May 16, 1863] 
paratus bought Jan., 1862, cost 510. Rope originally 
Es 1400 К, None bought since. Repairs, "wr 
tri: Engin orse pow төр but not sufficient pow 
d. 2 eso plough, Td 
bos, ser 
ad ivt "ys 
Depth from 101 end 
g Wheats after steam are all looking well. 
c taken а c out of the tackle, having 
as fullof Sq uitch Gras 
it possibly could be, some of it ix aving h т cultivated 
for two ye: We cultivated from 3 acres to 7 acres per day. 
26. Mr. T. B. DRING, Claxby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire. —Е 
y 
no h go to g а 
tus bought 1857; dec pn ol 
FE of odi Uie s dcs pur 
1400 ; 
e 
CRI 8. Daily wa TUS 
ui cwt. a-day, at 165. а to! 
account of quani eu A year, Tut. а very 
tity. The engine made by M 
Lincoln, in 1855, has ER е very 
s y 
дее neu and when very bar 
thev ores, although at no M in 
2 et et of ropes was iron, an 
Foe the second steel ropes now are nearly as good as 
or say one-third worn. 
E end set) Т. B. Driya, Claxby, Spi : 
—Farm 
ible, 514 ots im ы ча E eom took 
from и ping ; M 2 
other part Оор pro r tim 
Num ner "or Ms cras Ru т Жз s; ов? now, 20; 
but 90 acres arable have been added, а: nd much better master 
Apparatus bought April 1859; cost about ; "Ro 
originally bought, 1400 у: ; none bought si: Altera- 
tions since purchase. not great. epairs since purchase ; 
but little. ngine, l0-horse power. Daily es; after 
harvest 5 men at 35, engineer ls. over, 2 boys ls. each, 
ncipally ; so the ou w uced to the lowest point. 
ы DES le.—Farm: arable, not quite 300 acres. 
Вой, chiefly mber of horses form erly employed, 10 ; 
Engine bought in 1854, а tivatin 
42 more 
Jonka to former, in order to work a larger piece 
80 often orie en tackle; alto ues Pal ше улг o on each 
rum.  Alteration ingi B 
m ари ly wages: 
з = eed four 
саба 
8 
=} 
[-] 
© 
wice over in 0 acres in 
vation from 6 to 10 Inches ; the tho engine | 
о be quite as effective as at the first. Tho 
Ны. has зоте yet БОА from Aer but onceit was snapped | 
62. Depth of cu 
ара tackle seem + 
пся “= — the wh 
20. Mr. M» rom Otley, Yorkshire. — : arable 770 
acres; ; pasture 200.. Phoil: clay. Gropping: x "Qin n erop or | 
n: Wheat or Barley ; 8, Beans lover; 4, Wheat; | 
5, Oats. orses formerly employed, 19; 15 16. Apparatus | 
bought in 7 мз) ^o lés, 6d. Rope originally 
bought, 140 ; Dough since, 400 yards, y une, 1862. Alte- 
rations, since of engin 8 10s. ; repairs 
ice purch: 1. orse- power of e; )aily wages, 
stating number of M and wages о ок : en river, 
; windlass-man, 28. 4d. ; 3 m en, at 2s., 68. ; 2 boys, at 15., 
25. Dn икн ay,4s С 10 at 208. а ton. 
Женен oil are ch: in this statement. 
Келле t ыа 1859 to P ӨН 627 acres 1861, 173 ; 
in 1862, 8 to cost, ао вау the work ia is s better — 
rather Аы т. green crops have 
steam cultiv: they were after тореп реце ч 
say the same of crops. There ів not 
ment in the Wheat crops, although there is more straw. The 
cultivation has improved the drainage, as the land dries 
sooner after а . My farm is decidedly cleaner and 
in а better state when I ced steam cultivation. 
The value theo al 
cost. 
30. » near Biieworth.—Farm : arable, T: 
56 : лу clay, subeoll b AS. and c 
stones, Qropping ph Beans, Wheat seeds, When D 
Tares, Wheat, Man re asas End Oats. 
oyed now 12. 
hire 
Lent therope Кә nearly worn out when 
I had it, necessitating a new one. The general depth has 
fro witch very much ; 
I bave known it in the Turnips ge. above a n long, and 
I bave now in my office Twite! out of the. 
