THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[JANUARY 31, 1863, 
108 
€ iet water cart and horse) of 73/. 10s., | of ** heal all," or © drops for nervous sufferers.” 186, in| little from mildew! 31 —— now done with all contro. 
an reoaland oil of 677. 14s. This was at | reference to r leader. I quite agree with Chi rsy оп тенте тента circumstances 
a uu ot ea s. 30. per acre for these item ustice Fitzhorbert's observations in relation to © dis y OL вее 
Last October an exchange was e PON cretion.” Discretion alone can determine whether a еу. т to relate) 
A4-horse engine with stronger rope is to set to work | quantum of seed is or is not ridiculous, be the quan 19086 ха 
next spring. With the more powerful engine, the usual шо or thin, ог rather much or lit е 1 seeders à orb tbe ae n. a " bloss Шаша 
performance is 6 or та дау of plo ughing, Mad 10 cer ainly have one apparen advant you sa; With plenty, eig 
or 12 acres with the sca . Тһе ра аг ER viz., their tendency [^ economy, 9 And grant henceforth, за foul debate 
to only 9з. а day of 10 hours, viz. 2. vhs ей ay we farmer jaro need in ever Bi ki Twixt husba su; cease! 
9s. 4d. to ploughman, ls. 14. to each of "he porter | our profession ; but adage, “Not зае ted | John Ford, Jun., R Mont 
lads, and 1s. to th hor Жн | nothing wanted, 2» ЗЕ ther re is also another adag е Pro duce of Two peer in "our onths.— Will you beso 
may cost 4s. a da; e workmen employed are the | equall weighty, viz., “ Penny h.” | kind as to tell me if you think Ан enclosed із а fair 
ordinary labourers, and дош a ms morg certain | Each intelligent farmer: must hi mself strike the produce fro cows fin the four months, April, 
than the fitness of such m engine or any | balance between these two adages according to his | May, June, and July, as on the ist ? The are one 
other superintendence of fin. machinery, ‘after a few | experience, founded upon his particular circumstances. | Short-horn and the ut epe ВО thing an Irish 
weeks' experience. Т! reepence ап paid for|In your third par graph you refer to À Wilkins's | breed ; the produce sen a gentleman's table, They 
overtimi engineer and plo ii "2d. n hour|*lucid English, erudition, clever колу, and perti- | ha. d nothin g but Ша Grass that they got in the field, 
to the others. Coals about 21s. a ton upon the|nacity? No ma admires them more than I do. I|and that feld i middle of nt's Park, 
ound, cost 12s. to 15s. а day, and the cost of|have no коча to these азая аб к in any | London. Th бона м h % per Ib. ; cream, 3s, per 
coals and ой, water cart (4s) and wages does not such degree as the Rev. gentlem n has regarda pint; new milk at 4d. ре er quart; skim at 1d. per quart, 
generally exceed 5s. an acre for ploughin during à | his sees. irony no man i "moro ы of. Bu ut som e of е: skim i ів given away. Тһе cows calved 
good day's work. The ex of ipd Ei be | than jS 5j к пм with © dicreton by the begi J. C. 
incurred ' every two years and amou about ns “letters paten eaped upon me more titles ep mm EEEE 
1 acre. | е hos ifs із PEA * ufhciently | t nla Us: likely to receive from the Crown 1862. | Butter. pem aod omane (Skim im mik 
compendious and manageable. о S diu d Let us survey them, and also ће | April, "RUE pints. b qu quarts, | qua rs. | £s d 
Mr. Frampton has d made throug Y venience I am likely to be placed under from this 1 F psg 6: 
open tract of land where the ing is stiffest, eA s “ thick seeding ” of titles. “ Pre-Adamite John Ford," 1 | 
long furrow's work on either side of it. The apparatus | “ te rige dg Ford," “precocious J ohn Ford," `7 n 
is now lying by in farm-yard and s ed, and 16 would |“ куен n Ford," * Cimmerian John Ford !” a | ) 
‚ во Мг. Е п вау, the labour of seven horses | e let me pause, and say, “ Angels descend, and ү Ex 
with the men employe in attending to it when at bring me а PE pos A uw et me A us nt Ж n | 
as ы titles, sometimes ©“ i $ 
s a mile off, set the anchor rope and apparatus out, | of w up thei of fools," I do not Wink tint 1 у. à 
pini get D work. Thereafter it could travel up e your EN will say vom they betray on the p of 1 i n à 
ploughing on one sid er come back down the the Rev. . gentleman i с ES FAN n” reco ndod hay m $ 
roa, ploughing the other side, robably 150 The ар 075 will be this M 10. 
