368 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
* wihitqit fact and =2 feet wide, and is inclosed by a | reduce a crop one-half in quantity, and very con | tos o 
water-ti; tight ool te 13 "ok high at the lower side and both ends. siderably i in quality. The best and only remedy |e 
The gablo of Aa oT aoao inelosai Vag y eier oe gapir 9 hy moving the soil by assiduous tillage. Cabbages 
next ard ; t t of this side is open to the yard for the 
admission and abstraction of the manure. It has four raised | plan nted indifferently on flat, or ridge- -work, the latter 
1 e 
of facts accumulates S to an 
essed with a a e SEDRE at 
roofs thus resting on the wall an against the gable of cow- 
Te ns © pope deplete ys Day dyes worse £ theridges. My last were upon the flat in 3-feet spaces 
water. e roofs are com e A 
ra! , which are sheathed eee zi Indl vards, and over this nares, The ma hoi -h two S 
M‘Neill’s felt, which, when nailed on =n d 4-inch tacks, receiv: way ; the nd second without the mo ard, 
two good coats each of boiled coal-tar, mi h a sufficient | the'rest with it. They require to be hand-hoed thrice, but | tion ha me hatch whieh Fi 
antity of red ochre to giveit a brown colour. e bottom ofthe t ea ration hanid: Be f the horse-hoe, about | recurs tartare) te 
midden stead is dished, and water ght, with an inclination ti Tn leah 
to the liquid manure tank at the lower end of the midden. | thr nth after p nting. In planting, 
other roofed midden stead syste the centre of an | the sets should ‘te dropped at due distances by children, 
adjoining parallelogram yard. A prer ona oi Sie: PEN i these fo ate ig bby th a 10, provided with 
stands ee ter shed of the Gireshing machine. The two act ai t in this manner | farses 3 
ower end ny slated sheds, for fat cattle and young ick to ıstance, a 
Ea opening into tl This midden-stead, as 3 q co n hand, m aor woman, 
ds in the centre of tho yard, hip apy! ra round it: 1 p | wil] f Sood 
i o wide. Itis walled 4 feet hi rom 
cole daa of A home zA both sides and one end ; w other end nearly double In the early | culture of ra ie crop it w: 
manure. On i : z r 
are cast iron pi:lars 6 feet high, supeeting a double oblong roof feet eee the plants; but it has become the fashion 
ri. i a zi 
to 
- h of this distance ; nor do I hear of 
valley and all round the eaves off the rain water. All mig to abate muc ie cnt at present goe 
the buildi: gs surrounding the yards are also guttered at the thirty y D es 
eaves for the same p . The bottom of this midden-gtead quent], it is Fei 
is also dished, and water a aa likewise A the saie) jn ade ged t T at i amiar i is mo; n equi to lar arge ERA 
tank as the other. In the tank isa hand pump, the nozzle o! Ea 
which is at a sufficient elevation to ae the liquid on bulk ; but on none head tha bist the  eultivalor was ridiculed, 
the saa of the a be A- midden, which is done every must be determined by | the nature and quali a (0 
Saturday by ns of leaden pipes fixed into a bea Peon "5000 to 0,000 plants 
trough ss the neg of ae pump. The litter from the stables eofland,? M. S 
and milch cow-houses is daily deposited in the midden-steads, | © X 
and the urine is conveyed to a tank by me: tiled drains, [enn an core ror ee 
“and also ine, soapsuds, &c., from the neighbourin 
cottages. In addition to this, the Grass mowings of the lawn, Soc feties. 
rT oe hear Bp ge -i the poler par on scourings of = 
C] ges an itches, ashes, ust, and in “hye ever. 
kind of rubbish is layered on bho hea e heaps, which a er dis YAL AGRICULTURAL OF E 
tur the manure is rai x Councin, April rh Lord Baesa oiua 
It is plain that in this way the sabia b hi dent, i in A tho air. -oim nications were rec e ived 
of the Tana wk sagt Ra vans bene weak a: mane 4 | from Mr. Duckham on the deiablenesk of the Society’s| | 
rially, is reduced to minimum. I now come | Country Meeting for 1862 being held at Hereford, and 
to modifications Si bg gria aoc common methods | of that county being represented in the Council on the 
ing mi z Aali give you the plan |nomination of members resident within it; and fro 
adopted by. Mr. Finnie, of wanston, as described by _| Mr. W. ne Pelee of Notting Hill, on the establishment 
him oree m Highland akara and that by od a permanent depdt in the e neighbourhood of London 
Lawrence, of Cirencester. or the exhibition of live stock and implements. 
