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that the point at which they had now arrived afforded a true | and editorship o be 4 m 
test of comparison sees. the steam engine and -— sna farm practice with which mie “annual report ae our Ri fan ‘elements a > 
e la s^ local societies abound, he will produce a series “of most rbed by it, which mus te z 
> valuable volumes. T r al of ; x 
cultivation of rud soil and stiff zara clay a as great as | London Farmers’ Club, of the Oxford Farmers Club, of possibly be sec 
eben, maken suc d ae ved át cona oniy be be nd Wakefie ers , are 
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the ence the most instructive records of agricultural experien as been drained ye 
mathe Pu ES acro cheaper then ut of the 24 And in this new (15th) Annual Report of the Botley The i implement arri 
But w hey saw what -horse labour could do upon light and South ‘Hants Farmers? C ed lani for W à 
the ner they could ou ad guapered that with soil with pe: to the same great store, containing papers on | made, which will * 
did not allow of access to it, except for a month in spring and a nic rey on cross- a ona of sheep, on autur year may lead to 
couple of months in autumn, the comparison between horse tillage, on of the farm labourer, and After hav ving guinis 
ned plo OEE ERTE ae, had been | on tho hill rar of Wilts and Hants—all substantial | over, I believe it i 
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by Mr. Mechi that a horse required 16 hours of rest for 
ei - hours of work. That was enmt the case, because and sa ory essays. bu of he lands up i 
a horse required eight months of idleness for four months of e condition of the 1: — we boire he thereby exp sing as 
work, on a soil which would not admit of the tread of his following remarks by Mr. W. C. Spo ati 
n except when sufficiently d for profitable 5 liven hog 227 IP sélection 0 
take place. He pile not conclude without a wor npon, e n 
condition ofthe agricultural labourer, as spoken of by Prof. | 1. The great importance and Mi for improving appears to be gifted with a y. 
i doubt ` 
Wilson, There was no doubt much truth » what the 825 the uar i of the labourers and increasing the is not unfrequently the fi 
fessor had said. A fair estimation of what t o lever number eee "n The propriety of doing aw ay neighbour! 0 ad 
able to do was not possible because his m m e not - as - hene S b fb n He dis- | likel t 
entirely brought out—either in a physical or moral peint of | with or diminishing tlie number of beers ipn Y 17 ely to „prove “practically 
7 at wey had mote aniya and intelligent labour, " Mey et ae Mr. Pink that 3. or 32. ent shou : e water drill, I — 
would have better results from the elements composing i it, an tv o ht to 
especially from that best element of all—the will. He did nok no n: d. He thought such proper * one xed due threshing an d r 
know a better foundation for this than a juster distributio: pay in prett other 
the labourer over the soil, and increased facilities for Port property’; a "4 ‘the “Sabine nt they show ed that might | a e ope — and Bude Y again be 
the eins ro parton 85 cottages for hé renonce of the poos 3 | become remunerative they would do more 3 the m Fend steam, 
wing im ad | . : : : 
reduced thé means of living near their work, it was a fact | improvement of co ges and 8 their number 1585 he wi I lon ng 1e 
that labourers did halfa soldiers day's work in going to and | than by all the philanthropic institutions of the | new, and, LS 
vided for the labourers, in a wa: 75 à would bere them a H i di 
Detter investment (ex ea ital tna Wets di DH. Fo respect. He believed that a pair up pasce eei at ere discern ; 
some reason or other, which it was soie » Tifhom, cottage | 1682., with 60 rod of garden ground between the two, | Luston, Chatteris in Bell’s 
accommodation could no not be provided make i it profit. would pay 5“. a year each; and if they were in t inary Crops. 
