(siii 21, 1859.] 
the machino in a manner essentially similar to the ee, Paxton, o Bicester, then menced the sales 
action sten ent hem. The first lot Ames of 43 fro: 
he — n Oxfordshire A flock of Mr. — 
s of teeth or fork = prongs, der Sg or Roberts of nag rt near Witney, which attracted 
tise marked a, arranged i in one, two, or | after an active co ition, were 
rows, the said row — teetl bl | di 1 . 14s. 10d. 
88. suitably shaped frame, or two or more fra b. | pe ead. These were followed by 22 Oxfordshire 
The teeth @ may be made of iron or inh, à or rof — cs 3 owned and à a Mr. Charle 
iron, and the frame b may | made of wood or iron. | Gille tt, of Cot ouse, near These — 
frame of wood or iron c, w 
part of the tra 
drawn along, 
whi 
ction carri: age by 
or is att 
ch said free e either forms | r —- 
were much E 
D 
: d ne more t tans t 
1 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
E yin this ec county such mode 
“Can you get the ten 
a uan e?—ti — 
and the rents no ily paid?” was the question. 1 
| answered, “There are two things can be done to benefit 
both la rd and tenant—fell the As! er on 
arable lands, and keep down the game.” The Ash timber 
still stands, but the game was immediately got d 
d a * era It is now the remark of all who 
k. 
own this property for many years, they see 
Tue stimulant to these 
I inspecte: de 
ool 
, of Stanton Posi 
bet aus d or — d, d, v remis 
or axles wor rk i in urnals o r beari 
frame c. 
on, c or under ee 
xles 
the outer sides of the machine ; an 
ranked shafts | Cot 
near 
a 
n the months of br pi 
ld 
3 to my employer o 
an averas c of 
wold ram lam — the property of 
Gillet, of det e, 
raft o 
4 Ox 
ps 
anks e on one side of the machine are at 
% 1 cranks X. on the * side Ma the sai 
The size or of the depend upon the 
M th Lo ei Ti is dented th to — Ma 2 A 
tines are c arrie ed, 
ground 
wards \ 
_ the said teeth or tines enta the 
the soil out- 
h the machine 
is drawn over a land progresses onini E ard, the | 
teeth or prongs a, after leaving 1 the g ground 
d, d, are — led | 51. 
m 
es to a foot in the throw crank is foie Norton 
As e 
were now introduced and "ils 
5s. 6d., the last Par gi dispo 
Following these were 19 Oxfo 
m the old established flock of M 
This gentleman " 
prizes 
0 Cattle Show, i - addition 
| pen of € in the class ; they r 
A up L. only » which may be 
fact of 
private sale at an average of senex of 1 
The Oxfordshire Down she T 
IF eH 
tore-enter i t dist th “ihe 
1r, 
1 1 Banbury Agricultural Societies, and 
the prices of which 
— 3 e Down shearlings, 
x of Marlboro 
jaf of for 
rdshire Down shearlin 
r. William 
ached underneath or thereto. | w “hich, after a ver eig competition, were all. sold at 
Sl. 175. 3d. 
Mr. 
ough, 
m Gillett, o 
1 
the recent 
he 
alle an average of 
accounted for z the 
tan having been previously disposed of by 
epe 
at which they prev iously | ente ange- 
t+ 
length = 9 of the said 
diggers 
operated 
1 8 hl 
p prongs or | 
‘upon, “and the depth to which it i y be| 
W. Gillett, of the sam 
was unable 
pri ivate 
year, having 
y be c 3 8 for ik 
the rep of iai Dy On ne operation of the hine. 
Some he forms of t 
drawn A drill m may 
by a gon t roll if desired. 
being 9 nded of the 
machine, and the moti 
a cycloidal n The m 
essive motion of the 
achine 
pro; 
ion he — ranked axles ^ d, is of | n 
whi ch t the 1 
r. 
pc varying the | John Bryan, of MSN who succeeded the late Mr. 
e place, and who has usually 
to be submitted a very PT lot from his celebrated flock, 
to do so this dispos 
contract a6 end an 55, some of which were 
ed of by 
2 for e season — as 20 gs. each, and others were sold 
t the same pri 
Willia 
desi 
eg rtg vía d 
to which the | av 
50 gs. M the 3 
€ hue s 
report 
of m farming, the appearance of the 
| stock, and ediatel; 
also the impe The tenants imm 
| begun to stir themselves—artificial for Turnips, salt for 
— guano — TN pens the weeds looked 
and destroyed; a these farms are not like the 
same, m rents xo m the mide — "e 
nt doing x ec rng over the estate at that tim 
500 ac ened p^ land, id 
lo er said, * * Look here, can you do 
8 hé „ 
ee 
nere, — + Tg eed * — medi Min 
andlord got but little rent. I got consent, and — 
diately set to wor mile 
in length next toa "river, the high- Water mark of which 
is higher 
power fixed n iun to pump the 
[rins when uired—this costs working upon al 
e 207. a A r. The final of this improvement i 
acres . lets ef T 20s. per acre, anc 
rops P ems Oats 
ave 
“water out of the 
— 7 
rows fine c 
LI of good Flax th 
— t of acres v 
show vn me fall of pit — a. geb with stunted 
— ns brushwood 7 but little value X foi 
r game, This land I said was a disgrace to this 
d 
0 
pg 
Cea mae s 
laim 
The sales concluded 
atu 
is connected with the — power by 
drawn o ver the ja nd, and by which. motion is given to 
3 
ése — in side elevation an agricultural om. 
