Juse 27, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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should like for an average дев n of land the following | a visit to Rothamstead ir in the company of Professor | looked at the Short-horns, which we were told 
DNE Жане benen iy УНО e metat DNO e CER 4— 4g 9 RD 
eel M eis е: $ ашу а tud r G. JENKINSON inquired under what class of|not be got tion in Norfolk "d але 
render ај e phosphates in it in on, the E T е r 
mipherio he bone d in the ргоротіов of — né " manure the learned eie e place а чаена" hearing that from а g f the meet- 
weig. t ne-dust, 4 cw eruvian guano 2Cwt., and | of a cesspool tank into which flowed the f|ings)—I would ask th 
LA a reta ould constitute a manure 5-0 т те which his ed ain-water, етт so o fo h. pad ) ed а certai ro Serge vm meer riv 2 
ea ncerease е pro 
quality the Grass to h ntast om “dovt ful| Prof. Vo ^ It wou hiefly ammoniacal ; | neatly e on head, and а ps umber of m good 
Rey кы ок ho more spaning qf tha БАТА РИС of | but inasmuch as it combined mineral м it would points, to tell me whether is -- bull ca 
monia nures. n is 1 ally 18- 
с диг дас гизо tena h A — соп: | Ре + cem merida rd onia acal m froui табун седе ене н that t dat pe 
stituents require their Grasses an eir leguminous our 
crops, witb a fair amount of ammoniacal matter ќо | о be applied —whether. by itself on the. к ог к Southdown sheep; all I can say is, that. Norfolk is 
aire a goon yed He mos ded the addition of salt for being rubbis h 
the 
ping and i moist condition. · Wher 
the Ө edet. of А: веер атайт, he believed the addition s е 
moderate quantity of salt migh егу usefully ma 
excess of salt, however оча to be carefully avoided. There 
r t 1 1 the 
red sandstone formation, ze amongst the formers the her- 
bage being comp 
not аы di 
Before pending а ney, 
or ета manures, А would 
small scale ^ hat bones 
rst place. In tho arts of the 
recommend a tra. Я 
proud of the farm whence they { come, and has a right 
Gentle- 
and soil ; and at what "time of the yea 
ar? 
i А artifici al| me 
fb isl rae + LE 1 
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ma es to Gra 
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Xpensive one 
g|gr шрго 
me rithe the а) to ye 
nd ous stock. 
E thou igh there were 
‚ 6d. anacre; and hedid ux dn псу that ^im: 
their Grass 
n 
much more t cre. He ventured to 
suggest я that 3. ewt. of superphosphate, $ cwt. 
ulpha: monia, and $ cwt. of guano, Hir 
рет fije: an acre, might be ery 
7 | good: manure for Grass lands. 
*£4] 
the breed; and ж me». inde! 
i | lord on pi ет Lord Sond ay add Mr. 
Oliver, and some others, for having kept their faith in 
the stock, which I believe is eminently suited to the. 
| county—stock that prosper on very Tight h erbage, and 
milk. Gentlemen, I киме а 
танан high opinion of that Жов, and I believe it can be 
aco ed to К оло ge en: d hot 
A v 
e ntity as 7 cwt. of улуу manure per 
b 
give а good pailful mil 
— аон, with those animals; their per- 
fec ractabilit; y and quietness, their freedom from 
Тер MM 
which they leave your е 
| and fences uninjured, are, I think, very good ро! 
thei r favo our. I therefore took what I thought m a 
| my еа e to p our Hes oed being bred 
| jm back. My belief i is that we may get a pe 
a 
fore I set myself agains show 
| breeding in the caet qi Shu ng o mr ү gai. another 
ыу I mean 
Уру сенат д ^to 
| | Spot of — 
Will the ne bond ы a Wd a dun "the | 80 ү 
refu f button manufacturers a ne turners. Of late | 2016 to Gras ss land ? 
