APRIL 18, 1863.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
and Bedford apparatus cross grubbing in the field. The | Howard's grubber, which 
re pa air TS of the whole уркш», Зи tear and at work, and for the бойну with which it can be 
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and fed 
with hay o on the pastures for pis т е рів "hd or 
encine. 
en it gets clogged by filth | the weather cold. Feeding liberally a large head of 
ceeded 407. а а year. "This aluation r de epth of w He Speaks o of e great satis- | stock, the cake and meal will average аё age À 10007. 
ratus to the farm on ст, iti is saf work. A чаа | жен which Olio & отон з 10-horse power | а year. Besides this, o derahe purchases of super- 
for sale would no doubt be a good deal lower. It isa draught engine copa able of self- | phosphate and guano are made, ап arge quantities 
Кү? apparatus, it may be men — ke ji sale. propulsion, and , dragging dias else of bones from the Mentmore kennels are crushed in a 
bably t engin t bone-mill nnection with the other barn imple- 
of at least 3007. on the original purc SEN e; aa ie the | on his soil) hor: o the e engine, jh horses to the | ments. driv п by steam: 
m-power, so that the land by 
actual bills for repairs, including one new rope, 70., ЖОО жакин ы ча ss carrying rope, "M нае, аве dud. pa feeding is not likely to lose its fertility 
must be at lea st £185 up till now. Puttin ng however &c. „ and a team {о the cultivator, and at least half a | in Baron Rothschi ld's hands. 
work of| day of all this А and of the men in thus shifting 
steam cultivation on the score of expense, it will prove | from one field to another and in peting to work, узы 
in the end to have been much cheaper as well as much | which used to be the rule, now the engine of itself if have been built with pro- 
better than that of horses. the roads be good, ог at most with e hore ein T batiy the e idea of removal when the Park is completed, 
expenditure g E us | Comfortable yards surrounded by very deep sh 
qae, ЭЦ following has been the daily exp of one one o field into other wi йош КТЕ m e кү s and 20 ya del Hos A y еер sheds (slated 
an ies open А entmore, and a great deal of it has | calf heifers— i 
LC ror pA ues ken s Т : been laid n very large A elds, во бав „е eo of г m iem 
Labour. ЛОНГ 38.; anchormen, 5s. ;plou : removals is not grea he b 
man, 2з. Ө windiassmen, 3e Y il Y a m ; vesti engine had В shifted while is times the pu ing | шаке up the ample RI. feta езе 
— 10 55-абге piece had mplished. Т Me quadran lar buildings. Thi T. 
creta 
Farm buildi а temporary character—sub- 
stantial enough. aed though wooden—pain 
blue built wi 
A WR gu. em Бе. ey are Ap más 8 
eat 2 ats showing strong clean bright straw 
29 4 |to use in draught work of pe &c., along ; roads fro ànd inxtlib-fleldsctha ar d аа capital 
For this, with the 9-tined cultivator, 4 acres of first | the station ff the fields, vlant SE niha and Alsike Clover, look clean and strong. 
