LL 
Ft will now be inter g for 
7 pebole t the various field experiments 0 
THE eee GAZETTE. 407 
itrogenous fargo gsi 
n the coat of | soda—the nitrate ac 
ew iat mo! 
inferiority; the table 
rapidly of performances being somewhat as follows :— 
ivi en amount of Proved; m supplied. The action of the a| : 
g 
— of produce, when | p 
= 
ple, addition of nitrogenous manu 
_ ion, enormous crops were rais 
n without manure year 
EF 
ieee 
- jp this 
ina me iin 
3 en successive Turnip pk had been grown, the 
“Here then is a Pepe aie upon the produce of 
Barley by growing itin a rotatio: even unmanured— 
urely 
Barley ft ‘eg 
3 Ti ficially exhausted co cation pan iar that range of root in the soil, it wil 
gem pA rapidly enough in 
h for 
aa judges of threshing BNA at Chester are 
aralleled amount of labour 
admixture | 
i ms bes been fous ka xo S oved unmanured or| with a small repa A 5 Hg onto guagr: “of lime o 
[agi mine <a Sada “Turnip ai was far | other g 
qm t coulteral yield It was seen that | being equal, the later the gine is sown the less should | 
re to land | be the proportion of nitrogen i and the 
‘When gre that of 
rt 
Other things | 
i produce was consider: abr o i a Sie the suc- ee athe a favourable development and maturing | 
aion of Turnip crops. On this land mineral manur 
somewhat increased the produc ut, as onthe e | 
Tornip-ex usted land, cea manure: a 
much 4 strikingly. In both era indeed, the T THRE SSPN rons on lege mes . | 
* “. ral d nin p Mente, er Para addresse: , Council of the 
sount of available nitrogen supplied e Agricultural Society at their Bae vast ea 
goon pocferivenie of t 
ps trials and their entre princip 
„by in 
of ean Barley, Clover, Whea! 
TAA 
theamount of p: 
rade supply i be e necessary mtd o constituents ‘of aia 4 naar ak 
; 7 ht x gra’ Troms Ass sat hanp x =e to perform, if left to he ers t previous plan 
fy ron 4 pa pa a waltivatio ‘th bo or agreement the many points of excellence and defect 
nies and Stine cropping, the conclusion of a eon x pre a sai perf i —s emmi ea 
; ya sed n Seat psa ne ie eiren mend the ereatione. This of a Table or Schedule of points 
i ; n . J or observation orm 
ar eo oe 
furthe f that obtained after a:series cart time in discussion as k ae bases of their examination, 
i all c= angea se anda valuable statistical detail of facts and criticism 
mnmanured Turnip crops. for the public. 
machines is ascertained b 
reggae! 
y 
es and con- 
the prizes being 
he opinion of the 
manure, the peoe of Barley was less than after the | 
on the land, greatly i increa rigs the subse 
anlty it larger crops of the roots arbi ¢ one Gat | | Jer emanenti possess the larges st bal 
Now to gio re Pao 
in 
trial in work is 
ger a : machine i is engaged i in 
th 
unmamred Tu j rnips. Here too, then, the produce of | desirable; bec 
Barley cine, Buk either ti unusual exhaustion iy threshing the seine Sanur will 
Turnips on nes land, rm residue of a mia cena; eel for Bi aking, riddling, a 
and winnowing 
f the time occupied in examining | 
san peba nitr Seige ho r Turnips the mechanical heare and workmanship may be eco 
t tat off or the vita con of } d (I believe) by m ote 
Tarnips sory he of the constructive detail. T p 
mo- 
ofj“ 
Name of Exhibitor. 
ose w 
| | g 
| > 
| EORR Number of sheaves threshed g 
MAFIE in half an hour, 4 
ja a is 
= a 
Hee Best Grain, oj 3 
| a Sis 
= 5 g 
S re 
aE Tail. Fis 
R9 
z £| 
> g Screenings. Rg 
Sas Clean threshed. eS 
nas Clean shaken. si 
we nana” free from ms 
oon ‘orn. > 
nos Chaff free from Corn. Ss 
we Corn unbroken, or state = 
aeie d og of Barley. > 
OAT] 
3 
B 2 F 2 State of straw. 
BBSS 
So 
Ege State of shaker after 
ree trial. 
a°8 
State of riddles after 
trial. 
