THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE., 
1134 [Мот 29, туу 
clay subsoil; passage descriptive of the estate | analysis, of samples of the Grass; RN 
tes that as the Ше € in ; the riv a йота up | an which the writer is himself engaged, The farming | drainage as well as of the sewage ел “ы 
ice since the seed n m had|o other localities Wie the district specified is not | lected for a “ыл. John Ben et TAN bis are being egl 
m 
t; 
cusse tail, but still with sufficient 
in so uch 
risen over the surface- was Whe 
nd was ploughed bolo Christmas and agai 
which was app р at tho 
n | fulness. 
service to the Society for which it has been written, and 
h 
The pamphle ba will no doubt be of much 
ope that a 
make it useful elsewhere. 
we 
Farm Memoranda, 
3USCOT Piti FARN, 
n of the di c4 Neuer. т А 
5 lbs. 
n Ма bun e-ho w, and on the whole perha 
hoed twice, at a Va did of 105. very Rugby & Е. t to Parliament always excepting the mw sud fein € PLN 
fair егор ; t > plant was the абм pom rofa у that zx: E the Sewage mn : mprovement and peculiar mantgemeit i oed 
adn 4. Wr notice, and the land was perfectly Ti € | Mr. Lawes be (fore referred to, which a the property of 
ded нб " Mangels e farm were lighter, 1861) Campbell, Esq., of Buscot Pa xk. As is wel f m 
but well cultivated. 5. Тһе Stainswick Mangels grew * 1, By the application of large sumite pr ap e locality, a considerable roportion of the " 
on a oam, broken up about ten years since. town sewage to permanent m meadow and dur E the soil of the Buscot acid К: 3 иг е rre 
The previous orops were Oats in 1860; Wheat, 1861. REGE and summer months, [рге E ob lay proper, and n io when рама 
The land was ploughed and scarified in the autumn, tons of green Grass (which, by Mr. Campbell pne UM and vid d 21 
and a width of two yards on each side the fi tl н er proportion of dry substance i in the from t the dat e of its „рше hase „abo out 3 3000 acres а 
only was dung winter. In April skimmed, sewage ed Grass, was equal to only drain 
and the seed (Yellow Globe) drilled with 2 cwt. ot of a ton of ps for each 1000 tons of sewage applied, | Тһе үе» perii id дей} ni varies from 9 fed 
superphosphate per acre. The crop was good, |until the amou: ust a f the latter proe сүл phs та ate of to 30 feet, and ina few instanc псев near the river, , when 
although the plants were left rather too wide for so about 9000 er acre per largest | the g 1 consi 
cold a season. The land was perfectly | produce PARS was about 23 t und n Grass| wider. The depth of the drains 8 has been nearly 
clean. In accordance with the conditions under|per acre The «тоб of the jar over which an |form, viz. :—4 feet, the wisdom of which i in the sit 
which the pri are given, the firs e of bundance of green food was s available was, with the clays e pe d boob в much question 
101. is due to Mr. Campbell for his very fi t ts of one who will take d. trouble to inspect the land, 
crops. For although his outlay in manure, nearly ғ 2. tied up under cover, and fed on t| during or after a in, can easily satisfy himseif 
bl. 10s. r — seems to be en mous , yet t the green es] alone, whether sewaged or URN. as to t the йере" of the drainage; but the question 
roots w own à a less expense per e a far lower rate of increase than the average | remains to be answered—wou! cheaper mode 
generality of lot ained by animals fed on кыр i Bond fattening а depth of 3 feet И HS ҮМ, Mes answered the 
бо ; but when ог a few wee ойе аке e wa 8 given in purpose Р „Мапу be found wh 
ine rast of course, add to the fututa productiveness 
ofthe farm. The second prize of 5l. іо Mrs. Ferris, 
No. 5, whose crop was grown at the least expense pe 
and whose land, broen it 
er į 
spected 1 
e P rm 
he 
as | cows on - 
it ba more Ende Е 35 
addon je the Gras: 
of in 
it voti but on the 
hand there are Ee somnio reasons for nd 
43.1 
e, * 2А pn паба receiving fon pi n off 
| considerably 3 in their Eep of milk, and about Рау 
ther n ng е в а. 
боздо ed Grass; but the amount of milk yielded for 
a given mount, of fresh food « ойле еа was ost 
J 
+ 41 
e foo 
weight, tas an ue | 
e» 
remove the 
үн of depth in uni iform tenacious clays 
e un) 
may уб 
, and many ab 
"UT 
«тер їп the ho lof, 
—"There were four compe 
y the Earl of f Radnor; Mr. 
