RAL GAZETTE 



Miscellaneous 



Peat 



oal—l beg to hand you the result of trie 

 Mfct charcoal manure von sent me last June. ITh »0 



acre t Id in which it was used was Wheal in 184'', sown 

 with Itye for spring feed as soon as the crop of Wheat 

 vn* harvest d; the Ilye was fed oft* with ewes and 

 Iambs from the last week in March until the 22d of 

 Mav, when it was ploughed up, and on Ihe 24th of June 

 was drilled with Swedes ; 10 three-horse cartloads of 

 farm-yard manure per acre were put into the ndges* 

 and 30 ridfees drilled with the peat manure marked U, 

 24 ridges drilled with that marked N (this worked 

 quicker in the drill, consequently did not go so far as 

 that marked l'), three ridges drilled with rapecake at 

 the rate of 5 cwt per acre, and the remainder of the 

 field drilled with S bushels per acre of Lawes* manure. 

 I do not know the price of the peat manure, but the 

 rape-cake cost 22s. per acre, and Lawea* manure 25.?. 

 per acre. The Swedes were the last sown : my early 

 sown (viz., the first JO days in June) were a much 

 heavier crop. The land was measured, and the Swede 

 weighed, after being topped and tailed in the presence 

 of two practical fanners, as well as myself. 



WEIGHT Of S1SGLE RODS OF SWEDES, TOPPED AND TAILED. 



No. of Turnips. st. lbs. 



Peat charcoal, urate, 23 tons 11 cwt. J 43 go 



per acre. J 40 7 





Rapecake, 20 tons per acre, 



54 

 52 



189 



Feat charcoal, nigh tsoil/21 tons per acre 



61 



51 



zz 



185 





23 9 



8 

 8 

 4 





20 





s 



8 

 5 





21 



Lawes' Manure, 23 tona 11 cwt. per 



acre. 



; 



18 

 45 



47 



1-40 



8 



8 



7 9 



2Z 9 



COST OF MANURE PER ACRE. 



Lawes* Manure ... ... 25$. 



JUlpjPCHrl© ... .» ... *•■ ■•• ... £~3% 



Feat eharcrml, urate 12s. 



Mr. Hudmm, Castfo Acre ; in the Marl: Lane Express. 



hwprwed Agriculture. — A necessary supplement to 

 the substitution of green crops for bare tallow is in- 

 creased house accommodation, as Turnips cannot be 

 eaten on the ground on these strong lands. The house 

 accommodation at present is inferior and inadequate. 

 Where so much has to be done, it is very important 

 that some economical mode of construction be adopted, 

 for the expenditure recommended by most of our book 

 authorities would swamp a landlord altogether. Whilst 

 we certainly should desire something of a more perma- 

 nent character, we subjoin the particulars of an estimate 

 and sj ification drawn up by Mr. Gibson, which may 

 be useful to landlords, as exhibiting a cheap method of 

 affording increased accommodation to their tenants. 

 With care this may last a considerable number of years, 

 until a landlord is gradually able to get over his whole 

 estate with buildings of a more permanent and sub- 

 stantial description. The system of stall-feeding is 

 adopted as the most economical in first cost, and 

 believed to be at least equally profitable as compared 

 with any other in the progress of the stock. Close 

 wooden sheds are proposed to be erected, 15 feet wide 

 inside, with a feeding passage in front, and a cleaning 

 passage behind the cattle. The sheds are to be made of 

 home sawn wood, and roofed with the same, coated with 

 coal tar. Inside they are to be fitted in the usual 

 zimnner, with stalls, mangers, doors, See. The whole 

 may be so erected at a cost of 1 0s. per head, where the 

 timber is got free of expense on the estate. If the value 

 of the timber is added the cost will be 30*. per head. 

 A -died To feet long, by 15 feet wide inside, affording 

 accommodation for 20 cattle in stalls, 7 feet to each 

 pair, will cost as follows : 



34,000 superficial feet 1 inch deal, at 125. per 10CO 



50 Larch p Wta, at &d. 



40 couple sides, at 8ci. 