n all, fully three Rien de work w without any | I send a letter to order pa at а London hotel rel . i 
is lost i in shifting apparatus. It is in cases like this | all pene grs titles, 2d shoni not go, it is nearly Я i 1 
where the great advantage of steam poa felt. And, | certain the innkeeper will charge me for E ve ii yz 
given weather suitable for tillage work, a soil adhesive, reserved [sn for he will ы bier that all these $j & | 
and — fi& for the sheepfold, and a large в can es to poor, deluded, single John Ford, E jm 
tract with ro adway. fa apnd the зы апа Ma Ap beg hi immerian dig nec Я } 
imp am power applied to the rh ru Per so let try and » i 
lti f the land i ean much cheaper than that signaliso myself TE Paan Е а bli Ang a ^ charaoter 2 5 ” 
of horses for “ pertinaci city » by calling attention to tw es А М 
As t ff ts from the Jo dd of the Ro; Fu Ханнага 1 re rob 
th f AMPTON'S farm it was зады а; а ың which I trust „з pk aban of| 28 e: i p. 
obvious, last arid from the firm condition of the land, | wise men, nor the idol o foo Iw M to : 1 i TUM 
both where 16 had € баре turned over roughly “е such accredited works as were w thin: e reach sin pue 
with the Miei and also where е usual ood advice of ME espected Rector of Wix,| | 11 48 | 159 | 187 еШ 610 | 
turnfurrow had An dn re vie ended me to read the scientific works of SPRINGS - 
The f is refharkabl lo for its excellent buil dings— | scientific mm and I m ay suppos praetical men, for I| 1862. | Butter. | Cream. |New Milk. |Skim E #9 
finer barns, stabling and Ше ing round the sides of а e des Mem кб рше is often nothing 2 -M 
uare I have never seen Puildin ept in more * philosophy іп а dile i I therefore, | May. | 18 redu кс. зЧчапщ E 
perfect repair, The inner ng aid ыы ір | ү: cr the Р omk ot the Ro nem Society, of which i i 106. 
yards where sheep pick over the Вагі у, | Т ата а member, looked into them to вее the opinion i 2 1 
which is d rown in fresh from th А | and experi of men in the members of the i : ru 
flock of 450 ewes is kept; tegs and part of the | Council have sufficient confidence to admit their articles E: H i 
ewe lambs being fattened off at 12 and 13 months old, | for national perusal and direction. e first extract is lł 1 ri 
d one-third of the bees being sold every year. |in volume the ninth, page 283. The article from whic E E ES 
A few store cattle are maintained on straw and|itistaken is addressed by Mr. Loft to Mr. Pusey, o i F H 
Turnips. These, with a Loci dI stock of Berkshire | the ** varieties of Wheat and the advantage of thick S. 2 $ 122 
pigs make up the live stock of the farm. The land, | sowing.” The ty of seed sown was at the rate of T 2 Tes 
now recovering from t he foul P to which its |5 pecks per acre, and the average (of 12 sorts of Wheat) 1 Hu 1 T 
piecemeal reduced it, | was 45 els and 2 pecks per acre. The remainder of yg A abs 
gives a good specimen of the style Ts anagement | the field (15 acres) was drilled in the usual way wit 1 1i 
common to the country, on which steam cultivation | 8 pecks to the aere of Marig ld Wheat, and it yielded e ц 4 
been engrana by an intelligent, energetic, and | rather over 57 bus els per re was no diffe Y u 
enterprising m ence either in land or management, except that the 12 "A 1 
sorts (seeded with 5 pecks) had more, care labour 1 1 
