612 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Jexs 27, 1903. 
f neral matter present, the applicatio п of s salts of ammonio 
The above prices represent the best implements o orresponde A оаа реа o она 
bod ора. but Fd ajustó x on rh uu of ammonia even to faimyard dun іза a striking E 
ta consequent reduction of price, to sui 
Home Co den 
үке" Plou чча — Mr. Leyland Wood, M. Coleman | Farmyard manure contained comparatively little am 
№. 17 in the Messrs. Howard ds? ^ "ча е, and Mr. J: |a large proportion of mineral — and of carbonaten? 
q | Elliot No. Mr. des s | matter; and in order to dispose at once of the effect of car- 
ҮРҮ» жены ', ble Mr. bonaceous subst: ancee - organic ШАЙ дЫ ym from nitrogen, a d 
v 120 diusted tbab | Ta т. т. Мо rton's s pape a containing chiefly carbon and hydrogen vin some proportio 
power it should bes seen ist work. It isso adjuste he | Мена pee ometer ted iin published last of oxygen—he might state — in all Mr. Lawes's experimenta 
neither wheels nor horses run on Ше а Nie bad weék, are of morena importance, and I may here- he i fundi aes m reoly a mmm effec t om the quality or quanti 
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beam being on a hinge, accommodates МЕ dust 1 after һауе occasion to refer to them. William Smith, рост portion of ies farmyard | m Rowe C t tended ds 
inequalitie of the; urface. E wheels assis lies | Woolston, Bletchley Station, Bucks. ase the produce; an extra f ammonia jn. 
driving the knife, which is important, as it supplies | received another letter from Mr. Smith; also fr P: creased the produce to a very remarkable ex xion nt, at the ваше. 
increased power, and may be depended on to cut crops Long, of Henlow, a customer of Mr. $m its, « on m this | pusod E M гайрро, Team RM uu na ол es It 
of any bulk and weight. This machine, in average | Subject. We shall refer to them next week. Бе early а 
Situations, will eut опе acre per hour, or say de lie, | Drainage Legislation for сй ds the 8th of e quantities of ammonia were applied the legu- 
рег day. In active seasons, ог upon large e occupations, | the present month an Act of Parliament was passed minons 6c pm caer even though mineral matterg 
the hours of working may be increased to represent 15 | called “ the Land Drainage A (ireland) 1863 ?! Оп | might be pre трн i: reg or the growth of sug 
of 10 ho man and a У plants. For m Mei whole acre plot at Rotham. 
acres рег day. For a day o 10 hours one la exami ining it, it i" es to be nearly a verbatim copy of stead, which he bad Visited the previous day, he believe dit. 
pair of horses are required. ortion of “the Land Drainage Act 1861," ie. Part | would be difficult to get any Clover. 16 was also amusing to 
The Haymaker or Tedding Machine.—This їз тоге 11. ; better known among those interested in n ry moni i sae È да: sen appli hei hen 
familiarly known. А strong lad with an active rad Agrioultural pi — in England, as ап abortive | тй Cw a ТА or КЫТ Va t 
will d acres per “day. two e| oaee owners to procure outfalls conjuneti sees. minerals, the ( Cocksfoot and the Tufted-hair- 
wal and Wobei adjusted to their several stages of | thro e a cas land, and intended to | Grass, Moi rre y he for vien Prio е ake the place of 
labour, sat to work at шош out the Grass nd in eit one o tind most glaring inconŝistencies соя á o much, then, 54 ытарга Ар ults of 
the morning, ы а relay of horses {рр during t the | of the present genial in which every encouragement | "Nitrates had a some different effe $4 
day, they perform а prodigious quantity of w ork, an of em d to underdrainage without cte " did not affec — Шу Оез eene tribes of plants, Tt 
Ме t du к will Ns the firs eratum—a pro рег ar datare t he water | did m^ seem to injure C. the same manner as ammo. 
the best possi quali у; in fact, fd TA di is Aot fust passed Dei better | Diacalsalts. These irte matters—phosphatic and alkaline: 
in nearly half the time о cenpied Љу manual labour, | o rivages, e Авт Aci just pass e к er bstances, might bo fairly taken together; for those herbs 
"T'haso fimul t than 3 nglis counterpart, it may be| which were promoted in their growth by phosphatic mannres. 
