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THE _& ARI DEN E RS’ 
e AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
d hló Y Nen b put it in, dd as you 
decus supply may be supplied by liquid , m rows of ro th 
not be mac 1 Jing them [m anure at s I have shown, of 17. 12s. 6id., that | — D ds ill — F 
decomposed. TI à By ^o heat of a n d of the aver ge vélus of these s six — ira ving mould- boa rd t taken 1 off. The e — ata 
yeh: E ias constantly i rdi over, the | While therefore, as Dr. Voelcker says, “It is ll to | g — — 
that unless they w an oem made | remember tha ,000 gallons may .not like tl the cultiv Mind so that they ehaily. e iE 
tion t 3 very 1 ter ome e other fertilising. matter than 2 2 ewt. of — NEUE guano," | as deep into the soil as we wish hya raising d center 
em warp. an two-dies made of a y important to remember that if the 2 The triangular 3 ee also use after the 
trials, and get ma pájesting n nozzle of about 3 inches, E: drains are properly arranged it is far more e: to plough, when we have oecasion to use it between 
t Jod "to P and twist was greatly overcome, ntain as much fertilising matter as . t. of the | the rows. 
the MD sane guano. Indeed if the liquid can o obl ained as he Modes and Time of Using these Implements, Jf 
especial! hohe on pem side by brackets. Another diffi- seas = eign as the Westonbirt rin ll the weather be very dry after sow 
s Te ver, WAS yet to be surmounted, for it occurred would be as valuable as upwards of 2 be of the best | we use the grabber, expanding t to about 12 inches, 
eulty, however, and make it go as deep in the "bottom. of the furrow 
to me - pork bt again get into a soft pu ulpy state, ' M ly own opinion is that as most farms are at present which may 
1 drain, t aud altinately bee er de in place of | conducted and stocked, the less tanks are used th b 1 inches deeper than the] d was ploughed ; this 
TA 3 of water. I therefore put one better; let the buildings be spouted, and the stock, juod the bott d the t i 
panan a boiler to test them, and bo iled wh ether i in yards, boxes, or stalls, properly and c l tl ] t 
of the dried fi “bedded,” and there will be very little liliis the tion may 3 wen 
it for so | moisture to require a tank ; "but where a large head of the — — some are bunched out by the hand- hoe or 
so 
[attempted to write a paper on the subject, I aight 
i a fair chane ce | in competitio n with others, I there- 
have samples of these 1 ent stock is kept and „straw is 5 especi ally if thinned ont i in single p lan The next time — 
— * 5 ERN riy wine pa ^ A bere will be P nty 16 or ve inches, and make it go as 
opinion upon M: The following year a “this | liquid manure, an of by a means take care of it with it ; when the plants = 
tter became generally known, tie’ tni giá an nd Whe ther it Cox be used peti dil: Py ici in a more | recovered a d leaves on 
Agricultural Society of Scotland, of which pp is another question, and must, I d und, we oe use ae horse-hoe, ne it to 
de a member, offered for competition a pr f a gold presume, e decided chiefly by the ety m possess | 18 to 20 inches, and going with it eep re can, 
medal for the best essay or report on the use of peat as | for where you have only the and when the weather is dry and the plants seem to 
a substitute for tiles in draining. Knowing something old water cart for the expen- | want moistur not grow iant as we wish, 
of this from previous experience, I set t will prefer to apply it pretty strong but we then use the no with re horse going between 
tain the — at which peat tubes could be made, | where steam pumps are employed the. eviden the rows. In this way it is used: the mould- board i is 
the number daily, and other particulars that if pretty nfor in favour of abundant dilution. fE theh 
It is to be reg A t d that Dr. Voelcker has not given 
plough i is made to go as near to the plants and as es 
n more ^ta ormation as 
aside; we send the 
2 
be, with 
fore look rd says, 1 benefit results from tlie 163 diately after to harrow down an nd 
to a peat Xd material e f liquid manure to clay s ag he nd fertile — ad the earth moved up by t 
the experiment. This I found on the orfin, fiable pei "and especi is ially o of the case in which his | let in the iq into oe » palverised soil. One hors 
near to Mid Calder, on the Caledonian Railway ithin markably intelligen waste | dril l harre will do ork afte er two plonghs. 
or 12 miles at Edinburgh. To that place, of his tank liquid the best mode of der of it. t 
ingly sent a man with one of Ainslie's tile cR 80 Eh he t porc eH. 15 days, but it i cer Ü E — : at dd 
machin h two hexagon di ght no erm, lege ess Oi 8 22 e ticki to che »orses' eet, for ` then it 
a ey prepn tothe jide of the machine, changed into deficie vate. p? ai stock, for does it not | solidat te rathe soil, which E one 
2870 2000 each day, and the contract price at which 
s 5s. 
yh in using it 
be got rid of if possible, 3 el than a valuable material ba contin w 
by ake and c 
igs with him wa: per thousand, that sum 
placing them 
— 
ne the lea 
the use of ci een the rows, so that they 
ti 
get ure ed by à 
alone, if roots are not sufficiently abundan Mii ion. 
