23. —1845. 2 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
391 
o object to Mr. ha ea method of fill- 
ery inefficient, Are 1-inch pipes not 
Is it impossible ni a m M4 be 
Fome Cörreapöi nde nce | th 
Electro-Culture —The extra ary eff ect of Electro- | 
culture, as state q by Dr. Forster ¢ on his Barl 
the size $ the pipe ye similarly ly affixed to the other handle, 
The drainer I employed had never laid any pipes ex- 
copta in the ald way = pe ng them in the drains wi 
ut aye 
beloy 
s hands, b on discovered how mush 
WwW 
ml day 
t u destr et Be ? aro 
“oy J: ity v p by the deposit o of lim ley p 
m ay ¢ lan and dia; n in x Number of x 
Ee espec sat and if 50, what becomes the Aortal Gavel for for Apei Ts but 
the 
of th is dra 
duced to an parted 6 
of wi it Linch square by mineral 
I believe that such 
drains aaa ae in imme 
sI 
a it; hst; after the 
n yet to expec pai 
i| Baty was above ground, it is S toos 
i difference, purpo 
mal oe. two or three more experiments on other eros, 
his 
instrument than on the old ark, besides running the 
much less risk of di sami ng the sides of the draing 
in Jaying in the pipes oint 
a point of mue 
where > the soil i isa loose’ pine ry i 
ch impor’ 
iable to fall in w 
In sage n inst 
et 
o 
ments, | the etal fh Pe across 
ily i increased fir, Pa 
g comparatively ineffective without ahan and 
But I repeat that if ther mee 4 wa last Number 
we all they could not be depended on as a Aate of Aa Aone s plan is des cribed as not being a very 
37. per acre will be temptir y, and | scientific 
ae ° promulgation o of ery daptoved theor ry is | in more riety principles, 
ely fs do mischief. ae hy, even on Mr. ot a s farm, I shall feel sheatly obliged to you if you Bish Hi 
‘the water sometimes runs off t the surface, as I distinctly any one 
‘saw, though the drains are only 12 ft. pa ong well | that you consider more li kely to rage out the best re- 
with gravel. o that eer for my guide, before putting down any more 
an still pur g the wretched ri ur- | diagrams on this inter ting ere TEn £ Z3 
system, dnt 6 S land Beia indifferently sub- | 4 Subscriber. [The effect, or a the tendency of 
bu hance of this SDN ould be very | any metallic aia at bétwei the soil and the air, 
y M rkes’ iin "Why is s drain- | some 15 or 20 feet above, Siriy must be to induce 
agricultural popu- 
y 
= come te i a well- 
ready 
mei a hd ser trious race of m nd 
anxious for employment, crate at ie lo rons wages on 
whie h a fa mily can exis and t often the; are 
a k h 
similar electric condition between ‘the two—to hinder 
their lim 
P> S 
together lga is quite vias to “clothe their 
y ly advice is i fill. w rell up dee the tiles or ‘pipes 
“somew m lager than Linch, with clean grav el or broke 
‘stones, the upon the dura- 
i o ph work. 
now refer ti Mechi’s recom 
ding trees and pia and think it will 
o? Pac 
cult t to show a his practice is at variance 
h his own principles. I will 3 ad in favour of what 
long given t ind a pre-eminence in beauty, 
; toexpose it to cold 
j ur a certai s, right. vg do plants 
hold their existence on di ffevent | principles? Doe 
ame cold, the same — heat, alike injure Sabie 
= are m ured, ra 
S not 
ardeners, e Bah 
Who has s 
A 
ie crops retarded in “the spring by the cold iy wind, 
and their superiority when sheltered ? 
tage to keep the d 
=) Ci 
} 3 3 VTA ete 
preserve their starvin og fra 
of he wea eren 
simply 
Wheth E 
+ eH 
growing on the soit remains to be asoertatiiod y but | 
ertainly, in order to obtain it that a rangement of | 
wires must be best, in which there is the most perfect 
money is positively a a drugi in nthe market. I 
no visible eed i foo ing the condition of the hus- 
l adia 
whi 
connection by conductors ater the soil and the air, | 
Perhaps other purposes wat red b 
Forster’s arrangement of wire ey te 
to connect a electric conductors the soil and the a 
we do ie y any means think it the best that could be | 
“3 Oo 
ani 
ba ndman, an taining a pro’ ton capital laid ou 
the prospects of abe countr ry a be most lamentabl 
|i erat mplate ; but, thanks t progr 
nee amongst landowners 
ome upon them, which, it is Fon will spread ii 
beni; gn influence ov er the soil, and = it sufficientl 
of o ur islan 
TS Ga T oS 
Tob va 
20 yards long, Ae 
pont, uspende 
eat, a a somewhat 
rees, an nd a 
d with upwards of 1200 m — 
a direction magnetically north and 
elevated po sition, at a distance 
t 
Ty 
be usefu wy it requires etry tava aes and wil 
not admit ‘of jumping to results, as is the case in othe’ 
pursuits. Although experimen roblematica 
— i i 
elevatio of 20 feet from the 
Qi 
nts rem nV 
months, and may ev entually fail, yet there are cer- 
a t 
of oe tte sth h par 
hirt 
petter 
will cón 
a 
t is N ing ; but the t Äi 
ar nner "benefited the least from it. 
