4 of purchasing | should be wide enough to allow a _ and horse to | th to b 
‘AT.—An: desirous pur g e power e employed in threshing, &c.; the 
peor season is Invited to inspect fhe two vaas be turned on them; and that ps well that the | requisite dieatanee for shelter in ror situa- 
of WHITE P WHEAT MORTON -o aE S as On EOE yards should be so arranged as valle ow of a cart fo ons, w hen such situations cannot bea oide d; and 
 SHIRREFF S FI ELD FARM, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, pee eing driven paana them m, which i is much better ildi 
OCEESTERSHIRE. | n ba ered the all tend t li , in 
G resent is, obviously, the only season of the year when n, for tie i fa Ee 
The. ar) any variety of Wheat as seed can be ascertained by e pr inciples o fes ingle case, of all eta perdi in thet ir in- 
the ra ion: the examination of a mere sample of the gra a Walle ‘relative = fer iher. r. The next CREIS: The judicious designer knows in such 
inspi can be inspected at any time, is manifestly uninstructive = ic which dem tt tl fe h 
which Com Moductiveness or habit of growth of the variety to | OP attention is the form | cases what t forego, and v what to se ure; and 
as to the | ae. These points, which are of the Egbert ir im- which the collected buildings sho ig sume, and | endeavours, When a sacrifice has to be made, s o to 
portance to the Farmer, can hoas ascertained only by an - | thi 5 a olves e consideration of aspe arrange, tha th 
Sn ily D din thie fo dge- | be preserved, and carried out. T 
ooo | nerally to be arranged in ı the form pre with a Before concluding husm arks it m 
: na a t be 
The Agricultural G asette, | centra i yard into which the litter was thrown ; and | amiss, in a sentence or oa 0, to yore, i the appear- 
her kg oe by a ray of sunshine, wading in a co on the principles "here 
pool of rain-water from the roofs of the buildings, advocated. Premising then that we consi ider 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1845. and of liquid manure from the houses, the farming disguise tl ild 
ekeiins eck Tna FOLED WANG We BK. sto ome was suffered to Jan guish. Professor Low, of | ing, as indicative of what, in ordinary ter is 
nii: AE: 6—Agricult»ral Society of England. Edinburgh, first sh called 
— ticultur: elan: 
o A a A he, af selan at Beverley. | and pointed out the ae antages to be derived by | ter and fitness, on the ¢ ntrary, is in correct taste, 
eee | the stock from the admission of sunshine and air to shall find that ae pen Mia of wei ter and 
Tue Ouruovses oF A Farm are those bui dings | their yards. He showed that these benefits could fitn buildi ngs, can eas asily be obtained ; 
iit in which the farmer stores and prepares his crops, |be best obtained by the form which also ensured | in many cases the h ng can T arranged 
= rears and feeds his live stock, and houses his work- | other advantage es;—a long parallelogram. Th l inable, the 
one and im meee On their arrangement | Professor’s principles of arrangement have been | extended lines of buildin the arch the 
~ Pp Pp p & ary- 
i it h oth well as on the a adaptation extensively adopt ted in mode ern home steads, and ing ou iai wy sed by the different ‘hewghts of the 
H A toits separate nuTpOS e, muc 5 d th numerous gables, harmonisin with 
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rofit necess arily depen nds. Ft is to the first of | agricultural matters, although very seldom with the | that of the sake in the barn-yard, never fail 
to 
he disposition of the oe | parikin edgment of the source whence they were | give piquancy and picturesqueness. There ought 
ts in ration es soa other, that we shall no deri ved. to be no mock windows, mock doors, or arches ; no 
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lirect ou that the fi tl l b let everything be real, and expressive 
The Doig. object to be aimed at in the arrange- | —that which bines tł great l ges—is a | ofits u use; and trust to that ya gle as the 
ent of the outhouses of l it ] li th uch erections—N. 
d labour in the ra ae Arih of those operat ions | from ma to ppr l The prevailing and severest 
hich are to take place within them. The first | winds being from the west and west. by north, the SAVING OF FLAX SE 
inciple by which we must be guided in an endea- | greatest possible amount of suushine, and the best} As the approaches for p ailing the Flax 
to 
effect this object is, the self-evident one, | shelter may be obtained by having the sheds for the | crop, the ra reese of the pans Improvement Soci 
be an immediate connection be-| cattle and their yards open to the sere pe east. | would earnestly urge the farm he soed, 
: téad ý fey S —_ e in the Tax ae wal 
be the “The experi the las t five years 
cetablishes the fact, that the mel ‘of the Flax crop api 
d u h t e will 
s upon each other. In carrying ou hot obta ain, and these must be dealt sith deena 
o h 
thi Epio y we shall find that the position of t : 
a great degree, that of the other b ld | be snags if possible, on a i So ed, = de ipp iy -without the on es 
lig ; tr the straw-barn being the great store- | ge oy rising Pee r additional rae f 3L the Ley iy moar 
aa and litter, ib which the stables, | such a situation can be und, it is well to take | The difficulty of obtaining pr genuine, foreign Fiax- 
houses, and sheds and yards receive their advantage of i it. Bu t if os secure such power it is seed, for sowing, last springs 8 and the frauds committed 
üpply, it is setekary that these be* poor” g ght, |, | by the ilers, have caused the society ts turn its 
ossible, and those nearest, to which the ventilation, pa drainage, cannot be obtained in | attention to’ the best mode s pre such frauds, 
d e o eans, that 
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age, 
d most frequent supplies hive to be | perfection, then the water-power ought to be sacri- | and to recom 
i i app d to these m iti 
yed, Again, the straw-house is an end- | fice ore important benefits. The position farmers should rese Ps 
ge to the corn is threshed— = yi z — is often determined by existing for sowing next season. "they have ‘the less hesita- 
