41.—1845.] 
THE 
AGRICULTURAL ee 
697 
sperations of tillage, 
of 
as well as ot 
ulture of the soi ils. ing t 
= Pie el ee thee pre) Burt Gare | 
d 
eg tag pa n to b 
“ But rhe, this,” cernua Mr. Gowing, holding up 
, he thou ug) 
what w a naturally turn into manu: hed 
is the Cup I value most. The 
labourers. 
pla 
when 
observed that serie the Lag was 
e tear and wear h they are agri e | down ; and he 
nder our soils ca Ser “of gro wing an inc: creased high, ‘that PARE of the ashes blew awa Mr 
ount of prodam, we are obliged t a rie largely | Ross, Dinduff, had improved Moss lan draining 
manures, to meet the deficiency of prices, and liming, and had seen it done extensively in Colm 
ction. J2 and, as he thought, well. A friend ‘of his followed 
‘ch are annual sources of expenditure, campy | s plan :—During the summer he ploughed prs. ue 
ude us from having any hag to spar r the ess and Benty ground, say with a furrow 
nave of our lands. Thi e considered a , and allowed it to lie and r fy ‘En nens 
ng te by the propriet but such how- in the spring piget the field 4 inches deeper, off 
A hi 
j E ion of the 5 su naet of draining as made by the 
lub. It was of i ae t importance in good remune- 
ve farming, and it had been well cates by Mr. 
‘Bryde. When ga (Lord Stair) hich had së to 
5 
goo The soil was Mossy 
nd clay 
on to 
. | the 
mer, van the greatest comfort 
agia mploying cultural 
The a aig is ag rat CLET en the o 
e one that produces the 
and co 
(Hearty cheering). I don’ r half- 
labourers, half-paupers. Men employi i fap 
pect for each other. No 
pa can feel himself happy unless v, a 
comfortable. It would give you pleas a lot of 
my boys, pig afte rsa og i ty paee sage 
and chees e in the elds, By - employing labourers 
p 
ttered 
ats. 
bel “Thinks thorough drains 
Mr. M‘Caig, Burnultoch, 
had drained Moss ; thinks t ugh drains run deep 
i a best for E off water ; does not presave 
f burning ; nor does he approve "of turf o 
paid od several fee et, and though the drains origin ally | d 
Beep, yet, by the Moss subsiding mate aly. they were 
shallow. He would advise, geist that, in 
rain pach ands, the | drains should be put very 
to allow for N e 
, Whi ho 
ha adt toi at upon all mae ee I wh of drain- i 
the comfor y ane were emplo 
need not Pa the ste about free trade. P ioed, we 
they c: cann ot do as the t Pag The 
a 
rains $F Moss land to be cultivated. Mr. Dalry mple 
t 
the other day was interest- 
ing on that subject W hatever changes may take ae 
hay 
imately yo i ee or four aed be 
were undraine d, the pict were stinted 
commended soles to be use a on all occasions, ae the 
said he might just add, that formerly he 
his lands with large tiles, but now he uses small 
ones, which he thinks answer as well, and are much 
heaper. He had spent upwards of 3000/. in in- | ca 
ing, but had found him paid in three or ‘eal 
years, and the soil permanently improved. 
to good tenants. You 
have'seen this day prizes ven 
to nboures for lon ti give 
servitude. Such cannot be the 
srai for I will Ried 
efficiently, th 
J $ 
4} s aq 
sg a way. id “(Much cheer- 
Reis STONE.— Thin Sowing.—At the last m 
menen opposed to ma sowing, again b 
subjoet before ae meet ra 
where i 
c ious, xid late ; but when drained t se ` ET 
e was the case. His Lordship, by way of illus- age p manure. all 
referred to two very rough a pre Be lds Tapie was get th: in the ee was a — want Ape 
h he had ts ing Be upon ou on Tor itn A tanks : the _ liquid, manure was the richest, but now 
o cos t 
4h 
cattle and shee 
on 
rated. He had constructed for 
4] 
which received all the liquid manure. Th nis was ee 
up and poured into compound middens, composed of 
peat-moss, road weeny a &e. Vitriol was a goo od thing 
pfs than by Mr. Spl 
duced as much as the thick sown. A egsa 
that the price of thin sown 
mention ed by the penne ¥ 
ic side of it 
pg 
ing and proper ma- 
being pr ee drained, „the great 
1 
o 
ned out, on 5 ie cut, g re peno m itin qu 
well. r 
tile and sole. 
of the tenants having —— tha E ~~ 
uan- 
D.) did not see ‘why ‘they should „not answer tity being ‘at the same time fron from blight, whilst the 
hey should be m the following resolu- 
In Kent they a, d been long used. Some tion was adopted oam solved, That having 
af ; 
usly :— 
Mr. ae ter hearing th 
quantity of artificial m: outlay of 
capital, that they und ae: yom net gat so much 
as they were desirous of draining, Mr. M Mickan Sid in 
vis’s 
gentleman’s explanation, it pa still deemed highly desi 
able for ore farmer, who can drill early and ie 
a appro aching Mr. ‘Davi ‘is’s system, to try at 
l 
Qhasa } gaJ nf An f, 
3 
BE Seighboarhood had an opportunity of obtaini 
PRET ES 97000 Th 
ý and to report | the results to the club. “The elub 
a 
E hy 
tot 
tateat Oxenfi mth rears ipren said: 
xamining the d drainage « x that t part of the Rhins 
f gr a Area p of 
and padi extensive use of manures and of green rops 
wo ould tend to fill the tenant’s pocket, and ia him 
Mr. M‘Lachie 
ght a ER ee uiting aibe be saved, if a 
observed, in ni to a question by Mr. aeina 
de ep 
in vas between the „wet and the dry la $ 
ethe M. ith the gr: ars for 
p e the water is dammed up, and naturally flows over 
d making a swamp p e ie mo sex rain, in 
uld carry off r, that. 
