Jawvanv 81, 1868.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
107 
t pasture for 
inae is се the plough. 
arts of this soil, com- 
porti is л үе Фо 
UM: заа and о aud the 
weg isa diluvial ‹ deposit r^ pte 
po а flinty iron-sand and grave 
The estate of Knowle Park is no exception the 
Жс rule of pieturesqueness and landscape ie 
whi ch make кук; Бо attr a ctive 
, but of very limited | 10 
Cou 
as 8 “ reside nti al” Ў 
because the soil is naturally fall of fertilising matter, 
may fairly be called—as, indeed, in the occupation 
IR 
which being thus laid M 
o nsily с extract lot of 
to be. 
of 
the Lo ndon Farmers un Ne ought 
f Eng 
ted. 
а rich calcareous 
a * sma; 
ә? © 
зе анкай ЕА land has been ul some UN it 
for 5 feet deep and more, all of it at least 4 feet deep 
р 
ardened sand-clay soil in the Weald, of nothing 
h 
1 
20s. to 50s. an acre, and proba ably over the whole P ai A 
least 30s. an acre фот 
апа 
n pe to bea 
n bu t it has. 80 forwarde 
io 
hat &c., followed by Turnips, Oats, Clove 
it, may be equally astonished by | w 
i ki Me a runs 
o they 
ctually эйбер o i piura it t are 
a smashing u iu 
together again ев оге 
killed. 
ci eultivation, in Mr. Рэ dshaw's hands, has 
nevertheless been advantage and economical. 
то ре 
BENSINGTON NEAR WALLINGFORD.—The traveller by 
g 
| the Great Western Railway must haye noticed between 
a the Gor 
ог ing | ion on the 
of the line, and again, after 
and Wa allingford Road Stati 
r 
the їйїн Коза Station pu the southern an 
ge extent of o 
en иш а а 
with grai 
he Mid es, aii cultivated in in olda А large 
chalk, em sand, 
d Kimmeridge clay f. dnos p thofa жуы 
in texture from a comparatively an d shallow 
chalky Soil to a deep stiff clay, the pre № being 
geo 
has not only dispensed with the Mis of six "ones 
а the 1 abour of the far , that 
aologieg! sequence, because of 
ш. d NE beds of flinty gravel which here and 
e obscure the regular Loin. 
The rotation of crops ыу аі сы Мн. Rye, 
for 
The e parish of Bensington lies barely within this dis- 
trict—the village lies near the Thames, and „the ada 
, Which 
of a Таг rnipcrop after Rye and аана E [s 
only means 8 of reduc 
Almost o whole Е the Eia з 
1 Elms an and t th: 
at carris e and o Aes x belonging to the estate 
enerally, has been hitherto done by 16 horses, а the | 
арш of 1860, Mr. Bradsha red 
cultivator and 
B 4 
y. There are 
ил Ы on the t Rape grown under such circum: 
f M is not so good. The crop of Swedes, not s 
is nevertheless very fuir half 
of itis carried home to the dnce ir cattle. p 
a ell, 
nothing c 
cer- | with pen any he а ог de se 
vetet d 
e grea 
trim and enclosing large tracts of lan: Th 
of la ately а ' “ * common feld. > 
part the parish was till 
Mr. Frampton, who occupies 
land in it, the proper ai of Mr. үзбө: in this 
оре еп tract of country, tells me that а few years 
r 
I 
dia 
ing is 7 or 8 loads of farm-y: 
[д РЗА е шев bones, and 2 ewt. oÈ dissolved 
es for the Turnip crop; for Mangels, in place o 
че guod bones, 1j cwt, „of superphosphate ы 
from the neighbours’ land which lay i in 
the same manner, by a furrow or i 
etie; e therefore 2t Жш regular, and ener- 
іс дерей 
[ рег а 
ing summer of, that | 
year in like | manner r60. A were enltivated in S days 
at an amne of Ls „ 6s. 6d., т 4з. 1d. p cre 
реа. 
The yo 
ог | this отун of the aed and i 
follow 
м аата ие df the зүр: of the UN: 
gre pes Pia the parish has been 
e euh Fram mpton's dud iT now in large 
PE 
of comparatively 
ung бше receives а dps Lap dung z 
I 
ing autu 
spring dicas 
"One 
n for Wheat, which rarely ku Йа 
inty, , gravell y вой, ее bn оду, o elsewhere а 
d ealeareous loam, and in o the er €— again a stiff cal- 
careous clay, It has been partly drained ү 3% and 4 feet 
deep drains, placed occasionally where ihe object hag 
ееп to remove spring water, о 
dia ; of | the most instructive features of the manage- | | deal in Plages where the clay an k or gr een & м : 
ys join; but regularly and pretty p together iai 
at ppost TIE 18s, or үн 34d. per a The ork | manure. The buildings are exceedingly compact and | the Ж drainage of clay so AT needed. 
