Aveust 21, 1858.} PRR AGRICULTURAL ee 643 
a care j ‘such results as six quarters of Wheat and el he Government js, that frand Uy 
0 uarters of Oats per English acre ne managers of a A ud by 
are as under :—Ten Mes) “Loa yn seri be equally surprised when I hear of s ipae Bu t m unfortunately y frequent ee ae 
araa nanaii ne, deta etached windlass, four- aama ree bushels | of Wheat, and four | to seve a society, however w ellr ma anaged in all lepers thak 
ee e cnisine cultivator, anchor, 800 yards els fective i ttl particalan, 
pe porte rs, 7251. ; tender, 28.. a-half to vats quarters of Wheat and five or six quar- The rates of contribution are far below the itability ime 
Seo red. This, s, in c ction 
wet po have said that high manuring renders a small | men vat 1 uch evil. “We have col. 
ie ri ee “ropes , rope juten, eri ten nder quantity “of seed sbachetety necessary. I ought to a | lected abundant ev scribes which Shows that these 
Fow ps entry oa _ the Society’ s that t every weed should be e extirpated, and the whole of aea pieh fail prt when tl 
ted from But 
a d at th We the ti 
i iene. Pan eost price of Fowler’s | how stands the fact on the majority of farms in this | o page: out of many 
i Chester, to 7532. _ | king gdo m? A fiero e competi ition goes on between the _ An old member of a society in the neighbourhood of 
3 mchi! sn t I am tes, “ ha 
Pate mak for goed but ea will any go hungry weeds, the latter too often consuming t d ese BA a per dl rÀ s j= ay pee 
through the figures in the judges’ report, an shov am old and sick there is no money t = had. - 
sbat efect this alteration on the cost price has ther eby, reducing it in quantity and qual menn ent near Frome 
iha fel i we learn, “ Our 
= the results. Fut, : will give Mr. ee s Petre merg he farmer. A aeons clubs have i. failed. Ihave known = ople pay a 
f the advantage of 5 per cent. on f I travel by the flyi ng t for 20 y s, and h 
= vous next, I shall-suppose his wear and ay, Ican, even so, perceive this blot upon En bcos eo sone Jóin — soa > 
tomine. AA A 0, ro ice ming m every ; dir ection ; a painful pe saatt af At Eon gton, Somerset, Mr. Toms states, “ “there 
figures op k g were in ore sk 2 hich į 
pig airaniago or or loss per cent. as Tasei with | How few know the use of Garrett?s horse hoe! For | now in ee scietis, not ear ” 
15 years my Wheat and other crops have eementea b; 
y ps The use of such deplorable results will be seen 
oo coms ared this. The farm labourers mee well the value of clean |in the eam raks by Wks a : 
saat on heavy land, ¢ 242-10 per cent. advantage. | hoeing, and can predict the failure or success of the E y eph 
£g.: arani “That a general idea may be formed of the condition of 
aon ligtit land, crop accordingtly. F Frienilly Societies in res sack to the pe for f thei tribu- 
ra bata g of f wore 229} per cent. advantage. | y a far — ope a Denn it necessary to hoe = dens for the benefits held out by sean sociation hare taut 
a ió Turnips, and n is to me a mystery. e | simple, at random, and 3 in akpol i on han illustration more 
i a , one period of life only, age 35, hxed oi 
ortine a are y cf 0 same principle alien equally to both. The amoun t | rates treat oF the 50 societies pehar a alana 
Ly cy N `" 93 9-10 per cent. advantage. abstracte d an nually fro the farmers’ pockets by the = to aret an allowance of 1/ per week during sickness, 
oilang ana cant NB ae ut equal, then it is growth of up to the age of 70 ; an annuity of 13/. per annum for life after ; 
a ila The eect of xtra manuring on the proportion of anti eine ba Solent i cat 
machine, on light land, ee field | for the bh ak scaie, they were found to 1 oh s nl ral > 
