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Sermonsn 17, 1859.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 763 
they are repeated on the same land every four years, y aores, and 5 acres of Carrota.—The 10 acres of . 
bat if th ushels es acre, and 1j tou of straw | a “guide.” rtant did h : 7 
eight years they are not subject to the same disease, par acre, acre, » which i is 33,600 lbs. of excellent food for stock [ri he ‘entitled 2 plan I — a e 
when — Agricult 
We have therefore adopted the following alterna The 1 15 acres of Potatoes * N 70 ind; 3 etn owe 
stem of cropping :—1st, Mangel; 2dly, ley ; aly, sacks per acre (9 tons or eia per acre was the Ay — a double’ ine of m. which costs 20. per acre. 
— and Italian Rye-grass ; Athly, Wheat; Sthly, average crop on Mr. Dimmery's roam r 20 years). This | Now i pgs e be observed that the post which I 
Swedes; Gthly, Oats; 7thly, Beans, Potatoes, and | crop may x dad be consumed by the beasts or sold, and | place, or the hole pos in [ middle of my circle, is a 
; 8 i i or Li urchased, - 7 r | guide. which 
y. y this sy e a 
planted on the same ground once every four years, but | 36 tons of cake, or the who le may be so Lee — ke there can be no 3 by machinery, and it 
all other croj ig t i n E 
secure and large be. 0 nips and "Clover as The 5 acres of Carrots we estimate at 18 tage: per | result of a guideway obtained at a mini ex 
well as of all kinds of grain. acre; this is 201,600 as food for the horses and milk e by my more simple n 0 — n 
The Value and Weight o d Crop: The first Cro cows—this w ill give 50 Ibs. daily to each of 16 beasts | course a cultivator could be orked E night as en — 
is r —It is the best 4 all the fodder crops grown for 240 days. my plan as by his. 
on the far: and all kinds o stock are fond of it. The s phe ade erop is Wheat. —After the Beans, Pota- ms point to be alluded to is — I am 
à he greatest per acre, | toes, and incli — ak “ Agrico! cola,” in 
P this crop is noi the g p „ with 
Err: is the most putritious, aud it may be kept with-|2 tons of [^ ed 67,200 lbs. as food, and 2 very great "a ue "h Mr. 
o 
h are p 
out any deterioration for double the length of time of | 67, ,200 Ibs. a Aale s i ause it — es a railway, upon 
any other roots which are produced on the farm. We ill fatt it is easy to run heavy loads. Yes; but Denny 
y begin to use it in August (when food is scarce) by | a 100-stone ox or t dep per acre, will proles 5 tons | loads, b 
off two lowest losses Seven eels plank éd] o£ of fattening food months. This is equal to the price obtained for them artificial and — 
his may be repeated 5 ae and in October, Ya. M a deg | 1 will not alone pay for an iron roadway. 
seen lambs and old Q^ mu rp dme bar aie 
1 fel field — off the whole | (To be continued). 
Essex 
folded in the M. 4 tons is 
the © lares in the Mang of November, — the weight, af what is that? Will that pe foe 
ap we e lifted a nd take en to the store e b ulbs EAM CU ＋ E ATION, —— Aguin, even a railway would n unless 
to all kinds of — and HE letter y * Agric cola," in your Paper of oro 3 che road were comparatively level. Finally. l howener 
ay 5 — till the Clover be ready to be cut; on — subject, requires 4 * on — pest m | paradoxical it may appear, velocity, w it is the 
l aft be well ventilated befo f destruction, is also the very basis of profit to 
re E consumed, but. the M l t y ita own light. Now 2 "Y p^ od hier x —— | an iron roadway ; but — eral omen — 
ecomes richer and more * A summer it of all competitors (who have each had a fair trial) I * se of the chan they — aid, viz., Naturale, 
ecomes drier ^ lighter, the watery part being eva- | shall — more fully to da my doctrines and | in which, except rare ó — “there is * nor 
but not the saccharine matter; it becomes my circular system of agriculture to your readers. In * need be, — 
sweeter and se stock are fonder of it, and the same | this I € — beg space enough to — h upon eer-| Agricola“ will see I possess the power of providing 
weight of it is more — than at harvest. It never tain n points of “ | Agricola's y letter. He seems to be well a natural roadway around every one of my circles 
becomes dry and. woody as the T ughing and | for the moderately broad wheels of a. steam cultivator; 
steam or which have recently been tried. it may be in the form of a firm or of 
The pe gula »| a reas ^ — ain has been stated at He asks me to repeat my plan, and say — it bean | concrete mate: The rim of the circle will not be 
40, 50, and ev [ y ly intended to fulfil | broken "p every Uy H be seen my 
the operati f plonghing ? To a discerning mind it system p ovides the, fixed gu eway, as well as the 
own on a 1 or vs e e hay ly steam-culture, withou t the. vast 
been able to grow 40 tons of roots per ae although — be deduced the e consequences, whethe r they ics cu required. by Halkett's. 
