Мах 2, 1863.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 419 
Ayr Durhain ve done during the 1. 
RECENT AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS. and Devon, but а aes Ре pe e aer ree |I may venture to'i say that your Steam herbe e = 
[The following passages are extracted from a review she grito of ^r — with го Mines are | be very d in this ne gt urhood. Although it 
Uer d re ева, "erp * On the Natural Laws of Husbandry,” | umequalle wher ave taught our neigh-|is very good corn land, this of the hardest a 
in the Athene April 25.) ours the fenilizing influenco of land-drainage, by |ing farms in ihe: county, and | if y vidi cultivator does the 
WEEN Mr. MM got up nearly five which we have ourselves immensely benefited ;—we | work well оп Ewe Farm, there is hardly a farmer in 
above the smoke of London he wi See Merc ы hie маа them wh all the machinery of the Oxfordshire but what it would satisfy. 
whole area of the “farm” whic е s the metro- far —we hav ve а at le ngth shown them и з лу The 72 acres referred Ma cen were accomplished 
eA with pes —Aall = Кеп erts, Middlesex been |in 13 days, which is ood work. Since 
and Surrey, most of Suss venei Hampshire, Berks, already Perd applied in most бөр: "n cult а that меен) «А H^ yp past Тен, though 
à Ошый Cambridgeshire and „Бойо] lk. ОР ргосе Our Example Farms, the work of private | Mr. кері а ней: of hi Mors ? I 
eaded by those of the late Prince A eer gathered f froi DM list of fields given me by his s plough- 
furnish intel the rule of or inary practice in every at he must have 
countries. [^ beides irains pem very v r farmers produce more food. per acre than doris of steam tillage, at x rate of 5 а a day, 
at Paddington and King's Cross к, from west аі е of aay КӨНӨР country. And although, according |when the 3-tined grubber is used, and аб ihe rate of 
east and north as far as railroads reach, an and the: grain | to a]l the rules of German philosophy, we s cur to m Ё acres a day when crossing first work with the 5-tined 
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literally from the ends of the earth. Тһе counties | learnt аз yet “how not to do it^ Leaving the ж iui about 20s.a ton on the ground; but they 
" eed а population equal to | of abstract reasoning to others, true to the instincts 9 к; ir ^ the use of hedgerow wood as fuel, which 
р; of — most 0 | опг we- in the accomplishment of m ill reduce the cost of this item. At present the 10 ewt. 
is ой rial of their soil and of the air Which work. e'do'not, indeed, accept. the Chinese as 10:liorse 
n ats above Apu tha б | exemplars; 1 t, prefe erring cleanliness and health, wo may T mt at 12s. The ТЕ БОПГӨРЕ employed are: engineer, 
multitudo : built; and every for dati the |] energy and li ; ploughma Sp ; two anhor- Man, 10s. 
and meat thus grown базе! Podni sold off from it, | replace, by р in other fields, whatever our clean dire wer lad, 8з. o porter lads, 5s. each; 
never to return. The soluble parts of both. air and вой liness may in the. meantime have cost us. And our water, boy, aud horse, 24s.; H^ ôs.: in all 4l. 18s. a 
ted German censors Aes rest кта oni as soon as ча week, or 16s. 6d. а дау. p cost of fuel and labour is 
from this district ; and, to aggrava fitabl any proe в for thus 5s. 9d. an acre first time over, and 83s. 7d. the 
ould think, every year the soil Tias Led wash "іу by prov ved, vis inert per acre. 