20 baulks, at lOd. 

 ITo feet wall plate, at Id. 

 170 1 t runners, at $d. 



2 barrels coal tar, at 5*. in*Durham 



"N ■ 1 1 s 



Vorkmaawhip 



uther In Devonshire, lor example, the forwardness and mild- 

 nest of the district is well known ; and whilst many of our 

 aristocracy go abroad to France or Italy for the sake of a mild 

 winter they would find it warmer by making Devonshire or 

 nans of Ireland their retreat. The late moist season has been 

 very serviceable to our pastures, at all times pretty forward ; 

 mid we shall buy in our yearly stock of young sheep shortly. 

 The land is a hill farm, of a *andy loam, easy to work in un- 

 favourable weather ; but having been taken from a tenant wbo 

 did not use folding, but led Turnip* off the land, and let c many 

 weeds, wants sheep husbandry and j?ood management to fetch 

 it up. We have sown Saint Join with the Oats, on a rather 

 stony part of the land, on which soil it seldom fails to answer ; 

 indeed, as to Saintfoin, if she p have once been fed on it, they 

 will in general prerer it to Clover ; and it is an excellent sub. 

 stitute on land Clover sick, it being best to throw in a portion 

 of Hop Clover with the Saintfoin— the quantify of seed per acre 

 4 bushels. Our labourers have Had great assistance this winter 

 in the place, road-making, «fcc., on this estate, and are receiving 

 generally 10$. per w eek. H.E. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Baklit : Constant Reader. 2 or 3 cwt. of Peruvian guano per 

 acre sown broadcasc in wet weather and harrowed m. 



Deep Drains : Tyro. The w iter does get down, for if you dig 

 mere \ou will hud that the clay if wet— not dry. If it gets 

 there a channel at that depth will remove it. To put broken 

 stones over the pipes is a useless expenditure. To ram the 

 clay down over the pipe is not advisable ; the object should be 

 to restore the clay over the ties to the same consistency as 

 that of the undisturbed clay around the tiles. If your drain 

 acts only by the porosity of the moved earth about it, it will 



he a failure. 

 Milk ; E. tiulme says :— M I have a cow slipped calf one month 

 before her time; her milk has not come, could I give her 

 anything to excite its secretion?" Better let Nature alone. 



TIT £\ ^ 



Open Fdrrows: Erratum. On looking again at Mr. Mechi's 

 remarks on open furrows, I hnd that in my former communi- 

 cation I misHtated the wd'h between a portion of his drains. 

 It i> -\S feet instead of 36 feet. This makes a material dif- 

 ference, but even the former width will most likely prove too 

 great for his soil, whatever may be the depth adopted. James 



Donald. 

 Prince of Wales Potato: Messrs. Wheeler of Gloucester. We 



can -peak from personal experience to the excellent quality, 



prod icuveneas, and earliness of this variety. 

 Racing : A Novice. It is not customary in racing to weight 



horses according to their height, although this custom is 



sometimes observed in pony racing, the conditions however 



beiug specified. W. C. S. 

 Rot in Sheep: A". A". There is certainly some danger to be 



feared from turning sheep on watered meadows at this time 



of the year. W C. 8. 

 Trenching : Northwood We would not bury Couch Grass ; and 

 we would not tieueh now till the autumn. If the Potatoes 

 are well cultivated, the Conch Grass will be got rid of before 

 them ; and the cleanliness of the land, and tne coming of a 

 winter's frost before the trenched land is cropped, will all he 

 in favour of the operation. 



COVENT GARDE , April 12. 

 Hothouse Grapes, both white and black, are becoming 

 more plentiful, and, considering the little sunshine we have had, 

 they are exceedingly well flavoured. Good Pine-apples are 

 scarce, as are also dessert Apples. Oranges ana Lemons 

 are plentiful. Nuts remain nearly the same as last week. 

 Forced Strawberries are more plentiful. Vegetables of all 

 kinds are abundant and good. French Beans and Cucumbers 

 are plentiful. Carrots and Turnips are good in quality. 

