FEBRUARY 28, 1863. ] 
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operation, including cultivating the 
THE GARDENERS' 
land after ejm fed | 
"Again, a 9-inch wall, although strong : enough, wa was nc 
CHRONICLE AND кы, GAZETTE. 
o fires. The by t 
a А quantity of "moderately w 
baa 
rle; 
d 54 bushels per acre. The land was never | stiff enough. 1% was so ielding, that on being built r 
S те produced over 40 bu shels of Barley pe it oscillated every, [X workmen an up the loaded Бу, AN ing into Sia ARN with over heated 
acre under horse culture, and m gl | la adder, ow ing to g s. To con- | surfaces, rately warm, and the three defects 
ear, of same de ity, gave hor lly, the bul lk Ly the materials | which he pu pointed out n all remedied by one 
а about 24 to 32 per bushels per acre, wh ун ace od | used must; be. produced on the spot ; he roposed s the agency. The smoke—the carbon in 
ing to the reports in th gricultural papers w wasnot|to use a small quantity of his o ана) along ten mes consumed wi itho ut any trouble Бе 
much exceeded on the heavy lands throughout ew with the loca terials. He зе а niece Мек bent whi vhich would have escaped up the chimney w 
untry. The general cry throughout the year has been | by means of an ordinary brick machine in th | de us T air fn and the room, instead of being supplied 
a bad crop of Barley, in consequence e way. I th ca lie p faciliti r | with was вар] 
weather and а seeding, whereas the b а ing and burning. An y br ie € never че пех zt pointed d the 
resuli was cause a bad system, which may |dry straig ht and true ; it у edd andis s ways ; s by umet he ig ipis sed ti ove the соттой 
ow be obviated by the. adoption of a better but vidt ade in pairs that objection wha е riated. vidt Sot smoky chimney, and үл ed the modus 
power, by which the farmer ma рт yra The bricklayer when he got the block could imme iately наиб by which the vu ney was vei d ben kept 
of best weather, and get results к I have | divide it into two with а chisel. Не would lay urs an, which appeare e of a ver s mple and 
now fixed Monday, M Res ^ as че е on which I | of bricks, which called * headers," and then "tle easy character. If his s plan ep adopte, the erie 
shall begin working ге оша and | one of these blocks and lay it upon the *' headers." He chimney sweeper ot be required more than 
drilling machine. I shall frat plat my light land| would then follow wi h the ordinary brick, апа | опсе іп а Аа ті а 
Beans, 12 acres en my һеау eans, 10 acres;|carry it along the inside of the wall. Then c Я DENTON observed Sight bo, there v am 
then my heavy land Barley 2 acres. | another of the facing blocks and a course of “ headers. the hdiple. of construction mi ght be, there vig id 
Then І shall move the machine on to ir. where | By this pene П the through. mortar joints cr ben important question, х 4 
it will cultivate D drill Hin ен 17 асгев after | which verga Te du means of wet, as it were hed to know how was that cost to be me - 
roots fed on fy Bignell; а а ВЕ e wet there was upon f n Мас io be borne by the landowner—w : 
April as m ve eaten d lighí block tl 1 t t n by the tenant, and whether it was possible 
13a acres, t the quee will be vida (К ка оа | =y was thickened by the vertical bond, -— аз а for he rip farm | abourer to contribute more for 
Barley. Now, s u wall which inm es 
and drill the land with 
tter rly 
impossible for me to snow 
tion at апу of the €— summer nie uei d 
as thus made perfectly n and it had no more e bulk 
n it than an ordinary 9-in wall, and would be per- 
did aot аа 9з. 
some алад: as to the 
r1 
AYLOR, rasta 
cottages 
ч 
бн 
cost of the brickwork ет ees thre 
tb ted 
it of unfit land, by which fectly dry vi ithi in the ve rnal surface. Another | med ue 
but few of the publie can ges Bun nd its merits Far- | wher e с of concrete metà "with у, кү 
ningham to wit; or by setting it up in a show | bricks were expensive was crete, or materials sait- fing for, 1401. арай, a suming the materi pesi : 
Tard; a mere dummy—Batt to have | able forit. Hitherto concreto had not been available | withi istance. се. Of rse п pon Шо 
determined tha will not put myself to the costly the construction of w In the foundation it |be dos e conve ^ pes miles. 
КЕ le of showing it at all at any of the public | would bear any weight, н 16 retained in the The use M ito вче would bene a the Pra ouring 
s to be eld this , summer ; therefo: оге, if any h and was prevented from spreading. When а point of view, ph ben А him as + 
of the beers was built by ordinary method, à manufacturer, and would undoubtedly be a "s 
will e long clear ор. on the теш of e ge to the. landed а а - also to the 
Egit light od of its tob, in ces operation, Жыш кл the action of the „зад и-ий 7 ide t 
hey may do so фу е Woolston when any of the | and Meinen i FE bogan >: Ж he pro- i5 "Woo oops, of Chichester, spoke of the advantage o 
Md му он done. William Smith, Woolston, vu was, to the construction of | using mud walls, of f which he had seen spicynene из 
Bletchley c ucks, Feb. 19. | walls in the iS tn used in the rench. Suffolk and Wil > „ and which were always kep 
— The plan he adopted was to enclos | whitewas| The only object › the 
= (etíes, blocks of brick. First the bricklayer uld шу a |of ео унн was t et pay not be driven into 
or course of flange bricks on the outside, adt then the | them, nything o fas à the wind 
- ROYAL AGBIOULTURAL ОР EEGDAND: | laboare | without i inj njoring wa walls or n des scriptio: 
er 
е аф 
т would fill i in the trench, so created, with con- | 
B Y n 
AM of t 
was held a; ytel Society's rooms on Neb dy Mr. 
