Serrex»er 10, 1859.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 747 
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Ax CULTURE IN * 1859. preceding, it led to it Abs | field of Ma T €——— 
owing returns show in statute acres th the Hexham Farmers Club. Mr. “eg — is of Dick ie — — — — primar 
Tur foli E 13 —4 E M as Jods’s ; lso | it their own a manufacture; 
— under Flax in — A in 1858 and 1859, eom- as bad itf — durin ne LR — it hae 3 is equally available for ts chert Da of ro — 
ing on arm, and e- it, it went through i ork 
Counties ma | "under x. = | 8 base de phenson is T isfied with. a way in mich Lr is It may be — that — all . ane 
Provin — MÀ done. Freeman's Burgess & Key satisfactorily where the corn was either ged or = 
: EC 1859 | Increase. | Decrease. older than that of Mr. „Dodo, r consequent is aeri brome in an opposite direction to the cou: — 
. mem mech ces furni shed with the con aiat side n dividing the machine, Taking the exhibition as a mem uan- 
Ankin -| 8675 | 7,090 | 3,955 Barley | tity of work done, and style in — the m oe 
Armagh . — Mu | 15,008 | 4,689 — — action of 2 — screws on the | | e | generally weut through tlie opera ions, it must have 
— NAT 18485 | —.— | ege 4 platform, which deliver the crog s. Mr. Tr otter's ma- | bee en gratifying t exhibit t1 to tà 
Down ..|. 12:266. | 215305 | 9059 |  J|Chme was designed by himself of the n. The eye 
Laaer, 22 PB | gaa | 1495 direction by the il village b smith. It. dens the award of the judges : The Ve fout prize of 200, te 
— EE 9 — ns [- $20 petitor last year for the o wee — stis V aene divided between Mr. Wilson and — — 
— * deer —.— Tm owing to an accident it did not finish its work, Since ce | son (Borgess & Key) 10. each, their machines bein 
» : last year it has been i roved in the workmanship, but | considered of equal merit; the second prize of 108 
Total of Ulster ..| 86,985. 130,258 | Increase 43,878 acres | the principle is in every respect pus same as before. It | between Mr. Stoke and Mr. Cuthbert, — P for the 
— 2 E: i —— eq — enson. TIT T v's farm same P — atr sa also highly ded other 
Cork ee en 428 60 or two horses, and lays the corn in shea r. Bell’ 
n 1 28 ECL 521 45 macbine differed — the others in — es — () 2 —At tho renin Warn memes 
3 nad MEI 1 * 60 behind. It b jn well known to require any feriha * competition ree ed di b Chik tte wren z p 
Waterford...  ..| 33 ss 3 ; Bil itannia "nu the pror field of Oats, short an and tin (indeed it is a 
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Total of Munster. 1,773 | 1,733 Decrease 40 acres orth. 2 22 ey the riti | t Ulve rat the : Lest 
1 hood of Bilton 1 the close of the trial there, and the e| ae Wh at, (m d d — — | 4 * 
Carlow b 45 company’ erwiek agent has sold nearly a dozen this | ieat, one most admirably chosen for proving their 
5 ^ as s y a: aore | adapts abilit ; this r the crop was the reverse, and 
Dublin Senso; special elt. Yi I bee 
n ts special peculiarity is that, while it is self Hd " 
Kildare 1 Salinas uH e eee ana e imper was more suitable for the scythe than the reaping- 
ag 4 2 i 13 —— ^m — — — 8 an ocn = Sechisns thet ec as is proved, it " te ies. 
