` 1858.) 
and 3 feet dee Field was last 
dng ra cultiv: rated i in drills Siia 
THE O G A ETTE. 
eed per acre, dibbled in drills the firs eek 
in Ma as SMr witb Bad tons of farm-yard malate 
and 2 ewt. of guano per 
- This fa! rm 1 also lies n aa aie sea, ale w = ry ated 
to it, and als canal, 
Os r acre, sown in the middle T 
miso sh <4 ee J tarm-yard manure applied pe 
ee a rather wet arsed . a — 
farm liet pa to 20 miles His a. The 
|The soil where the Mena el grew was very nga for 
tha at cro op, § and easy to cultivate isin a good climate, 
1 h uthern 
#This 
Pee crop was EA 
subsoil is Ei 
e, lying © 
 doecetpsion. i clay, 
k a series. The drain- 
crop W ect, very € n and uniform over the | 
as a so ct. The. Sein were 
e uniform 
25 hart pary 
g red 
and Ke c 
wpa, the) bulbs sound, of good shape, 
and without Sea 
dia “thowing no neglect 
n the cultiv ation ; and t 
A 
ver a 
of to the size yr: the bulbs, 
veraging @ 
poe, 10 in ches apart. 
n 
aa wit with little necks. 
8. E patet C gonen 
Birch, 0! i opy F 
ooapler, f 
19th, "1857. 
etherton, near Liverpool; 
e beste okie of Swede Turnips, not 
acres ; = Swedes, 10} acres. 
y subsoil, and has been 
and part Oats. 
had 
- | weight, 42 tons,8 ewt. 2 qrs. 8 Ibs. per acre.—Inspected 
October 22d, 1857. | 
« Carrots.—Mr. S. R. Clarke, the Grange, Ince-Blundell, 
| near Formby ; as tenant and occupier, for the best crop, not 
less than 1 acre, 2l. | 
“Farm contains 310 acres, and has in Carrots 1} a 
Soil a sandy yous — sand, ee baa 
was in Wheat last y e Carro’ sown 
March, in pE with. Tbs. of meal aie acre, anured 
= 
th S ioi 
The land exceedingly 
who 
Field with 
n su 
Washing and shearing sheep cost 10d. per 
acres of "Barley produced only 41 quarters 4 
2d), 5} acres of Tares, 1 
o harro 
only half, a day, r they 
Py da ay. As 
fru: uitful ; Ga such 
j 
aie [horned beasts] an 
is the ere e also of the sam 
with 2} cwt. of wee a of lime per acre, sown 
| Pr ovision and muintenance of an 
broadcast. 
Thi ew, lies | 
e| Clarke has only occupi 
pao sr and vay suitable for this 
ied the farm arm go ing of three ye pars, 
. | and to m 
as we uld ‘lite we br 
| (if need pa sufficient help to chattel our ground w 
e it more fru For besides the compost 
s, dii 
a 
TE 
ie ew 
very g 
f white marl, which į 3 rae > o grent 
been under very 
force, 
three- 
that 2f£ 3+ h 
by the preceding tenant, as Mr. Clar and the w d 
have had a bagi battle this summer ty the ery, 
patty! the w showing aed peer “ont, vad 
orki (rr 
score years, it shall not need o pow her er compost- 
ing . - Certainly it [the iji P i even 3 now in these 
r rl it hai 
still 
| evidently Svan 
J S 
1 ph 
propery thinned, the roo 
ong. They were very so 
| places where the seed hi 
Tu ur 
nips had been sown, but e ha ad done i inju ry to 
an 
reap at this present pes comm 
n Th 
The sae that 
men are grow n to be more gerry skilful pe 
> | through Tooo Sys of gain, than heretofore Brst have 
been; insomuch that my Sychroni, or ag ws, Can 
ity 
e pasture of this island is ‘according | to the 
nature, R bounty of the soil, whereby 
Robert Birch, of Netherton, near Liverpool; t 
Ee ene the a aoe we “eae Turnips, not less 
an4 acres nor more than 8a 
242 Pa cres being in Swedes 
"fala sandy loam, and the subsoil sand and foxbench.; 
drained. Field was in Wheat last year. 
drills the first week in May, 
with 20 tons o: 
of superphosphate °F 
‘Si ern lies but a few miles from the sea, bi 
no grea A canal runs |, team 
course al eat elevation 
pl te field in Swedes has 
us been well drained, and is 
red me. The drills 27 inches 
the bulbs 12 inches in ‘ill, land 
d the crop very uniform throughout. 
eens but mat bulbs were pouan 
small t and little 
the Turnips, The average ee per acre, 35 tons, 
17 cwt. O qr., 16 lbs.—Inspected October 22d, 1857. ~ 
HUSBANDRY IN LDEN TIME. 
[Taken from Mr. Har eed Notes on Goat House and F: 
Accounts of the Shuttleworths, of Gaui rpo Hall ka Pte 271. Pa | is 
cm ancient at book ae Piata (wri mp. 
