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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETE. 
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are arable, chiefly on stiff clay, and often very | 
ward with his w 
placo of fallow, is cross cultivated һу: steam-power an 
by 
her m crop, "whioh on thel lighter soils is taken in | 
and 
horse 
steep and bi y land It has been drained, and most tillage—his Wheat. M gite promising, на у also ав much as they chos se of the tame Parley- 
of the land has me. pra a The best | meal, orley's condimental 
бз the heavy soils ourse is ado p ted, viz., testimon ny to the value o: cultivator тн food md ith it. In fixin th antity to be 
Tunips Barley, (Лото, Wheat, Beans, Wheat. Тһе | Һо cen given бу the allera v in which he |given the following statement proiinentiy set forth in 
steam tillage e enters into the cultiva- | declar at he would rather his occu- | Mr. Thorley's advertisements, was taken asies :— 
rM upon the ана танок ‘altogether than return t a foime horse | “ A pig fattened in ds time, and the bacon 
nent for "piso s» the horses and steam nm which атый of x! or r. Smith's & diodes power engine | upwards of 2d. per pound superior in quality, through, 
Mr. Whiting lets v". RES ther e be hors t home, and ste eam {ас kle aro worth any 12 horses you could |t " i n d use of чю pesnyworih of Thorley’s food for 
g Į tle.” And as the pigs were not large A so much 
Milo ire engine. RY FARM, LOUGHTON. i given as to ge about 134. a day e 
The blovis табо and cropping of one| ` Hen ioter „example of a fitit: iod tly оғ] Table І. gives Ap weights ofthe pigs at the com- 
of its fields шау taken as а sample of|stiff -- needing fur horse tedi =з Jun cultivation, | mencement and at the conclusion of the experiment ; 
treatment which the lan y receives. Mr. Whiting had | which has d great benefit f ith’s | their increase in медь and the per cent. of carcass 
commenced work with the steam cultivator in the steam ес uror 1 live weight. 
ашп of 1857. It was not cxi until the spring pasture, of Ке ists, at 49 east 140 acres EI 
of 1858 that he began on the far e field in que are stiff clay, vated on thé plan of the district in E 
tion bad been Wheat in 1857— "the stubble was not | Wheat, Boat," When allow in succession. Ten | WEIGHTS, 
fo an up till April на was then cross cultivated by | horses have been needed for its т, and the P Increaso | Ре cent. 
steam- power, we 1 as possib gs M At in^ | fasted 
“mamo and ploughed, and sown, part t рне e flesh. Pop conclusion, | 10 Weeks. | weight. 
pou Tares, was а goo Bign um began steam cultivation in 1858. Nov. M Jan. 10,1863. 
eaten off, t angels removed. "The land "i ast year upon his own farm only 164 acres of tor Y, ҮТЕНҮЕ и did 
was шашат е с їп че Ване : and 809 . К on about 102 acres of land, and by contract about js à lbs 18 
к» Ping, and sown Sie in 00 acres sa e, employing his own tackle апі! ү 115 283 168 84 
ан hiring the necessary steam-power. Nothing more| 2 . 108 234 126 88 
n the spring "of A а < Pans clearly tat the н ite Тай P s 106 238 183 844 
E. m-powe mn, of horse cultivation of clays than the number of| * -: S : a 824 
and again in spring, an iha à with. Oats. for "861, of Меры which ou displace by a comparatively | Total . 427 993 66 
which been К heavy crop. Clover seeds, small extent of cultivation done by steam power. | Average 1003 2484 m 834 
sown along w. vell e Oat S come well, and promise The splendid condition in which a berita weather BARLEY MEAL AND YsF 
strongly ead well for a good crop in 1862. The land upon steam cultivation has left the d lds over which] 1 123 250 127 2 
ner e бнрн 2 105 262 157 834 
йш те si ls mee E Dx its | of а mere stirring and subsequent exposure to, tho fs i n n ni 
ivation а Жал 
А good d bee the land s" vs once to attack one of my fallow fields,” said | Tota? . 426 949 523 
in the way E E old Bury Fenovi and the | Mr. B'gnell, “in а dry summer. By immense force Arm 1003 2374 198. 1. Bii 
planting of new ones, and the condition of these з wear of horse flesh, in;plemen nts, and| Table tal quantity consumed 
capital, Ту el rows of Thorns about one foot harness, I gotit broken up i umps as big as horses | by each i оъ wo bn in 1 0 Wee; = average 
оа 8 ог 10inches from plant to plant, are|heads. а cross ploughing reduced one-half ; | amount brisa er head per week; the average 
to w 3 or 4 years upon vw са - pos of another ploughing got them down to cricket balls;| amount consumed per 100 lbs. ind -weight per week ; 
the bank is | Crosskil's cloderusher brought them down to the size | and the average amount required to produce 100 Ibs. 
ie ie loye off е : exoept miai and thero m "prit Сү of Walnuts; and then to sugar knobs, to e E increase in live-weight. 
