NOovEMBEB 7, 1863.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 1067 
Stambridge Hall, the fine old farm house wl 1 Ё such work, 
THE Бр FARM AGREEMENT. бев rM William Allen 3000 f] i |i y- which had ode cultivated of а case of ci hat 
HIS agree s been given to the public in — 9000 acres arable and 1000 acres pasture. Itis for th 
War Journal | zu е last, I presume, "for their | the most par t held on lease ; some of the marsh land ois th iey аа го йй pe gels Cl» In 
perty. We presume that he fairly comes | acre to get the indi Љу horses ute Ас» condition jn 
remarks upon it, hoping that the author e agree- within the class who, according іо Mr. Wray and * 
ment, Mr. G. A. "Ma ay, will not feel that I To и in any | practical men," have ЧО nd steam „Cultivation mene | lt бзен that Mr. (stg owley—who has 
other than а fair spirit of inquiry. Out of considera- able. The land ualities, omparing horse ne steam Ver pa ios a 
tion for your space I have condensed my light and occasiona y somewhat gravelly soil, which | Staffor ае meeting lately, to the disparagement of 
much as possible at the sacrifice of the formality of | however is € ommon, to deep sandy, deep clayey, | the latter—and others, like и. N тау, ага » rot They 
style that should be observed in such a communication. | апа deep alluvial loam. It lies in fields of ай compare the mere expenditure on с 
CLAUSE 1. Provides for the payment of rent half- | sizes, fro e acres to 50. Itis cultivat ated on the | (even во they apes prove the eir bolat) st. h that of 
yearly. Nothing is said about the paym ent of rates, MG el d practice of the district, with especial regard horse-ploughing b 1 t advantag: 
tithes, land tax, or quit rents, | to surfac ce o drainage: Most of it is no t under -drai ned ; | thus appears, der say, г Jet well alone." " But ploughing 
Crause 8. Probibits the tenant fro Ка іп €: marsh, where there is а tl it may 
I más of the farm. Heis allow d to A large proport of the land unde bl lture. tead of good. It is the 
ouse. Is he expected to reside at the house Laos high- aiii n iil thus њой easily capable E AEn 5 the nos = must be the tes: of its»worth. 
with Tis Lee isfactor ry dr rainage, hence the need of narrow lands | -A barefallow on the marsh land means seven plough- 
In same clause he is prohibited fr ings besides other tillage. А double steam “ culti- 
up od t quf He is not prohibited from Pic p 16 is cultivated generally in a six-field iion of | vation,” besides the other tillage, does away with the 
stones, ero On tbe lighter land—fallow nera y bare X of five of these. 
sand, 
CravusE 4. The. — right of shooting is fallow), Oats or Barley, Clover, Wheat, Root crop as ut besides this it in many cases enables a crop in 
d to th eo uld als o have power буни zel Swedes ог Potatos, T Wheat. On|place of a fallow. And more ач РЕ will now be done 
to trap game, and hunt or cou rsh «К bare fallow, Oats ls Barley, Beans, | than has hitherto been don | ка a large field 
CLAUSE E PU. is g nant to Yin Wheat, "Clover, Whe at. Som e 70 r 80 horse es are jost sown with Wheat, and rder, which had 
rabbits in the field. 15. ^ ка Vei reserve xi a Wheat crop in 186 it was cultivated and 
banks, particularly the banks round woods, if there | teams on the marsh, and as А» three as pair-horse | cross cultivated by steam, 5 REN. d in the natur 
be an teams elsewhere. The Sands district is а country of | of that year—then m es E t d incarnatum: 
СТ 8. No hay, &с., is to be sold off the|large farms. There are several holders of 2000 and |16 bore a crop this su f three loads per acre ; } 
; this, eme н Clause 17, edes чиле and |3000 acres іп the neighbourhood—one 0 at least | was immediately steam cultivated once, harrowed an 
e ow-hay а en of distinctly and sepa- 5000 acres in the county. This, then, is а district of А нив and sown with 3 с of guano per acre E 
тиш, аан applies r^ meadow-hay, and venen " large and. wealthy occupiers, to whom, according to | Swedes (they got the length у being hoed, but were 
off his Cloverhay without brin Mr. Wray, steam-plougbhing is unprofitable. Thisis not! eaten off by the grub); the land was then steam 
back m man у the opinion of Mr. Allen, the only one of the number | ploughed and harrowed, and horse ploughed in the 
sE 9. The buildings, fen &c., to be|who bas yet tried it here. He purchased Fowler’s | 7 ft: 3 ridges of the district, and sown to Wheat.. 
