782 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Avavsr 1, 1863, | 
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entered the field without any knowledge by whom the work | be on his plot for Wheat next autumn, Ву passi ing а 
зура CULTIVATION AT WORCESTER. on LONE Lord NIMES f lod crusher over it and No. 3 again, the job would have 
A н Я ball, Warwickshire, ееп done. 
А БЕР pd dins rt m. d n ‘t JoHN Doe ак Manor House, той, Hants,” oward started next, and got on pretty well y 
the prizes are awarded upon the бачена. лем c ер А. ni "il 
they were offered. e and а! agree at the plot neares бе wa T" ugi 
"Тһе prize of 507. for the best application of steam | the а ид pes one ehe from the me the Te rt Sor ез to finish—his men lett by і the train about 
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Leer d bor UE "wl m 4, ү Soni знн; С. годе best, No n Fowler after finishing his first plot, then n put in hig 
eight йш, viz, Smith, Fowler, Howard, Coleman, an air to ‘Howard. Г 251. must have t two engines set Ms tho -diggers gol гош селе down 
Hayes, Savory, Steevens, and Turnen or "ie . Hall. nuda to Mr. wler because do. scratched over | the — зае m : aea теб ч he when he 
The first ground was ан of it Wheat EAT in|his pieces at a i pence per acre cheaper than ad as bb Pet Jud wise Me amu m then n put 
1862, lying unmoved and well baked by the агу |І did mine, disregarding quality altogether. То | on the grubber g iet BM К оге he got 
th th y lf dh d b loughed| have given anything like t а н à 
— a with V. Vetches i quta Tof 1862, he d.» have "dede. all his work over again, Thu end agg елар da Y S testing of implements 
and 'finishéd clearing off on the morning of trial, con- when his cost would have been doubled and | ors MM EM SU d n ку. ie T Was not, 
вену it was not (d and hard as Ње unmoved | much exceeding mine. To be sure he did some," x yt А ра ха wis eo meda epe 301, to 
stubble of 1862. ploughing and digging, that might to some extent aad т 00 Батогу.. а ү р again 
ees Smith, Steevens, and Savory's lots were fairly | weigh with the judges, but to gea ticas ЗМ м ха dir ó nderstandin 
drawn on the e baked part, Howard, C. Hall. (although I will not turn twitch to the bo an he to tar K Абадай but D. К e prizes, 
Fowler, and Coleman were consequently placed on the | shelter the everlastimg pest) I worked my combined, ought to have had no g all the prize, and 
cool TES machine in the same field, s! Į g зоту В. ^ eri , gi 
after sowing-can be done at one oper: ration, besides ploughs | t not по 
biet Vis dmm s evt У ланат чт ера $ short ean be wo rked by my tackle; surely then my applica- | 9 юм noble a society аз the Royal Agricultural Society 
Ez 15 inches Smith very Dp Minen etie хя ‚ taking it all in all, must have been a better of England is, to stretch ape from the sin irm 
from a 9-foot dois. puly on the Жы; bes таң than Fowlers. 16 is vory simple and|the plurai number, Me A ^ "x should а careful 
aie ышы С Le its nomin pm e durable, and did not break through the trials, whereas how they tamper with the кам its prizes, ; 
£ 45 lb. р h, doi g his work i tyle e| Fowler’s did break ^ ы out of the drum, seven eUn mue nii I beg Ко atako thatthe p grounds 
t d b v i His | alto ЕСЕР in fact, t was completely smashed | & orcester have bee ellent, and withouc 
ior ue iy tiat could a not be pua the аа io on Thursday. Then the o prizo of 507. ought all of it to | not Baturay, swo а енн qan would 
pull the tines from his cultivator within a few yards of have been awarded t It was offered in the sin- hOb have re T d " bios have 
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Let us go qui еу through them together pes see ге whether Mr. Dring and Mr. Whiting I know, but the three | пага Жш г nes їп yd unmoved imos and one ще 
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good tion of got through his lighter|it. I can understand why it was not awarded to adds me ; Y Э ^ 
ik сену maii: bul nop t so бут. Fowler т, for be ha d|Savory, although he did run the most quickly thank t he feld stewards and judges fof hé eMe 
the mishap of over driving to the extent of blowing through his plot, his emg нч engines clearly attention although T fers yot Гм with bho jode 
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ug gine. C а ugh that the mistakes are pardonable. "Thus ends the Wi 
; but C. Hall did not get to the scratch in time to w let us go on to Wadirough а and вее about the t P . e Wor- 
fairly Mond "but i wirds муы кз hat his link Gold Medal and 507. for the „best poe meeting. НЕ m Smith, Woolston, Bletchley 
in wo ako en ours | power f. Station, Bucks, July 29. 