five times its bulk of that powerful solvent, rain-water, Teasoning hitherk o has ed us; but the Mies. " The cost of rope has been considerable. Тһе 1400 
which carries all it can to sea. -What process can be saving Lo ndon sewage and so of iude the|yards of rope bought in July, 1861, which had 
1 only safe system " of agriculture, will very soon Ъе | cultivated 280 acres by this time last: year, and has 
tion | of the land and the reduction of its fertility ? ? But | done. probabl ife rete ol acres since, is already лон worn 
what is the actual fact? What would Mr. Gleisher^ Itis in mue е хес ав =й be thus expressed, | ont, and breakages are frequent even in crossing land 
se from erusal of Baron m e жое by plough ог grubber. This is owing 
The landscape may have Mn as green, but it was for Liebig’s work, EM proofs vio they everywhere |to the very flinty soil Кей, and over 
the most part waste and vigi e and M and | perceive our tural progress and success | which it Ар to have been insufficiently carried, Tt 
Scrub covered the greater portion of it роле а өй to clash саат with i S of jis also in some measure owing to breakages where the 
plants, often taking years to tur up thé power to our fi and exhaustion; and, t | cultivator has кете crossing old hedgerows. Probably 
yield an occasional autumnal deem An ^ the в th t of rop us be put as high as at least 
itself, where it was бө, was most of it every year | that "they will find our scientific нти hose good |1. 6d. рег acre. Beyond this however the expenditure 
in bare fallow, or only СЕТ дие, us taking | services have been long and gratefully aeknowle а у anything. There have been no accidents 
years to yield : an occasional Y ne of grain. | treated by him with insolence. b ional breakage of rope, and the engine, 
There is not а plant the dot ow ch does not| Теб us not, however, following the example of his| which е for threshing as well as cultivating, is as 
give a threefold produce, four or five yos mes as often м, to admit ри | good as the day i& was bought. 
from tenfold the acreage within this district, now, as "A light which he e more “= on t Mr. Deane bas no inis experience of his farm with 
compared with then,—not an animal he feeds that does phenomena of mepa eTA of cultiv: While which € that of the past а during which 
not now in tenfold numbers mM qe the | his arr ogant ғ self-confidence repels us, let r3 mot hinder steam cultivation has been adopted. He works 20 horses 
amount of fesh in one-third t = e that it did five g in addition to the 10-horse engine, bui ese are 
centuries ago. And it is, of c d|from examination of his and as employed in much other ч connected with the 
fertility of the soil that this immense increase of pro- | Meanw de, pr is "ging to nd, E © fertis вка йр кон of an estate out of order, besides the 
duction is Жылны derived. | powerful a teacher, that pages betray no signs | mere labour of cultivation. 
iii yasi ду witne bats ко LL inn i Ае йет. of that ago "viis d^ confesses in su 
indeed, equally witnessed in all p: o e | characteristic terms, “ han tbo clemen оце ihe mora 
island, and local ight be named which | bod: betray a certain endency to COFFEE АВ A ABOURERS, QE. FOOD FOR 
would even more it Oa Prince | circle of action” ———— 
Consort’s Flemish Farm of stiff clay soil, now drained, Ростов Рети, of Chateau Thierry, has recently 
steam cultivated, equipped with - buildings, and Pio bytho. a ‚ pamphlet vn а Prolongation of Human 
producing heavy crops of Whea в, &c., STE in CULTIVATION. Life b retentious title, which the 
few deer used to find a md living ips fer — dad write onnaissances Utiles 
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rushy Grass and woodland g EWE FARM, NEAR WALLINGFORD. ates as а bold a te to solve a problem 
Tiptree in an 50 T s in cepi Мв. DzANE, who gh ER pies 800 acres of land, whieh in the middle ages occupied ihe minds of 
aspect of Mr. Glaisher's sra КОЙУН Lage: his own property—600 a of which are arable— | alchemists and sorcerers. Without dwelling on the 
ence to any particular locality within it, because it is| has worked Howard's lite since July, 1861. poppa and Nn) features of the subject, I shall 
the feeding ground of wasteful London. Its piddnto The land varies between a stiff calcareous clay and a | practically propose the question which suggests itself 
traverses first the streets and then the sewers of the|less adhesive soil, in which there are many flints. It | to me on reading the Je Should we recommend 
metropolis; and the enormous drain is enough to im-|lies across the gault, green — к жт chalk, where | а more extended use of coffee amongst our aot кш 
erish а province. at the i ith- bed ki y jan and other workpeople in preference to ti i 
standing, being rapidly enriched is to some extent, no | layers of finty gravel. There are "thus two qualities of во зме. теи, and always of very ты 
gar owing to the , nitre, bones, oilcake, grain, | land, qualit ty int e shops, where labourers purchase 
. all kinds of food annually imported by the river|tion—the stiff and stoneless. caleareous clay of the it by the eu * а cost of 20 per cent. above the 
» l these things to waste. | саті, and the f all soils M гого а аралі в тоем shops, where the quan- 
e more, it is owing to those agricultural improve- | work by the Mun йа, where land is full of flint tities are mostiy 5 pem PP к= unds. жр азаа x 
ments which put the natural resources of our growing aut РА stiff enough to hold the flint firm while iue | obtainable 
стан Ын Репа air to their fullest use. And it is | wire rope is Ud dv er it. [m E са UNE 
e to improvements in the денег апа насе rei purchased, " the land is still very кА о. ерге» who have to substitute for ran milk, tea or | . 
