that falls on its 
process was still unsightly, and much of the dung lay | own surface only. 2. The second case is when land is 
a , in a seemingly half. decomposed con- to be el of ater rising below, which is 
0 ain om the rain falling on lands of hi 
1 |, and produced a gre 
as distineil y visible. This fact showed the uselessness 
plan of draining across 
pre 
referable 
BouckwHEA . It is in seed and in flower and i arf cur 
at its harvest — a: You ies just at that time 
the first appears ne be a um.— We aid be . 
to irs 8 as a top AORA to the Wheat fa 
ntrary, 
the slope been proved to be 
1 8. 
ere to Correspondents. 
tural Society, that Snglish cake 
it than the American, I think he i 
rro The n oilcake is dry and friable (some is 
] reh aud 1 ay tren (to a word); the is 
kept under like | circumstances boon is cove ered with 
of oil.“ 
Proressor War's Paper : Member of the Roy, Ag. Soc. We will 
pu! e extracts Wee annot assist you in your search for 
second-hand copies ph te Journ: 
PIGEON oe ms: X X X. Messrs. Bailey, of Mount- street, 
TAES London; and Baker, who advertises in 
* 
our columns. 
| SUPERPHOSPHATE : Inquirer had better postpone the application 
Febr 
= 
ruar 
G N 2 There is no better geet a 
ke 
Turnip Seep: P T O. We are not aware that it is necessary 
to kne excellence of the 7954 that the plauts rea which. it 
was saved should have been transplanted. 
COVENT GARDEN, N, Serr 
are a DOART supplied; 95 —.— Grapes and 
etabl 
Pine-applee are plentiful, more — ially the former, Peaches 
and Nectarines are less abun ae Oranges and Lemons 
though scarcer are me for thed 3 Plums and Pears 
are still received fro e Con et in great abundance. 
Fiiberts are 1 ad T rnips may be had at — 
o 6d. a bunch. a a 55 cheap. Lettuces 2 
an 
ite 
or as are also French — Cut Flow 
Heaths, Pelar, zoian p Asters, Fuchsias, Mignonette, aigre Aa 
Verbenas, Bigsont venusta, 8 otis floribunda, * 
tropes, — v viscosissima, Ja — a Lilies and Rose 
UITS. 
Apples. re pe: bush, 48 to 8s 
Pine- apples, per Ib., 43 to 6s 
u, do, w va — ös 6d 
1 p. 175 2s to 5s 
I, p. aD 8d to 18 
seg 
Peac a öd to 6s | Oranges, per doz., 25 na 
Nectarines, p. we ls 6d to 4 — per 100, 8s to 24s 
Apricots, per doz., Is Almonds, per peck, 6e 
Figs, rs. ae 5 — sweet, per Ib., 2s to 88 
Melo alnuts, p. 100, 1s to 28 
85 of a — Brazil, p. bah., 128 to 14s 
Pears, 9 . ls to 38 ilberts, per 100 lbs., 40s to 508 
ai ABLES. 
G 
arlic, per Ib., 4d to 8d 
bages, per Artichokes, p. ” doz., 23 to 48 
Greens, p. doz, bunches, 3s 4 Vegetable Marrows, per doz., 
ers, 2s Pad 6d to ls 6d 
Cauliſio „ P. doz., 
Poratoes, per ton 08 to a cing EE p.se., Is to 1s 6d 
Potatoes, ton, 50s Cos, re, 6d to ls 6d 
— per cwt., 236d to Endive, per 8 as to ls 6d 
— per bus iste, H — Ae 5 6d | Small Salads, p. punn, 2d co 3d 
i to 3s 6d Horse Radish, - 
Bed Beet, 1 doz. = to 2s 
Is to 6 
puanet ls o 16d Parsley. Pp. 
aay od to 3 
Onions, p bane, 2d 0 7 
— Spa nish, doz 
Shallots, per tb, 6d to 8d 
Marjoram, per 
Mint, green, per bunch, 2d 
Watercress, p.l2bunch., 6d togd 
yy% Parnes Sept. 23. 
n large, and the os qea 
is still very indifferent ; awk ently the choices 
posed of, rior re scarcely saleable. ran hodak 
the supply of Sheep is i 1 ve, the demand is so small 
they cannot a ail be sold, twiths: anding a reduction is su 
oa er = There d for a choice Calt, but trade 
rally is bad. 
The p ebenan 8 consists of 1267 Beasts, 
1670 rep aa Ca ches mente S Pi 
Per "Prt; of 8 lbs.—8 ds d 
3 5 6 
Dir — PE 
Do and aa... 
Half-bred: *. 3 8—3 10 Calves e ec z 
Ditto Shorn Pig gon eee 
Beasts, 4872; Sheep and i Lar mbs, 29, 810; Gatven 381; Pigs, 550. 
IDAS, Sep b. 27. 
The supply of Beasts! is large; it Peay consists of forsiere. 
and those left from Monday Choice qualities being 
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