THE AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE 
271 
hate, and other artificial | there, and for helping to fill the same, 8s. 2d.; April 1600, 
==: guano, superphospha $ 3 edging and Alling the dung-cart at Gawthorpe (3d. the day), | 
days 18d. ; February 160°; to a man for his dunghill, 
4 a “rotten oe eos ie: , ås. $ July 1602, to “sarten power foulkes” in Padih 
acted ot ied ~~ cal manw at T 
| and returned through the post to the Board of Trade 
by the 10th of June, and abstracts containing the 
ES Thin land, from which a good qua antity of ashes has bee: 
Ba rley 
especially | for thes anion lls to set upon the Barley ground 
hills, 
jon of paring and burning is the most econo- Eyge ia ht doz 
eggs 16d. ; 
91, six score and e 
county totals of the information they contain are to be 
lst of August. The only clauses of 
any special importance are the following. 
VI. If any occupier | do not duly make such return so 
f£ilod 
| 
wall 
kA 
| 
“in December 1088 
raising on certain poor soils a good crop of January 16 st (at six a E ponny) 23d. ; 
ae 
tog pl four a penny) 6d. or in case of doubt o the accuracy of any í 
¢ being an antiquated operation, it is a tember 1 6 Ay. any, person or persons on tea authorised by the Board 
n instead of ft. Peis se fully confirmed and ex- | (at six a penny), 94 of Trade may proceed to obtain by other means the 
advantages of wi wes.—In June asi: paid for an ewe at Haslingden fair, 3s. ; | particulars required, and after three days’ notice may 
ed by modern ETERNE: ebruary 1618, received for twenty-seven ewes (at 16s.), Sl. 2s.; | and are he eby aes at any time or times during 
ee ate ty Ay i). for ten at 53.), 50s the da; upon | and vee the lands of such 
‘ARM PRICES, 1582—1621. i. 
x d farm accounts of the Shuttleworths ip 
20, the grazing of a 
charged 4d. a pek or 2s. for six weeks ; 
as bought 
hal if an 
the las 
ene 1589, racing t Wo oost 6a ôd, 
tlt cost $ 28. ; Febru 
1589, half a gang 15d. ; 1583, rie Foon es a ro rood 
land at Pome cost 6s. ba “April 1610 at pan han amowing 4a 
and (September 1583) a boy to drive our 
ay in London cost 
.—In March 1609, tw of h: 
Heifers. Tam Toe rt ere sold for 43s. ; October, 
s, of that or | another sold in Preston for as : A yt 1584, four bought in 
a Percale so bis kburn, 5. 19s. 2d.; one April 1587, one bought, 
28s. 6d. ; 1529, or Wigton fair, on Ascensi 
en, Or ong a durat ion. The history of | 3 oy, ri 
ea oz iiy t the 17th century has yet rieira i Bore calf, Sola ar 
p en deo 
t James 12d. ; 
tending io S October 1621. eri is parat In April 15 586, agang or set o 
„as a series of accounts, during a term 
f 39 
her kno own accou 
; October flexi 
X ovember iso tiata i 4d.5 
; July 1621, a hen and fi 
Qs. 4d.; “October = six cost ag 
ebruary 1611, six fat hens 
chickens, 6«. 
Hogs.—In the accounts, in April 1 22 hogs were bought 
the 
occupier, will 
growing crops, 
lars, 
Ge n | for the pu rpose of ascer taining such particulars, and 
Hall, in the county of Lancaster, > for ne pear 86, eight goslings cost 20d. ; and in J une, 30 ge = shall not be. liable to action for trespass, or any other 
ed A period have jus been printed for p October 1588, ten cost 4s. 2d. and four 20d. ; June 1589, 28 cost | & action op proceeding fo: for so doi ng. 
1 Society—e edited by John Harland, Esq, 8s. ; May 1590, t s. 4d. ; April 1, six goslings, 18d.and12| VII. pi t en by any office: 
3s. ; April 1592, nine bought on Astley Gre nd carriage oogt Lo eo € 4h Act to al 
lt is je simply a steward’s book of house and farm si online Unghie ek, Bes (5 Fons aey A partionlars a any return made or ates obtained 
' — al ee ot; a country gentle- | ° Grass.—In the = ts in November the same, nor shall any of s artic be 
ce Jean of oa 
Fone to any pirolo. ene or used for any purpose 
other than the ent of eee ——_ cal 
mpl 
esults i in cet mann sac oe 
fh 
PEE 
the poor y 
reasonable demand of any person entitled toi inspec the 
og the same, or to make any copy or extract there- 
rom 
if a any churchwarden or other person having the 
y of the parish or tithe commutation map or 
sam. 
on to inspect the same, OF 
ne 1583, we 
e | for 5/. 16s., and 13 for 2/. 9s. 2d. In June 1593 a hog and 12d, 
were given in exchange for a sow and pigs. 