pans: rate of f work L 164 per cent. advantage. | of mine, slopin g to ards r my bedro On one portion | but in many of the ancketien < aiaa OS Sg oan 
etee á 7 aa of that eld, prng a square y then an aag aiy ene A UAE VE E 
Or, taking ne z 79-10 per ce | sheep jar been folded 12 hours pra than on e mre the bate’ 5 Arint Aranka be ecctvatent E or ace poe g 
heavy land i ve .. 71-10 per cent. e advantage of the eld. bution of 1l. 12s. 8d. The entire inadequacy of such a contri- 
Hence it will be nar sA when my machinery on bution to provide for the benefits offered must be apparent ; 
- weighted with 5 per ce: e than Fo wler” s a wear | on a map. The « rop was siri cringe more aay laid, EN BAKARA the anual coursed sate id ge > a 
suhag it — a a pi per cent. in the worst | and more fro othe at — Strictly speaking: three | and on examination of the respective ta tables it will be at 
; and when they are equally waightett by more | pecks, instead of one: bushel, of seed would have been | that the contribution taj pare hee fl me the three 
DaT ir mares the proper quantity ev that portion. I am still of EE e OT Bc mually, retin Led 
i As te th the jagia y it Pa be ruin to.a farmer of | opinion that land can never be too rich for Wheat, pro- Sontiition ti whick to funk sale “a most at a 20 
eld lands snbsoi p. vided the ae ity sown is ewe ted to the circum- | benevolent and praiseworthy. It may seem strange that they 
Now the Fem Bry say, “ The result of the trials ee stances of the field. preter pappia o: aati iene but if the amount of 
$ sickness ai 8 examined, and the yo iod of life 
Messrs. Howard’s machine also proves that the soil c T have formerly stated that on my land T have found | rea pon bers generally enter terhorin Aina reill 
| that two bushels of seed Wheat, as compared with one | appear that they iay survive at least 25 or 30 years before 
Thus my machinery has i with ne mea | bushel, reduce the yield by a sum equal to the rent of | their onan A y become evident to an ordinary observer. 
oft over, and tt has doe ata wot m the la nà. rae A “ne re ge Saray rn ae aia periods of a societ; 
. that the i z i 
nically hors nadie sionti in Mr. Hewitt Davis is entitled to great credit for what | a respectable e balance; sing sight of fae tats porate seen 
Fowler’ 
(Ses | ipaintain, therefore, that when the a a i TAGi in proving the advantages of thin | which are Teoessary t t the future liabilities incidental to 
2 of the prime -cost is set to rights, | 3 | | ita în increas ing years = and Sinfirmit jes. As hii. vances 
ly er fairly entitled tothe eines dealing » Withieneh-an ‘extort ous area-as ‘the Cer sr: paseman will invariably, in connection with a given number 
§ } embers entering at a particular , decrease with the in- 
Woolston, Augu. erop-of.the United Kingdom, the mae ae seed veer pene peed oe Fn society pte = 
“ an ager em of national importan with a = preemie ee all 35 years ot ago 3 
gone I never found any fa plain inell-ef my-not | oaths that ty tamo inata a 
THICK OR THIN SOWING ? having slaw enueh on” the contrary, thick aware | green ietheat 10 e tenth’ peaks ean pepe 
ii ooa are worth something | bave prone: that the quantity was much larger than stime ie ate ee ee al be fast approaching 
a oug of some value. Does the | their o = i penditure 
quantity of seed sown regulate the quantity of corn to} On Yeh ht chalk soil, or limestone rock, ll d i 
74 gh ri , especially a 
produced? Most decidedly not. As a general rule, | high pM ne as in Gloucestershire, I have vami tuna 
ring 
r quantity of seed sown produces the smallest | thick and ea rly wing practised, because by cove: jenaka t such ieisttudes™ 
use it implies a poor or ill-cultivated soil, | th d rity protected the roots from frost. We The ech hief remedies that we have to pess. 