PET 
Fe cd Stamswi 1. Mr. 
won a == of "ind, ‚ formerly : а fox- -сотег, which 
Tus ше m n up in 1859, 
olid matter un the d contained, the 
yielded considerably more milk than 
yalue of 32 ГА 
sewage was applied. 
men are to be found arguing on bat py and if the 
x 
from the 
1 
4 feet d rainage ү muc! 
the increased рой of e 
between 57. an. 
th Oats in 186i. - Steam- ploughed in autum: 
ed in spring, harrowed, and the following, 
n broadcast before throwing up the ridges 
vian Lom 2) ditto puperphosphate, 
gro bon: Seed sown with d 
twice ho. s E qui s 01; thri 
hoed. The d ег were of iod size 
and fine hanas а were but Boe rg places, 
from The pas 
Earl 
уут апа сүгү 
ейев 
of iden. —Вагіеу in 1861; 
iA rasa мања 
with Vetches in autumn ; ч S 
scarifi 
{ын | li 
h arg D 
т | арат ай as to той фы a fap placed in 
hs, 
an E d near t 
bs. | Dur 
dopted by some wb) 
ш 
їп Ше Pre 
ould ve ФБ. it as 
2 Comphells first draining 
of a barrel of раги ys 
of ammonia, or abou ed 
11 cwt. of Peruvian guano ; and bly represented 
he excrements of 21 or 22 individuals of a mixed 
ршайоп 
атте tho ветар, rass contain 
considerably oree proportion FT dry or soli id 
d; 
that had produce 
the present year—the plant was regular, the hoeing 
well done, and care and attention had evidently been 
thi a 
was Oats, an 
the line: jd E most d dired Ы 
тарат of Fires configurations, and conseque] - 
es at angles to die pel rrows, which ever. — 
were of ud i. 
ed the w 
TOP 
буер b 
| [mubstance than the un the dry substa 
; but 
erally contained a "higher pro- 
Чи, 
| pulos of дө» ous со 
gularity хош» have o 
ch p r filtering area, 
x ue of rain the val er 
uantity bu finding its ri 
зар оуег а | mu 
ne days & after any 
TOWS. 
О; sis shows v 
роц 
ев. na yery 1 differ: i 
quality of tie » milk yielded espeotively mee Lag in е th 
d Grass. The 
and unsewage rence in composition, 
such as it is, is slightly i 2 favour o. of the milk from the 
unsewaged Grass given alone, and 
slig d Grass 
р еп in addi 
lthough the теа f the grperimenie st the 
any p 
hey 
EN and " богів ihe experience 
for e Jeter onduct of E second series, than. ав 
adeauate data 
i 
when oilcake 
ift 
e drains, ав was evident "from the à 
t suffücient remaining 
ding. 
2 
З 
SF 
aigis 
аЗ 
веаво! 
ре d 
of the furrows was du kie. pe w dois was ida 
with Winter Beans. он и. 
d away, and the land im rinmediately 
scarified, asc те Swedes drilled 
ure | one half of the feld have er abandon 
sor Abe e present season, 
m 
s e 
divided an 
, The other r "alf of p* 10-aere 
i 
е; 
iti = 
в 
Е 
а8 
апа effective drainage, 
foundation ef H other miren 
d|sod, The which have b 
e lan a 
а i fho боев відо, Яе xd of. good quality." 
Campbell and Mrs. Ferris. 
- Эде. 
А Prize Essay on the irn A P District. within 
10 miles of Ор 
Тһе prizes 
tha 
| to say in er one мего is left vido. sewage, а весоп 
receives sewage at somewhere about the rate о 
and а fourth about three times as ш 
much Y mur 
i 3000 tons per aere per annum, s third рош twice as 
d у 
с of the latter above ve 23 mie 
Pr 
du 
fie ld to milkin „Те en oxen and 15 е 
to fattening rec. к that of the half of the — 
8 are 
RE 
Xi: 
1 ресишепв 
рыш that we have. 
alread 
of the ика t rodei iving. 
Бидат the 
| remainder receiving se 
ed Grass, а 
nr 
ut 
азе апа 90 асгев 
of lime per acre. Alto 
"3 
t 
E 
bL 
and cows pe o, hoere, "his season, havi 
К рили" with useful 
We haye given in|! 
e 
о ed Grass. Both oxen 
ng а 
zE 
© |elose on 157. per acre 
scarce бл. per acre 
soy. Me. Cam 
* Arrangements are also — this year "for a mor 
satisfactory mode of collection, and preservation 
for ! 
J dare вау, 
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