acer 29, 1862. 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
795 
using watched it carefully for several years, 
unl Ten our district. - Mn always 
by орно 
ich же |і 
dj happy to o give e: бене advio 
it t 
o that we may be able wnitedly to accomplish this 
n public good. 
I € ve taken bei great circulation 
trated yesterday, and the superior quality of steam 
cultivation was also ws well pem for the 
зла of clay lan d і e fi eld were plou; an uad 
cultivate 
— of the 
of your Paper, matter at Rant e length 
| before ће Lue ita үт; “this distr: am 
conscious of having bu 5 ebly 
hich o 
o horse power could re done it. 
"ghe cost of the work cannot be illustrated by a few 
hours trial; but there is now vii jence, both of 
Fowler’ rs andi Howard's m Ret Over years enough 
to prov ir 
pow 
eer 8. 
With ael ы та Ачан к state of the crops in this 
ntlem ав may seek it а at my |t 
obse e tha t the Wheat 
ition terminated for ey day м ваны E 
since received three or four samples of 
ES ^ lland, Esq., of. Dumb bleton 
агай MP, 
not being able to e -— per, 
mpor- 
the 
“Tiko all S ше others 
ad e va em cd 
journey on Thursday, we 
through another dis- 
Br ridge, on the Wor 
a piece of Barley, 
found it a fair average crop 
mixed. Goin 
394 
s one of Mr. 
зүп | О соте to maturity, НӨ quality "will 1 n very fair. 
в ркы of upon the ground, 
n e 9nü 
e 6 н: отег шапу 
thousands of acres cultivated by bothy and having been 
particularly 
not a rage ; eas almost a 
Ye P? d crop is far from -= ood but 
iet the fly has not taken it, great p as been 
made since the last rains, tut hi is still v uy idem 
h better than was Ф 
д зА cutt ing, 
to inquire the history of 
steam cultivation over many scores of sss in all 
"A of the country, Iam able б. ш with some 
onfidence on this point. Tt will be found that taking 
Mis partieular of the expense ia the account— 
wages, fuel, breakages, and tear and wear, and interest 
of е Y ital— hi done by steam fi 
t 
5. to 
I find, however, Ee some samples which име been 
, Just sent mo from б СЫЗА а аге much worse than 
any in "Es district, Georye Blizard, Toubehury, 
August 1 
fro 
would] та; cost 12s. 
or much inferior work. 
à There is, I believe, no one, unless ho be interested 
and 6s. to 10s. respectively 
in the manufacture of steam ploughs and cultivators, 
REPORT. TO THE 
COUNCIL OF THE YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
ON THE STEAM €— TION TRIAIS AT YORK, ON 
62. 
unquestionable” success of steam cultivation 
rather than venture to compare the ri 
ter a fe w hours’ trial and ала, Taning, 
on generally, 
ds of it 
owever, 
О 
TUESDAY, AUGUST б, 18 
Тнк field set apart for the exhibition of steara 
ploughs and pues чо perfectly well fitted 
for showing the machines at wor eing large 
ER for Me or four hours' trial x ай Me darent | 
and p a fi 
y of drawin; su ch s comparison, 
I have now to relate the ч Аа of Ње machinery 
that w was exhibited at wor! 
On one e field an ordinary Clayton & 
| Shu ttloworth's single "айе nder 8-horse 
paci threshing engine, drove by stra 
p 1 
chor furnished with clip drum, bo which the 
ht nd ther 
а with several 
у. 
Going оп towa r. Hall's residence, we 
eA several fields by the. "x dod found m» 
mme remarks applicable to all of t The las 
field examined 
lengt 
for. ше düssuation of steam 
e 
xt tends across the fie d. "narro d or band "of sti iff 
from it 
blanc plough. 
cylinder, wi roke, а 
pressure probably upwards of 70 lbs. 
peers condo as high as 80 lbs. ; "though I was 
sured it indicating beyond the truth—being | out 
be 
lay which requires a double or triple power to cross 
it во that the par Зарир, had to be worked 
throug hout the fur much hi gae n pure nan 
sies s needed exce D p^ pa ieular mom. 
r had thus no [абыен opportunity а given to а 04 
he antage or the 
eigenen the trial The ploughing, as I 
red it, was barely 5 inches deep. The furrow was 
330 yards Ахы The plough made close on 13 journeys 
along this furrow within n honn losing 64 minutes 
im 
. Here were two sorts et Barley in the 
frin his owh seed, the other from e estimating aright ei e dn tod > chea eap- | on tho h headlands and 1 te during one stoppage, 
ed in Hertfordshire, the forme tiui tem 
потрае E was e aad 3 Pics slemes | of Fowler and o ard were worked ; man, two а doen Apr nC P PM 
iren experience in Ен elsewhere Е аан him lads. The rope was well carried on 12 rope porters, 
2 еа by itself < nd put. by forle. judge of the rw i they must possess | Which stood rather less tn 50 yard rt. 
