THE GARDENERS CHRONIOLE CLE AND AGRICULTURAL LS 
Zee Howard :- —“ I may state that my And hen © Ur 6 tons it 
жй коїн d farm ill adapted for anko | bushel of coal consumedin cultivating 107 acres, to cor- | to the activity, energy, and consequent success of the 
ated in one of the most hilly | roborate this estimate. That rrr > coals eng | tenant. The steam plougli—worked by Fowler EC 
и дөш, «nnm about 1 power engine ind a oed eng: is now ready 
pia of tho visited ме. I purchased a set at once | per acr vork again upon „е stubbles, It will thoroughly 
work when tumn сй tivation, of which I во much approve. The wei aecomplished has been 157 acres ! break g the clay lands, which are 
Ин clliatod көп; and 205 acres up till the present pedes receive 20 loads or thereabouts 'of London dung je 
verre 4g. per acre, less and 1 z And a good -— $4 У. сеж ctory and rapid work w. cre before the winter, which being cross ploughed in 
m apparatus the e worse ү? dite done in the m Thus, on Мау 1, they | will with the aid of guano applied as ressing, 
— m сейн here not bem | greater than might банї commenced a d feld. on the 3d a 35-acre field, on | yield as A a crop of ni 1 Wurzel next year, 
ir tillage. Ihave dispensed with the working of | the 10th а 24-acre field, on the ie 20-a ба il ent has produce d this season, , We d 
scien horse es, bnt, I do not consider 1 the One | undred acres being thus mplished in tl i fü 
spe ote the In doing this t tho tc is s esti ы of aes "lag, and rid 5t steam 
> expense, to of so consequence а as the | m. o have worn one ndi Aci repairs otherwise | power applied to the tillage implem mbined 
sieg superior vulivt io "ntis alone will змне ке ү to have been not material. e deep drainage and libera Y Mrs iere; 
an mefor the outlay dnd trouble. I have bee ing the whole cost Ke rope, cultivator, Here are about 230 acres of what where bici ade is 
жле bitherto io plough my! hill land all опе w а, E М b. horse power бөрө at 5001, the digi $ s. d. called stiff soil, manured almost wholly fro a di stance 
r cent, — on oa cad 25 0 0 
het T n «Анд field now amiri di Wheat wer Cen е ем оеш, рог ortions 80 0 0 carriage, cultivated with 7 horses and the steam 
Eo that was ori eset ridge and furrow,| And fo the woar of rope. ее 2095 0 0 enim apparatus—presenting a perfect specimen 
PIE with the cultivator, and pa ted of ous and successful agriculture. J, C. M. 
a plough, an Which } Ri. sum of 807. thus has to be divided poe p too RET TIE IHRE TED HC 
acres accomplished, or about 4з. an acre 
the cos vt steam tilla e rather less d - 
K =; 
wi M om osa 3 it V rod e Min e p^ Asto the comparison of this with the cost of horse 
ИШ каше, has анон maintained the "promise labour i ch cin s, it must suffied to 
: GREE NURSERY 262 
lst. To judge from what is now to be 
Interusticual "Exhibition it ОАА p^ 
neglected by British agricul- 
The land is 
ut in the ап ts. Most extensive and valuable collections have 
ES s jos ride о over this property 49 лт di кай; поб рате worked it up and | been furnished by France, Austria, and many other 
EPI he t speak of s x the rri B лаг d t soil is occasionally so hard | countries, but the grains of Britain have been Mair 
menta on it m» Mr. Cou ng pR bM, nothavebeen torn up except by steam ри by private individuals, whose contributions 
ise before he e а Чок A M power diat bo fa eagre and uninstructive collections, some of the 
M as of other Mieten ents which will follow ith n ria е nors -— the farm p» emis S varieties exhibited being incorrectly named. Bat 
The property, tatinidhir è over nearly 2000 | th е а $00 pes tting Vac рейин а 
ит, to Sir Н. Austen, Bart. Two farms, || à ow g ep LR a ng them and iP. eir dicated not only by the limited number of the 
м“ " and the “ Моге,” nearly touching one ^ ep id o ук eta j ihe Lea x cr wt the |; таре but also by the character of some that аг 
smother, are pied by Mr. Cousens. They extend ler m^ sold fat, at 4 il to able ут wes The E 15 | exhibited e large ears and plants of the Pedigree 
enr about 650 ; of which 30 or 40 are in perma- рон а 1 "аре Е: idin ec 1 ye Э 2 Nursery Wheat eget e by Mr. Hallett are some 
sent pasture; in well watered and well shaded paddocks | 9* H » nds sheep, yielding гаа bly 701. o р of the Cow Cabbage, which 
кшегей here and there in the vallies, extremely conve pe t; Роне dispe зы nin Jor. s wil m was brought into mee 30 or 40 The 
nient for the live stock of the farm ; and the remainder | 58118 0 expenditure. Some 1807 ayear are properties of this р plant were — "E А ferens in 
ltivated on the A field course of д market-places, eadera, paragraphs, and advertise- 
pier cult c ae pite ver some | 98 annually spent. To н latter, however, we have | ments ie vA rm fas Н xis Kedénted & dow 
ight soil, o 
of the sand wi below the chalk кешш Aha sub- 
not added the соз st of a 
es which project from the w 
near the surface are liable to turn out the plough 
which strikes upon oed Tie а. thou, 
Side dow: ill, 
deteriora. rating a the top of the st 
exhibits less ү à ү than on any hill 
speaks for the goo 
rad 
and 
side 
in layers red 
surfaces of any ym suiting through it—and bios they 
ugh ү 
еер fields, 
land 
ood quality Е uy sub- 
where, gra т ыы 
Mr. Cousens' тери is that the repairs 
greater than would have been incurred i n the use o 
тезш under the Shade of. the ошар Cab nea d 
the wool-growing properties of the leaves were i 
ae | tr trated by exhibiting at the show ^ the Бина 
horse-drawn деу жегш The horses employed in 
onltivating 600 кае ot —— land hero, hitherto, 
have been about 18 chiefly in two- home 
te еы, emt 9, or vs ү "of oxen. The force 
and a 
of so won derful a 
r threshing out grain 
e hii " ndm for tha at purpose is 
2 A mes interested in Жи improve- 
ment of the Whe i dud t, Mr. НаПе з bibis 
to the Exhibition. particularly att tracted my айе 
Ae 
vantage of steam с cultivation, that it can e carr 
Ш a nd in any direction that | is 
this land, 
Couseng Eno on T of 
3 years аро, а Aes deal of impr rovement 
by good roads, „бл. of fences, 
lds, and the drainage of the lower 
hea er Shed which has | 
lies below the pss on the 
s caedi This is heat 
good 
Mr. 
