588 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jont 20, 1263, 
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fite bl than at present. — , work on until the heat of the day, then t 
engineers, and — man "rre = y йо que | чу оті босиб нобат pronta. hafai ckly | rest, a aia resume wo зи а дал H аа When ! 
enm hei t Not so with the dry la land | hay season is near at hand, a calculatio A 
dein ndi stu b at ~ mus ihe ен das - iioii: "bh e arie bd anon are calling out for|the required eer to carry on son "donde to 
i viz.: bought | effectually. Each person come provided with hi 
For t e whi өкүт Гетта t rope to P -— — n и Ww na ы, н E - | implements: about five boys, women and men, а 
For the endless rope plan E E 
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the яч must be 380 yards from one side of it е wever, 16 is not ois preso X 1 sidered воће "ient to each mo ower. : ree tM 
pue dlands wanted | culations mt * pro merit, 
15 e vem e rap ci ria pem jn placed | s sh eet? of our hay crops; but Ае we hie itin ply: First, | oc cupations, and all are expected to retain their r esper- 
ivi ihe Њар есеб 4o: shift. for oing back upon; th ак kisi crop, tlie cost оГ wins tive stations during the set The old practices о 
it will be nite fair to take a feld 380 yards square to|it, and lastly th of selling it, before you | often recorded, viz, tedding out, — in, G 
the vios b on. То work it the endless г ope plan venture upon the bios енй of. selling hay and | cocks, bay cocks, winnowit га &e, t hen follow in due 
ч d m 160 yards of rope. At doom the imple- | bu uyi ng manure Clean h wá early manuring, succession, until the “stack” is made, thatched, and 
эу must е ither start to o r fro e drum under the 
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iod between the implement and the hedge, and a y be expec eria а Мы pelos of herbag s sually м 
imi f о S i uy е сао lated п First day.—All Gras s mown efore 9 o'clock to 
EE he wf x GA 15 Sdn к ES | wd n bye a4 жы T 05 dt ensue ; pn thrown out, **tedded," turned once, * hacked ” in ^ 
contain 13,500 yards of Mindy or 2 acres, 3 roods, | if the elements should mere оа at the time Il rows, and left i in i ae кы, 
190 yards. The whole field contains 29 acres, афс ng, “loss” may be expected. Hence the| Second дау. —“ Tedding " as before, shaking out thg 
8 roods, 410 yards. "Therefore the endless plan can do | uncertainties of hay-makin п! wW Grasscocks " into small rows, moved. Pow or twice, the 
only- 27 acres of it, unless the tackle is shifted twice of things is going o eg Ea ies. his sheep or early process on the first day being carried on s 
to do the һе adla: nds B. Now, divide > th e fie id into fo our | cattle will be steadily оа along to his one desired | cession, the forward hay gathered into winrowgs еп 
d end—certain return with him mo carts are іп | ће other “hacking ;" then comes the forward hay n 
the proper 1 h a field... The sides of each of | requisition, no bres fado to be paid, no AE: " moderate cocks, returning to the © hacks, " and lea 
sts will be equal, 190 yards long each ; the | or acks take harm, and no them as before in small sont 
length ofi rope required to set down to such a plot is | blishm His selected animal EA 1o Third day.—The above routine observed, 
190 yards straight out from the windlass to the hedge, аа Suh lis "eollected produce upon his frame, and | The forward. hay, now каша nico sonia is та. 
190 along the hedge to the right-hand corner of the | the e margin beyond ** cost pri ice” i is the fi armer’s gain to the weather; if fine and w m, it 
field, 40 yards to an anchor along the hedge bach лу be brought forward for n niue perio docu 
towards the tackle, and 240 from the anchor to the kon text words ” of our не f ee explanatory | metri shov ild the weather prove а will be de. 
