272 hiai BORIC GAZETTE. [APRIt. 3, 1858, 
Tie ig tacpic a H “complete a| tation. In 1849, when I reported on the (=== 
roar = olap rroa kige clay lands and on oor | sarety f for f th pi akane was a| the Hinxworth e esta te, I advised the ow ner, M; ae eae 
soiis are certainly benefited by lime. arety of snecess. ms will give one of Watford House (who then contem mp) 
th e influence of liming on the Phas i my value of the sy For ad “haa avin the drainage in any othe | 
Sir Charles Monteith gives in the seco on pacman of |land. Mr. Blake’s br doce yong pried ry i meas esd ie oy Ar that nearly 
a 3 i i cland (Agri- " 
rs ne earar eaei Past 2 Tiare ye in ry cient ieee, a ja ee draining thi is in and that “the work ‘would on ly b be sai tisfie a 
i the first crop grown 2 yon it was Pot well land, whic in as sour, bleak, bushels of 2 connectat 
ean but without lime, the Potatoes were found. to b d ake gr on 
. Bl 
byes acre and laid it down 
This estion rs 
so upon, icy when the estate is viewed Clutterbar 
hollow in the heart of them and very watery, while in other iat Ciia 
pa anii ns a ip ad Dreti Girin rwards 50 bushels per acro vot I lime every in its rela ti ion to the | surro unding eg & ae 
addition to the thre aie nd letting it y a "h lie ee : oth tion to cad 
‘ake the following instance from the report to the | pasture to low coun Eror ty i increased value other, I e a e te uly tle a oo 
y a | is as follow; s:—Venne farm consists 0 acres, 
pranan ay Sey sop 180 Nee a i the was valued in 1832 at 115/. hat acre. 166 acres of it | 1855-6, Mr. Clutterbuck determined ti rain the what 
reporter, says, “ When looking over Mi Hest t’s farm at | were let annually Sie the § ah thal management, | estate. I It consi ists of thre e farms con nial ing together 
: ‘ in | at 3652. Cookesley farm consists oj acres, 
a in; gton, we came peace “i pon an very bar in re at 45l. a eB and of these 95 acres were let in | ment of the Lii hadi, bbe = ta 
with a thick mat of Clover and Rye-grass ; | 1849 at 1767. M. S. | and z “portion rA eile ot cuter oi of a ] 
the Stee wi was a dingy moor, chie efly cma of of sma all (To be continued.) th eral parts a ‘superficial deposit of dian 
s older beds. 
by stock. An explanation was requi ired for HI INXWORTH pR AINAGE. 4 a pa. 
es nd the tenant told us that when “that Feld a= following is a summ f Mr. Bailey Denton’s rating fone! tt thin, and if. 
as last in fallowthe parts eaten so bare and looking so i Jont an of aS 1856-7 exceed 3 inches in 
g durin y — h in its a nicked gault has gained 
of th the = er outfall on and from drained lands at mé asi. 
rth. 
uli was well limed ; but the other, which was left un- 
eaten, Mds never been limed.” 
These a eboi ms tances from olden 
tha fall 
the Grass fields | 
times. Take 
Hinxw 
Outfall Nos. 7 an 
upon the n 
pends the fields a couple of ridges was left unlim 
The ploughing of that field was afterwards altered, so 
d 8 are from a field very wet before tee 
draining, í of which 1 naa Need by Sop ibed as lower chalk gr 
bo Pbho Kald , the e 
ina Belle phy and npn ixed. 
“Outlet 13 is from a field on gau alt clay, 
ees Ponce 
with 1 
lands as the field was pitimately ‘laid up, and for many 
nt to un ch has 
summi piii 
" Ontlet 15; soil gault clay with lime, infiltrated con- 
dered sti ff and Aapa avaan 
water 
years afterwards, con indeed until the defect 
was remedied by heren sates f lime to the place, 
the site of the ridges ed at harvest time 
ery e corn eat, Barley, or 
by a dwindled, stunted growth, and cane. ears. I 
shin give on ng argon ph Gilra, 
Jose a Devon 
rmer, to the editor eo the Enlish 
gricultural Jon om the Inte Mr. Puse 
= ary application nae iad me is 
_On one oceasion I had put 10 te 
a 5-acre fiel mer 
Rg 
the remainin 
a was ee by accident), the 
on that aer 3 bushels an 
sing eta one and the 
rs dete heath an bad kone ht 
io eativaton, th the effects of lime bare : 
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i applied the crop had failed, | 
and veins of land a alte 
whi run ough the | 
bsent, a very considerable infiltration of lime has taken 
ce, which. resume, may be accor for by the 
fact that the chalk escarpment rises in pe like 
shape immediately r the margin of the ay 
subi ne rsion 0 of the ault ba necessarily feeder 
minent and oy erwhelming 
neigh ou 
The following = several analyses of Prof, Way :—. 
Of the q 
mabe E o i matter .. > A 
and peo clays of +. WSF 
Bitten ea in acids . LB 
Oxide of ir .. LR 
Phosphate ‘of lime.. +. 098 
Sulphate of lime + Olea 
onate of lime ae 4 
100.0 s 
Of the Gault (at 24 inches deep). eed 
Moisture ane puao matter 5.01 : 
Sands 066° 
Clay . ++ 63,26 P 
Carbonate of lime.. 3107” 
100.0 
Of the Gault (at 42 inches deep). G 
Moisture m e E S matter . aS 
Sands 1 0.9 
Clay . . 6297 
Carbonate of lime. 82.41 
100.8 | 
The whole of the lands, both those of the 
misal 
open character and those of the gault clay, r 
greatly. sabe excessive wetness before drainage; 
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_ Notes on the Foregoing Records. 
See ous 24 hours. 
Me lis. 
ESTIMATE PER HUN 
stimate of Stock and Food 
conducting the experiments adi int 
required 
mate of the of di 
100 acres, it is 
oe 
Sais to May 
by vege- 
d. Through h 
use | Mr. Busey was ks 
while b ra improved © “elation e dow! 
pe i 
on of the | open the more | farm. 20 sara vis, oegi 
explan ere ir position ancuedtngty wet Gi 5 
Watè hayrics i stood at cold at that season in the year—from Febr 
when a free and warm bed is most requir 
| 
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condition ” no less than 73 lambs: 
