3 
promising. "E 
01 
3 
off by our old Scotch fanners, 
Ulover 
. The 
eady for 
ven thick crop and full of Clov er. 
‘Archimedian screws, carrying S | and the master, though at a considerable distance from th 
ed, as Mr. Hislop has | offices, if he has a cu ear will be able to tell if the mill is | VE Second, third, 
general height of our buildings, | properly ot, noir Sy by ies sound which will be carried to pies rth Reg s seeds, clean and productive. The 
r might be de of the a Rod Ses e (ere Pee is altoget is ——— ee Pa ab wits = concern exhibiting ps skill and energy in 
eto run the grain to the blasts, glad to hear Mr. Hope thro some suggestione as to tha [t e itineaoues of both farm and live stock Th k 
ntion of reciprocating or other | elem f judgment to We-taken mto account in awarding | is well bred pare in high condition, but we k not 
ire to some extent an increase of the 1 mie ai aeiy is most impo ; and there is one point | the most profitable breed for the district. luau 
mire t g fi in particular to which he would direct attention, viz.—a fair | 4 5, 1857.” 
ra attention and greater expense for and full trial o he machines entered for competition. nii 
isfied with the sl the 
t e right o i e trials in m N 
it iffidence, I believe yard, r pt up to amuse mere sight-seers, | 
ffer with Safira that the High- | and thus help to swell the receipts at the gates. To show he | Achicwos. 
ith me in thy Fors Pures ER importance of this subject he supposed that the whole of e | 
one w in oter: an Wheat crop of 1856, in Scotland, had been threshed by Scotch i 
hing machines to be exhibited at th achines of equal efficiency to those used by Mr. Hope and The Corn, Bean, and Manget Planter. By Sigma. 
oe it hope a still more§ handsome one | him. | By the agricultural stati A 7,270,952 bushels 5th edit. J. rs deg Piccadilly. 
an . Wheat were produced 56, which is equal to 908, 
t y for the Edinburgh quarters, and: aa Ss. per Onne amma aa. obtained for | The instrument described in this pamphlet has been 
which s be adopt the English threshed than for the Scotch threshed there | i tly brought under the notice of our readers, 
equire some consideration. | was a loss of 227,217/. to ither in these columns or by adverti sone 
lea 
the farmers of Scotland from | 
crop 1856, from ge the latter instead of the former. E 
; g th = 
the first and greatest point t b fi N | will be said that it was not at all lo oss, as the pigs would g 
or the pefe Eei ion of the grain from | some of it ; ;-true, but there is no profit in giving to pigs vat 
ascertained by the self- paat ste: that is good for man, and slovenliness in on 
This can 
antities of similar straw and hs lead to sovenes in others. 
or socie iy 
E test of is ma 
ts ftn ness for use on large farms seems sufficiently 
well attested by the following letter t that we give it here 
to induce a Jary ger trial than has yet obtained of a very 
useful ti 
the 
tor each machine, and then weighing the e produce. to deal with. ‘It has shown ‘its. ety in the subject by pr e Glebe, Strangford, Monay Down, Ireland, 
p I iar to to be t posing the subject for iscussion, and by offering a pretty lar; ber Basa z 1857. 
the machine and the number of sep um for the best threshing machine, to be competed for i Sir, a maa o had my land I find I have 265 
ht also d Fie 1859; but whatever the expense, it must see that there be a | Stat ute ; it is to be all planted v with Wheat, some of it for 
fs made in it. This test might also be a e se’ | fair and fulltrial of the machines when brought forward. It | the third time, all ot it for the third time in grain: about 
each si eparation t rough a dressing | is rich, and is yearly laying past money; it has now a large | 18 acres have already been n seeded with the Corn Planter, 
t ET left | sinking fund, and it can therefore well afford a good sum for | Which implement has ai its work well so far. Part of the 
d g the p good among a the tail. | carrying ou’ ovement so much desired as that of the | Wh ‘ag rE ay is as se , So that it is impossible for 
oe bra RD ail; threshing machi We must bearin mind that the useful- | Me t any positive opinion what the result will be. 