 New Cornish Potatoes may be obtained at from Is. to 2s. 

 per pound. Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for 

 the demand. The best Mushrooms fetch Is. 3d, per pottle. 

 Cut flowers consist of Heaths, Pelargoniums, Camellias, Migno- 

 nette, Double Primroses, Stephauous floribunda, Cinerarias, 

 Moss and Provins Roses, and the different kinds of spring 

 bulbs. 



FRUIT. 



P>ne-apples, per lb., 6s to 10s 

 Grapes, ho house, p.lb.,l*isto24s 



— Portugal, p.lb.,ls to *2-.6d 

 Strawberries, per oz., 9d to 2s 

 Pears, per doz., 2s to 5s 



— per half sieve, 6s to 15s 

 Apple3,dessert,p.bu?h.,6*s tolOs 



— kitchen do., 5s to 8s 

 Almonds, per peck, 6s 



sweet, per lb., 2s to 3s 



VEGETABLES. 



Oranges, per doz., 9d to 2s 



— per 100, 6s to 14 s 

 Seville, p. 100, 7s to 14s 



— p. doz., Is to 2s 6d 

 Lemons, per doz., Is to 2s 

 Chestnuts, per peck, 2s to 5s 



— per 100, 9d to Is 6d 



Nuts,Barcelona,p.bsh,20sto22s 



— Brazil, p, bsh, 12s to 14s 

 Cobs, per 100 lbs,, 70s to 75s 



ft* 



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* * • 



* * * 



* - • 



» • • 



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Times Commi$9hners, from Dm, 



£ s. 



d. 



20 8 







1 13 



4 



1 6 



8 



16 



8 



14 



2 



7 



1 



10 







1 10 







2 14 



1 



£30 







Brussels Sprouts, p. hf. sieve, 



Is to Is 6d 

 Cabbages, per doz., Is to Is 6d 

 Greens,p. doz. bunches,4s to 6s 

 Cauliflower?*, p. doz., Is bd to 4s 

 Broccoli, p.doz.bundl.,78 to 12? 

 French Beans, p. 1 00, 1 s6dto2*6d 

 Sea kale, per punnet, 6d to 2s 

 Asparagus, per 100, 4s to 10s 

 Rhubarb, p. bundl., 6d to Is 2d 

 Potatoes, per ton, fcd* to 100 



— per cwt., 3s to 68 



— per bush.,ls6d to 3s 

 Turnips, p. doz. buodl.,ls to 2s 

 Cucumbers, each, Is to 3s 

 Radishes, per doz., Is to Is 6d 

 Celery, p. bundle, 6d to Is 6d 

 Carrots, per doz., 2s to 5s 

 Spinach, per sieve, Is to Is 6d 

 Onions, p. bunch, 3d to 4d 



— Spanish, p. doz., lstfd to 4s 

 Leeks, per doz., 9d to Is 



Shallots, per lb., 6d to Is 

 Garlic, per lb., 4d to 8d 

 Artichokes, Jerusalem, p. hall 



sieve, Is to Is 6d 

 Lettuce, Cab., p. score, 6d to 9d 



— Cos, per score, 1 s to 1 s€d 

 Endive, per score, Is to Is 6d 

 Small Salads, p. puon.,2d to 3d 

 Horse Radish, p.bundi.,le to 4s 

 Red Beet, per doz., 6d to Is 

 Mushrooms, p. pot., 9d tola 3d 

 Sorrel, per hf. sieve, 6d to 0d 

 Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Savory, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Parsley, per doz. bun., 2s to 3s 



— Roots, p. bundl. 9d to Is 

 Marjoram, per bunch, 2dto4d 

 Mint, green, per bunch, 4d to 6d 

 W atercre»«,p. 12b»nch.,6d to9d 

 Corn Saiad,p.h£aieve,lstols6d 



Calendar of Operations. 



APRIL. 

