Marom 14, 1863.) .. THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
253 
Then, 
attendance and the value of the Ls уй For fatting| 1855, as the date of the first. successful. operation in 
p on Swe ip e the ro cut m the | steam agriculture. t I have 
paco ed before you. I claim the laurels qmd won 
t this trial by the Messrs. Fiskin, and Mr. Fowler 
ewes, if S can 1 would ha ave eno: more fairly towards dk if he, insteád 
а given area of ro oots, we can afford to lay ved an “ order? at Carlisle, that 
the amoun nt of labour, en: still leave a very 1 fit had re ї 
рег need har. 
soot and dissolved one 
tone, two уез: 
ас 
Коз. 4, about of equal quality and weight, viz., 61 lbs, 
per Lor n ss a 43а. No. 2, not so good, and over 1 Ib, 
at 6s. 3d. per bushel. 
(с) W 
"y ; the Foe: Pub sown the latter end of А 
егу large p 
another most important ad- ke th etre ons, à зач 
Manure. | Совё. | Wheat. 
| to draw w an ny giv ven jh surface 
call his 
attention. to the words of the Tord M Ju ustico E 
eep pass much po ан over à de 
nor entitled to avail himself "T tle imei sul ofa ч 
case of fatting sheep | let us hav 
us to 
achinist;" then ore of this 
sai "128 shall not go into the idle as 0 др м 
plough, d's end, is 
dis out to make room for the double action one of the 
rie Ae bus I shall, and „до clai m the honour 
of h 
w king upon the e 
here berore 
pl ughing 
wi 
dit 2 wo few years ым т “hall see the double acti: 
же letter, pet s thing that can HS on e work- 
g its engines ouble its nomin t die. | 
William NN араса. а Btation, Real; 
appear Á n nos there i is m thing а 
n—at any rate not 
n reign im- 
p deficiency. Со uld we 
means e economically growing two sheep | Mi 
where one was grown before, we have the means of 
ЕЙУНЕ food at i vamihablo Ан sufficient for our 
enormous populati The I about to 
suggest sie СА ited for large arable farms 
of a light na li 
the bu dinge, dy Бета = centralizing the produce, 
- dt ing the str. aw ди» Торф by beasts is un- 
For 
Farmers! Clubs. 
, KINGSCOTE : Feb. 3. а 
os i this subject. 
pur) 
Iw cond diyi son of o 
of steam 
f I may be рес. to live а | Guan 
Non 
80 paatiels of 
| Dissolved ` 
поо of 
sh phate ror 
40 bushels of 
soot ie 
Straw. 
Total. | Profit. 
£ s.|bus. 
. | 80 48 | 33 
soot 37 
bone 32 
36 
36 
37 
36 
37 
mmonia.. 44 
24 46 
o 58 
ом t3 t5 b LJ LJ 
оо о о о о о 
lbs. perp qrs.lbs 
SA 
n- and s 
bli hted, the а. espec it bent dow: The 
whole of the others was хоор" kind, icu with 
ab 3 ays, 
soot,- 
mples of corn, with 
2, soot; 3, d 
ері ate of amon 
lot made the first start, 
which was first аре by 
колдо: ire 
PY "m 4. 
2 0 1113 
1418 4|1 5 14 
116 
i 20 
8 
14 7 
13 13 
14 11 
0 
3 
019 9 
018 0 
The the exception of plots 4 and 6, were 
much "alike ; they stood in {һе or E to appearance, 'of—1, 
Whe: at. т: 
bones ext; rato w 
cent 65. 5 per bushel, 02 y n be nt 
uma gig 5, disso: lved 
followed 1 ^ rs “зо фаза, а. 
then th 
ally, and 
ut whilst the 
m 
of labour in eartin 
e a great improve- dinding- ed an 
ill now pas 
mbjet = bdo Pine P artiüeinl m. ures. 
a question —Ó asked than answered, being o опе 
joa an nd dei 0; and ceriainls 3 vir г: f 
(d) I 
l now give you an 
accou: 
Mr. Rich, 2 .Wellsley, with Wheat 
ment if we could. dev of ины! thes straw | First of all there is tho requirements of the crops, the 
‚ and makin д: ewes perii eX n the nature and co опа of the | da nd, = available food 
land. 'The corn must be stacked n 1 State of the 
аге to be consumed; боа bya se ice macine, ie and time i meds е sipblication, with 
and straw stacked 22 d thatched. 'The roo ota. ust be | ya: rio ойм. 