ту зе the tenant, Mm in wr did E es 14 horse-power engine with four-furrow plough and| А very fine piece ‹ of Mange el Wurzel, just. in process 
found by the E -— ant is m und to | cultivator in June, 1862. f bei 
repair the roads, and th аксон. i in the he rope has ym ady cultivated 1200 acres, and | and left flat all -winter—a most daring experiment— 
rough," might be бү, ооа т. mprise rough has never been broken. It seems perfectly Squirt gain st g 
foreign, as well as — timber, rough iron, ghe another year's work. ere een only one|horses for manure ; thus about halving the usual pre- 
&c. The word rough, 1 apprehend, generally im considerable accident—the breaking of two or three paration ДЕ horse power. 
unconverted, and in greemen| e cogs out of the wheel by which the clip drum is| А Pea stubble had "em allowed by steam power, 
almost exclusively to ndm e: on or near the | driven, which delaye em a week. The whole of|grubbed, innt: cross-ploughed this autumn, 
farm. Nothing is said about the cartage of materials. | the repairs, added to the` estimated wear of rope, does | then marked out by md oc furrows at 
CLAUSE 10. e tenant is to undertake to clean wet | m exceed nd for the two Lei during which 2000 | 7 feet 3 inch intervals, with the double mould-board 
ditches yearly, but ditches that do not come under the | acres have been worked. Кераї and rope together | plo ugh. The earth was raked both ways from the 
denomination of wet he is exempted from cleaning. thus have aa exceeded ls. an Ad re, - he whole js | furrows, and the land was then ready for the H&rrow 
CravsE 11. АП — and pta mmn ette m under КЕ management, and the tools san the drill. The great eri vis care of the arable 
y be taken y by and ну ale are kept in good working dd. This | armer, especi ally on ори h land, is to рту for 
the end of the term les 5 parcasod by "ihe ланы is proved by the sail pim ption of coal, end the land, M four 
The law gives the tenant er to move all Е d | has zu excosdeà 3t eek ! | | or five ploughings, i is eds, more 
machinery and trade fixt а e the end of his ter The weekly wages adi are as follow —dri or less across the aL 4 per cie wide, 1 eav Mime deep 
inst him, as | plou Кыш, 1 18з.; anchorman, 15s.; AUERS boy. HESS and it is then ploughed in lands 7 f. 3 in. 
1 ther things, ius boys at 6s., wate: r Tetcher, 18s: There is thus | wide and down the fall.. The cross furrows. are 
puing pude ча а m may under it | ап unusual labour. ed, |. 1 d'out thoroughly аз water. ет = and the 
be required to be left without paymen no doubt a good deal of the IIT of the|furrows between the — ridges areako € out. 
он 2, Provides for the ap нене of an х Bn boss БТР Uo tiis "To this add the cost ot skient edu the way 
arbitrator by each party at the end of the tenancy, аг of — — and water-cart, which we к put at | of тые steam culture ; a "hey are e eds отаг. 