1 
HiK 
a 
i 
D 
te rops, also 
ed n hA work of 
protected by a lease. 
Steam eultiva 
j 
hi 
for the hill а 
hills— 
ы the! Чына is ен оп 
күз, a 20 aere field just it is 
pulls ke The rope tius m a tightenod 
" | the wear of the rope 
is Bui besides A os there can be little doubt that as the 
eei е beco more easily and г rea gd Worked, a 
and more especially the plants in wooden ge with 
zig- zag stalks terminating T pgri) rren o 
saving x Jil b Ў 
Mr. C nca in steam сд е 
ош as it ye узе a land which would at са vea 
unced as extremely unfavourable for лче 
а and a peti i the tho adaptability of 
іній 
e new brake for ensuring the |} 
f the slack rope is however now about to be |, 
ere can be no doubt that a good deal 
will 
ng (see | 
in order to 
doubt on this point, the Wheat Crops growing on 
Mr. ^m 1 
observatio 
Hallet's 
theory, à 
3d. The 
reals is erroneous in 
in practice, and ees $ — 
House Farm is 
yis of i improving the ce 
failure 
Manor 
he east 
f к of Brighton, on a gentle declivity. ich. aimes 
wards the racecourse on the top of the доя 
consideral embi the 
surface rally un 
directions у т aud y en 
З ыа management, Аар. Rome d d kep 
and indieating hi gh farm rmin OPEM, T the 
] 
PE SESEER 
t 
à bieh ou t 
heavily manured green erop on s hoort and беер y 
drained and well tilled soil. The latter had been grown 
visit was the 
A IAE [armo wer d ina 
m uer the ei. same qual 
TA n of i n. indeed you visit Mr. 
= тм, not only a contrast of the маи 
S 
riy which А ч achieved, but : a contrast of the means i 
f Mr. Hallett's Дд crops 
in a single stalk, and afterward: 
ker my to the farms and allotments in the 
ou 
4th. Mr. Hallett's Wheat crops had evidently been 
^ 
mn p mR fot 
thout A 
торе in 
w much less fri 
h £l а 
iles à n periods of the -— — 
€ at LE ME 20 ES 
suffers 
К, p as [* as it can be—three or n i 
men with a hoe apiece fighting w ith its Couch and 
Thistles—and on the other there is LO. finest crop 
of Mangels we have this year seen, i plant лай 
three 
lez? and soft a nd mellow, every n rA inch t it. as: fal 
it can hold of the white fibrous root of the plant,— 
are feeding apparatus for 
uring 
pannia for length of 
uine that, after a 
| 
ded 
were оо шапу partially ii то pone: ашшы, 
while cx chaff and straw bore unmistakable evidence 
| of the excessive manurial naa of the soil. The 
| characteristics of the Wheat crops ouse 
dit. T 
and fo font and F z ning in the other it 
ыт. "well es the reco 
Re 
rd kept in 
before 1 rh m 
» ort 
We hen 
being cut aid d yon 
stubble had been | just cleared 
"ol its to m dps 
acre oí the Ы 
па be re à dits ow: 
tivation, which is always 
Large extents of осы, h ad been planted 
Vetches, or after a pue ed spring cultivation, the 
Mangels, а second cu over, 
301, an aere. | arg 
pting where the Ыш, vid 
Vetches and Potatoes | Wheat 
uini a enin while ihe chaff 
all Wheat сгорә | поё so 
. [everywhere this year, was not ow up to the average. f yield о 
owing to the mode le at озі 
practised there. The ears 
quee that his Pedigree variety is 
vona with the eommon Nursery Wheat of the 
th. Contrasted with some of the 
on the Manor 
pq In ply of grain, the 
the respective crops may be set down 
