62S 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
nation of the men a and renders t them sus any 
alterations. The master ld consider imself pin 
rewarded by wr i the ne improved physical and moral 
‘them in a part of the country nearly if not Strely 
under Grass? I cannot make an from an; 
book that I have ac h aie Sy: nit he na ie” 
J ether “ Carduus 
ape Pa rer er x bien nial or annual if either A 
condition of those he employs, and thankful fora plan 
S 
rye 
= ag prama 
cannot flatter aka arme that my statements 
that y eee to the bar oger of others 
ers: all Task is 
neighbor land. Th : 
that shou stitute a fair owe 
sea of a fortnight’s jdantiens each © 
not to yee aragi pa ong 
to. ascertain the and su 
nage it is not he 
n this ag 
n fairly 
il be du uly 
or him 
or wrong, bat t just | 
expe- | 
Bat let | 
are in eet and they never tab 
Thistles 
rot them, I fancy a great part of th 
me 
| to mo aa 
fru , even 
part o 
I have ridden to- -day t thro rough ipi pi 
he new 
ree ae to accustom preety to it homes they 
vered 
get rid of them, 
y botanical | a do a ouik Manes d M: i: noe acces 
songs a th pr hg Bu, being rrr ie ct AaS 
ae e work done ang and power al 
AACS 
s many ye "the 
ee laa ad 
co e co 
the Scotch sort, and if you could -a an idea how go h st 
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ll not one them 
The on of a Su roe 
[They must be pulled before Monnia in TES oy 
T. 
it 
should be assisted by | 
ogee + a A ~ far from home, with 
fi 
be | Don 
makes wayside Thistles the ote 
elly, of the Agricultural Statistics Otten Dublin, 
cs! 
of a memorial t 
grand juries one Sy the co’ 
Rea ies Machines, Te pe g “machines are now 
ral use, a 
and as an are causing u 
you havı 
manare with, Te on easily fey Hee he will ‘vil ey 
a 
mood to con: 
return—the waste roe 
mir shall ey 
sieme Aa Sanele EY ta those who do ni 
the use of them, I venture to trust you n with my ex- 
you be ‘harbouring ‘any such m 
water if f they wish fe * or by 
grat Kod oo oar It is also a a 
aving cut my 
for seven years. _ During - ‘the last five years 
to let th 
uae “pai the Irish reapers are especially fond 
of it. 
abstained from 
one of Hussey’s, made by Messrs Garrett of Lei 
and I well remember that those pst re requested 
| me to return it, de esiring to give satisfaction, and fear- 
rs the | colu 
Pre bee <> th 
reflection must con iva 
aoc probably become 
‘You will, I trust, observe ene 
ments or propoun Hay thaeeien 
stated stated facts, and have referred rather to the 
communications of others than to my own kno owledge, 
Hite 
lose custom 
o their want of p 
I believe the general custom to be wrong, aul uaig 
ask farmers to try for themselves whether there is not 
“a more excellent way.” 
I shall be to hear from any who can give 
their own experience on this subject, and as far as I can 
to give information to t who may di 
especially if a. wish for details 
> Henry J. Wilson, Sherwood Hall, Mansfeld, 
—Three 
the he i Weedon bon 
myg 
an a 
atria a 
per caused them 
little mei ise last five a car the mt rhe 
work ore ectly whether the 
laid, o 
as partially 
aid, stood erect, and they 
My n how too good may 
| Judges to part with yah a fren ‘ond although for np 
1; 
done its 
hav: 
ost 
with ve and as t the {crop was not thinned he set 
all ites — is the peed and ine Bey 3 
tageous to t They say that by dro} 
deep steel toothed rake on the corn when sufficient “has 
n | fallen over on to the floor of the i aoe they have 
i enigde sheaf in the exact shape for bi The 
sequently no thei In this | a 
8.3 
hand, A n 
kill the e caterpillar at the same time, er 
aiy an effectual mode i dealing witht ie a ar I 
be iy — t in most cases i y be > practised with 
scattering, and con 
it 
wi r. H. Hammond, of Norfolk, 
, 
Ph 
yt 
h 
espect they agree 
and I think they are right, 
aware he the great pale in point 
ies 
| a 
| circumstances. As I always get up my harve est by my 
regular labourers we only cut a moderate width wit th 
the reaper, so that five men by great e a bind o 
its way. Probsbly i a ra wt 
oe may be m ore desira 
Burg oo 
ly, for I inno- 
ge o a to have read 
te t 
is to take 
oe 
wei gi of a first-sown crop over one which has bee 
sown a second time, and this will generally be i 
that the d be permite pursue the 
roit he corn, even at | even we of its way wit t further molestation, 
the cost of a little extra inig The faje” secret | that in this heni fi avourable bey 2 of a weather it 
alt ternative where the insect is a carte blanche, 
Ont grrr het 
‘urnip crop w 
raid! 
