LS 
-———- 
fal о 
Fio ok а week дА mo 
roduced a sewerage of to 
nt draining 
and we are about to apply а remedy. No France, a descri 
better result will follow the operation bad су partial в ystem for Nas CIT iem * пар ot Ni Frere чем 4 
^ , 1 
апхі 
land ; ep will prevail in 
п 
е 
gin ‚Уг ther = flect of und i others 1 апа аз ЕА ban Pune will be independent Eng lish agric — had i in him a historian 
жү possibly increase the perennial supply of water to the | of surr een medley of works as specific in th n able to present as g чег ЩЫ А чну o 
в, but that was s tho fer dont e Аа his experience had A js dissimilar ^N construction, zu start, in defiance of mc ае д оп do h lfd Ф 
Hà hthim, ard he attributed i rcumstance that and contempt of s nefficient. existence," iiy в proud ol her ве -@ігесіей and 
pitherto the fron ош for tha iai: К been drained отаг was Pere our prosent Paii corate successes as he pears to be o э а о 
the same way as the clays, эла ek rather зард In ansv toa que from Mr. P. H. FRE ne - — ө its pass-books for labourers, its 
the evil of sudden flood than hs ^ 2 eans of N Government patronage superintendence and direction 
lating and of improving the i Mr. DEN "vg that the ^ 7000, 000 of pe йез his renders would E for self Й 
"TE important AE is dian. jn те етан should be|land һе had used to did not include unimprovable Suid in Ш et s ^ elf-gratula 
well understood, н t he ze ntured KE. exhibit the plans, 2 land. the ассо t аме, farms of France 
two works soil drainage. су їп Vires i on те. Dax delata o кеч ; f cem not іп sufficient detail to be of 
di triets ; And the "other was r" e sout glan r serviceablen 
Ридика acabo t sand form In ро oth h cases parallel атада his fatber, e alluded t ae Mr. Denton, E 1 гт 8 орна but 
бп exceedingly interesting to the general reader. 
was originally йон e Y а cs o р, though тыы obs serving that 16 was a very wet vene and exceed. We 1 at M. АЗУ си quiis 
s gave Ме нов occasional С ез e3 NN the first 50 acres . 
чаті a n red into, but was fortunately ingly unpleasant о ride Г About ч ik sir dese land kee head of gheep а d 30 head of cow 
К ur b кү dt Paese ut pum compr ised almost atl тшу of soil from ы stock of all in on 215 acres by the use 
d interval was to be carried out, and the number of rods per ' y Е a 
acre would have been 132, and the cost lll per асте. In | to clay. He had for some years tried to drain it on the of lime an? English seed, has doubled his Wheat crops, 
lieu of 132 rods of drains only 34 were put іп, and instead of Е sevatóni bat yet not been able to get to the and the produce of his meadows has likewise been 
being of uniform d they varied in depth from 5 to 8 feet, , y ; k Doy did wad b dor abled, The status of himself and his predecessor 
and were more e in character. Th lt of this | requisite dep Th first work the id was 
drai kad been a considerable saving in cost, the creation | enlarge the outfalls, which tended greatly to : 
of a constant supply of the in summer, mprove the neighbouring soils In one field he had New Inventory. Old Inventory. 
lessening of sudden floo inter and ng, and t d m t üth'test" holes; and" thó Cow stock Р Ф 3 ө» чи 6 
maintenance of а greater amount of moisture in the | 16 т. Dentons system wi 5 » Horses .. tiros 3 
nd itself without stagnation within it. The second rent greca very satisfact anted to ask Mr. Ewes .. ME z 
case was very T. up gp es n the NE vr po a ques stio T on one ик лед point. He had тиры з Noui, e ге us ad in 140 
f t ü Р V HERMAN 0А 
Ribston estato р à пао hich opt Ze өй on, th bee the last ois ht in Middlesex, and раё байы їп печи ssi 25001 .. 5,000 
entioned as a gentleman present had watched with great | he was aea pecie at observing the extremely wet seed... . ° 13} bush. (7) 9 bush. 
