THE SEET GAZETTE. 515 
| exceed three in thickest part. The | with eet and 4 fee’ anil takin 
* g the price 
gault bas gai aa a ailic cous Sad acter wie it comes enero w dramings at 4 ‘ud, and of the deeper work ab Ta, Ta, Xt wi 
immediately in contact with the Sjela Tt has | favour “padi aae a cost is only 18s. 4d., per acre 
avour of the shallow work—a very trifling amount. Ni 
also imbibe csi a caus ae y by an infiltration of | 13s. 4d. only per acre would be te capital expended to n Now 
into its be e f depth. wou i c 
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eavy flesh, and plenty “of soft 
fon any ort This is my 
I have in 
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of Wh 
d | there, seat the greensand is absent, a very con- uce of corn with such a ce penton as to say that one 
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siderable infiltration of lime has taken place, which, if | acre would yield roma a ne less than another? But all such 
anythi : more absorbent than it wo odit niceties p e put aside. It was the duty of every land- 
ARED lord, parti ssiri ly if be charges his eae with = cost, to put 
be without it. hi dr ; i 
rains o vi foinn ’s — A mepesi uch as the difference 
Th ay or gault land is for the most part in the fei unt so small as a" in vrata ciable to the 
ek whe “oudit to submit to tho little extra charge by 
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occupation of Mr. Clutterbuck, who has — to en ad 
secure out of 300 acres of ploughed land 100 acres of Gaaväisi ee security is gained. Abridged from the Herts 
Whe: te ry 
at, tiscgs certainly presented a most satisf ie —— 
appeara’ and was Sacer by all present to be 
asiera good, Those had seen Sere land Hom e Correspondence. 
last year would hardly beleve "tt was the eland;| The Mowing Machine e.—Will you kindly , insert 
uld only be too | they were not at all surprised to learn that Mr. Chatter, ae notice in your current Num rad Ss Rex eed 
r. Booth gy re buck had been offered 30s. per acre for it, now they | given: trial o the “combined” an 
os naka no | SW it in its improved condition. The land had pre- corn-reaping machine (Wood’s wer a parodied by 
viously been let for 15s. per acre, but with considerable | Mr. H. Cla: yen of the cag Works Upper Park Pl 
poor There was now shown to be a clear advance ; jorset Square, Lon The took place this 
of 15s. per acre. | day, lg 
The pire nett cost of draining the 800 acres was in every respect most satisfactory, the m hin 
not only cutting in a superior manner to the common 
33571. 10s. The cost of the two miles of farm Taada] À ane nner 
h red yard and | | seythe, but in its operations crossing superficial and 
op i ny risk 
d 
building was 9857. Os. 10d. When the cost of these | OPen drains without any risk to, or interference with 
wo as duly apportioned on the several farms, the | its mee . The machine only arrive th 
amount expended on the clay land fi Mr. Cht- | i its = can ewe late se evening, and was go to 
terbuck’s hands, would be repaid by an annual — work early this m the difficulty 
ment of 11s. 3d. per aoro; so that there was a direc of having $ i “he common whippletrees to it, in the 
t | gain of 3s. 6d. per acre n that farm alone regent a place of t sent from America, which were too 
the satisfaction of co and short for ordinary farm-horses. We had also to try it 
respectability, w as nob maser in ie ten d f having only commo: ploug’ 
hme instead of coach harness, which is needed to: 
state at any 1 rent "Mr. Clutterbuck might be disposed in t TEn z 
sist in occasional backing of the machine at the 
Bagia of the work. Notwithstanding g 
aise grea esri TA at, a ley Denton, under Neomai disection; a pies | disadvantages, it performed its work admirably, cutting 
the Gat penne = at least an acre in an hour, the horses travelling at 
a te dry a atmosphere a climate is ar gain | tei in his L apen SF ae sire te a es b it ent about the rate of two miles in that space of time. 
