252 ТНЕ — CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. "Maren 14, 1862. 
bers the original stock, which ha d the whole|turf to pieces by force, sowing Oats after the first| Тһе subject of co-operative farms isa a most 
country to themselves; the lough кызк. more per ng, and forcing it into Turnips ES ain ing че to the eme Pet ip well as to ost interest 
sbeep in its wake than it displaces by its in vations- This method has, however, little to recom- | the oil. „Wem all admit od Ow to dei x 
Good roads, ofwhich there are few even 2 n - :(me d it, as t Si first cro ar ats i p Dg de- 
mermuir, would do much for its improv Ai Far and the turf stubbor refuses are insuf. 
Y ction of men still living "that ау oft or mould e ong for "the аел crop, vind те апа min € eX the crying evils of the Мар ме 
the present Е of road were for тей; and i S their |land afterwards is not we 11 Аке > reduced for desire was to e the labou Hy in TE Чан а К... 
подло а most provoking system of engineer and Mee do: ihdré 2 | taking bim ой. of it, E Et fini > without 
followed, the level haughs of the river sides: whieh; h, | for the reduction of new and "than any expenditure of koe i and thus bec mi 4 гезроп nsible pe 
without much cutting, would have furnished a line for | physical force. рен with e breaking up | only to his Maker, but his због; I do not ada 
arailway, being carefully avoided, A: those heights | and liming, the work of enclosing is carried on, gene- be independent of „his fe llow-cre: atures for i 
crossed bc h have rendered our present roads a suc- га all by stone aM; ; and till land is one its recla- | principle I detest. p G God in the 
cessive wave of hill and hollow totally nd mation is or 9 - mporarily effected, as sheep grazing | instance, and secondly, upon our neighbour, e 
for single horse carts, and r rendering tha t hea ату w ork over it during tle day and wandering from it at night mainspring of society— each forming а link. in : 
for two horses d | do not enable it u maintain its fertility, Wire fences | human chain. І ат for progressing with the time 
with one. The cause of th: Suig blunder we are at a| | are often erected where stones cannot be procured, but like large farms and extended fields ; they "E . 
ldb is a great porem мы togo Turf landlord many buildings, they give full scope to 
for the sake of d ry and firm foot ing traversed the hi igh | walls are sometimes built, and W atop p pro- | mac vere, and they meet the requirements E: the 
ound, were closely followed. Until better access is | tected by rails on each side: but Bost of EE is the Ae of intellect ви — there must be small isolated 
i nt of istricts qi a 1 exp farm arms, Ny i 
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stone; and lime is the prime squat ntageous grazing of infield land, they are | tion, e of this sort, 100 acres, more res 
of land, working like a spell on the b moulds. кају" beneficia as marches and boundaries be- becomin vacant, I called together iren И 
Being so far removed from the limestone rock its | {ее different farms, ^ -— er well neigh- the bettor class of labourers, and offered + 
effects are the greater, a much smaller quantity telling bours e seem to agre the take and farm and the necessary capital without interest, if they 
with good effect on new land than what is required for | give расар ple, Ше good AP libe fence — е: mtt to cultivate it Ye шабу 4 to 
the кеи dosed land of the low country. Four|the s from many alarms and disturbances. ach man paying down 2l. asa 
tons an acre is amply sufficient for a rst dressing, believe e also that these division fences might with grent Ту gli accepted - pr орой, eid in the'course 
and witho at lime it i ра unpr — practice t of 10 years capital was paid back, and 
this new still well | were in eis € ноп, as tenants of a wi 
will not $ grow on it to апу purpose, but the ‘deficiency ariy in our pr "Valuable Ye important as the | | cultiv: ated and well-stocked farm. I was so 
[satisfied with this success, that ui ш meus farm. 
