„Janvanr 9, 1858.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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inerating through the principal towns ; these local 
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ne member of th 
to be less than that k a former, w as it seems is | ra pa. arrived, they begin working at 6. 
ch ty a pa 
30, generally 
The men ped a lunch at 10, and A 
sargas ‘shoul leach elect o 
| the L 2 i sociation, the other t Council | was present some w pela ago, ote which I w containing 1 lb of 
to s? each ofi the Cine socie — S nE some farmers to grow Mangel, the country | [aan of chaff. E ToD they continue their 
= would hi re u I ai and pitas home at 1.30, when the horses’ work is 
È it existed aan ound more for tt than for | over for the day. The horsekeeper grooms them after 
in thei neiere aent c Pig ent &e. ie and w cul no an matoi fed on Mangel. Only t ma in pede 2 | his p ner, and fe eds them with 5 Ibs of Oats and 10 of 
send all their best onions to the Lor = show—all | agricultural meeting of a very superior c class, I observed | chaff, inclusive y a little long hay in their racks for 
eiii smaller he larger | a discussion about the increased growth of Mangel, at | . In lighter work, such as carting, the horses 
district The te mun on would be ich a very large cattle dealer was rted to hav rk o! one ¢ or t wo ho urs longer. Many of my neighbours 
attended inc esed pad a by larger numbers, said he would give considerably more for bullocks fed on | w much n a ir horses 
the trial hrar paie in p ondon wou s wena Mangel than for those which had be on Swedes. ume 3 cannot tell any more than them: hey 
and all pri ize impleme aiti nvolvi new È Ae es ut, assum the super rior feeding value of Swedes thresh out Beans when they require ikk. and this, 
g d be sent by the mak k dis s- | during their | with tail Barley, &c., probably amounts to as much as 
trict mie for trial; reports “of ra res alts of ger? just at the period at hich “the ayanty, though not the | my Oats, but their hours of working are different. 
e forwarded to London, and thus the | exte idly deterio- | They plough till 11, when horses and men return home 
opinion 1 of t he country would be ascertained. Tw ould 1 rates, that t the Mangel ar riven at pet fecti ion, nym becomes | and refresh themselves for two hours; they then ret 
em i Judges for stock appointe ed upon a va hould | to the field for three or four hours, and at the end of 
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sideration ot which ‘agriculturists are 
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be laid down ben followed mobs year ka year, bat t this 
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| horses. By this method the horses a 
bee 
viz., tha vt are following uP the | 
me land, There is a 
t leas 
| hour longer at work, but it may be questioned whether 
leg-weary and sluggish, and 
would be matter of q leta il. _As ba Wha rons pre- | same crops too Jely on the 
mises I b over: this is pitti rly t the case | | whethe er as much is Hee as gain ned i in te labour ; 
com od it ety fairly |W with Swedes ing half th | | while there is mabe a loss in the case of the men’s. 
representing ant satir let an continue their ind the other hal to Mange, and shifting these every labou ar, as eac ch plo agiman i is with his horses all day 
in krese for pas or thre ee years, an nd I doubt not | four years, in pa teen case ber 
1 adopted which would secure | same land instead of four. Charles Lawrence, Cirencester. | when he is ready for any 0 ee ork ai the 
a more rapid and satisfactory progress. I only wish the — — ore gt An — a a ‘or the and ie te he dayi = 
pareari: an idered ; if there is no room for) ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, | ncn U8 $o oP 8. > Seat 
object i in view +g a I es they will be adopted. CI We in Draining.—I di 
TH al examination vay ae was | T am still à baliever in sins ring a song vI ‘eel 
I have no dou mething will be don 
you will do sa pwe to pe e a fair 
ne, or x ~ 
is esse’ entially ne 
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what is best. Edwa rå We Moore, Coeshill, Berkikire. 
A 
l nual. | Lif | Total 
7 SE oe mis 485 4262 
10: 866 6971 
9 3896 1083 4979 
ae which may 
Sige s exhibitors 
hey le a 
scrupulous in pat s to obtain 
g 
imes not 
„I have endeavoured i ina society of which I am amem- 
pe the nucleus of a prize of much larger amount, 
apres Ait sana 
John dg Troutbeck, Winderm 
James F. Hawks’ ley, Havering- at- the- es, Essex. 
illiam M‘Laughlin, Boraston, Tenbury 
In m a at the Leeson Smt Club 
wit vel 
pi E meses on the be ‘but not for the purpose o of carry- 
W. ug) 
We subjoin the names of those students who headed 
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“them, and afford little reliable evidence of stir: 
make their sub- 
oe paar gia oe ae for pvi best ld of 
| Toots ven district, say of not | ess n five 
Ë ising th for the prize, but t Ainin We 
a serious consideration ; the ges might 
_ have a county north, south, east, and west, 
| farms of vari competi ey 
would generally be selected from farmers whose time is 
uable, and who must be compensated for this a 
_ their travelling expenses, I confess I did not see 
_ this difficulty was to be got over. Can you resolve it? 
