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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



LASS FOR PIT FRAMES, HOTHOUSES, &c, 



in Boxes of lOu feet, 8a. Gel. e«ch. 

 by 3 ... 5 by i| ... 6 bj 24 ... 6 by 3$ inches. 

 4$ bv 3 ... 5 by 3 ... 6 by 3 ... 6} b? 3 

 4i by 3J ... 5J by 3 ... 6* by 3 ... 6$ by 8* 

 Larger xjnares increase in price according to size. Every 

 gixe kept ready packed in boxes, and may be had at a moment's 



notice. 



Extra Oown, Sheet, and Patent Rough Plate Glass, cut to 

 fixe for Conservatories, Greenhouses, <fcc. 



Gardeners and others glazing on Mr. Paxton's plan can be 

 inpplied wi'h Sash-bars «>f any length for the purpose. 



PROPAGATING, CUCUMBER, FERN, PEACH, and 

 every description ot Garden Glasses. 



BailiiTs, Farmers, Dairymen, and others supplied with Lord 

 Camoy's Milk Syphons, Milk Lactometers, Glass Milk Pans, 

 Gift** Tiles, Slates, etc., <kc, for collections ot which Ifesira, 

 Cogan and Co. were honoured with the Silver Medal of the 

 Dublin Society, as also the Silver Medal of the Liverpool and 

 Manchester Society held at Warrington in September last. 



For Estimates, Prices , and further particulars, please address 

 .Messrs. Cooiit and Co., 48, Leicester- square, London. 

 Glass Shades, Gas Glasses. White Lead, Colours, <fcc. as usual. 



PERUVIAN GUANO. 

 pAUTION TO AGRICULTURISTS. 



\J It being notorious that extensive adulterations of this 

 MANURE are still carried on, 



ANTONY GIBBS AVD SOVS. AS THE 



ONLY IMPORTERS OF PERUVIAN GUANO, 



Consider it to be their duty to the Peruvian Government and 



to the Public aj?ain to recommend Farmers and all others who 



boy to be carefully on their guard. 



The character of the partus from whom they purchase will 

 of course be the best security, and in addi'io 1 to particular 

 attention to that point, ANTONY GIBBS and SONS think it 

 well to remind buyers that — 



The lowest wholesale price at which sound Peruvian 

 Guano has been sold by them during the last two years 

 if 91. 5s. per ton, lets 2\ per cent. 



Any resale* made by dealers at a lower price mu«»t therefore 

 either leave h 1o*h to them, or the ar icle must bp adulterated 



585 



pOTTEU'S GUANO. - AUTUMN TeasOJI- 



*> 'I here can be n.) douhMn order t obtain the most bene- 

 ficial results from manures, wh 



A . A ... - ---- effects depend on their 



gradua'decomp> itiofl in the soil, that appltiug them at this 

 Mason is far preferable to the spring. *"— ■ 



Mr. Potter begs to signify that any orders he is now 

 favoured vji h shall be treated as if giren in the surinj: and 

 the term of credit reckoned from thence. Price of Potter's 

 Guano, 11 per ton. Potters Superphosphate of Lime,' 61. per 

 too, bag* inclosed and delivery to rail. F 



N.B. Mr. Potter is prepared to prove that, in many in- 

 stances, his Guano has afforded equal, and even superior 

 results to the P*-ruv i an, a t 25 pprcnif less c . 



DURA BLR <U T T-DOOR PAIHT, 



p ARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION 



V> PAINT, special :y patronised by the British ar-d oth«p 

 Governments, the Hon. East India Coropanv, the principal 

 Dock Companies, most puhli* bodies, and bv the Nobility, 

 Gentry, and Clergy, for out.door Work at their country seat?. 