ht be t the unbroken statue Of the | ness and-wealth of a society such as this is not sho n by its | The SATA is prag working as well as the first day it was 
h, the licity of construction, | always ad to its sinking fund, n by the amount of obliga lac s gdes r: a aem ae pote the ee rr 
: -liability of = machine to ge ital it has in the bank. Its usefulness and capital are Rush away, % ne with his where practicable, 
sagi, fnish, and non-liability $r fhe rather shown in the zeal which it excites in its members, and | 0r he must use the implement slowly and lightly. I think 
e req pate in the improvements which are originated and carried t by | that on stony ground this will be an i ble objection to 
eyed, 6th. Perceptible; oe its aid ; and the interest of that capital is something far better ocr ep to be seb ap eg ry horse wit Se I find that 
wW. d lasting tha it ; itis there planting and covering in the seed amounts to 3s. 8d. per ac 
slifying | it ag -amongs stra O | an more ing mere money in’ itis t ity ofits of | ages shore acs lower than in England, however I am gi ving 
yat large, and the 
it would confer | members 
ical Ohta on t the stan > gan also intending 
alae 
e judges 
> y 
he o peg d drum pres machin 
patent w: 
He did a not know wha $e 
wr te. 
Waller said the peg drum Heed an American invention, 
wan 
d 
komn the distant Pacific, we sow sta rom the nature of its construction, it must break the 
in straw. 
rvest our grain, and then Maclagan : e drum which I us 
age pecentag goof it it av ay. I trust the’ EEA A per (ormod ca ve Baas he cs ie , and not by 
when improved t espe | beating. There are rows of buttons on the ene and by on 
gt as that y farm ne the concave, which Kipari rub against one another on ,the 
r N, A grain, exactly as if the in was held in the ee and 
| — a satisfaction p of knowing that no | rub The straw came out tennttelly unbroken. It was so 
what cos good that gerne a me after that I used Aipa 
go been for he sorta my Turn: ing it for some other 
fier h` threshing ge 
beet The: following is s the peal of the: Manclissti 
w Liverpool’s Agr ral Inspectors :—‘ The farm 
contains 153 acres. epai 22 acres ; peer sorte 
seeds mown, 59 acres; Wheat after root crop, 23 
Potatoes, 20 acres ; area ah ha es ; Mangel, 2} sere 
pee a h S; gerden, orchard, 
eat, 22 a 
mestea a, &e., 2 age otal 153 
vor 2d, Wheat ; 3d, Barley ; 
years. 
lish dmm and shaker, t» for which .—15 dairy sows 1l stirks and heifers, 
ox, 
We add another testimonial on the same weit 
more wont Aa wet the sake, of Si weaned comments on 
Mr. Piper’s sys of Wheat cultivation 
Rohe ws your ee relativ. 
“Sir, al to the Corn 
e has not ked so well as 
P: 
Planter, I beg to inform ypa 
I could ome wished. It w: mer oe depositor, planting the 
seed 1 apart on the Lois. Weedon system. I 14 acre 
alsoon rea ommended by Mr. Piper ; the o 
it soon wea _ way of doing so, but one h 
i the 
never did i well, consequently one of the rows 
the quantity on is 2 pecks per acre had 
to sow the seed on the Lois-Weedon s: 
ben of es ino ya with the imperfect 
w 
> it ~~ a avons, stiff clay. I should have used the planter 
for 3 acres more, but coul co uence of the wet 
weather. - Mye experiments are onan $ acre field well drained. a4 i: 
h opini 
ion of ay implement, nothing ca: 
arpani 
ioe Kee than its work w. raain the brushes fects "The 
ean skop yee: bed, fee a larger Planter a man may 
ame af well. aterat I was not able to super- 
ate pilin, ly the mba tT jeer no ee I e SO 
rk would have been done well. Your t, 
On the above letter the author of the ARTT says :— 
“The fault i in the above > implement was | that the middle 
hole, 
all that was necessary was to take out the bar and rime 
yy 
the hole larg er 
not in fault. If the fe ree himself had superintended 
the workmen for about ten minutes, he would have 
seen in a moment that something was wrong, and by 
he above sim e rectified it. My 
opinion with regard to Mr. Piper’s is, that it 
might prove valuable on very light soils, particularly in 
the fi ens, where i would give a solid and firm bed for 
the Wheat plant far as I have tried it on a stiff wet 
clay, it has ; not answ _ I have made two ex experi- 
P= Mollison and M‘Vitie, of Earlston, | _ “ Live Stoc. 
