= 22,—1845.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 373 
not mentioned that he was the orig 
ty also ee that the still "iteration! which I had 
ginal inventor : peop trials, made at the same time, and under the | Mr. Scott's object in trenching was to supersede the 
me 
the greatest difficulty with the mac 
S 
conditions, in appa on to the usual mode c Necessity of su summer pii. clay lands, for pr states 
ha 
cone on it, viz., the power of aang. ki point of pars ure, can give a competent ju ent of it; and i mmer peared is only 
draught, by attaching it behind th wheel was | an where one or ther advantage has been peri in ficial in clearing mg land and preparing i 
quite the reverse of an improvement. Oh the first rom this simple and close-drill culture, and if also, sat: He does oe believe that the land. derives any 
int, I ae Nae ing. to take Mr. Sheriff’s word ; setting aside any ot ntages, only one grain more | benefit fro the y ar’s rest ; nay, the land seems to re- 
si on the sei g as been gained, I may trust that my theoretical and | ceive more inju a than benefit from exposure to the 
d at th y theory, but prac- practi jon pa Ae made for many years, have been | summer’s sun. He therefore conceived that the best 
tice his satisfied me that the theory was arene „I me by | fruitfu sale E. tins [The double „advantage | plan was to trench the land imm nediately on the crop 
y noi Piatt. 9 
Sate +} 
aight ba ack from the fro ont w 
raught. 
will probably try the alteration, and I sh 
D. Stirling, Glenbervie, Ma 
Vien othe e the hono 
: j ee eign Corre i a 
which 
mod le of culture consists 
py which rr 
he can suggest any farther improvement.—Signed, S. 
ay 16. 
4 illustrated i in the following ers, ihe following p adaa 
< meunder the title of oe of. Pye ORS y being 
ee of man ny years’ personal experience in hus- 
This : of alteraaé ing 
r. Sheriff, in saving the drills, if re I ] nown by summe: er earb The author’s experiments in 
smallest deviation from the right line, whereas with the | to the oh Br reader. The Earl of — fsal? has | trenchi ng were successful on di ayey lands, but not on 
improved machine he may go from 20 to 30 inches on | made known something similar in A * English Agri- | lighter 1 noe lands, though naturally much more valu- 
either side of the middl a pe I en still send th ae a able. In one respect, however, he completely failed 
e in itl ould n on the. fi r description of soil, inasmuch as it 
orse } tt ‘ = | was found that burying th eds at the tom 
work, but c y that “ the g f th ch by n ns killed and the 
includ the le en There is one thing whic ia is T id ő land not Sa th me condition with respect 
sufficiently vi visible to a cursory o Be Pt, of the sketch = cleann would have been pein mmer fal- 
inthe Gazette, hy r that the heat sho pay be c carr ied n -N | lowing. The a Ai is of opinion n clay lands 
a 
bpd, have been. thoroughly drained, trenching would be 
all } 
PPJ “I 
mary 
n published by 
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vith green crops, which come to maturity i in autumn; ; 
E: cultivation of which may be effected even by the 
one ae e. The ploughing of bend bes 
ugh drawn by one or two hor: 
en 2 feet t apart, as if otatoes were 
$ J} 
but Bni with. the common n p Teac and harrow ead 
r with the 
Be daw plough ee into perl goed 
Po hed vu 
is done by a 
= 
ed in this manner remains now u mdi: 
peet in n fig. 2 [This s figur e we have not pada 3 it 
ely exhibits the surface of the land after bei cng = > 
ed or bouted up ; and it shows what a E PERSA S the ee 
il ily u nderstand, that this may be done by ribbing cultural Society’s Journal.” In the above Ma an In the case of a low range of buildings, connie m 
e 
J 
ə 
mmencement of the rotation. y be 
asked i trëhoh ploughing wou uld not have t te paki 
f feres and at a much cheaper rate? npa with 
the spade is eitaisly ay: rm the n 
5 | of the two: in order that trench p hi ll 
=, | Approximate to it, it th require 4 o be done twice, 80 80 
=|as to cut the first fur: whi ch would tl, 
increase „the expense, a in i winter, ren the land 
prej ies ex) rench ploughing 
is generally greatly underrate a "a t the e greatest ad- 
tenia db in Mr. Scott’s garyat of Preparing the green- 
crop land with the spade, be rise from the 
tieability of working a far vith half the number of 
hors other rwise necess ay Upon the whole, he is led 
malpre 
ay ion, ty that it is the most efficient and economical 
practice, 
z fall 
was a notice from J. S. He iat aeo, Hat. of Cole 
: halzie, regarding a simple means ta ine sage Bs the 
| accommodation of renei ; read by Dr. Mercer 
| The author’s s object was to point out an aree Ae method « 
Ri 
monly left unoccupied in many kin ds of farm-building 
| on one or both of the walls, and a portion 
more parte ctl a represents a section of the I: 
The field ‘hita ay 
; ġ | Single-headed, or one-stalled byres or stables, havin 
lace 
sturbed until | by cultivation, and with 
grain so rills : S - 
fos autumn- | the is represented as ae Miving ane ; in this| Of 5 or 6 feet from each other, the foot resting on th 
a few 
weeks | stage the Turnip or any other gree 
as represented i 
time.of sow- | presented in ear: in f it bo -hoen 
in 
cut, 
grain, the seed | have now the benefit of air and light; the son 
cast in the ordinary way, only one-half of | between them are now cultivated by the horse-hoe 
1 | the side-walls 7 feet high, he proposes to oe on th 
oe : ine Paper eh wall a set of upright spars, at distan 
g 
is sown, and | ground, Rai “the top fixed to the roof-scantling or th 
th 
n crop r 
ane be done | it soon sprouts and appears in rows between the grain Upon these spars, s oe height of 63 feet Coua 
: in e the corn, is 
grou uld 
ort a shelving of inch pian or stout Spars, 2} Nut foe feet 
wy e e itraipa broad, Ab bove these, at the distance of 24 or 3 oot a 
>} | Supported from the first ro n the iido-walle of 
quired which would otherwise 
e usual broade: ast mann ner. By sowing g 
his broadeast way, the grain 
en cavities between the fur in nile together. 