 I he Anti-Corrosion is particularly recommen u d as the mon 

 durable outdoor Paint ever invented, for the preservation of 

 every descriprion of Wo >d. Iron, Stone, Brick. C >m]» », Cement, 

 drc, work, as has been proved by the practical test of upwards 

 of 60 years, and by the numerous (between 500 mil 600) testi. 

 monials ia its favour, and which, from the rank and station in 

 society of those who have riven them, have nevtr yet been 

 equalled by anything of the kind hitherto brought before the 

 public notice. Lists of Colours and Prices, together with a 

 <\)py of the Testimonials, will be sent on application to 

 ^ altfr Carson and Son, No. 9, Great Winchester-street. 

 Old Broad-street, Royal Exchange, L u.lon. No Agents. -All 

 orjer» jnrej>wrtion*» rlv r r»q u< *ted to be lent direct. 



OTEPHENSON " 



ryttE LONDON MANURE COMPANY beg to 



J- offer, as under, CORN MANURE, most valuable for 

 tprinfc dressing— Concentrated Urate, Superphosphate of Lime, 

 Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Fishery and Agricul- 

 tural Salt*, Gypsum, Fossil Bones, Sulphuric Acid, and every 

 other Artificial Manure ; also a constant supply of English 

 and Foreign Linseed-cake. Peruvian Guano, guaranteed the 

 genuine importation of Messrs. A. Gibbs and Sons, 91. 10*. per 

 ton, or 91. 5*. in quantities of 5 tons and upwards. 



, A „ ., , . Edward Purser, Secretary. 



__40, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. 



TIT A NU RES. — The following Manures are manu- 



ni factured at Mr - Lawes's Factory, Deptford Creek : 

 Clover Manure, per ton £11 



Turnip Manure, do 7 



Superphosphate of Lime 7 



Sulphuric Acid and Coprolites 5 



v D P mce ' 69 ' Kin K William-street, City, London. 



>.B. Peruvian Guano, guaranteed to contain 16 per cent, of 

 Ammonia, 91. 10s. per ton ; and for 5 tons or more, 91. 5s. per 

 ton, in dock. Sulphate of Ammonia, <fcc. 



and Co., M, Gracechurc-li-street, 



London, and 17, New Park-street. 8011th wark Inventors 

 and Manufacturers of the Improved CONICAL and DOUBLE 

 CYLINDRICAL JAILERS, respectfully solicit the atten ion of 

 scientific HorttculturiHts to their much improved method of 

 applying the Tank System to Pineries, Propazin* Houses. 

 6c. f hy which atmospheric heat as well as bottom heat is 

 secured to any required de*re*, without the aid of pipes or Hues. 

 S. and Co. have also to state that at the request of numerous 

 friends they are now making their Rogers of Iron, as well as 

 Copper, by which the cost is reduced. These Boilers which 

 a»e now so well known, scarcely require description ;' but to 

 those who have not seen them in operation, prospectuses will 

 be forwarded, as well as reference of the highest authority • or 

 they may be seen at most of the Nobility's seats and principal 

 Nurseries throughout the kingdom. 



s. and Co. be* to inform the Trade that at their Manufactory 

 17, New Park-street, t-rery art ; cle required for the construction 

 of Horticultural Building*, as well as for heating them, may 

 be obtained upon the nio*t advantageous terms. 



Conservatories, &c, of Iron or Wood, erected on the most 

 ornamental designs. Balconies, Palisading, Field and Garden 

 Fences, Wire- work, «fcc. 



ne pole, carries the machine, and by its lotion 

 forward sets the whole instrument in action, con- 

 veying regular and equivalent effect to each part of 

 it, proportioned to its own velocity. Every one can 

 conceive how, by a few small and simply adapted 

 cog-wheels and a strap, this mutual operation is 

 obtained and continued ; how it may be conveyed 

 from one part of the implement to the other; and 

 how, by a single crank, the circular motion is con- 

 verted into a longitudinal one, and made to move 

 the cutters across the grain, J>ackwaids and forwards, 

 acting as they do in either direction, and thus 

 having only a certain quantity to shear each time 

 as their velocity increases with that of the forward 

 progress. These arrangements and adaptations are 

 common to all machinery, and therefore require no 

 farther comment. We shall merely advert to .Mr. 

