294 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Armin à * 
T UP 300 lbs. d adding them together, we have the | Has any one of your 
hour by two horses, it is as if a weight of * de € xe ot the Term equal to i07, 900 ewts. | yielding by the scales ES weight of p 
had - lled u p that k Aes. ess suse d ey. de n (= lifted) one mile per annum; or ip AC n A to such am lo Ven à 
readers Seen 
*vellous quantit 
feet À ch, t o 16 tons is a great a i y? 
sa 100 000 X0 l. ditet, posti as “this * id tuting fr acr ie AN e Mo ng fi lin te » equal cota ja s and Pp n 
: rt or 195 i , eave any sort of Potatoes in th Noui 
minutes it is equal to a qu m Phish | to the lift of 393,875 Ibs. one foot high per minute A word or two ou reatig or lae 
$ s 6d, treati ber than, 
66,000 feet raised 1 foot high per minute, Whie i that time, which, as N are etl y e of 43 
for the work of two . cervesponds © xác üy ding 1 9,603 — anise, about as much as Lorrectly, of 28 additional ones He wet 
with the horse-power as defined in b | that o » Whi bed farm, and a j Me — ge P do Ere yh the depth Fel 
The $ in the essay aey 2 pe erformance indeed. The — * . nnually them, and does not at any tim put 
correspondent e cost of horse-power 9| orres ponds to 43, 160 ewts. lifted 23 silo per this; this tan must be very comfortable un t erg 
h £ th 5 i SE h P T. BE M coy 
the farmer for every working lour o 8 r.15 5.98 ewts. per hour during the year. | Potatoes, “which i s upward growth. ring for the 
al year, They also ascertain in the same vaT FN Now ‘shore boar costs him 11314 10s, | warm, y porous bed, that is, for its 
as in the case of ploughing above described r hour during th ea | lay 1; and consequently two com wean 
the quantity of labour dore upon the farm li Horse- dete in this c "à then costs rather more | suit the appetite and con titution of the betas 
annum in M uoo 3 rolling, eu ti n 6d. per owt. drawn (= lifted) 2} miles, at the pee quantity aud quality taken into ge E 
2 DHE bas à * * — of movement specified. If his horses walk the Jodie RE > — instead of a ory 
2 “3 ited e miles shee aso of balf 4 4 8 miles in plou ing an acre with a ó owt. draught ht, pees. Theititn esas E iden; bat jp 
all that time s | (which indicates very deep and heavy work), the ever e morbific aded in — — alarin, or, 
p farms t Ly om a — Work is done for 8s. per aoge. And these We) the Potato. For 10 hema thi gardener bes he 
Pd: 1 "1 e —— vost of | repeat, as in the former case, are the figures with | potatoes free from any disease. This is the 
and 3 oft the fo. —.— table "a = a d wear of | Which an engineer would have to compare the per- | substance of treatise the second, “Not wu 
horse labour in fi wages, —— it iad | formanees of hi ise CUN otato will be found” after the above tiet 
horses and implements, — acksmith's, you 1 rate all the py on This may be quite true, yet Pota : 
farrier's C., ls as Dor gs the Sear - ht incurre in peat Moss soils abounding in the 
columns 4 and 6—then it ia P ain that the co “ad | your Seeks together = 1 een notoriously affected b the — 
horse labour per ewt. aed i 5 7 p, | the whole into vet lifted through a certain | rp * "Er our experien 
m hour is ascertained "| space i in a certain time. If you ean i 12 5 us that he as obta ained any = dr 
| cost of horse food, of hart. of plou ih tant 
1 2, & oq o4 . 6. keeping up live and fos eaten poe dm sie | ft he iter bie gi P In ve 
Cost of Horse Cost of | Work done you can place the xact ngi e the seed, and 
Annual Labour, | Labour. Moreh pawor and the comparison leads, as in the o orked | < intnetly, be preparos the euh f 
No./owts. drawn ſo ts. d Per | Pe | aan out above, to the cost of horse-power per "es of | banks (moulds) up in due time well on each d 
1 uio pe 3) ci per Annum.| Hour | 24 miles. | draug ht, at a given rate of moyement." row. The 8 of tan can obviously be ‘uly a 
x a E |a limited scale, and it is probable that in the eap x 
ELIRA $ d. POTATO CULTURE. uestion it has been d but t experimentally, 
1 N : ; 5 M " A very brief treatise, — protected by law, e pply some to a few — i A 
: 34612 | 9 63 0 | with a erates caution “against reprinting this wor ork,” willing, report the result e 
4 98116 | 7 33 9 € was recently advertised in the Agricultural Gazette. | for preserving tubers intended for seed are 
$ p i1 210" | H : The author is a practical gardener, who has had and notwithstanding the er ciae] a 
ge of 35 years experi i 
. : — the advantage of years’ experience. Expecting some advantage ma ed, es LT 
- As another example of — way in which the from the : eee May gain pecially - 
imposing announcement to derive useful|pe rmt cultivator, from the remarks of 
2 of the ab ve table were ame | hints, esi at the of ls. this treatise, and | Ara 
"red we give ihe. 2 es d of m lab e by the same writer, stitched in the = dev 
of per farm ; T NIN, t Bon- same sorer, _profesn ssing to inform the public “how to}  FARM-YARD SUNDAY EVENING SCHOOL 
nington beer a ege plant Potatoes so R 2 ras Me erop, ps o Gd free [The following seems to us to give an ex worth fd 
B 
from diene —— ite Gd. — ing. It is a placard issued last year at Reigate, 
m: vage ispropo: “Methinks, by all this provisien for nami 
t : Ks he pace 
E! : E : E d ice and the aut P no ane of nah. the s nehiy n 
ines and the second 43 
- HE id A MS Ph ere of the. pem at — 5 of which 15 lines spaciou in x well fi arnished world : nes 
E: ; ä bad already done Ue eres etly in the same rank | thee with. an ability of — 
2 3 Tem 2 | 
ing tract, The analysis of the | and proportionable, and 
tom D e ng the 
of the variety to be cultivated, * howeve er 
-" EIC pee mL 
ivation, 
watering, and other gc si 4 deji. 
