38.—1845.] THE ern bho GAZETTE. 
SFG GEL IE Tce peo ell 
and by landlords to what it amounts on estates | feo the flying hints of the wr 
‘or 12,000 acres ; and the vast 
subject, to both landlords and tenants, evil open the 
id with a force which ought to stimulate to 
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W. whieh, as I think, are sing ay. fal rieren I, therefore S rodie you will fav vour “me with any — 
[w e always o obliged = aoe When i ina high state o 
of o end oil 
r hints on the mana oil of vitriol, or = be ate of i 
and decisive action. Perhaps. one of “the best aie a Paper. ech on this subject will Be f fou nd Pe: a | to to fi i wha sh 
Sons of the nats of the agricult ult ural societies of g art er page. ] oad? Need it be covered with any but a shed roof? 
midland counties would be to defray an ectricity ind 2 Arist ture—I have been looking} What effect would gas-lime hav. i i i 
intelligent Aaien into the northern counties to in- | fo Pies a r republication of the accompanying letter id enough not to destroy the ammonia? Will a thatch 
vest: and r peg ort on, the causes which pris the | the last few as ; 1, l'infer | wattle suffice as a roof or covering to this tank #— 
ai farmers there to wo rk their heaviest lands with two | that you oo ‘additional piekle Waterhouse. [You may -lime wi 
GON horses in nig Po ugh, at Ist here, in parallel circum- | dan explains rae iea mi laitoin results of Mr. | post; as it gradually abs r| i 
ces, pe in stringing on three or four, F orster’: ‘oe amer and if the > thrashing and weigh- | becomes gypsum, and will then be a useful manure, 
T fee ebd. I est ith equal care or good | It is impossible to say how much ammonia will he 
subject without pointing the valuable faith, w may form an idea of the in whi rol ring su 
papers on draining dip rie rough the journals. of | quarters gp Barley pat acre were raise i 
Sabi mat aware that Dr. Forster has replied to Me.. 
to that o ; iah arkes, aea the 5th | lette; er bu t the dur 
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“aon sa ung” was either pant 10 Ibs. of sulphuric acid to ey ery ton of the com- 
‘ pel In the for case, | po t. Any sort of roof capal able of keeping out the rain 
a: men Soke gu take the trouble to read it | remark is superfiuo se oe = l eeii Dr. Forster il Beep 
many new raining, and will furnish many | Alrhoet va kA culpable, as a persor 
most Eei suggestions. The paper in question is| himself to 
On the infin of Water on the Temperature of 
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nw — ja upon | not volatile. ] 
ought all that: has on tained,| Preserving Egg: mae a pas ge 480, under the aa 
em during the | saat e coment and- a` half, of the rene wich Pesan ile Been” I “A pint of lime and a pin 
n Ble Quantity of Rain-water and its boskie the distribution of electricity, and to salt mixed with a pail pr j> ater will preserve eggs or 
Dischar; arge ty Draining. ae | affo: rds a striking illus- | farmers to to spend kari ney upon the faith of his ae sy reasonable tim I should be glad if 
ti , ought to have pam all perintended th e | © B. F” would inform n mye and others how fers it is 
preparations for pis pan ents, so that keep the i 
the kind could oc R.G. G. pow following = whether ‘after ting dipped for few minutes 
agri Nuded t appeared in be packed a way.— Cau 
‘some d n Mercury, August ith “I have beenin-| Early reaping in Trel év ing read’ i 
‘me’ faa pias eh Faa dae ed to to send you this communication, on aiota "ot paper remarks relative ot va cutting of E Wheat while 
menm oie not have been trained to hold the plough my having a - days ago visited the northern counties, | the subject'is fresh it. may not be uninte: ing to your 
_ hor to b dig in a ditch. In Mr . Par rkes s’s own language, | where oT had a n opportunity of seeing and examining | readers, particularly pron of Treland, pr he ‘that 
“the d us operandi and results of Dr. Forster’s| according to the recom pepo oe in the 
thearts, and a a co orrect theory of any action so rapid J experi iment. T was accompanied on the occasion by | Chronicle. last year on the sa I cut m 
Ebeclorates obi ashe, and perfects ia eae that | two Eiee aeni farmers. We drove our vehicle to | Wheat about k befi sual time, harvesting 
Be cannot to nai tose! it posse! To thos e | the stables of Findrassie, where we intended to put up it carefully, and having prey 
ge of the | our horse for a short time. hile I was: engaged in | sale to the various oe around me 3 it rejected. 