we have grown 30, 33, and once 37 tons of bulbs, and | affi Men: or — The main principlas ‘of any It is " main point with Mr. Halkett that ty his 
8 tons of leaves; but we shall take 30 vu as an | system, prae a farm. Now, my 
average crop of roots ma 8 es for the leaves; 30 tons of Nature — or should be simple, however complex system of field 1 1 can, comparatively 2 ing, 
per acre over 30 acr 2,016,000 lbs. of nutri the variations may be, Nature's variations are innu- prevent car altogether, y Secs ca will allow 
tious food for ak, Seine the eight winter months merable, her governing jim few and simple, that ‘aoa: is prm than c 
from A till June although we — — fin lt t this cola "^ will obse o there aro blank spaces > 
second Crop is Barley, after the Mangel ; ,and simplici y» My cireular or aiaia agriculture intro- — thre of my cireles eonjoin, thus : 99, On th 
it fi and tl e syste l achine through which - —— vens 
"E the field ; IAM involves a machine through whie | both — and li — re saving cartage. In truth, 
crop, and in deep horse-hoeing doriag the growth a tillage is to be performed from culti- |as the: chief bets of my investigation of the steam- 
power vation irrigation. It is the only plan for steam] oy problem, I may here state that 
early i in the spring—in January or Remy that | culture (with v exception of Halkett's of more — 
which has involved a system properly so ee m power will prevent; it will ent 
of straw, and pen rl £ tl seeds | all others De cde mere ploughing plans 2 —.— . mon Comi "dibus manuring, — 
8 pressly to gear on — — 3 T 
be early mers and ihe quantity a mi nd quality of the | a boy ipM PEE 
Barley much better. Mine wor 
produce « of the crop 9 6 50 — — —— — practice; Mr. keit 
weight of straw at 13 ton. to 30 acres of straw at so complete a manner. —— 
H Fate will give 100,800 lbs. of straw as litter for | application, and continuous after 
fou 
uperior would be, | as all expensive 
The third Crop is Clover and Italian Rye-grass.— without the expensive permanent „over one which | struction. Instead of being destined to 
lf we have 20 acres of Clover and 1 md tum joiced in sleepers and disunited bridge rails. Agri- overcome the present henv labours as they stand, 
acres entirely of Italian R e-grass, we have had three | cola” writes: So far asI can judge by Mr. Bureham's other inven supposed, I find it wi 
Shing x 2 and Rye-grass, rei I have seen five | letter, he objects to the Halkett system on account of | them by —.— that is, * rendering them t, 
f Italian Rye-grass; from these 30 aeres of | the expense of laying down the rails, but the system is | — m M gricola ” seems i 
Clover — Rye · grass cut eren p» have » wey > | an impossibility without them." Now I hope to show | to stick up for the railway on ara — 
tam per aere of r he “ Agricola” that inis equal to Mr. H.'s system can | deny m 5 for t ^ 
— — eres agt ee Sine ge se — expensive E | T repeat- that on a farm not necessary, bro 
10001 af of food during the ms per months, 4 My cireular or cellular system of agriculture may be | įg —— excessive weight to be carried, nor extreme 
pr mie October. thus stated: I propose to divide any given number, or — to be attained. I should like to hear from him 
he fourth Crop is Neat. We are justified in esti- | let us say for an example, 200 acres of arable land into | again on this subject. C. Burcham, London. 
