96.—1845.] THE AGRIC 
rtained by separate weighing the comparative 
3 E ofthis paee ” te ar ground, I may 
iff 
diminish any accidental discrepancy. 
rmp ar a ,, 
ULTURAL GAZETTE. 
To 
variations to bey an animal is _znifrly vith te 
the 
A pe of cultivation would be pro 
state that appar difference was equal to, if not | same weight í of food, and at me hours ts in of stock, are taken 
; $ EPR the pia Nscourately. te ted by weighing, | subject, I weighed: for many okcunk days, horse | into account. Anue y Perai the expenses of 
E grea Another fi containing about fou mare, submitted to a perfe ectly a eeta Pon stropa to be alike, we find the relative value as 
4 ined in winter, and so ith Oats | and uniformly worked at a pump. The weights were 
ie sprin g, and produced rather an inferior crop. It wa Arn i ie pombe, animals were watered, E tons o of Pesta kis give gee ae of beef, nt 6d; £700 
3 
i he crop was secured, and, | or five hours after bre nd 6 tons of dung, a 016 0 
subsoiled immediately after t , , 
acious, both ploughings only afforded a 3 j] Total value of fT " 7 
E " a Eshik: er since its improvement, which a Peace a ee: ofi Wi aca of; 10 tons of hekimin ET, 0 a verte 
pe, time produced a scanty herbage, when the adjoin- | _ 0. “ishing: Total value of an acre of Potatoes 12 10 0 
ands were under green crop, it was set r r Ibs. Additional valubet Potatoes to the grower £4 1u i 
summer fallowing, Aas tt fra Ereni ee and | 16th Dee .„ 1841 4g, 3 | 1089,7 ija ai á 
agalways in a soft and marshy state ; it wa om- | 17th 1003,7 1096,3 by the Turnip crop. The value of the dung is ae 
a. dried by the En amg g ce? =r pring, | 18th ,, 1 | 1005,9 | 1096,3 lated on its relative productiveness SS, as iets d wit 
upon the farm in a | j9th Fe re 1001,5 | 1097,4 guano, according to the e experiments by Mr. Gardner, 
TRIA lan m2 | eee [ire elas To ener Oo aa a Ae 
i 1 sb 55 = ; 75, e expenses o panes and ae = 
proaching seed time. I was sanguine that | 90q : 990,4 | 1085,3 in în both cases, amount to between 6l, 
furrow-draining would have effected. all that was | 934 4 a 10015 1095,2 f: that A wee 7 ise 
necessa ry 3 eal Tapas “the fa erate Shikan rae sf ye ole 1068,8 1i;* “on Potatoes he will hors: between ETA miri E aa 
m expectations = Erin seer ’ ws or the manure Seltclan to Pia 
poking thin and s At one time I expected to | 27th SH deg 988,2 | 1082, z farm in the consumption of the Turnip crop. And 
ve y sow them a ae tise; r to summer-fallow | 28th iy ji 997,1 | 1094,1 ng, 
From the genial nature season, | 29th ,, s» | 1001,5 | 1083,1 re not surprised that farmers, who calculate accus 
r, they assumed a healthy appearance, and ae A e ae 988,2 | 1067,7 Ka the kara of their different baa are begin- 
y proved nearly an average crop; but those | 31st 5 998,2 083,1 g evil l, for whic 
pon the subsoiled parr game off at fir st with a rapid giia Sar AE Soke tt rt - 
owth, and, during the ny of -| 997,8 | 1084,9 the apil and Po otato 
e benefit derived ona abeo IDEK ng. Maximam -| 1013,6 | 1097,4 re it appears that 24 tons ot Turnips and 10 tons of 
bestows te Comparative R Re ara, im 18 Land Subsoiled | Minimu | 98 067,7 Potatoes extract pa the soil air nearly an equal 
k ee — unt of dry solid matter, in both cases 2 Ons ; 50 
xo Treatment | Produce per ti Reo of [Greatest Eraik that ‘while bot crops are yea the sam 1e as ex- 
‘| Received, {{mperial Acre. Imperial Acr Ground, abov Lise 
i tons cwt. tons ew ewt. lbe low mean rrey ses tal iag m} as good, white crops a after ee 
1 |Subsoiled 23 7 2 n 
2 |Sntsubsnite ert See Paaren tame een s as after Turnips. Some Bsz complain that 
- weights. ah asture is he he ‘ood r Potatoes, and instances 
ely examin about 8 eee whic but D 
pea horse, 12 years old, 
a ase 
ation of the crop, w with the De eanston 
before, making a total depth of ie inches. ‘Tt was | 26th SE 1842| 1048,2 
n with Swedish, yellow, and common Turnips in | 27th 1034,6 
2 
Weight of 
of Weirhing. Horse. 