whi ine ender drain land 3 searching for Dr. Forster, who, a had left ect I was then obliged to unsack ava loft ibs $ sa after a 
feet deep, ark fo 20 gg or 2 feet deep, I | my friends got into conversation ha very commu- | week’s daily turning, to send it to Limerick market tby 
earnestly advise them to per e: Me i arkes’s essay ; | nieative lad, a. servant on the org respecting the | car, a distance of 30, Tei ale or ri poe ~~ dis- 
d perha ation e most valuable | experiments on electricity. The lad seemed rather | posed of a good grain at a reduced price. I mentioned 
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Suggestion I “get hi pe to offer, 2nd is the bot | astonished that we had come to see what u 
compensation make a having pie TEN 0 | nothing of in the neighbourhood: On being asked if] take notice of it; I now again aequai 
ep the crops were better where the poles and’ wires were you the loss farmers must sustain here, and, T belie 
Postscript. —On S; Saturday ba (the 2d dost NT ‘ante’ | placed oo an on the rest’ of the field, he answe: i whil 
be in the neighbourhood of Alvechurch, on a visit to | € Wee crap sud be better, eon idering the addi- 
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Ma friend. T too ok ecasion to cast my eye o e sub- tional piekle dung it kaf beside the e wires, bu t that in the Chronicle; but they cannot 
Soiled fields of Mr. Penn and of Mr Wharford, to which l i yers be ma n 
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of Wheat growing on Mr. Penn’s fs 
. 0 £ be eff fect ur a 1 
re in i foregoing part of this discourse. | After this exposé our expectations y were very moderate, | aes hele ibuna as well as the farmers’, in this mode 
y j rin i hn Bin 
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a Hind an exceetingly ma Top 0 f Beans „on Mr. | subject, notwithstanding the absence and want of per- Money Ireland. wW y was it necessary to 
larford’s—the first fair seen on t ld | missi e grain repeatedly in the granary? Was the 
ce it was subsoiled. Ti w n Wheat in 1844, and | ments have, es aa that portion ofh If so, that nitka was the cause of the 
S a very shy crop (about 23 or 23 imperial bushe els), | ir r experimen me measure, open to anie Simoa you experieneed i in its sale. You stacked it 
n parts not dama by the game. The farm baad The pote a wires are are pla eed i in two very before it was „properly dried—before it was “ won. 
tang to that of Mr. Wharford, sen., is The Grange one of which is- in pastu Of 
pied by his son, Mr. Wharford, jun., who is Jike- | a erop f Bar ley. The first had not a living animal | we- do not recommend the farmer to” harvest the he crop 
a ngly good tenant. Upon this farm there | upon th and humane and considerate it certainly was, before it is. dry ot suppose th 
Beans, part of which fie ld was drained abo ut | for the total want of ee in the nep of Tars a piece of Wiaatond week earlier than comnhon, ~ 
Of 16 2 tS 28% 23 feet deep i at dist d the roots would have- starved a y hill ewe— | vided: it was: harvested well, could: have any 
if 16 or 17 feet, but not subsoiled, and. the rie | nibble « she never so see “The devoted: d feld, instead | fluence on the sample than tliat of ite proving igual 
es drai ned nor subsoiled. There is a very | of being to be paralysed and will to} Barly a ge pots "de —I have 
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dg ein in it, but poets satis- 
rrow, and being at least 17 or Reon cent, better | tained: Then tothe Barl ey, i ith I faet ry to see it tested te experiment, "When È have 
Fh Steals on the undrained Lush wS the field ; li i i af h y 
ere is more wth—m. —on. ie cree tible difference. can be. seen over the fie 
Mr Whaaford, jan, than per oh ld | Wheat and:that on disappointm ep = ly 
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r. T think | Pag all, looks at less than Seas quarters per acre.—James | arise were: it generally adopted. poya: my" calling: 
r are rather the heat t pe, and, | Cowie, Haulkerton. Mains.” [Mr. Cowie adds—* Dr. | yourattention to this point.— PF. P. [Well ripened seed 
nt appearances, will Baga the most per acre. | Forster may haye been himself deceived, and we must | we should conclude to be best. 