t^ в ust had become very much deteriorated in qualit; ,, Pro fes ог VOELOKER БЫ no doubt that there were 
y the admixture of vegetable ivory, which was now use & quantity might be given 
largely in the turning of buttons, and combined so intimately, аа adva 
that it was difficult to distinguish үе bone filings from the ees 
vegetable ivory dust, Boiled bones, t fi f glue mak E Mr. Las ыла € thought th 
when they could be obtained in а p condition, were ex- | ing, 2 3 cwt. would be s ficient. S Ju et Pro- 
е aluable on Grass land іп dairy districts like those of | fessor’s өү ранее go up to 7 cwt. re? 
eshire. з 
In the next place, he would consider briefly the case оѓ) Mr. THO: : Mr. Lawes's did. 
land which - cold and wet, and upon which farm-yard and | Sir J. JOHNSTONE, M.P. : nwes's went и to 8 
|. ri derat п io be d ne with such land ? ит bat ӨРӘ that quantity bad been pon 
О: 
He thought it could not be doubted that they were pastures great feeders, such as the эшче Cocksfoot, = 
which it w. tremely difficult to improve. land | driving out almost every other а of Grass; 
farmers were sometimes ttle wrongly bi t im- | even the Holeus d which itsel lf wa а very coarse 
m 2 ie ; but many of them p tell you Е feeder. That show 
they bad tr! arm various artific ^ 
manures, but they could not — ge ting a remunerative | Of ammoniacal man ге . SET Mt 
produce for the outlay of their money. He believed there OELOKER, in answer to the inquiries 
was -—À land of i ^ description, Ja land "yel goula ot ре addressed to him, said that autumn was the proper 
vi ш; undrained sub 
soli, and bete Hh AT rdi WIS itho - pro» time for putting on iat; and that of А the КЕЕ 
ducing much effect, And the question was—what should be | ОЁ doing it he liked m — ev which w: 
done with these poor wet clays? In the first place, he cwm eit on the Jand overed up w rith | 
imagined се ought beam ih c the hn аг, or scrapings fro ну 
could be materially im аїпаш р 
Men it to get dtes] кте 
dri 
That was en € en тн, je ев practical ае but 
before the |land was improved by draining and made 
in a drier condition they could not hope to increase the surface 
soil, and the Zr of either farmyard or artificial manures 
wuold lead to aste, and profit wou » in that cas 25 very 
questionable, Bu t he woul 1а в варо the worst не 
— out t the 
not grateful for drain: therefore 
nol Bo , by using a large азау of А. Т the 
Grass land. Ought they, to break u or 
£g; e d, 
DE they to 5 һу MUS means or reg to mm the 
quality of the herbage? Тһе question as to the merits of 
breaking up such Grass LIU or not was um far too wide to be 
discussed th He w 9 c iait , touch upon it. 
e might r practice. 
Ther g be good r v us other 
But he would een - Wott ot all "елге they had 
on which 
What, Ben "were they 090 with such 
land? If he d" be allowed t = ^ ae an ome E 
upon his own experience, he wi endea 
— eode frire yleni Firar Адн " а ва iky 
pe together whatever he pef find upon 
ami of what was commonly considered value 
erm He would collect the о оѓ ше yard. — 
— ре the roads well, and collect the donkey cut to 
er debis cient in t Ded mixing 
же rem. manure in e" shape of a emn It was 
astonishing what a quantity of raanure might be collected in 
this way; M MÀ g such an earth compost just at the 
growing 'season of the year, зу the Grass made a start, 
th ve materially the poorest pastures. 
Whilst speakin making mpost for land, 
he Z the compost ht to 
would observe 
be kept for at least si 
or twice before it w. 
Then in аду. 
