948 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
agriculture throughout the 
Facilities were given in 
| they were not wanting i in | spirit i in adopting any system 
_{Decesare R25, 1s 
agricu ilture 
grain. 
-Moderr 
has: tag ge from the a 
untry 
the colleges, for learning } medicine, and tr ree a 
but surely these people Sia o went bevy o leat y lav 
irni Surely, farmers or gentlemen who w ious pt 
ane 
take up oe pama of uar, | should have vepparbreliies 
th The ral 
of studyin, then read seve 
mg 
Q 
aa 
: 
d have a a a o 
should ag 
culture and rural agrari connected with it the author mas 
unt 
t he did affirm that until that 
ought the Society 
uggle ag: missioners’ repo 
Com chat th 
po tbe pen into effect 1 a recommendation so dadtzivoctital’ n 
the 
e agricultural interests of this large county of Cork.” 
Sorietieg. 
Society OF Arts: Mr, Halkett on Guideway Cul- 
tivation —àt the close of the paper read la st week, an ad 
e right course, 
tnat 
he are very calculating class, and he was con- 
ii — aut if they s wars made acquainted with the existence of 
nome ét prees invention they wonld not be slow to try it. He 
good deal connected l with Smith’s steam ploughing 
t there had.been no trouble in dis- 
ent i ia this bra 
deal of th 
had 
su 
eae 
with Mr. Shackel i in con- 
ca 
a4 
Tandon 
nd advancement of 
mil none of 
ulda oes 
ae 
ake sa idney had the opportunity of knowing that 
d | the farmers of England were rather in advance than 
b ae the desire to employ steam in the culti- 
vation o elk nd. 
In th t day, in consequence of the necessity which 
had arisen vy ‘obtaining increased production from the lan 
and in conseq of the improved condition into which the 
pion | Slay iads Jad been brought by drainage, attention was 
turned to more completely cultivating thela nd than had meeen 
not despair of seei Di 
i entle- 
ATEL 
n BEA 
shing- amak rie Bu 
inspite Sts of peagi 
gaatt 
we take the follow ing passages 
Mr. Alderman Mechi — Baring had an opportu- 
onl = prar Sn Ay the e bee Mr. 
ation in had n 
f cultiv: be ather, he 
Eaitatio on in mer his Tnipression die all the stata: 
ro. re Mr. Halkett had just need ha be borne | 
t by the results o pra 
when put in Hb 
e niani ‘tha t t 
Peon don friends; 
êen ao by the ‘locomotive hie oh railways, 
take’ n example o! ste was poe 
They found that pare drew. afte: 
at was not the o bin nion 
ight in 
of cost 
nd comeaty un poked Mr 
Pi on rails, and he (tr. 
d at that price. The in- 
10/. the 
Mechi) believed they c 
acre. He believ roa 
horse and manual ie open Š cae ‘arm 
per acre as regarded the Seen se he lan nd If 20 per 
cent. on that wae saved by the plan cite posed, that would 
be 15s. on the 3}, ge tni past for the interest st tee rails. 
He also understood Mr. Halket say boc gi hal ow 
machinery might be set against t the ¢ ordi the 
and the usual farming rigger which ss “ote, f Mochi) be 
coat the 
ing like 30. 
aggre 
of m f his 
but there could SA no doubt that what = 
sible under 
We Iai 
terest = that and ae wear aa ra he would take at 15s. per 
ed i cost of 
WEF 
ago assisted -us cut 
nor bes it at all likely we shall ve 
sa e years, such a redundancy 
Mr. Halkett said, the system might be T with the 
small seenchieibey for farms of on a a cres. Wit 
| re r nt bi d Caithness, in 
of 
= 
s] 
5 BE 
S 
gg 
FS 
refere edges, 
tied. tint taking = a AN paid fo 
reply rd, of Bedfo 
re cou ald made to go up a steep incline if they 
were, by roj r arrangement of machinery, made y Eis lordchin’ ere ae 
reduce ‘he’ ‘revolutions bg their wheels to the proper reaping machine and the scythe cutting 
speed : in his case all his wheels were driving | 
whats: a forbidden eyes maar 
The Chairman in closing the discussion said, the 
poon in was this —In the 
first pl ace, farmers and even 
tacana the iniaa A west, were alive to the i 
But in this county, on more than one 
arise u will me 
sith ade In the 8 Ee a chibi 
untry it was foun that othing 
q 
fon 
a 
s ah ee: 
that a steam engine, working a large number of 
he to suite rus ccd all ee C Narai Pie sipen A! ploughs would form a feature of the exhibition. At 
ar, horse power cou 
not in any way compete with it, either v ith te economy, lgt S there were thr e systems o sg T en amd |E and will bring al 
endurance, or opportunities for cultivation. Therefore the | before the country, two of a locomotive character, an tion ; there is seme: oa E EEE 
w mestion might be said to de ng as specs the | the gett system. There was the locomotive system a deep debt of gratitude ; 
annual saving under this system would be equal to the interest upon eable railway, introdu ced b y Mr. Bo. oyde iA 
pots rat = Sake the ee capital = Neth tae the sae 7 at ta 
houg! essence q on. But ee $ ill itch 
when naidered, | the > numerous be s of the plan | evening, s a fixed line of rails; and i thirdly, prode ves Bd has the 
SESA eS m a a ae used untiring} = mee 8 s ofstations = ngines, actin — il sty beon ag on woes 
also at night—there could no doubt that the ye machine ry by m sof long wire pokes All ante oe z3 va coll MiA 
aiy, of aping: the Ta ry time at it as | now before the mechanical and agri icultural world, and Gover pal diy ahi acne 
wanted, above 4. e superior manner in which tl ] diffi tbe go by the Ba a 
work itself was e, would more thi mpensate for ltie: hich they 1 d to cae engi erin talent rate encouraged äs ee 
ar loss of tataro upon the cost of the . He could | CU vi w ik ey ook + bs s siis D liboralit, and scopes Er our large landed propr 
ad pirana ER achine at work with | the country to surmount. His friend Mr. Mechi m aà who when anything new 
eit re ploughs and à G en sibol , and the soil was lifted apeiied oe discussion in a thoroughly practical man he mer pag he patent, antes farmer, 
and alban ne me aad ieh exhibited a Te abe ner. simple question was, “whet er the euving method by which bebe winrar 
hanging as they did from the Sanog of the machine, acted effected by Mr. ping aes system was pane than that ough the. yeaa! for the b benefit of the whole co 
with perfect accuracy, an could move them from their | Of horse-power, ther, whether the comparison of aye been. anita tly thou; 
line of working. The implements might but they could | interest upon he His capital invested w show a have ae ies 
t alter their position, and would perform the work with EEN for or be t am e might be 
cy unk to horse po e He had no doubt so i 
his friends would put him down Sather: “fast” up allowed to say, that he came into the room with so 
sie 
to it, and he would say that h felt 1 pia ind ted t Mr, 5 
Baike vod the lucid i manner in whi = he lad ieoughe DA rd 
pola » aud the ce with which he was prepared to 
which h adatod. 
