398 THE GARDENERS OHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 25, 1863. 
а a ге b eaan cue E mot m be Dokei he e ak e ci a ера 
uch an increased available „surface gained by кы Steam culture is not to be looked for so much bare a line about two i feet thick of forest marble sand. 
the cheapness of the performance as in the| These Avena pratensis and 
expendi iture required. 3d, The steam m plough does not superior quality of the work performed. І think|Aira MM in clays, clearly pointed out that 
work ipee where the land is rers ie hs ke the benefit of deep cultivation was eid y remarkable specimens к occur under certain con. 
round n ridges and dee ep furrow! my Turnip crop last year, and in that ditions ; "t E ce, bserving whether they arg 
county. gx . The p earth Бо! gent] well known to шапу of us, on whose Tarm | remarkable, that is, whether they like their x 
2 seri bstacle t g treg g t i ‚ afford clear 
of the cast-met tl t expe nd delay are more or ' less essential to tlie successful hec са Е the indication of the nature of the soll bs by 
5th. The ry gine t ist. The man who would engage in | the се The changes effected ina by irrigatio on, 
isa dificalty le ч Жа, 6th. There is Ше|& een Die command of a 1:08 quantity of АКЫ | tà o differen nce between irrigat WE 
necessity of training farm- уур to ощ ЖАНЫ; of|land. With my apparatus last year I only ploughed тн V s next T o san d id 
an entirely new гта еб us now exatine the sub- | 75 acres, searified 1831, and stitched up 112; во that| very clearly illustrated. The Professor дола P» 
јес in а practical po oint of view. In my буо case, the I did much too little work to make it pay. 2d. Let|fooded meadow as one og to river floods, which 
introduction of Fowler's 12 һогве- Co gl: set of steam- | him begin with an engine of SEY power. _Thoug h Were uncontro llable as to time or т extent, the НС. 
1121 to flow 
loss, arising from causes поб n ecessarily co onnected with in circumstances wliere greater power. would have been through ad Between (вою flood Me Р roots of ч 
e system, such as pus own inexperience, and other | advantageous. 3d. L his à own chos e, and, when 
difficulties not encoun db all ока оа ога, оп his land, and have largë vr When we go to culti- | tarmed of, the meado ow should ina T5 hours be dy 
une 
This year, under t seni A шаша circums stances, I yate a field that са n be done i n one day, a day and a-half | and sound, in consequence of perfect drainage The 
have found the cost o g that field, so a ку cost | changes which ny M ray upon irrigation wer 
to be about as fo bi | per acre would be very Mic less in the case of а field | clearly рош ted out, and from observed facts it wa 
Ploughing 10 Acres of Lea. g week's work for one wem ascertain ДЫ beg тйогө than doubled in four years, 
Wages of steam-plough people daring half а day down. As а removal usually costs abo out 17s. 64., it|and the ріне while it nea rly kils out all bad 
T in Med v. at T. -£0 6 6|adds 1. 9d. per acre to tlie cost of cultivating a 10-асге | Grasses (or, if not, improves them in quality), wonder 
А. man and pair of rer ду, Mm in, Баја to n E | field; 104d. to that of doing 20 acres, and 511. to that ет encourages Ше growth of true Grasses of tlie best 
tackl X 
Wages to steam-p during two "S RE: doing 40 acres. Ath. Let him have good roads, Му 
ploughing, at 133. . ў has too often stuck in the mud for want of г: CLUTTERBUCK expressed the great gratification 
iig Po Dr aui ыў prm Get à T - em; but I am now laying out my farm with g Ac Г i ы had heard the lecture, имен 
451. 155. ; distributing this amount over 200 working h rall M t ht des Ф hi e (M 
days in the year, we have a charge of 4s. 7d. a day. raight roads parallel wit аша Ы ng BUE DU p" been с would n 
Two and a half days at 48, 7d. .. B т 0 dd SE poma for the use of carts.as well as the engine. 5th, Lorem ah. of Oxfordshire, büt in e рий 4 
repa died Бы ада dy Phy AB ОРНЫ qiiia ү} | Let him beware of setting his tackle to Wrk fi апу nes in which ived nrthing во urgently 
field where the headlands are ploughed up. In cases|r d attention Ке cultivauon. Onl the oth 
1; nd ie f + хі ропа р \ equirod е аз у other 
осыма айаш pi^ idem бра а ете 016 8|%уһеге this precaution has not bee 4. n ta e а Lie Ne deal да ay he walking Оў sepu where the farmer Was 
oals—18 ewt. hy e +e = 0 9 0 оѓ delay and. expense has arisen d 1 b 
Vaca quan DR 4 едын: мегов in 3. $ $ i| anchor, ns і t and tol told him that if he ошу got rid of that water the 
, Let him get rid of all In a paper which 
.&5 894 and as вооп ав possible. Las piel hiis he: he recently А before the Ashmolean Society, on 
Total . 