ne rotation, is again so ownto Grass. Then every ing, one remains о be noticed, which i cnin in | of 150 acres becoming vacant, t, I put in n'upon the 
shovelful of lime shows ` эмн it was spread, in ће take | ben eft. tò none of ы and that consists in n the laying | same terms; and only 50/7. of the duces lent remains 
p. out of plantations. Of these we have at present very unpaid, and "they hope to liquidate this sum during 
Good roads would also у usa command of dr pr pat and d extension is slow ; уеб trees of the im year. Simple and inexpensive as my p т 
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onsider more than ple ler as it requires a drier | sed with stone А v Qi p. once d might have been in the same predicament. Physi 
iato for its satisfactory working than we have, | тум stells, and in the rse of lOor 12 years the | speaking, he is better fed, and can, consequently, da 
Lr cerei while large tracts of dry "Farpip soil remain | trees are over-topping the là ee: and every year a — genter ос <= - „employer aeta here d ; the 
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portion n aet and which remain untouched, we they sre full grown. In rou h stormy weath 
ical mistake to plough, as they form | s need never leave their vicinity for their food d, and ЧЕ Society, which is Tec rth upwards of 507. The land- 
бюз arde of the pasturage, and when well surface- | when snow storms force them together into a place lord has - his avantages ; marauding, less 
drained the y pro roduce a close and thick sward of Grass, jo Eit here is. no fold so much be poaching, and (as in Ы "my case) 50 families not only 
which if once the lea side of а thick plantation. акеп o off the parish rates, but paying to them. Their 
whilst to plough up boggy ground without first draining I detail of tl to keep the rates low. То give further e 
it is a ruinous policy. These su su rface drains are laid on | m * rte confining our bari more especially а е ы ofthe sohome, they must each of 
eith which seem destined and Melford Benefit Club, for. 10a a 
hill, Tike furrow- draining. Their cost is about time to alter alike the appearance of ade ess блм, 5з. а week after 65, when all 
rood of 6 ам is A it Mes % better d " j ihe phon she the character of its farming. J. S. B. | payments cease; 5l. for funeral expenses. I mi 
the long conomieal to drain thes in 
bd with tiles, but e undertaking is з beyond the t 
reach of a tenant, And in the meantime few inves 
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Тне following mech s appeared in the ende Times MA - ау several parishes, the capi ч 
ts to upwards of 23,0007. Тһе for 
“Sir, —The interesting article our “Own Reporter," Макыл mds be altered to meet the wishes of the 
meadow. We hold that these portions of bog к dated Rochdale, 5. Rupene uns ativo e societie: ^ induces me |]andlord, but 16 is necessa ќо: write to J. Tidd 
—(G M кы be к e а m ork of |totrou ех gere ais "farm lof D aea otat Хаќ Esq., 98 сао а cue sid SW. 
recia on upon the dry, and In 105 present | comin t, I called together 20 labourers, and offered to | for instructions how render the society valid. 
state, Jess Тае grazing Large portions of such |lend ege А, Se thoct абр, if they would Viene to | When I Т at pee ne : ded the Michaelmas 
land are to be found сп every farm of the district, | Ro ees ш AL EM pre ал Fre a Mire d | quarter meetings, and Wes surprised at the shrewd and 
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cha Р“ ent as they are, would paid me back my көш. so that I was induced. to Е another | apposite remarks made by these uneducated labourers. 
be little missed by the flocks whilst under the operation, | farm of 150 acres to 30 men, upon the sam Thes | As only ten or twelve members are required upon ж 
and which ae add eov to the produce of Turnips dle: nearly рей back the capital, and Кү 'of еа зы | two farms, di e remainder serve their old masters 
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m Legi at prent; and if these ы ions of inferior sure to meet with а неси нарах очно |Agrieultural Co-operative Society," or q peie 9 
were improved and Exam to the area f. Grass | 20087. зош oftheir pend pe Agricultural Association. Y Three 
| become much more гес Ает — y, ed | uu 
ат. existing, they would be increased both in numbers | cou countenances. If every country gent rend uid follow мА advanced the societies а sum of m i pori Wem 
and quality. P. 