 TV est Somerset Faem, April 6— After the unusually wet 

 season we have experienced, the present tine dry weather, with 

 w*nd from the north, is very acceptable, enabling us to proceed 

 with the sowmg of Oats and Barley, which work has been 

 hitherto from the above-mem ioned cause, rather retarded; but 

 We think they will stand as good a chance as the crops put 

 in earLer, in toe wet state which the land was left, wbich^naoy 

 farmers are apt to do for the take of getting the work over, 

 because tne tune for sowing has arrived, on the same prinl 

 2 P 1™ ^e People take to wearing (chiefly amonsst 



April or May, or dispense with fires cau-e spring has c«*ne. 

 whatever the weather may be. The 1 leatsi^Uiu^hb^?. 

 hood are forward, and farmers have been keeping them down 

 with the sheep The west of England if, a 8 ha!Tbten pro \red by 

 eteor > r. al tables, subject t.. most n *rure the ueneralitv 

 of years during winter. 1 be cause must partly arise from the 

 nearness of the Atlantic Ocean. On fee other hand on the 

 East coast, there is only the German Ocean ; this side of our 

 island is consequently less forward in its pastures than the 



HAY— Per Load of 86 Trusse* 

 Skithfield, April 10. 

 Prime Meadow Hay 80s to 90s . Clover 

 Inferior ditto.. ... 65 75 Second cut 



Howen 65 70 Straw 



New Hay ... ... — — [ 



A short supply. 

 Cumberland Market, April 10. 



... 



.» . 



... 



70s to 90s 

 70 «0 



27 SO 



J. Cooper. 



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i . • 



• •• 



Prime Meadow Hay 7«s to 88s 

 Inferior ditto... 

 New Hay 



Old Clover ... 



• •• 



65 68 



#•• 



84 



SO 



• ♦ • 



Inferior 

 Kew Clover 

 Straw 



*« 



65s to 70s 



* • • 



* * • 



Fine Old Hay 



Inferior ditto 

 New Hay 

 Old Clover 



WntTEcnAPEi., April .10 

 . 70s to 80s i New Clover 



26 30 



Joshua Baker, 



... 



... 



. . . 



» ». 



6o 68 

 84 £0 



» • • 



Inferior aitto... 



Straw 



• • • 



• • i 



* ♦ « 



*. - 



tii 



to 



65 

 26 



70 



30 



i, P AL ^AHKKT.- 1R1BAY, ApriMl. 

 well, 14s. ; Eden Wain, 14s. d± • Wallspnri PM^u 



Wa send Lambton, 15*. $*.; Walisend Stewarts l 5s Od • 

 Wallsend Tees, lis. 9d.—8b1pU» market i 47 ' 1S8, JiU ' 



POlATO£S.< 



rr. ~ . , -*»OOTBWAAJE, April 7. 



The Committee report that there have been several freah 



Wh^f L h 7?*' aDd U IS r D, 2 "*? the *«* ***t wimples our 

 highest quotations are realised :-~York Kegeots, per ton, 70s. 



to 9us. 



I Apri l 



T , Scotch do., 60s. to 75s • rim 7r— 



Cam.rui.eshire and Lincolnshire Regent. £?** *■■ * iC 

 unites, 50s. to 60s. «s*nu, oq 3 . ^.^ /JJ^V 



w i. i SMITHFIELD, M^nTxTTrvril ? 



We have a large number of good n e asr )T V 

 fine cold morning is in favour of the traded! •*■*»• TV 

 our top quotations are realised with diftWlr 5 U <&La2 

 Sheep is also larger ; the demand, hor !t i. l ht "*££* 

 prices are not much lower. Lambs do not i£, ^^TiS 

 a eale as on Friday last. No alteration ?„ .1*"* **3> 

 From Hclland and Oermanv th*rJ Zi.^ 1 * th * CaU 2? 

 and 153 Pigs 

 Scotland, 500 



Per st. of 8 lbs. 

