pessrany 1, 1862.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 101 
where si Bone > 20, 000 acres, now for the most | Е which the Economist remarks as follows des He visited Mr Jonas ' Webb at ` at ганна За near the 
бер, w red at high water, lie ready for embankment | | Shelford Station, t 
_ part соте feclamation. involving as it necessarily does a a large subscribed |stock of Shorthorns and Sou e M. de 
E ‚чеш will be b e lift on the line of culvert, at | capital, should not be needlessly post tponed. The 98 сагу i вау а К number iras ; 160 Dir which 
about tne ninth Азу m Abbey Mill and i r the purpose xn uf cover, afterwards 
{ The force diro wil be about 4 0-horse existing abundance of money, and i in large operation: 8 йб young hook were viewed in th res, &c. 
wer per foot, or 1200-horse power for the lift оѓ | of this sort г f many capita- | He tells us that Mr. Webb commenced his stock 
Lam 30 feet. ists, no opport unity of commencing when circum- Трет 25 years ago, and has un paringly pur- 
- As during the earlier period of the reclamation, a stances are promising and the money market is *easy'|chased the most perfect specia: here, however, he 
part of the sewage may б vie trei n: д ере. is ought to be neglected. In such improvements, post- | is mistaken, for Mr. Webb has not лаје but bred 
for its distribut e lin ponement is not seldom equivalent to abandonment. | the improvers of his flock. Wit respect to sheep 
Culvert, at such places und аа 5 ар ы We believe, понет, that this will not occur іп the | management, we аге informed his System has been 
from E us districts, as will preclude all possibility present case,for the Visier of some plan for|to select from his large number of rams those of 
of maisan tu urn ning the drainage of London to account are too | ће highest quality, and to form several separa 
lot s of e ewes, each with „е nearest possible similarity 
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Ps 22054 „инш P pumping, is AUN 0007. 
sering, ; then to introduce to each lot ms possessi the 
e| The Fourth Agricultural Tour in England and in as wanting in the ewes of t that lot, мат hich 
provisions o of Bil now to е deposited, i the sub- E hi in 1859 by Le Comte De Gourcy, |fail in those pem A eoe in which the r а 
р orking of the sch. saa | Рагїз have ipii merit. us do ry steer breeder: 
should | ihe necessary S ond ants be "obtained from „the | This book, y published, is full of well written and |improve their victi "to do this a large stock is 
Metropolitan Board an d the Cro very clearly described details of the author's D necessary at starting, and Qe eet rams must be 
The conditions under which d the company is to be | tiis on many "of the most perfectly ces eel farm lied at cost, бо also . Wi t wi 
formed include— our country, and also in France. We take at наа | regard to the Durhams. He has such a large supply of 
“The right of the company to the sewage absolute two o r three examples of his accuracy c of observation, | bu lls that i п опе year he has sold. 35. He has three 
and exclusive, for a period of 50 years, bility of promoting 
“All net profits realised by the company in excess | and remarks, the extension of agricultural knowledge P alike, and "m select bulls for them according to the 
oflüper cent. on their total outlay, to be equally but | system explained. Mr. Webb had at em time sold a 
divided between the company and the Board of|inours. Eve very page e isa useful re eport. We shall select | young bull, price 150 Бале and 4 in calf, price wid 
" : fro m them at least specimens of wh at they are worth, | guineas, for е New Zealand шагы One of thes 
pure Durhams, aged 16° years, had produced 13 iiv 
TI N Ea. ыб e "ho. erro: 8 the iss of, Early i in September (writes the au thor) I Started for | which were шева. Another cow, 11 years old, had 
50 years, the whole of t 1 lan d забру near St. Alban's, for the purpose of visiting produced 1 a 7-year-old, 7 calve ves, and a 6-ye ar 
at а valuation, such vias Mr. Lawes, that distinguished od st in agri kr s " cal Tings) I had "brought forth 8 calves, The cows 
origina) cultural hit mistry and scientific hu за ndry, In carr Ty- | will of course sometimes misc. carry. When 1 this s happens 
“ In the event of the Board not^wishing to exercise | ing out his investigations t is 1 1 should be 
this right а new concession of the sewage {О "E very large of money emily, since he c 'The bullis not introduced to the 
шей to to the company for 50 years on the sam menced his рани? а experiences in ле ү bees: cow until 10 months have lapsed from 
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These conditions were allowed by the Drainage| Mr. "ich and his manager being absent, Doctor | M. de Gourcy that with cpu care the Durhams 
ittee to whom the subject was remitted, and | Gilbert, who has assisted Mr. L. during 16 years in his | are as prolific as any other breed whatever. Не 
smctioned by their engineer, Mr. Bazalgette ; and the researches had the kindness to show me the large and |saw seven or eight out of. "13 lots of sheep—each 
promoters of the scheme were about to Ы in | handso pai a A Нн, > іп a suitable building, in like to like. Мг. Webb Һай 700 breeding ewes and 
accordance with the m ing orders of the House of | which a dozen pers employed in preparing, rams, including the male lambs reserved for breed. 