5 feet 1 Jong d 
fallow by М: ү. Sutt h's Жее > Іш vem qu ie to 
ploughing, р А Элшат x whi 
; arab! 
general 
ора : 
tus bought 
tiff 
d. “80 acres, [^ t^ ef E 
-field лу viz., 1st, Roots; 20, 
ам Tares or seeds for shee! 
, Beans; 8th, Wheat or 
ua; now, bae 
orse-power of 
2-5 menti ü foy s ariver, 32, 
idw: apo n MÀ À— M 
UD ~ 
mà 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
467 
almost got it flat now ; the last three years it has bee hoat g Corn. Horses formerl ту 
State of transition from one to the other, Бо. І сойот he Зот, $ хна bought May 18, 1861; Y employed, 18; 13 
incipal effect has to be realised. But my root-cro s incl xtra sateh-blocks iia PAN 
en Meri and the soil now after c ie a (bres y a Toller portare and 4 patent le 
Ro 
ever А n - 
cultivation will n. мо с Чер t resistance it has e harr pe originally bought. 1760 m print Sng: 
4. Engine &c. ; unable tate зај (те but itisnotina| вір o alterations since purch Repairs chiefly con- 
bad state of repair. fined to porters and windlass pinions broken through inat- 
32. Мг. Josepa ТорРнАм, Great Stoughton.—Farm : arable, tention. Engine, 10-h power, double cylinder. Daily 
acres ; pasture, 180 acres. Soil : н ыр уси отв wages : driver, 38. 6d. ; dlass man, 3s. ; plo hman, 38, 
Horses formerly employed, 18; now, aratus bought nchor men, at 2з. 6d., 5s. ; 2 porter men, 5s. ; total, 19s. 6d. 
July 1862, cost 2341. No alterations e s sinc r-| Water-cart, 5s., including man. Coal, 10 cwt. a day, at 19s. 
chase. n , 12-һогве power. Grubbed, 228 acres in n. Drag-harrowed on my farm, 1861, 0, 1802, 55; on 
1862; at 2s. per acre for wages ; 1s. for fuel, and 1d. for oil in 28 ighbours'farms, 1861, 75; 1862, 81. Grubbed, on my farm, 
days In theautumn of 1858, Мг. G. A tron raffham 1861, 220; 1862, 333; on neighbours' farms, 1861, 146 ; 1862, 
and myself, hased of Mr. Smith of lston, a set of| 243. Thetillage has been thoroughly satisfactory, varying 
his tackle, believing that to be best adapted for clay land. In mem Боно to 10 inches. The engine and apparatus 
e dissolved [уни 2 апа h have in every way condition ith the exception of the rope, 
ered our expectatio ve isa c account worn, but still capable of а large 
of the. work done with the e set. i n of mamao of work, The number of acres cultivated per day 
1862. has averaged a 
33. Mr. T. W. Lutton Marsh, Long Sutton, Lincoln- | 11. Mr. CHARLES STREET, Cople, Bedford.—Farm : arable, - 
ште: bii вау а мену 1 now, 4 but > {о | 860 acres; ure, 100. P Propp, 4-course. Horses 
Apparatus bou, NAE gus. ы, оо, 2001. ormerly employed, 15; Apparatus x 
bough i ram o| August 19, 1861, й d 5 aan ату е 
but 1600 yards; none bought since. Repairs urchase, 12 
1o hore power. QGrubbed 170 acres in 118%, 140 in ,| Engine, 1 "power. Daily wages: y 98, 102; 
Tom ,1801, and 110 or thereabouts in 1862, at 3s. 6d. per pin dlassman, 28. 8d. ; three men, 2s. 2d. ; two m i: eacb. 