 M'Coiimick's ingenious device for cutting the grain, 

 which seems to be tolerably perfect in itself. It 

 is the position and arrangement of it, with the 

 treatment of the grain when cut, which appear to 



Imit of some improvement. 



• The cutting tool is placed at right angle to the 

 hrection in which the horses move. It ia (> i I long, 

 supported at one end by the wheel aire ty alluded 

 to as communicating motion to it, in common with 

 the rest of the machinery, and at the other by a 

 small block wheel, 1 foot in diameter, 

 so as to cut 5 inches from 



ARTIFICIAL 



MANURES.— Private instructions in 



Analjsi* and the mosc approved methods of 

 Bitiu^ Artihcial Manures are given by J. C. Nesbit, F.C.S., 

 J.lr.S., atthe Laboratories, Scientific School, 38, Kenninu'ton- 

 Jsne, London. 



Analyses of Soils, Manures, Minerals, <fcc., performed as 

 wifti, on moderate terms. 



T HE 



AND 



coated w,?h a * n ? al ^ ur P° 9es » m ^de of , 



£herr P L? la K P K ercha; ft U about one 



. GENERAL LAND DRAINAGE 



IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. 



Hesst Ker Setmeb, E*q., M.P., Chairman. 



John Villiers Shellet, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 



empowered by Act ot Parliament to execute all works of 



J/ra nage (including outfalls through adjoining estates), tu 



erect tarin Buildings, and carry out every Rind of permanent 



improvement upon estates under settlement ; to provide the 



m^p{°*i! enablethel andownerto *-mpioy his own capital, and 



h?H V° rk8 by hU a * eQts *. aQd ™ aecure repayment of 



t number f* CDarge on tbe P ro P ert y improved, spread over 



Applications to be addressed to 



Offi^. KO r, .. William Clifford, Secretary. 



JJffices, 52, Pari^^. 8 treet^London. 



JJOSE FOR LIQUID MANURE, Fire-engines, 



w.fh?™. 1 ^ U ? ral , P Ur P08es, made of canvass, lined and 



third the price o f 

 of all kinds under 



overnment 

 agriculturists, 

 obtslned U of ' \f m« 'jf faction - Testimonials and prices may hr 

 manufacturfrs 'A^? and K **> l03 ^ Newgate-street, sole 

 fcine sin ■"" ?, dun Agents : Messrs. Deane, Dray, and 

 Agents M°;t D ; MeS8rs ' mi ^ Blackfriar.-road.-Country 

 « S/Juhntn™ R T aD8 ° meand Parso " 8 » Ipswich; Messrs. J. 



A N hL H ° h f Y '? PATENT AMERICAN CHURN 



wl >ich it ba« hi a ? r ! ze at ever y Agricultural meeting at 

 *P**rdg of "nnS e ? exh,bited J ar, d the Proprietors have sold 

 l n ^adtheh?h«f ? Ue - yeaPt and receivcd fro** a" p^rts of 



*ort time r Zi. S ^ t fu t,moniaIs in it8 favour » b «* •» to tbe 

 ***% * cool ' nf lt\ u e ( l u . antit y and quality of the Butter 

 warded on InnL *• te8tlmonia K with prices, will be for- 



JTZ^ — Zsig g to the Proprie tor. 



, * TAl£ SnL AR . DE ^' DfSTRIBUTING LIQUID 



Pi TENT vmn.» BB ' BREWR RS' Use, 4c. 



A?n^. SEI) INDIA-RUBBER HOSE-PIPES 

 YAMES T v\?J PLMIBLS °* S TUBING. 



JA«fcS LYNE HANCOCK (sole Licensee 



Th «»« Pino. aDU '* ctarer ' 6 o» w eII Road, London. 

