f 22.— 7845. ] 
EE EEE Ee 
THE emcee nt ed GAZETTE. 371 
ground in 
iw natural en the 
the more of t 
ended for Potatoes 
> Be söit: who uld be 
i The 
A whole Potatoes, al about 14 inches apart ; 
ed 
seems one a to have been that the se- | is found to be remunerative, the Aers must be much’ 
ucar resu: 
curity an aod d urability sandr is very much in pro: | more considerable if the transport were effected „by 
| Egle > the pom herd oad size of ithe pipe employed, water , but 
[and t © pipe of less than 2 proved state of science, more weary ' than that i in 
of the cs ore, Offers:either one or the other: I intend t op i naitala G & Ei differe! n the rate of 
83 this remark to surface-draining of som d ing to evidence of Mr Hawksley, 
3 
ordi 
ring-draining is quite another m: matter, sishoogt lene being in "tie pro s. for cartage and 23d. for ` 
the em, in ripening, that mi, ty be 
te 
greened the ey \ 
porti 
ine equal eon nm and requiring’in execution much | Eo veyance by suspension i in n water 5432, 
ill, Fw 
I brie efly state some of the Tanada “A fe ew facts with refer e to the economic value of 
zan 
gsed to the sua Rand air (g 
+ tlie better seed. 
jpe than apie 
To be placed’ in ~iri ail air y nino), at eo át 
pietat bottom : Pie ma 
the 
should have first ; a little ear 
y high, 
pits may be made of a tolerable length - Dhey 
-< 
th thrown o 
+] 
ar 
hat q a em A 
xerements contain (with the 
oT 
Hun 
of is soil will ae nd = the vr r` the stor will excepti on of one 1¢ ingredient —siliente of potash) all 
allow. Tihe deeper the less frequent the ey need be. | conditions essential to fertilit Estimating the Seri 
nei. 
3, at short 
Eea In the’ late dis 
with a re inches d eep of earth, as’ it isthe straw | 
h will defen te Ron bow’ a an von fy om straw 
I tha 
The seed Potatoes reheat rh planted byt ae Ist Ye oe | 
tr ricts, as 
mee all c et eer practicable, they’ should be'| of the solid and liquid effete matter of one man, at an 
worked in parallel lines: up: to the face of the hill or| amount so low as 547 Ibs. , per annum (14 lb. urine, 14 1b. 
nis] t point of the field, and no ot across" the incline of feces es per day), s so rich is this manure: in p hosphates, 
ie fall. That the size me th two men = ce 
regu ane y any ascertained quantity of water which | to manure an raat of Wheat or of Peas ; or that of one 
alls a given spa lie, but tliat oy ce nan aa suf- | man a whole of Tami supposing the green 
ficiently 1 large not only to let out water b ut also admit | he 1erbage were waid to De oil. In fact, when we 
ed m: That the eye ¢ of that a pou und of u aeni igan 
wuld be’ w l | not sufficiently aceurate ‘for’ safe ety, and that in undula- | f ì of 
hed Sed uy” oy the plough a 
ba 
expected ; and tlie sanie may be done n-th 1elow | 
Aa ell 
short tine before the frost 
t 
a surfaces, and in fields von have pared natural 
outlets, the work ‘should be set out b y a man capable of 
owes 
it seems incredible Say to sna arr m pae nm 
to run t x lar and to d whole’ 
or a theo 
arly in 
ing 1 he land à hiiio Ta 
ting deeper; as ‘the Potato, if. seen, ‘vill ‘of 
be unfit for a, I would advise the experi: 
a! 
topping or Éan 
may b 
ha ated har vest tes 
e deeiy of the bi 
Be thie season, althou, igh we: all know = a æ very | 
pga; rhe frost will i 1d the Potato. Those not 
ught to be naged ag in 
ing the 
nad in this way :—A 
ing- Re: about the tans Pot 
, shou db 
mg the-drills and ey of the att about. 2 es or 
below the blossom : this will not only prev 
ke same 
nd 
pipes:should be well examined b Aten are used, to 
pa whether they ‘ae sufficiently burnt and paced 
vith il i 
at home, ara ders; ae rod ~ i is m 
rh collected exerument of a man for one year are 
valued at L. 1 arere “eet nip their productive 
od clay. That the tile or A x e where the soil is 
only Tos r less tha: me the value 
r 
the raar is made, and that ascertained b; the penstios of ‘Pl landers = manure 
allok ed bis pae ass into them i in pete to] eeN a depot obtained | from the o refuse of a populaso a f 100,000 
wof d ti 
Potato-tops w foe to 
e employed to go 
a in enn way than by using substantial well-made sum nee necessary for Airmen of all the requisite 
oe and’ pipes, which will tod force and pressi sanatory inrprovernect in a town of a like population, 
© them firmness: and accuracy of position, with to the! estiniates I have already laid’ 
Which no drain can be co fuidered secure. That well before _ would not exeeed 14,000/. per annum. 
m seeding, b ut ill ef 
; save the exhausted roots or tubers, 
ha 
7 
for luxuriant white er 
l pre that it will be 
Sidek th 
reen crops may be too hig ghly cultiv: pae Tt. is well 
and d 
pais manure. I have also 
P of a 
op produced infer’ inetd ; 
found thst all white and |t 
ecay prematurely 
at pak in a Wheat, Barley. 
ges, a plic: 
cost for good pipes woul il i 
caienth tion. That no material subject to decay | by affording the money necessary to defray the cost’ of 
should be used.-in the construction of drains,’ improvement, would at the same time offer the means 
Par 5 
in 
these few suggestions I wish to add a remark or’) of removing the putrid and deeaying matter which at 
wo, on pipe and tile making. Sufficiente aution i is not | present renders tow ne 80 unhealthy. The loeal acts’ ts at 
commonly practised in ma at proper é 
sti 
y. 
