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470 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Mar 16, 1863, - 
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changes he had made in his occupation, he b and I Per and believe that | number, v we had three each for the S lg 
most happy to show them to him | the leeture and discuss чыё culated - razno, but | 
Мг. Рехт, M.P., ha recently seen 21 A | the country by means rv the agricultural press, will wien Iget a ae рч of its position you ee 
vator in operation on a strong piece of clay land at|serve to enlighten the farming community upon the We erosse Pros veis Yei, Carpe ntaria, ч 
Bedford. It was working 9 inches deep, ld at ч subject, and be — of widely extended good. Gus uayavo, and n utes above the latter put ug 
great pace, and turning mr Betina up the clodsin a| The motion of thanks was seconded by Col. Kings- M at this farm pun че half-past 7 р РМ, ju j 
wonderful manner, Fro saw there it struck | cote, carried unanimously, and briefly acknowledged by | in time for a hearty dinner 
him th book һе w ole establishment here e consists of two ве d 
would tako the ice of t hs system of inversion, and| The meeting then separated, branches, one called the e! avo, the sheep e І 
the crops in the к 8 ое Bedford т to ————————— ent; and th M " ч | 
prove that steam culture must largely increase the EM in this latter there are no s v» ha atever, | 
ode ach of corn Foreign Correspondenc D E САА is : cm manager, who lives at San Jorg j 
Mr. FRE referring to what Mr. Ruck tees stated| URUGUAY: Estancia del Guayavo, Feb. D 1863.— resent ка їз 2 settled m i 
Mapihi Clover, observed that, according to Liebig,| On Monday, the 2d inst, I signed my contract to kero [oem although here: ere are end tis EE 
Clover Was a deep-fe -fee eding plant, and its failure was | the satisfaction of all "concerned. I am to have one, I think, pro А е other ig th 
R 1500 shee ep, i including 10 per cent. wethers; A home- bookkeeper, also having sheep of "A own hen ere, їйє 
In answer to the Снатвмах, Mr. Ruox said that he | stead, with E22" not got my sheep yet. jy 
employed 2 eM on his farm, and had sold tho "ор | cattle pen two horses, and two or и milch d to | expect them ne м 
of his 56 ох | ber nedin good conditionby m end of ag ent,| We hav e therefore ene — Mir: we have е been 
Mer discussion. was continued by Col. Kingscote, M.P., | viz., ү December, 1865. Beef, "half a büllock Чот here at the farm house. Tt is a lovely country, ani 
( ў ' Club), Lise co aee of homestead, for which I shall epos а | we spent the time first: rate, Every evening we go to 
M. Barker and Mr. Sidney. OPE hay tor ide, almo sta Toa ague, before s porase Жаш san river (Guayavo) for a swim, which is in some 
Mr. Horrawp, M.P.—I beg о propose у floc xi dat the xtremely deep. I have been employing my timea ittle 
thanks to Mr, Ruck for his „Же їп attendin, М. pka | fue ot cost, All expenses connected "With yremd in the  cerpeneripg way, and bave wes myself a nig 
кф and to £z um the sense of the meet ng. ое де ashing, curing, &c, I - to pay. TIn|little strong stool, two sets of pegs, and a shelf forthe 
le p пту he has laid befi in оп for my services I am S hasi one-third атава George has made three Apt Yo 
TUR сылы this important su bject. Stea Раоа of the increase and one-third of А wool. I доп? {also do a little at shooting and fishin 
is, no doubt, sti ll in its P end and as long as it|expect to be much in pocket for at least eee time to — I 
Jt с annot be expected that a any | come, but T-shall have, I hope, some 800 sheep of my d 
"i t the end of the term (three years) But time Fa = Me tope 
particulur us We p this, that in common life, | will show, Such is the sum and substance of my, NORTHUMBERL Fanw: Report for April— ы 
g | month qn ^e vit on st interesting farm operations 
ally, he never deas of applying his professional skill| The same bes (2d in -yd ben and myself, | has jui jus st dra оа close The whole of April has been 
unti y So, 
ther llow 
the same way, steam cultivation must not be рр one of the R al Mail Steam. Packet , Company's boats, 1 4 reased to 
to any particular field or farm until the person | whom I'shall Chip," 1 "* 29th, АМ "i P. атаа а 
occupying it has ascertained what he actually wants. | Monte Video, pose we arrived on -— А afternoon. | ur the growth of Grass and spring co T 
This once decided would settle the question as to| On arriving = Monte Video I went d aede the|rule, spring corn has come away adm mirably x drilled 
smashing up or turning over the land. ds ns Bin as | house of —— & Co., where I found Mr. Sai —— | lan , though there are some complaints оп broad-castel 
I am concerned, І ks rei do without turning over the | We had a welcome reception, and it was decided o our | land, owing to tbe irregularity of the depth at which - 
land, because my tana iv ery nevy, with a a high "ridge baggage should leave for Guayavo next day in a bullock | the seed is deposited. The Oats have been 
d a furrow that must ba brou cart belonging to the Estancia, he $- kept back "m Е А о а braird—a plan n ta be 
ivate properly. Tog he advan- | барген, Ра was very goo aim, and we on strong land t 
tages of climate and Fini the bu ps to be| were to leave by the diligencia en the following аду er: ате не 2 ird. por ne. 