pressed air or tracti i itl i 
draft $ trom the celeb rated Cot 
. Smith 
br. 18s. RA 
air 
M 5 
y p 
e machine may be 
to t. 
that such is the Pond fie is 
t 
sales that, of 216 rams — vm th 
sold to ves r 
1 1 down, and 3 o 
1 1 
er wh 
of the macl 
d to be m or condensed m or 
but 
requisito — for turning the 
l derstood, and 
possess sion. 
ira 
2 
he practical knowledge of t 
il, take the 1 as à "dg. th 
demonstrates they 
study, the different soils | requi 
ledge | man’ 
ri men 
d to cultivate so many 
eq 
ent to reclai 
— of this T 1. xm been Log cultivation six years, 
roduces fine crops at the rent of 18s. 
| ions cost of reli ing the trees, 23 
I was to i di 
nd, black sandy soil, 
the Messrs. 
la 
very worst of land to ons até pro pong he ; fei: rent 
was . ar * ya -— than 
Suffice MIS took a 
prize at the Root Club tor white accion, the — 
year sold the Barley to the malts ter at t the top | p 
eter of th 
hem, MS W. iui 
t prices 
their After 98 
— Sal deny that the Oxford August Ram Ma rket | 
up E N bs 
To show 
ap e shi farms 
8 of the Mun Doc fg 
ir know 
of 
emp ploy er was offered 20s. — 
acre for the home farm, gien I * * gavo up. 
The a same tenant has it and is well s ed 
as is 
with his bes gain. Dur ioe 1 time Lely inge were 
carried out I had to superintend — rge kitchen us 
flower "eun hot-houses, &c. I fear I 8 
* 
* 
R 9 E 
1 IA. 
opinion t to be, as some in almost every 
» like a good cultivated gentle» 
F. 
Climate of Scotland. e following remarks 
the te operations — hen broad ied ig odes 
convenient t cutters or 
diggers on adag the. ad. whieh is readily e A 
by the crank motion. And uch turves 
required to be au it w e that za row rof 
ill be 
fixed coulters mes 
. Are the gard 
great perseverance? How often do wi 
La to ix ges - 2 pus othe, w 
me to have for his week's 
raction 
eek? How 
y ability for 1 18. a — what all —— 
- 
tim 
gardener according to ability from 24s. to 
com 
and few ' ge entlemen will M" e to 
Th 
5 
3 
ese extracts, ge rm to figures which we are dL of fi 
unable to give, will to some extent explain the idea of | i 
the inventor. new. 
coursi ng, ting, crick 
eners paid T their — 
Pd d 
ate of —Th fms 
Milne Home at a recent 2 of the eet 
1 Socie ety appear to me to deserve pu nication 
d 
wanted, | 
meni s Ape a | 
ener to show | to 
rers — * 
Giv 
40s, * E 
bad 
ards 
empera t 26 stations over Scotland the average 
over the hoe = Scotland for the whole year was found 
to be 47°, w agreed very nearly with 
8 fine h passed thr 
— 
zm 
E 
E 
n Eng 
rns a eee od 3 
peeing: down . wages peer the 
rem und >big =. the lowest poverty 
eek fo 
ce . 
win 9s. 3 
A the le n to su "uen - pe - his wife, | 22°, being considerably less than it was i land and 
such a d nd Reflect on | other A marked difference was observable 
woolled br c as is rar sheep to be seen. The first sales | this you who can afford into the above e sports | between the stations on the sea co d nd those in the 
consisted of 40 Oxfordshire Down rams, belonging to | and pastimes. I see in this 3 men — dry *. interio he coast stations the temperature was 
Messrs. Drace, of Eynsham, which were offered for sale by and an onion for br reakfast and dinner Let 1° or ith me than the — rae in jet 
Messrs. T. Mallam & Son. years the Messrs ind f labourers e 3t the evil and 1° colder in summ verage tempe- 
Druce have ranked very high as breeders. of this class | are eme soon to be better paid an care d for, the rature of the whole was 46.4 P hoi 
— ‘The fact, however, that th li do. uj the 3 The p 
arwick Meeting a first prie of 207s hi h com- | their work. the hand working man well and he 
eo mus der their ran i dure. is 777 „O. 
ditional And indu e ma Good Farming in Norfolk.—In a late im E 
long distance 1 25 n highest price Mr. speaks of the 
obtained was average of the whole gardener. Will you me to 
sale was e 8s. "ws gp idein rie which Messrs. | there are many gardeners now 
Druce ma elt y year was 17 gs, and the a ive employers who would 
was their experience, but they are afraid 
ose is next submitted 20 Oxfordshire Down | presumptuous. I, like many more, believe that 
m tlie flock of Mr. John ihichmeny ort Mil- | writers in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
high character, | for the improvement of agriculture. By the 
The biddings were spirited, — ee ised | ical men others learn : wil pow ellis me to say 
ranged from 10 gs. to 5 gs., the avera he sale a few words on what a er can 
being 7 Tl. 5s. 6d. Me E" sales c] with 18 | perseverance? It will be puni. p 
f „belonging to Mr. C. Hobbs, of I engaged to present emplo; 
| Mi impio near Cricklade. The highest pa. bailiff and to Pac F var the estate buildings, &e. In 
Which these made was 17 gs, and the average was the month of F. Iwas 
* 17. 104. Mr. Jonas Paxton, of the firm of Messrs, by my employer. I expressed my 