Cost 409 ө, 105. 1034. а very stony 10-асге lea field at а total cost uh. ҮШ Po ME adow, he had shown how a scientific botani 
Cost оў Bcarifying 20 acres of Stubble the second time over. nearly 203, per acre. Before sowin Oats, as m 
Wages for half a day occupied d грон, 5 13s. АҢ 6 8 МАН P g аб alk hd the meadow 3 ir Cf j 
Wages for working one-and-half a-da; 019 6 ud wan б and v bom 
Two days’ interest, at 5 per cent., at (^w T - diem 0 3 |I dee ply field at à gly as 16 higher or lower ай the ordin 
dean rd ү е. and тр ттр esa па 7s. Ye е _ I һауе mid little shot ‘ploughing, үе level. Nothing in this neighbourhood Was 
мав and horse supplyiog ater f iw or 8 gisg у In 
diy». а Өз. бф. а; cvs viter: for two 013 0|to be pre ird 54 low places (where the water, though поё visible, 
Ооа1в—80 суф. at 6d. КЕН . 016 0 4 as only a very little below px surface) Carnation 
2, ри ende ча. . Mino ves oda p 6 : : rass, and other bad species flourished, while on the 
Two portet whedls btolzon,Se ôd. - 1: о0о 5 0| Охғовр: How to Estimate the Nature е Value of ide Aem though consisting of exactly "е same kind 
Man and pair of horses quarter day forremovalatlüs 0 2 6| Lands by the Grasses growing upon thein.—Pr Кар) of soil, they found s sweet Grass. 
£419 o| BUCEMAN, of ema oyal Agrieultural College, Ciren — 
E cester, раша by éxplaibine that, though w Є 2 
н раг воть іы 104, speak о f natural meadow, there ів in reality no ih E кун 
бой of Searifying 12 Aeres twice over, OS CET C мча e j e the best left to a stato of| Rook P. —I regret to learn that, notwith- 
A a d T ide than a jungle. standing dinis e many excellent ` remarks which, ko 
One wo horses, half day .. +- E 5 Meadow ° was ipii а hat even texture in whioh the | appeared in the Times, Gardener? Chronicle, г 
Wages sy 22 ^ days work, at 18s. 80. .. .. . 11 7 |best will be f found p the. | 
Three men half day was hing out boiler i 4 En into hay, ma and the qua lity t mea уй, de- | poiso ning of rooks by „grain steeped in arsenic ab С 
oir den i ne bs Héros S - nd pended vg Р em of nutritious as opposed to баруу when they are in the midst of пер de mii 
Oil, three-quarters of à разы at 5s. 6d. : per gallon 4 lj|innutritious Grasses, In all m mdo UH m be | feeding their young, is guis on the 
Pis porter ы арб 98, 6d, each I 6 |found many Grasses of no "is use ; if | neighbour: ГЫ Inas imi e mA ud = Ё 
а rr 1 |the meadow be good, the - spocies иШ сес fewer th 82 dead rooks have been picked up within - 
uela iiid TA Y: 2 " 1 ее pe not quite, smother d; if the | the last few days „At Godstow rooks have 
Man and water-cart—4 жы аин “ 6 eadow be ipovershad, or out E ому the bad 0 
Breakage of anchor ., Shirts а 10 will preponderate, and во terminate tl d poisoned Wheat. has been found in their 5 achs. I 
8 10} The reed next poin ted out t the fields near Sanda - 
Cost per acre RUM. AM; 17s: Ба, for the double: óparaiiol, harsh, rough, woody, or hairy ппен peri go soner Such а proceeding i is one of Ж. most ча} 
Mr. "aba 1ead рие" from other parties | Ше fact I: d these a are objectionable, to cattle fi ebd e oug 
giving a more favourable view of the cost of Cultiva- | their mechan beri e. h prey upon VM his а onis 