 Best Scots, Here- 

 fords, &c. . 3 

 Best Short-horns 3 

 2d quality Beasts 2 

 Best Downs and 



Half-breds ... 4 

 Ditto Shorn 



/ 1 7J. iMl - *° iteration in thVclu ,|| % 

 i and Germany there are 421 £*».♦ T* ** 

 ; from Norfolk and Suffolk &*t? «5 



•and 120 from midland counties BeUU ^5 

 bs.— s d s d ppr,t "To*: 



6 to 3 

 4 — 3 

 6 — S 



d 



8 

 6 

 



to* 



6— 4: 8 



_ counties, 

 i'er st. of 8 iba -^ 



Lambs 

 Calves 



PlKS 



i 



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• • « 



• •• 



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••• 



3 



•-i 



Beasts, 4100 ; Sheep and Lambs.23,110; Calves m d * 



4 



I 



i'RlDAY, April tC ""' ,aV » ***,**. 



We have a larger number of Beasts than the trad* 

 several remain unsold, although there is a disnoim^?? 1 

 lower prices. There is a good supply of Sheeo trial • •* 



Choice Lamb is in demand £ :*?-** 

 extreme quotation. There is a large number of m& M 



«2 



prices 

 dull, at lower rates. 



■w A v.w. U v ^.'vwcv.v/-... t .*v,i^ jo tx large number of 



Calves on offer ; a choice one is not much lower PmJf?? 

 many and Holland we have 25 Beasts, 39o Sham . /£ 

 Calves ; from Scotland, 40 Beasts ; from Norfolk iSi ~ * 

 400 : -~* on ~ ZJ ~ l * " ' ua 



and 82 milch cows from the home counties. 



Best Scots, Here- 

 fords, Ac. ... 3 

 Best Snort-horns 3 

 2d quality Beasts 2 

 Best Downs and 



Half-breds ... 4 

 Ditto Shorn 



6 to 3 

 *> __ 



4 



8 

 3 4 

 2 10 



4 — 4 6 



Best Long.woola . 3 

 Ditto Shorn 

 Ewes <fc 2d quality % 

 Ditto Shorn 

 Lambs ... 



£? lve s ... ... 2 



Pigs 



8to< j 



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-3 1 



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Beasts, 616 ; Sheep and Lambs, 4880 ; Cal?es t 336 • PkiTii 



Monday. April 7.- 



•»••!, 



••!■•, 



32- 



-52 



26- 



-31 



18- 



-23 



17- 



-19 



19- 



09 



-4i 



Maltin? . M-R 

 Malting Jn-L 



ed (16-« 



**-*7 



MARK LANE. 



. ; The eu PP l y of Wh «at ^rom Imxui 

 Kent to this morning's market was small, and Haguk*3 



at the prices of this day se'nnight ; the demand for fain 

 alow, and without alteration.— Barley, Beans, and PetTiS 

 freely at last week'n rates. — Oats are held firmly at tae'kli 

 advance, without leading to much business. 



Per Imperial Qoarter. s. s.i 



Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk... White 42—46 Red 



— — fine selected runs... ditto 42—47 Red 

 •— — Talavera 45—52 



— Norfolk, Lincoln, <fe York... White — Red 



— Foreign 



Barley.grind. & distil., 17s to 22s...Chev 



— Foreign... grinding and distilling 

 Oats, Essex and Suffolk 



— Scotch and Lincolnshire... Potato 



— Irish Potato 1 17-21 Peed 16-18 



- Foreign Poland and Brew 17 — 2> ! Feed... I.>-M 



Rye 22-24! Foreign. 



Rye-meal, foreign.. per ton — ( 



Beans, Mazagan 20s to 26s Tick 2'3— 2" I Harrow . 



