394 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL _GAZETTE. [ Arn 30, 1859.' 
qux us zie a vine Re ace t pie S 
Mies hing, &c.—sufficed to bring t vy 
at one time to bear the Fir tree 
n the increased g corn] We took the way through the woods, as it a 
that. resulted oem keeping it, pe 1 that p ity f fro an opportunity to witness the M i 
this so as dearly bought. DIM s, Reti with eios endi estne verni eh 
ch g ur readers | bringin: e land i , ; f : 
— T 174 pues ‘of the us jd rs Smith of B otseient) thespace with more Meine i as a wide variety of pr n was 
Lois W. W year after year, upon | Beech, the Larch, and a tree bearing n 
the same land without the application of manure, and | Cherry. The distric psi i : stablish E 
the E that resulted from so simple a system | not many years ago was entirely under. wood, 
offarming. I have again dte an absence of 8 years | c er 
had the pl iti . Smith 
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farm, and can but feebly express my astonishment at|aspect for improvement, so unlikel DP" St Fudlanéo of 18,122 franck, & rede Wis 
— — — — up idi: E hrs 8 — 1 a iis the pret nati of | proof of what could be done by patient 
assure your readers i the fact. mee thirteenth crop of e operations y 1257 in force b 
Wheat without manure ed i rs is now on th sa 
nd, looking as * as can a’ be desired, and | are Aone with rich harvests Y Ry Pl vere 
flowing or e" that yielded 2 qrs. to the acre. The re- Buckwheat, these forming the base of the agricu wi 
turn h for 18 ee been 4 and 5 qrs. per acre, | 
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te aze as we walked along—in ual increase in the fertility of the soil and 
ruri = exhaustion, and te Sires which in ds ine you saw a plot of sterile the experience of workers enabled the extent E 
often tg too luxuriant, et n the yield — been sand in close contiguity to ar er. with | under AY y atio 1 eae ased to 168 hec i 
reduced below 5 qrs. it bas beat from its being la aid. I| the promise of harvest — there uch to - verias Of this in , 95 acres were put Es ciii | 
tify the mind, and to yenit what pim Sa e 1 en ES a the pex consumption, v | 
by the Tiffield —— soula doi e making the x pon ~ ossom | fo 955 Rye, ectares; Pota | 
tory Biol, dé iiid Mariig been t — pss e the Eve very n we ca | Peas 1 M orsa 7. For a e of 
very foul state. In 1856 it ll 1 plot $ ] 71 h ectares, thus—Oats, 19; Buckwheat, 83 
rather a foul "i but * in produce; end Wn at cultivation, with its t iny house and cow-hou use, = ta dag Turnip and Rot 2 [^ arro ; Je 
drilled three and then an interval of 3 feet; the| pit and its liquid manure tank, the conten Artichokes, 1; Clover and Rye-grass, 21; meadow, 9; 
intervals fo rked t — times during the "— of the | fo! orm t the far mer rs mic frie nd in bri ringing the ' sandy orchard, n La p Bes bu 45 p the rel of lad | 
and mo The roduce 9 ion I appropria | 
— * corn . Ibs. per es hel. It is rdiet than those we ja iae vta qu su s Colz from ink eee or an the proportion of 3 to 7. 
Wheat, and — remarkably well. Does not all Tarnips, Carrots, and 2 — forage ie of which the This * . de to afford nourishment for 
this go far to prove the improvement that is to be Clover is the princ cipal and the. ien and glory of|a larger number of ca e; 5 kbd bi consequence to in- 
made by deeper * manr disintegration of | Fle pmish far inge Ad man a xem 
the soil, and keeping the lan One would sup: f 4 impor po his depart- 
pose that a ice so onis so y aijrombla'to to reason, on thro oughout clem we saw in passing one occupa- | ment, sai that E Within cattle he can obtain s 
and so developed in every day's gardening, and carrying | tion, a field Hu Colza sonore we a — of how s. The 1. 
with it the attraction of extraordinary profit, would long Gurren t jas En pas: ark t 14 horses, 5 draught oxen, 1 ass, 
since have gained the attention of farmers, but strange | plant kno ig om as reni (pur) Me is “fo d to be | cows, 37 heifers, young bulls and oxen, 30 s 
to say it has not done so, ay canes or ng that it was Me y a useful in bringing pure sandy soi ils into sheep—156 denizens of the court-yard. According 
1 be the successful e of Jethro Tull good condition. From the rapidity the last report which we have received, the à de 
130 years ago (the father of the dell a nd horse hoe) sowin um y beo obtai ned in a year. The first crop is eulture for 185 8 sree Me following : mus 
and Mr. cae has bal his * Word in Season" saved fi sufficient for fi á 
11 or 12 y. I have warmly recommended it to at- crops; as these arrive at the flowering stage they a re Ws Beete 2 3; 11 grass, 12; N 
— ador, 1 diad much of my success in farming | plou; slid tks the Rye crop succeds. For seed the quan- Ohios ate. ; prairie, 5; Hari cots, 1; Jerus mete d 
of poor land to the deeper tillage, wider drilling, tity o of seed put in is 25 kilogrammes per hectare, chokes, 1; . 6. The stock being alt 
thinner seeding, and the free use of tl th tit: he seed i s, 4 bulls; milch cows and 
: and I believe much more has yet tò — done | towar MES middle of April after all fra are over; | purchased, 39 Me n cows bred on the establis *" 
> far UM the end of. June the first harv obtain ied. | 4; heifers do., 26; oxen do., 22; hogs, 29; pigs, 105 
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experiments in th and | to its va yed in the way we have | 1300; ee eee e 150 fin c5; 1 1 
A Word in Season,” and * Lois- Weedon Hus sbandry ” indicated, ii is "highly dede as a forage for cows, as Having furnished a brief 3 of the t isl ai 
are recommended by his motto— is sai idgreatly t to increase the yield of milk. progress of the establishment e hasten to de The 
we cement. 