E үч progress of the us por gould speak toits effect. | state of the land. He TE e ays understood е: y ade ol 150 tons 
He ref dd nS Ae (be E Fhe GEG Кошу» rato the | there was no district of the country in which better М. Papin’s services were held erve nid ial 
sind rni ok ahinan Ц нА а "i dead D 1, >а бе emi n ay was pni ees in the b que reae z onim, = but we are not yet in de hon runi of the 
ut as deep as those outfalls LET admit, a very differe nt mode pick 1e elan d, race. The spirit—from Mangels—manufactu ar " 
of operating would have been adopted. sont moment ке ех = кН surprise that it er Am any- he conducts is a leading 2e of farming i in 
meg еза, м a ec n out by test holos ев, гуше: аа thing, ^A had been told by the farmers that " was of | department of the Lower Sei 
ating the case to say that less than one third the em of | 10 пзе dra aini ng it, and that ifthey radar at allthey | M. Lange holds a farm of 242 acres near ls rg lle. 
drains were no pted than;would formerly have been us > есап use, if the 7 drained deep the | * The rent of this hen let, was 280/.; the 
ith effect, and necessarily at less cost. Previously m und! ба 
and wi r 
toi ыга des un of this system at Ribston the parallel s; 
nlsi estate with similar soil 
"Upon an the close 
parallel system was now in operation, with a far differen: 
effect upon th an 
the eee our w: 
for the conservation 
and of drai 
bM їп the spring for use during p 
waters 
system 
А 1 was, si his о 
to form districts for the orania of Sod and 
ed to such 
asons spa 3i 
wer was destroyed. it 
t 
Mr. 
one, b li xpressed some doubt respecting its bene- | The total value of the was in 
ficial а pliextion to d cre under paid. sd in 1858, 32311, or 14. 
.P., observed tha 
clay lands. dee 
JE 
| 
t he had 
eriods f drought and SHE kind x ot MY to deal with as any ee could! We then come to the leading instance o 
D RA cn wg of ues the — ils was| have. It was was called by Mr. Dento: nm * M. ot amer Reneville near St. ep Sio at nine nine 
fully understood, t little advantage was to be gained | gated, and the dein a ШТ» рч шше ру а Very | years Ems left an orphan, and at 20 determined 
К oon апе кые е а s solis to "е | slow procese, in consequence of the ое Meat to the little farm of the family | (126 
а on was е which cou. o mue 18cussed, 
for with them it was possible to moderate the et is sudden чаени реш m that в tate, The conse arain was that acres), that ^ie m ight keep together -— Бу чета his 
dischar, x ad of committing injury, to e by | ре was obliged to drain in the ите which were three brothers au sisters, who had n ut 
their bg etui ie drainage the water supply of the Рі Бай 40 о r 50 fut apart. Their clay drains were therefore to look to for support, vd this ud property, 1 un 
It ede cei wiespplicati f ше ев t omien ate | not A , but as th ad adopted cultivation by were in sea-rush roads, and shelter-be 
S the rev x. кабыгы. that 50 Зове: honos our. мү a the steam plongb, he thought in time hay would be | against strong gales; of the pasture, if part was 
woul it as ап absurdity as great as the adoption | able ti e the s urfa ace of the land lev vel and their the rest was but a shee lk on the cliffs ; of еч 
of Ted drains 18 inches ier was now regarde those who | c] fect by f tl 
were 
entirely absent from the 
ga by 
e deep. In truth, up to this time 
ad been 
| arable (77 ek only 63 acres 
per were rated in the 
- They could not otherwise make their drains | | class, and 1 
bsoil) ; 
es in the second (both diieu: had, : ps 
eep enough. m: Tes ч were third and fourth-class 1 
su 
" ve p 1 nm pogo, was ti polebvos, пш Mr. ,in reply to Mr. Dent, stated that he | ted tl ftu 
it requir e scientific writing o arkes to render 
шей ЫНА soris "iube те тЫ ignes Med Men rend over ho e pure abe oi, ө Чә бое чок 
were requisite in lays, the best judgment anā | П@ , pan, ich we saw georiogi a ns Ww 
skill I pon гож рае а v ойн oont Enr friends and ACE За that iuret p 5 rà n of | The Whea: eat-crop is stated to average 380 sheaves, ^d 
e Source o! was far from the land а! 1 to drei e land was ighi 
ntity of water to be еби ало Ó— фәр ir Wie е 1 [o Pee UNE жери 1 Ка 
rained, and the qua: 
times е. апаву that fell on its sur erit. ОНЫН 
noni M 
cian pplie: de to the cla 
eis: — th 
water 3 
might mention a case fo which the ec were dischargin, 
e e of а large area as 
he Whole г Арам рег n. 
although but ito rum had s on A surfaco for а con 
siderable period that case, the w A stood abore "the 
pipes, perfi bibe tot ould к are the land ep 
drained, though the effect of the drainage had been to disc 
in the last [t uary) more than twice the peri 
ооа the open ст че оп т 
m water, e field 
an qu Жы i rotten irn 
ble to walk across the field. 
