

36 — 1851."! 



THE AGRICULTURAL 'GAZETTK. 



PRIZE FOR 1854. 

 ■ fiMTil^ 1 ^ 1 W*- I »upplyofffuano; accom- 



• " I i ._. I j, anifd with MLmplM ...£5'J 



On the motion of 



>Ztoa "and <* »covcry 

 « ioor^ for the 



r*r*rRY Meeting Committee. 

 mIBeindretk, the following General Lewes Com 

 *T*.. wts appointed : — The Duke of Richmond, chair 



Mr. Villiers Shelley, vice-chairman ; Colonel 

 ' j£ r> Raymond Barker, Mr. Brandreth, Colonel 

 fajbner, Earl of Chichester, Mr. Darby (of Marklye), 

 ^Edward L\ Bering, Bart, Mr. Elhnan (of Glynde), 

 y Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Grantham, Mr. llamond, 



■r Shaw (of London), and Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart. 



AGBJCLLTl KAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY. Colonel 



(Wloner, Chairman of the Implement Committee, 



itted to the Council the following Report of the 



nftmittee : 



•Th« I rplement Committee, having had referred to them by 

 *e Council the question of (offering prizes at the Lewes 

 Mtttio? for fixed 'steam-engines and threshing-machines, 

 jita an instruction that the Committee would at the same 

 tune make to the Council any suggestions or recomm^nda- 

 tfeal connected with the prizes generally for that meeting, 

 fcfore the final arrangement of the prize-sheet an the Month > 

 Qjaicil, in August next, beg to make the following report 



wm^ y : 



I They fcobnrie to the Council an arrangement of the Prize- 

 gfcect, in when the prizes already proposed by the Council 

 lit Included, along with those which the committee recom- 

 gieod fur adoption, namely, prizes for portable and fixed 

 itttm-engiues and threshing-machines dynamometer for 

 ■30 ,i, and instruments for hand use in draining; and in 

 * the conditions of competition and general regulations 

 eihib >n and trial are stated. 



i; y recommend that the following articles be ordered : 



1. a leiuni brake, at a charge not exceeding 501. 



2. Two single-horse trucks fur two tons; and six hand- 

 tru-Li, of three different sizes, for less Weights. 



I. Three leather belts of proper length, with buckles, and 



j bed with several holes, at small distances apart. 

 i v.ihand-spikes,or levers, of different siz»s, shod with iron. 

 III. At the request of the Committee, Mr. Amos, the nonsuit- 

 iof eoflioeer, has expressed his willingness to take charge of 

 the trr .ngements for the trial of hore-gear. 

 IT*. The Co nittee have considered the question of ascertain- 

 ing the wjight of the steam-engines ompeting for prizes; 

 ii Lave decided that the judges, in forming their 



<!• i>, will oot rtqoire a knowledge of the actual weight 

 ofiuch eng nes, in addition to the aid which their judgmeut 

 liar*) s receives from the esiima'iou of, the eye, and the cal- 

 culi! • of mechanical power in relation to the wear and 

 t<Mrt material. (Sgned) C. B. Challoner, Chairman. 



i report was unanimously adopted by the Council, 

 and the following schedule of prizes agreed to : 



IMPLEMENT PKIZHS: 1852. 



showing the improvements in progress en the Blak"S- 

 ware Farm of M. H. Gosselin, Esq., an i plans of the 

 farm buildings, by Captain \V. S. Moorsom, C E.— 

 Samples of Guernsey Butter, of verv fine, rich quality 

 from Major Le Beir, Sec. of the Agricultural Society 

 iii that island.— Further statement from Mr. Bryant, oil 

 his system of cultivation. — Further papers on Flax 

 Cultivation, from Mr. Hill Dickson.— On manufacture 

 of Flaxen Ropes, from Mr. Donlan.— Communications 

 on the theory of atmospheric and other natural pheno- 

 mena, from W. Stevenson, late Lieut, of Revenue Police. 

 The Council having ordered their thanks for these 

 communications and the numerous presents made to 

 the Society, adjourned over the au uoin recess to the 

 first Wednesday in November. 



ftebteto* 



Journal of the Ma hater and Liverpool Agricultural 



Society. Haddock and Son, Warrington. 

