12.—1845.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
199 
of 
at man should void as s much urine in a year | 
ta 
be pel approved of, and it was resolved that 100 copies 
means be cut three or four times during the year 
th 
v abn since me” vo rse consumes f Ee. of 
h 
moer. 
i 
Ef, 
h Ít was also resolved, ‘“‘ That viewing 
the fi 
d 
as a 
i every twenty-four ho 
but the Er 
fa 
1 
e Yorkshire Land Dr raining Associa- 
Amongst those he mentioned the Edinburgh Jeamane? 
General Hamilton leadows, 
of the skin and ‘lange in the aun which 
of water in 
er in inkanailie perspire 
sts, and to the c ommu - 
| le in sig th W: ikd field Farmers Club do highly 
obje 
e of Portland's 
g 
aki ing use of the water in the Ba Ing e Beck, which 
ee ere ki a ve and of that Associa- 
April 
avi Aca: s, and other 
Use of Gy 
ing fertility in Land, which he ean a crea 
experiments, showing that gypsum, acids, an nd bar 
refuse of pit- 
, &c. In the course of the ens uing 
Hscoon, it was rene agreed fhet Pat 
very desirable o and 
; but that in 
or- | same 
f| 0o07 
sulphate of ammonia produced = 
tre g commo ale e manure and urine with siponi 
acid and ipa pata and proved the presence of the 
e aoid in the burnt pit-hill eli as well as in water 
He 
563 parts of 
also exhi bited and tested 
any egree retentive 
necessary w drain 
the Oct. 25th 
g Whe 
of so and the Qu uantity per Acre 
the hemos arising rica a hlr pit-hills, which on being 
that he generally ‘ploughs his Clover leys only 3 or4 
inches rolls with a heavy roller, and at ies 
ep 
onia, w 
valuable a manure 
i in ng point è view, Mr. Gyde 
n f am which 
orn is jarskie an 
i may 
e substances rean 
a 
nimals 
er to put the alva ‘of liquid manure in a 
vi takes thg „Supposition 
nia. May 3l.—Mr:. Briggs volunteered a peper On the | 
best Mode of managing Fences. 
lightly, a nd bse rds drills from 2t to 3 bushels of seed 
per sore, varying the quantity A gg to the Ry prc 
of £ and other c circumstances, but ever g les 
a trench should 
deep, and th 
wing 
|3 bushels ought to be sown į tbat he 
o 
niae Aia (to which his a B yaaa were ‘chiefly 
$ 
road- 
had found it a answer 
n gar 
pide; in which 4 inches thick of good: rotten manure 
| should be laid and covere red with thie’ oa Pe pile 
aus single row 
3 0 0 pigs, and claltes that their urine nae annually 
hes ap: 
| leaving about 3 inches of the stem out "of rn stately 
thin a crop. That he should on a a a tha 4 
ield 22 tons 11 cwt. of dry fertilising matter, whi chy | in the first year, ould s sm 
a ton, nt sgp of the best guano, both at itbin 10 inches from the gro round, t on good land, 1} bushel 
sum of 2257. 10s. Bervi aras is as ho 4 at kavas | and perform the same “operation each succeeding year, z por is patiant, as he had found on his own farm 5 
fourths of liquid man ery year by bad | in the winter or early in the ciapa Y lea aviog the fi 
management, 16 tons of ‘dey “fertlising matter “will be lost s in ches i aas 9 each dipping, by which means, in and under favourable circumstances. He drills all his 
from that number of anima als, and if 3 thi ck and impervious fence of tla Wheat, and is now sowing 12 inches apart.—Mr. T, 
í t f land in Aa of fertility, i feet in ight, will be obta taine ed. „With re ard | Wood much recommended ploughing in the Wheat, o 
Rich atosraieg to this iak of Mr. Gyde, t 1 ,| what is commonly called ribbing, and applying about 
i petaer los ses the e me an of manuring no less than 105 Mr. an DP EEE that old jibni ie be 23 bushels | of seed per gomer —The re of the discussion 
ill icked and laid in a trench dug along the line of the “That in the opinion ol 
fence, and in parts covered with soil; by w which means 
l d 
the tgs generally sy 1} to 2} bushels of Wheat, 
eet farther, and omitti ng the proo ofs. which Mr. 