to screw 16 together, for а 850 yards furrow and й he s entries were ay Sea, Fowler (two sets), 
unscrew it again ready for a shift, the cost of whieh | Howar oieman, an eeven g, 
will for Ad be:a “lame leg” y his Әлеу -—— "Тһе first field was а good ad eiat al job, dry and ^ vicum PROGNOSTIC 2 ў 
Coleman, Fowler, Howard, S ith w hard—a Sui Clover lea; the north side tu the Ft е clouds in the west are red, with а tinge of 
ordered to shift half a mile by another 1 n According | toughest as well as the aevi me, the e east ме e as | purple, it portends fine weather, the reason being that 
to report Savory shifted, and w. work in | rather of ad the air when dry refracts more of the red and heate 
30 minutes. Smith shifted, id ^ эче "налу fe in Rt dn and the west end was a tough Es em ústie making rays than when moist, Аи. m dry air is not 
a start in 60 minutes: report resi di . . .|warm to w ork, аз. Pe EN the tenant, called it. perfectly transparent, those rays reflected in Ше 
The time actually taken is unknown. n the north side, e next, | horizon. A coppery or yellow EUM. о the other hand, 
On Thursday the five competitors started ai e Savory, У Howard; and last, оп the | foretells rain. 
10 o'clock, the greater part of the land was Сз! се | borde ЧӨЕП: very certain indication of wet weather i isin the 3 
with a bit of Vetch land at the N.W. corner, the flat|  Steevens made pr y, воой work M Mak gay halo seen sometimes around the moon, which is pro- 
over which all oan] ча had to Peres Clover | Working, doing but Pits Че uced by precip pitated water. The observer, though, 
lea with the lands running from E. to W.; the furrows | his € and thi — re to dep — y я must поб co und the halo with the corona, The / 
over his, done or not done, or | former 1s a 
were not very deep, the Vetch land was quite. as .heav vy ъди TR. е от , with a; Aiat OE чүүл more сие whilst te — 
Coleman soon broke down and was out of court. na isa number of «th rings formed immedi- 
aud s Piso т soon wet and put him out of | Smith having worked on in his steady plodding WE ew about m moon's plac 4 
court, Savory after racing wy at a fearful pace and | using the least power of any, was the next to come о When the rainbow —— ars in itisa j 
breaking his rope once (not at all to be wondered at, | leaving, as practical farmers told him, the best work i ш [бало wet; when i in the evening; of Pine w weather, The 
with going at such a fearful pace over such hard baked | the field behind him. ee given by Sir Humphry Davy for this is, that 
grou nd) soon finished his two acres. But how when it owler started late with his 14-horse power Meier as the rainbow can only bape seen when the clouds deposite 
ne? Why not half done. Then what dein ood of| Worked at double its nominal pras, came out next, the sun 8 
irs | leaving very aeris ork b behi. nd him morning мин must ded always in 
Howard worked more steadily, yet hard, to complete Howard finished very , ing very binos] one in the e east. Now, w, as most of our ran - 
his plot in 1 ine 574 minutes ; the hill or flat part of middling work. behind h comes E ith i a pcdes wind, a bow in that quarter would 
his land was done much better e еч гуды but his Fowler ;then wor| тей "bis double ее set, , doing indicate that the storm was oe towards the 
furrows running from eas ed that 11 у on the other hand, а n the east would 
2 Nu in width from be morning, when Fowler with his go "a ith |i 
wler made а rough job of r4 voy ione and his one, -— Howard with his i oos Эн. ugh i veia is betokened b a the swallows flying 
yet ‘working hard to complete his and | rough stuff over the railway, called land, uF enn gh p eot оом ch these bi M d аге always — 
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very badly: numbers of pieces being jomped raita not think it worth cultivating, therefore left itt svallows ‘consequently follow them к. ге. No 
Mr. Morton, | down of itself, where it 7 been lying ever sinees. the air is lighter Which is colder, it vill — 