ns of Mr. va ord, j mon the Ia nd drained | | give, him credit for r wishing | to enlighten his 3 brethren, Bevan, og = —Having read with male interest the 
i 4 ay 8 h Ae the Poan ener of Drai it pn po 
i Mr. Wharford, un, is natu- | ex riments or submit them to. the i ag ta of so Number of: the 4 pp. 
field than the subsoiled fi i eld of Mr. See shrewd Months farmers. by. whom he i is and 2 215), might I be allowed to ask your correspondent 
pundok Here Sa we ae 3 fory: ( g 
$ e lecture, a vote of thanks was.| s| judging rp ah I the gps reported | recommen led by him, viz. : pipes, and short collars be- 
M = Ma ina jH jer he ttn resolution, | to US, p Sapan results obtained 1 Jast gp at | tween > whether the interstices between the pipes 
“yy mteresting discussion, was passed :— Fin ndfassie, n = ae have been. some | and the collars are not liable to be clogged up with seil, 
usual construction The ki “for b o mud &e., fr ring 50. as to 
Pipes and tiles for dr: raining is ian: and | Manure-making.- I prop tank | Į in time the free entrance of: the water inte 
ires er investigatio n ; that the | —in addition: t p ble, cow-house, and pig- | them. fa conclude, of course, that the pipes: he recom- 
of a shed for e Pil E Pe Leb) 4 eS 
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hich it is intended ; Be i aali mortared', sunk in the ground, oa without b any holes for the admission of water 
using pipes or tiles in ing is at | clay; vent leakage; paved. well; of t icient iya heirs sides.— 
generally at distances varying dept E and length, to receive all: the and s.—in mile ‘i I may be: as intel as 
e drains being carried down the | refuse ve the ei It por the reader, I "win make- distinet divi 
rather than across them. t, for | will te placed so near a es course, that T shall be Hae between the haian ie wouhi be BP as with- 
Belen A urposes, the meeting approves of the plan able to convey at: pleasure, by me: ans of a a few feet _of | out: such: an arrangemen poss to 
Pipes gted Se ; and-that the | pipe, the 
Aeon 
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[| ma t to place the soils under the ly understood. 
scala eter, instead o f tiles and | m matter for. its total Pose nab and ce iat ed, as bes as | sary to a ce a ra oes 
Se aie ed from the Wolver- pF making a division in the middle of it, so as to:have | soils ponders and usually oam, 
Chronicle, het Foe, We l alar uaak Sx Sa ahaks ferunt; wala steadier is pre |pent, clay, Ses would distinctly and universali = 
Hic It can be mixed with earth, sand, | ee rat th aero denomi inations ysti 
me responden 'coal-asi or othe 
she Science ce to the qen gricultural | use- salt a alk times: whenever. fresh weeds. are added, | si very: ill defined: It is to bo 
— I trust t you will ex af ati and tom om acermet with it when I cam get it. AsI hoped that = a chemisiry:wilt:db sasikiat 
H p aora od classi : 
Eth hich the seeds | fication:of soils. At present we mant cnt grees 
pi aT . £ ith 1, brown lam: oam 5 
th d usual farm-heaps; is} 3, clay; 4, binalt pout ipe. Bannio an ener pon 
sana eo aikee with sand; and 6, sand. Brown leam may 
„ Which, in: most i ied! d instat pipaa akae arnim hes rniii 
as t ; | strong crops. e are a mieh 
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presume ta send. th fa aes yi ók rs 
: purpose of; eliciting. your | mes cs o ae ie eer cireumstances 
SEak service. i eee it may: reeommend:it- gempa sais of having. grown om barren 
agricultural interest, ‘self Sey ee and-useless' soil; uce of good 
te the 