able. e of the best inducements to n this accommo- i 
Lx ould be the power of doing so without loss to the land- 
from the farm. e hoped that that woul wonld be pro-| country, which were, however, commendable in every will doliis, as the 
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15 collecting the rents, which was one at ne, principal | year’s experienc sp 
r. James Howard (of Bedford) said, he subscribed | difficulties of cottage property, 1 resa 8 the ee inspected 
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fally to te, Piped that the giner employment of E acri imi d Paride e v ni thousht d ed bees 2192 PPO d Seth ah 
oan l SE f eique. deeb demi phere Tages use chal hing lead if the Y 1 po og » the e " 
emp ormene 0 e Within his own wledge | ? 3 E 3 
it dad in some degree extended the growth of oat | were mumbere of farmers, ite were to puas a pe |of 68 tons 11 onts per nere The ap 
tin which: S5 adis of ots "Ww name, state the number of cottages they desired to be | Ryland, of this town, and several othe = 
grown upon pts nd which Shad never before. been so N added to their farms; and they would then see, in a ressed a wish to weigh another i 
and if they grew larger rops they in the crops of | given district, whether such cottages were required. | they found, upon a fair average of the fidi 
At c; eis rease ed | aen p me of i: Tong At Botley it would, perhaps, not be convenient to do so, | 64 tons, 1 cwt., 1 gr., and 20 Ibs. per 
of steam power prim Wanne 5 778 d Y ST 4 ld because the majority of the members farmed their eivn | of the Yellow Globe variety, and the roots gm 
t atit took upwards of 200 years, Previously 1 1 introduction land. There e was no dou be ta t — ko Bill and the | finest quality. as planted on 
Serial Mo eniin to gain an in 8 in the populatio S f beerh s wa of the greatest and manured with 15 loads of farm 
2,000.00 whilst ines it introduction the p ETE curses ever introduced i: leghbistion p^ society." Proctor and Ryland's Mangel manure, 
means of raising the intelligence of the farm labou salt. The rows were 27 inches apart, and thee 
EL genera) 8 P wer. A far er ; T paid Cottage A f the Labourer. An Ess ssay re- | of bulbs 85 acre 15,216, Which gives un a e 
merely to swing a ould not affor pay for intel-| printed by permission from the Gardeners’ Chronicle | nearl pid s. 7 oz. each. : 
[poe e. "8001. T» 32323 b 1 EU and Agricultural Gazette. With additional designs. | giy Machine or Hook—whic ud 
additional RN ; "ha ne 3 high nts and low 
ditional would be a trifle in the wages of the men he y Robert Scott Burn, C.E. 4 . Chàmbers. In [^ des of igh re be 
eni aded eo duet o the labes 1 the This is what its title intimates, a thin quarto pam- a — 
it was the more genera dre BM. seting | phlet containing a great deal of useful information on a To ^h ap to an answer, nonme 
Mr. Alderman Mechi was qufte sure that in his subject which is now attracting especial attention, leet f the actual co 
éaleulations of of ‘the economy ‘tho orse- power over human and to which o" Wednesday last Lord dg cen at | crop fier re he ssi by by the former x 
Mr. Morton had | Romsey A iesu in words which ought to be read by | crop—278 acres, of Wheat, 
i nine ist the every on faxing been (wi 
‘He had employe ofr a rn -engine on his farm for the last $ y one of Burgess 
Met: m» Eagle was regarded by his n as an Miscellaneous. a 
ena Quse a Sleam-ergine upon a farm of 170 acres..His| Weight o Roots.—The rays are culars of of a man and 
Ships iE — H a not diminished the detsand Crops of 8 ini mpeting in Cheshire to th ake ie pines days or er "s a ien oa ir às 
T1717. it, whilst it produced a | offered by Messrs, Proctor Pand Ryland, pares, Vagona PAE ae 
ensnakel effect upon t e profits. of the farmer and the had been employed in their — — — S 2 Wages of women shedfüng, eng comen, 
er ot he met With d ons to the economy of Doig, Esq., y» TR near 8 and 4 c 178 days at 3s. 