ey, near Reading, kating -— me that it was | dry summer of this year has well baked it x e hi je келле when, refore, 
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plot were jumped, and done nime tha Нона. owler was the first to dash off with his -- horse | fear of descending currents of colder sir; ма 
Smith worked. very steadily, working from his vine. but, mind dt very slowly ; more than once I they Йу low, the warmer sir will probably ре tion of 
8 ft. 10 in. pulley, with a pressure on hi horse | heard him wish for more po The Edd o digger by the colder stratum descending, and a deposition 
s ü ver per inch, reducing the: P "ет be з liable to dece result. — from ide 
tear of his tackle to the lowest point possible, and e, 2 after the im lement, Mlin regard to жау. De оға 
did his v Күлүктү чүлөр cepting | furrow, so much that at one gium І saw rudem 1 ing genem 
the rest of the com ever | employed lifting the huge lumps out; upon my remark- directions will be found пзе. As a ey gni 
€ me, 2 boursa minut ere is the |. who c Mae е шт аа; КУШКЫН men: collection of these pheno mens, together with шше 
; men who have since the trial inspected сап do it pt stendil „and completed his ences ences to be drawn from them, they h been brought 
ork wit one breakage of торе, and lts, &c. | together by Rear-Admiral Fitzroy. i in ge Publications t 
Ж ES манан, tho Acer «еа йи e ll. But the grand question | issued by e of Trade, we cannot do better ter than 
orme ; rime 2 to be done to the land? Mr. Torr, | by quoting the paragraph itself, bons 
ARS rize | с e of the stewards, asked me; my reply was, *That| “ І the first indications of daylight are seen а 
of 500: o егей lor ax best applica cation 2x pipa elis |$ would be a waste mi power to touch it again until after | bank of доо. foretells side if the frst streaks 0 P 
that Nos. , апа 4 are not so well done; No. 4 is the - dry suns d this summer and a sharp frosty winter A: e e come from or near the жег. rizon, fit 
ret Ebo fürrowa through these three ег. ather rb prie. Soft-looking and t 
: ЖӨ HAMM (тон fart or ther must ba deco "Smit was he next to start, and got off at а depth clouds foretell a weather, with moderate or wi 
over again before they can surpass No. L The work done on | O£ from 4 to 7 inches, but cou ld not fix; h ed oily-looking clouds, wind. Ашк s 
A а іп vr opinion of more value than that done оп | far before Mr. Fowler got a chance to laugh at t him for cou dim blue sky foretels wind; but a wright 
especially the latter. choking. _“ Never mind," was the reply. “І do not б blue sre а uance of rd, eather, Generally, 
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we puse in ifo s feld m М д РЕ 4 Fomor 97 іт care how І get through, so that I get through without | the softer clo ook, the бе; 
Жырчы erit. It may be well to state that w по | а break. Laughin ЖА з the order of the day while | but due kirde gens ragged an d rolled they sel 
кюле whatever аи Molins Ша the several plots | Smith got t f his i implement: lowered and the | stronger will the wind be. Small up Demy шой ш 
“Т Trine Stoke do ша». wheels “properly adjusted ы” нач light scud dri hearg diou 
„ Worcester Trial Field, Jay 21, 1863. In ass through the i eme much to the joy of rain; but if without a background of 
“То Mr. Smith, Newport Pagnell.” he old fellow, he go rong: bis tough job without a | wiud alone. — Not unfrequently a aere e 
л IRR ME à ii but not ocu Screw, by giving one of his|e will be observed to be going t 
** We have examined the work done on г езен ed доне E — - тай авот half done, orem ndi - i tho vind idum gi 
емо ns fare Меј that No. 4 is 
Noe. 2y 3y amd M vd ded down the Патот hard work. But Lu me here tell you that, tough and light clouds may b be flying aerc 
piece T. т са s te going into the field. We | rough as his job was, he could easily have got а seed | course; when this is observed- to be the ense, с 