г wages; 1 cwt. ре of ps Average work Water- E x a day, Эз. Соа1, 10 cwt. à day, at 17s. per ton. 
ree r day. epth of work done from 8 to 14 inches, |  Grubbed 240 acres in 1861, 386 in 1862. 
but the latter depth only when crossed. I consider it а | 12. Mr. THoMaAs Noc x, Button, Maddock, Shiffnal.—Farm arabl. 
valuable implement on а farm, not so much to reduce the| 255 acres; авіш, 95. ` Soil: strong loam. Cropping, 
number of horses, but the value із їп doing an extra quan- | 4-course. Horses formerly employed, 10; now 8. Apparatus 
tity of work when itis required—tbat is in autumn and bought April 1862, реге 4901. 5s. Коре originally bough: 
Spring. 1400 yards; none bought since. No alteration or repairs 
34, —, Кі n Park Farm.—I can give but very рео, вїпсе purchase, ngine, l0-horse power. Daily wages, 16, 
swers to your sobrie for the following reasons, 5 men and 3 m: water cart, 5s. ; coal, 8 cwt. а day, o 
That when we purchased our cultivator four yea о М-Я 10s.aton. Grubbing, 152 acres in 1862, 72, 80. 
engine of ““ 7-horse" power had been se for irren ears, | 19. Mr. C. Мо; , Lamber! Hurst Green.— t 
and consequently was not likely to show во gi sult as| arable, 180 acres ; pasture, 250. Soil : stiff. Cropping: 6-course. 
engine of greater power, particu de when e таз object Horses formerly employed, 6; now, 6. They were never во 
to cultivate to a greater depi e had bee н worked as they have been и winter, ае А І took 
previously ploughing. We therefore were obligea pu res additional land in — las t Michaelmas tus 
а 3 feet driving pulley to gain powcr, which you are aware bought, April, 1862; cost, 2001. о inally ^ ht, 
as at the expense of в; &. elds being generally | 1400 yards; none bought since. Additions since purchase, 
d most of them containing veo mer our average | 40l; repairs у ery small En; e 8-һог 74 
thi 
com Пэ» T windlass-m * 
дй to results, Ithink we can equal if ormen, 4s. ; ploughman, ув. 9s—14s Wai 
not su any, as previou ST УЛУС tor erus uired. Coal, 6 s wt. а day, at 26s. a ton. 
theq ty of our corn was generally 2s. per ыс узак, below rabbi гч 1862, 230 acres, in 88 PA The work has been 
the average (of the neighbourhood D, =» А — mo get| done at depths varying from 9 to 14 inches, the greto dept. 
a plant of Cl of Clover atall During е һауе | having been attained when the land was in the driest state. 
not only grown splendid crops of Clover, t Yho € erras of| Iam much pleased with the working of the tackle, which I 
our corn has advanced 38, per q vith an n increase of | find simple and easy to m age. consider that it - 
from 4 to 8 bushels per acre ; pea е В о doubt will| thelandina tly improved condition, but I have as yet 
con Our working ex зеи ре or day. атё as had no co e will pedir me to T of bed e reu its. I 
follows, viz.:—2 men, at 2s, 2d. i day, 44. observe, how: "етт ara land dr e uch sooner, and Е 
25., en ; 2 porter boys at 8d., 1з. 4d i il lad 3..4 а n^ sounder after heg The wear on tho tackle bas bee 
18.; 1 иы 4s; 8 ewt. of conls, lid., 98, ; oil, le i small. 
tal, 1 8d. "Three acres Md EM. is our averagi 
quanti! Po ' day, acres the second time over. ith 
ав we keep a smith on the estate, though I think it less than d r E AND CABBAGE, 
the same work would cost done by horses, Тһе rope has not r. C. LAWRENCE. 