cattle. ose und the E arg nTen D paan ency of Mr. Clutterbuck on | After it had been at work for about four hours, m; 
Sora rer na lway. 1 at Ww ou 
self-maini Tt is a thot worthy of notice, ce, that relative and farm superintendent (Mr. C. Land), who 
uence of he short: horn bull, the first cross with a 
other unifo gry a very superior 
siu points 
dar eriy wero one 
or pore to bring | had never even seen a reaping-machine, mounted the 
x, and unde e of it, 
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ter | driver’s the entir 
è map, | was enabled to use it to the satisfaction of all p 
vterbuck’s estate, | It appears to me that hay-farmers in particular should 
i th but his great desideratum at as early a. 
date as poss “ile as I am informed that only a limited 
number of the machines are in hand, several noblemen 
r s als 
| Royal Highness Prince Albert—and, as I learn, with 
perfe ect success—durin g this w eek, Tt i is my intention 
Gaproversont and conse- are 
would be. the result, that would at 41, 108. tee kD Es am Mr. 
Fapples. v h the same force to all : ptt Per esti f Sa ee a; Le ossibly |t hase 
nimals ; on ener can be no doubt nace hen’ By dace the d as such it may be Aduni by any p 
jo stock ofa cotati constitutes, it was pol Alene Wade ag nal er interested in the | adv ancement of spicata we science, 
wealth. It has been said which I can say 1 calcula- 
n suc ch few additional drains (if any) |W ke 
with respect to the heavy Sa ted to effect. STUE B. Simonds, R.AS.E: *, Oakington 
t the pec xa | Pa rk Farm, Harrow Road, Willesden, N.W. 
—$—$—$—$<$ << 
Societies, 
ROYAL A! AGRICULTURAL sel ENGLAND. 
Ph vrais 
to hairgeadra < 
F a; 
i aoe believe e wos most o f you 
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apart, z 
evidently à in the end bea t tion :— 
wished to To ROBER pen ae of Burcott Lodge, Leighton- 
Darai: Prize of 207. for his Essay on the Com- 
= parative Ep oneness es of pei and = Farms, whether 
; way mi money by mi making ry = ee eee r Grazing purposes. 
rains on lig! lands, the saving wo’ han a Hs kka tla 
t | suffice to enable the landowners to drain vier lands| BIE Professor Voele = e con- 
ith . i w citing atemis of the he Society, transmitted the he 
of which a few weeks ago had been 
at | the 5l. h him 
h | an entirely artificial compoun nd, made up of more than 
half its bulk of plaster of Paris, or gypsum, anè con- 
af | taining, only about one-third of a per cent. z ammonia + 
Copy of an Analysisof a Sample of aooaa d’s Island 
feared, nsid nd 
eae Se P tin by the ere had 
banna g Guano, sent by Mr. Ernest, London 
a thio county of his own pro- 
rhe. had the pleasure and privilege 
terms of friendship, Moisture . 9.78 
a ipriit seein ath matter* = 
E AT es ara gro ; Tneeluble phosphates (oone earth ee ae 
c drainag wing propositi Sulphate mate of lime 58.02 
pe T tt oe x ‘wl = ~ late es when ee and Me" ‘Alkaline sal ‘and magnesia . ` 
. Clutter a w : sure of soil ac ies the } Wi ia 
is jeep of going 4 feet de ys i Insoluble siliceous matter (sand) 
no greater ?” red with 
tt, of Hus C CoRR EEN > me 
Equal to ammonia o 
May, 1868 
Draracr.—The Council having 
t | consideration the series of questions 
their | Office, from the French Government, Tth 
the final decision of the monthly Council on the 
Jans 
July. A 
ective 
. essrs. Purdon, of Dublin, to the Society 
| se fet “Their Tesh Breet Bock. The Coun- 
cil adjourned une, 
i estate 
t alue of the bef walked 
a whole will be fully | 2 fect 8 inches deep 
of three farms, containing toge- 
; lies at the base of the chalk 
18 inches 
pose brought t extra 
vn the esr could adopt ee June 18.—At the gr meeting of the 
eres foot doops is moro | roel Society ore, Captain Davy, one of the tices 
r Dre usually adop gat fokent 27 fect and Sect, aaa that if one was incli ned. to to speak, one 
