r 
me AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Dec. 7, 
out hrá me h the proprietor of 
and, m uch of krewe 
ee edge a 
deep draini elay land. de gy Davis, 3, 
Frederick place, Old. phon d Nov. 
ng-heaps.—1 am antenne struck 
taken, is the cover for 
certainly be useful to ag such acco 
is a cover for the dun the first ee ‘of the 
but we peor never yet seen 
former, though we ce: y think that helter f for — 
ricks is a much more i penis Se matter Son > r for 
the coy et Perhaps C., althou 
in your Paper, does not dei 
tributions of less able ns 
y not have penned the paraste Th lines of the 
which 1 e, inasmuch as in several of 
lls 
ever honour 
manently roo r rick-yard of 
been in existence for six y 
these erections, I could only say he 
would ce the only 33 of the many ores ed 
agriculturists who have come from 
them. Jas. Robertson Walker, Gilgarron, Whitehav N 
ov. 12. 
Hay. Ch Cutters.— In a late Number, bakes 
„The vided with 
disuse 
— 8 
end, I doub 
N e independent 
these implements, an and hav 
ears, because N — 4 aid : 
arked “ C.“ all 
e | see 
has redee vey t mie the ane in ab 
ery 
ar to visit | put 
rainer 
—. 
the Act, apparently 3 so ng Aei 
d be, 
all fre 
overnm 3 charges, the 
epayment, r 
—— ee been eaten off by sheep. Query, 
of Ra says it N 3 like — 
[It] s 
Mr. H. 
in the n Gazette, I have to state that 
under Drai 
by 
ich was 
two 
ent charges, and 
2 r that the sopr of Sa 
and that 
was in my cas 
e “complex ; $ 
money 
espon 
— it 8 rectly y unavailable 
» Sw 
the sag 
I 2 e you ‘the e way it is gr 
inte ned * it, ought to be in 
ately after harvest, 
cult to 
fa vourable. 
The 1 
um- —.— pretty well rotted, = it gets better . 7 = 
8 
en 
will 
say thin th 
are not so fully em e as in 
a hte stom 
thinned det Fas yielded n 
however, the following ci circumstance has ca 
pause, and I shall be glad if I 
W. 1 
n 
d frequently 
gress closely, an 
in my Whitechapel to the neighbouring t 
been 
ed 
er e hay, and I am satisfied that on the 
same > with less feed, my horses are in as go 112 
not than they were this time last year 
and Sones Oats. I think the indise 2 
a 
an hotie.tp it: it lasts 3 or 4 hours. I am in 
think 4% sg sear his = | chopped 2 aly for 
oes not chop it y fo: 
days, | the land is 
| (that is, the 
. plants may be either dibbed in 
and keep it 
be done 
is got into fit state, an 
groun 
or planted in the furrow, the 
the next bout ; but 
but short bushy plants 
long — ones never bra 
brethren, and they are 
it is ri 
fine, 
we roll with a peste roll, and 
upon when x. 
On the Growth of G 
pon — “cong 
2 which has 
most excelle 
for hay. 
. ng Gorse. This idea 
which I have seen the crop equ 
The soil should be sen 
is best i 
acre produced on a soil not w 
reaso! would advise 20 
n, I 
This 13 e opinion to be w. 
as from old seed. 
ening. Sond woth have 
when it so so happens. 
r the spring. 
not always thinned 175 out at 
* h but the last two years 
d left 
early two quart 
more than that left, and the seed is 
and it enables you to stir the groun 
it free from 
If t 
the first favourable opportun 
watering it 
cover the prc with about a rho thick of ‘ha 
short 
me, through the — of your Paper, to give a 
ks ation of this most —.—— of 
certain ands. Ha a deep san 
rock, mii hy a ae poi ery I have seen 8 or 10 tons per 
orth 5s. per acre, and for 
n here. The and 
in good } hoart and 3 
harro 
d, the 
a 
it is long. 
out 1 1 foo t si or 1B 
succeed well if tran 
bour and ‘tei ; 
all, = giving them 
3 aay Lon 
me a Caer" 85 
with the hoe. 
ieplatited it should 
unity, after 
d the weather suitable 
d moist, and showery 1 the 
oP 
are li able 1 5 be "killed by the ae 
e puddle; we then 
or 
Age es, 
the 
n proved for a long time to be a 
nt — “for cattle and horses, as a inha 
It is thought that there is much difficulty in | 5 
Go ct, 
by 8 it upon all soils and situations, and b 
ually good. 