cultivation have been daily асоошріей over any though here th e advantage seems more do Шш. The: The Alake 
stubble land, 6 to 8 inches deep ; and for this 7 ac is igi apparatus as $e "ep costs—for engin with | 
d of crossing this X t grubbin ought iron wheels, 420/—for plough но, | UP e 
with the 3-tined a e The first grubbing costs about ШЫ, rope, and rope ports snatch-blocks, anchors j 
Ts. an acre, the second grubbing costs about 4s. a «е., including 400 yards of — "n im - e dai mong other crops which seem to E ipd: 
acre; and for 115. there is thus accomplished ^ expenses are as stated ab 9, 4 for the new ОН варі, -whioh iae ша. jo T ield g aedi 
acre of better work than with plough and harrow used | engine consumes ml 10 cwt. of coal, and working at Lf 1 
P : Н г. Mg beue or the cows and heifers wm pulped ап 
io cost from 30s. up to 40s. an acre. In addition, | 45 to 65 105. of steam is quite master of the heavy 25 vi hay д 3 
however, to lls. must be added the annual charge work: which the — soil gives it 
' for tear aud wear. sum of 2407. in a or 407. рег There аге many other particulars of Кайтсын to the 
i iculturist which aus Me 
annum, must be ша 
t : aóhitio 3 loved on 200 acres of tpat poar G Grass land, throwing upwards to as 
opis. a кд um d imded amongst the ie Simbar | ms € — Tm ^ erecti T 10 ре yid ва йй А "- 
° рсы , д 3 A ЕА s and quantity of | Burgess & Key's and Cranstoun's tool do sa Mr pre oA E E plonghland el voce which by 
e following ^, gum е repairs п st IP feeding, and the direot 
work х dono by by the old apparatus since its purchase — cheaper е hand labour, notwithstanding 6 » age, ca & an 
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mde irs iu the fiel to waggons, and the superintendence of the changed for r heavy кэе ud iv UN and daos Wurzel. 
bui — wi roduce, large sale 
$ % Фен? rope at about 177. per an., | undertake it for 5s. an acre and one gallon of beer per | Wheat аі р, bed, idi heading кк have P 
4 уевев. acre. "This seems so much less than is paid elsewhere | substituted with great immediate adv vantage to the 
53 5 3 cost price of wire rope worn out iD оно as far from London, that it is worth whi ре гог uy m and with ultimate advantage we doubt not 
the first year. q | to th pirited d 
recording it. 1 
"i 
Six years.. £238 16 0 : The best land, consisting of about 100 acres pri шү KP 
(эче old pasture (in one division of the intended par 
No. of A. io. cot- Diu arrangement) is stocked with a mixed herd of viiam THE FEEDING VALUE OF KOHL-RABI, WITH 
grubbed, | а work. | 50 or 60 head of Short-horn, "Herefo rd, and D XE б FEW REMARKS ON MANGEL ч VURZEL, 
oxen ; usually bought in in olowing instructive report by Mr. T. Baldwin, Albert 
Lr vhi of 1857 tt t E 275 68 years old, grazed during summer ; and тае the aid | pp chere Glasnevin, has been Moi gode: in the Irish 
ха ЖОН. 440 "S ¿| o£ 2 or 31bs. of cake, pd them daily on “the: land Agricultur PP s.] 
v азый 4 i .. after midsummer, t the gros ter part of them get off fat | Somr Kohl Хан boring been groyn 
Year. 
year on the 
me that it would 
kepton for s fe eding.' There is also usually kept | be instructive to our pupils, and- етапа aw not 
Total 2245 485 a small herd of шуу?» cattle (Kerry cows and | uninstructive to the phe if - ore ts feeding 
eps ~ d v diep t ров Ireland every year, and | value practically in the cattle entioning 
АЧӨШШГОР1ИНШ.;. ыз: I T — bro out pen yards on Oat-straw (cut) the matter to Dr. Карае, hoy with de pets; kind- 
| and хдо yi [s ge for them. They graze along | ness and desire t о, pon 
with any barren cow stock from the dairy herd, the | utility, encouraged m кил. per my views; and for 
Тн dp items are to tho credit of tho xd а secondary pasturo Адаш They re fou. ndwhen. this purpose we solocted four beasts, on which was 
and in addition to these there be | thus 9" е Qr, 2 Q kiy ей, аз с гей li could, the experimen Thich 
» 221 - d Lad 
Spring and 2t of 1862.. 21 Ж ‚ EA 
Including removals. 
