6, 1862.) THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
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T aer прог on, n my object But the heaviest wor ^ Y ~ хз 
k (tl hing foi 
f aright to o сен I inquire as to -= affects lows, 10 inches de A + done — ploughing for fal- | sheep, for the purpose of ascertaining with ап equ 
je and i instruo TEE and am familiar farm would never have m ny th heavy v work to do | ы ad, учас, Pu ae че эга Дар кышу 
кте ent I Lm: pudet s dm D noured ар С H н т-а оп ап average, 1езё, and sometimes con- | their friends in again сева te. » jt, 1 
el dade Rr rators, of Ihe planta eno RN ess, „For, һе esides "that much of the deep- | | remembered ties interested in тер rne, 4 
"— elbowed from the Botanical chain contrary, | of 1690 to de postponed to ghe spring of 1861 ** ee m m ec aep e apr cd 
үч x p his own expresse ed wishes, while a person | year in T and that the : А —— e : 
iffe 
ploughing fi 9 mac ees ver forth. 
wn io the world as familiar with |fallows and Р, ghing for the | neigh we 100 - t 9À with tl the 
Ag f TE otatoes of vA was got well forw. Tara. Talens the from the езен ог "ваба, 
yugetbe ) | ealled N Vorth » Sheep, 1 the meal Lincoln, Sonthdown, 
ear, Shropshire neq e" ester, and the Cots wold, То 
e course, came t егу forcible , objection had 
NV at year, has a сау, е staple to | urged, і, vis.; tà der - 
Botnic Gard which in its present state i polso it of deep plonghi к: o 
Me б! if not indee ed detrimental to any one |i me E : ri 1 иле proportion Leg 80! ет E a шой ойм. үч т c? € m their 
Lam, sir, yours, &c. 4» Ош Observer, thin в А: Pap e lying upon raw tidal silt and sand that |w aen айы Ка "eni wib 
annot be wisely intermingled {йә the er soil, sider bl » 
except very gradua wdy, oue =} em sidera! “ку ич in procuring ciem maanani 
ГАТТОКГ po uthat in A of that A perc ч жезге — гт "yo == тш y be 
j e ready for 10 A EI ili ph lon, bin ; ёа sheep ada 1 
"How to buy а Steam Plough for г I might dnd years 50 acres only will bear s zn aing 2m 2 p n e e л rri ron from d T 
wi bave been n the heading to to onr иь т a No. 47; ; | work, while 44 0 acres more must hav ve only Sinch - вир thrivers, perhaps did. not afford s uflicien = 
а which the following points were at T. io be|ploug bin ing. ш 
А ip of 300 acres a e, of com- peculiar circumstances of nd aa n seasons, jl to лоше and bring the sh 
: to an 
у light soi il (such as the Lincolnshire * marsh ” of it by “ cross- жр. Мт. W, G.P; Sene TTE wan oom == 
gt of it roi ploughed 5 or б inches deep by cutti ing") 9 and 10 Anches ач pu uppropitious, too, | missioned, without ^ Wm of MA» горе 
ти ше all the. advantages of steam had been the two li previous years, that land extra foul wn ambs ; Mess nárt & мА 
rness, t| 
by join involving much more than | Messrs. " Kirkham ri а r, tl 
sa machine. Assu ming that a 10-horse power | the теч amount р, һеауу harrowing. And. still ма the cross from the Cheviot TT "ёге 
г" 
6001. vil answer the purpose, each farmer ie autumn was unfavourable to an extensive m the tups purchased nt Saint Boswe M The 
Less dte raise) e Ace e of six horses out of 1 t of tl 1 were wintered together and alike un til the 20th 
d (ире f 16, without er iu spring corn. ap pier stubble in dry hot weather May, clipped and brought to pasture, 12 of ench class, 
xpeditiously g ht to pe capable of g | and. lil À 
the carrying — of tone m, qum wit оь Тев as much he a ig s. fell to the horses lot duri n. is to be observed that the North 
eep wm the ineo! ns ne D t Ц 
il "e 
ing the total om d at his command ; and, if tho 1861, DO We pode o be Lee 1e, on an average of | sh 
ш i horses sold real e1502, he will have but 1507. to find years, would be very considerably ден. OF 10-inck | i.e. 
in some cases 
consum 
p of their food, 
hard cash. p ploughing were done 100 of pair-horse | Leicesters — the less eaters, but they fairly finished 
ombine in - нА of a steam plough, each ploughing, 5 or 6 inches deep (exclusive. of: “йй -in | up their pastu Re е (оті tabula 
їйїп; 1501. by sale of horses, and havin refor e | statement wills show when the large consumers became 
i add only Го the capital already invested in his suppose to be still le ft for harsen to а 354 acres ; of short of a full supply. of. food—and monthly compari. 