two rows of shelvin 
a ` [the building are 9 or ne “et in yeh there may be 
i e 
the roofing ; 8 and, in the e case of acpi which have 
ws the harrow wi ith which "he field is harrowed | naan Le AND AGRI CULTURAL SOCIETY. | both walls unoccupied. ere may 
he ens the edges, with the seed grain remain- A monthly meeting of this Society, the last for the | be a oubt row of naive on each wall. For the 
ken, aud thrown into the fu season, was held in their Museum corge V. Bridge, | triflin: hg ira at which this plan may be 
the field is then levelled by one or more | on May 7th—J. g, Esq., of Newliston in the ehair, | excell modation is obtained, not only for the 
e, necessary, By sim first papers submitted to the meeting, ere | Smaller Triplett of the farm, but even for some of 
proceeding, the cultivation of the most | read by W. cot, Esq., of Craigmuie, re’ those of the ass ; such as 
As soon as the seed. merits of spade, as erga oe with plough askelia drills, harrows, and even ploughs. [Excellent sheep- 
eir a ce, the n RA e of them by Mr. Ainslie, nita might thus be cheaply erected.]—Several varie- 
aire med with a one-horse ¢ ing Eiaa; East Tba. the | other by Mn Scott, Kirk- | ties of pipe drain-tiles ra then described, and speci- 
peria or horse ho! oe] the breath of ham, Lancashire. Mr. Ai ins slie states, i in Fk to ques- vse ego ines The first variety, mepa by Adam 
that the | Rolland, Esq., of Gask, was explain y Mr. Slight. 
may be do a daily with o 
th 
corresponds P Be: : 
s labour, most op range to the an ee of which | first piece of land i. ee he tried ta con- | It forms a conical tube, having a longitudinal slit on 
il b tl i 
y Wi ea a of about oe tch acres, the so g d ese tubes fit into each other, thus render- 
one con- 
atte The Wi 
the ears a second so 
ed spaces, as, yke example, o 
P which will e 
s ith 
the stu 
Aa the s row-harrow, which, at the 
Ethe, ne or the a § efi 
asci d is done l 
afi pee ne : The se 
of ee 
of ears’ pasture. he i 
Th 4 urity in | work was executed in June, at an expense of about | cessity for soles being nance i gan Ed- 
has crop is com ming to p maturity 3 the | 77. per acre, the soil being turned u K hen explained twi 'hines of 
se in the shade |20 inches. The thrown up ire invention, the one for forming 
h 
es y grown, 
crop is done, as usual, with the | carts per acre. The e rest of the field was ploughed five 
win Im i h 
of it ere er wet. The soil was trenched to the| tinuous pipe from end to en enters b 
e itr of, 18 inches, and care was taken that no no sub- joints and the lateral opening. The inventor recom- 
= gaan! = called should herp up. h this is not preston! cage that 
opera 5l. e result was | these pipes should be laid am ong gravel, o; 
t r small 
on two SE especially in mossy or boggy land, situations 
Choe: 
cond hit hes iei 
ety f a field a con- alia ang they will be of vast im 
price phe iri ng part of a 4 1 roe ss Rea ater ate a 
ing is made ‘what hard bottom, the “land lying in stubble aliie a a | sand, the ieme „bein ng diminish 
Pp i with many other kinds of d: raining-tiles, | by the ne- 
the ghey of 23 es, the other for tosidig soles. " By means of the 
I l kaii, pi tehna may be E patie o re Coentinge 
ae if 3+ h 
are se 
) rs 
crop is de- | in the same manner as the trenched portion. ae the end | each coupli being, pierced with pirog ax more 
same time, | of September the whole field was sown with Hunters’ | The pipes being ‘ogg severed, gloss burnt in the 
urther labour | Whe: eat, at the rate of 10 ) pecks per acre, The trenched | m2 length as made, or separated before being taken 
crop is 
tl late itself upon souctha field. In 
A D a 
es 
the autumn was thinner on the ground, but the w hoeder structed in a few Sirna in the use of 
Sps than in the roto te sagan ent piik also | as to enable ep to and perforate 10,000 
3} 
re Grass, when the trenched 
Whatever experiments 
to bring to the surface any of 
a saving ala 80 relent in 1837, when the latter fell I short 
impresse 
luce amounted | per day. Thi etsin na by placing the 
eld was in pas- | the slides, and then abe i the porter and pressing 
wis vey inferior ; | as before, by via means the pipe is brought vd con- 
of the rest of | taet with the perfo ratori and erose-cutters. per- 
continued chain ot connection out theme drains, 
nehed por- | The sole Rope ae consists of at box ox in Which 
Mr. Ainslie’s | the clay 
ressed him with 
uce was fo to i ala 
By this | equal with that of the ploughed land adjoining. Sub- | thus effectually preventing any acciden! rangement. 
i ifference in favour e tre 
aa observa 
mass divided into eight soles, The inventor esti- 
roi it ainis wires, mips 
ahi Aek ies the- re ee “of trenching, at ‘all ge to such sa versely, is then era from one end to hy ne and 