cost us anything for repairs, nor bave had any of it 
w; and I think it will wear one or two years more e vus the Royal Agricultural Jow 
How does it happen that these маде p for 
stock are so rarely met with on ordinary farms ? "я 
compared with, 
> perfectly 
les th в depth of | Known 
8 inches, thas in tho antim), when the Tm Vo th the fosta ot Is it that the comparative dee of food per acre 
winter. We also put it to our drill at а time when the land | has been нут mi 
is too moist to bear the tread of v 6 ns із a great Is it fi ehen to the tiv 
advant ur heavy land. With res Т. iae PONE TAHIEDUTO sion as ur eene 
во great an MT ав on а | expense and trouble of raising them, which may be 
to do|attributable to defective preparation and subsequent 
с anon i 
I 
ques 
«кун XM Ma a nd and proren сае ош 
Chemists which hav n publi 
r 424 poc nonne. is req 
pard the Ос of the ie 
ad contemplated an illustration of our second 
pping, th tion y giving a table of analyses of pis 
the. ER, peso ye "M Mr. «ошо ае those 
viz., to take i rop of C бөө {һе 4th year, and thus make it 
the. system, and by it we get a large TA 
of neta er have no doubt that in a few ad We sh 
be — to dispense with artificià] manure, е 
Shape of oilcake. - The land will also increase in 
THE BEDFORD CULTIVATOR. ^ Inorgéni ic matters, (as = ө ed Б» very tus 
wing are additional replies to inquiri p useful 
cerning Ven шр trum en mis e the indications ord led by th e 
[^ rg онх W. PELL, , | tory, there exist occult operations in pes animal labora- 
acres; posture Ti te ын pris tory that ES 
Turnip lan ittle good А fout lt 
Ноле Анг йуу, 18; ies x р DEEST: farms | Close a reliance on such analyses, Moreover, all these 
apart, or ployed do with lesa. тае bought, roots yield very чинов analyses at different stages об 
May 9, 1862; cost, 2001. у bought, 1400 yards; | their gro and maturity, tive 
ТОРЦЕ nce, 109: n éltemtiops Since рого hae; repair ar Deja ra — ГЕ made of each kind їп а 
За. рег day; wi diass man, 2» 2 ? ploughman, 6d. ; state of m n be depended on. There 
&nchor-men at 2s., 48, ; 2 porter boys at 9d., 1s. 64. ; water: вте some very ы beervatons on the first ques- 
unes к ай, 155 à gu you to me Роназіе tion under our considerat pamphlet recently 
мут LA MP TORTE етеме ds blished by Dr. Voelcker ped a report by hir 
information I ca ; ly say I fi ж ТО жы cleker, g M 
тафт ево Ан Дре лечу efus fie " Journal of the Bath and West of England 
ё ттер йш. T. » iu ^» 2" Society," of. the result of investigations which he had 
: ылы. Prem, Atexington, Bed ARS. been requested to make “ on the scouring 
442 ac pastur 270 M o Т k Crop 2 Н 
Lcourme. "Homes forineny employed, 1: now; 18. Л, а: e Pood SEEI 
t April, 1861 {жоне 10- ан 
уз; enana г $ 
їп 1888; 720 acres in 1860; in 
1861; 333 acres in 1862, The first three years I did 
toner my ders. uh as нене W which o g 
9, pe D. Кїхо, Abbotts, " 
; eg ), 
Sext arabia. 455 aet Да, у үа" vy, mixed ers те the paper referred to, 
and light land'in equal ] propo NEN. Cropping ; four-course, to- ebon Chá F pirogen D 
a a АЕС а арн узак [ш SE dc EIC 
Nono bought since. S2. теа л оп, by Burrell, um eir feeding value, The Doctor observes on 
of хоса Daily wages: "T en, 8з. 0d, ; 3I A Pur | this 
. "Coal ton. - 
ag tap appercus T Rs AR tod T9 acres P twice and | е ^ "€ анага [torai 
dr ore onos vyo, ata depti ol € inches реч тани е j their superior nutritivo valná; un 
answer my purpose: we Sive h _ no breal ad ы thorough in n, ке om p 
frrom the boy ; 1000000049, — Farm: "ille of varios articles and the value assigned to them 
10. ie aT BULSTRODE, Dean, stiff clay, practical m еп, has shown тое that the h ч proportion of 
агай ла uia 60. Sol, уегу subsoil- Cropping, ме опе cum — of hay, Тагт "— 
noni т МЫ: partiy amos d бога; 5, С ; 8, Clover, &c. ; | by no means indicates a higher fe v regie чаја ue, bu y 