 '*'*« UqTa l Te wel1 «"5»P'ed for Watering Garden 

 «« Lin,™. _ Manure, racking Beer and Cider, for d, 



proof 



Eht agtttuituiai ®amtc< 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1851. 



HKETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEBBS, 

 Thuhidai, S»»pt. 18-i.jfrituliurftlIinp.aoc.onre and. 

 Thomdai, — 25-Agricu tur»l lmp.Soc.of Ireland. 



The construction of M'Cormick's Reaping 

 Machine, which now deservedly excites so much 

 interest and attention, is exceedingly simple ; and 

 though not perfect in its adaptation to all the pur- 

 poses to which it bids fair soon to be applied, it in- 

 volves a principle which (when investigated, studied, 

 and applied to the requirements of the various cir- 

 cumstances of ridged land and low cutting, and 

 when supplied with a few very easy and desirable 

 modifications and additions) promises to prove a 

 greater acquisition to the farmer than any which has 

 been introduced for a considerable time. Even in 

 its present form it is able and likely ultimately to 

 supersede the application of the scythe, the sickle, 

 and the hook. Nor need the labourer regret his 

 chances of toil and money which appear thus to be 

 abstracted by the introduction of machinery. This 

 is the old cry, and here it is even more unfounded 

 than ever. Railways do not rob coachmen of bread 

 nor horses of Oats, but both are now saved severe 

 journeys and considerable peril. Steamboats require 

 sailors, and the greater number of cargoes afford em- 

 ployment to more men on shore and in safe ports. 

 Farmers, too, will still require their hands ; but in 

 this case, as in all others, we must overcome the 

 vis inertia* — the disinclination to change — which is 

 inherent in the human mind. We must shape our 

 course to suit the altered circumstances. 



Machinery, such as this, will have the usual effect 

 of similar introductions and improvements. Rail- 

 ways increase travelling, steamboats extend seafaring 

 and traffic to the multitude, and steam factories 

 enlarge the production and consumption in their 



spective lines; so likewise farming machinery, 



It is put 

 the ground, but by 

 increasing the sizes of the wheels, especially that of 

 the smaller one, which would have an additional 

 advantage in facilitating the draught, and by intro- 

 ducing bent axles admitting of adjustment, it might 

 be suited to cut at any height, and also be adapted 

 to the circumstances of uneven ground or lodged grain. 

 The edge of the cutting tool is formed like an 

 ordinary sickle, with serrated teeth cut deep on one 

 side of it, so that when broken or worn down they 

 may be brought out again by filing or grinding the 

 other side. It consists, also, of a number of distinct 

 pieces, so that in case of accident or injury to one, 

 it may be replaced. It is fortified by 15 spear- 

 pointed fingers, which protect the knife, and a 

 the same time raise and support the grain to 

 the edge, which is waved and has the teeth set 

 in different directions, so as to cut both ways, as 

 it moves 5 inches each way. It thus meets the 

 grain at an angle to the direction of its motion, and 

 shears every thing presented to it, without missing 

 a single straw, unless it is below its reach. Nothing 

 could surpass the beauty and regularity with which 

 some standing corn was deposited by it at its late 

 trial at the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester. 



Some attempts have been made, and may succeed, 

 in bringing even lodged and tossed grain within its 

 scope. Exigencies of this kind, which are, how- 

 ever, exceptional cases, will no doubt be met by 

 some contrivance. All these improvements, however, 

 involve much practical difficulty and complication ia 

 detail, which can only be obviated by experience. 



The principle is sound, the application a decidedly 

 successful step towards the grand desideratum 

 which many others have failed in attempting to 



supply ; the present praiseworthy effort seems 

 completely successful. 