 It is a pamphlet of 50 pages, containing the rules 

 and prize list of the Society, and the report of the com- 

 mittee of 1850 — from which we learn with pleasure that 

 the now united societies of Manchester and Liverpool 

 are in prosperous circumstances -and lastly, the award 

 of premiums at the last annual meeting : ami it is to 

 this part of the work we would direct the attention of 

 our readers. The Manchester and Liverpool Agricul- 

 tural Society is distinguished amongst provincial socie- 

 ties by the number of premiums offered by it for the 

 best cultivated farms, and the following extracts are 

 interesting, as showing that energy, enterprise, and 

 intelligence are not con fin d to the manufacturing or 

 commercial classes in the neighbourhood of the two 

 great towns of Lancashire. 



"(Four claimants.) To Mr. Robert Birch, Nether- 

 ton, near Liverpool (tenant to the Earl of Sefton), 



1 here is plenty of | | far drainage on this farm, and it is 

 cropped as follow. :- a bout 25acres of old pasture, and 



5 acres of p. me of from one to six ns old, making 

 o0 acres in pr tare ; 10 acres of old meadow, 161 of 

 ( lovt-r and seeds mown, and of from one to three ylars 



Id ; 3J acres of \\ heat after Turnips and other creen 



crops ; acres of Barley after green crop. ; 3acn* 

 Oats after Leys, 1 acre live 1 acre Vetches, consumed 

 whilst green by . ttle and horses; 4 sens Potatoes- 

 A\ acres 1 urmps : 2 acres Beet ; \ acre Carrots ; 2 acres 

 CabU * and other gn o crops; total green crop 124 

 acres ; 2| of orchards and gardens, and 2\ of home- 

 steads, occupation- re ids, Sec. mmm 

 1st, Oats after Leys 



over 



He has since purchased an- 

 nually two tons of boiled bones, at 4/. per ton, which is 

 . ,, applied to the Turnip crop ; also four tons of raw bones. 



principally dependant upon farming, for the best culti- at 6t per ton, applied annually to the Clover and s- 



The customary rotation 



. ~ '~ ' M ' Rreen cro * >s i «t w "eat 



or liarley sown with C lover and other si is ; 4th, CI 



and other seeds mown twice; 5 th, Grass mown once 

 then pastured several years. The stock consists of tud 

 farm horses, two colts, one bull, 26* dairy cows, 1 5 heifer*; 

 five rearing calves, 94 ewes, 70 lambs, and 10 phnl 

 t d stock. 226 head. The horses are kept on greetl 

 food m summer, and on hay, corn, and Carrots in winter. 

 Lows depastured on (irassin summer, in winter fed on 

 straw and Turnips when out of milk, and on hav, rn 

 and Beet, when in milk. Stirks and calves pastured in 

 summer, and have straw and Turnips in winter. The 



sheep pa* d in summer and winter, with the addition 



of 1 urmps and |} e < t in the latter season. The quantity 

 of manure made on the farm evcrv year is nea-ly 200 



tons, which is chiefly applied to the green crops/ 



whole of the liquid manure is made available. Purh 

 the first three years of the pr ent term, claimant 

 anured the whole of his farm with boiled bones, at the 

 rate of one ton per acre, and at a cost of 41. 10#. 

 ton, exclusive of labour. 



The 



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7 



7 



5 



10 



10 

 5 



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Ftoogbfir general purposes £7 

 Plttt" for deep ploughing 

 0m-w.iv, or turnwrest 



pou.h 

 F«fiti£ plough 



eneral purposes 

 Biiertge c^ra and Turnip 



^M 



Drill fur *maU occupations 



neip$! il-occupationseed 



•*d li.auare drill, for fl; 



or I work ... 



Tur drill, on the flat ... 

 Jur i.lon the ridge ... 