Бон 
observed 
fact that it was hardly The 
moment considered  defecti 
drainage was for the 
face. 
ays in no way "applied. it 
it was I it was, they did not 
ht ; but if 
3 bels of 
nwaye Dad | (пе id 64 i^ per bushel) ; i in 1854, it 
a gre чо eal of eustom in London for hay, of whatever DM 
8 З qrs. per 
for quantity, and consequently did not think it w ape-seed, 44 bushels (214 1-fifth ewt.) t 
while to drain the land for fee ng. purposes, although crop, 2500 hectolitres, weighs 150,000 mmes ; 
they admitted that draining ie t Ада sweeter in 1857, they weigh 67,000, a fact in 
and „be tte! er for Qe attle, stem, under | 
n 
Re to the 
rrow 7. dist irit had nnd | disease came, M. erui "nis 440 гани of Potatoes 
cultivated for many years, alike ес the hay peraere. After tryin any varieties of +, 
farmers and the land; and he was of opin Piper it | opui English, Teker to the Red Wheat, there 
IAS the latter would pr roduc ce 88 of a ч * alled ‘Scotch,’ finding that the straw, — is short, 
bet хр СЫ апа ч dE ved in quantit liy but stiff and strong, best res ists the gales which a 
eed off part of the formidable at ii сне 
"The он y attention to the on of the fio x Б 
эрЁ and in Oxfordshire, { in ок: 
ast quantities. ha d been under floods of late 
years. "He hà d ho oped th m they would have had more 
information with r espect to the influence of under 
n to rit the dairy stock and 
managed with so much prudence, 
«А fa intelli- 
gence, iei perseverance, n n fail to show a 
good balanc Vs жк t. The following facts are gathered 
| from the Ба 
Mr. DENT алі ed that there was great difficulty 
in ascertaining wbat quantity of me percolated 
through porous soils or passed over the surface of с cay 
nds. 
The farm at Reneville was let in 1794 for 
And зА. xd иш 1800 to 1811 » time 9 higù 
prises) fo; 
y e it, о th | la He also mentioned the fact that «тегу inch of =.= 
the land itself, and an ind ll within the field found | pa Mr. Dargent values the farm when he took itat .. 9880 
25 be full Water, up | e HD: ett EBra Sei of Ык ra infall on the land was equivalent to 100 tons of water (A liberal allowance, for land was then hardly 
Merl ters in the ате ы? орар" the outlet | рег acre, worth 30 years' purchase.) 
= ФА well = ш clear, and bA n - hp ver. , Professor SIMONDS ышын The stock he took was valued at 25 .. 1200 
e оч; at some measu € — 
tivel 3 uired. тте т xe d get ing bay io market, апа Making a total of.. m .. 4080 
A "injury they w progressive and aceu. | COD tended that the position z the hay farmers i in the! Thera were du on the неи of 2:200 M 
m e. "They did S Dot ese Pk uL to the increase of| Harrow district was, u under the present system of culti- CAN EDU — 
the floods but to the contamination of the water. Towns | vation, far from desirable. He corroborated the opinions | e. 0 e 22820 
bs onerum B > ce АА. to rive viously pure, | that had been reis ith reference to the advan-| Тһе jury when examining books found that, for 
i rer nd i ini d stat "oso. the profs amounted 
of life, until the that had bee: опей by the in- | {а5е of under drainin | d, and sta me | the 13 years from 1844 to 1 
- ener san Sars 4 s à own fw ows which he had drained produced a much supe- 31754, or 2417. on the е бын three d 
un we insu: y 1001, we rior 1 average of 
noremedy. Ав опе who bad m te MÀ e its infancy, tit — * before. клр n e equal in на | — showed a higher 
AT s. mop meg qud and who from acti te pups p "Y ied asc re. 
presen mainted prae у Р y imp g 2 
defects, he trusted he берле act not be reproached with ther di i a i. - J: ТопдотохЕ p pro- | ңе had in bank or invested. 
rre. = кашы prominent in forewarning that Society posed, а m Frs nded, a cordial Pre i dem 
ot а 
He felt that he could not d ter than close this| Vote of t wem to Mr. "Batley. Dedh "m his able treat- 2 
pier 
wealth as an agricul 
UNE ETT 
general law sh: 14 be laid do down for clearing and 
tenance ; and that a order should be 
adopted, due regard to the as dis- 
have seen the evil of disorganisation in the 
e meer thisimportant subject, and the meeting separated. | Е 
iclus. 
Journal of the R Agricultural Society of 
Tik XXIV Part 1. J. Murray. 
large portion of this Number is s contributed by the |t 
ване We have sx it f the prize farms of 
К ert Пы Drm d 
