JA&vARY 10, 1868.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 39 
in these on the subject, is а note tained, or, if е the Ex miárried Ao gèt 167. of money, 65 ston 
worthy fact. : y be es ri eed in d nd stopping the * expression? | Оа ds еер of à cow, 1 БОП of эй 1200 зг к 
Notes of an Agricultural, Tour in Belgium, Holland, 
А the first process. on of seed can be аме tof 
oil and саке in а day br an ix ео of abou t four | ecl 1s а and harves! oe f 
rv ihe Rhine. By Robert Scott Burn. Longman | horse- Lig the соз, is used, being | This, altogathég, áppéars to be the best regulated 
about 8 believe, pro- | wages a ploughman сап ha The cow is a great 
i i (b to a family, while tlie owning of one tends to 
ott Burn bas visited Belgium and peu on | vided vi E simple crushing appar aralus, in which the | support ily, g 
eu Sepa М Occasions, in 1859, 1860, 1862 |seeds а n the first ps erushed by вре. the | induce fixed habits in the ówner. Meal Potatoes 
He ha as each ti me taken every opportunity of examin- | lowér es b which are shaped to spond with | аге thus procured, too, at the cheapest rate, and as 
f the agriculture of the country, Ше bottom of Wry may be TS абра clt out | they are always needed in a family, they are in any 
and hàs thus qualified himself a8 а e to all a solid block ard wo The stat ping ym € ES as ыо — case о =. Т 
i E as ti those fo? extraetin tha oil is on "е same rincip le as that | dent wife they are better, as they аге retained for food, 
ucceeding agricultural Midi us beca : already nios А 4, This А 201 when oth money would be spent. Beyond the 
der of Mr. Burn's account hat he saw is capable of crushing about. 7 cwt. of seed а m ч necessary food requ virement whieh the farm EE 
1 id fi ll information given him on et culture, on per ton." T. grain as wa ins money seems unfair to 
si vs е of ma nid, on spade husbandry, d The account which Mr. Burn giv 1 аз һе isi in А ау circumstances entitled 
the Beet sugar manufacture, ү оп папу other ^ the districts where 16 is best Cat is very e арон te. | to. Ше ваше ваше аш labour. 
cultural speeds of. the ошту v isite ted. , The 
In faet the whol ole book i 
gui е to tbl 
“The o s forma very important part P. the 
nd- 
роо pyram in „е neighbour h ood of large to owns; 
the continent where {һеге is most for 
the English ме w 
eulturist to lear fath 
when they havea“ double hi ng" о» with their 
Piece-work is 
day-work {0 the 
is is nol strictly p cwn “ the жой (боп nda, agers) 
loughmen who 
g^ je daily wages by 
m Дд өзен, 
R 
t 
ye ear has passe ed | a. 
xi eet. i v and steam, 
offers every Rei to mg grower of the seed 3 con: 
vert it into Ке Ше ar TRR A by pur 
the seed at its ener va 
mealor oilcake, or, lastly, by crushing Hd Seed E 
stated m returning both the the cake, 
selling former tl The p 
cess Hs cru — m m - obtain as: oil and the 
cake is a ver mple o The seed is, in the 
first brui s беа o meal by means 
place, 
punt similar 5 those E in bone- базна ё 
large circular stone, 5 to 55 feet in diameter, апа 
14 inches "e. or thick in the. Ай», being used, Which 
has a double motion—one on its own axis, RE PS 
a: а circular table on which the seed 
rushed. А shield revolves with the лв 
the duty of which is to move the meal from the outside 
of the table towards its ecd so that thé stone will | Ped» 
upon an iron ОА, heated. by a small 
farnace, in сн peri rion of which a stirrer has a slow 
revolving movem: е effect of which is to К? з 
ча d oh vii Бен heated, much in 
m asi it w e ke ept айн, mixed en tha hand. 
р? 
Тһе owner of the mils i 
me round, wi 
weather. Whilst taking up our pen fto repor 
Ea: operations on this farm during tbe last 
onth of the year, never do we remember javing аб and employed. irmer 
ore scanty material to work upon, owing to the E erly d, and to con- 
which result from sudden КҮҮ or, and 
vs p the S $ progrese s of the ordinary routine a short dup y of, labourers, mu i his daily 
Dur cember we have been visited by | employ, and have secured for t rag ufficient for 
di 
quantities аз er abated.. Frost here (near the s 
has scarcely been percéptible, and as to snow, we jas 
i none, 
s.—The 
ng Wheat plant, though at first 
h 
very rdy i in Reed now X а most satisfactor y cases bondage is omit: as it not only secures employ- 
appearance, and when ил: ша Д ап ог the famili ploughmen, but, along with 
exhibits no injury fi wet. Circum 
stances have permitted the 3 терца pulling of S wedes | 
and o 18 
n 
1 а 
remaining portion of gurap land э. Sein. cu for evil. 
