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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[NovEMBzn 98, 1863, 
which was chiefly under tillage, and from 90 to 
horses were — "vers to cultivate cde 
pw E. nd of HE also, w tha t for which "d ыт 
опз of i s bei ng tl 1, Іс 
жайа, 1 fwl šI had truth, nature 
better, and shorter, and nearer roads, invite them to 
then Mr., but afterwards Sir B. Brodie, : and I had thg 
travel over them ; 
rather rapid though unseen progress, "and this will 
ult —— eem ene what arguments, without it, 
labour for in vain. 
theo: согу, а апа Ачат оп my side, т 
with no other weapon than а feather from the wing E 
But а apio to proceed; notwithstanding ту being. at 
1 g Benjamin 
of tho poisons as ш tions for his lectures, 
he in nisor animals, ап 
Ё. 
2 
that most respectable school, the nearly 
f holidays е 
16, аз 
well what was ru done and 1 
me chiefly on the farm, and hence Т: knew Mene as 
mained өч 
is wisdom а 
y 
who has his s quarrel E » , But the sy stem was this : 
every : — seeded o disinte- 
comminut iod fi 
more inches deep, by tl h and the scarif 
f my tim «а spent upon it, and, as I 
e ha 
have said "béforé; after а lapse of between 40 and 50 
Il 
ee d 
and happiness 
enjoyment of the 
and, 
Christian -—- to one of permanent re 
in a far bet: r world, , and i " he 
12а dm p, by the p 
aid each seeded field, and every year 
replou, — -— scarified and reé-searifed until it was 
— 8 
s | огу cultivated, and so little seed. sown on given 
3 An ad in ое s must гай mitted ЖӨЕ t 
br ought condi ition I here tate, anc nd the en, 
not befor od 
as put in with the drill, D» only 
per гереа 
what І ы said == —— very many times, 
ely, t hat what is over. thi in-s seeding i in one man’s 
ents I am bri g ерен 
devoted — no "lite ‘contumely, and probably some 
ttl € may b abu 
r Pulse about double 
2 feet. se; but all this I am 
for Wheat never exceeded one epe an acre, f is a kin dien cote : 
Barley and Oats but half a bushel more, and for fi st il it. Bu ba readers of th 
and Peas according to their kinds, pnm never * the | old school of farming, "n us reason a a little together. 
quanti ties per acre t that are now generally used. After How ' do you plough your lan ds? “How pis why as 
four. 
s were on that farm; and I h i аа 
mentary evidenee се g I st ate, де am awar 1 
these ingin my 
and that 
one kind of Wie - should be seeded nearly doubly as 
— аз er kinds; but к, таап тнк. aes 
e of a of 
à ан ibe of „see ed an 
Wheat — поб to be 
cultivating of land for Wheat аб all; for I write hw 
n vem ears of practical, experien = that in the 
hands wise al above a bus 
them several times over, but not with the destructive | 
And how many times ? “ Very often twice, a 
а RUN fibres x the roots, ihe mouths 
indeed through Morem the plants ought to be fed with 
th 
ien 
and Clover s once; and this 
t an 
That y tl f. f you lend into slices 
3 and e inches дер, апа turn the slice first this s way 
wice, 
and some once опу; and then with a ma сэ РЕ 
furrows in the slices, and with cups lik -Spoo 
throw into them your seed; or you make авн їп the 
slices, and drop handfuls of "Wheat, Barley, or Oats, or 
Pulse into them 
* Ce rtainly we d and this is the proper way of 
d there is no better; and, 
organic and mineral pabula they require, 
rra tens of повна of acres of cereals are either | 
greatly injured or ruined entirely by them; but the 
horse h ed on that estate were not cutters at all, 
but m ng like a doubletom iron plough 
going equi-distances between ide rows, throwing 
out the greater number of the weeds and letting in th 
genial influences of the air and the sun, а ldi 
up the rows owing corn at the same time. Oh! 
how often have I seer those modern abominable imple 
an an 
1 ими, опг fathers and ез and great grand- 
e never have altered 
ments с 
m 
alle d horse-loes, those satire, upon our age, at 
—and why should we?” 
And in this way 2 and 21 bushels of Wheat, 
going between the rows of grow ing corn only six 
ssi «wi and trimming and pruning off the 
learned authority in the Agricultural Gazette of. the 
31s & ч, and at page 1042, informs us that 20 year 
о hel, of 
whatever kind of Wheat, diminishes both the quantity 
and ma - tror ч е 
о be i vegetable and 
анна? т Бо v PN CN € the seed prol 
perly p Geo. Wilkins, The Parsonage, Wiz, 
Nov NE 
STEAM CULTIVATING COMPANIES. 