'er УЧА cut through are ben e ban Pens; but they we 5, d fragments still, as 
e m : v ts iste em by a ntrast this with the айу of E «ы г 
е о: wiste rar stems 00D CONSUMED. 
id. oot from the from one 0] “А Bus койы up, and perhaps a crossing before | 
m S LA n i ft, ш. 5 A are HA af cut off, winter, will kill the weeds in a dry i autu umn, and во | p M Per head 100 be Sd 
immediate e line thus winter's frost їп 10° | рег week. 100 lbs 
from the pu down, and from t de -— pun that | the soil 1 in spring 4 be as light and loose as Ев. md ти uM in 
whole was kept E а биатан аа dic e шну. ы ЖЫКЫ Ыш: Lorl. BARUEY-MEAL ALONE, 
side by a dead woo ce. aid etis X lbs. lbs, oz. lbs. oz. lbs. oz. 
enjoyed, аз we Cros: ж СЫ fallows, ki icking the F 
Mr. хутрі activity and energy are shown in masses which still retained the f forit of the clods Шоу [traer ioa | 2. B. s [ет |а > | ез? 
and makin fly into the loo 5 
с steam tillage of h n lands. We A powder the la ой. The stiff adhesive clays t iod | | Thor AA ы: | Е j | 1 1 "E 12 
bacon hogs which tds Aie rapid eai: ба ма d | dry, and уе “soiled the boots which E in other : 
Тт у Total ..| BE | | 3811 | 509 2 
ver m electos ^ oung еф раа circumstances soon have gathered 10 to 20 lbs. Table PIT that- a m ie of 4 pigs each 
_ t0, from Clifton Pastures, of pure pedigree blood, was | eart apiece. aie 
on lire, and in dem for the neigh dairy "The following is Mr. Bignell's ve cultivation :— “ор : 7110.94 tho. commeres: 
“herds, ен е impression given was опе of| Wheat after Clover is generally put in after а horse- | Went of the experiment. At the eal of 10»wedks the 
E cal good sense on the part of| ploughing; Beans, too, after Алор are put in after | 106 fed on I ef tan 1 — 1 lbs, adi 
уйй не таси the old-fashioned plan. Wheat after Beans is culti- ime c ha ld. Rui a dnak у bt duo 
quu НАН ОЕ, STONY Fio api етуй н: Fallow akoe Wheat i is ross ouiit amount of incresse in live-weighė is not of itself 
much as any farm we ever saw, xample | vated dby БЕА. power AAGA id d , Once in s sufficient to enable us to judge of the comparative 
cultivation for Горсова of: any. mes rali in and af такаа совы доша Бу] fes poa. TM feeding value of different foods. Iti ne 
It is 490 i 
en ridged up 
"s b отв в a8 ü Woolston. Root weeds are fi ed |. 
and covered by t the 
Sheep are folded on them in 
inter— m in spring, or the land „would never 
oni БЕДЕ, to tilth for Barley. 
ploughed, the rest scarified. 
The Rector 
for drain d aspect. after 
food 
y Farm lies in large s yoa gh fall | Whe 
371b. 5 02.; 
8 . f oz Weeds ead and 1 lb. 4 
Parle mes meal was given ШМ, 
ui cordially i in the rg p with which steam 
cultivation is regarded by his neighbours. And th 
tjui of ali th those to whom we md ins referred 
with TH 
4921 Tbe of Вагі е, апа 162 red of Топу s food 
in addition, to produce 100 lbs. increase in live weight. 
That is to вау, to produce 100 Ibs. increase it required, 
with qase ds food, 24 lbs. bates n 16i lbs. 
= the condim ental food more than the Barle: ey- 
T vis given М 
t only was there more food required to 
due: а "given amount of gross increase, bu t Table. TL 
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141 
n Ens 
as | also w phi that the appearance of 
ry different in the tw edm Ta Qe cf thoa 
fed òn ү Л -meal alone was h the whiter; that 
of the fed with re nrc pe being yellowish ; 
ае ы Ба unced to be preferable to 
ET хе therefore, that the M o s Thorloy's 
d | to good fattenin reases the 
P. all for Wheat; "jis a DEM Qs ur Anis desi of the opin e have since 
їй En pare ке а rather affir that that the t о. хау to pim t personally tile the 
that number of pes чагт феа д е во a ле ive him опе d these machines on the condition that 
miluelin helping forward the fallows "The кы [е Should use i 
“Юз accomplished b e fallows, e wor 
n 10 Pished by an &horge engine, burn 
абы ewt. of а day, and re uiring engineer, bogus cuv AT р 
; SN ploughman, 2 anchor men, 1 rope-po ри Анай 
07 and horse, аба wage of 13s. а дау, май 
ге. 2s. 6d. а day for a horse and water iM ^ for the - purpose e, and divi ded as ае 
mplished varies ре 4 or 5 to possible into four lots, e lot was supplied with Suo | via 
es. ; according to the tool employed. fattening food; th нд with 1 the same food and 
usn ion on the stubble, не cost ot ү "Thorley's condimental food in addition ; th with 
ounts MN абе ut 48, 64: e : € m of a" q ity; x v vein а food of 
i їп, crossing rst, the | {Һе same description with Thorley’s food in а! wee 
y ошый over one half moreaeres,comes| . It із with xe fete sur Uh he good fattening 
о ап асге, epairs have been | food, the o uid the other with | Thorley” Б 
раф ре, віпсе the autumn of 1860, at 
lile 106 but ese accidents it | occasion ; her with the inferior ен 
wear, expected to last|for a future opportuni 
arl 
ey meal was the selected. 
years, 
Thomason is about to ВеЦ 4 horses—he is for- | 
"food four pigs 
of Lot 1 were allowed to eat as much of бүрү es 
sey 
It remains to consider the debtor and creditor 
