CO 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETT 
E. [JANUARY 28, 18 
at the north-east corner of Yorkshire, where the 
2l inches. Lands of this aay ea — ar as soils can be 
um: op d in Sis several localit 
ith different degrees of effect. 
rainfall Sas ‘alone "oe lain the differ Tra of effect. 
of ra whi eri the diference between 
vat is i We ov 302,000 rre falling upon every a 
this. equal to the yolg, annual | 
iea of Essex and Suffolk, 
es of le 
he ar just c peu 
that the rainfall, for that. period ai 
Ate Faska p was respectively 9 inches (Little Bri 
Grantham), a nd 3 in = (Scarborough). 
the drains in Dorset would pe areal hone 
= 
n the absurdities of the major part 
It was generally laid or part faa s 
e lands Io demised in ae: following o 
eet bre ae how eac 
better would 
any i 
ant that whet ty 
Farm n lubs. 
READING: Covenants ag eas 
gis an apie Lope Mr. Young's s va 
mee f this 
—The follo 
ess n this 
at is the 
il? Ts it 
iol a. ex baune 
s within its 
exhaust, main r to crea 
We all kn ow that bbs re is i tittle difficulty 
ery e 
t so ver; e par! 
work of oan in bea ayia re with t the 
2. I wi w pass to 
years ere this Tnnportant br 
public attention, for 
the ncaa. of 
tae fg | 
cannot be mar any | te 
A ema rtly demand t he un nderdraining 
pable o; aE drained at an a adequat e depth for 
Ta Ty available resource ? Whi 
Sid 
p i A emcee hoving as he di 
would ke Pat ap correct, mo 
Be 
b; 
ja nem and et 
rie re 
every possible caececea persia be given rhea “to color 
ch. is most worthy of 
y, 
oret eetive e outfall; the incap: ous rivers a 
s to receive pi 
rg 
wal orig eng into them by the underdrainings of the 
ing strata a 
the ynderdrai: 
i ng 
rom ins of clay lands immediately after 
soa flis of Pmi 
wat tt 
nd beds; and, 3dly, the A Arein of | 
ou 
PP tion to all part 
a system of cor npen- possi aible. 
system 
sation an ai jrendi 
Aeviews, 
re, our ention, 
The test of all underd re is the depth of free soil through i» i 
which nter wll pas to he de bg te an open soil a ‘oe and our invest t? Do we adopt the starving thry The Principles of Agriculture, especia ly je. 
ins will suffice to keep down e lev vel of standing water as | Ho we proc wi abourers vants and of = rganic Chem nye fowl arly treated, 
ney = = numerous > eras s of Bos ae But na Shall we secure their co-operation if paar are underfe P. Lovell Phillips, a M4 Svo. Smith & E 
amount which evaporation is iminis ed by drainage mus 
be different the two descriptions of land. In the open and ill paid £ ? Should the soil, then, fro ue kg lie pp. 03. 
water-bearing e amount of evaporation must be greatly “derive er) This prope aaa from its having already re 
~aeon Py sage stg 3 in the clays i tance uld arts soccer their abundance, oa support, oa their very | four th odi tion would seem to have been well 
to ry little affectec er ay circumstances it may self, } cate d than 1 tho se who, with- Jai a techni cal 
be assumed that whatever the amount of water arrested the p Cy give ves in plain and un angus 
from the the poy mee by underdraining. that quantit ty is dis- iat it would be less than Sane ing ? +] 
bo paio tag: shy tho mait. nde oy tributary outfalls i that the true and papes object of the which lie at the foundation of pen. 
of what was discharged previo +s J wh 
Reve ctice, whether 
REN aoe orth th wegen arne welness were. Trequetly i saan improvement, let us dwell briefly on what ae although the first glance ik the title 
75 yards asunder, and from 4 to 7 feet deep. Before draining we too he sing Bao E be the tenor of those clauses, perhaps suggest a doubt whether 
= open soil be sul terranean water Joval, following the | and in t ge they are ee r found wani ~ | opinion some difference in principle hs 
versal law, gradually rose to the surface as it was re-| ino, e, the ‘ealtivation g farm Tea ri 2 
plenished by the winter’s rains, co tive of the old Wilt- |. si n tie clear aai co a ri pre 
saying, “ As the days lengthen sothe epee my gthen. a he Se S it ci ~ th ats ani success u ly refutes so wholly u 
The water that se to the surface found y excessive | a apted, it may be, to the fenda in whic prejudice, makes it evident that such 
vaporation in the months of March, April, a and aD and by | originated, but needing i be tirely re lled to} no part of his creed, and that it is rat 
‘rom the lowest grounds in the nature of springs, whic = : : p ? 