Barley. Swedes, though a regular pulling off | house of each plo 
TX small in the га "i суйену seeded, whilst several youn 
Wh ite Turnips are a very average crop. Muc 1 ben une ES 18000 шу in the fun дне 
вун е plac d 'Thes dth | 
of the lower реси. e pe to the des t the oil- 
с which ís to be made, or thereabouts. wo long 
annel bags are suspended. beneath M apertures, and 
aes filled by throwing iu the meal from t 
The pie 
which is ribbed or € transversely 
on its surface, is then doubled over, the ba ainin 
the meal bei th 
made running along its extreme length, Tn 
this a series of wedge es or blocks of wood are placed, and 
wedge, which is driven down Љуа 
heavy x or long piece of end kis has a recipro- 
cating се gere own vue it by simple 
mechanism * well? above described, 
а felted envelope i^ placed containing i its bag of meal. 
The thickness of th uch as to allow only of 
E being 
Which press upon the 
is then put in motion, 
- 
EI 
al wedge 1 
which it is so Buy fixed, by: a 
rned o 
ai rapidiy finishing а: "ploughing (for PR 
sümitted | distri 
h f. 
: able pecuniary circumstances than it. o" been his 
в | fortune to enjoy during the past year. J. W. 
om its position i in | 
| se Grass and Clover and, o x 
= "ho "ашу ореп "m D a stock have [nes | 
ог ап 
justice is that hme 
d on to t teas 
DR to роо eàt зү , thus economising the 
a . 
Carting itait ipd] )ome, and ploughing, with 
thé addition of the ordinary D ess п "reine may 
е represented às - 1 — of tlie Most 
e stubbles are and ve и аге 
As 8 latter 
a furrow of from 5 t inches in 
еше, ge will then be "delle Ио 
hi 
ғы risen й Tor 
» a ep 
ughed with 
ew but the bulk of it must w: 
r the car and 
peer karri iios only е чар? of a cert; 
ntly money and 
the 
(ог £14 Tis Hed day b in "а boxes, а 
yards, with the addition of Oat i aw, Баш ло 
pep; these res speak volumes in favour of b n 
feeding, where the economy of food is an object. The years under the same P 
grazing stock are still able to run out over old Grass in | Transactions of the tha Highland 
the middle of the дау, Jn ll 
Turnips, ánd receiving 
Sooiety, 
Calendar x. Эрени. 
JAN 
[The following passages are heri. from AMorlon's Farmers 
Calend е В tledgi E 
Th on rule to avoid 
six weeks об, Christmas yu 
ual condition of 
ins "a i jay ма 
е knife. 
And now we must bid ndien to the year 1862, IE | 
that our Reports acter 
ав to represent the Bri 
ENT 
ойто Де 
3 на. ФА for its. зону КК 
the JU ак expires во! 
Jep Mi 
: a 
will be described, АБ nt it 
the common winter Wheals тай 
season, the Talayera, à P i 
ts different sorts 
D i 
p ous. 
Wages in Berwick —Ma ајна pue occupy 
by t 
few blows toa second | wedge, b ut "tho л of which 
8 
[jesse f wood slide up the inclined sides of the w wedge, 
and allow the central Padge The folt E enve- 
lopes are then removed, and tle residue of the meal 
taken out pi jl — Which | present the wellknown 
duc velopes, to w 
we тз ү ог айдо. Their fo bai erha m the 
ре ор med up Uus them кезш ia ni 
uud 
for use, ме: a meal is 
processes—the first E cing К 
буры theaecond finishing the шен My the 
down; the | w 
ready | 
ges on the e Bm engag 
receive wages partly i aps oney partly in kind; a 
ich 30i p 
district, i4 А mere ant 67. of 
of the wi p by О; Oakmcal, “Baloy, | en 
free oaa, I rod T " er vie cria nsist of— 
ps bolls ERO M Ti €— 3 
the year, v loosel: кеа ear, but iig o 
Y! And, liter Bu 
Api V 
Et the йз Я sig ба peni be i 
6tol H og harrows pre 
drill; t, ria 
ү 
DT 
зө 
КЕ 
И дер 
Ёгее һоцве, аа абаа ра, 
month's адаа ш. 
e|eoooccocooo 
а 
та ТАКАЛ. CORE E part of Fa 
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