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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. ; 
a 
which, I doubt not, will be readily answered by a 
My tenant adds :—** In regard to the cost of lime per 
load, I gr. to state, that we have the agree of 
[FEB. 29) 
was fully double that effected by the sub-pulve: 
Mr. Re ad, of 35, Regent Circus, Piccadilly. to whic} 
|: at the Southampto “a 
house- feeding is s applicable t o dai airy m 
men, 
more practical man ‘a myself, asks how far the system 
tea 
o! 
ondent to Professor Playfair’s lecture in the 
3a Pee roig sit aah esi 
© Pons-Horeas r. Henry Dix , of W. itham, 
n Essex, favour ree sf cae with the following com- 
of cows is 
correspon > 4th 
vol. of the Royal Agricultural rnb s eres 
whi ieste se-feeding o 
where he will find that en 
admirably suited for promoting a a eat 
ee 
increase of 
Z 
P 
| decision in favour of that A implemen 
stifie d by 
munication, in pareari to the os Tae | 
been a ply 
tural digging: -fo rks :—“ « Witha am, Dec. 
| 
out-of-doo: r fe essentially necessary 
very much used noe leads me to Cotes thet, a7 tho | 
this 
—that a generous diet, and 
it would become ong 60 and (profitably applied to 
the differe: treatm: 
warmth and anie pee pansion of the 
hich butter is 
many ways of essential benefit, cannot om aera ay 
fa 
the dairyman in the man — cture of c 
t that exercite, 
ry | this, 
operation upon the soil : 
seedi. ing ae land, they may be made lighter and rea SE 
- | and u: expense. | 
an 
1 
t 
ug- | for example : the plough opens the furrow, and the 
in a llows 
urposes; and, substitu ry of 
horse-labour for that ‘of ia dis common im- 
portance. I am indebted to ‘Me. Mitchell, u Wym mond: 
ham, for Lay. introduction hereg and las na , as well a 
atà ao mpenn ii an acre per diem. The e 
a ance “A hin that ais more harm than ag sd won 
o his and (the Lees ely) a! be. 
f tk it w 
a iberiso would have been for the major 
oyed. The fork I send you is intended for ray first 
pte the common pra hamei é vie 
ith a a proportionate diminution of e 
Tue the furrow- yie i 3 to vee inches ; 
n the ees slice of 8 inches deep was laid upon ii 
We 
he Saietea soil uppermost. Take a Wheat stubble 
and when n he has — kopi the subsoil 
_ The 
git succee eds; 
line EE 
pP 
DID, s Ov 
and covers it REEE d as — ea the fork 
nomy of food, the collection of atte 
fluid, the general comfort of the yp the increas 
hich can be fed o 
same land, 
r 
ws m es) 
paar ay rare will be made with this object in view. As 
i lk, 
ope with its per rel r 
stated that in order to obviate the evil ‘arising ‘ron à 
iling 
fal ¢ 
Į equire under _ a is from 10 
to 12 E> bout 16 men are requi red to iy 
plough in constant us d ‘th will f 
diem, if it be a tolerably free soil. W 
from 24d. to 3d. per rod for this work. I have this year 
prac cti sed another ‘a which I very much palara as anj 
y be kept an 
— oas es the casein in mil 
h. Take the ex 
walk, or ag animals could be salle exercised ; or 
out of the 
ploug eof my fiel 
Wheat e 5 acres. I had the ond Doughed toler- 
ach 
ip the common subsoil- De. a frioné d of : 
manager of a ee ge in Sonan, ae Ha m 
informed him that the practice was in v 
iggi i he A 
ably deep into aon (two sae ay ices meeting e 
eer) about 2: ara mih wba 
could they not be trained to the yo ke, om accustomed to | 
eights ? (the manure 
co 
» great care ary Ea alied that 
they should not strain e “bat verte exercise | 
n this field, ze fork t e fur: — ned by the plough, 
per Scotch, or 3l. 6s. 8d. per statute acre. 
that Mr. Di ixon’ s plan of forking the fur arrow ¢ 
their muscles. I hav e seen in Fla nder 
of 
ore but I sh 
and the en the hes lowe ‘ming the cee which 
q 
proper.—An Old Sub. 
ghia page 30 it is sy that the mole- 
labour than 
Matnpiony 
Dis each used in seize: rshire. 
