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| vitality, a although it had evidently prevented the 
VARIOUS SOILS: CROPPING IN ACRES: MANURING PER ACRE.— Continued. | ani prre so fat as it would have otherwise done, 
and all his 
oogen g being “done by steam, he had adopted a 
ACRES. Barley | Beans Swedes | Mangels | Clover качы ance, by which the chaff instead of falling on 
ÀJ hast (Ba) i£ (8) (M) (C) the floor fell through a kind of sieve, уаш pioa n by 
Soil, &с. eat. Oats eas are Potatoes eeds 
Jo, 50, Pasture. | Arable. (0) (P) Mellow (P) 8) | vade 
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= уккан ш, тона л а Оду МТС И Э.З Er __——|——— | e de erede of the. torch behind. 
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К - | | | |2 Мг. FRERE also › Stated that he had recently pur- 
Mam, Sawpr, &с. 2 | : | chased а 
e : "AcnEs 400 180 50  j82(Ba& O)|6(Be & Pe) 15 (T) | IQ 80(C) | 
dung .. tons : „> 15 tior tit S | n Es would cut а ton an hour, and that the farmers in € 
gerphoepbate ..) cwt t | 8 | LIES MTS neighbou: A wp frequently had it p^ on hire with 
| the mos pm 
pies em 400 280 20 60(Ba&o)| S(T) 14 (Ma) | 1 (po) 149(0 & S) Steam Boilers b t to Agriculture—Mr. 
=. tons - I- 9 ad | pee ria M. Р, then proceeded to call бе е attention 
Pravian guano cwt | s : е Socie ety to the tin of н нчен 
тика НЕлуү.Асвз 26 194 14 14 (Ва) 6 (0) м (8) | 6(Ma) (В) (С) | bo boilers and their proper mode of trea 
g iex -. dons 30 T 43 x. | уа | а y rved that stoam was CM xg rato w in 
Tevrian .. ст. | U m 3—4 3 3 | 4—5t абз in а!1 parts of the country, in consequence of which 
finis E 3 5 2. ат | у а 8 it was their bounden duty to guard as much as possible 
E. s: | those accidents to which all steam machinery was liable. He 
wüurSnarE ..Асвеѕ] 130 188 20 d NOD 10 (R) | 10 (T) | 15 (8) | 15 (Ма) | 24(C) | did not mean to say that there were more explosions in agri- 
| "hum dung .. tons ja m E | | 25 25 | 25 . cultural steam boilers than in other descriptions of steam 
һап guano .. cwt. "m Hi АР E: | E | 2 2} | 3 57 boilers, and one thing he could say, which was that cul- 
Sperphosphate .. cwt. Же e ШЕ $i | 2 2 24 3 74 tural labourers made very ећсіепё engine tenders after being 
Bae dost. .. bushels ES Ve E | 20 20 20+ Х well looked after for the first 12 months. r. J. C. Morton, in 
| a very useful little book entitled the “Handbook of 
WüOuraxpGmAVELACRES| 162 88 10 45(Ba&O) 5(Be) | 7(S& T)| 7(Ma) 4 (Po) 10 (C) the Farm Labourer,” published last year, stated that the 
steam power now in use in theagricultural districts was equal 
Ex  LoaM, AND | to 40,000 horse-power. It was necessary that for the efficient 
бат .. . . ACRES 86 94 30 41(Ва&0) 8 (Ве) 10 (8) 6 (Ma) 4 (Po) х working of steam-engines the farmers, апа those who had the 
hm е dons e» m бе | т® 10 10 7 care of engines, should know a Дө of the wu and pro- 
Ineorsmanure.. cwt. 2—3 2 2 erties of steam, aud the r in which it ега! 
