542 
receiving to the last set of i inquiries on the 
subject t which Мен T issued to find that I had omitted 
to ask whose tackle my correspondents employ: 
This, however, I "- other — of A and I 
will refer nmi о one or of the results whieh 
have been obtain 
(A) Mr. n apparatus. 
about 700 grub Qu 
n the din 
me - got about 70 acres "nis 9 реа and has 
e 70 ue Я e 7 inches es in 20 days, in- 
res of 
in 
PE 
Ba 
Е үлү 
ы 
2. Mr. Toward, on the Prince Consort's farm at Osborne, 
bed 94 acres one way, and pure $0 of them, 8 to 
, in 32 days; viz. :—174 acres at the rate of 53 acres a day 
upon an average, at a cost of SL. 15s. for coals, b s 9d. ve 
oil, 251 1s. Fu t.i Mae 3l. 8s. 6d. for repair— ali, 
4s, 64. an 
Mr. Fa po mis of wt ed Sal vor EM o has had 
yd гес since Б R БЕ h d pum Pii ња КЕ 
опе € S g his Бес es ich А d don 
1000 ага haee and Nis vM spring. 
Last yea: qu аар 10175 à а 6 to 8 inches tel in Це ed 
having paid 1781, for wages, coals, and oil, and у yer for 
begin А к ехрегїепсе. їз 1881. 
bid since А ning o 
unts to close on we 64. an aer er the whcle. This: spring 
300 má tha! tis 5i es gru! ine way and crossed, have 
been done in 23 ал at a cost of 12/, Va. 6d. for coals, and 
11. 10s. for oil, 851. 5s. for wages, and 21, for repairs ; 501. in all, 
e papers wher statem 
» е Re. аА X" Ri cases ors the t toli is Neues 
at work, and has been so for уеатз, while the details of ger 
Bteady management һауе ече E recorded, ава да 
that as to tlie expense of в cultivation in these cases ird 
is по doubt whatever that dt is is bd А less than that of 
hori 
now an kd or two of Howard's tackle. 
engine 
with горе sonvejed тоша КБР sides of Че po sad 
and fro along one of th 
(B) э: Howard's P A aii —(1) Mr. Taylor, manager = 
Baron Rothschild's home-farm, at Mentanero, has ploughed 
75 at grub fed 110 pe and grubbed a second a; 
ragain 
time 
hi 
LS 
8, 2L. Lus 6d, [^A oil y ЗП. ts. "m for 
d ЭСЕ на аро 1181. altogether, 
ploughing, 
averaging G 
Nod XLI WT a 
e, of Stev ооп, ts x on a heavy soil, 
АА 157 а a second time, 264 acres | 
Жанел 5 to 8 foa дее = 2 day about 6 acres a 
day, spending P pe 25l. in mi p 155. r^ p 301. in wages, 
qur ery little on repairs—571. in all, orvery little more than 4s. 
g^ 
"2 M ray, Mire do pm 
on 
, water 
as grubbed 7' сезе 2 
THE GARDENERS' мандон АХ” асман GAZETTE, 
? e 
emovals is included in the ti У, 8 days 
You may easily suppose só eed Itell you that ur ау" в work 
on several of them with the scariñer, wa: п 20 to 25 acres 
2 ap the vori to 
des 
Twenty acres and m 
po. the same m possibly from а diari is bat 
ant, we have done more than once. Giles Edmonds." 
I here you have a case where the jd. ЫЙ ч КОКА О 
їп TOR fields 300 to 400 vards wide, where th. 
c es ciayey is g 
e 
t of Са rsh: halton, a member of this с 
6 uv and grübbed 196 acres, upwards of 6 
35 days, Ex t 181. have been pua i for coals, 
es ehe and 
d > 
[Juxz 6, 1863, 
ог | work being done. Аз to the draught when at plough, 
it was as — as possible four times the correspond. 
work of Howard's horse plough w ежей, [^ а team 
sides it. 
usual йу wo d that when re m to 
ght beginning at 1 lewt 
and endi ing а t5 it iot. po the end of the x 2 
nearer therefore tothe engine, And the nàmomege. * 
placed in the rope on the side of the quadranple ле 
Ње , between it and the grubber, an ai 
бе аз 16 got close to the windlass ended at 
There were thus 4 суф. of work dons 
y the engine than were taken by the рань, and that 
4 cwt. were lost in the dragging о of the d tu 
€] X snatch block. w how 
much 
Sof power takes place when t. rope 18 badly — 
drag it, when ed at all it takes ou Н ot 
сї. in a fi Жа in leng Here in work. 
ing Smit gr an 4 ewt. were ost і in a length of 
3 4 
t t ofa 
best 
1 тош, EUN Soils a 
Takes Siok ahe oil 125 aeres, being а ** very heavy cláy,’; 
and 46 acres а A ses the following example of Fowler's 
tackle, being on the farm of Mr. E. Roberts, of Be ron Hall, 
а А а, 141 acres have been plo ughed, à 
bbed after P тт 6to 9 inches ys in 41 
ме A ost of 22 for coal, 17. 173. 6d. for oil, 211. 35. 8d. 
A laid round three sides of a qua adra ng In dra 
out the А. to lay it round at starting, it не 
to .in drawing it 110 yards he first 
| stiatehbloek ў it piss 1 to 21 cwt. from to tlie 
кесопа snatch, ge another 180 yards; and it took 2 
З cwt, in going from the second to the third snatch 
blocks. Аб the time it was taking 2 ewt. o 
with the brake ав usual, it took 4 abes with p 
i" wi 1. 108 
for wages, and 5l, ee repairs, or about 501. altoge ether, 
the cost is 53. an acre all round. 