whole may vx in a few "E. ter 20 | and Welightfal to thee. I have pro * 
2 = TEE years’ experience of Potato cultivation the writer finds | materials whereon to exercise and eun 
— | E E] 885 | mas that with some modifa EN n. e of the late Mr. eig das ‘I have given thee an qnd 
be s ms & Knight is the b e ot, however, ecl what t hand, „ to make 15 tip 
Fi g E z F = cultivators generally would cons ider — $ 
Sn S/S & S 3 &sj|4&|^ _ | practicallyright g the | plai ry T 40 
m ; t ling to the {of culture and e by thy e 
H > B | 2 3 8 & i | Cultivated. | probable foliage of the sort oe 2 ft. 6 ins. is our | mitted to thee for thy assistance in thy: ' 
& author’s standard distance, “no matter what ee cf, ploughing, - carry ing, and 
2 = " S282 plants, men or late, short-top o r lon ng-top , the patient ass, 
wel. & $ 8 EFT. H | e Ex ether mui Qe I iere A titu 5 1 oe 
— : wes whe laced u M ei rho ont of them of what is most pie 
Š SE | È 2 EF 8 D Sev C fn titers Tatter de details raed be svar or | — i of most wholesom „ 
: be e$ po. Ew = b my ow gue Fw Iam disposed to T have also made a — variety of trees, be 
DEE TETE E = (eens ide wi im in opinion both for food and ph end 
: * | es g| S 85 Ripbed. seed, he selects in harvesting time —— Potatoes bein ng improved by cult 
ë| : 
ugly o 
E n ane deformed in growth he does not despise them; aud if thy fic lds, sow them res Be 
8 - w% = gee R: : eni i ep tome Were eren oe 3 cub M xe s: pe d thew f the ; 
RI. 2j 8 mags of his foot he would prefer and spal of beasts clear and fence 
E 3 à er | and spoil o a . 
IERI A-—5. 28 Horsehoed, hent Me believes that cultivating the ter for — plant thy orchards with all 
ok See » ds “to surfeit. the plants: gels, the | trees, in such order as may be most 
Ss we 285 à g 885 Ş curl.” Tf this were so the thou 8 eye, and most comprehensive of plants - 
1 H R 8 $82! Š H planted with eut seed wonld present earful defend of | culinary plants and herbs, and- e 
b B Upon (rael ki "d RA. of; Mi deen divo ely with | for delectable mente gratify the eye " 
: D|SEe: € & eee ver, quite correet in| agreeable colours and figur 
: M pates nud od. preferring on wes and gratis uem t every | fragrant odours : n TO d 
3 Wy e Msapproves of dig- and vi rud for exotic an à 
HE- fis cag Sak ek Bee i ging. — land deeper than 8 i ben, e: — — nd dispose them in th 
F 1 — ESEE F igging or ploughing causes too „o drainage, and | be both pleasant to behold, and com 
dj P Sesgs A 25 ER MO, grow Strongest on a solid bottom.” | acces *I persuade myself that the 1 
t ccn bag oe x z | e repeats this roe in „ e or ine Mei PM — ns man’s being and fa 1075 
~. $e a bottom 2 qn picts, “Solid Potatoes lovea solid, rich | things elec, delights in the beauty naama siis 
818 Pak 88 8 E 8 SEE Equal tocart- or farmy ED. firmly in the oS 3 horse is well pleased with the industry — 
ole E xa 8 E ing 1 mile. which Do places, arene = e iays do down — tubers, the ea: arth with bea utiful 5 
- » rentiy in es anart 
The table AMAT self-explanato: it each row. Our author d : F shrubs, and 
; it : eta Pe Sabes H Or ak sais Uf 
may, ac be w to say that the yer of | Sage 12 small-sized whole tubers inohe row, 12 large fruite . m e, or m : 
dung, coal, and Eis Wann hea ? their ej » and six large ones bisected through | shady woods and groves and N es 
vex and that - 8 cartage, the going | row, all ^m refore making 12 sets in x: rees, with pa clothed with ados. 
noh retu ang le load the one case with and in the | small tubers Bode EN ar l alike. The 12 | valleys covered over — and 3 
0 Means t the oad, e. Tefen taken as re a oub- the 12 arge tubers produce 197 15 he. Tr tablo asos vat cated Tun d from a barren wd 
a a M Eie represent 1 oi sdrama ( =lifted) with : Aa Aoi be — hares 12 ent sets 13 Ibs., | wildern —Ray’s Wisdom of God à s d 
veral operations ne Pee at the -- 8 am Ne 12 largo Works of . doubtless did not bel. qur 
" — pe $ ordina ary depth o. — what under atul acre, This ld be an enormous ya curiosity and exquisi workmanship und ls igit 
draught a little higher, waited Fara, and me pen th advertis — — — circumstantial realities; but creatures, to be lobe upon with a nd 
m the labourof ploughing them up, &c., being assumed thes ae em Pise Qu os) 10 he acre wa trm t Pd bat to admired by the rati ead 
L Ag would have redueed the per centage here, as so much of 600 last ear. Wh t ify bis 
rupike road, but Mr. MEL teles each y o can by m o magn 
s ch — ** — Mena x e de bac mis-state EE rep roe m — — M perth throughout all ihe vor ed PA 
but I totally « dem the co; ectness of the — . but also approves of those 