Edw 1307 ) pete that farmer | 
a team 
£1 
e yea r 
wo | the rising of such prt toons, 
as ay or violent fals of ia tn: that dese 
er 
plentiful, Byes) fine, be 
ae fatteth our wit 
eat abundance 
sees ck 
| Yellowes — and finest cheese made . Our 
meadow: either bottoms (oliera we have 
m | great wt ag ye v we large, because our soil 
hilly) or else such wi pis Jand 
and pedi eee the best and finest pasturag: 
The first of them and thet ‘ovetinweay by 
s pass throu ogi "o a 
e the 
g 
nd 
The other are seldom or hone ota 
Berg 
aon 
horses 0 mh while the expense of 
h les 
me 
bri hie w] toa now) 
A 
r dres sing the 
the fold ein i faor every night till it has gone over | mead 
that is the cause wherefore thei is 
mG eu es that of the bottoms, and yet it is e 
fine, wholesome, and batable, sith the hay E our low 
ows, is not only full of sandy cinder, which hbro 
the e heme by which the labourer is saved of carry- 
gt the | essing from the farm-yar ard. It was then 
and fall of flags, and therefore not so petal g 
dif- 
E e vary good: vera 
e, 30 tons and a few pounds. EERS 
| make a cut of cheese (256 Ibs.) and a mat a a gallon | 
of butter per we ek; that the worst of ares cows would | 
meads be. 
1857. 
“Me | give a cheese wor rth $d. in two io an = ern he one good [wain] load of hay, or peradventure a little 
wot ana Cook, cx a Queda, ot nos teams | | of butter in a week, making 23d. a Ewes’ milk | more, in = : of grow ound, in low meadows 
aa nor itore than 4, 2/. 4 was then used, ani ns the ae of 20, wat kapt, was io sometimes three but common! nly two or upward, as - 
acres; in Swedes 2} acr Soil a sandy to that of thre ee COWS was then usual to rience hath oft i i 
1a subsoil of sand, clay, and PE ORN Land | bushels of Oats on an NeR and the calculation speak not, sith their later math is holesome 
heat last year. that if the lord got only thrice the quantity when for cattle as the first, although in the month more 
drills on the 5th of May. Manured threshe as not repaid its ; hich cost etfs or pours ce Pago thereby they become often= 
. of superphosphate | nothing is reckoned for manuring the land, or its rent, | t increase so fast in blood, that 
5 or for threshing and winnowing the corn. the oe ree a nine ary Pomc or murrain] and other 
accounts of the bailiff of a manor near Reigate, Surrey, in | diseases do Spits many of them, before the pions 
tt, The field bas been well drained, has a 
easy to snte and ibe oy 
sandstone: ag alge 27 
i iis ie pat io 
tal not suffered from mildew. Bulbs very sound, 
is IER near the sea, very little 
: ie mark, and has a canal running}. 
Land Dales clean, ies crop uniform, | | 
esne | can seek out wa “ee a phlebotomy s or 
re The 
„ corn- ere is also “much 
if you 
12 e for r ploughing (fed on Oats and = ay) ho one sto 
Sens for harrowing), a goat and a sow: s me 
oned. The etal tock included, a i plough, mad a cart 
le fenla & 
i 
, | twelve bushels, an 
t |O 
well ea and one will yield commonly 
acre ies ey thinks aie of 
such like four or five quarters; w hich pro- 
portion is sotwithstandin ing oft it 
north, as it is rene rA surmounted in 
Beans, sow ether, Tares 
ia 
. ier tee over 
Sy . y good. 
age E oa 224, 1857, 
URZEL.—Mr, J Birch, 
eta an ioctl, for ire , of Sefton, n 
ason tog 
and Oats (hich they oa bniviony ) Rye and Wher 
‘a acres, and the quantity in Man 
Black peaty soil on clay, sand, and 
otra and the field in Grass last 
jae. 
good d; 
bushel, Peas 5d.. and Tar 
er keeping the lord’s 
t, 
nd 5 
balance of only 12 
Liv a tairi i as nb pkd “(bid- abe: was a day’s 
kind, | W Sete = Sa st t by arpaa A yng at the seed eorn) of | named mise n, here is n op place peak; yet their 
mo PP yield is nev rertheles halter There rton, as I 
n 1385 total g1 į 
an e "disbursements 71. Os. He. leaving a in 
ENGLISH versus SCOTTISH THRESHING 
MACHINES. : 
PuBLIC attention has been directed of late to i 
© 
into Scotland 
es 4d. A co 
pigs for 6d. exch. The faye sho 
The minds of Scotch 
lough in repair fear Wh 
P 
year’s hte, E of a blacksmith) w making a 
farmers Pe 
t improvements in those to which- 
they bats long been accustomed. The 
new one out of t the ee ng [kid] 
good 4. The ceoht h ag 
. gai weight, 
48 tons per acre.—Inspected od Ont, 
; aps a 
ned two acres of meadow 
s and Tares 4d. - per | as 
cost Is. ; threshin ng Wheat, ? 
T oe ons i eS ng 
late years been 
as to the most pete forms t fortas 
acre 6d., Peas 
p or 8s.4d. 
and the best way 0! 
we! ti to Fe: most pro 
used, and of c crops to to be 
Se 
we 
a year; two ploughmen. or yearl 
one 5s. 6d., the other Be. They had pottage, outing 
f Oats. Two bus ni of 
s$. yearly. 
Orrell, near Liverpool; as 
tenant and 
‘op of any kind, not less than 2 acres | 
be 
ro 
in Mangel 2 acres. | 
ope and — 
Grass (mown) last year; 
Oat were on an acre, by In 
the manor rking in the same appenrs by 
| the bailiff’s accounts that the aens 
communibus is. An ox vg bod 
8s., its hide 12d., rabbits 34d. he forefeet F 
ploughing oxen and karalis geri were shod at 
sow 
Ci 
ed 
of Do 
Ai 
prov: 
the fi ‘nie rent to the 
wage t armer to PLE and have a reasonable profi 
pen aed, ie 
— ‘both in 
when the crop was cut down by means 
efficient « e 
and ev ed head of the grain laid in its 
of teethed hoo 