windlass; cutting the plot into nearly a triangle, | notices of t nuring, and it is | layed 
{һе total length required аб starting E а | to Us assumed that the draining et least of all meadow | proc 
760 yards, the exact quantity as that req d | lands) is now complete. not, this passing remark Fou rh day.—Nothing fresh occurs; the weat 
by the endless rope plan. The length required Hi may be made, 3 should be! as оГ ча ration in hus-| rules the work; the hay is kept well under hand 
at finishing is twice 190 yards the length of fur be ndry w ill p Te. tter than this. ards manures, | cock ; the land well raked, &c. At this 
total, 380 yards, Now add to this the 760 ш КЕ тау astat a hay-maker’s реа need not | tion is paid to the acreage under 
starting, and divide the total 1140 yards by: 2, it will | rest elsi pon is use of bought dung, however acces- | being mown than can well be managed. If fine, the 
sil ead n T on delivery of the hay | mowers give a hand ; if wet or even doubtful, they are - 
bout 74 acres. The ropes may then be ес If w nt tos n the herbage and to make | stopped or checked: they are good haym $ 
poia bd st We pee a brief —: of == daily routine Which 
а plot of a g aking d 
p fe to га each of thirgoveral other plots without |a lesti ing improvement pon n i meadow lands, we may - when the final boast is made, * We never stopped tls 
any shift of the tackle. The quantity r left, unfin nis ; if to our qua antit y of Grass | mowers!” Аз a general rule the Grass i is protected as 
ji guano, | mu ach as possible, both day and night, AUN rain and 
the engine and си stood, of say 4 yards ЯЕ | nitrate. of frst: soot, ог "оа ammoniacal manure, In 
20 yards, in all not quite an aere; indeed if it i 
desired, the two headlands may be done without n guan rate of soda, and- соттоп salt, to be | ha пупак. where зей, в мер 
shifting, by doing the poftion on each plot first Mer in Mu pom at ihe d of 8 or 4 cwt. per acre, | correspond g ex лын sets fr 
before the regular working of the plot. Тіз |а ccor "ding to the condition of the land, will be found an | for other operations rump strengthening * 
fi wi 1 MN akers most ma erially; nevertheless great care 
the haymaker in w 
dew by cock. There i is no more hay in hand than сап 
Тһе pa 
uses 1. s less rope than the endless rope plan| The Grasses. —No permanent Grass has been found о be en when usin y e $ 
does; thisis of great importance, for it is a fourth, | к. ue Rye-grass for the p pter of convertible | (dn seasons, the hay being found to injure more 1 
and it may to some extent account ico windlass | husbandry, ii others have been selected which are| rapidly after this Veiis e ms кона - A 
Por ing m araar a ow, let us see d or for hay с The principal ее | has a een in fine weather) 
ow - wo plans get on with the w these are the ies Foxtail, and Meadow Grasses. would stand thus: Cost m ing, i da wa 
e Gazette of May 9, there "Mr Morton gives | О? the Fescue Grass there nre three species in the | 12 wome ме. 2 boys, beer for ауар, andi fini " 
us ый tables, one for Fow ur , another for Smith, змы highest estimation for meadow h пау, viz., ME mea dow, the hay 
anot other for How. ard's, Fo wler г s has 1 12 cu stome ers, who tall, a nds piked Fescue; these are universally found in 
of dee cem which hows their average day's work to | The meadow Foxtail Grass does best on water 
be 53 acres. who Кл the | meadows, Of үре Mire: mee there red two species | 
exam le of ' Fowler's, their ave da ork i s|in esteem as hay plants—the smooth stalked and 
a rago Pt ughi 1 e great к of зы Hom e Correspondenc 
ас ке that their average day's work is 6 acres. ons celebrated meadows near Salisbury, as also thos The Cow Milking Machine.—A Mi Сн man of. 
indlass, nburgh. As hay 1 Dublin, who was solicited to become agent 
ks -Howükf'a, bets еви dless rope in is the: quantity of md Situ: uations, the Cat's-tail or Timothy, Floating for the sale of. this machine, havi ving sent one of them _ 
work done. The windlass rope requires ]2 and scue, and rox rin x eria have been recommended. І | {ог trial to the Albert Institutio n, Glasnevin, I was _ 
l4-horse-power engines to work а whereas the dee ид ЕИ to answer well on moist peaty requested by Mr. Kirkpatrick to test it, and am, there - 
windláss сап do very well with and ceca soils. The з a number .of other species o of tall|fore, in a position to respond to the appeal which you. 
consumptio: have e Correspon em 
муа. be continued.) 
s a too 
the en dless rope plan upo к + тапу to enumerate to advantage. Un nder the term | several trials with the m: achine, nd 
the windlass plan is the best, sud "I ace thi - йш ме * meadow ? we include all such lands as аге Tat under| own hands on each occasion. At fir pases Д 
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icti yos by this be doubtful of his pest j udg- | Grass chiefly for the sake of а hay crop. Where hay із some difficulty in using it; It із not as easy as might 
meht. In conclusion, I to thank him hiş | m ble | be supposed to fit the finger-pieces оп the teats апе 
paper, which has enabled me to do something —€— AME ате cool-ying or irrigated. tight: and when they are so fitted оп, a restive 
proving the fallacy of the endless rope plan ат ат 2 are teo descriptions of these meadows: those | animal is likely to throw Ње. whole out of gear. 