+ Without pursuing ns statistical part of the ; sub- | 
Gy ea 
dere per 
to the e quality of laud, is he most advisable 
Sorts of crops, we shall only give some idea. ot hia _mode sso form a ind ae br adopting ‘bes same ne procs | 
espect 
ofco constructing tanks for “ anni 
of liquid Manure. Leta s — ed for the manure- bath ng a B. alzo UE “ti no 
the north side, al venient, and behind the | living hans main: be left as salons but that all, not | illustrate 
the tank being made of brick, set | wanted for laying, should be cut down to the ground, by | mode 
bydraulic mortar, and covered—the size which means a thick bottom would be obtained. June 
umber of the stock usually kept -—Mr. Brakenridge read a paper On the C mses 
d stables. Into this tank all the|of Failure in Clover Crops. These causes, he s 
‘ tables, byres, and hou hould be con- | gested, might arise— —Ist. F: rom the exhaustion in the | 
. 4 by dr A-channel should be made round the | soil of the food upon 
mn age da which pews be — to the tank to col- | this may, in some degree from Cl 
fect the drai: ase it to the tank, All the farm oe e land; or on old | E ing 
Och—Mr. Bri 
quanti ggs 
gave bis ideas On the Strongest pa most economical 
Cart “heels, On the former of these ag Mr. B. 
d 
in a gate, when a diagon Abari is ai Pang op 
of the vee pon, descending from the bottom pei the 
t, than when the diagonal is re-, 
t 
versed ; as is s generally the case; that i is, | from the bottom 
e spouts so gi 
or allowed 
run into the yard at will, and ultimatel ely find its way 
parrik ents 
the com 
to the tank, ` This may be accomplished b by using 
dis and volatilise those e gas 
à ee sent om d the A rain; by so doi e liqu uid 
ts application to the land, Let a pump xed ov 
+, 
ing, the 
. any ‘extent necessary Lesion m 
be fi: o 
tbe el s Babi a weight of 22 lbs. 
pimen ay erase of giving way, while the latter 
we reference to the constructic 
Mr. prispe, gp arked, that in pr 
wer spikes at tl 
broke with even $ Ib. 
of broad c: art-wheels, 
portion as a wheel ‘is dish 
| food 
whic 
of Clover ‘2d. It may be attributed to “the careless 
which seeds are too gp sed 
d (the 
same time stand ing p Perpendis)i it must n 
e mad fi pot „ if at liberty, woul 
e conical; 
naturally a i. a curved 
Ne 2 aed the manure-heap. 
$s toa liquid manure cart, or discharged by the aoe 
ee the heat tne the 
3 
ure may be omiga and need at ore 
Acs pind ah 
oO 
iJ 
ie igerd raei made h e by Mr. « J va 
the 
aoe are 80 weakened as 
» wet, and c 
s con pied. form, he appen the case 
pai aiy eels wh cal, 1I inch on eac 
Hide, “that is, ae ia TA - 
60 inches; on the side next to the cart body, the 
abiri be 58 inches. In n every paved apy) thereto on 
part of the tire would be going through a 188. 
in aches, while the other would progress only 182 inches 
61 inches. Now must con- 
on 
0- 
e 
y 
d 
of 
a 
ch 
or 
e 
e 
J 
? 
- 
be 
old ¢ of es ntt sa'a winter. 