Commons, p and estimates at а cost AES b making, and registering atipani The E зе | He has sometimes 150, but more frequently 130 lambs 
curred of several iine. poude , in — ae ovs been erected by means of a subscription of 40007. | reared from 100 ewes. He has let rams for the season 
gofa Bill during the 9:9. agriculturists of the Af ounding counties dedrods ^ot so high v 250, but the average is between 20 - 
they are met by an abrupt and e ntel. p Жр for рауіпв 4 this tribute of ырк, curis б br 25 guineas—and Mr. Webb sells for exportatio 
insi at а general Ел үүн ofi the Serie E which а wes for his untiring perseverance in promoting | foreign тнт ез коой rams from 15 to 18 € гой 
consideration of their Len ed is postponed until a i "ubica of vem ле tren of per fill м т od puma » and 20 gui 
which throws the whole affair back for a vires a] immense number of registers s from 10 
In the d pamphlet named above an Moo чөй Not far from this is a large bar ack or combinatio cs dabis also motione the Cum stock of aera ivi 
H good-ternpered, a аігтт. well-written | of dwelling-rooms for the Norkbeobis each lódging t: n жа urprise and adm ns 
"ons i o the Board of Works on | house having а ground and upper floor with its own | witnessing in Amin cus а pre-eminent skill as 
: borne of M mod improved stocks of cattle, min 
. Àn this un way, th "There is also a building with ground-floor only, dum and s M and such complete хафи nsive 
E “Seeng how X Me lei "y ud, we ro to ok Senge | div; ided | into several rooms, of which one is devoted to | culture. Thel ek is s full of such reports as 
to announce he d, and we now repeat the burn res and addresses, w Ls are delivered there weekly pu epo sper ar жан 
3 шеше, 4 that v a деге prepared to o deposit, by the n the eveni ing, us. e other rooms serve for the 
1йй, in accordance with the ei of the workmen's club, Farm Mem anda. 
meni, ааш of mone amounting to 4 per cent. upon | wh н сап Ж refreshment pen a moderate| NORTHUMBERLAND FARM. The farm to which the 
F ае ог 70,0007. ; but salo "however that charge, wich gorau enis from going to beer- following remarks apply, а and a rin ki which will 
r ional c. nd the | houses. “Ты lub-house is surrounded by  small|in future from time to t e appear in this Pa aper, is 
mould соне Postponed until after that t date, we | field ШОШО “ой Mr. Lawes lets to them for |situated in the eastern eive gr the Northern d f 
ce y not incur this additional risk and он унча ж: this county—on the east of the line of the North Eastern 
Pei. but should rather allow the matter to stand | On the farm, the stubbles in drill were very thick | Railway, and on the very verge of the coal field. Its 
же] › un лахі Pension. We have deter- | and werd showing that they had been carefully horse- | aspect is south and east, and its general appearance flat, 
: Тыш adhere to that decisio: hoed— s very fine and well hoed.|though with a gentle inclination towards ат MA 
the di MAT were clea early in informed that to postpone | Mr. Gilbert pointed p: the results of 16 years’ culture | from which 16 is distant one mile. The soil v 
1 M e for a month w: ран бае postpone | of allotments of arg aceous 2n € e v | aeri from the ‘clayey ' ' to the lighter ‘description 
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diii foe that the pablis. Will s support us іп our|Same treatment was applied to other lots for Barley, | stone. 5 farm at present consists m: с 600 acres, 
los of an üi although they will doubtless regret the| Oats, Beans, Vetches, Clover, Mangels, Turnips, &c. of which 360 ar are arable, and the in perm ры Net 