One is not surprised о find that in so open а | besto upon them in weed and hoeing than 27 H 
an example of this kind has been followed. | the remainder of the field. T; observes 1} e 
There is within six or eight гав а nsington, near | that this result is аб variance with the opinion i і 1 
endon, immediately under the chal and оп | оЁ the advocates of thin sowi to the quantity ВА 1 3 
аш of Mo. hallara soil, another steam plough | of А w, says he, generally begin with 1 - 4 
work. М. к Dodd, of Bottom Farm, Chake e pecks of seed as the minimum, gradually increasing, ) т 1 7 
ce Байер meeting purchased опе as the season advances, to 9 pecks per acre. Observ ) ЕА 2 5 
Fowler's i hos power engines, burning 15 суф. ч he says, nothing of blight as regards the corn Ы Hu 1 5 f 
coal a day, costing thus about 13s. а day. Ніз |raised from 8 pecks; but in respect 12 133 | 5 176 200 D 
а inclu engi S enm rg 14s. ; | varieties the rate of 5 pecks (eight varieties E. 
; and ancho 2,.; [n eing white sorts and four red), “іп all the white sorts ; ERU E 
to 49s. a week; and the whole expense for labour, | there was a considerable q ir of smut, two or three Lond еа teni ы. cc emen E. 
; oil, and fuel thus does Т1. 14. рег оё the finer sorts being much the worst; whereas June. lbs. pints. | quarts. | quarts. | £ &® 
week. During fo is autumn, and working | amongst the red only th ed, and two = i b: HEC 
23 days of this time—losing,too, the labour of as шапу |of these only very slightly affected with smut. i 1 E 
аз five removals—Mr. odd accomplished 106 aeres of so gives. the result of another experiment with 25 065. 
рош һав 6s. an orta gan iton the crops per i i MEE. 
50 acres of arable land have hitherto been by {гота 39 i n to 57 bushels. ТӨ nert 1 E. 
30 horses—he ds now getting rid of 10 of heu, and заи is from ue d e, page 1 The article ж : i PES 
en by David Barclay, À M.P. on the advantage of | 8 i 9 1 
worked with greater efficiency s пен. thick peri т. The account of the experiments on the $ i H 
a time is not | merits of thin and thick E drilling, dibbling, and > A * : 5 
so trustworthy ог instructive as ors of others xw. broadcast, conducted on Eastwick Farm, in the сооп! A 05 
rs nce. And „опе can in in his of Surrey, is as follows: 2j bus drilled 9 inehes E i J 07 
theref 1 t l| apart, produc bushels per acre, value 167. "E + ) 4i 
tenant farmer having мре AS detailed | 1 bushel drilled 12 inches apart, produced 25 s n qa 
rge-lab of steam | value 1i .; 1l bushel, dibbled 12 inches apart, pro- x H o 
respectively, t dat the former i is the denter 4 the two, | duced 31 bushels, value 137, 4s; 1 bushel 3 . 0 
has not, after an autumn trial of the latter, seen апу |dibbled 9 inches apart, prod 37 bushels, value i $$ 
reason to repent of his decision. 15/4 12s.; 21 bushels sown cast uced 40 ЗА i (09 ! 
: ushels, value, eda ih ме. figures include the value ` i à ps H 
straw. call -€Ó attenti 4 ңе ne 
ome Co E ndence o е wore pi ИЙ, fanar "b plants in "es " 1 A 
John Ford's Farewell to the Subject та and Nos ама (in in seedings) ware by much theshonges Г W E ; 
ке, have read ES leader of January 17,|and looked best meus e season, ; Ln à 
and trust that I shall шен no offence if yu the Ero roach of pe t, be it beeame eviden tthat | ) Ў n Ў 
оп well known and | the quality of the grain : straw was inferior, more | 
w lines by way табу in No. 2, 65 405 194 - as 22 