Ir is well worthy of note how the country is 
awakening to the wonderful advantages to be derived 
fro tivation generally, and ay-land 
districts шше particularly. This is as it should be, 1f 
Briti eulturists are to keep pace with tli 
звоне s of the age, T to make themselves 
hisce rd to meet profitably in their own markets the 
the whole od 16 must be by bringing 
Ле ей 
into Ш ercise every acknowledged improvement of 
the дау. It is only in this w an excel in 
s| management, and create a produce unknown to other 
as th 
ith. во нт 
of ровы but whether by shovels out of carts, or 
acd be if cut and trimmed w 
But во} the world moves шу Ждан 
ланат ба 
ted and 
seized ; but ü hen, with farm- horses only, "iba season is 
marve t that is being made us, but — leaves us in the dark; but from 
wonders! and most especially in imple- | the 2 and 21, and 4 and 4j bushels of seed, p | 
ments con m practical agrieulture. But to ue from ue н authority, namely, Mr. Caird and of course loss of time and crop e ensves. It is 
от ч he same me in the y 3, an acre as I have been told, тот from 20 to 24 еМ | unquestionably of great moment to introduce into our 
of land in Ae centre of a large field of 40 acres was | кт of d an acre о average are produced. | culture a power capable of overcoming in a great 
accurately and hurdled off from the rest of | But on the nearly 2000 асма 1 refer to, from 1 bushel | measure белә ийсин so that our farmers shall for 
the field, and- wi y 1 peck of only independent of climate, and be able 
Wheat, and at harvest it was rea ped, d, thresh ied, the » qu ali as large. effect зе “рг oper yx: E the right tune. This 
d by itself, and the produce was элө besides there йге a es der ren SUN farmers undoubtedly is pro = sten cultivation,” 
inform my readers I are known to me, | and to bring mie ‘astonishing power to the capa- 
210 fold or Zio pecks ; and this I 
"ug Pn. was à witness. of, indeed 
“ Quæque ipse * * * yidi 
But cid that dáte; namely 1 1803, I removed to 
school near London 
ool in Engla 
Sino years. E 
Mi so much indulget ij aste 
e nssigned to A ы - tio 
which б cultivated w 
my see irue Tullian system in rows, ,2, а 
8 feet алиде, E I had patches of cereals of all inda, 
and of Pulse, vell as of roo 
Ne мй were now 
great pleasure to him hs 
to the e iride) perfection and s 
I may say with the 
Зым іп very high тобанда, 
1% - dune d^ 
ts and vegetables; and if 2 
who 
мат wh "d ill but d. — a- buta fraction. more, and 
thei es g 
bil lities ‹ ofe every 
—now, 
е 
who led 
Py his yields wes still larger, and һе 
ba v e ц уо кчт I myself frequently saw 
crops; several other gentlemen, clergymen, and 
others I coula: — drill or rather seed tbeir lands, 
with 3 pec cre o сеги 
years, m um 
exceede à 2 pec em «ire menti гэв опе, and I never 
Т but one e crop s “в, ‚ though I have cu 
fter Whea! 
со РА e design is we 
buc ^ difficulties in i out the 
of во 
e my or rdination, with a very - tw 
d 
ot hers 
steam сано } others pro 
o 
E deme contracts у т. 
ofess to take i in (tjs the dx 
i d by an expensive 
cials, and to pay these а any « out lm: 
d Wheat afte 
x: rites failing eto nars a ae 
Barley, from 2 pecks, I have had - qua tá an acre, 
ers ап acre; and of | tua 
margin of prt to ; shareholders ; hence it dm seem 
caused everything t € my rud 
абме ry gardens in the neigh- | 
bourhood in which I spent much spare time, 
to which € system 4 thorou ugh cultivation 
seeding reach 
T: 
PET ngl аера. possessing а power- 
fil T 4 
I further add, that f for mos p з 
generally рер Љу шуга; а lways drill 1 
1 
of 
in the Бене reb f our agric culture 
of them I was always welcome, and ене й m one 
to 
continually seeing me. in my. fields behind а pair of 
tl is 
йи — it is коен бн, we ean 
any useful | purpose effec be 
to be ev farm, for whatever crops | another 
were grown, or for shrub and tree- planting, the he land was 
work tnat 
dome by. them ; and thus they will all bear witness 
the bread of idleness, 
and will 
removed to 
sp 
m the morni late in g, and in 
r cold, c = fields, = 
^ ир the rapidity with. which everything that | th - 
and whether | industry, frugality, and contentment, 
ed| Nor must I state th 
on to which all, 
vegetation, p Towers, trees or дн учн rapidly arriv 
т that of gen neral PM eire 
a thir king," that 
my. paris! eee examples of 
e much conflict ot 
opinion that minds cool upon the question Ee before 
it gets огоц before the world. — ill be. so in 
if d — nob 
ха present чу nd energy is 
Hen al "Steam Cultivation 
Com is ny has [ess отров ваб. under high a: — 
tial | auspices, for the purpose of supplying 1 needy fi 
of years, 
forget to 
was аб that — school, many a the very eroi 
and th connected with it 
аға] 
аге 
—— 
exclaim—nor шакше obtai: 
а hundred pair of brazen 
d 
Baron Liebig 
sl e — among farmers, there ү 
there 
nded 
more 
which ought to be | 
wie cultivates — уз ће calls it a| 
I also at th 
es borrower to reim 
erived from such culture. 
and gentlemen who 80 
and > inier pee to enable 
rofits di 
1- | bore on my fevoudta ite study, mam 
namely thos se of Chemistry | doubt 
pesi en held in reputation ; 
on Vegetable Poisons, by the 
| by Dr. Birkbeck, then 
and the sublime 
ieultural papers 
srl public and the friends of steam 
кы 
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