on the af soils of the ry. The central plot—allotted to Messrs. Howard—was 
iet d entia the кае of the Barley crop| Tt is ndeed im} possible t to „over poe и мы | partly ploughed and partly cultivated. In their 
ittis district—not hastily an. nefficiently from the | t w three-furrow balance plough the two frames 
BN а элу min o: or $c box of a depen uM on proper cultivat y Pie the ploughs balance one —— not as in 
Aui patiently Recap in орыр Й eh the орао, of manures for their айу, for "hey Fowlers ma achine nie of being both par of „опо гір id 
ERA emin ent experience an are alr thus ancing tł : 
кез ЫТ ав y fairly claim the right to offer | we сја д they need to be | wheels which carries it—but by eadh Мык ped: 
Ў Bpo 8 subject which I have n Jy freto up ru срод throughout their depth to th 
of ai {де 
абу for some time past, and with which the nature 
ot business affords ! me peenliar rebas c of 
acquainted, ЕЧ ів highly necessary that | y 
T 
free access o and weather. x: are com- 
расу few days during tà n our clima ^ 
this ne by horsepower, for they ar 
and each, as in its turn it drops into its work, lifts the 
other off the ground, the chain 
passing over cams or —— thus giving to мли 
TEn а rood 
Barley, to produce that which is А for 
ые е coarser growths for 
pull the 
are 80 softened by the 1 rain that. the trampling апа 4 | 
remunerative, for - 
ing made in the art of 
land than open it. RS a power which shall 
eet 2 AT through them, or s gr m 
its turn conies to work an advantage in weight over 
e plough is drawn to and fro maus qat 
тува ordinary 10-horse power engine, with 
T- inch double yip and 12inch stroke. 16 was 
Des. 
mand which i 
T 5 
1 Мп r 
Ше vast soummpon of 
] liquors, and 
ands |1 
hich 
pb the gri. of Р рор ihe 
TE з 
5 is the greatest difficult 
y in supplying— 
od malting Barleys will always ied 
mee which will amply а, the gent for 
The © attention bestowed upon them 
Operations к.» sk: be very t troubl esome поё 
Mes rts I should — - 
г in emere! * Golden 
à “ Thanet.” All these abo 
my agricultu 
send MR CN. persons 
cut off a — number 
1 al in the ho 
Дами: of к is too often ue А four- hie 
and ploug аба) more than 40 cwt., and all this 
goes trampling and sliding from en nd to end ofthe 
p to 70 lbs. pressure, and making from 125 
to 130 revolutions ре. minute. It rem a: double 
windlass, each barrel being. gen into work alter- 
nately, while the ot her en peyi МК 
А5 stud, оп which it 
Working 
e | arrangeme ent, 
= hindered 
me 
is formed 
the 
of its width; and thus of course a a floor 
Pere the "вой, Шей ecd which is 
test inporte of w. 
Wo want а tool аы; т not Tore than 4 or б суф. 
the width d 
out rope апу cd во иа 
pulls jt in, was “also in pes M vantage of 
being that "the slack rope behind the [Y is tus 
ept at m. join to hinder it dragging. 
тош 
the Н 
San hE 
worked by it—carried 
e surface over which it 
ub shall not p 
eiose 
Steam-drawn 
ploughs 
ral | and vow that ye seen at work yesterday. | por 
than 5 t 
The ploughs employed 
Т cwt. ре 
weigh not more 
r furrow, the cultivators from 4 to 
ine lower ones, and 
urrow on 
them. Тһе men eet Ke 
anchor ei: to shift the е lors i 
Sort, and ctl -— n gem 
бр н) эр semi 
at wide intervals, thus trav iversing the field but once аф 
lriving them | горе р 
every 4 от 6 feet width. The engines d 
0 тне ng sort; 
st | with wonderful 
h IET n 
or they may stand altoget ther out of the field, as i 
Howard’s case. In both cases ihe tools can be drawn 
ot 
successful t 
7 oed medii teo rm "Barley 
it will be too late to 
veter 
senson, | be fit for horse work) in 
drawing a a heavy tool um es the езе ere M 3-furrow plo 
and cultivating is reduced to 
while for speed of work. 
f 
on 
— 
effect, thi sun-baked clay wh 
touch ; an md (ш (upposing the AM 
by 
was as nearly as possible (not balfa perch 
oods within the hour ; and I L estimated it at Му 
more 
iy f vict fel. 
one | This work was E shed d in 14 journeys of the 
ough, 
A pes rrr 
along а а furrow 314 yards long ; seven 
r to remark that the disc indicator of stona 
short times when en clays аге fit for phare А the 
vantages of steam power аге in both cases beyond a | P* 
e saw the speed of steam cultivation well illus- that was actually em 
ця. S na to this on ne was out of ihe index 
PORE a » about m lbs. all day long! so that many spectators 
y with the impression Q^ all the be 
Mer i: жаз ассо ара by by about two-thirds of the 