Taking the ordinary speed of a horse (say 2£ 

 miles per hour), and recollecting that the machine, 

 being 6 feet broad, will cut a swathe 5 feet wide, 

 it appears that it will cut more than 15 acres in a 

 day of 10 hours. It requires a man to take away 

 the corn, and a boy to drive the horses. Farmers 

 may therefore judge for themselves of its advan- 

 tages. We only beg leave to assure them that 

 what we saw cut by it was as neatly and regularly 

 shorn and deposited as it could be done by the 

 ordinary methods. O. 



and) 



101 in Jure them !k lpe l8 re q uired - Hot Liquors or Acids do 

 •*po»e« •- ." \_ lhe J ar *, therefore, much used for Chemical 

 rep, 



&*Jir 



ianu: 



•- < 

 *8l«u rn, r t 



M^ ^tter8 PUn l? 8 ° r Water *****—* 



5* 1 ' ^oiwen p*? addressed to J. L,. Uawcock, Goswell 



^tlon. Road » London, will meet with immediate 



fc^Katl % h,OR Boots and Stocking, Portable India- 

 ■**• marl. J?. 8 *? *** and SpoDffimr Baths. Air Cushion* %nrt 



^Psrticuu.,,.. '. Vi no ol1 or drM8in * when out of use ; 

 5^ Sn rtl WdI I- n b,e .t. fop Fire En * ines . *»<* are found ex- 

 W **Vo Baths, & c lnff * boU8e8 lor conv ej*ng Hot or Cold | 



^ufsTtopy! 1 " aDd Pricea may be had on a PPHcatiou to the 



S«.' JeI 9 U< a * n d is * d Ind j* Kuober 0»Men Hose, fitted up with 

 \ ut *chto Dumn. Che8 com P ,ete » * ith anion joints ready 



Ail r ... P^mps op water ci*'ern*. J 



more especially such as tends to expedite harvesting 

 operations, will improve the agricultural produce 

 and resources of the country, by enabling the farmer 

 to employ more labour in saving his grain thus ex- 

 peditiously and cheaply cut down, and in attending 

 to other crops which universally suiter in harvest 

 from the abstraction of their just share of the labour 

 then necessary. Thus the labourer will be a positive 

 gainer ; produce will be increased, and therefore 

 cheapened ; while his toils will be alleviated. 



of the 



The following details of the mecha 

 instrument will enable any one to form as good a 

 notion of its mode of action as can be obtained 

 without actual inspection or by. the aid of elaborate 

 and detailed diagrams. 



The machine at present is suited to the draught 

 of two horses, attached to a pole as in an ordinary 

 carriage, but there is no reason why single-horse 

 machines should not be made. The horses travel 

 close by the right side of the grain to be cut, and a 

 metal wheel, 2 feet in diameter, receives the end of 



ALTERNATE CULTURE. 



W. Griffin, of Eydon, suggests to those who may 

 object to the waste of space in the uncropped alleys, 

 and would like to grow a green crop thereon during the 

 summer months, to fork in manure and plant Early 

 York Cabbages, after the last forking in of the alleys* 

 Mr. Griffin is aware that this would be a departure 

 from Mr. Smith's principle, which is the sufficiency of 

 atmospheric inflow with a thorough comminution of the 

 soil to infuse a fertility sufficient for the production of 

 remunerative crops of grain without manure. To work 

 out this principle the green crop should be sown or 

 planted without manure. And why should it not ? 



Green crops are introduced in our courses between 

 grain crops, as ameliorative to the soil, being less 

 scourging, from deriving, through the breadth of their 

 leaves, the larger portion of their nuiriment from the 

 air ; if this is fact, under the treatment to which Mr. 

 Smith subjects his ground, the green crops ought also 

 to be remunerative without manure; if not, all the 

 principles on which the Tullian system, as well as the 

 alternate one rest, are delusive, and our greatest agri- 

 cultural chemist is in error. The fact that the soil will 

 produce green crops under ordinary tillage without 

 manure, has been often proved by experiments made to 

 ascertain the relative fertility induced by the application 