oe prec which they have done by 6 calves, 6 aos 1 colt, and 8 pigs; total, 47. The 
and shakers, and a them by a | horned cattle all pure short-horns, except one Ayrshire 
m with patent boa anap cas welts | e0 Fed on Grass and Clover in summer, and in 
wi on hay, roots, > Makes annually about 
> and 300 tons of manure, and applied to Potato crops. Pur- 
2 to its proper | chases annually t 150 tons a ċow and horse 
= Potatoes. "This year bought 15 to guano an 
early = = of a manure, a applied to Grass 
ps, and Mangel. The whole farm has been 
ig | dried, he rice poe tiles. Eradicated a 
ol think many new ones. 
Those pet in th Ate 
“ Inspectors’ Remarks.—This farm lies in a good 
climate rs “the banks of the Mersey. Tts Pan ace is 
level, the soil a good sandy loam, on a subsoil of sand 
and i with red marl be low. _ The fields are well 
was not planted till ‘ove In the first ex fac 
the land had been voghi but had become solid on 
lanted the seed about 1 inch 
dee] eep, but ee e I could get the holes 
covered in; ithe result is a set uneven plant, and birds 
eian rape it could 
(el 
yee 
experi 
tI think it very. 7 likely it may y do. 
r 
4 J 
La 
4 
P Te 
Tta LoT +}. 
rs. 
o 
t | is som cen meat on a Nae pat em heh run 
, | through the centre of the ‘wee 
| outbuildings are arranged 
neates’ 
Poe farm house ja 
modi 
bee: seeding, and covered in te the .common 
harrow (which I thi Ili it would 
d hnt it d 
and convenient, in a 
fields, oo si f equal size, and the fences- 
has bee 
‘ order. The same may be said "o the aeea and | not as yet a iina, but there has not pine time eA it. 
TIA as there are 7 orchard, hei Be of prc on ling extent. The fences|I think that if instead of November the he seed been 
lth ed so nearly with the results of are mostly raised, i are now well grown, and | planted in August or September, it would then vegetate 
sernents, wit the the permission of the mest- = rimmed i a hog Toh and is mon free from ses E AA or it if not hoed; but 
y description of 2 _in eight | really my experiments are not worth niuch; all that 
ited in a wet, stiff, im- 
w : 
cultivatable, ae the exiles of the ixt of Peis gn om e 7l. 15s, 9d. per acre, while 
weight per cashed, namely p a lp | 2cres of winter Potatoes exceedingly vigorous and not] for the next four years, en the twelfth year 
ily superior, both in appearan a weed ingt t = Fou of early ones had fa the 
no broken’ grain. | been taken 1 up, and a healthy E Swedes and Man- This gentle man must have great ay Stic 5 
pees» gels growing on the same land, The Swedes had been so lant te net ae ee beng ers 
sown in the intervals betw each row of the arly bserving how it takes u 
Potatoes, before the crop was taken.up, and thus a full ber of grains, AFPA 
and weighty crop will n ined. The head-ridges being Nas Wey SA ine aie cong md aod Ido 
‘ound the root crops = aree e aen and a | not think myself it sultan f ior land fl pen for after 
lthy crop of planted ing on Hine pakab ae an allotted num! “ae ages aa the 
. The Wheat a tk, beat, Ba crop, anà | small atei di presses the aa ty es eos 
ready for cutting. Began t the ih we sigh raid bia woes very i, 
ERER Fue i oe as | Barley equally and pride and ready for ing: + It is not here stated whether these experiments are all 
of Sown down with Clover and seeds, which are ‘dick an carried out with the 
the mill. This isa ari 