should be mI them, as there will be two days' | nike. iy an а should put himself forward | were also benefited by alkaline manures, and notably во by salts 
uon Bd. ^ ` | to point out to Irish members and Irish landowners its | 3nd potash. ction of mixed mineral manes, овеф 
cutting alw: P h inf dh F T of phosphate of lime in a soluble condition and salts of potash, | 
ана Dole м» ingenious implement i ess. the fact is, the passing of this Act | о, e Clover tribe of plants was very теша able in promo- | 
melo th is ent is | will operate (fora time at least), as rong upon us| ting а good quality of herbage, but they had not so great | 
MI by a boy and one » gathering the hay into in this country, заат as the adoption of a portion | effect upon the amount of the pr uce. Having thus allu 
f lightened st: М fter being ted M p 
rTOws dtu ШЕ ж ^ sta ste a хен eing ded a nd | o, ап Eng ч eh Аг pattern implies that it S MET. um ge hat. mícéral ferc INED 
суа i гече i um ve f e on g Fus Пу | is rfect, whereas $ * is notorious that this | especially the alkalines, composed „БАЙЫ АШ 
кыл пер» l Pe n d rrymg: there is said. Pet. pu is and must r na dead letter as long | phosphatic materials produced а better herbage, and that 
C LM RM DEM PETER opi IE ү 
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Wok: ur M » 1 properly | оё to gain 17 should not presume t eak thus oarser description of herbage, he woul sexy refer eee 
PEN mphatically I not in a position to know precisely | mat f detail with regard to the improvement of pastur 
The English Hay Rake; Its duties are uncertain, our p t deficieneies. We have now had ne: lyt e would süppose that the land had been wel drained, 
as no так can well be done unti) the ЁК experience of the Act of 1861, a othin аат utum reg and Parche e улай an but the 
has b set to work, and obtai ned a n able start ; P been done under Par IIL, . although еге | question then ar se, how was this state of things to be 
Prts th a st e ho orse, is „едт па]! іѕ har extensive property in Engla reme'vied: how could they both improve the herbage and 
to 2 т die hour, and o quir lrain ge of which is nob partially dependent on the —— м алта лс pA dem much to ће 
over, it is found ail to prie put ee ted it. The will of the neighbouring proprietor. Hund eds of reru Meo ali) by practical Ez ғ теа 
speed and use of the above impleme nts are so nicely | thousands of pounds аге spent annually in under- | the other bana, if they looked entirely to quantity, perhaps. 
balanced, and their powers wa working under such | drainage, the efficiency of which is thus in jeopardy, | the qu f the herbage would be so h deteriorated, 
perfect control, that Miei ЖН тна may be | but so inappropriate is the mea y which relief was | {Ваў the improvement of the land with that sole object in 
pen rede d ei ; D tus анг кт. А чонат t epi, view, mip remunerative to men who sold hay in the 
ere! е A u ment. Iti | to be give Ab we siuii proceed as before. Am I not | neighbourhood of large towns, but not to the occupier or the 
т id p s the mower, | right, t fore, in fearing th he curi piece of | owner of the land. ^ Не thought however, e two 
Р еге ous piece о 
get over "ih ож б S pace; nor can hand- | legislation to which 1 have ventu red to сай attention 
medy ? 
with the utmost pains spread ina Separate the | will have its influence in deferring a Xr 
C whether the past 
CER аз a machine. The horse-rake clears the | J- Bailey Denton, 52, Parliament Street, 5, W. К t. There wasa great,desl o АЗИ | 
land, that 16 would Dre andi of time Ru equal by i w and as lime wasa cheap ineral, 
E lai z^ Kw manure, be entto any greater expense that рош 
- ат ee «207 * RNC veg ined ime had done marvel: 
th grass mower, 1 man escriptions of Gr: а ; but on others it had or no. 
ыр horses; with 6 ттн ers, e strong las d 505 im maig ed TUR vm dox бира i = йн e E oub де LA s fi ct thak E 
3 e these are но ванне owis in the none at all. "he géological chari ше, o 
A А ар ds р Y changed); with two Chai, At the Weekly Prae es Council арӣ | эда ве 2006 ААШ, Тро geological Character of the district 
rakes, 2 strong lads and 2 horses (equal to three rakes) | xr Бо was not always a good guide in deciding the question whether. 
folstlio is periods. day, Professor Voelcker delivered а | the land r quired liming or not; for he many — 
сь gia Lecture “ Оп the ‚ Comparative Effects of Different mum un — voe had accomplished of А 
Lands. a though the land was situated on the oolite formation, yo 
One m iri а бя — incloding beer at 25, 8d. .. : n - The E Prof ши Дь abounded in limestone тос € reason was that, in limes | 
Share of interest, wear ex tear, &o., at 10 per cent. Ther o pu few people ZR Mus. deny that Grass land was | i s seen А eee ux ps MESS e к 
on 607. outlay. spread over 100 acres, at 1s. 9d. per аз capable of im сеа am arable; that some еа of lime, although sited і ma E à MET E lote 
acre for 10 асгеѕ 4 0 17 6| were more ditieult of improvement than others; amd that, | withstandin ya T6 тоате vini гай h os s ight. 