1а с 
natur ally 
Ede and. | 
; ànd now the operations gy commence. 
а root — 
ts possess different habits and wants, wh. 
the dl as be deficient in those very substances which are 
essential to their development ; when this fis the ep those 
- ust be resor! whic e opinion(fro 
nce) of the farmer, he thinks ost caloulatod t to её 
th дак нед, ingredients in the best available r and from 
the best and cheapest source, atte: ц being p: 
jme ca ы of th; E io d the тепн of the 
partie to be іеі. Gener 
m pends 
r mb 
Pon. this might be made in a 
much space; Ming 
in a 
E ug omis 
d в e by 
Profe Way, setting a price to the diferent Substances con- 
tained in manures, by which an approx e (on 
—À( mig ht be arrived at; it has, НО cen 
own by Dr. Voelck 
eti, the АКА, й hd manure Е altogether череша on the 
quantity, but a n the state and combination of the dif- 
ribi iti P 
sedg we UR поб 
Great Steam Mna gh Trial has cleared away a|* 
good deal ofi mist, as well as раша two of our leading 
nd F 
esults. The great point at issu 
hat ‘proportion does 
to the expens Ar gripe g their a 
this before you, my exp 
Apt few w experimenta T hayo tried, bearin 
t 
wise some useful information 
from в sources. 
cation? In order to set 
the matter, 
Ihave been еї with, like- 
ee what w and practical opinions received 
ld 
shall see. The latter has lost аі is беда, dor d ме 
the Мевзгз. Fiski 
No. á 
seeds, s) Manure applied in April 
Wihon 
2, To 
- E 2 cwt. nitrate T 
er that it is not Өү М ie Жерг ыла Mes 
е between ourselves is— Mec 
tha pem value of the produce bear | апа 117 cv 
applic t bushel, 
erience iihi h detail to | give a p 
ally | 1} pis 
6 
N.B. "The s mido of straw of No. 10 2 was о 92. 
Wheat in the spring of 1858 on shallow pde oil. 
26 
some experiments s from 
t drilled in the аши а, 
e year 
1855, on good dry stone brash land on new lea, (or 
1856. 
bush. lbs. 
15 
No. 1, pi trump Wheat with 14 cwt. ты. 
апа z -— ноо salt 
asl 
р. LA DSL s 
44 0 
Again, to Wide Trump Wheat ане - i the" ааа of 1891, 
а (hot to the | on dry Stone brash a 
w lea manures, sown April 8, 
common salt, produced per 
soda, 825 c 
acre al pone] 58 lbs of Vias and dioc а Е Un- 
manured, 
experi 
of 1 An? rch wide ni 
tely se. 
m 
eeded by 21bs. per bush 
эмил the Л, ^ m 
rofit of over 3l. S 
(е) The next account о! 
Mel а nd t hel 
— ранне weight дег с imperial b bushel of fhe 
actual mone; 
hinth 
ање ы 
©: 
29 bushels, 18 lbs., and 184 ew 
In this t the whole field was sehr xv а 
ро 2 А ei M — the whole field. Re naros, time 
ripe 
side was ft and 
as against ; the ;mmanured 
at of the 
bus 
heat at 6s. per 
r cwt., it would at the least 
some АНУ by a friend in Hampshire 
on light chalk soil Г бештей, c a 6d. per acre) :—1st, to Barley 
afte: 
r Turnips fed off with в 
> adjudged to Now alth ugh аи E “Barl 
Е һаз t experiment I tried with artificials to the e 
m" vill, d some mist, in it has ug бар сенін was to Wheat in the year 1860. Manures per acre. Cost. | per um 
sd i— ^|. (a) The lis of а poor weak sandy descriptio: — m: 
3} inches in repa the land in fair condition, D £ s. d.|bus. pk.| ton cwt: Ib. 
