348 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
tion; many of them broken, others entir rely choked, 
[APRIL 24, ai, 
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and the remainder pean filled with a HOWA RDS P R IZ E RID G I N G P L 0 U GH 
vegetable matter. e secret of this lies undoubtedly SRM ' 
in ı the shi allow depth at ae | they were placed, From a E 
g the tile is in many cases . 
sev cal inches less than a foot s 
anything more, Whether eficient drainage was ever 
accomplished by them: we posse 
serviceable. We have laid, and are till laying, pipes 
on the same ground, at a ne deol of 3 feet 
with the fullest success. Now this is a clay so stiff 
n 
that, notwithstanding the et season we have passed 
a rangi we have daily obse ae ee some 18 inches of 
ng a distance of o only 1 
ini ps fast à 7 f 
J g porns 
equal depth. 7. 2. -. in Leami ington Cour 
ut in the state named it 
is evident they could not be in the fev tre degree 
An En agamen Unit.—Now, as I ‘aed e never put veh belie il et panne asamp ins, isc FSN2, Ts oe) ie 
forth an y pretensi ions asa ‘ari and aspire With Two: Wheels 185 0G Bae" Bee SRO poe hg a 2 ; : 
possession o l iority, I may frankly If with a Marker as above, to regulate width cf idge n Mi xtra 07 § 
make the eat rv I do not know the general J. & F. HOWARD al Vea 
weight of an acre of Gra: etal cut for h Further, Free Delivery to Birmingham, Bristol, Derb , Gloucester, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Nottingh: = 
I hs > — of 1 my neighbours, but not | Wisbeach, and Worcester. 7: ottingham, Retfog, Tetin, 
with any one that has ascertained it. Iset my 
man to measure off a square yard of Grass in the HOWARDS’ NEW CATALOGUE, Cher i prices and description of their Patent Ploughs, sey 
ae that he uld make 14 to 1} tons of | Double-breast or Ridging Ploughs, Harrows » Horse Rakes, and other Im plements, sent free o; n application ty 
hay per acr , n an nd to weigh, 
JAMES & FREDk. HOWARD, Britannia Iron Works, Bedford, 
— 
un 
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te at present I c; man ‘ought 
it would be a “tidy. bait for a ape donkey: ” but that 
an old cow would soon tuck it down.” 
THE SEVENTH THOUSAND OF 
FERRABEE’S LAWN-MOWING MACHINES 
FITTED WITH EVERY IMPROVEMENT, ARE NOW BEING SENT OUT. 
Calendar of of Operations. 
APRIL RIL. 
IsLE or ELy.—Since our last report we have had some very 
sudden and extreme changes in the. weather. . It was then, 
after a severe and probracten frost which had retarded field 
rations considerably, beginning to assume the character o! 
opened upon with the most stormy and wie 
the whole season, closed with a si of the mee creat sun- 
shine and midsummer temperature ; but this 00 good 
to last,” ‘and April brought with it a iif to S oM biting 
winds, g~ keen withering frosts, and this weather still con- 
ining A 
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pe E large and i increasing sale of these Machines conclusively proves that they are RT for —_ 
workmanship, sim: perp ce! icity a pe mag and efficiency in poperation.; ; and while their = ae is ade maini ana 
Makers, a reference to t below shows the terms on which they are sold to to beth ost advantageo 
PRICE LIST, sistnitng oe to any Railway Station in England and Wales:— 
nigh 
show ald’ oben very soon change their a) Parente 4 
and woald Dapa a vigour and hranei A aa edie we 
would affo: 
the rain fell in torrents, and much of the low and achine, cutting 12 inches wide, » for one man .. £t ? 0] Machine, cutting 22 inches wide, for a pony.. .. £615 * 
has been inundated, whilst in the north ha of deep Machine, cutting 16 inches wide, for bd man 0 Machine, cuti tting 26 inches wide, for a pony.. 809 
snow drifts, and impeded railway c. vej Machine, cutting 19 inches wide, for man and boy.. z v 6| Machine, cutting 28 inches wide, for a horse le ; 
missed both the ‘ floods” of the hea l of snow, | Machine, cu cutting 22 inches wide, for man and boy.. 6 0 0 Machine, cutting 36 inches wide, for a horse 16 
and had only a slight fall of rain not sufficient to make a drain al 
anywhere. The cold weather makes the spring com come The 12-inch Machine is a most handy size for a small Law it is ale 
up very tardily. Some of pos first sown is showing itself, but 
t 
all and the of it affords 
convenient to have one of t them aimag a Pony or Horse M: ehtii is employed to cut the cas pe thel E; Machine cannot 
d | work. The Horse Machin cone ry strongly constructed, with cylind f large diameter, adapting them to cut the longest 
and coarsest Grimes Gs with in Pleasure Grounds, eg a the ries ate onulig 2 ee ari 
Sold b n 4} } 
J> Åj i 
CAUTION. Disk, RS i R San T oe ee 
AUTION. 
Jas. FERRABEE & Co. of 
JAMES FERRABEE & C0., Phenix Iron Works, Stroud, Gloucestershire 
LAWN MOWING MACHINES, | 
SAMUELSON’S REGISTERED LAWN MOWERS, 
With 
. 4 ILo f PH Janes. 
J 
le has been m: appears a growing conviction 
that winter keeping is scarce, and that the next two months’ 
= of both beef and m mutton must be considerably smaller. 
Vy; ices 
th Boyd’s Patent Self-cleaning and Sharpening Apparatus attached. 
peike 
€ 0 rn. trade has 
again rallied, and prices are slightly improved. ‘tp upplies as we Prices, delivered to almost any Railway Station :— 
intimated last month have shortened considerably, and we 
if becor large as 
estion if the me as as they SAMUELSON’s 
were a month ago. But we leave the Suture to re itself in SAMUELSON’s | wirH Boy's 
da rks es whilst peiye to improve the present. Your Fen ye Piiri 
n April 1d. VEMENT. 
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in alake for man and i . 2 
otice: ces to Correspo Sens wide, for man and Poly: eae on o o 73 10 0 
: eet oil t 22 thaliss wide, for man and Dy.. 615 0 76 0 
22 inches wide, for man atid bo ë è 60 0 690 
19 inches wide, for one man 517 6 6 2 6 
16 inches wide, for one man $ 510 0 515 0 
12 inches wide, for one man 5 0 410 0 
9 inches wi wide, for narrow | borders, without 
registered wheels 210 0 215 0 
reg E 1858, stort to Bo for 
e ia ym ni ’s 
eer addition to there is anhines 
swe shy Eee ea not to pur- 
gh that has not 
Me B Boyd's ste imeem” And, 
Mer ee bot a vement is simple 
and ei i an: 
A be 
paths: Mowe to while ch itisas 
tial as a strop is 
gdom; to M. O. Ga 
tural Sanariacdits Cr ial Palace, Sye den- 
to ham ; or to the Sole Manufacture "4 
: as not having epi in the 
with either the health or fecundit y of the | 
