THE . E naa 
eM society has conferred upon the e locality : these loc i showed the same draught on the dynamometer, v 
viz. 
3 owt; as Howards. Having dear y tested the 
or d d t of a good Laien X different circum- 
I 1 Wien they had e such as iner sed or , lessened depth or iy 
"What I have done width, with the coulter ann he im 
— duty. I a i 
w re the 
eve that we | with additio bak weig icht be pon — at different t 
e paces, T 1255 or di hill, or el work, e£ hoc genus 
ow "ii dw ell the care that is needed, in ee 
ading of the dynam eter. I wou 
he bes t breeds of stock, the | best pu of volte, tl 
y 
almost go so far as to gi that the nice dieta may 
l ither way, e object is to serve a given 
pur "pose. Plate XII. in 7 51 a 8 of den 
724, will fully 
nis w 
e ub Noni to with the corresponding Article at p. 
illus 
Some people tell us that on and, * a ond character 
stra ate my meaning. But the Scottish “trials $ appear 
nd oft 
an en 1 
ut he had to compete with first- 
as it is rate ha i "it rue that the wheel. ploughs 
8 
were the eal st dac kind; 
"de = instances in whic ‘the a roximation was 
boast of | di ocal plough-makers had X aware of the 
fest the trials d lent t their aid i n bringing new coulters an 
i T which Dele aes denny Wena fh 
. | all of which were in ai of those usually found in 
vols ing Gloucester: practice. Whereas, at D. pr get moment, I doubt 
t ad. not but many ploughs in the north will show uri 
If nay reader. has fne travelled | twice the draught of a go whee gc w ial the 
n-the Wold, same size of furrow slic ark 
res not | cautiously, but not without fuir proof th 
that there aro heavy Sica obstacles with Asa whole, Pe" and other trials exhibit. it tho 8 
as a saving of fully one-third in favou the w 
h. is is the 
vue the improved wheel if the writer is correct in his remarks, here is an item 
d. In many cases of an important character. The saving on one plough | m 
wooden pen and handles pre- e 5 how much more must it be when 
b 
mole lied by the ploughs of a large farm, or of braid [fos 
"These: are — out in n the locality much the same as 
is practised in Scotland, But the mould - board i is o often 
tlan 
Frae Maidenkir 80 
hn Fo Ten N remarked, hat — «with three | 
i rab n Sc 
of the superiori implemen, Tti is true that the 5 fac 
2 
"a 
un 
ir Jol 
and a half millions of arable acres otland, a saving 
pe i f 
r. mer 10 ra 
second to none I have else- that operation. (to P 000 * horses) d 2 
sno; Madly. sd s thi t. He is enormous amount o ter a little 
à > 000 ac — A the neighbourhood A aoee Be details, we may take the — 15 acreage of pe 
,000 
acres over Sir John's estimate. 
PP 
aor Ne fast Now. according to the statistical return for 1857, this 
general pur- | Would give the following extent of crops, on a farm of ab 
sed Nei 
poses, doing their: fec well, md much rior To 1 5 1 500 aer 
es :— 
59 acres Wheat and Barley. 
= 136 ,, Oats, Rye, and Bere 
Fg Beans, eas, and Vetches. 
ts and Fallow. 
91 „ Roo 
205 „ Clover. 
00 Total. e 
ect is not to construct a rotation, and I there- | de 
“for 8 3 My obj 
EA Mis apt and E Em for Swedes EX eo oe follow the statistical order ; peii takin g the Aaka 
5 of first ¢ and se cond years wth, 
f ler Ges 
its Fuge is either 
VJ 8 Y 
A roots) a a five years’ course could be — — 
m 
me ching nearly approaching thereto. On a well- 
managed far farm of this size there would be 500 
some 
and the latter three-fourths of acres of ploughin g annually, allowing the roots to be 
ul to cede ee furro kn 
arises from | searifier in Norfolk—is to some extent exchanged for | de 
gende as 2 E spread of the|the plough. A good Warwickshire farmer, n Mio 1 
wheels; while the travelled in Scotland, i 
8 
pat | Le d by thr WS. ow that there a 
re | dem 
the other. met: my | many farmers whe would manage medium soils with hi 
4} p 
of 1/. per 
sally ze dem: 
it N a light cedere Si 205 my fa wy ? he adds, | f 
<T ot generally plough more than tires times for 
plough, Shien 1 d 3 as five crops. First, ren up the seeds for Oats ; second, | F 
a furrow of| manure and plough for Beans and Peas—then ify 
€ ‘Alex gan for Wheat; third, give a deep w Swedes— 
best | aft ley, and sow down to seeds 
his digression. With 
near ir Bar! 
swing ploughs registered 6 694 when n . by | again. eturn from t 
RENE Vin ing bores in i in Scotland, the strength for | 
r W. 
| ing hi nine pairs. Although the 
inl 5 
the ground, draught ought to bes it somewhere; eith 
of Halkerton, ‘which registered 369 Ibs. at 67 in. | eorn-bin, i in the earlier finish of e © operation, pex in 
ge of 
is given at 560 lbs. Surely, EE must be| It is not too much to say that it vou, show ite toa 
in all these 
een M ee Sit 5 s hypothe of an hour e Tw 
strength, we gain at 
ed leas b eight vede ug Of e PAE oF horsom 
compar: 
y successfu 
Meme from from Athole, and the neigh- lw wevi 
ete pote — "c of Agricult "m — 
gi ure, gives some 
4 
character. Comparing the pro- 
ri "Ou, a Small’s, | 5 
a quarter of — = Sher Yos fter plo ughing ee 1 An 
not 2 add en one of the Scotch plough, | 2598 to come into extensi 
hi i Perrin eni gx dum ewt. sulph 
: given in Table No. III. The was excoedin E gm 
time was extended for | 9Xecutec, e Nh baving a pre m 
he 8 to work of No. 9 (both Howards') was 
nicely cut ot so well closed as it should have 
is so constru 
can be adjusted to an aioe of oak Er fold By the DUE. | ian 