A 
Gr wag Parie above 
t. 
below 
waaay for a Tarp cro 
A or x farmer 
eE 
i o n 
a par, while the Potato crop gives a considerable fit, 
and the Turnip an actual loss to grower, and that 
all the gain to the from th cp return 
T 
e 
it b nip crop, can be so easily co 
lof the extra money value of the other, I ‘think my sus 
will be „comple etely prov ved bya addueing one or two i in- 
as well prepared, and febdived a liberal|28th „p ,, 1054,4 
ly of putrescent man n a mpost of lime and | 29th ,,  ,, 1063,2 
The crop has proved most tn so much | 30th 1041,2 
a that i have not Seen a botter one this se he eT ag 
7 1.1 Mean 3 : ee 
ing unproductive land into one of Drok NG | 
ility. I have thus given a short detail of the 14,9 
he land previous to bein ng furrow-drained and | Welk gh 
0 ‘ploughed, a the results, compared with land 13,7 
led, u urnips and Barley in 1844, have 
d quite satisfactory even where aoar expense has 28,6 
vad mni timing, and M eee 
en incurred in fi 
ad 
| We see, then, oe a. horse 
eight. 
Difference between ex- 
eights. 
[quent repeli of the Se go crop is not followed d by 
n the account e Reged 
pean in Glover in Part IV. „the “ Royal 
fed very uniformly, and 
an impr ghed at thé € hour, nevertheless varies third year for 
the ee <a ef bearing aen EER | the a amount of 2 o7 I } 0 years; and the writer, Mr. Mo rton, says :—“ I 
“Tog Mea n the Quarterly Journal of | wise be attributed to its foo then, the neces- | ia been in the habit of riding over r tlio farm 10 or 
sity o of continuing o ur EDI foe some time to |12 times a year for the last 25 years, and I can safely 
ys teding of aatal iiai, vol. ii. p. 412) ish t his variation is foun in | say, bet aggre of a diminuti tion in ‘the crops, there 
nd of food is bes ffect of any part af E panei sna ; it is necessarily less in young animals | has bees increase 2 ee in the © nein return 
‘ood is best „determined by adient y weighing | | s er that adult horses. The variation of cope of e of t the ps grown, in the 
rh which is ane subject of o experim n the fa a ram, 1 mentioned above, amounti ing i al quality F and fertility of ‘the soil.” The n writer of this 
“nere the object is to keep an anima I as | day or y them ost | can poini % two Sane the one a patch of about an 
the case of raught: och ses, or for ins dairy, th d d » in which Potatoes are the only crop which have 
nce of food must be such as to keep the weight | to aa been sf ssetaental —M. J.B | been bss for ere years, and last year the crop was 
ares when? onstant. A tod sparing regimen Ts the Potato an Exhausting Crop ee t i other, a few acres in the pos- 
eir conditi n, strength, and activity, and. inl; by many acti the extended | session of a tra des sak te whic have been ped for 
ws, the milk.will fall i wa a © f Pota n the ground that this crop, | many years back with Potatoes and Barley in succes- 
Same, loss of weight and de- | being carried off s rea prei: the Eas of the | sion, the one-half of the land being every year in Pota- 
will be the consequence, i ore exact m more lead w ithout making any corresponding of ma- | toes, and always good crops: in both c: 1 
the ee amount of labour. It. is, ‘then, an|n It may appear strange to some, that 
ie Feet agen pk i i a of a E, its cultiva ion enable the farmer to counterbalance this | 24 tons of Turnips should leave eA 6 tons of dung : 
which ne S possi Young ian I gaar I shall remove ig Ft ri f | but if tk 
ch have whol p otherwise seful s pure wat er ; and that 90 
baia a sufficient nutriment landlords again 
hi il 
at large. The p advantages of “this. A 3 t the 
being 1 ced by 
0 per 
cent. of the bulky © crop which on toil themselves and. 