Smith, Woolston, Bletchley Station, Bucks, Хийе? n the banks of streams ог rivers, оп the uplands, and | I attempted the milking of three cows on the first - 
BE | the e low-lying meadows. "Eac of these may be stocked | trial. From one which was milking 5 to 5} quartsat а 
AUTE НН ат with Grasses, dne; naturally or arti fici ially. Riv er|meal, I obtained 4j quart:; another, which has very 
ee a HAYM. | meadows are by far the most valuable, u r eats, I could not milk at all; and from es 
J th, боен pes "ublished his third, which was only milking 2} quarts at а m 
Essay on - REE ES E Mh E Lane Hp In the cutting of Grass crops for the purpose of being | 1 was only able to vitas a ше us than a quart. m 
А foll "e Ї converted into hay, it is їз necessary that arbe be in us АП my subsequent trials have been attended with 
ie DS bi a Mur мам Suitable state of growth and ma! turity for for | similar results. The conclusions at which I havearrived — 
2 . | afford e c in refe 1st. It 
з ; Vemm eret | pil aot exlac Mi mlt cu de 
ay-growing—This pu iE aor posee tbe ЧҮП «анаан sepe dw | fi ЕЛЕ РОМЕ ғ this Sub 
one, especially when separated from the то теш зза in the other a T RET о! strippings 'could be milked 
rge j use, as the s 
pertie expen: rass, | by hand. 2d. Cows that have good teats, pr in 
^ x. ore it becomes in fall. flow ai while the 1 rich sac- | the udder, can be milked to within from half a 
urned to|charine juice is in part retained at the e joints of the |a quart of their full milk. 3d. Cows whose aim Т 
n r p | flower кш is in the most proper xe == being | uneven сап with difficulty be milked. 4th. I 235 
ui paying crop ost imei eut dow: Wher e Gr ll, as i ience а * 
is orm л һеш i branch podes difio lt 
and read; 
grown for the use v the farm—to 
ce А егу tal ten : very much if any amount of experience and perseve- — 
stances. The e circum- | ense in moist ge ee there- | rance will overcome the difüculty of milking kicking — 
not more than la їз that. тем obtai us ue еа be О ог restive cows, eset In its present state the machine 
the best farming dist m at е market, ln] Тһе —— ^ i natural or meadow ha; has been | appears to me very loosely put together. I had noti . 
aO oS. ias E but dn attention is paid to | carried to er perfection и = vie с nubi e gether, таў. 
and straw substituted на ^ th eA the | Lond а after the usual | I cannot conclude this brief note without expressing. 
Fools eS arie ege nga e cattle, with тти сун эа pro ed "At for mowing, the v hope that the machine may ultimately pn 
i E hill - anc y гоно и practice hitherto siente is T inform the “old hands” ful. ery ive dairy farmer 
haying ” the sheep at Turnips- ашы ы stricte, for usly desire that this invention would m 
lw. m drcum эл ёрет procesi. р Xi imber icut i 3 "heraus it would saye th 
ачаа ^ т-де worth. 144. Lees It pas Tong hen. йырга ө cut Grass ss by | w ages and keep of one ore * hands” ingto — 
Ты, ma purchased at | the acre, the of which varies € upply | the ne number - cows eir. and, „воой, It god 
Pri are are more рны аза demand regulating pri rom 3s. to 4s. 6d. |f: M ат — oss of mil om garget — 
x] en. Th тъне а eden and so; die qm ed бу p yr е ile : 
r ng out. Тһе best | part of. cow-milkers. ZÀsmas Baldwin, Albert emt 267 
рег day, but to do | tion, Glasnevin. 
o'clock in the Dlr: Rustow's Report ор Steam Culture.—My soil іа 