е туте originally to two gentlemen | ried a good deal of stock the previous year, being t Non 94 dew 0171 
тай joe п 1855, за ске, the er Mr. АНАУ and а Mr. | year's е it looked fresh and well when роња р 075 ане 1 `7 6 97 019 0 
David Greig in 1856. „Воњ relative to steam ploughs, that is, | Tho Wheat came пр well, was a good plant, an and was stron and 2 owt guano and Той. sal "ат ві за 31 110 
Point ot дар in gonn е exion 3 with steam ms UE : and in | healthy all the ady part, of the us from alternate fr ince ааа = 
y the plonge s which were the su! о ese o thawing a great portion of the a n тоадсав! harr 
patents, the problem how far steam ploughs соб be rendered | barely m 1 а tn es nd this Plots vins Remarks. —No. i. а "t. pu a e Ne mat 5 x 2. Mad 
available for the cultivation of the land,ywas ноб. Ор to that S out, ап abt nitrate of soda, guts d special prepared in, mi t e - = Po e шр when E Day AR 
time, although various attempts had been made; no one had hubo manu A rens on the 19th of April, at an expense in Poesie эд, ар s gh Ad IM wet morning, but dry w 
succeede. making a plough that would answer the purpose, | each c: А. P et acre. In one week a decided improve- = iue after сај 
Although large prizes had been offered by vatious Agricultural wit is appearance of the nitrated plot had taken — У 
Societies in England and Scotland, as an inducement {ог |іп {улы week the whole Ki -— M showed a {е and bones (half dis- 
ES. t. E EIE asta чш, At she Pro me vas e | effect, the nitrate of € followed DF the Ed ga араё D aed) a appli HE to тг with its effect in 
t fs „ and in the distance tho. 
ts соп 
2d. 
—— he following year on the Barley c the Turnips fed off with 
ае M enm rend oe resh- х энер; өчө) T езй F 
е result was as 
т. gy cou on the same dp 5 let year | 2d year | 
aid that the date Моге. Fiskin's patent. was um баз РЕВИИ B аиа | Barley | бизм. 
m ie: 1855. жэ TM a witness, said : Manure. | Wheat | Straw. value, | Proft. | Loss. n з. d. tn.ct.qr. bus. pk. tn.et.qr. 
Betüre the dat date rj pe Mnt, Yee = лаба взт K^ im тр Она ие ERN 121012 2 2| 32 
m | 
to bring s — Pa puto вечае она into n: mado bus. lbs. lewt. qrs. lbs.| £ з. d. | £ s а. |£ s. d. на solved bone an 130 bus. | 
without suc vis ..16 20| 21 124 | 519 6 is ls ‚121011150! 26 8/1 2 1 
Mr. F s tej үст 
т оте d his aom ттт әл г. сеа E e. 20 g z 3 4 L s : 13 o4 0 4 9 | Remarks. -Weight of Barley from No. 4, 501b; per bushel. 
.received an order, for making a machine to dtr any Nitrate et eue e ЫШЫ 
given surface plough that might be brought forward." soda 90 94 | 33 1016 3 m My friend does not state the advantage к otherwise attend- 
Now let us see the thickness of this fog. Mr. Bovill| Тһе and corn kindest and here t Wheat | ШЕ the ај són conclusione, and —— ае or two п ters. 
тау be a im vg advocate Md a court of law, but | mani applied ; 7 the next without manure; 3. Guano; in these 1 atte 
for all t not be very 1еагпей u upon i erem m АР чап ity of tailings on Tight вота ы it bd = stim) 
uesti Р, А. EE hi abou! z from е eat manure rtion and where non | kind o эн 
ba ion of в had p * ing, С ла to dealing B bs from guano — v and the nitrate more than the 
may bep y be placed before him, for when he says ets sold together at 63. e och en rnt 
. Fisking’ patentof July 19, 1855, the Venerdi теп pou uis mid se of artifi 
E — second Soil after two an " 1 
poblem was solved and the first approach was made t the Wheat a fall plant, (he minne re. C ' tbe manures f 
к es а really useful and serviceabl Segui o of May when m at a cost of 40s. per у Poem 
lough, he say T me refer him to March 1 Lo SR worthy of remark that although the 
1855, the date of my steam plough patent; hundreds of | Manure. | Wheat. | Value. | Straw. Total doubtless contained a quantity 
^ š eed е а weight of Turnips per 
: are now in useful and serviceable oper vel the latter had a greater 
dmg ovn been regularly worked by it СНА f crop, both in the yield of 
ever since mber 1855. Mr. ael might have T 
been looked to as authority upon the question, he | Nitrate of о St reis ate an account 
an inent patent dr: Ме i MM Љу Secretary, Mr. Lg sehr 
I agent T бүз artificial СЕТЕ, i es 
аса m n surely he must have Y t in the spring of last y na 
pu of arch 19, 1855, or he never would have | wneat| 32 32 
Messrs. Fiskins’ machinery, ria July 19,1 
manure, | Tail 561 