Take the farm of Mr. бае. Hodgkinson, M.P., 
"a k, of p зА - eet where 127 aeres havó trti 
plou; hed, 178 Һау d, and 39 acres. cross 
emo in 48 days, at а сае of Эт. 10s. for coal, 21. 15s. for oil, 
341. 12s. for nU. ws water, and 247. 88, for repairs—about 
t 6d. а 
951. altoge mis 1 асге all round. 
MM "orat Rich ardson of Hibaldstow, who üsés | must 14Ү! fi f th til th figures 
Fowler engine г idi ackle. Ho bas on various soils, | are in typ nis you will understand their bearing on 
$00. 29 Me СОЯ маа E bs telis us ihe айг. It is right to mention, however, that I 
6d. per x for coals, - per acre for oil, 1s, 60. an асте for| understand that in Ho ^s My A таке 
wages, ог à "t 2s, 9d. i all d m zn to into one 
Ап нй of m: Age ood examples of unquestionable 
success VERE are not PIGET on boy lists. There cannot к? a 
с bt that steam cultivation may now be declared b 
entral Farmers' Club to be an ce. MERC success, dac 
p mere economy of kd is concerned. 
Of course the immediate ае тав oil, wages, 
keep the on n off M e ground 
eon the porters; and i 2% cwt: with no 
venies at all in 
Tt is, I think y you Ai agree with me, impossible to 
state these figur y length, 
realise а ы: te of tho case from mere hearsay: 1 
^ ix ad w holy de 
ull account of these Оң Дент Я trials 
бууу ШО Md be ү Шо xem ens m lo. 
lished т Meanw mbe 
E 
ering 
and r тера! гз, are no ot all the 
e 
ars | mined in the ordinary farm use oF 
ih 
it ж wee n À 
week in the field, апа there these tools stand on more 
ven terms t than. dynamometrical experiments would | 
dicate, If, as I believe, Fowler's plough ana ЖШН 
а 
below the cost 
— , has 
ала А-А, —— es deep in 20 даув~-Һе has 
it аб a cost of S Sd, i y AL in oil, omg 
and 207, vr Sarda including all all cde our, or 301. in all— 
being at > 
т! cours ont examples—they 
are good боз ОЁ сиз- 
tomers BT pe of Mr. Smith. and of Mr, Howard. 
But you will see the whole of them in the published 
(C) 2 Mr. Fowler's apparatus is is 
р, 
шоге „сову than 
of horse wor. armers will pay fon $t to 12s., and 
even 205. per acre, go supply coal and water 
to those who will let a steam tackle oit for 
and, and thus show their 
stimony. It is plai» n on the face of á bal no 
d yet it 
5 is hero that the great posa of steam 'eultivation 
e Mr. Plummer, of Peasem 
therefore, gone ry general 
а.а E its 
or n urchasers kno 
oie o or fo Tor Cure cubi 8 m for letting out, and 
"a de 8. стэма t zie о holds 750 acres of | V 
ery stiff soil on n4 chalk near xd y; bought Fowlors 
ngino a wer 1860, costing 7801, ; he has bought 800, 
and 500 yards of rope in all, а that 
of repairs, udin 
cost than any other—yet for their adoption satis 
е: Е гатуе да ет needed in e e 
ri 
utterance 
Fowler’s tackle, ver forg 
improvements an -y alterations Кыс аге 
making in the dE iod ко ur fie = 
Gentlemen, I fear І have ied y 
мөн yetthe half remains 4014 3 "ш 
the d present „position of ste: 
ht t 
my 
Or 
De 
ood bee and 
ed by m 
is all the difference ре 
clay lands. It 
failure 
у оп | 819 
t 
and success. Бо that While iti is on Кл soils, | pk E: 
adopted by p e with very ingenious 
wh кер не e Mist. 
a 
rope and d repairs, а! 
which oughing ; e pm remember 
TA Tias ploughed TO aeres 
se е uM d riter 125 S wb 
Lh 2: E T ET Жө боша М 
FS t 1L 10s, à. ient Xu! in EX & 
LI 4 has ploughed 
1 days, at puse for 
qr or if 68. is Qurped hr 
grubbin; 
East Teeth. near Lechlade, уг 
» 
Hd 
daya, and spent 42i 
сс: 
hing 970 acres, 
ала 9. a da а day, ога 
being ploughing. 
gug 
o 
ERE 
in | remarks claim 
ability to stir 
КЕ Ex it is not [ud Ls itis оп the stiffost on 
that the g adv; d. 
agis for one system than | 
be done by s with hardly any pressure on the 
soil or subsoil is common to them all, 
I fear my story is getting too long and wearisome to | 
retain your xi much 1оввет, and I have not much | 
more ^v a is impossible t че intelligibly in a | A 
e results experi 
Atigi pr^ at it Satton сс iey by, Mr. Harris 
tayself-—I will only, indeed be plai 
у | апу one beforehand, that генов is зву little waste 
pow: Ten "I inthe direct qim m f traction. 
sh olly carrie Lr па require 
the anchor go, It зестра cwt. to 3} cwb d. 
Le ornes eni it todi Б evt wien wholly drag 
ese figures show the n ge of the slack 
Кее always keeps the rope е т a в{гаїп of 
he desughi, viz. from 5 to 6 owt, according to 
lain ought to 
ы the "тенби apparatus, ап 
ook 
x3 
men 
ability to manage all and ғ : 
Mee will one day be pesas BUM e as Jam 
any of them. And аз Я l 
prendi condition of Ae — ж on Y 
ude, I will refer argument W 
which to conel 
eard las 
hold 4 а siei 
е 
taught, before they leave the school, so y 
enable th 
iabulated reports from Mr. Morton's 00 
condos cannot appear until next week. The 
of tlie dynamometrical e. referred {0 
* above paper, will also then be. 