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ebelieve atthe Е 1 «КЕН к mple, distress among the agricultural poor would not be to purchase a first-rate threshing machine. pues 
ork of reclamation too far, especially | c sand ыс lations it themselves, and they have paid me ted 
1 Lsbsitbo iu рру to TOI TOP EK gre: OHN Praia ' | portion ofthe capital. The editor of the * Agricultural 
bend or Metis A certain amount of rough astika | " Aerington Hall, Suffe Ѕосіеіу'в Journal" (Mr. Frere) has been down 
quired for winter keep, and mountain sheep eat| We have since factns мег, тона ters from Mr. Gurdon, | inspect the farms. e was so pleased with the 
heathi hich great relish, instinct and taste | | with further details of his Co- зет Farming. In manager of one of the farms, that he offered to také - 
зангаа their food by graz ce n thelow his first letter to us, [е says he has received many | him as а bailiff at a good stipend, but he did not wish 
grounds in the fore part of the da; ара on the inquiries, and adds : | to leave his present situation. From the “ Co-operalor, , 
portions in the | 100 . "Those, “Т аш for adopting ig the newest оа eed a monthly eme conducted by Mr. Н. Pitman, ў 
 mixtu ps ate bo for adm es, ploughs, es | Manchester. 
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make them gr od Grass, ns | ov à Tes A deed умы Ё Ку 
iption of Heather, whilst that | sive to the farmer and less open to imposition. T havo i iesse Correspon ondence. 
which grows on peaty soils is more tender and succulent, o diim out a plan for suburban vi fouror| On Breeding Sheep.—Ai а time like the реш, 
and we believe the very best crop which can grow on five miles on the London railways, whence the when the eS of sheep is likely to produce a ied 
such land, especially when renewed every few years by | labourers would be brought up to their daily work and | return than corn-growing, it becomes an imporu 
burning. Peaty soils, also, stand very few TM in|taken back at night, ма бр сопошу, morality, A cet to consider nce we cannot improve. =ч iy 
ту 
Grass, reverting speedily to Heather or to a w rthless | education, health and happiness. e same grow а, 
foz. 
We shall shortly describe the plan usua iy fol-| The substance of the printed ent under which TONAS агана There has been very vu d : 
og. agreem 
lowed in breaking up hill ground, which consists іп | the Assington farm is let is to the following effect:— | gress in the ара of feeding horned stoc "m 
ploughing with a furrow (shallow or r otherwise) for the | “І agree to let to the undermentioned persons, | е iens cows are kept in good A AEn upon 20 po 
h ib i -chaff. 
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first time, and well turned over, as much as possi le to | forming themselves into an Agricultu ciation, а ts daily, pulped ue icai with - 
kill the existing vegetation. It is then left for a year or | farm, called * Severals, containing 136 acres, for the in i thi same conditio! e allowed to шат m e 
more Ёо rot. In tbe autumn it is E ed, and annual rent of 1947., and 37. for each house, upon the tity. е Mis а " similar digestive ad 
again in the following spring it i ues ет for the followi ing 00 —That consist of 30 | and is ten times as heavy ;· а consequ. 
third time; the lime з= pee «оњ betw at they conduct thi І с ion their respective live маа ДЕ тре 
~ : suc manner E not to bury [кезун and pay their rent regularly. "That the land be is consuming ten times the quantity o Peor iB om 
fand l having bé split up into ridges | farmed upon the four-course husbandry. "That every question for experiment to cid nr eati 
eady for Oat seed. Two | 12 years the land be re-valued. That all repairs be adopt the system of pulping bae nix ing keen. 
nthisinstancetaken,and the | done by the Association, landlord finding ro chaff, for sheep, and b economie A Turni Ambi 
he turf being better | materials, To insure the premises for 3007., &c." twice as many heep per aere as we do now. ^ wi be 
crop of | The ик pp of th n, together with | objected that the ож contemplate VL. wo 
le, impa- | the ru ations, and Mr. Gurdon мша. јетре with too much labour. trc onu 
ad rrt! would ask whatis the proportion between 
ear the | second letter, as follows : 
M nt princip 
CO-OPERATIVE FARMIN unwearied attention of the clergy, pe асі ©... 
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