D d.iil, for deposicing 



»• and manure 

 Mtourc distributor (broacl- 



cajr, moist or dry) 

 ronaMe iteam-en^ine, not 



( (iiug6 horsepower, 



» f^cable to threshing or 



f r sgricuitural pur- 

 e s ... ^ 



Jfecuad best do. 



fi«4 s.eam.engine, cot 



«Ctfedm R 8 horse po^er, 

 tpplic-abio to threshing 

 urotner agricultural pur- 



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5 

 10 

 10 



10 



5 



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40 

 2u 



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20 

 10 



econd be*t ... 



rouble tineshiDg machine, 

 W* exceeding 2 horse 

 Po^er, for small occu. 



FttluDS ... lft 



r«fUb!e«hre 6 hi«gmachin;, 

 »ot exceediog 6 horse 



j^«er, for ^rger occu- 



"*«'• ; to be driv 



-o? l h T res ^ n S machine, 



& W a h nd tra „ W - 8haker ' 

 tb.t-4ii a wmnower, 



torn bti l P"^"" the 



5re?.i„ f ° r tb . e finishing 

 «e..,ng machine ; to be 

 dnten bj 8team ... e 



unfoin Machine. 



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ten by 



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20 



Subs:>il pulveriser 



Corn dressing machine 



Grinding mill for breaking 

 agricultural produce into 

 fine meal 



Linseed and corn crusher... 



Chaff cutter, to be worked 

 by horse or steam p >wer 



Chaff cuter, to be worked 

 by hand power 



Turnip cutttr 



oilcake breaker, for every 

 variety or cake 



One-horse cart, for general 



purposes 



ht waggon, for general 

 purp ses 



Draining tile or pipe ma- 

 chine 



Instruments for hand use 

 in draining 



Heavy harrow 



Light harrow 



Cultivator, grubber, and 

 scarifier 



Pair-horse scarifier 



Horse- hoe, on the flat 



Horse-hoe, on the ridge 



tlorse-rake 



Horse seed dibbler or depo- 

 sitor (not being a drill) ... 



Gorse bruiser 



Cheap sfeaming apparatus, 

 for general purposes 



Dynamometer especially 



applicaole to the trac- 

 tion of ploughs 



Silver medals for miscel- 

 laneous awards and es- 

 sential improvements ... 



Ai.y new implement (such 

 sum as the Council may 

 think proper to award). 



Mr. Slaney's prize fur plough 

 to fill-in the soil cast out 

 of drains, with not more 

 than four horses, two and 

 two abreast 



5 



10 



10 

 5 



6 

 5 



5 



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10 

 10 



3 

 5 

 5 



10 

 5 



10 

 5 

 5 



10 

 5 



5 



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Mr. Hamond 



£449 



of the 





•Wtlsofti^T i iamond, as one oi tne 



** that b v »,, lplement -y ai ' d f or the Lewes Meeting, 



•oped 

 *ho were 

 *t fail to 

 •portaa 



by all 



Drent meaUS Some of the implement makers 

 >t7il m § machi nery for that occasion would 



-^«u.ce cnL / a , ntage of the g reat intere st and 

 *tov ati(m of S ^ at the P resent time with the 



iuski 

 r»rts 



i»K " th* «a S , by eventing a machine for 

 - of the In! Ut Cr °P 5 wliieh was in many 



P* 8 5 he th P V t y . rapidly s "Perseding that of Rye- 

 ^tmeut ur Ped to find in the miscellaneous 



^ch he alluiLi j s SOme such m acl»'ne as that to 

 w^euaW,^ 1 Which was much required, 

 ^hi an ^ \ E ^ Us . Com municatio.ns.— Letters fr ( 



rith ti, 



and M r< 



from Mr. 



* 



return 



Sooipfv' ci ry on arrangements connected 

 ti fJ e Z 8 ., Sh ow-yard. Mr. Curtis's offer on 



vati'd farm of not less than 150 acres, 12/. Inspector 

 Report*— This farm is 2.50 acres, of light black soil on 

 sandy subsoil, and held on yearly tenure. The cultiva- 

 tion is as follows :— Pasture, 12 acres; Clover and 

 seeds, mown, 54 acres ; meadows (irrigated), 38 acres ; 

 ditto (uot irrigated), 17 acres ; Wheat, after Potato. 