spring, these hea aps were spread over the land, and the 
yea rmiy ре t 
вее a spot of ' white i in our k polled beasts 
there 18 bad breeding nomewheng; d a spot of white 
lime was 
not necessary to make a Tegular compost heap. Farm- 
yard manure should be used about Christmas; and 
ificia » Su) eng man 
For 
| perhaps at th 
of Jan 
iube). As to the quantity of yof artificis which mig 
de view d 
p е tenant farmers а little further iban they were 
in ed to Бо, € had mentioned a lar е dern than 
he might b sed to m self. they had 
ну б iride, it i 2, mdi instend of 4 ewt. ot әс 
f stray S put in many years ago, 
either to màn the back, or for something else. I 
‚до о ор wish to ERN reed impaired; WR to 
up the our 
dairy stock, and I set Panem a ; 
are qp epe p the smallest impurity in the 
IM wins "o cup. Phe Chair- 
pedigree o 
EX S remi йшй ® to d 
point n Ё xt 
| drainage. The - fashioned idea was 
bones, ea use one half t 
a ver 
We i. d out p а à power of steam 
| grind it, 
Del rn that we can grow; there- 
that will grind all the co 
expensive the ey mig 
would here remind them that there 
ht 
fore I think we fcc not 
$e 
as опе other manure of which advantage might be|sluggish streams to have scarcely a ripple on them 
im in the neighbourhood of towns; he refe: until they аге really like а flight of s 
soot, which, purchased pure, at a moderate "ip вау |] may say that thousands of in this count; 
64. or 8d. a bushe - vro dg d ay goi results at the bottom of our Wensum valley, our Nar 
Lord WALSIN But it was always greatly | and oth d let me t 
adulterated. that where nature has given water a flow, that flow is is 
th bed of the river in which it 
Buckman, Mr. Wren Ноу. з iei Mr. xe e. the takes eg being kept pretty nearly аё а constant 
р ings terminated with usual co The i impurities ties which come in our {ксы every 
СЕ - — Voelcker for тА able and interesting year and decaying vegetation are carried down by the 
о stream, But when the str ed up, that is 
not the case. Тһе t of ries of damming uj 
AGRICULTU i reaches of our W iver at the 
annual meeting of this Society kar. а sg wee eck, f the river is -—— the land on either side ; the riv 
JowEs, Bart., the і is question may seem 
= health of the ai qs — о T i 
aid :—Lord Leicester 
o in con. 
i of animal 1 food up to prices a 
tha : 
br уту еу ob! = Ё mn ehe м "wt the EE pi Я ihe "bes experi- t 
ап ad an excellent еПес upon e herbage, an 
0 рт Аи EO. CM, and ment in steam cultivation t that t i n der m now, yop pill find it will 
T леа crimes the most of the worst description of pasture. | Out ot m sure it | never be Ni pira that the water w! tto drain 
ery y recapitu lating the main points m he had | has been а subject of very deep cass um I say- it|the Шш beda whioh ogh to drain the should be 
endeavoured to brin in this lecture, he would remind hs he slightest Еее to all of us that the | made the of grinding corn. days of i 
them- first, that белае да а 1 effect іп ni ont "i B EB ) ii ied. 
produsug тое у унай парзды eect of tide should have exposed the Ho 1 із an absurdity, and must be remedied. _ 
plants ; (hat they had an effect on the quantity likewise, Far T tion pm has taken place this а ma ays 50 acre 
«таву They b e N Wr winter. That farm wasa m le instance of ара 
composed of phosphaticandalkaline salts, increased th i см пеше. There were 500 acres жо! 
nous рога Farthen, t that the sole application of rectum Ъ ughs, си DN and z 
La 
there w И n h were very dd for a liberal 
ture ey, and a great dea the grass ] of England | 8€ 
wasint dition at the present time. Тһе fact n there 
were d there some e 
hich a judicious outlay in manuring 
Inatters was calcula! to achieve. in conclusion th speaking i 
had MN that the кейн descriptions of Grass 1 
waste matérials, the droppings of the cattle, earthy sub- | down oun 
е and such like, — be umet more дие - into а 
compost manure which оп such land had v. ent effects. 
In the course of е discussion vhich ol owed, Mr. 
THOMPSON described the results of his observations on 
steam 
47 к, ад steam power. 
served as а | the 
specimen instance of a steam farm, for which we might | 
AP IM ^ 
at very great expense. It isa great loss to an dyes 
eed беи that that farm should have been sub-| 
Mer the usual loyal toast, the CHAIRMAN, in in the| 
course of some remarks upon the show, ваїй—1 am | 
in the presence of the great chief of South- | 
is one etii 6059 
whence those were taken, 
ўа ға, мд Зн - 
ешіпепсе во Ten d ymo vid 
ut I must re: б теш Kin БИ SA pom 
эё, it is not al 