chietous, th ет year, which will be more or less mis- | The Wheat ground at last became so foul, especially | past d mostly of a 
individuals, ey would certainly not expect that private | with the "14. Oat, that the rie „was reu of it being able to ‘fatten a bullock per 
trouble ini adi who have already put themselves to great | sown in hig es a foot wide, ing the rvals| Though 9-tenths of it has been dnd. and deeply 
truly serious expense in the prosecution of a | for fuloving did. cleaning. enltivated, Е it is still of too tenacious a — to 
"d wholly ae object, should incur this great additional| The Bea vn E ceased to produce at I end of allow sheep. The fields 
Unneces О years, КЕР crops were substituted ther , but av erage from rom 
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Pared ment hoy ever a hope expressed that *ifat|4 years, and абага the сйн го of Желш сош- and are dd iby е лис Thorn fem except 
i meeting of the o Board the concession is | menced on the same lot. Mangels and Turnips which in the Grass sf elds, w old- fashi oned mou with 
шау be Em. Obtain а sation | had not been manured, at length died off in the 
de md yasi an enlargomont of the way. Successive бн; gn Мы. with € had a — | hai тэй ting feld by the Em “ on-and- ое j et -D 
е Ceposit, в 'h with plenty of various m: on a four-course rotation, viZ., 
excepting a few of the first T The Clover Paene up | Torpa Ф «а Wheat and a small portion of Barley; 
very desirable rus the у id well, -— died off in. (3) Clover; (4) Oats; sometimes on the lighter soils а 
c o large a On coal - us fer — were iia five-course is €— by iei €: тагат 
* Dean rom i ic deni ammoniacal manures to remain a year longer. A certain br 
Went and Own as ea architect and land- втру 2 sucoessive years, all the leguminous plants dis- pre mr — is generally taken for Beans, which 
9 аз ап author on this subject. the | appea an Soul гат preparation for Clover, so 
says в Notwithsta yeh riis agris with ena пеи See — үе Bem Howe | that oy i alternating . ара of the pics break Mh 
g the favourable opini ou middlin ^ once in 8 years, 
utterly to the Board as set forth in report, the former divisions of the sai ndn land, еа» thus piat per "e To crop. When in good 
Hope have тҮ ОЁ the time Messrs, Napier & | ductive than the portions which are covered with heart, 4 to 6 qrs. of Wheat, 5 to 7 qrs. of Oats, 6 qrs. 
- Süplianeg with ded 2 perfecting t their scheme, and in| The successive culture of Wheat at Lois-Weedon by | coarse), 44 to 5 qrs. of в, 20 to 30 tons of 
Е LY учан Standing orders of Р —À I|the Rev. Mr. Smi ну during 13 e ee which M. De | Turnips can be grown per acre. The Turnip crop this 
шап of th à printed letter addressed to the | бош urcy d with great admiration, is con- |year far exceeds the average in bulk and weight. Тһе 
E! Napier & Metropolitan Board of Works b ducted on a very different principle from. that aves farm buildings are modern and commodious, the 
Ir» the diea Г th that this. Board ,have post- in the "foregoing —— of Mr. Lawes, fresh | arrangement for the cattle AN th d and 
Мыне with the th he sch y supplied in the former case i box system; an increased number of boxes 1 аге, "about to 
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E ОЁ the Public апа as tepayer, I protest | year of the De verti has ers i power, drives the threshing. m machi ше, "duit сайа, 
m jid one et ОЁ а йн нету Of national im-|the E отивай very еа собата and other machinery, and the manual 
ne in which itatepayers have a pecuniary) Let to Cambridgeshire with өч traveller | labour in the barn is chiefly performed by women. 
2 and "e на he says of a farm in that country. | Three good public roads run through the farm, which 