] : steam, they must look at it not only in a Eso. W. Banb the iud inted for | Wages of men Pina apii 
point of view with respect to the direct savin. » Wroxton, near Banbury, the judges appointed for 33. 9d. - 
effected, but also to the amount of land that was set free for awarding these premiums, have inspected and weighed 
the production of human food by that substitution, namely, h the crops of the co mpeti itor Ts and made ihe e Moving 
and hay. He calculated ibat, ab the lowest eatin thorn | awards :—For the B e to men snd nee aa 
1 at, a e low estimate, ther SIT 
Foula bein the United Kingdom 9,300,000 acres of land set free Thompson, Appleby, near Atherstone, Semi; n tons 2d ekek dris 3 
P ia tran beings ere of m - e was | 11 cwt. 0 X 8 Ibs. per acre. e Shrewsbury | nene wal perg. belts, ee 
n so hardly upon production. With eta 9 district : r. Wm. Langford, Chirbory, nearMont-| oila 
applications of steam wer in the operation of a farm, looking | gomery, weight 23 tons 16 cwt. pe r the For 278 acres 
0 ovd dg they might expect to be made, he saw no | Chester district: To Mr. W. T. Humble, Sealand, near Or 55. Bid. per acre This does 
Turnipe 45 Dat ean DW noc 4 5155 rea Chester, weight 21 tons 8 ewt. 3 ‘8 per acre, | the horses Which are not [ade employe $ 
ean r do inci sy stem should no tye: e ess Le EM viest crop of Mangel, inspected for the the 33 includes b 
d ev anbury Agricultural Society, was found to have su deerit Vl oy 
Y. ie Soit been grown by Colonel North, M.P., Wroxton Abbey, iallv for th 
said it was a gratifying fact bela which produced, upon weighing, the enormous weight | SPeCIa ^^y 
bad heard, that the grea ioneers of e ve been the o 
toy in — — ee of 63 tons 11 ewt. per acre. e crop was of such a pook, allowing each sh 
Shines di abl upon dne ne quality, and so extraordinary in ron xe ADI ch of half an acre 
xe eee obi e to keep pace with, Bron), p this town, and several other gentlemen, | Maximum exte 
ne operation by edo into. 1 expri wish to weigh another — 1 of it, and | for every fo 1 
ofa fen and he Fonna ii it to be 4s, fa. they fo found, am a fair- — 55 e of the field, (nine acres) Half of . Wan bil ding " 
c NM ani 64 tons t. 1 qr. an .per aere. The seed is | Ra 2 E s ; 
fait. the cost: dr aO "cem of the variety, ond Ue ont are of the 
than that of th s eomm Am Ae E 10 e ee finest DE lt was planted on the 18th of April, | ; cres „ 131l NT 
land was grenter. an amne esty to the in p and manured with 15 loads of farm dung, 3 ewt. of | Or, for the v vieis 2 s E n favour d 
Which entailed à day t x Regije. wl themecies o? Seam Proctor and Ryland's Mangel manure, and 3 cwt. of therefore the larger 5 
ty TON w that the opportunity afforded them of Salt. The rows were 27 inches apart, and the number | of 557. 128. 7d. in all, or . N. . B.A 
bulbs per acre 15,216, which gives an average of firms the estimate I in dem 
The chairman said it had been very clearly put nearly 9 Ibs. 7 oz. each. Midland Counties Herald. this Dy 305 years ago, an 
before them that the em mloyment of steam power ha team ig i July last, Mr. F. Sowerby, of farm t ER, 5 APT 
á tendency to incresse the demand for agricultural | Aylesby, gave Messrs. Howard an order for one of year. 2 sh zm , Whiterigg, Ayton ge 
ourer, the amount of thei eir wages, and also thei r Smiths MOM: and in September commenced | Agricultu A 
intelligence. wor MEME up on his Aylesby Farm, which consists for the 
r. Morton wished to return pri best thanks to those | most ut a loamy soil u 
a strong tenacious, of Ope! 
gentlemen who had ctas kind enough to answer the clayey subsoil. Wh he e at work it Calendar me 
lesome inquiries ad — to —.— upon | was break p his Wheat stubbles designed for roots 
matters of fact which he had introduced into his paper. | another summer, and w pulling through this strong] 1... or pix : Der. 1 
ticking clay at a depth of 8 or 9 inches, with a 3-feet great and increasí ngly 
Notices of 5 of Books. eu viris tor, doing 5 acres per day, including removals. | ham and London bav 
Ap orse engine with a double cylinder was working fed, leaving i ; - 
eenth A 1e apparatus, and in some instances its utmost power T ese 8 
M ih st Farner Report of z the Botley and South pull the implement through some of the — — mind the bright s 
voce Club. ants Adv ee Office. : rtion of the farm 
stronger beds of fclay. The (vor accruing from | year the grazing por? has maintained 
of nt aes ers’ clubs are a mine of | admitting the air into such a stiff soil t t 
sess Velltb. When any one within a knowledge 5 a r 
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localities shall undertake the selection EXC. of his lordship's speech will be found in our 
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