2 E 5 J oer ^ d hat we e able t Ae — 5 
Longford 27 35 85 orses, and can be a * ten side — 2 med i 
Louth 34 52 174 delivery can ‘be obtained. Mr, ght, Southwaite, r — machines tested 
— MM a * — é Carlisle; Mr. Anderson, ettor iy Dom ler ; of — m day ware "fo — fe Moe TC % 
— 1 27 106 and Mr. Bleckett, Esh, Durham, acted Judges Mme ! 1 : 
Wexford .. Vx 14 7 a 74 The reapers were each tried, first of Rillington, of the Ball Hotel, iow e inventor 
Wiklow 7 s Wheat, and afterwards'opon some Barley. The! follow- M aaa ae ME Mr. Wool; the maker, 
pd - . r. Clayton, of London. Next, we had a machine from 
TotalofLeinster..| 1,503 | 1,798 Increase, 290 acres. — is E Aus a: — — uet rmi took: to Miss Ffarington, of Worden Hall, Leyland, It is 
Caen. roris Tacit — reed d a, by Mr. Dray, o 3 
rm 826 9 Mr. Dods's Ae dic aa 0 similar year at Ulverston. The 
Leitrim ea A 2 850 ae Mr. Trotte QE o MEM E third, * Crosskill's Improved Reaping Machine," was 
T BIA, i 966 383 117 Mr. Freeman fla Key ^s) 15 e. 2 3 : iier — — Work, Se Mr. W. Cross- 
nee cam E: 59 Mr, Stephenso = 42.0 0 il, of the Beverley I. rks, “sigan i The 
Total of Connaught 1,9856 | 2,532 Increase, 547 acres. — Dixon's v * dr] 0 Wood's; 2d, — B; | 9d, Crosskill’s. S Tous B 
3 j - a 1859 Samuelson's machine, by abe, ‘breakage, motion 
Total — 130,3 - i * 2 nishing i ork. d tl t ta way ong for tho other 
is furnished with a self-acting e intended | two t Bot s and Hussey’s 
— of Faso . in — in re of the to des end and take off the corn wher t 1 in vf the para " -] Pegs 
ne sheaf. The pdnciple is wei — in very fair style, and the very superi 
1851. | 1852. | 1853. | 1854. 1 1855. it rs "n require many 2 cer ioc Sefora it =] a la — er "- as eut corn ries mu * 4 
‘Aetes. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. wi ecome of much practical to the | notice ve heard several farmers remark that it 
140,536 | 137,008 | 174,579 | 151,403 | 97,075 — Bell’s machine, by a similar misfortune Ye [conta left in far better form for LE "P A 
1856. 857. 1858. 1859. amuelson’s, was eres. from l either scyth 
| | 3 After due consideration the judges eed at the e|C kil not succeed on Wednesday ; 
ih ot | Acres 975721 ih 720 tm 125 following dbelstotá, whi - were read by Mr. Lee, the made far v more c * 
tar =: half-past 2 P J 1 of the corn in several be uneut, did M 
Wm, Donnelly, Registrar-General, Aoviouineal Statis- — * La li eatly, and 
: St rgi d the appearance of the plot zm it 
tios Office, 5, Henrietta: Street, Dublin, Aug. 20. — ae - ll ; 
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or MACHINE COMPETITIONS. 
(1) Ine —Eight machines were entered for the 
AM "nclding four of Lord Kinnaird's, three 
of Mr. and one ; 
were all set to work 15 a field of Wheat. The work 
done was in nearly Very case first- class, the grain 
—.— and order, The — exception to this was one ac ions of rea Home Correspondence. 
in the case of the Burgess & Key's screw mac and the other — the most — Hussey's Thin Seeding.—Since you published my last article 
which, owing he heavin the grain, principle. Of the th t stracted | in — Journal I have received several Kind 
times obstructed in its working, and did not give such with & Key's latest improvements, which more à for further 
diets others. There was also on the spot, | — ae — ra 2 ‘information on the — : ry which I for many 
competition, a M*C I e, | one bel to Mr. Wilson ely impress u agricu 
vhi cubo de be . by. a boy, while a man is station other to Mr. Pearson, Low Moor, Durham. They both | I ving also to correct several Mistaken notions which 
behind with a q fitted up with t of fanners for laying the corn persons have fallen into respecting what I have 
sufficient — This machine attracted consi- on to the machine and i screw r- | often publicly stated and wr — The first and 
derable attention from those on the field, and its work- ing it reip mere vr tudin here | cipal of these ia that I consider thin seed p 2 be 
satisfactory. following is the list of cutting — —— — elegant a panacca for an kin ds of feratog, bad — = pen ae 
prizes prize, Hi d Society’s Medal, Peter 1 symmetrical swathe. b ith two h but the reverse 
M'Donald, servant of Mr. y 1; 2d, David afterwards wore were — with a third, the labour | exactly has been the case; for, on the contrary, I have 
Uc — rd; 3d, John Bruce, | requiring additional | for a thousand and one times stated and published that 
— Mr. Bi West — Inchture, a Bell's property of Messrs. c & Wright of of Alnwick, | — no Kind of — — t ect a 
4th, James Sh to Peter Constable, | ma — W. orks, | would — 2 . an nens 
Esq, Ballindean, Ded meee machine; 5th, | Banbury, which — ——— one pecu- | tion. From my firs ocacy, — p, dm 
zem Brac, serrant to Me Sabi, a Lord Kinin — Siem Tas that d en methane farm y ngi iiem ^ Da es M ead Chorceghiy Andi 
r ; 6th, Robert Hutton, servant to Lord Kin- | contri a self-acting rake had been introduced, | farmers and gentlemen — a and t — — 
haird; 7th, W. Anderson, servant to Colonel R. Knox | whic hy oy a — simil pns — m hand, | your lands wherever there is stagnant er in them ; 
Trotter, a Burgess and Key's machine. An extra|laid the bundles outside of traek of the hor 2 completely cultivate them pang ‘tbe soil will 
to James Crichton, 10 years of age, for driving a | delivering it in sheaves, — res Vining in coutra- | permit, at least twice as deeply as you now let your 
rier. disti netio on to the swathe deliv very. ,Oue. fthe Mene: 
ploughs go. Keep your lands free from weeds sua and 
o|let them grow nothi * but what von 
— to. work, Mo: machine; nds * 
provision then 
and 
years, and tions. 
FTF... nx eq im nee ae 
eie iiim. Both last year and the year | mended. There 