Seven e тангы &е., "as above, at 3s. d B a, NND а wide к мч English pastures, Ене was Mores Grass | be ma eris benefited. b; Ti in n 
One boy nga 5. 9 16|land in а very bad condition but si tible of 
ha BA ер, as par other statement, at 6d. improvement. The question then ср S m e i dumm: 4 ie is fortunately ы а question that might be кеаййу stel + 
0 50|tobe Um PME I A А was bad on account of thre "ne sah of salts оа ,if it e P flervescod. plai ye 
———— | reasons : first, е soil might be good h i с $ 
ciue bi Cost 7s. 4d. - acre  .. .. £313 9 р, Аш quantity "d «йш. уаш. i is вуна "texture might - f ҮР, ei S lime, Tuo vor n f К 
is is ex bad—there might be ple d of materials, but dan 
Th › for carting, wear and eus iight re&t upon a stil I inpet ricus рога y Uk Musee ин кшш Ыы е of the во! Бае 
Ыл opo feet deep, а subsoil not readi ily dra оп which the | not 1 Hackod b. а iei creep i 
араг veoulds everirbe: -ye y бизе зы ды НЕП uas ot easily attac by commonspirits of salts. In that case no 
See eiae! а would take place, and yet lime was present in the 
herba, 
arities of mo i ity ; i i y do 
AT rning and evening work imperfectly to maturity; and thirdly, there might Бе | soi in suffice i usd Picos SUR all Б requirements of the 
be settled in а 
int Tu re case of man praal labour. These may Ье | Something that was necessary for the existence of th 
$ еу crop: В 
met by the surplus time at early morning {з À ~ танде growth and full development, wànting in pA. short dor Вие, deter "c д на 
employ, od at the rick, Sia some work in the у.е the soil. pasture was bad or indifferent on account of any It the lan i was о um description another que 
that cani ot be ) е eld, | mechanieal or ] deficiency, it was in vain to apply —in in» оса а ld the lime b lied ? ld x 
регѓо еа inery and usual UT. 15 constituents, which, however seful ор porou: di Бая tho а Ө LOS „до would room 
ng, when the бтн oveka Marao А Ui, E iturally poor soils. Вай comparatively marl; for. uin. p applied not only lime, but aided to tho 
be met КЎ а few helpe overty of the land. аув, ether the | land aterial which generally abounded in alkalies, ро! E 
operation gen нек К ы eiecit аад ог mechanical | ап soda; and moreoveracted ав an absorbent of manuring —— 
eration means | m from the atmosphere, f valuable ! 
1а : phere, as a retainer of v: 
baba зун ad bold ica ё | хак, ш рой pm. Uis mos SELLO morin ng. а ^ T рие pom шанага те were applied to the lan. 
іп the best districts had been drained pier deprived of | the growth Р p ndeavour t 
РО ун ЖЫ: Ns dius k growth of good her improve and increase- 
sem Тю Palanas © Ет шге; but ihey coul age: г the quantity of the produce, But this be done by. 
on. — h Special e 3 ир еу киче | нанар оп well drained land E. я 
ues | able of pr 3 ASIE were ВО - an excess of moisture 
e E | any series bf. ME And. e n Lind БУ ае о 14 not remain on it for any length 
saving о ot money is considerable ; Wu the pce — observer iew the remarkable results which could "rn MS by ч pilars „attraction in dry T m 
qu TEI of изет — vs Shan roved age: sum total of ашама produced кчө Ее and on the | well {о vicibus E na e G E no- 
ay, and th of mpl м е тові carefully conducted | matter what jt h. Ба 
: о аге | ёхрегіш он Меш Lawes and Gil : 18 character, ht to receive ап r 
E of far more portante to the [Any far da wh The most valuable manuring Канун foli e | Ер сайоп of farmyard ma For this reason: that im 
acr of hay {о save, in a ch. cab , o nitrogen in the sh p amonia, nitrogen in th b. ug: |f ure alone they could supply the alkalis, more — , 
in a given. -Space of tim m. » angeable climate, irm or nitric acid, an organic m Frames apabl of producing аа m zd n MA economical manner. There was no 
ecomposition either nitrate or ammonia ; secondl hi З oq pp'yhig tho ates or soluble silica, 
H э Ü О8- nomi i А 
Е Effects ор Tillage and Exposure to the Sun.— рды "hen шу, раа These were the nic бен im NECATUS шоу in foe. shape об EI Ё 
"алмадан һаз lately made some interesting experi” ica. : to consider the effects of lime and potash with a view of increasing th Wo próduob. Y Р 
men aeaii the time necessary for maki What then, in the first place, were the effects of ammonia 
insoluble * ing de ber 1f оз looked at the composition of. the ashes of алг, 
я. nts of the -soi e. сеза Those eff. effecta vari Grasses 
sample of ri r e "^ soluble.: He took a ilable isd раты to the ad 2 
Г soil which contained per асте 870 lùb denos of yeu 
| l : e eem AM ES pae And ey constantly mowed down their б 
а 901bs. of phospi c acid, 360 lbs. of silicąa— | 9Чеһ combi:ation with maitera ot md iie Beitar d Берш: E mus eim es e 
ов ^: 2550 Ibs. of: mineral | |the ч of the demens moniaca| manures were very Боно c ine inne е 1 
etely zd уэе; but a {р mineral TUR m ae ое N T Em Vm em 
alkalis, | the soluble silica—were yard n efore some 
Е not expect to produce marked effect | t. е reserved. uring Gras But 
еа 4E Iba. of ak uu as а thes or quantity, by the ае : n ere were eie th. 
amropiaeal moanures alone "were applied, tho ең petes cn land. не T 
Le herbage would ie а jorated, and іп a Bip шов: af our pasture aleo kad a ты excellent 
hen there was am a of ever, were bones, ige gonsiderabiy.. Belter tham guano, bo 