on the whole amounted to 507 acres, "э а cost. of compendious : А economical. Thelabourof managing | Тһе farm, though pee lies КУ me part well 
1357. 18s. 3d. "This was “ cultivation" or grubbing— the od waters o KU — аз much 
mg es ita zs mà en any movement z is Ao uch as possible by iie bd connection of the as 8 hu E fee ove it, i ^ suppose, 
n exceedingly | di t parts of the fa f ü i 
orap се deal of it a second and even a hird lino, | bail р е En {чор GEM M the ie. зе 
e costly than this, 
the past year, in like ms er, the same ugue o of 
8 дороге) дана е aratus ште ripas d 450 acres 
gs nim by the 
ed M give of "utilising 
Four or five ol 
tate. 
farmeries were ? pul own, e the timber à other 
e $ cost of 4s. acre, or . bd. in ап; 
wages given daily are the B oues wages of the 
hem mtu —123. ‚ 9" Wee ek, with 6d. . extra for the extra | 
Nowhere have F seen mor 
however, must M. 
Р 
| ness and mp n in the details of manageme x 
Wheat and Oats are brought in from the mill on the 
às d 
from the 
extra quantity of ata Lll E lich um the river-rise 
and ihe, ч ater-logged land are owing. 
The fi arm, now that Y t аре ад is culti- 
eld co —Whea 
in fa PE so а the men often take 18s. h 
Ww 
waggon, Viet into the thri reshing machine, wor 
by a fixed engine 
M 
коры: АИ ELM T 
I 
3: 
occupy 
fields, which lie in 30 and 40 aere 
learn here, as we do ivi eet, in piee быч 
the Sig little wear of rope which Ше Soil pro- 
due No doubt every care is taken in carrying it, 
Nae d Mr. Bradsha za мн not the improved ves 
porters for this pur hich are no 
ess | either eric d or cub uno d 
for use. 
dress oi 
| up ready 
side, are me prd litte: red from e stores close 
bd, and their 
m Anim. and "diio soiled ues i 
Lem em, into alarge central ect 
pepan perta the ыгу О т fent ois 
ver M is built а shed wi arded 
‚рәм к find а living. The 
manu ure, oads or more, w which the MAE ай oral 
poss 
pnis d pile led Ry 
rin ЫШЫ stalls, dua bà rangeson either 
not 
t, Turnips, Barley, 
Vheat Ыы аге BER. "much as 
wn 
good extent 
xe aed some little ape iota the ur] 
шоо 
MA l crop had just 
dis 
the Quim Th. eak i s pus + 
which а large e 40 -acre piece of 
been "id Ы ру sheep when I was over the farm the 
other day. Bar ey а with se 
either the lect Red Clo 
and what of this i is atn off EN in the tede 
is ploughed ka and sown ps or Rape. 
hi. a large extent t of Бтееп-сгор food for 
itis only i А эңе? Weald € D. e qne ИЯ ог ropes 
used P e 1600 
ards b 
cake-fed beasts, and swine fed on ы ев із аѕ 
good as it can be. There isa desta рй for carts Esa d 
still y РЕД А. "e рама s б two or beh addi- 
tional seasons. The соз! too, has been hardly 
anything, and there is "lite бодо к: ew of акі 
кеп I effect of us ing a new thing 
A а опа- hand. one, н аы which жетй has to be 
If, however, where E have been thrown mon 
аз here, the Weald district enables very ps 
. land needs to mbed, hue combed to 
get rid of its Mas it перан As be sti 
- to enable its i 
а calcareous «ау, 
һе ay is a (ого destru 
epus p T 
tle, 
Swedes, 2 21 Tbs. of hay and st 
e -— cake 
EFC 
гж ап асге over the arable land. The rea 
- | labourers 
£ the lin: 
ade the farmery, bys which its contents are end, 
"he tock of 
cente iud 250 large E e Down „ewes s bou 
Жош 
the farm consists of about 40 pd ar 
18 
p, wh ANS land bears folding. This е 
роо pein kah pen ponni sumed upon the Ea the 
land yi rops зе А Y ood 
веш i й p пете, 
26 horses, 
n during winter. 
nd 
a. and the wor im. 
h year, which, c 
fattened with 4 eir produce, receiving chie exe 
| cotton seed cake, with. ipa Turnips, &c., Nod is 
ali through the following summer, 
The cattle it is 
ld | horses, costing at lo 
Ela. 
oxen i into ae count, 
adopti ng Fow ler 
keep on straw and cake and 
ч Va а few rhe AK 
steam: 
cie for 
of 
and fatten n during the second winter. 40 young 
Devon ia 2e (chiefly Shortho "Y kei 2-year-ol 
w tied up, Tod "uM gei безг of cut 
y. The you А a 
iw gne in the feeding house 
e er бобы a mà ch as 97. 
reaping machine 
ке an 
for 
1 
plo st atus fo 
vation; its ren 
4 york. 
t ied 
ti иф. ҮЕ бое 
ыр 97. 16з. "Ж for coals, res 
ет 98 about 4s. 104. 
the 
t of labour is, 
pet the roads 
а mirei TE оой order mad chan. 
m farm, thi penin Ё йт; 
ош T X rci 
w.|of the 
I vm 
ing is the 
à Lh during | 1862. It ploughed 
cultivated 145 a t of l 