T to compel the plant to tiler. It know = al that, E whilst the leaf of Wheat suffe lly Societies oe 
tity for 's p when root fro: a separate scale of payment should be made 
tity all sorts and climates ; but we may take these ot ~ a Under such circumstances it might ibe het fr A ewe mission of ig n arduous or un- 
owe tageous to t'in out the Wheat by hoeing in ve spring. ers, Tai servants, 
the quantity ‘of seed must be diminished in| In light loose sands the Wheat root is apt t ee 
as the natural or artificial fertility of th 
I trust that these remarks may lead to a due con- 
ps A A too much seed pro- | sideration of ne question. J. J. Mechi, Tiptree Hall, | rai 
tion, prematurely ee Kelvedon, Essex, Aug. 12. 
and nity. meer fe eat I Society's J al, vol 
2 quant the Royal Agricultural iety’s Journal, vol. vii. page 
“Seok ote illustration of this is afforded ate. the | 537, 1816. Th experimen confirmed by k reli or 
‘drill, x grown from masses of seed eis the | 12 years’ experience. I assume that every i or | years old. ere bers mt erry with such an arrangement, 
‘That time i pk ses mapa | dibbles—there is no dependence on broadca: | purchase Government annuities which should commence 
Ee tio is gained is promoted OEE Ea a eee at rot He when the relief afforded by Friendly Societies 
pe causes—aq highly 1 main crane, and — n aged 25 i yer to pay 16s. 3d. 
lots AS quantity of seed. ‘In the latt FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. a-year commence at the 
Sertaker ned al Jo eae et i ate. 1I TuE object B uay Societies is so good, and the age o F60. 
whether I roduci i the ž produ ice are so benefici: ial as to 3d. That the costs of management should be re- | 
gg or whether I would sow thin Lah aia eair. ere scat bem that tl ld t ithi limits Ala arge amount of ci 
e result, I would most deci ecidedly constructed on hp foundation, and that no defects tributions, which should i ss rei for sickness í 3 
mirash r mode, | should ald exist i in their man is commonly squan feastings and p 
eee ree as taught many farmers that if they will| It is necessary to allude to the small private | that provident societies aie often 
- todo when ‘the same quay of seed as mr used saa di clubs. It must be evident that such | im) 
“de desea farmed less highly, they must sow uate nce the law of certainty in uncertainties, 4th. But the most prion 
crop. hold 4 
wig tre hls f proper sta 
had thed (as I have pre for a with a gear number of members than 500. The im- | rectand nd imperfet so hiet, 
sults aa on Aeee oe a e t ; tendencies of the ie ale club may be | for the most part based. The 
wee quantities so set at stated that it may effect. noted from Mr, Neon’s 
dinat suitable me a ada a The working man is led i ssi —— and induced | much an alteration in tl of ie W 
sek Sateen and cireumstanee, y adapt ma $ the provision d age and sickness. perfect data from whieh to art 
Ù every cime enable farmers from e oxy | The bers are frequently ‘compel by the rules to ae 
angers enables Sa to apito: the spek at 8d. each for “the good of re ao Bat othe nection wth l 
this generally represents only a proportion those numerous | 
of the amount actually wel We We have fre- | funds, which are supported ; 
t | quently been informed that 1s. 6d. is mneh nearer | by the contributions of the 
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lds this year are estimated at pot remedy for this evil is that soins ee beck roma iia thay testify tothe sy 
acre. I need hardly say that | Friendly Societies Should ever be allowed to take place | with the lower. ‘They shon a 
and abundant in quantity. | at a public-honse. In default of such a regulation, i it testify tbat n ee nee ineg cig ren 
seed drilled per acre. Now, | should not be rendered toam on metn! azeri ih pe an is amt eN k tinted, yet tems 
iends see this, | spend ing for the “good of the house,” h | compassion Bei 
sown as much seed as spend mything he hooti j i benevolence flows “goa od e collage visi and fpr oei 
ifunder| ‘The superiority of enrolled over unenrolled societies | un <a Sas io A 
hat one | is likewise a point that scarcely needs enforcing, Net | seem a spd : fe Pe : 
t : 
should produce | the least pie acd ge that arises from a society thus must precede any great fal petinanient i 