CTURE.—Dr. Voelcker, consulting chemist to the 
Society, then delivered before the members the follow- 
Home Co orresponden ing lecture, “On Agricultural Chemist try in its relation 
Cabbage Cte —The fi following passageon thosubjct, to the Cultivation of Root Crops,” ` Lord Berne: 85 | ro 
taken from the ge oe Boy May e “New Farmer’s | President, in the Chair :— 
Calendar,” thougi n 60 caus 2 is sufficiently My LORD Sich GeNTLEMEN,—If ther: e ever yas s tine oe 
rire Thomann rig ot Cag |x is Eass aor Ak 
Ping woi fae extends from Ma arc ch to Jun e; but upon | which a kno wledge of science is of more direct use than in 
m soca 64 it is England. ‘There are various circumstances which 
oto can be placed on the pein of the 
iis Se beyond the last week in September; and as 
four months at least are requsite to „bring the Cabbage cal Ene 
tome maturity a and l its full weight, a 
plan ting add todhia the risk of 
Certainly in no try is iculture in such advance 
on ught, on account of which the e plants may not Har ~ state as in England ; sei pin easy to demonstrate, if it were 
several weeks, JI have tried experimentally the , that in countries in which agriculture has reached a 
met! of sowing and planting. i , | high state of perfection, resources are open to the cultivato 
May, and A ensures a succession, es | of ae soil, which, in less favourable conditions, 
the Cabbage culture. The earliest sowing is the regular tick — P a ee oo he ieee oy č 
and usual one, and if the e plants be out in good time, | blessed with intelligent proprietors, and with large tenant- 
will produce a perfect crop, as heavy and frequently as | farmers, who, in the present state o agriculture, find it im- 
forward as i, t sown in autumn. TÌ e obi wat possible to overlook al ther the resources which red 
Aiai i Sigs tai the leita ivari to the do yen ulturist by science. But it is foreign my object 
sowing is o e plani orwarde. „and to dwell upon a comparison between English and Continen 
the Cal ofal ze, which end is sometimes agri mire I allude the subject here, in order briefly to 
‘emark upon t ity which I believe Sant t the eres 
ti fa mure extensive cultivation of the s yof “iy Fl 
th of the generation of eu aside 
country is thi e irable than in England. mt 
better instruction among every class of me: t 
culture. e landlord may derive great ad 5 
vinced, if he have a knowle f the rudiments of science, for 
it will enable him ait once between the suggestions 
man of science, se ich e 
those whi mana’ 
en that are ren ractical 1 arr scientific, which a much 
dulesaictens to thro w diser cii 
and thus retard e 
s 
nd he; y 
;| not a clear appreciation of as circumstances which regula 
the Palae of artificial manures, are entirely at the ercy of | ™ 
men who designedly see rs i 
che: 
everybod: ringa k: 
ledge of chemistry. It would be ridiculous, I think, to teach 
the agricultural labourer a, agricultural chemis istry ; nor would it 
t be wee Sore mag ed small tenant ane should occupy his 
be 
mical knowled; He requires to be m r i 
eminen ently a prati man, and to "be satisfied with simple pean habitehle: epot m aaa 
d he will realise little benefit if he employ his time in SE 5 ica, o te nl ehornistry in its a 
the at study of a Eonia which, i in his position of lifo, will be uur CO . "Agricul rop ‘and hitherto 
of comparatively little practical utility, y, ince he fir a scope ethe 
for the se of such superior know! » But na  auostion 
is qui t with the landed nebea ya and t 
er who even a moderately sized farm. There bata 
all times, been excellent practical men who do not pretend, 
ve to 
Detter san and the quicker ‘i spring 
better also. These last should pa 
w, at t time, if they had those facilities 
AN which are now offered to the ris ng generation in ring taii 
out so soon, my last | knowledge of science, more especially chemical science. They must hen ate “so fe 
One ht not are, be nen = vd to ven Lot =y sons an thoes spate 
‘ependent upon them the means of no mly acquiring ra 
ure, as no underling | the experience which by a long process they have peent led; 
e is necessary to fill accumulated, but to extend that experience, and I beli believe 
oe as as | there no be mode of rapidly acquiring p expe- 
emies: ce and extending our knowledge of practical matters than 
>ja study of the princi on which ulture is fe ; 
zad a pins when | more a e ily principles, 2 minently t 
whieh tender ore unsound | calculated to get e: perience; for wha nce after all, but al pul 
worm ich matic arrangement of well-authenticated facts ? mate 
n any aad ie i = 
MEAE take anaes a cereale to Moses the er ate 
up ba su 
= ap labours with practical m: ares i 
e better calculated to show more t direct bi a 
seid eh Im h 
A . an eurly stage of almost any practical eae ion there is no 
lattes pa which scope for the exercise of scientifie applications ; the facts are 
ts, will sometimes | limited, and they can be easily recollected, but when the 