Pro Eee "Pinkie 
bill; nese Mus: selbur 
of trench 
crops under which the 
ughing a cade quantity of land every year for 
d 
crops, and last year he trench-plou gh 
Clover has, been sown, sch whioh the plants of young 
ened, and left with a 
‘ ing a itis ng consists of one plough going before and 
PESER Remedies raene —fFirst cause :— Appli- 
ca 
in the calcined state, potash, | 
ng oy same furrow and taking 8 or 9 ery 
dp re tad a s depth of l4or l jaaes: 
te t double the time Te- 
tren: 
Praa 
sequently } be a friction or dragging of 6 E ‘ke along 
every revolution of such a wheel, making 
ravelled over; one si 
ther accelerated that space. 
ma aintained, must require more powe 
as eve 
e being 
This 
r. Briggs r than 
loughing deep ever, ay me the land 
is fal lowed, S to bring up a portion of the subsoil, to 
be pulverised and incorporated with the sane soil by 
action and culture; laying clay rape w or 
| delling clay ashes into, very light s soils. 2d cause : 
tn 4) 
ry part 
7 the tire must in that case tea over the same space, 
the action being that of a roller, without any, grinding 
or dragging iior, and which must less 
i njur! ious to the ro ad. There are no ag some ad- 
of dished or conical wheels, 
sD hes heen the sx 
f fresh mould in which 
heroa after sowing, except in 
which sho uld be also rolled before | 
the fissures, and prepare a 
the seeds can vegetate. 
open Barley moulds, 
ut Mr. B. ima gi ined i they might = purchased at 
too great a sacrifice, and not by any means pre eps 
the’ saving of friction; both on the- shoulde T of the 
gyps 
presente the Pots is failure in it for up- ing. 3rd and c 
years, Las planted 6 poss “3 in stock upon the Clo em in the autumn; and rollin in of the evening, Mr. Charnock g gave 
e tre 5 at 6 acres on land wi wit sharp roller, that is, a ene roller of re 3 ee folloring 'itustration of beyð pes of science 
$ po: mangor g entire ee nan s | diameter. on nently a variety opivions were the of ar , Practice sn without 
ually well manured; and though th ressed b bers resent ; all agreein y 
was eight days later in in amit Tira ali Ret: à Clo oti et rd not then asp as theoretical and 
pee as early above ground, were much s nger | plant “during — winter: in confirmation of ‘which im prion cable what you may hear or read. And by way 
kam, yielded 14 bolls, of 4 cwt. each, per | stated that on those parts of the field over which te of illustrating what I mean, permit me to give you one 
the m The trenched gr ielded 62 bolls, | carts, in leading the corn crop, have most freque: of the most remarkable instances (and that too in the 
f parki bolls, per acre Scotch, and both were a | passed, there the Clover has sherman been reser manufacturing ) of how far the opinions i 
STOP — -—Sir George Suttie, to be the bes t: The e majority of the members seented to | tical men, when opposed to science, are to be relied on. 
ip erop, Mr Mr, re et manning land in autumn fi could not be ponu to i recently as about itt se p5 ago ra pgp ome 4 a 
oP» itchison menti d. t - | advanta years ; | linen yarn rn it was consider: ne if it reached 
rere rai ione that his Tur- | advantage more —— than a ae eight t 5 lbs. for the 20,000 yards; and consequently all 
much more readily by th of | Mr. Brig dthat h li f potasb which the fi inen fabrics were 
T Wion stored, than those eh woro 4 moot of lime this kingdom and tinent, were spun 
| onsiitaents of Clover, Aes therefore yield the necessary 
i kin, 
| by ae, at a cost of course commensura urate with t 
_ Some of our more ba ape 
by Mr. Bra kenridge, its ma weir growth might be 
obtained every pe 4 par g- 23.—Mr. Charnock | 
| then proceeded his pa te Irrigation ani its | 
Mr. | Benekter i in whieh he brought t forward various instances 
spi nners, howeve 
spin this fine a vy soa: and after some consi- 
deration mey set to work—partly succeeding and partly 
| not i—8e cieni PAR na however, daily over- 
result is, that at this day, 
cally conducted, especial ly 
“prs 
scientifi in producing a luxu- | and for some years past, t 
was | riant and rapid growth of Grass, which might by this] in this kingdom, and vox ond the whole of those manu- 
whole of the fine yarns oon 
