1118 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [NovrwsER 21, 1868, 
eam - than the land-fast stones, and I| plough. It was thus apparent that the с fer йо 
во beneficial. шы opinion is that, barring stones, it will | would "e up wuers of the soil лолу and | possessed a steam plough could carry on his ploughing 
pay апу man steam who grows 40 acres "| лану to ү Ee 1 ыр pe a pity if they | and other operations simultaneously, which ав a Very 
Potatos, and I "believe it will turn out that this cro t go n hand with the b, in helping | great advantage, 
will bring in the em e Mech "eir стор by Ire introduetion of 
апі I thiuk we may also look ра our вч "iving steam upon | their farms, The use of steam I believe 
longer and соз ing us less. sed th prices which ROYDON; Ате Pigs в Pro fita able ?— ject was 
upon my farm for d. last 12 "rca E of 14 upon I look upon it as equal to the discussed ab a recent DE of is gu» Mr. ILSON 
formerly, and 1 hav not found any loss thereby. n äisoovery of iia and етт ен more, Ву it alone mp the introduetory pap van 
i of the distant сого out in ће | сап we fight the battle of а cheap production with oubt the profit of. pig k img. depends їп а 
— I plough c too deep last year for Wheat, боғе! зам nations, who аге sending из mow 40,000 grent mensure pon having a good! breed, and on the > 
and lost money by doing so. Mr. Fowler warned ren of corn weekl site London and Liverpool 
me, but I pe rsisted i in my search for boulders. It is lone. Foreigners, x vill adop5 it shortly ; let us, In an artiele on high farming read -á the late Mr, 
ave the start. It matters not, I think, what | Baker before the London лче ai Club years 
first, especially for a seed furrow. My Oats grown | amik you adopt; any system of steam is better than since, that ечди supp d А bushel o f Barley or 
after t d crop ind попе, and the worst is incom yi €: to horses, | Peas has always been consi g^ as equivalent to the 
So also was the Barley ; and Т have exhibited my first | The entire daily cost with me of working is under 17. T of 81b. of meat, Therefore, if the pr 
samples of eteam-grown — E са market to- day per dav, and if we can do only four acres of digging meat is less per stone Mp ue p m" bushel, „5а 
weighing 59 lb. pe r bushel, sold at 865. 6d. per qr. Tho worth 80s., I think t зеге is some hope for profit. 1t is (5, ani if I can 
nne. upon the р good, but t only the quantity of work done, it is the quality. ^ y py 
nt as on till the first sown | There are (at least Bar 109 both difficulty and oe кө food they consume, а pee small balance 
de weighed ms -A C^ We s many р чы а at first, but I am y ќо gay these have now s, I think. it will þe мамо that they are a 
yet to learn regarding , and once m ity of ts tried а 
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from others and m Ian experience ач beri ape = 
m culture, 
masters and men M yet be benefited by steam | М" p im, Коной, w Modes nd 
forward; and you e gentlemen, that is а very e Four pigs were bought in at 41s. 6d. each OP O 
desirable matter in our climate. I believe it to be Mr. Horr, of Fenton eA said My experience or Омеей 2650 1b. t MA at n 64. »r qr 
— the whole secret of success. With steam, and | steam cultivation is small ої 416 Tb., including 11 18 104 
portable manures, І see no reason why we | has been most satisfactory. ЕА began Pak Howar s £20 4 103 
А уне yet be able to take E pte c price for our | apparatus on September 25 last, eM s се then wej 99 stone 31b. of pen. gy ab 4s. 4d. феи 
produce; and in Seotla nd w 1 grubbed or eultivated 32 aere after 1 Beans, and sinking the offal 0010 7 
: emp ; an | about gn acres dee imperial E after Potatos, Pur 
e g м conls at Р pe оа, ar арш the whole . of which has been не : z This рчы ба Shows че N EN TE Ne 
> i Pie price y, though the was sold at - 
double-sereened, at 6s. per ton, laid d This is а | 197 deret res. We might d а When é denm mmenced farming, i 
: 287, A had one pig, valno to mo at 17. 10s. In 
859, by purchase S and bree ings the num 
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very important faet for you to den "Hy opinion із | 25 or 30 — of stu ble, pn in our anxiet yt 
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tely, and t 
fall i Аи viue, — it be left in Grass for sheep ; | days. In нейде А 1 xd has been phar | І 
if it be t hat I see told in tha t European organ, | there were a few acres full p Stones that we only did 
the Times, erts ch has ever taken t th the greater 
British farmer, that Wheat will never be on and | that | from 7 to 8 inches, and the last 10 or 15 acres we have | bu. 
t ad ap, per - » cia: d 10 inches. The sba mai 55 Int R p edi 
tter. eld seems. to use a hac | bein 13 inches broad, the soil is cut quite level, 3 бл! 
peyed phrase, to bo o ^ gen fact," and one too, which | effeetually thrown up and stirred. "The Couch Grass | 808 57, 178 A о ое ОА DM КОШЫ 
We have not heard| апа other weeds are left on the top, and when д rs па t 
Kel d, р 299 sfactory 
steam farmer going back to be a horse farmer. | harrowed, may be taken off. Та fact I was rather € Ка 
Е would bo like pulling down your steam threshi tonished at th ti Ооой with off v 4 MADE the Todi; therefore Ph Mig Н e 
tting up a horse work. On n contrary, Bean d "ue land, and which would have been a of all they prim 
we have one of the gr greatest steam men in England left in ыен i ghad inih i onland I will now state i you my profit and 
Р 1 ed даат - T ation dria cene aceount ;— & 
‘steam than be rent-free nh io revert to булгач А Een Мау, 1800. ото sows in pig (produced 10 pigs) . E 
less е опе mile long and 100 yards wide; ; лафа оп dries very quickly. have begun to think it ma Fed x oxi 0 RI 
one side of ting all kinds of land, except Vin | ` 
fence on each side of a road for the engin aps lea, whi eh bad better be turned over, Iintend 
one question not yet alluded to—viz., ihe minimum | in spring Ag go over the stubble land & qms time, | November, 1860, sold 16 fat pigs .. .. 98 4 4 
of land upon which steam may be profit able. My and then drill % up for Potatos and Turnips, but] Two sows ana their second farrow (19) ..  .. 12 0 0 
farm being partly light soil and not very p Tet takes 
кте 409 — arable imperial—it may be quest five me k d tus, besides a fatui 
able as to where much profit is to come from, unless | lad wi ith a s nn at 5 to supply the ^" November, 1860, to April, 1662. 