i be the Ha 
r 
There is one 
in, = ist a S the work. This method i is sully 
the 
which was at least 32s. oe zae This <a was- 
but not nearly so ¢ 
eficient w wia the fogier, and the labour is ea 
orkm These four young men will earn n 12s. per 
d. This labo 
e may 
s | good, to e de pi a the fork, it may be don e from the | 
a valle 
as by us ing Mr. Read’s iE op ak enable 
MPENN to avail himself of ovat ss and p 
injury from their tread in plasti 
r. Mites, M.P., confirmed Mr. Parkes “ 
of the easy manageableness of M ead’s 
The only difficulty he “bad f 
sweeping machine; so thai s o 
together in lengths of 30 or 40 yards, and one end being 
sketch, it would then draw them in at 
hooked to the end of the aa of the plough, as shown 
by the annexed 
pm 
POPP A < 
he same time a it form ‘the ro a there | rac 
ma k no difficulty i in “drawing out the e rope, &c. at 
ý th p which indicates. S alae Sn u Saat 
Te a 
to — ou ig í 
hai ndles and to induce him to leave it alone. — 
v 
pan bss 
are stour var” ata Our experience during the 
The ce AIRMAN obser mae that in gan to us 
| common subsoil-plough ne his land, he had been 
last four or five yea as fully tested the value 
of the process, roai upon thin soils, r bating 
upon a hard gravel pan; but perhaps not mo 
than upon one of as n ve, ah t although th 
were e prodno ucti ive before n this md | 
ioe ss pe r root- 
| crops. In the late ae summer, tha Carrot and Turnip 
Hutley and Beadel of this 
to apply a pair of wheels to the be am-end, as dese 
~ E 
Dra ay bens EA S. H. C. Pay , of | 
| House, emra enshire, se eee to ihe Cow 
he tu Í, and. another set being p repared, the plough 
onld t then karoe = as Pil By so doing 
doubly | remunerative for the “extra _ expense. To return 
d and description shh ew t dria 
excited | much er amo iar at me 
u a érd ee 
y len gth, by merely 
making 
T: 
ing the aispa 
ayne had been led 
zr can ome be made up good: again : and I think 
o move the ‘cil and in no way again to use 
the oe aay 
struction of his level, omni it one of the best 
> be made with the common plough, 
a fdrrow 
was 
upon out before the mole-plough was ok to give a 
greater depth to the drain, as ~~ a oes sket pe a a 
dark shade the - 
gold Wa Farse, sing kedes vor Potatoes th 
of the kind he shea seen ied putting in 
but liti 
he followed by Wheat. For 
Wheat I Stale ges ag “a ge the land at all. Our 
ns ma! ake thes e forks for 4s. 6d. to 5s. each ; and the ey 
pane to such instruments, reduce under “a 
and SB pn Nn circumstances. He had alwa, 
that ood w orkm with a good eye in his 
made by any 
_ Should, however, any eo $ ponr 3? shall readily 
e wl d 
The C Sneek thanks for the nd to Wed 
ries of any of 
as 1 7 
plou; 
page 44, that he would give the man the 
h; and, as Mr. Skilli ing well a in 
most credit 
Je could say that he ees dried the greatest number of 
s for the ‘Smallest um per acre, a 
T haye not S seen P publia hed.—M. Sa 
pe simpler and 
e PT for draining with, 
ul, 
” 
e subject.—Henry Drxon.” | the 19th in 
Mr. Wes 00 Festa a oa Rutland- hi 
shire, also BEEE, a E fe the nar wpe with BN ie x Councit was held at the Society’ as 
the following commu it near in wh gle on pedientsy last, in 19 
Oakham, Fe 845. In see Ro panre, Esq, ME 
t — = . ore them, and adjourned 
raary 5 presen nt: T. 
Clive, 
pM P; MEA Asie Es 
fore it is advis able 
b. 10, 
there labourer has difficulty in bading ereit 
W. Canen Esq, M.P. ; F. Burke, Esq. ; E. 
sq 
M.P.; Dr. Calvert ; F. C. Cherry, E 
olman, ot ay H. Bed Esq.; Brandreth 
Sotieties. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY or ENGLAND. 
( ‘inued from pa; ige A 
pli 
aa proper al can be anana into use so as to 
.; J. H. Grieve, Esq.; Col. Hall; E. Holl 
Sq. 
ses of expenses incurred in the cultivation of 17 | ciety has b fi ihis pream RASE ae ve a A prak ell; Esg to Boing pe G. 
z Fr 
‘ia rerik Sf Beia pot ship of Treoracha sag pa x Cotte. The following 
1844. Ab , , e year | more eng Meetings namely, ‘A a of 5 The following new Members were elected :— 
out 9 of the above | lack 4 Dickson, cats rt, M.D., 5, Curzon-street, London 
i rfy nature, and the other 8 acres gravelly ; the surf } a iein y E Aa e aa t o i 
being nearly covered with aa o stones, several | E nts to extend ey a, Thomas, Dderw House, Rhayadu, Radnorsh ma 
hundred loads of which havi ing bee moved some dis- | Jan pariani $ baie sps not, „less than = acres of wank zgon, lae leda A > Pa a on nee Glam ora 
$ rris, ns 
wae Arid aiid nye portion thereof having been con- aa expected to state full particulars Ai pes ome ee 
oore, 
off. The foll owing is jA leat Si a nd cost of management throughout, together with the | Lea, 
6o days’ ri in n ADE the Sne ready for las 4 s. d. the description tity, mare relative nig a ROMA o EA or and 
00 ESTBROOK 
25 seve oe a team of 2h nr 
at 7s. dav meray ey" Ts s Deo s fork was found t i ots 
l asd ne l O We ig h 8 lbs. 2 202., and | Bourne, John, Hard-str Newcastle-on-Tyn 
iz sees pai loug! ghing and burning, at Soa pilant i à Mr po s 9 lbs. Mr. Parkes, ti the. consulting Engi- Pulini, Si oY ret Nemes and Director-General s 
Carriage of 68 loads of lime, at : ne è to the So aday favoured the Council with t ib rosie ee oa epublic of Chili), 39, Brewer-streety W 
Ploughing, 17 acres, at 10s, . <o s >. 810 0 following neil ag sin reference to the operati Square, Lond 
Harrowing, do. at 2s. À r ation Date the sub-pulveriser as an implem ins ae igen of The na s of a candidates for election at t 
ie soat n of Oats; ats Rede hy 4 Parkes st with oni e the m aiher Dit 
Rental, 17 acres, a oS ke KES ae ' opinion that the forks exhibited w oS oes hae, io) eae AMONG ; Carr, ene ee a e 
er “a ld require very sarong pore eng Ki y heavy, | MOND taake inea to the Council the ee ia 
Sie: hk em. tle | received i 
roan Acres, 340 bushels, at 3s, i ; x oiner ng sO el sy ri Gay fa nona Wasiyat reference to the: application he pete de 
REE © a strong too t 
£30 1 him that the cost of the work, pd stated Ps te en = — © Society, ms ee M.'s Gor ernment, in pursue jé 