 28 acres ; ditto, after Turnips or other green crops, 22 

 acres ; ditto, after other crops, 7 acres ; Oats, after 

 Wheat or other crops, 18 acres; Barley, 13 acres; 

 Potatoes, 27 acres ; Turnips, 5 acres ; Mangold Wurzel, 

 5 acres ; orchard and gardens, 1 acre ; homestead and 

 roads, 3 acres ; total, 250 acres. Rotation of C pi ;— 

 1st, Potatoes or Turnips ; 2d, Wheat ; 3d, Barley or 

 Oats, and seeded down, to remain three or four years 

 in Grass. Stock on this farm : —Farm horses 10, coach 

 ditto 2, bulls 1, dairy cows 12, heifers 1 (>, rearing calvt- 

 8, pigs 12 ; total, 61. The cows are fed in summer 

 10 with Grass or mown Clover, and in winter on Turnips, 

 hay, Mangold Wurzel, with some oil cake : the horses 

 on green food in summer, with a little corn, and in 

 winter on hay and steamed roots ; to these a little corn 

 is added. From 350 to 400 tons of manure is made in 

 the farm-yard annually, which is applied to green crops, 

 Liquids from the house and farm are all made available. 

 The claimant buys 900 tons of cow and horse dung 

 annually, which is mostly used for Potatoes ; he also 

 buys 300 tons of night-soil annually, which is used as 

 a top dressing for Grass. The cow and horse manure 

 cost him 4s. per ton, and the night-soil 2s. per ton, 

 cartage not included. He has marled 30 acres with 2 

 { roods ' (of 64 cubic yards per rood) of marl per acre, 

 within the last — years. He has also made a new 

 road through the middle of the farm, 9 1 8 yards long, 

 which is substantial and durable : it is paved, and the 

 landlord found stones for it Claimant has eradicated 

 8560 yards of old fences, filled up the ditches, drained 

 several pits, and by these improvements he has gained 

 nearly 8 acres of land. He has planted j96G yards of 

 quick thorn fences, cut an open drain, or sewer, 816 

 yards in length, 9 feet wide at the top, 2 feet broad at 

 the bottom, and 7 feet deep. lie has laid .%,000 lineal 

 yards of drains on his farm. The cost of these im- 

 provements, exclusive of materials found by the land- 

 lord, the claimant states to be 754t Crops. — Some 

 portions of the Wheat crop on the lighter land of this 

 farm would not yield a heavy produce, but was healthy 

 in appearance. On a portion of the heavier land the 

 Wheat was as good as any we have seen this year. The 

 Oat and Barley crops were good, and the Potatoes 

 vigorous and clean. Turnips were clean and uniform, 

 and the bulbs the largest we had seen up to the time of 

 inspection. Mangold Wurzel were thin of plant, the 

 seed having vegetated badly ; such however as had 

 vegetated had produced large bulbs. All the fences on 

 this farm— most of which are new — are wejl kept, are 

 very clean, and had evidently had great attention paid 

 to them. The gates are such as we rarely see on any 

 farm for size, strength, and neatness. Occupation 

 roads good, and the farm yards, house, and garden, 

 particularly neat. 



"To Mr. Richard Dobell, Leftwich, near North wich, 



Cheshire (tenant to the representatives of the late John 



Adamson, Esq., John Tollemache, Esq., and others), 



I principally dependent upon farming, for the next best 



cultivated farm of not less than 100 acres. The Medal 



This claimant's 





20 



10 



^^ns^of ^ m 6 . Medi terranean, to 



•^■Ws^S 8 mfeStin S agricultural 



H^oionia- ^a^^ of occurrence 



^ptairj 



*• Alar tin, 



inspect any 



crops. Mr. 



of pleuro- 



Fieldbook 



(an extra prize.) 

 farni is 1 02 acres. 



Inspectors? Report. 

 It is held on lease for a term of 14 





for many years on the estate of 



H.N. 