comparatively flat, an t tul és much time, a long | Sun ^ y (8 cond week of April at the rate of 2 b s per aere, aere, 
series of de and pact patience before that n. w On Em nday morning, at half-past 4, A.M., Geo. Chi d 9 inches "e the rwy 5% wad qu 1 
ien mplis much eare being required not to t and I were inside the di песа A м to start. The | wi а it, and then all rolled down together, and it his 
Over too rapidly, or until the subsoil brought ар. to conveyance was rather h avy, dra awn by seven horses, | ен come away very regularly. eat has been 
crammed бо. iod the Grass seeds being previously 80WD— 
rodent But the day may com xr en else went on at a very А rate, and glad and happy I тн hich it entirely covers _ 
after me will n steam cultivation AN 1 E ft when ea found we were among fine old hills and чо с whilst its general app appearance augurs well 
made the land comparatively fat; ; thon will arise the | valleys once more. What а contrast to the treeless plains a good harvest. Grass has teen вап, checked | 
peu nds whether he will not change, and seeing there | of Buenos бети at чый = А pasis i-i was at | tn | ыда by the above-mentioned dry winds, stilit 
large amount of soil ara , Cease | Florida, where, thro — hasa very thick bottom, and as a rule cattle will bẹ " 
to turn over, and take to Severa or He through | ness of a fellow travell y birth, ho had | turned out on же; bite. 
the soil Iam glad to hear Mr. Ruck state his Peru and d cn and cen with th he| Horse Lom — The chi ef employment of tlis 
with regard to ploughing light lands. Upon the land Бый, showed us over an Visier fine orchard, where | branch of 1 еа been in b eese ста 
at the College there isa large body ofclay, but the| were trees, be nding with fruit of every species — | harrowing, pow and otherwise preparing the fallow -— 
adjoi ining land was originally stone brash, and no doubt | Apple trees, Pear [0m s, Реа d Quince, Walnut, o land for Potatoes, Mangels, еј nips 1 ; horse-h: f 
it has more or less blended with its neighbour. All| m dite ng was so well kept that it was quite a | Wheat and Beans, carting m o Potatoes, rolling i 
beyond that, ho owever, is stone brash, and although x we E We went to bed early after a M dinner, M Oats, s Barley ; drilling. Barley and Gras 
cannot go d next morning before sunrise were а, the|s and suc Y л land in 
, take a lar; rge area with the macbinery i in the course | шора on the road to Durazno, which Yo. es n n find тыр ring, the writer from several years pie 
a day; an area во atga EC it wage beimpossible|in the map, I belie eve, some 25 leagues north of|is un convinced tha: t the broadshare stands unequalled; 
erable i 3 
expen Hier : 
but is easily and econ rro ically sctorplibed by means | райегоз took our breakfast with them, ready, so that | the land in a similar manner without turning it over 
of steam cultivation. The bie e s which take place in| about 8 A.M., teh we came to a halt, to change | фо be baked, parched, and thus robbed of its н 
lthough i irdin 
e 
the course of cultivation ious, ough we | horses, idm es dismounted, and soon found our-| which is of such importance in brairding the seed, 
are obliged in the first instanco a supply ourselves | selves squa! 2 а circle, round a huge piece| The grubber and harrow following it soon reduce th 
with a large amount of steam pow y from 12 to | of beef, 8714 two ог sd bottles з wine, | land to the finest mould, and readily bring to the top - 
14-horse power, yet after we have edd over the for моменту, Та соп sequence of а “и Couch e MÀ | be ке З 
land two or three times, we find that we must|smallbet made between 1 Hand La —Оаг ds have been chiefly ocou- - 