of Caithness remarked that it Pa 
from the diagram exhibited of the machine in opera 
tion, that the rails were laid down in long lengths, and 
that moved obstructions as hedges and ditches were 
ae 
would be a matter of considerable expense, 
pO Ww ae pi pripr rietor or the tenant, to fill up the ae ane 
Th 
cere Sarre ind oe g hi TOWS. e t objectio: 
is syste as, that Se afraid they would Hot ot 
ly farmers, to lay ont the lar tt that 
carry out Mr. Halkett’s plan oi È, 
kitana intei, e h be e neng with the rails 
properiy ta ody no dou soe eh work co 
one, without that de the land which ees coe 
sioned by the trampling of bh el feet. Nate pi to the 
of hoeing, he felt interested in t r- 
E with h Ba ee, ee but the, objbetion ction to this 
hended wong be pbati 
peing ware ne bygaachine ery the h ealthy plan 
might ba hoed up and Tore plants w behind. Nien 
the boeing was done by hand, the stron, 
to emai e strongest plants were allowed 
he Chairman, Mr. T. D. Acland |, Sait 
red to think’ the | bah had ‘not ee ih aed dab 
ds to bring steam power o 
h and M 
tages of Ginisy tinge a 
procure one. 
Mr. George Shackel remarked that this subject had | § 
been alluded to by the noble lord as a tenant’s 3o estio; n. 
He (Mr. Shackel) would rather 
as a landlord’s question, 
e, they did 
sE 
sa 
ht “convinced of the eel 
not at once | as 
g 
low in me 
areik against Aie Hatketts sitet and he was even 
See clined to take the chair, lest it should be regarded 
n indication of ‘his approval of the plan; but he 
e t Sound t to say, that what he had heard that — 
had led him to take a much more favourable v If | so 
Mr. Halkett ‘ished to win the agricultural sine ue his 
pei must see what was the utmost amount of} © 
pe neces lu fain invested, not only in the first 
utlay for hi ae “put also in ee the whole sys- 
sah nto op 
cou! ntry may well 
pri ms oS nem att thei ait get 
arms, in ences, 
is walled, and 
la rod i f oy which i 4s pitti 
d, ch 0! 
nd, and mu 
Farmers’ Clubs. lee 
BED —Mr. Chari es Howards of Biddenham is 
Wat he Mes eee o f the Agreultusit en ae aai Frat 
so much a è 
T 
a aay Works of Bedford. and himself a ais -known 
Mo 
lt ri- | Much cann: much s$ Í 
a Sa ree recently gave a lecture on rete some to be ey 5 Cocos as moh 
o urer, before 
Be 
4a 
la; welfare of the 
er par crete ig do in many instances after 
our reformatories and our model prisons 
where are the well ventilated comfortal 
inhabit, in which he and bis family 
be attractions of the beershop w 
? Ladmit ae Een 
es 
1846 by which four aon eer wer LONA ti a5 
ing landowne th loans for draining their land. This 
= oeg ng r, small kane tothat furnished 
his 
e carry: t; an 
thus what ‘the sheep ‘hing Turnip husbandry had for the 
light lands of the c Soe sitli Gane g dd for the strong tenacious 
claye; a it has hat the number of miles of : 
ba = within the ‘aa eal 5 
as that was aie the li ht e rs y be 
in which he regarded it y Be" | millio —The Royal Agricultural Society, too, by its Journal, 
It was not to be iad that a farmer with 7 or 14 y had importan hare in the introduction of artificial 
Diso wonld embark in the erm utl T manures. Guano was introduced in 1836, but it was some 
wish to throw any obstacl ny. CUsla sete wens not tis years before its value known, and it ot until after 
Bakat 402. a -oniar it aol the way fo! Ship. plan; for with | 1840 that a whole anufactur f manures sprung | to Ap af ai 
the farmer to haye tem introd: inh era ere with | up, and the trade that is now done and the money expended is | Tesidene 1 toll 
to obtain a fair roti With gn wwonld enable him almost oo Some farmers are to und who pay | miles to his ee! y 
the farmers vea i gl = Deorai ame to the are merchant than to their 1 me z - 
exercising any the ese anes ave of immense advantage upon our ig 
the operation. great ničoty in Selecting the strongest plani Tw ree havo boen those of the Norfolk, blaine and upon 
Mr. H the heath san w ats of Lincolnshire, where it has been said 
r. corked coukt answer for the tenant farmers, that 