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: t 
l eights per acre stated whi very misel 
j = l mh to the disappointment of growers, and which 
erefore operate warana on the m 
adoption oi of t this kore valuable root. Its real merits 
gà appreciated by 
en e to grow it without any gross mis- 
representations of individuals m wW 
five cwt. of Mangel upon a highly manured, well trenched 
perch or pole of land, by culture, no one doubts ; 
but the fall: for a man to iply that by 160, and 
then state that his crop of Mangel was 64 tons to the 
are very fine i made 
selecting and m 
on and multiplying this by. the acreage. 
measuring a 
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Baaai 
sciences, &c. 
i ng t1 9 12 feet 
said spring than a deeper yee er intervals, 
but i thew not at follow that the rhea drains at 
the intervals m not produce an equal or even 
better effect if i in the same way as my shallow 
drains. I believe we have something to learn yet 
about drainag e. 1 consider that my old original idea of 
ge. 
area of porosity in the drain i 
tion, or in other words, that a ee pipe (irrespective 
PRACTICAL AGRICULTUR! 
Aitkin 5 Dawson 
2. Greenhill Hawksley 
3. Robertson ick 
4. Hills Horton 
M‘Laughlin Tomlin 
Camninty l Au 
1. Hawksley 5. M‘Laughlin 
2. Aitkin 6. Lloyd 
3. Foden ECA 
4. Greenhill 
CHEMISTRY panin 
1. Gardner . Cornwall 
2. Lewis ‘ . Lamb 
‘ETERINARY. 
rst Division. Second Division. 
1. Hawksley 1. Lewis 
2. Dawso 2. H. James 
Tomlin 8. Lamb 
8 OM Toaghi 4. e 
M‘ in 5. Nott 
a {Toya 
NATURAL HISTORY, 
Botan; A, ics. 
1 Aitkin 1 Cornwall 
* | Hawksley H. James 
Da 
M ‘Laughlin 2. Nott 
2. 4 Foden 3 { Sante 
Sayce * | Adkins 
Lloyd 
URVEYING AND ENGINEERING, 
First Division. Second Division. 
1 titan L 
* Į Aitl 
9, f Tomlin 2. {Nott 
r odio gigas pak 
3. Dawson 3. x 
4. Gardiner { White 
5. pens 4. Lamb 
R FARM Books AND JOURNALS. 
T Gainea. 2. Horton | 3. “Lloyd 
Highly Commended, per & Birch | Commended, Cornwall, 
Classes 3 & 4, Lamb 
Classes 5 & 6, 
3 abe Patek Ye og os 
E oem basar which is I] 
i ts of 
e gross weig five, which we 
wromge ees of the loads. We keep 
ber of cart loads taken 
ag at th 
ith this Prt pirit 
that 
; 25 tone, nd to 
al 
 apratinae 
I have men 
ds tenes 
st ye this would 
of ascertaining the 
ieve the closest ap- 
from the po 
e weight of the coh gies of 
several 
Baal over a} i 
unusnal = 
su 
maroon 
rarratt 
Highly sore metic: Rise, Yarker | Commended, Cornwall 
reenhill 
ae 
Cost asc ‘tive Power — Among t he qualifications of 
mall consumption of fuel occupies 
| bo soil than 
re effectually dry 
a small one. Som sana E tacts ave exis 
my knowledge which convince me that the mere 
| entting eae =. down to be depth at which the 
| is placed te wtb sar dry 
f its 
over it, 20 much so h of M: ra 
I can see at a distan ce of 500 yards or more every drain 
in my rfl by the “dried stirface i over it, 
which eer extends until darker 
or moister prc between the drains 
in dryness and colour with that sanity over the 
infer that the evaporation as Mee 
water immediately descends. Let 
on blotting paper, cloth, or any porous 
spreads laterally ae a pillarity, and in this way would 
e drain horizontally un 
naturally reach t until the whole 
of were 
If my observation i t, it the a 
imate drai those di soils which 
to roots 
5 fee place a seed 
ey then dint y your trees 
a | find them vot ee w others 
have been made 
lowest 
sega tho 
opinions a these 
d, I believ 
myself and others who are a 
details too m 
ploughman. "Tho pons that a horse can 
| depends—1st, seta which he o'worked yd is fed ; 2d, 
Vine kordie. 
horse | observation that the mere placing of 
ter shouli 
t| 
in the hands of en the horse Saar or 
| our m 
‘well that 
has io gk we and 
though no wai 
the 
Another -saaly wer a 12 
point 
will mention two of these methods, and 
The head or 
discussion I will 
bet ro Deg e Teeter their 
ithe. hers rari 
feeds horses at 4.30 aar, with 4 lbs. of Oats and 
8 Ths. of er Soe when both msr i > 
Gazette « 
weeds i 
had | afford to ieie in 
most valuable, nevertheless the Foi of 