Land.—In the closes near Lancaster and other in the 
north the toil ve par lime and Reged stones. Press. soils 
are arl, dun, lime, shell fish, shells. 
ap p-m 
op make 
from the aaah of the seafowl in Fowley Island 
agri culture o or r of dairy or sheep par tessi gia the number of seater there) the pai 
i ant that it surpasses all in these parts. A 
ae “a ee 8 ik a ck a oe kaeni is usually so wld for “aed a 3l. The Badi 4 
calving, Milking, and cheese-ma bale fone are of ore es ge whit NA hia ck), a pone 
g and selling, killing and hide dressing ; rable by arlin bey them, = ring v sekiga 
i Gra: hey Sida Sa a the tope of these with Paste | 
pio 
ughs, which they am: ether in small heaps an 
map, or notes fom such map or 
apportionment for the said purpose 
rif an appointed or em aie ye sedate, 
bait or te ve returns under ms ms do not duly an 
hi ithfully pra iet collect, rece: spose T the 
of this Act we the 
si ‘pty ; 
eon a 
the Board o 
Or if any officer or person employed in the execu- 
tion of ane Act shall sping ia be a accessory to any, pub- 
li pation, div ulgenc oper 
of yin Act 
Every such overseer, nh A officer, or other 
hall be liable to forfeit a el not 
ass 
when dry; by gar alkaline ashes the ground is made very 
of fertile, but will n above three 
e notices of the gro 
y 
ti it of their spinning and | that it is very cee AnS As to the prices of land i 
Lancashire, the Whalley Abbey compotus may b ed to, 
and the following remarks of Dr. itaker : — rt 
| exceeding 57. 
in 
ON THE APPLICATION Pg LIME. 
THE effe ata Hit which agricul- 
tural write uch dev. remo eo are all 
due to the “improvement effected by, the process on the 
valu 
a of all additions, be 
worth 30007, Even in 
ed and room at 2 
afte’ oa 
and 
about the ee rent of “irasi = the fo neigh. 
me. In half a century more 
increased in the ratio of 3 24 to 1 
San eae 16 
In Mar 1606, a young bull at Inglethwaite 
tember te end a young bull at Newburgh 
pene 208, was given to Mr. Rowell, of 
= 
i snd in AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 
Ir is to the colleetion and collation of schedules such 
eene — lowing from every occupier. of not less than 
AS d in the country that Mr. Caird’s Bill is 
RM A, 
County of 
Parish, township, or pl 
ce 
| No. of return. | No. of return. | AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 
aes to be made by pepes ef Se ge as at Bat os Sogn 
, being a true return for in the 
laid in poner Air npn 20a. 
kA 1G 3d, the pound). eB the 
Statute 
Acres. 
l. | as the warehouse in which it is stored. lpt wren 
hich directly add what A etag y: to t 
which alter on things now usele 
o food 
4 
peri is common 
put it on ae athe tbe pg half a a p Aee even 
eei ag putting it on once in every rotation of 
As believe the heavy dressing is the plan usually 
in Scotland ; it is the plan which certainly 
+ a, 
ueh 
the frst time out of waste or Aati 
pragt? in smaller doses is the practice i 
And there are some districts where it is not applied 
ed the application 
os 
; 
Oats 
-eall 
a sont; and fallow for or Turnips xe 
Mangel . 
$ Other Other green cro crops 
Hona 
gore Lucerne, Si, other artificial Grasses 
Past 
at all, and where experience has prov 
less. Thus, at a recent agricultural meeting at 
» an a er of the county to his 
brother farmers was met by a universal assent 
his assertion that lime on their pasture was of no — 
avail. the explanation of this may be I do not 
know; that it arises from ex ances there 
can be no ie considering the great body of testi- 
mony to the value of the egg ion on Grass lands 
n almost every other district of the 
Note,—This re 
20 and 21 Viet. i up on the 
aor eta next ant to be returned inert the he Bim 
ae PTE 10th day of 
These sched be placed in the hands of 
ano È four Sok titers ewe wood 
aly 1620, Isabel heir distribution by returns of 
ores ae sonar brean | extent of their as a pein rh 1 ahe] ae. 
i loads at Hoole set upon the Hemp land | overseers of parishes. The schedules are to be filled up 
Pae 
eb pair darergpe ag ere firmer, and 
2s oie ty of Parliament | fibre w 
A Samat aia 
; it makes more pro- 
t only more produc- 
It i d the quality of 
lands—it crop bikien ogi freer from 
disease, it_gives more Wheat and 
pore kier crop, 
ages ‘ds a 
Beans and 
chile of lime in “their structure, are also 