emselves by which these resources are 80 eco of order—a great deal has been wo e in breakin | eoffee w Neither of these 
cally utilized. Воб the fact remains, however jtm máy the staple to а ые depth than has been dei! can be ордайегей, nutritious, but we have to consider 
T explained, that improvement, not impoverishment, -— ore; and in throwing small felds together in order which of the two is the емо. Жо irem. i, 
visible = all directions ; and the circumstances, | to ша акб the land adapted to steam яр л buta | defectiveness in v e and digesti 
асе оны) éd tainly are not fveurible: to the reception — deal yr me of Бо these kinds to Mean- | relaxing property cheap tea is rarely "uadultentied 
of the уш voice which, in the volum e be for T is very well pleased "ith the | or of grateful flavour 
Baron L i ap чега теш yes me last year, i. e., on May 1, 1862. | has no ien means of detecti ing imposition, or 
British et yat once, owe much | He guarding against it. Cofee on sha other hand, if 
to Professor von ren It is zd the faith which ho " We cese work just S - nd and kept on purchased in its berry state, cannot be deceptive, and 
inspired in the chemistry of орок table апа animal|aslong as the weather and after v | there i is no хој с авот ia ке а уШаде колер 
growth that we owe the rapid rise of the €— vating 209 acres, puey 2 de ipio r the winter. and mill t village of labourers by deink alg 
of artificial man: manures among us as s well as tho safety We intended to agam at he 1 nian of! poem By tim e MT green a ле | 
“artificial” the = so wetaud u > “ША hepian, witl 
егте tnia e i e eea we did not begin till the 15th of April; since ndm we itpure And if in the« 
His confident only lost one day, aud have done 72 acres very | should be de from. 
bristling with apposite — has often aroused | well, and have moved the apparatus into to another field | taste, the chicory can. 
boh. оцы and effort, the good effects of which | аё some чеч — - сар again. — ү i than | 
Ол standing the. diminished confidence wo eking i day for some time e. to come, if |g 
Ai — sdudie mies. Mr; bi 
Nut шав аса sultimai Шу eive гре is эчүче nad iti LT ghadi bo very Ве 
here zant as evér,— r|the difference between my steam-cultivat 
coming ruin, »foredbadowed а as it is by y tho "or siok: —: сда -— pom i" all the information 
nesses and Turnip which indicate the near]; 
haustion of our тарбие 1 ughing our d iim bere A ey бча а ъа да, 
to scorn, and especially sarcastic and unfair — c whatever. Му neighbours ni 
Messrs. Lawes на е who have supplanted h hink 16 will answer, although t 
as authorities on the chemistry of agriculture ture in this ue d о тА could with | it at first- 
: s agent came over the ot 
eased with. (ho work. 
i 24 ee quc n s gen А ОО 
through eir allowance о ot mesi hing iub ү исе 