work our engine with less power; but a power|of чї at Durazno, apta a ‘promiso on the p: ied in п gathering cow ‘spreading manure, planting 
that will be more practical for operations on pas who wished to get in early, to e ы Е ordinary b , turning manure 
Other parts of the farm. One of the objections, that, i if № ier win, he, (the driver) v have the Hes АА edges i in "dito to 1 = men whose | 
indeed, to employing the large 14-horse sns - ngine | money, we arrived in splendid time, and coachee нА. | labour is necessaril ented i ection with 
in threshing and other operations in connection with | the Fanit d of the wager. The aen ne of od ви | horse Лавот, аз drilling, hoeing, ko : 
the far Jed | is, that it consumes more coal, sid uses | where we ve: is the biggest man I hav Stock. — t Irish bullocks, put- - 
more power than we need; for eis Aw not want any- p I forget his weight, but it is avio ased ging last autumn, have been disposed of, 35 — 
thing like аё power, yet we co; e fuel in propor- ust again inquire and c ie know. He egan disappear more rapidly than 
tion to it. After we have got our r fields into deep n: A the [ЫК шын up as as e god—nothing desirable Wie justice had to be done to the whole 
less powerful engine than e done too аа for his P gie Mee € herd. Store stock have been T I condition on - 
e—the that h 
pe p ired a 1 wer our purpose А TW served befor as; | a Small qui tle hay, у, 
" roo pei: ый зе АЫ) a i fake ren Бу itm сани їп Мау. А | 
n the first к toittoo, for on one ‚ оп to account | lot of fresh heifers have ii n purchased " Poi ‘Tair, { 
I find there i 1 arge, he quietly s said, ** Well, if it | which are likely to go off fat during July an d Angust, i 
Т лебни боне. іу PI Ыр, L'if| weren't for the I shmen who come I соіа never | The sheep stock is now distributed all ov orar 
course ; 
епот те nothi ану n res 099 
the lenia ud iy. ps work i bu yard more|can a e eed ? He does eter to please|and the end for w vi hich they are intended. Тһе ётё 
economically, be generally краме? ш ао, A ror ou, and same time stands in body | m nM imbag and with the exception of a 8 
ing purposes, and at ША me time e for Med Pte) w them. After oM we all sat | loss among the ew ewes, we е have not to report * 
cultivating "he land, the gain n eat, open court, under au nse Vine, to hoggets 
With respect to the P mentioned » М. fuc k, з їе seemed а кыо 4 мые, d'hóte, for natives pos washed and er andin the course of em 
expect m esult t from s formation ; (three or four) mdi the latter process 
+ money i Lu Корсе бот тй "un a ўд ую ят we —— моне | and shearing the AA the flock will follow en B А 
кепе: е еуепїп a game ог two iards, a smoke, middle of ; 
the land. However, ow hat Mr. | and then t bed. T PIE 
—€—À ГЕ АП the M day, [Been Are we stopped there, | = кы 
Sheep through а |as the peon forgot to horses in time in the Calendar Operations. 
if wether | tus s | | morning. Аб a p bout 1 i.m., к — : ed Y. і 
essing in the right | under e Vin e, all ud а band st up во BERWICKSHIRE Merse Farm, May 4.—It is not often И i 
seeing steam culture [ү c much to а ене һа d | come have a spring ко favourable to the general work of the wr 
à у add, to lcom. Grass unusua!ly earl the deficiency 
to Mr. Ruck for his able the Бела | playing, some of the waiters let off ачи; Бету оор AIO СЕ e month, 1 
uote Society is|hard B. e a M н eh? "This may were wi 
ion when such a ion | y countrymen treated. Next =. — its own weather, and changed the grey 
а tenant farmer, and fol- tne) we we left Durazno for the the ecu We had ре ш. [4 эй mre 
which other tenant! string of 15 horses, and being, with the peon, чыйт дзе аза ine „young ОМ two montis 
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