“ By this mode of husbandry, compared with the ordinary, j 
the moiety — an acre yields more than the whole."—4 free short notes on the history of its agricultural progress. In | main "building, i in which are the ; oodd v lage 
n Hesiod. 1849 the extent of land belonging to the establishment and the dining saloons, forms one e oii f 
Hewitt Davis, 3, Frederick Place, Old Jewr, ee London. was 127 hectares—a hectare being equal to 2 acres | quadrangle, the other three sides of which are k 
e would caution any person who is|2roods. The - thus appropriated was of the poorest | by the ranges of workshops, contain vi, aie 
disposed to rely on this fodder for horses, ct to cut it | order, and gave but little promise of being ablo to Ai one story in height. The offices, — pints asit nas 
0 early, as a few years since we produce for the wants of the establishmen: e | the residences of the various employ 
saw a field cut before the flower appeared, the stock | was lavishly applied, this Pu chip piy the errata pro the enclosure a second or outer i flowers and. 
very small rotten heap of black useless Het of the inmates of tl ison de fi centre of which is dw filled up wi jle ser 
literally good for nothing. The Oats | Ghent, these jefes 8 da te eons ; a shrubbery. The ce the inner d 
” and cut before the grain is fully | in a brief space of time the land was capable of bearing | as a play-ground for the po. andis fitted up 
mowed and tied as if the corn had|a wide range of products. O 127 hectares above 3 nastie apparatu tv an de 
after having had sufficient “ field room” | 5 63 hectares 12 ares one are being equal to Passing from ee of the dormi iton 
the ok, ao ië should Vo bor cut up as og for|3 pm i square yards — were put under the dini ns, all of which are disti d Dim 
should be borne in mind ps:—Rye, 18 hectares; Po ; | pulous cl ess—the result of the labour 
cro 18 h $ 75 ng ean 4 devoted. 
1 an excellent food for 33 but the e] 65 Flax, 4; Vetches, 1; Peas, 3; Carrots, 1; themselves we enter the various apartm drawings 
: — O E the best. J. W., Peter- Buck wheat, 8; Turnips and Ruta 2; hin j 
k Clover 4. The stock department was made up as and sketches of agri wc iven 
: follows:—4 horses, 2 draught ge 11 milch cows, which adorn the walls the p minence gr through 
3 heifers, 9 young 1 3 eben l ass, | agricultural aim Sd the institation. Passing being cooked 
Foreign Correspondence. th try), 40 fo E S mex bred ana sp caldrons, an ar 
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ro geen of which many of the peonliarities of C sin ion of agricaltural pro- | corn-crushing mac dich are Loo" : 
Flemish husbandry—alw: ways an interesting su Wers to n ee Ghent unis of year pre a “ve medal |f food ; and to the machines Pin opa. Th din | 
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verument: te eta ja Demy: une OPOE, vinti on being € than the renge The rota- | liquid manure at high yt through ee 
children, beggent, a 9 ale 1 ers me tion of crops, &e., as based on hein: generally | pipes jane ; underground 88 sos in and , 
1 blishment. 
ah the principal aim be. » —G: the boys in the | from the following plan of ni ds Eme fur the yar — Fd Mei eg from 
useful to to the boys in after E not, prins CR se 1850, the extent of land under culture being in service. Muc Regge is being er, the 
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bj vine his distant Y Potatoes, 1 1; Fiax, 3; Peas, 2; . — 3; Buck- the trial are bein looked fi or with ue 
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school being to establish a complete separation of the wheat, 4; Chicory, 1; Froment and wa Barley, | interested in discov vering Fe ones 
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d as to facilitate the agricultural operations, This year an experimental field establis aie lads of vat the 
having for their ai raising of a sufficiency of food which to test the value of vari 1 - 6 observ. t Pthe forge, some Span? 
for the maintenance of the inmates of both schools. wi : ous grains and plants, busy pee some » and a p" 
j 2 with a view to the adoption at those which adapted | and ‘all labouring with energy wa ag 
It is to the boys’ school that we shall direct the} to th e best chance of meeti aye abouri ng id their age "oy Wi 
: f — nce of meeting the war: — which, considering aod 
he establishment. At this period in history of | amusing in which the 
- de is about 2 21 vie 3 leagues from Bruges, | the establishment the number of children admi finish and another 
ess to it is to take a ticket | 350. interesting to watch with | have done 
and Ghent Rail- | which the great 2 f the pupils prope into all work required to keep irpleme 
— cither along the high road or| the operations o! ive yea ustrious and even to add to their number, 
you to the establishment. | labour of the little sites: -aldMd at — only by | workmen. — the superintendance 