&gephosphate .. cwt. 2 9 r. rooke, а geniti ] ai I» 
to do with the analysis of ше t h the medium 
Ж Domt, ALSO RETENTIVE of light, ted iu а letter to him that th 
Acres| 495 975 140* 63 (Ba) | 20 (0) 12 (Be) ЕРИ , у "EM 63 (C) | circumstances connected with the ebullition of water 
-. tons à Ж .. ue E 19 8 not generally Know ch would throw great deal 
: xe “ 8 A e of light upon the causes of boiler explosions. For 
the exposure of boiling water to the air was lways 
.. ACRES 78 220 75 50(Ba&O) 20 (Ве) |30 (Бы & S) 10 Qo 7 eo 20 (C) panied by great ebullition. One of the prin m 
.. tons V. 5 6—8 $5 6—8 | ia steam boilers was to obtain sufficient steam while the boiling 
». bush. ud e IH Bs & i | i took place with perfect tranquillity. He attributed a great 
deal of the параи in boilers to the presence of impurities 
SEES eI (CALDO TT 7. Чо thé water; паг had Observed that the infusion 
Jay enriched by mption of all the Barley and Oats| enables the implement to be worked in EAS weather of кше MS es Met ab RUM at 
нч Vieni му : ied 39 tl р ре yomly or by moonlight. "The implement u d dte the old attracted great attention in consequence of the great danger 
T 428 Акый mS f Also 6 ewt. of c Ae ХА одне three-tine grubber. bus how- | as well as loss of steam power which occurred from it. That 
È I. Borswell, North Milton. ever on the ground aucti жешс dn invented by | incrnstation \ Phe SURE ad LM ON M ME 
JA Оаху, Рату enriched by consumption of oilcake. | a gentleman named Fisher, of No та amptonshire, the е рете ообев Ку Рой, add adhered t o the sides and bottom of the 
ers 
M їстї. of superphosphate. $ With 3 quarters of bone 
E Ter p 1 q 
reat merit of which appear 
IS Cone WALL.—Lime, 100 to 120 bush els per acre every 7 or | itself and not clogg gging or ги ing. 16 were. ie È “leare out, the iron of the boiler, not being 
im Dung enriched by Ке ороп о of 1501. to 2001. - a piece of land on which were sone large patches a Е above it, became, «они X A the action 
и. B mol t 85 wt. of common | Twitch Grass. Although а soil was sticky from the e pressure above the boiler collapsed and an explosion 
Ж Cure RTREN.— Lime, 4 cartloads per acre once in 5 or | late rains, the gru it toote lace. There were two kinds of agricultural 
т (for p 
[р im Wheat and at and pasture. Dung enriched 301. per annum. | way with hardly а есе of Twiteh. adhering to the | boilers — аё which was part of a fixed machine, and 
Es which was attached to the portable agricultural steam 
eet Rushmore, tlie 4 or 8 tons por acre for Whest. | 166. а advantage в {о arise from the tines | machine, The latter of these was far more labo im injury 
а Eis conim ed, with gas lime. I. F. Chap. being fac sebo. "i ^ wit ih a a rounded surface which | from incrustation, and for this reason. In to the fix 
gas allo dione eeds more easily to pass off. -It was at first с podes ater and fuel by pon им, was e was vas АНАГА od 
SR Ате, 24 bushels per aere every foi e dmm by eight rnt oes belonging to the Duke, kem ir р tak pedi ditch P ош the еи гез. it 
айе by E: AM. Колы ы чад, ы ТА | slugs. and had there bee ао боя went;it was constantly in the hands of different ns, 
i "Fir Swedes receive 12 tons of dung g pera acre. et апоу | have been out. effective. * pugged," RUM. rio nd to different kinds of im and filled. with 
iat receive 2 or3 owt. of salt t per acre. Owen Wallis, | had the land become from tha ГА use that it was torn | о0риніев, besides which it was often bg eani 
“ш... in] 1 h 1 h they | lest ot surprising then that boilers so neglec 
LY 1 ge slices S, ch unless the weather ngerous, the only wonder was that more 
arge slices or lumps, w u t should become dangerous 
x xpo eus у ы А. о prove kindly will be difficult to reduce; when kicked explosions did mot take place. They had heard from the 
Pec Potatoes occa- | the toe of the boot only left its impression, while when Svidence of Mr. Crook that ће quality and impurity of the water 
go end $ that 
e same process was repeated on t portion of the Жанада uo еды encor реа мел —€— S 
—=————— reng which е icc qnan фи dysa Mago id flew | anything should be put into the water that would tend 
Hom leces. e work seemed to vy for t Orses, dissolve the impurities and enable them either pass off 
dm е Correspondence. buf tho тешен of fhe land, in Mr. Тавата opinion, | a saon a баш ог to Бе deposited at the bottom of the pler 
ims pation at Potterspury .—Steam eden made the extra draught equal at least to that of two | mistake to “А ec (hal d onis! d "em pon oC PEDE 