"3 Gras: edingly 
to ay, arch, during which only | o Е: M usually rs off The pastüros. fat by Е 3; January 2 last the animals wére 
two days ays had fool lost. in shifting the apparatus ; agen All the grazing land is filled in with ewes stall stand, ina very well han кез ami 
during 36 days, therefore, 40 acres of Oat stubble | and geb until the latter are weaned or sold off fat. char arge to a pupil named Patrick Hill, Пе ат 
plonghe once for Beans or 9 inches deep, ап 100 — or thereabout of 2. year old Durham or Short- | for his steadiness and eg суйш и convenience 
pae by steam power with a tool which drags z 1 heifers at Darlington'and partly 
eart 
of rMaronop, we shall т them in 
whole of the moved b, 5 acres of Turhip land |in the home counties i in May, and sold in calf after lOÜor| Моз, 1 an: ot I. y on Kohl Rabi, 
Холна for Oats, 35 acres "of Pun stubble for outs |. n months keeping, bulls being Kent on the farm к oilcake, ard a 
stirred or grubbed once with the 3-tined grubber and serving them. There are also 30 milch co Басбай, making ap Lot IL | кеа "5 edis 
crossed with the same tool, and 20 acres o rit crossed іп the dairy herd, chiefly ye Ein ы апі Dis w— 8 
д : Turnips, oilcake, 
another time with the 5-tined grubber. Here are|numbers of calves are bought and sold, some of them p 
45 acres of ane cn and 90 acres of ктар, and | fat if they turn out of a kindly sort bes feeding, others os, 1 and 4 w n than *'half fu" (using zu 
45 acres dragging equal to g, àccom- | as heifi calf, and are parted with | expression in thé e in — it is EE 
P hg 36 dye equal to 180 acres ха Зин or | younger, those being kept which are likeliest to do | ^Ewarts Cattle Gauge") when the experim 
а day, which is a lower average than usual; аа Та rearing m stock the calf sucks the cow Ten as the o» ii been stall. fed on Swedish 
first, b because in February the days are short, and for three or four тољ and is обого ually | Turni eet l-cake, nm 
next because the 45 acres of ploughing with Howard’s | weaned, being fed from the pail, and receiving ha; ay Ав t y differed. тен ? little in weight а and condition n, 
9-furrow balance plough were done at a slower rate СР with meal and cut Ет which we КОЛ for they e а good match ; and I can вау this the more 
than usual—owing to its being а new tool to which the purpose, 3 ог 4 miles off, at 30s. to 408, a ton. | confidently, because I had for several months been in 
the men were as yet unaccustomed, 4 аге also 500 өт, D ed ne i£ Aie А or the habit of seeing them at least once a day. Nos. 
This work has been accomplished at а созі of Shropshires, which are every autumn and 2 апа 3 were young milch eows, which also заа 
56, 8з. for fuel, oil, and wages, ог at the rate of 6s. 2d. sold fat with their produce. čuring t the following | EDT match, boing as nearly аз possible in 
ап acre, By hors wer, at 17. a дау for а team of summer mi autumn, The 500 ight and quali ity. 
ro the le 45 does of plo ughing would jm cost at least ' are 291888 оп че samhla in re- A the а 
45 acres of harrowii could not have hem ceiv and c at 
but i it have : ofa sei to ——Ó КА off ен 
do it esos the same 107. Тһе Тһе lambing season commences i ruary, шиг 
35 acres of T rabbing wo аза [E taken six horses first fat lamb goes off in July, when 6s. to 6s. 4d, a |! 
10 days, an hich conid nok P bin Stone are common prices, or 33s. to 35s. a 
done by M at all without айр quo harm than |ewes, too, command 50s. besides their fleece Тһе pay 
сеа would have taken days, and | for the year's keep of Е and lambs is thus the 
operation ne ta pios 3 ive taken | ference between purchase at Sho бесе ; 
five or six peque To ae for pe i pa together : ap- the value of tho fi 1 
оши Tut it. — bithe yas етты ae 
wear о! ficiis ind has | ing lus milk into London. 
э Toc карар ыны чары Г к ыу. бене are diminished 
already | it still | siderable—it being an understood thing that 
makes the t op pret newly bought stock goes through the distemper as| 
у cheap, —— soon as it gets home. But little is done to ел 
Mr. STi v giebt jp et e lg i ами, y не d e 