"eis a necessary connection here also. To thelr d divisions of the fa arm, irrespectiye of 
oa must be attached the building the ei $ the eee in its elt T This is| io R fac rope Dy ipis i e has 
motive power to drive its ma- absurd practice, and cannot be too severely | a farmer will be p to protec y i the 
and it is a convenient arrangement to repreende imposition. But t beun enie ei it is only 
in immediate connection with mong other matters demanding our attention in | the seed saved pe "Fis grown from Riga Flax-seed 
corn and dressing-barns. Further, the h reserving | that should be sown ; as, if that saved in the next, or 
ere food is consumed should be in ‘connectio on tee aie id manu re made in the steading. Thejany subsequent year, from the home-saved se » be 
or at least not far removed from, the house in | attainment of this diaaa point is greatly maed m the crop deteriorates. _It is, therefore, bette 
tis prepared, and this again should be con- by t the classification | of the bui ildi ings before spoken | renew again, with p Riga seed. The fo slewing 
0 a places where the food is stored. | of. l a Let k na — aii tabincded-ta oo 
the meats out of the houses may not | cow oie feeding-houses, and pi ie one or wan a dl i © ems kere turn ad ofa: yalleer boa 
essary time, the pey rhere the ma- | more tanks. The tanks m may be of che Kinds vey de tha aed 6 t brown.—As soon as pulled, 
gags should be near to them, and of| may be adapted for kane compost, the Plas B stoke, Sihoni bi Di nding i it The hata 
h they should be in the form of a pcs? tests are set up, resting against each other, the root en 
oad be always borne i in mind that iti is more | sloping i nwards from the ends to its deepest point spread sy an g the top ends pea “like the letter r 
s Erea Kr “sont Er the centre of its length, so that a ca art may be | forming stooks about “ra in and dt an 
e ot fre uent occurrence, t an i n this way it will resist wini 
atters which are sgt often repeated. Thus, | this, or some ee similar to it, as we mention ei lk [and rain well, A dry fast. In six or eight days it 
quire to be made, it is better week (p. 522), is probably th stk economical mode | may be stacked i in tho field y ; d to be taken off at 
Where food is prepared, manure on a farm. Or the tanks | leisure, in winte e steep following 
uantities are taken several Tier ma be. tha form of a ‘elk square nn ee es 
o the place where food is con-|or “rela in the horizontal section, and are rched or | i8g the farmer a of ms ail iors for steeping 
have it near the storehouse fi dom Ta thi j and grassing, ai Sols tes st yemis e leisure, when his 
: h mug eke over. In this case the | attention is not ealled = - he harvesting of other im- 
quires to be carried only once. ‘te manure in its liquid state, and should by portant crops. This the quality of seed; 
Principle of arrangement which should f pulling and the use of cement. and, if Be Flax happen « ae pin ou one cance under this 
i subordinate, is yet of great im- | water- tight. It mist have a man-hole in the arch RT ER t (which is not, however, of necessity, the 
Gek ah Fes — pte the [or do ome, and a opening by which a pump | case), the farmer will be amply compensated by the 
An al tention to aad be insert oak Saving effec ted iu the purchase of seed. z For fi 
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ns ge e entering this latter kind cattle, g 
and. Facil for particular descrip- a tank oad teratak e in a cesspool in which the ded he rippling | should re on at 
e Eby the SEs the work- | liquid manure may deposit any sedimentary matter | the same time, an nd in the same field, with the pulling. 
t . 
should za te: aii — i ane — ee the comparative ease with nhc rippled Flax is 
— | handled, the practice ought always to be adopted. But 
pigs and she eal should have| The eaves of all the buildings should be furnished |} 5 > i luabl of 
7 one It is of great ‘assistance to | with gutters, and the rain-water collected by them een nolan woe if sold foie the veal a acre ; 
Fard, round whi ent to have a working-court | conveyed to rien r drati s byc cast-ir ron pipes. | and if used for feeding stock, of all kinds, at least 41. 
K i are assembled, in their proper | The drainage of the site has shes rv acre. The apparatus is very simple. The rippi 
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where the wheel-carriages of the | don n too many instances remedies are applied | 
eh 
B oe where the tools and | to the foundations of buildings, to rived damp- | made by any handy p imin t bois fac aco 2 
are Kept, those in which th , while the only t ed the field, where the Flax 
nly true remedy is, io 
ag ser work, and the others | by isn thoroughly, to semnove the cause. As ster The ie may Soler pr aiae ob 
is im vii te area Sad in ones often harbour vermin, cesspools should | opposite ends, “iber should be at such a distance rfom 
@ chant to Place the highest | be oot thein, ee without | the comb, as to permit of their striking it properly and 
et not to satair from the prevailing | the contact which will effectually bar their) iternate y. A wi ing sl placed under 
buildings and t the rays of the sun pr ss. them, to receive the eee eee pied and 
desira the y In many | On reviewing t the Bo 58! here recommended to | then they are ready to receive the porgo eus 
f the out of th handfuls bei laced ound u 
one common ake it will be s tae * helt ir application in| < fhe bet Sada Sie Dass Pods of ix 
r rity every ractice ia be attended with no little difficu ulty. placed with the angles of ron ext the #i apples, oo 
near towns ight variations in management, to suit the soil, | of b asunder e alelet spring and save snuck 
all the road | and other peculiarities of the farm ; the nature of | breaking of Flax.” 
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ments for storing and preparing | as = essential requisite. It should be eroak | consists of a row of iron-teeth sm into a t 
wood. i 
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