Eight 



coloured Drawings 



years, seven of which are unexpired ; but the claimant 

 has lived upon it all his life (50 years perhaps.) The soil 

 is a light loam, and mostly of good depth, lying 



on a 





subsoil of grey sand and * foxbench.' The surface is 

 undulated, with a western exposure, is in a good climate 



and one to* of guano applied to Turnips and Beet The 



whole of the farm has been drained within the last seven 

 years, from 3 to 4 t t deep, at various distances, ac- 

 cording to the nature of the subsoil. The who], lone 



with tiles on slate soil and at the claimant's own ex- 

 pense, lie has marled l."i acres within the same period, 

 with 100 cubic yards p« r acre ; has also spent 'Jon/, in 

 repairing and improving the farm-house and outbuild* 

 ings, and in a nei able, dairy, and kitchen. Has ex- 

 pended 15/. in filling up old pits. The landlords have 

 been at no pert of the expense of improving either the 

 land or buildings. The claimant has also within the last 

 three years made two liquid manure tanks entirely at 

 his own expense ; one of these, to receive the urine from 

 the shippons and stable, is 14 feet long, 6 feet wide 

 inside, and 9 feet deep, and will contain 756 cubic feet ; 

 it is built of brick and cemented ; there is a recess at 

 one end fur retaining any sediment ; the tank is arched 

 over, and has a pump fixed at one end. Te this tank 

 there are covered tile drains from the entrances to the 

 various buildings, where the liquid manure passes 

 through grids into the drain. The other tank is a cir- 

 cular one, situate behind the house from which it re- 

 ceives the wash, as well as the urine from the petty and 

 piggeries ; it is B feet diameter, and 10 feet deep ; is 

 made of bricks, and cemented inside ; it is not covered 

 at the top, but fenced off. This tank will contain 502 

 cubic feet. The claimant purchases ammoniacal water 

 from a neighbouring gas-works, which he carts to this 

 tank, and mixes with the urine and wash in the propor- 

 tion of about one-sixth of the former to five-sixths of 

 the latter ; and when well mixed together, is carted to 

 the meadow -land, and answers very well. This farm 

 is all perfectly drained, and the ditches and out- falls- 



kept clean and open* Potatoes mostly got up and sold, 

 when inspected (21j=t Aug.), and the land left in a clean 

 state. The crop of Turnips and Beet were, generally, 

 very good, clean, and healthy. One acre of Turnips, 

 after a crop of Vetches cut green, were very badly dis- 



ased with i fingers and toes,' and part of them were not 

 very clean. The Cabbages were the best and heaviest 

 crop we ever saw ; and the land on which they grew had 

 been well fallowed the autumn before, and a good dressing 

 given it at the same time, of liquid manure and ammo- 

 niacal water. There was not a weakly plant in the whole 

 lot (about one acre and a-half.) Wheat, a good healthy, 

 clean crop, and would average about 40 bushels per acre. 

 Oats very much down, had they not been so, they would 

 have exceeded 70 bushels per acre. The Rye was a 



econd crop, the first having been cut green in May 

 and given to cattle. This second crop would be ripe 

 about the 1st of September, and will be a fair crop, 

 near 50 bushels. Clover and seeds very clean and 

 good, both first and second crops. Old meadow, good, 

 thick herbage and in high condition. Some parts of 

 the pastures (about half) very good, the remainder in 

 fair condition. Fences properly trained and kept in 

 proper bounds ; they are old ones with ditches, and, as 

 before stated, are sadly too full of timber trees. There 

 has been but a small length of old hedges eradicated, or 

 new ones planted. The gardens and orchards are 

 well stocked and well cultivated. The whole premises 

 are kept very neat, and the outbuildings are well 

 arranged. The house and dairy very clean. The whole 

 of the milk is converted into cheese, which appeared to 

 be of first quality ; the cheese-room was well stocked." 



There are several other reports of prize farms, of 

 which we may hereafter give extracts— meanwhile we 

 recommend those interested in the agriculture of Lanca- 

 shire and Cheshire to procure the Journal of the 

 Society, and consider the propriety of assisting an 

 institution which appears to be so active in pointing 



but far too much crowded by hedge-row timber trees. | out and rewarding local energy and skill. 