For rster decline es to be responsible (and justly, ket for | 
the results of an performed other 
small ea pain ig tri sult 
cote own interest a bta -Hr Pmr ef arent 
tapping peer ae rast a ing ma —takin 
| of the f thei sho 
or 
; has pas he uncheck d À breeze mo tendancy cane a > | he has directed ; but we cannot see what biim Mis with cigar t0 “the ‘alin of foreign and chemical pre- 
ell know that wind i far amoro SSe pete ee f wires pia at ours ag a in a| parations, When first the advantage of draining be- 
ring the Grass in half ih etime. The frig great r deg ree, ]— The fo ollowing i is another communi- | os vident, it was supposed to be a pam 
gly posts and rails w dtas ninth i Since I communi evils attendant upon an unproductive farm, and 
Ey ; hence it was used without much diseriminatio n às to 
: TS 
marks apply to seas as ‘hea os advocate 
} TER eo hed porom ws with ‘them 5 the evil then 
and more than balances the benefit 
| ae T 
d my trial of Dr. Forster’s am of eiiiai culti- 
ilari 
a plot of Potatoes, similarly treated, has 
followed by similar effec ts. „The Tows within the wire 
me tna tl 
T ira upon ; and was pe pa practised wheré 
ous in ever’ 
both cases, the row adjoining ‘the buried wire 
y point 
of vi iew, The quantity of rain which falls is seldom in- 
provided i t permi 
i This lateral influenco every electrician would expect ; 4 
ve alwa ays fi 
tter as affo 
On Sn oceasion, in a certain pna in America, 
nAderéd. a nuisance, and were 
è crows were cons re de- 
or driven away; but the policy was short- 
ps were ea by insects, and the 
and di ore mi péet, 
ural agent, we must 
i moment : the attempts have been merely trifling and 
care seram gb supply its p Hedges may | iicoreti¢al. Dr. Forstar has the s ‘ats merit of first 
eet will suffice ; and — 
yegetation, 
Test mi the roots of plants a and then bē 
w the electricity is so perfectly come sol Drains sho on ‘chereforey be oe 
confined wit hie the wires. Tho ough, of co it 
| oe is nearly a mystery at present, we pict infer | a ce its office of e fibres, &e. Shal- 
that the aérial wire collects the fluid and the buried or auen hàs the effect of ‘hardening the surface of 
wire distrib utes it to the ground, through which it pe and preventing the water from filtering through,. 
ed colates s and stimulates the vegetation, Of course if yo with it the food seme se in the appen ig 
ions è earth. These truths sho 
°- | suggestin 
n 
success of his Seon is, that suc 
city would become inadequa ze TE you increase the 
feted, which will save both labour and expan, About 
number of tl Dai you w obtain more electri 
dual aid. Sia distribution. For | i 
whi ch I think Dr. Seb oa has misap pre- 
very crop, and never fails, if 
[eaminitere 5 the only difficulty being in procurin, 
sufficient paneer , to 
hended, I still recommend futu 
ong narrow _parallelograms, and. avoid large areas, 
generous. and o 
a useful-and 
wonderful agency. 
is | guano, or other im 
n | requisite 
ga w 
amply supplied—a compost far more nutritious, and 
better able to in nem ase oo than any foreign 
ort. Dra’ and m eure pod 
the essential and echt se to fea it is 
e that a man | should consider “well how far re 
enters into treaty for a. 
? 
rtain number of acres; other can = 
wide; 
ore profitably oven; y the round than anythi 
= ne hs ey a spy th Twill ask © 
= to the admiral 
ne D by Me. Donald Bain, i in cay 
How to täy Pipe-draining 1 Tiles.— maga Pi 
land which regire prea and which, t Bagh ot 
er , he 
of | x cag ae nor act. justly towards ‘his landlord 
a | farmer ha 
to ha ete core rding to the land we 
about 7%. per 
ought 
holds, which is aie 
on 
oe ‘ae 
light description, w. ry wet in ortions of tise d at somewhere 
the field, and the, ins be of various pie I deter- | acre, ee a ay ‘ai which a ‘proportion of his 
mine upon draini ing it on the cage ete w sys stem land m > from the t of means to 
| at 36 feet distance, and 3 feet d to u Seager apt es. iro a 
bore cylindrical pipe, and eg to add my | prove Sa only ike farms remunerate ; this is most 
testimony in favour of the use of the simple tools for | decidedly an error, and is only true when backed by a 
levelling the botto the drains for ae Nips ie 4 of | long ieee what use are a parcel of a 
he pipes, and aa the BP vos in the drai kegs i fields to any man? N 
In travelling through the country, the eye rests too 
ed inclosures 
ry Chaytor, Ci ly a 
e drain, de) ashy i the displacement o 
We: gi "ie Bes cor: eee a which w occurs ti he geet slg tae the 
aa pipes by han and ru ibe th 
er which it is formed, | *'4e5, and there ay hod bh ork ti me E îs | 
4 m- | he ins t lude to 
he i x 
d, Fesembling an 
es inverted T; with ies ny of the size of ‘he ph pipe, and its 
form of an | ; an 
an y increases 
advance with onward 
ften on gegen more 
hak, evining too palpably the folly of tho 
f | large farm a 
Pate ag 5 el e ieee eben t 
tough ep shi iron, md a "plentiful soppi E 
manure 
at such perfection, yet, “if th ed 
i in the aun + they must also. 
ag are to lives, 
thing to eat. It is lam 
te land 
suddenly 
cep, ) f Pharaoh’ 
it might, by the application of x 
wealth. 
i or iii -gon vers — Wall you or any 
with this wither- 
> } 
of improve- | the bottom of the drain, and levelling its inequalities, | li 
e land. Obvio the | and Bing | the pipes a firmer bed to lay on. The cost 
e e a. oe 3 nts is very trifling ; sey broom. pt 
= what I ha }-inch iron 
eve oeeupying hand nthe Shout 10 inches I ing til cme |g 
shank into the han and the other a piece of wood of 
ing blight on on the Thorn crop give us some advice as ta 
preven ventive or cure ? I have suffered more or less every- 