— Pigeon 25 — 31... Wiud, ! 87-43 Lon^pod >7-» 



— Foreign Small 22—2* Egyptian 20-M 



Peas ( white, Essex and Kent Boiler 23-26 Suffolk... r2&-l| 



— Maple 26s to -8s Grey 23-24 Foreign .|24-ll 



Maize White 



Flour, best marks delivered ...per sack 



— Suffolk ditto 



— Foreign per barrel 



Friday, April 11.— With the exception of 6100 sacks of Fiwsr 

 and 17,030 qrs. of Oats the arrivals of all articles since Mondiy 

 are small. The market this morning was again thinly 

 attended, and although there was no disposition to purclun 

 either EnglUh or foreign Wheat, holders showed no ioefisf- 

 tion to give way in price. — Barley, Beans, and Peas rnuii 

 without alteration. — There is a fair sale tor Oats at bstely M 

 prices of Monday.— In Black Sea Wheat and Iudiau Comtbiii 

 is little doing : a cargo of Egyptian Wheat hdS been sow it 

 23s. 6d., cost, freight, and insurance.— Flour meets a du 

 at late rates.— We notice but little variation in the Cora trill 

 since our remarks of the 4th inst ; the markets throngBOrtljl 

 country have been characterised by a general dulness, and "J 

 prices of Flour continue to have a downward tendency, iw 

 weather, which has been very unsettled, retards spring wffi* 

 and is very unfavourable for the Barley that was committal" 

 the ground the early part cf March. 



34-40 

 27-34 

 16-23 



fellow. ..| - 



Norfolk .Ift-H 

 Per sack 26-» 



Imperial 



Averages. 

 Marcn 1 



— '8 



— 15 



— 22 



— 29 



5 



Wheat. Barley, i Oats. 



April 



Rib. 



Beak*. : Pm* 



Aggreg. Aver. 

 Duties on Fo- 

 reign Grain _ , . 



Fluctuations in the last six weeks' Ater*g«J| .^ 

 Prices. Mar. I.iMar. 8. Mar. 15. Mia. 22. Ma*.** *r 



a 



38s 4d- 



38 



u 



37 



5 



37 



2 



36 



11 



36 



9 



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L 



SEEDS.— April 7. 



148 to & 



Canary, per qr 38s to 42s i Coriander, p. cwt.. ^ 



Caraway, per cwt. ..29 -33 M ustard, white ?,p.tti*- ^ 



HemiuMted. tier <ir....B4 —85 — brown, do -.i^g. 



Hempseed, per qr....34 

 Linseed, foreign, do. 

 Clover, red, p. cwt... 40 



— — foreign, do.42 



— white, do 42 



— — foreign* do.42 



85 



58 

 54 



v 



52 



brown, do ^ 



Rape, per last • .. ■• • -, ^Jji. fr 

 Cakes, Linseed, p. W^ 



— foreign.P-w* 1 . 

 Rape foreign^ tf 



Tares, per bush, ..» avu 



The am 



^ s -LCf r5 



Liverpool, Toesdat, April 8.-i^ <>* * • • m UT 0W n cv^- 

 Flour this week have been moderate, both- trom ^ ^ ^ 



and from foreign ports. 

 Excha 



The business transac ^ 



gapd= 



m** 



nge this morning was very moderate, ^^^jpfij* 

 and Flour, the value of any description wM n !T£iitTtt**E 

 but, from scarcity, there was an impro^men iv ^ £^2 

 price of Is. per qr. on Indian Corn, Gd. P er ft ^' Tz* M 

 Beans, and Id. per bushel on meahn* l, - lW - 

 American yellow Indian Corn brought o 



s. 



per 



£*IDA*« 



Barley, Beans, and Peas were unchanged ^^ jAO dand^ 

 April 4.-The arrivals since T acida J, fr ^iie during *««J5 



wise are very light of every article. The tr *yl e tf af» d J^S 

 has been quiet, but in the sales ma^ ^Vio^^/SS 

 farmer prices have been supported. Ai "' -^riog ly ** *uai 

 there were but few dealer*, who purchased sp* 5 uik Uty^3 

 and Flour at Tuesday's prices. °/ 1 * £\ £j fully «P°C 

 scarce, advanced *d. ppr 45 tb»., and ^«ne*l ^ „& » 

 late rates. Barley and Peas ^ tb ^ r ^ aD ?odiaa W» £ 

 Beans must be quoted 66. per qr. «»"• loW , at w^ 

 held for rather higher prices, but the sale was s^i^ ^e 



to 91s. for new, and 31s. 6d. ™r * b0 



Anertean. 



per 



lbs. 