| 43 
row. Icannot say 
oe ed the diets od in the after 2 td 
esi its ye wae nh nad i thing orree 
The 
up 
t above 
the 
tt 
r GRA i 
d act the man P Sitting c on the aanre > 
who, the momen 55 feo wet dullness in the 
sound, exerts himself to raise u over the 
straw ‘that leans forward ai ia whic 
nives, when working freely, 
the first ee boy chokin, 
rin 
s the chokng ; 
ingle o i: ring clearly. 
phe 
omed to dis sappoi intial pop 
over a fd of pie sown yellows the other 15 
0 it ne prise edi eros in some places's 
uch a: yards—in several parts of the fiel 
ahate the riea were entirely cleared off, not a ve 
tige of them remaining b othe Ta ineat 
| sitedied to, the ja ee ing of a r aaea ait 
breaka ‘yes machine meets the laid corn, the 
| man who. sits o 
buted this havoc to 
he modan aperi 
ly 
observed hopping bont amore, S Y 
I s00 
i 
of @CUY 
the laid corn, 
Dring f aa straw to he reaper 
f 
by a Aage wire g hook 
i 
EF 
3 
i 
Kirow s had ae 
the e min plot of half 'an aero to 
und at 9 i 
pp 
ie 
; 
A 
a three-sided file, whi ich gives it 
|a 
rved 
| attached t oe a light stick. The cutting Knifes sharpened | | di 
da 
edge 
this little ks and on my foreman putting “py 
little of the soil soil f all the mischief was 
iscovered, ipii a ae bene 
| inch from the surface This v 
ge. 
land is in IE and furrow the wheels 
| a ao of for your inspection, 
q 
where the 
should always run on the stetch, and 
the > furrow a nd the o ther on the stetch, If th 
11 é 
in its 
P 
H 
tag 
ae machine should be eased gently over T ss and no 
um 
He 
ay ack ith 
will find no dificity, whilst the un- 
rained hea’ avy land farmer and his m men are te erribly 
i) 
a 
t to see to m 
t | good o ld nent the simple plan "of. “ “let “him "take A 
the power, a and let mk eep w. 
o s> nd is a foe 
+a 
the | light, he leaves his > nett a 
eats his way steadily and silently 
re a more isons, Ti a 
er of z 
al PIeaving 
ou, Mr. Editor, 
PHA is a 
A 
ly 
hopr same time that it m 
servants’ ligence. 
If +} 
Tal iar aa Ther owa, elf ån in 
tanght them to take gi? g aa 
ni hae finn use of Sige 
inery during ten yini ye taught. m e that agri- 
culture must improve her mec! ha anical aaar 
t soon | deeds, 
y light’ A 
e form 
grains, the Weight of as many of the latter. ’ 
pa in in favour of the drilled Wheat was s that 
here | brin 
lathe. You may always find ai ongst your 
who takes an interest in engineering, especially ifi it 
ngs him in an extra shillin r two per ste You 
+ 
acre; but it must 
t the superi tha Be of 
mA pre than in 
” 
ted i in the extermination | 
give any system likely to get rid of 
Pea tid as 
make coffee in an 
black as ink. The 
Da 
= this rer to Several agricultural publications, ad hoping 
t may agricultura a oe who s 
J: echi. 
iei at Chester. —In parece ts 
your paragraph o 
that, veo the prize 
Agricultural Society m appear to 
second prize, it so treat 
ie judges; Turnip cutters for gon or steam 
and those for hand-power, were classed sepa: 
fairness allow me to explain 
| sheet of the Ro 
and n 
ie oaa Thit 
the 
3 ld to 
ed ae ba ‘he pl tia fie fad it 
obscurella, and 
fed. species 
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