Raym D Barker in the Cha 
Taylor со 
nstrue- 
dis- 
LABOURERS DWELL нав. . 
and ыалын, his improved puteis in the 
f cottages, as introduc a generál 
cussion on the economy of 1 = gs. Не 
said he did not коре to show any particular plan of 
cottage vereor id Д than was necessary to show 
how his к, were introduced. If ы 
ed pu exhibit a perfect model of a cottage, h 
requirements of cottages in 
с i io - ties, кет de number of boys and ее, 
= 
principally the goner: "defecs of cottage b 
"2 tne pr 
ТАЎ 
g 
e outwar rd thrust 
discussion а voti of thanks to 
= Taylor, propose 
т. MeDouall, was peel апа the Secretary annou 
ently r 
cotta ge buildings, 
blo de Г six tog gether, and being capable 
e y Each 9 dh ese bead я was 12 pe 
dth, but on the principle of | 
truer than were to be found in the vele d 
tion of bricks, If concrete aia were used for ы 
very few of these bricks would "s necessary. Wi th 
respect to flooring, he v ue 
"ui е р, aol тай 
а paving tile w 
e pri rincipal of awhi ch was da amp, the source of 
s^ ict 
ongitudinally Do ags were formed by 
in the districts suffer. He then, by mean 
пана proceeded to describe Е гас, tl 
with three — а kitchen ong room on the 
—— use or ecullery: with an oven, 
ooms in front, near 
e 
and a great deal of expense inen no valleys 
and no gutters, but along the side walls a single rain- 
watertrough, from whic the water га n into а 
butt. The walls were perfectly squ and presented 
the least external m um damp climate. 
e then exhibited of a ir of 
cottages which he Vier 0б: to baild at e 
Waltham, and which was a modifieation of the form 
plan. It contained two bed-rooms on the upper st 
for the parents n girls, and a sleeping room for 
on лы. One of the evils etperienced in 
cott s the dam mp which up to the walls 
damp-proo 
а very muc ch 
superior on account of its hardness and durability. 16 
was made of earth n I -— a eri - per- 
forated, by which means ir space eated 
cement, or ай; he propos 
course made of bro 
boys | flanges 
topsy turvy to go 
у | Ше 
hat flange, so that the 
air not. only circulat ted онн, dina. nally from one side to 
was laid same level, and there 
ith a 
The next tile rested upon the | h 
the other beneath the paving, but transversely. Тһе |8 
un the 
i: ling was m Ёз times the | 
t4 
Hence roof was m 
er than t e 
had invented a roof half the weight 0 
bed plain tiling and only a. Ep heavier than sla ing, i 
nsequence of not requiring to be E id double. 
tile was made with vo dan бе, having 
eso notches allowed the tile when turne 
p 
In reply to a rh Mr. TAYLOR said that the 
` floor E from 6 to 10 inches above the ground sur 
face, со z depth 
sle: = ар 
o wur шов, so that ifa. ac 
\ o damp could arise o де that nf It 
round the] building, produ cing a thorough separation of | 
air. One thing wanted in А fos ndation was bonding 
and strength ; the best thing 1 z e — was : 
ы of York stone, but t sive to be 
Е еса emm His perfo; демей ares Vus as SION ng as 
ork 
it: in ү it might be regarded as a piece of York 
stone. g 
down, air introduced, and the bonding secured. 
На next adverted to the | tion In his 
the h К brick | all 9 inches thick w to form 
were thus answered—damp was 
| the 
to the uppe с pet 
thrown ske м ascended. In bis Sechs prm rg register |Р 
ie smoke not pee able to e^ dil tho epi 
E ой Шы brickwork чнч NM биеге 
conveyed from the exterior to the interior, and 
MCA drm M an absorbent character. 
of wet 
notches in the E: 
and take a level bearing upon [mh which in: 
D 
| 
of foundation, з 
ng were | th 
that ыг m. meeting for discussion would be on vni 
f| 18th of Marc 
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з! Clu 
KiwoscorE: Feb. 3 fis мому Meoting of this 
association was heid on Feb. 3, J. Т , Esq, 
| President of the Aoao, in the шне "There 
|was an unusually larg Akienda of members, who : 
had the pleasure ri listening to ono of the most 
interesting and i ctive papers eveř read before 
this association, the "subject being | ge oin Manures, 
their relative tion to form 
crops, by Mr. 
Edward Dre p 
The emis are extracts fro 
1. As to Artificia 
ciated by us. These comprehend | cu 
of soda, sulphate of ammonia, в 
lime, with а few of tl 
roots, corn, &c. 
baps it may not be unine 
entering on them, 
ars aen progress made 
manures during 
Before 
„ | teresting to shortly — 
tention 
тр 
C 
the 
ults а corded 
TT is from the use of old feathers. pplication 
«s ls per acre, at а cost of 158., төй. he х атор of 48 
i i mantag 
as 
ties, rough state, 
rthur Toong ima nis prize essay of 
gland Society in tho year 1804, states. 