it gives these arbitrators the power “to proceed to со 1. а weekly cost of рр а daily | com e furrows, slow 
sider the claims made by — party,” and here e аниа of 1. The coals at 245. а ga combination of ho CE 
suppose their powers end. to have no |ground cost 12s. a day, p oil ax bor Ж а дау, | Ке; e e eda үз the proper surface Р conten 
power to make an istud: ж с, апу inf provitiie айе |а gallon lasting а аби nd the whole daily o the land with s A — 
tor delivering the claims which they are to consider. goings thus amount t efficient снн is what distinguishes Mr 
Слове 13. - outgoing tenant is to provide the| The following is the work done, taken from the | managem 
o coming tena nt with a * suitable stable — of the farm. Duriog 18 862—4 after June, weed He in ot yet done much towards diminishing his 
or shed ;" з v k, 562 acres were culti- | horse stock. Тһе only step hitherto taken has been 
might ает А the incoming ten: nant's horses. - Nothing was Det, but 26 acres were|to breed from all his mares; their idle spring and 
Crause l7. ^ Any bay or Clover left on the farm, ecd with the di igging breasts. In all 588 acres were | summer being more than made up by the steam culti- 
not exceeding one-half the annual ат op grown, cultivated, and the second cultivation is declared to | | vator, whieh is, he — equal in its i 
shall be paid for at conii x lf more than a ein 10 to а inches dee ep. The whole work was | "horse t uh rk of 
that quantity is left, is it not to be paid for may | don n 103 day aad ied power will pro eed, now that sufficient expe- 
the tenant ве it а T. edly last i i ence has been Pa rien But it is to the superiority of 
ав much as he 21 à xot to be m d the | had been once cultiva t 7 9 асгев bad oen осени, | ше wor rk andthe powerof thetackle todo that at опсео r 
manure—see clause S and 43 acres had been "dug." This amounts in tfouror 
Crause 20, The tenant i .630 acres of work since April 6. Ith Ju a. een done in | | five зч a on which Mr. Allcn especially de. epends. 
down during the last ten усаа; е ет is, ded ское - 105 days 8 of work, тту the labour но, removal, or “ You cannot speak too с — of 
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-down without 98 landlord's sosta or gegen P ин 
and althoug may disapprove of them £ s d. |Uonin my nerit land fi fiere" The 
system on which А. a аге laid, and d ed mS " € " A ur days, at33& .. эй : о enormous sea scale on which {шр s in many instances 
them ed be unsci ШАУ ас. and inefficien у laid. And| 1, per cent. tet valve йк г соаг and wear, and part of Essex, and the l = ае of 
e for them is fixed without org 5 per cent for interest of money . 190 0 0 e fields, mar ui it t out br етеу adapted to в 
1o the S arbitrator ! ———— Е ivation, and we oubt that Mr. Meus 
the points to which I have drawn attent Total £342 7 0 pect will be follos owe red.. ч fa rms are interesting 
prove to be defects, pes Жы. cam of easy rem e This, divided over ed Aeg of work done, amounts t ltivation 
But аге the difficulties of substituting а to about 10s. 8d. an 1 дей their fortilit 
insurmountabl This, it may be mid, із а fair price for ploughi farms of 
The valuers in that district will charge from 9з. t9] Esc i dung e кырен manure, t keeping of 
: г horse plou onghiug, MM пина 1500 {о 2000 sheep, and the wintering and fattening of 
: must, : 
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эз year. Besides this, the whole year's in nw Before Mr. — Ae takes it itn dim to deny 
er chargeabl loughing. The engine e profitableness o steam cultivation, а 
threshed 1200 ptem SE РОЗЕ ibis year already, ien a visit to Little Stambridge Hall. _ 
оша be deducted, from ЕЕ. 
the charges Which v we have put upon the cultivation: AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE ©. 
Я iei, aout d , The true answer, however, to any тсе д Ma MIS DRAINAGE AND OUTFALIS. ` 
ing farms under 300 acres, itis out of the question| work. * The ri == dus 5) costs; but ls e e e rw pe rni 
altogether." It is with the former part of this sentence | what it is з ot a tiing is Teyment which Mr. зү, meiner t kid sing v GENERO 
have now to do: u us examine it by the light of | Allen's neighbours make him steam far eem 4 -— VAT aei, uie 
‚Тут кенең ннн үле сс у-шу ld y remarks rpoeeed wi those pmi ө 
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