The drains were cut in 
vat "i the depth of 3 feet 6 inches, 
inthe usual manner, and i fouud the 
carcely 47. 
not only the making, but 
were dried by the atmosphere 
a hard re 
) my paper, giving all pa arti cula 
= as for Turr 
d 
The advantage of this moving of the soil, so often 
repeated between the rows of the roots during their 
growth, is that a grea 
soil is exposed to t 
this hastens the de 
Ais muted CROPS. 
ed from page 200 
THE preparation ‘of E M for di is ae 
The s is, how our. ecompo 
ase plan y m PA d as Oe 
ploughs cover the manure ‘the pu 5 is rolled ‘with the 
nip dr i * last roller of which is 
m 
degradation of the mineral matter of which the soil is 
composed, and makes it more friable and porous. The 
e strips of Oak = nailed longitudi- | 
nd thri it become ; it will more readily drink in the rain and 
* on the e As the roller is moved | dew 
the use of the growing 
‘tubes, 
r digitis SM Society i in 3 and after some eh 
poe say, the medal w. arded to me. WI 
M Te w mode T making K oRENE 1 became 
wn, I was led into a great deal of gireepon dence 
ny n in the three kingdoms, and e 
or 
the plants. J. M. 
top of the drills 15 inches. apart. A woman having a 
panat 10 of prepares Mangel seed in her apron, takes 
n her selec eting two of the seed 
presses it into the 
eio y the roller, 
seed 
(To be concluded next week.) 
AGRIC IRAE WAGES 
ar to think it neces- 
be 
Yy, 
th 
| repr: 
has the 
|that such a charge as thi 
Any on 
e of Mr. Grey's acquaintance must know 
t absurd, amd I am 
quite 9 that any person having the slightest 
EE. 
esentation against that gentleman, 
pleasur 
to plant 
The pro is is mos 
crops is, for Chen a ees) the Ist decens till the deci 
JELCKER ON LIQUID MANURE.’ of April, and for Potatoes from the middle of Feb | aeq ith th 
HAYE been reading Dr. Voelcker’s pap li for Mangel from the 1st of ig till the TY of M 10 mom — the — accuracy of Mr. ( iid 
last number of the Society's Journal, and | for the common Turnip during May n Sco sta etg "ew relates to the higher rate of 
seems to me the argument i not so clear against | during June in England; and for the 5 th eo happen to have a rather ex- 
appear. 20th of May till the 1st of July. By satin. some of | tensi ive | experience in à what t may be le e agrieul- 
parison muddy liquid from Tiptree | the Globe f d they will be ready by the Ist | tural labour mar koko ngland and Wales, employing, 
if w we make a . for the feria gravity, | of Sep em e lambs, sheep, and other 5 as I do, large bodie " labourers in land drainage and 
I think ought to be done, we shall find that The on "Tunis m may be thinned out to their | 5 operations of agrieultural improvement all over 
50,000 gallons will contain 39 15 Ibs. of ammonia. In | proper Matanao i in the row as soon as their second pair the Xin ngdom, an nd m N xperience is s this—that w I 
e we seldom get guano with a larger rtion | or roug ph $ eue are fally developed, and in doing this a 
onia than 16 per cent.; at this rate, and taking | with t e the singled-out plant may be left lying | from 10s. t week, I must give 15s. or 18s. in 
as Dr. Voelcker does at 13s. per with | on its silo potete ving any injury Bom the earth | Yorkshire, ‘Darla, d Northumberland, 
EN added for Scd sd application to the | being thus all pushed away from it, ja will.soon| Althoug altogether with Mr. G 
ca will require 2:18 c guano at a cost of | recover nd get strength to s d grow | the ee 3 w founded on his facts, believing 
Bd. to supply the boh. quantity. of ammonia, | luxuria 2 i» do 2 dos - other im cars such as 
EOM. nee than Dr, V. makes it. le Beli Turnip is e delicate plant, and | hich ought to be taken into 
Ne of applying the liquid manure is given | -— Es single out t the ned “it should have the 3 pectin — his . J receives a ia confirma- 
T y+ as from lid. to 2d. per P and the Mem developed. We therefore tion in caeca own che acres that if we except Wales and 
“Hor made at the rate of 2d. chi in his | th 
IN Profitably ^ says em 9), tl t bet to th uniform genit, the pr priee of a 
d Py n per cent. interest ag all the onteide £o "n po and give more 2 i» 3 easn: ed not by weekly wages but 
it is * E 24 wis RUN s d 9 grow st rong, and as soon as they are bya aid performed, is nearly the ads A ) 
für to Welte Ni “pe s ready e plants are . — out by eileen, leaving ssful itch of labourers 
north proves only, I think, 
* 1 3 one in the centre. i icd 
a ge 102) at 13d. to "a of Plants remaining on the Gr sl m B labourers away to 
iue medium, 14d., and we shall find that the | come to Mat 5 27 ches ca a um pe pone f 
f je. x llons will be 32s. 6d. apart if the plants are left 8 inches apart in the row, | -quoted by Mr. Grey it is probable that th 
hte of 14d. in fa > — —: there will 3 nd each will have a space of indifferent specimens, as the wo aei 
square inches; if 12 inches apart in the row there will | employed farmers, and 
— isany — — the be 19,360 plants, and each will have 324 square inches; Wn — but no one ca 
cia . 16 poe there es be M pd plants, and each will |: or * bi 
à " with a | have nare inc 7 and if 20 incl in same class, in 
. a il manae, ee! — but one | row there will be 11,616 plants, and puel. vi ^ue te e | Hereford, or Wale 
ammonia am: among the six samples | 540 square inches of room. eriority of the 
ae ine liquid from Westonbirt is 20 times as Although we have had Swedes weight, | but in his b 
= =e it ingredient; ; but if we ‘take the | Mangel at 20 lbs., and Carrots at 12 the weight, 8 Itis to be 
= which is 34.997 gr. of all these distances we have never been a n 
a in a gallon and correct it bythe | more t tons of the bulbs of Swec hoe iss 
on E which is 1.0032 on five Se e a nor more than 33 M: 
2 bem. shall find i — gres tbe ame s xtent. We bare had 28 tons 
It over 10 acr 
— uno aba cost of 11“. 85. 10d. to Theim 