t of lime in connection wit th g 
to try it to any great. extent.” —Maidstone Gazette 
Miscell 
nriches the Fathers t; but, g= 
ni 
rious, „in consequence of | decomposing these salts and 
allowing the ammonia to escape into the air. After re- 
tion has been commonly tig 
b langu 
ins being mad nn 16 Tak: double that 
or more, might have the effect desired ; and 
n 
principles inyolved in the practice of nerjonifnt, be 
in almost every ua b Te Lime,” tł 
says, “ enriches the pipe, Ba t impe overishes 
a length o 
stated a me thod by v t 
EY 
more asunder, T, put dry sand, gravel, or other 
ts substances, in large quantities, on zi Misa: aa 
cs time consolidate it with the roller, and after 
ve been anise ra this was very pene for 
aa eee: namely, the p of the ammonia, 
nt als. 
ae even with the ope ia as it is called 
doses, the land refuses to be excited. A Tike 
and the injurious effec it produces o im: 
EA 
PE 
mon salt, o: 
> 
might be He 
made, uld, however, recom- 
T gentlemen pem o Ka 
Png 
with six times its ull of water, is oured on some “a 
moss or sawdust, so as to form a thick paste. 
- | put into troughs.and eee on the walls at conve- 
f nitrate of sod: 
Their good effects w 
This is 
Sigh BEE 
ae Pentland- hills = 
way of the cattle and workmen. 
The piae can be atas fei the a — > is 
ag pepe 
Is ita 
acid is 
nia, forming sulphate of ert “ace er: less 
of the diluted ac cid can be e us sed as circumstances may 
2 it very well t Pare 
quenes of ntione s armer to 
blame seh oat sara ? 
Ec 
g 
Y 
4h ¢ Ait 4 et Weel 
these, z 
the Ege 
ye 
v 
s must have 
k adis al 
k y: Mo D. allude oa to a peat- 
med at Shotts inw which panar . part of his 
a man- 
year he took PER about 
wp mi See 
ble aoe = 
san =. os 
r. Dalrymple, that Mr. 
ne > Moss level ‘with it ¢ before he 
rati 
d epee in stables, jas 
h ł 
moss, thou gh he would Saar t be ae in the 
troug! n). "Tro oughs with it cin paste might | ! 
tl x placed along the stables and cow- 
hou: bd ng alpha o of "Time), l kas not Eea 
as sale: € ould de = completely fi xing the 
» thou h partial ally itm 
‘Ops Spring up- 
at go result, you add more 
erops still grow If or it requires ma e 
additi ion of 300 or 400 bushels mper: 
add one per cent. of lime to a so be ty » 12 persis in 
depth. _But after many the lime at | length ceases 
lurtandy Rejoiced 
f, 
method, whic 
acid is . ae ‘and therefore more readily unites vik the | d 
which will in rs ay raen i3 out the acid. 
avi from the Gal 
aam 
and th ay ats er is at a 
and. "Now rays he been dene all this time ł 
He been et one thing only in his lime—h 
his 
been carrying off 10 in crops. “is it t any wonder, 
utumnal show of the North Suffolk and South Noval 
Agricultural oe lately held at pd one sa es 
Edward Kerri a silver Cu as pre: 
to Mr. Peck, for E cow: iaa a 
oker 
Gowi wing, Paf Eje for the ‘est cultivated farm 2 
poor one or more of the other nine? „The iron. 
a i d 
he a gois no metal until he puts in lime also. He aie a 
of lime, an aad he Arade of a ramme ol metal. He 
more lime, d he procures per more iron. 
ag a Boye’: 
ti 
Mr. E: S. 
of not iar than 100 acres, 
e has 
Cups s for e best five acres‘of Wheat and five 
Moss has subsided from “loss of | s 
som Soot; oe the present level, re ich | who 
— a Mr. E. 
Swedish Turnip 
mes 
hh tied 
furnace; the 
i. | add ore and ~~ again, ma pr he wil 
riodi 
3h exhaus 
p aee ri ma he no effect. 
wiil obtain his 
ical fiows metal. with | the soll. | tke 
t to show the —_ of consolida- 
ess pe e to be. 
s drains should | 
d, o 
na in Fed the 
e had had 
ing gre cups to Mr. Gowing, said h 
pleasure of going over his farm that morning, and 
seen one better culti ried. 
tural la 
of... 
plants, the plan 
that he was 
ae d he sited no cabs 
t make 
all the apa 
re carried Df, and at least inZequal 
ara Review. 
g ‘arm-hors 
must be as various as that of winter, as ge modes pea 
some other farmers had been timid, but if they had gone 
fe fora pecs Bire Meal, they might have got a cup. 
means adopted are within the reach of the owner—the 