ed no grent encouragement orses. It was afterwards hooked on to the engine, but | was 212°. аер за at various tem е me м 1 > 
t has made is à chiefy having no turning bow and the steering lever having | Dr. Carpenter, which were very much dependent upon 
tenant f. The|got broken the trial was not v ul. Prep of solid nuu йилы ныша meriti ede кзн, 
however, who stands igh with his| The day brought together a number of earnest when the & A inasmuch as the persons having 
er anxio promote their anxioi give and receive information, but as a | charge o ^ e engine very often imagined that when the fires 
the other day at the disposal | test of the capabilities of the steam cultivator it was of Col mis oed гра MU id ber vnd dde rwn 
g Works, Stony Stratford, | little nse. The field was а з smal m v" with a view Ci getting the steam up rapidly, when of course, if 
е powers of a new windlass narrow, with a a roadway ru ning up t] ldle, so that | the en шн in any way unsound, th» additional pressure 
he best tim or k ht i bes сои ха = n to burst. The ordinary rem e ЧО у 
е dry summer months for a|in working, and the wet state of the land told seriously probably was >з a cese. КА be) REM E Pei Pers 
ing up of the stubbles for | against мо qe of the work. We hope that n "e steam boilers than of ex plosio: 
serm М, Науа ше another, Ый day he wil, be moro |, ai angue лиде dhai е mg mis алын 
a6. 1. dE ck f£ 
COCOS rear ee tier ШШ ‘tunate. ve ong the visitors who hangarer the feld and carefully examined to make sure that it was not obstructed 
e in any way. The spring balance t then be screwed down 
out a failure (which is possible | and а he Duchess, Lord Euston, the Hon. Col, | to abaut Iù lbs., sud: when the steam blew off at that 
inuance of wet weather)| net dion and a good number of the Fives in | it Es gradually Roy eye Жа Ре 
e who ole e system. The | the „Жаука об м assembled and «Шоу watched | While the engine was not at work am 
to be not up. He was afraid that the spring bala; f engi. 
is for the wheels qs und was often left screwed down while the men were at dinner, 
is placed crosswise to and on one occasion he had himself to interfere and to point 
piao the out to the men the da of such а ing. It was 
w 4 ing done wnder the impression that wh п the fi low 
t has thr ulleys, t evaporisation di e place, ani e were 
he drums, and the central Royat L eeting ө: ора y ROEA Шы Бек а трата Маг 
furrow, during the | Agricultural Association took place on Wednesday, at screwed do ould help them to get the steam up quicker 
implement, or in case of | the ety's Rooms, Hanover Square, Mr. Fisher | when they ted io finiri " Т стаз a practico wi » 
tion of a small con-| Hobbs in the Chair. The mri business of the | was e ДӨ гын. Ке - zs e 
is shi either of agas A having been transacted ној ral new |а ОЛЫ carbonate ot soda ia imp m o tbe ghomioal 
the central or neutral pulley, | mem т. Holland, M.P, stated that he | change 
taneous stoppage of the|had ends some dg stuff Фф ыс viia was of | caused in D. consid dnte. of [4 Rec desde er air fro T 
is i solid particles, and it being blown off the steam in the ' 
18 is to prevent the а different characte m that t their last | ер Раг The to be obtained if possible was the 
the steam £h В shape o! p 
all t Steam, so th g gen of lowest Ле heat, and he тїї 
the time on the neutral bad and straw, He nd tis been in the Tabit of cutting menti е одну a 
ion any other portion of th r feeding pu in order to 
advantages which ayes mix it up with ` pu 1ру Last year he was fattening 
Mr. Ha 
hat it res but one man | ап animal and got 16 ue € certain ‚ыр atness, but | pressure Е ч wi under the highest d 
gine as we well, the latter | to his surprise there it stopped. Tt was sufficiently fat, pr d E 
‚ and tha: by connecting | however, ve when he sold it. When к Ж ПШ ter elasticity, would have burst the 
erred to, a small cord which | it was slaughtered and келй, it was discovered that to is, too, showed the evil which must 
hor men, they are enabled |a — piece stick, about 3 inches in length, | result from a crede ro burnt ма (Qneequence of incrusta- 
LUN to throw the implement out of| had ar ае еа by the animal and had - бас Mr. D 8рШег, Legg an Дт d Pith (he 
ad ves Ж ород the driver in case of|lodged within the stomach. The pe of stick chemical establishment of the War Department at Woohwich, 
à great success, and he had stated it: 
run in, and it also| had penetrated the side, but had not affected thel had used caustic 
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