I con 
April, to 2. end of June, to be the . time * 8 vite: 
seed 
20 
$ 
bus re of 
ushels per acre 
I have no doubt: all the 
come up at 
This gave me much 
pipe tile, 3 inches in diameter. The drain assistance in growing the plant, being aware the slug 
was a main drain 4 feet deep, running e the = bes greatest . when the plant yet comes out of 
middle of a a field, and at no place near any tree what- ground, and only in its first two leaves, a 
soever. It is a curious circums pes en 0 d by it; but, if it 3 to the next 
14 inch bore running into it, were clear, but this — it is e safe; indu e, with perfeet 
fibrous substance had penetrated th i success, to 2 crops, by carefully watching 
y pla It has only been laid down f onths ; nt fro ne to time ; and n the slug did 
| subsoil clay, mixed with mart Th ne much pipe | appear, to apply 14 ewt. of saltpetre per acre. A crop, 
s | draining for the last thre and have never seen this means, be easily secured ; for, when the 
such a thing before The feld is is now in Wheat, Rape plant is pas it is safe. Hares, rabbits, 
sheep, &c., being the only remaining enemies that will 
maturity, E 175 wee lants enough for 
which is 8 0 ons ipri acre, 
— et 
a 
e equal, or rather 
tity and quality the Leds upon Lucerne 
and far 5 l other Grasses, Clover, or 
e | at 500 feet above ‘the etd of the sea, 
8 24 year 6 pecks of seed Wheat 
drilled i had a trifling advantage over one bushel of seed, 
year 
orig (4 36 
— Is se r . ; make al safe, and guard 
against loss from A aliaa T have ‘tilled pod 5 to 6 
pecks per acre, which appea 
my land. I do sot think wa can lay dow 
rule for all soils or climates 
of th the 
ery agricul d satisfy his own mind b 
s| nering the drill iml on a few lands. The haga san 
d astonish rad 1 the three-bushel men. Possibl 
ce may have taught the Cotswold-hill farmers, 
that they must 
rotect the roots from 
5 —— 
get a thick and early pla 
freezing, which would 
cause may also operate with the lig 
on the east coast of Norfolk. 
, befo 
"The eolidifieation of 8 155 soils by dibbling 
nt such casualties ; 
of e 
ced, His ee, of not 1 
Wheat naturall nos 8 slugs, 
the ts. 
n my * who ro 
his heavy land a ploughi he with a stone roller 
bis. wr 2 two bar aad drills rite the roll, generally 
in November. His tity of seed Nig! from 
rops. Most 
if 
guan 
derfal en no all the 
ded. They cannot stand ammoniacal sa 
ant, so e although 
iran 
: somes Mes fh 
be angry about. I always horse-hoe m 
Garretts horse-hoe. J. J. Mechi, Tiptree-hall, Nov. 26. 
Sotieties. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
Benn 2 
M.P., Colonel Challoner, Mr. Bra: ibbs 
isher Hobbs, Mr, Kinder, ‘Professor 
impson, Mr. C. 
— 
Arcedeckne, Esq., of Grosvenor - square, and 
Gleverng Hall, Suffolk, was elected a Governor of the 
yos 
e following new Members were elected : 
een Samuel Morton, M. P., Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk 
Clifford, William, Parliament-street, — 
Watson, He Gra 
— A Vincent, Cherit 
tuckey, Walter rider Grove Cottage, Yeovil, Somerset. 
Naben, H. Sandford Pakenham, Strokestown, Roscommon į 
ek -Pryd amorgan 
Dalton, Thomas, Car 
Dashwood, Maitland, Scotsborough, Tendy, 3 B 
Davis, Richard Francis, 34, Conna 51 oncon, 
omersetshire 
ree. Glamorgansh. 
Hymers, — ae ees, Durham 
r aus 
enry, 
hs 8 . — —.— Nest, Ipswich, Suffolk 
Bad 1 G. D Sparrow's ‘Sussex 