ff tenacious clays w t keep in shape, and will | contemplated application, for they generally com- 
crack in turning, and ars also: as | you approach the | tain clauses sprokibieg the removal of the refuse from 
‘red brick? clays: they will be fi 
d the [From the Report on’ the s 
ation ; 
difficulty 
fion, which has: oat 
ery 
the 
me in exploring t ers ae of ov 
setae 
soli Hepa. that agricl: 
cul- 
tand e of large towns in 
of frost and water ; oreo is also} Lancashire, by Dr. Lyon Playfair, one of the Commis “ 
lay is 
Hone cen from the: dificult a and pe mem of | sioners appointed by Her Majesty for inquiring into the’ 
ave greatly in England ' 
We m nt 
ust, 
rye: be atsisted: sor followed with success ; but 
machine- | state of large Me re and vo steer ee ts in 
ponders promise | and Wales.—Extr by pe ions] 
as , but aus 
more than they can i perform, pers geiitlemen are thus i iaila 
met? stimula ld not: be applied : the crop | 
have been too: nan yore to be profitable, but the 
root has 
en ost 
fr in mind) that Dame 
aae and become disgusted. Fháave had considerable EXPERIMENTS wim MA RUBE 
well as expensive experience in this matter, and I Ts am, you Es few experiments with 
no advantage in making the articles faster | artificial ates h Turnips “arg "Ouse, 
egg peer 
thar ther ean be dried and put into the kiln, rapid 
sa s find that | made last your and oara, from early abe = 
t that i À 
author of. “ 
e p obable eff 
eeproma 
d from the apple, 
neem: rene 
“ora ve re would be o 
sur 16 of my 2-inch pipes, without sock- | Suppos at- a farmer had not sufficient farm- 
tess ets, fill a a space in my kiin equal të 36 of your Linch. | qun Lap go over the whole = = Turnip rene 
ae The Problem Solved,” he difference is a material one in regard to cost. I stinting it too inte iew a Beal to him to’ 
y ingenious eon on the subj ject, | has potated o out shall take an vied ree d in a few days of sending to | | know what is t remunerting ares sing that i 
in lue. is situa 
x ipes made in mi botli for surface as well as deep ply fi r town, the least 
si also on te ithe Pt me remy Í [Spring amigo eat as have been and are used wn A trom bow hes orcs with orc 
iated. tensively here. I have received at present no inti- carriage ; and'even in the vieinity of a town, it will still 
Pieire senri Early, and the hatin me they are too hang. be a question he cannot supply hi at 
or Yam, have not been known to fail. a ooh Sir, yours very faithfully, | less expense than by purchasingstable-yard dung. The 
3 and 
no exception to the th 
on 
ï | ensued on the gene conditition, particular anomalies, | Quantity and Description of Manure ig joe 
and details of practical experience connected with that per Acre, per Acre. 
aujet 
r Dixos.” following experiments are a contribution of evidence 
quantities 
“P; qs 
Communications having been also read “Buk Mr. towards the 5 Po rmination of t a ; the 
Raymond arare: Mr. a and Mr. Fuller, M. EP, weighed were the produce of 4 perches 
the draining of land, interesting discu 
Expense of 
Manure. 
, tons 
f farmyard | 12 1678 
ON THE WASTE OF TOWN MANURE. “age amegon 
“The ting to make the supp’ | = A 32 
neglec ae ye : ation of va coah and 4 of ashes 9 
DRAINING. 
rw April 30, ‘the | e; flwing communication 
a from Mr. Dixon, 
to and discussed 
pea te and de ject of 
on the subject 
April 29, 1845. 
anne now icon 
at your council m 
able 
pons only, that of Prestod and Bury, ae ain ae ar of bo dissolved: in} 
20 bush. of bone-dus 12 
refuse for productive ax dace 4... 8 ewt. urate, 1 zune of ashes 130 0 
ttempts è to Put these attempts e towns to agri- 
i 
Leute ; 4 | : 
and oor more: evil than me is me 12 bushiof ashes . . £13 756 > 028° oO 
>| only would p render remarkable that im eed 5, where the expense is 
- ee 
“Teisa seuephiadt orraa of wlied en hat the | the produce diminishes, ese in = J, where, how-» 
it can 
exereta of those animals which subsist u upon” a eect ever, the expense is'so much more 
laim tl iority, unless from 
st | duetion Prt the same’ food; and hence the refuse o of its decomposition’ that manure 
ly | town is the best produetive manure for the food of de over a greater length of time; 
ome Sey ss + The enormous pecuniary value | inati 
rof 
= 
£ 
z 
è 
complaint of | derived from its proper application would form ample | in smal 
urred in | the liquidation of all expenses incident to the | 
icultural |  acbntony Takpne vetienterdt thertown; and leave a surplus | and the experiment was 
d continue | which might be devoted bento itectural: or other im- | ————_—_—_______- sou oie) 
Quantity and Description 
thee ae —— ‘provements. The per Scotch acre |. per Kove, 
time the} for meadows in the vieinit iniy of Ea i irrigated witht > 
aeren peseta oe the refuse of that to and the average amounts | 4 owt, of urateand 9 bushels of 
hi $402. T so much is the excreta 3 ewt. of guano and 8 bushels of 
‘before yow is rather how : wee 
than how well? 
pa erea orrea 
yo" 7 6 
"Here, again, it so happens that the Teast expensive. 
ai carts as the and 3-ewt. of guano, 
vit rote aodio. of y an 4 cwt. in the- 
beryl he sual priv nop cetera en ae rmer i i ma cae fields under a ee peg 
acco) pee nearer coe gee emer of treatment c rea 
pata aaan ae ? ‘oO js 