it be the Yet ok at at Mr. Smi йв, ‚ of Wool- | with water, when none сап be got where kis иса, | Brod and purchased 90 UT gs аб а cost оГ. 2 А 
ston, success on only ыз ри The consumption of coal i id а 8 to : I dai P E cod Loss da Ў l 
of eight-horse pow er; h s only threo horses on his use what are called ch they cost on the farm p 
— ен js a poor MR Mes Ifeel certain that| about 9s. 6d. per ton. “The expen se = За il daily is Arii, 0002, #151 15 9 
lt Deje -oecupy 400 to 500 acres of stiff land | another 1s. I calculate the daily cost for wages, coal, | pygaleors9pigstodate ~.  ..  .. 151 15 9 
pays best, as it can be ploughed for 5s. oil, ‚ &e., to be from 215. RA 22s. 1 ihe арратари 1 has Died 10 
is e wi it pay, ces rather what am 1 losing by not|this, as takes nung half a ber to comp bis go а S perih of nearly 18 4070 is nof no; ger E. du 
havi 1 сап see that A A sq rents on | remova ne field to ЧЕ р а moderate bear in ум tbat w та — 
id. h pres unless wi Tiros bandes tbe use of three "po e pigs 
e "TE of steam. Т тере "e. Р p hot -— an | of hou We, however, got over on 62 imperial love viz, MEN T. : pt 365.5 Av. 
exact — of the wi work done last year. It aer гез without Жас: пр {һе engi ine at all As the culti- | per quarter. Pollard and maddlings аб the аш 
cemmenced ; t from interruption, breakages, univ or goes "over fully s six imperia ial б гын, Ше aedi Esd 
sto] ppages, КА wet weather, discontinued. This ‚рег xclusive | From April 25 to Dee. 31, 1862, - í— » 
31 Dataka lina of interest on capital invested, ond the ten. pE wear. а 0) VAR ^ acoso .. “> ze RI Э | 
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ploughed, dug, and scarified; and T expect t Góst oDteod нүн e v 
autumn, if certain animals could L^ ot M t o E: йакев-5 48 is spread over. The ap us I bave got ge © 5 
9f the stu would be by this cost 5507. Бау І Sont for in sai ed 1 depreciation UE E ips qussu. oS 
Tares in spr p intei of: анто ap . per annuin, and spread 6 this over betwixt 400 and ИТЕҮ: 
d our р r v h, | Since y which time T bavo not sius belanoe. I baye 
made no charge for attendance, as consider the 
manure made A а gai 
purpose of en farmers to purchase | tages, | Кее те land. animals kept on a farm, ја this respect—that уоп 
‘ploughs, by advancing the money, and taking re- pay- getting the various crops во in better time. sooner get a €— — —— originally ipsu 
ment by instalments. I strongly recommend it debeas Mr. Scor SkinvING said he would have „bought а | Шет. For commgenep 
notice. I am sure I should ай dealt w had told him how he | 80% w and eight p A» ‘and that у that TA give 6l, — 
Company had they been in rem n: 1 pea was to do without. horses. "He wished іо know how | "ill not have to ke на them long before ы c sow 10б 4o. 
sos ә rer осто RR e why о T aee gr Miet un pn que breed fro rii аз pers e e Out of D farrows 
ы 1 4h home э ў 
бн give us а ры tto destroy the е ines à ing all the ome to th p em m m» that I have 1 find the average number · reared has 
е diea. “What a paradise " some Vez you will| home the Tur L.of a frosty пі g m : 
вау, ж peA Ан not ipa the same here?" I am|on Suddenly m ees es а fall. complement of f|. Dr. жый s BO his had hree pigs, and ) 
certain that, in general landlords do n value the | horses. Не himself it | he mM ай their eek he weight 
ground game. n зс and rabbits, 1d Te f hat for every Эй, — 
віват we are now enabled to break up ou r stubbles in [of Bis iod ploughed for не im. ond reina! г hundred w Пом ied о tooi эы н, : 
good time for winter V. ld employ eve арар оп his farm in the opera- : . upon that for { 
арале бо Siena mer by comm | Rice or Bar anea ie E 
Rape, and White Mustard, by which a og os "ode kd em. by steam. eris 1 red he ined 14 dra 
sheep m Mn upon an arable Mr. SADLER said this along with some other diffi- ‚.Авнвх said » аа бере 
upon the generality of опг ro hero we rant grow culties, was yet o be got over ig jo ience, but in best by Ъ a еее u му 
А À hares eat th ti g plough | uM E must not put e ©, i LA х айе, 
m е 2. eed аты >й йды oe 34l p ld be чал 4 аг pig to pay, they must be looked [ i 
X z mer C emmen Er m^ 
"E ie hon, atomi cu said Њаё Mr. Sadler's horses | regará 
of | were саң employed in the carting of manure, Potatos, | accora 
&с., 
when those of other farmers were yoked to the 