um: agriculturists in 
y s 160,920 
of 227,240 ‘ellos whieh “the rain 
of surface, and it is 
tl 
Records, we find a very 
to the clay a Sahih were 
ay eh t apart. whit i e quantity dis- 
ne the soll |s 
A per acre ga 7s omg 7,384 pe Saar in wes 80) 
y eva waporation’ and appro: sdb by vegeta 
these oy lands, that ude ih th tee soil 
either fl i off the naum a 
After draini: 
There 
Soe of 1.645, and in November of 1.630, equal 
to a supply to the soil of 74, ai gallons, or 330 
water The drains gan to trickle 
27th of ara after a 
(-540). 
3 
ct 
SFELEE 
rii 
13th, 
Ẹ 
oo alm to 
Ea 
per nak “on i 
125 gallons 
showed a fall of ‘542 (rather more than half an 
from the outlets was increased 
seks 
h 
Wwe IK ignon br 
pid jorance she rainfall 
re, as in 
at comman 
d 
re no tangible data upon which to 
each locality, 
base calculations, 
s | the 
utfalls, or ay 
uch great 
z pt ofo owners of farms than w: 
C ce ower re a ta ot kA (rea half a an inch) and 
nary, 1857, the 
On the 10th the | t0 
penal because ye Pay se 
the tropics than in the principles which ongi 
version, of pas 
to guide them, that the ares “aes be fo 
Of the soundness of ute w 
and Naor loys before hi 
fortifies by full and kaioa ects 
seeanwiedeed pone on agricultural ma 
| ca 
Ponta However inferior in qua 
not cinta to a fern fh rotas 
Ekoutis refere: 
° ag 
e to the 
UCs 
are pae boonuse th uy 
n th 
A 
. p 
À | quantity, or a superfluous amount of stock; and they | 
are proh Sti inasmuch as they forbid the free | m 
exercise o 
cropping, “his fields, his cee his fences, and his 
buildings, —all tendi ing t to prev 
full 
terest even to the 
+} * 
2 The necessity KA ps Werising the sot 
bad managemen overishment ‘of 
| g! nd imp i 
cus 
ow seine by the 
A ae slowly but surely in 
T B. Boxall showed that in some instances there was 
er antes of liberal feeling oening on m 
was formerly the Upon hi 
k for a fata wh hich, he Sook ian 
etermine for ‘dun 
doniad that the ideasof “planting Caneswith 
into 
stead 
EEP Should pu pna “of putting them into holes” which by e 
be sometimes pare! 
in ague fits of ts wet and dry ; of amai scale 
artificial or ee niluen® 
"rnis the land- 
well might cause any who 
Indian h habits to hold their aigan ad inquire 
what we are reading r fic tiong 
author be g ace practising on our 
gvn use s from us and 
Stain an PREE pris Ta ing us to 
ine wis applicable to the nineteenth entm 
that these practices 
H 
886 
to wat was sold 
iar ens then he ge 
farm, ut the question as thai 
iction as to Bike he might 
“I don’t what you sell 
the farm.” He 
ews th; wher fe vores 
an w: 
his opinion that A ovenanta aa to sto the 
some Ag en srt aay more i idm at usion can we come 
ruction which he conveys and the 
sand illustration by which he per and fixes 
tio. = and rams, ee 
partic mg valuable? aa may not pint 
amongst sien at oe aa nak first princip 
violated ? 
is 
rovemen’ 
well, end ait would o 
hoped Y that now this princ: 
feted x upon, 
Williams 
ants = F “a to induce o 
ae : miy oing j ce to 
pe vg iple would be more gene- 
Mr, Wm. Jones had, in connection with other 