mating the Wheat . and 2 tons of 400 parts, each part to be a circular plot; we thus get a 
enm acre; this gives 134,400 lbs. ; Mp oe or | congeries of circles — each other, on and ros, c spoadence. 
cut into chaff as food for the stock, in alternat Home Corre 
half, 67,200 Ibs, cut into 4. inch chaff De The | In the centre of each — I place a post, o Extirpation of 5 — er 2 
straw is given to the stock as food while they are fur more economical dig a hole, — . lately been offered b corres hn i 
eating the r ing winter, and the litter to be used | I then build a gallery cultivating machin d of the Nettle, for which. many thanks are 
^ the boxes or stalls throughout the year. | semi-diameter of the circle; it is A Ma ay w e ask adv vice t — t r — — tn 
fifth Crop is Swedes.—The land must be deeply | or lt, so e all hands work under cover in u p that much more formid: ng 
ploughed before winte and repeated! cultivated before | favourable weather. One end of the machine has pa "ia eeds the Thi mile? T H 
tt i Eee 4 i : i heels). At this, | that certain seasons are con — — its — wt 
it is planted, and repeatedly horse-hoed d the | wheels, the other only tw two (carrying wheels) ae Greece gas tare amd 
TOWth of b the heel en 
rown 8 — — ve — —— pons pro —— hich enters the hole mentioned as being (a this. No — perhaps has had more do eee with 
cre; but we have never been able to grow 30 tons, | dug in the middle of each circle. [^ This €— - gegn -— A — » ee y ti 
— we have often grown 20 tons, and once 28 a fixture, and the power of steam (or horses) cing | » age MN ve - a mette ce v ait 
ge 20 t 30 30 acres, which 1 2 bs. thus tilling the land by what may be termed a horizon- | For many. he 
as food for stock Quint the M tae —.— D 
b weedy in bar tgcings bol Now draw a picture to the gnind’s eye, the agri- | n 
— ger should be all consumed by e de — aa r^ of this. m rd operating oe abe 
the as 
The sixth Crop is Oats.—The land left by the Swedes peri allotments, and a hillside would resemble “ the 
isin ex excellent condition; should be ploughed as | diamo nd eut wit ch facets." This sub-div ision of flo into 
laid 
ming »| weitem m ploughing (it ought. to bers 
the store, for it to firm before ee ee qe | tilla e machine equal to only one oof oce parts at ne ago after common poi 
= Aes Ies sb require a firm and rather solid bed | tim would pare the allotment system, the ost | double trenched) s EST 2 A (e 
The Oat should be sown early in pro uetive of all systems, to our e or 
pe aos first fine weather when the land is in a| Now let — — in economy and mechanical | fi d weeds during the first and second. ; but by 
state of ess; January or February is a much | superiority th vantage of my circular —-— "X ing them off, or bleeding them, asit were, three 
time than in March. We have had 90 and once Mr. Halkett’ € I am obliged to allude to — times every year with the Lucerne d 
113 bushels of Tartarian Oats after Swedes; we may | him use, whilst his plan is superior to ai — s mer. when flowering, all such trash now in the 
take the average of the Oat — at e 2 bushels per — it is also the —— has resemblance to or summer, make their 5 
and the straw at 2 tons o - This is | a sufficient standard comparison by which my — Grass, which is no detriment to the Lucerne, 
equal to 134,400 Ibs. of — le chalr ‘as winter can be estimated. In examining the mm to my | except serviceable for cattle ; ad A vedi — 
e mmm great delight Mr, Halkett fond ont, w I had so long been belter if a select kind of Grass had been in 
seventh Crop is Beans, 10, and Potatoes, 15} known, that machinery could not be worked on a a plane | been 
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asthe land b has been under dee eep an and continued 