durin 
y to estimate Giat of diet will pro- farmer are these—that ss influe ing o n 
n growth. Beasts in th rer crop, i ies aati for many y might be much more easily sbteaned by æ 
Ways no’ ent in excess, whicl t | t t regularly prodviodye: and from its extensive [pipe a tnt the milLrace : indeed the greater luxuriance 
added to e normal ratio. ‘The i Poses x , it has | of the Turnip west as compared with 
even by very is often large ugh to be maintained, and is likely to maintain, a rem ti ast coast of the island, may be very probably accounted 
ae y very frequent weighings ; 3 “i varies, | price, while its great bulk, and consequen sae of | for by the greater fall of rain during the year in the 
ve value a tong period . aa heir feeding. The | tran nsportation, will prevent a depreciation by forei rmer, furnishing more readily the chief constituent of 
t, in ee not adily. estimated in | competition. The advantages to the munity are, | the crop. The interest of the owner of th will be 
bo ct practical point “of view, it is never- | that ceri obtain an eae mount of nutriment at half mienny guarded, not by Sager the crop from 
neues influence of of fo od on the me price of Wheat, re EU go toes ae a| being grown, but by pte g the tenant bound, peri 
wi ive equiva % heat, whilst the ease, to a ortion- 
bald qr Produce an effect different foot Wiat | a poi nu uito aloe as 2 of ea si Sh > ad- | the latter r years of his qe $ punh on 
‘of increasing yo imal would lose in weight d with any.of ti lia, should recommend it vd the fi “but the aam ofa a of Potatoes bein; 
hin to bee Whe en we know the quantity fiti 4 J 4h, gro p frags a a guaran to the lanı -apy . the lai re 
uce an increas, we animal in vigorous health, or choo ues h the Patel is more dependant on a Siia heen n fairly ireated, a as ginyen an abundant supply 
the additional nutny, h or milk, it is weighe i si iy tho f re for its success than the Potato, poomi crop of Potatoes could not be 
ous nes nt suppli ose effects w io ust alwa, ways be a check on its tco extensive culti- | pro one mn Biopras Herald. 
Weighed, and the fr va certain interval it i is ation ; a A Visit to otf Davis’ s Farms at Croydon.—S rd 
ye ote remarked is ha E estimated. This, however, ire it Maehe: the means of more cheaply and ad- | Park is an open farm, = but few bela ott 
avoured ts aaa 8rave errors, which I | vantageously purchasing manure, Jt is calculated that parently seen Air pr sed ; s U Bot g pareen 
1g of horses, experiment acr plantations and oie sag `, 
i ee reat number of observa- | fourt! of its wie a of manure for the nex pe crop ; has all la ately been subsoil ploughed to the ë depth of 18 
have not S my view, the diff nple, that 24 tons of Turnips will leave 6 tons of inches, EPEE rough a very sharp A ” kard 
conse en persevered in long dung. Besides t the fre A 24 tons of e sei will pro- ration i n nse pieces cemented together as hard as 
cliom nce, changes of weight, arising | duce 280 1} hee: g A tee rown up. We first proceeded across 
food, Spee have been attributed to | to produce 1 ib th Piece of ‘Barley, peak at 10 inches intervals, — $ 
hour of the ae at, oe al should, | the e Turnip erop ma be prety ac cartel arrived at, "| pecl certainly as thick as ¢ 
t ody cage ave the sam rop. an i ted fi 
not rigorous oe hem » except we throw | would pr roduce 24 Poca of. Turnips zne grow 10 tons | remarkabl: rir A next was a day ri Osta 
CT a considerable time, and ithus | of Potatoes, with the same value of m 3 and the | drilled with the same quantity of seed, at the same dis- 
bably much the 
same, s, after all the gaves Z Teapa interest, and 
s 