iF: JON 
moa 
we 
EE ot 
Other points may be added, as the quantity of 
m Uie ted the due separation of chafings p ar drta 
quent produce of Barley above that the Turnip 
ul hi 
average time worked by each m: e ine Carsko 
Hacer ith Wheat and ne pie with 
exhausted rotation land. It could meari not be the + ORES Isp m 
the pene mi sna sie ‘oh “barley was ie due; tiA down we gry on ch, must often be difi- | Bar fares that at Salisbury there were 40 
for the es Sanear be ties api o 3| cult sr how much simpler to have in mont hand eaaad machines, beside simple portable and ed 
land of the + isoa Superphozphated Turnips than by ra a list of the different conditions or capabilities to be | barn-works, it is hardly to be expected that much more 
residue of ral and organic manure where ee for and consid idered in every machine brought | E time can be allow ed for each trial at Ches ter. yr 
O aaoi byi it t had been ok taking away | oe ty TO ario eina | i pona 
7 £ of the relative merit of n for he same space of 
proportion of the supplied mine nd p l 
it wa s greater still where these highly manured Turni cage sia: ws awk ae ae A ate er 7 f threshing a certain je number of 
ino aioe aga dation to th ch again bi standig a a Yost fern as regar erd while another was nly 11 minutes doing the same 
É mites A o | mechanical merit an ee which cannot be deter- | work. The clear or aoln condition of shaker and 
other fields, that mineral manures were quite u unavail- > jr riditles ften apparent only after a certain 8. 
ing to give even moderate crops of Barley, unless ther 4 pig fu | elapsed in aire o e aaa time be a 
een within the soil a si FEE PER Sa F | same for all the machines and the sheaves coun 
Co SE a characteristic effect Pach ee EEF sg E eign E snd A er. e q tity of = threshed, 
Ray tbe age asic SES Sil ego] DE =s a FE |an the efficiency o e iw ing: 7 
more salle ora from CREPERIE vadbi Sy | ge | 38 EE g should be ascertained by weighing e bags 
f the f the latter, t than when S |BSeeeleBeS| BA aa We | SB |E | as they fill, which may be readily done. ee 2 
same a serge wn contin 3 [ee 32 220F) Be s5 ŻE E: will suffice fo rmining the amount of corn 
cession, or when a number of successive E ina sa ERTA = 2 TF m 38 s EF | left pie ai in the straw, Kari ; er = 
4 ls Big 3 oppin; " 
i aii rit ically. a wets Pe ge z 3 "condition of the grain as to litting, nib- — 
ition of soil. It cannot, how-| —|  — Se ics dolial — | Dies Os Bae for detecting the m gee 
=a ey oe tsi staat is | fir Sg machine of chaff sereen 
2 mm e c d 
it does though what) Z Z 1st class! Ist classl2d_class|2d class Duty ke contented dressing all or a certain — 
Tequire, from the habit of the plant its chatt heier 
iod of growth, d be more confined | The data in the second and third columns, aain] quantity of the chaffings an Sal: y 
to the upper layers of soil. For these reasons Barley | by the dynamometer ting-machine, would aaan way would reveal a great fel p 
en with advani certain exce beos or defects in the mechanism. For . by most thr machines ; y precise 
cop, by a spring-dressing merely of y | next four columns (or more, as other points may be | portion of this loss would be at once ae when 
manure. In such cases the direct addition ngaa each machine must be inspected, one might be apparen nt to re teapot 
ly those containing phos- first third class, &e., agreed upon by the} | refuse from the riddles and winnow 
king effect than u $ the |j udges, pane noted under each head. _The peculiar value | | Numbers may be em op ge to dete prt in 
t wot i jegre efficie 
ly to i aoe basni but lified : re precise points ny purchasers ed, provided they are not taken in the aggregate 
more idly to maturit be anxious Abel and whatever qualities or merit | 3S indicating the general effectiveness of the machines. 
Tapialy Yo may the 
y after a | the judges mig’ consider im) enough to) In thé last two columns of the e are given 
part, or entirely fed on the land. The | 'y off the prize, stall purchasers know —- state of he si state o 
ley rather than | machines excel or fail in every separate particular; a d| the trial | l 
arising from the | could therefore select the machine best suited to eas few machines can 
generally clear uliar district or am of choking with straw and shor Saher 
tab epee Saing, ie ae 
land is 
tea Talai on ithe fact t tha 5 "the manure 
the subsequent light working of the 
su i f soil, | ce 
the roots he sad r 
dist: 
va ular statement 
ess. 
performances e had 
pone but I would dren that the aaine ri akng 
n numbers to 
«perfect 
* 
t work” ” in each | a 
ability 
throughout a ale day’ s work pera Sa upon the 
to maintain i 
= Er 
of growing Barley after the foldi 
rai aa farming the hndi 
condition for the 
Succeed beds “sed aoe seasons ; whilst, 
is ently much in 
texture, ren difficult to get tks 
| must necessarily give 
t 
\ hot 
ine by eons numbers, and ptm the 
zr ther for the “total co 
igm "iog a fallacious result. 
hreshifig 
mparative merit ” 
Who is to 
The a 
of sowing, so 
the surface soil by i 
a mere top-dress sing, 
DA 
for inst 
© G UAL 
of “elean shaking =” or 
some farm 
localities 
le difference of 
Alip fr 
” in 
ers Yi their SEAN eds io in your 
exist as to thi 
opinion 
pat vo of perfection in knocking 
Let we proportional merit of the machines in 
ered your question you are 
welcome Tn ascertaining the average 
“sing ie “first walk over the 
each 
tated without attempting to selonlats à | weight of root crops, 