tion with Fowler's and Howard's implements, and also | quality, Mines. mad aot o to call them sour, as though | and if » had taken the troni ast year to Ti 
the following regarding the cost of the new method of | there was in reality a sourness of taste that caused carefully at the Wow нш al Exhibition, as L. did, t 
Savory. A gentleman in the neighbourhood of Evesham | them to be rejected.. There are, however, some|very striking and instructive collec t from 
еј er eren b following partieulars of work Grasses very bitter to the unns n x n Grasses | France. of the MM sd eet animals e that тее 
r. Savory's tackle : contain а quantity о i and are stomachs carefully arranged 
arch 5,1983. | besides highly succulent. "The май woe for and displaye ed, 
“аһ, ө purchased the first set of Mr. pie staekle, | sideration was that of the nature of good and bad|useful, as insect destroyers, many of his supposed | 
ма Анд лели en ара сасон on you my — eig &aid the venne a eon iam was d of | enemies really are, oun with the Ф utility - 
Fowler's Инеш ча lough, а 55 Те or Wa | то such for example as the Tussack G of such a collection, I am desirous of forming а similar - А 
сап onitiata wi дау о р 10- haten iud (Aira Sarin reui there чен ре по rim qa that it опе in our New Museum, and shall be happy to receivé - 
Э, арра ih нр 4 ms on good light, boils and | required draining, and est would so ie out as | the assistance of our agriculturists in carrying out this. A 
Eum ELE um Lp dad wi aud the drains Берш to act; but, however wel ,|object. Long ago Mr. Spence, whose claims проп the _ 
етене have put Lui AN at e feeling pastures might soon get poor from too great greed i in attention of the farmer ought to be respected, even. 
have u her than » entimatad Во quan- | taking off hay and returning no manure, in which саве, if he had done nothing beyond the publication ` 
as under, and | as nature had provided that poor spots as well as rich of his work, "England's Independent Commeree 
shall be occupied with. 1 poor || showed ihe absurdity of interfering with the 
perations of these ^ When walking 
birds. 
afgentleman on. his estate in Yorkshire, his atten 
= ton of coul delivered Z 014 Ы тве кэч bu їл: 
ing a stick with | 8118] тё 
Interest of money, wear and toar, and extrà ex- i23 the centre, Ho at once discerned that the larva of tbe 1 
penses ж жы umm of deese had eaten the roots of the Lor" mit 
з 0 0 de во! чай ext| being pulled u tho nct Pe M 
amo wiam 1 A Sir, yours respeetfully, — erted to. ked on the фен grub, pond birds had һе ов УИ 
oolites of t the Кы жоу щи s namely, the the wende erectus, | tenant е eause of the evil, үк к the ihe тз vem 
и натат writes of 8 Jprigt rasė, and Brach; р med пе away his iends, Оп engury — 
have been worked Por rnv the whole e false Brome Grass, were both denizéns ОЁ the — why he had set up these sticks, he одо in his bro — 
m. aet in in this wo. visere rg etos now dis-|and as the spoils of " the Cotswold scarps en | Yorkshire dialect, * He couldn't beer у 
eussing those the tackle 
into the а of Gloucester, these species 
to | them, an marked exactly 