Th: doptio: Р 
basiness, eu s not | sca: 
necessarily involve a heavy outlay of additional capital | harrowing, about 203 ix. NU this is Jabour for Iti is to be borne іп mind A er. is a experiment has 
а the part of the occupier of a moderate-sized farm. which the steam-engine is expressly fitted—at wl ew to asce sheep may be 
The marsh land district of Lincolnshire has hardly | cost would it be performed ? brought ut the мере ойпоё, оа аб 
ben broken into by the steam plough, y a. is level| Without coming to niceties, we believe that a fair | be made to our tables published in the Mark Lane 
smriice and its large rectangular fields ^ r the | (and by means an over) estimate for the А четт А Express, Belts Waet y Messenger, or potens Daily 
т power ; and if once its farmers feel persua d (as of a 10-horse steam-plough on em A a Mcr d News in Ігејаш ОШЫН: 1861, it will appear that 
tion, is— 5 acres per day еер p the second ex; ad verifies tlie. first, in uev the 
E soil, of ver y f staple 7 acres per day of the 2 ог 0 a mens Я leading propensity of the Shropshire 
SA will be sure to apply it оп a very. ус" scale. more when turning ov ound рг reviously work ked, weight, and then the Leicester, but rad е5 Dara 
р d North in 1861; but there the first experiment 
ting from like considerations, we pr opose to which was hea avy drag harrowing, | failed, "The Lincolns upon that ocension came to test, 
lat would be fhe osition of a marsh farmer with a ae р> one- гаа t — ы of unmoved e be pered to the highest extent t to take the 
em plough? in ue: owing, duri ring our ca alcu- Fe ble) 12 acres per day, on . This amounts | lead at Lincoln Sin r^ Ше North жеге in ^ going 
tions, the gen y тау ness of our previous state-|altogether to (20 days for ak isi Ан 51 Е for "o We may sta 
ment as to the perd everti of tillage and common ehe бү days for the dragging, &c.—) | is satisfactory to ourse vun an - poe us when to 
GE e Ob. sor f farm under consideration. 88 days. Judging by the many y Mf cases of ipone М. Pt een а our advantage. Тһе great 
First, take the зга of ЕхрЕхвк. 'Тһа& Ше cost of|steam-ploughing experience, we estimate the cost of|question be prov y, in the ve feeding 
А er varies very much under different managers | work as follows. lt is not necessary in the presen by inis gu food l, | which we again =з) д 
рете of management, is well — article A. commend one inventor's apparatus mo Parlington, Nóv: 1862. Ов. чу Fox. 
t of ; r ular 
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: cost o than more ра: 
ly than b "апе ап average of the 21 ben iutimations as to the form of steam-plomgh we 
пей in s the Cost of should prefer, we state the cost of manual labour at 
Horse-power? "ouest of the R. „ vol. xix). | 11s. per day, water carting 4s. 6d. per day, and remoyal 
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of * feed " and “© extras? " qM black- | by horses eyerg. three days (op быа of large ed р 8 
tits, suddler рег day, í 
баштамы їп vira is 287. 105. per horse day; & ng altogether . te. 200. „Вер dau s curs ed - єз. 
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"$m. To this must be added the annual wear ede working ex} expense. there tM й 
= Wt of the implements worked by the horse, ever, WR HL Rn » irme is E g gel Venter wot elipt, | 
a Wages of the man (or lad occasionally) | gri rind the rope (when being la id out, &e, or when the КЕ БЕР May, 1962. | 
ves the horse; this, in the same set of aie rope нез g арр 
= averages 171. 10s. per annum ; making worked); and as the Бан is i-e so stiff as to subject s eso ийре Mp жанр RARO SPURS - 
Z e БЕ| Weight of 12 sheep, 
‚Ж Жу мы 20, virg эн when 
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ege annual eost of horse-power to be 467. per the machinery to great ‚ог choked with hedge- 
At this rate the 16 horses on 300 acres arable | row timber, to do escas ч 4 
proportion kept in the district, where roots and | and breakage will be of ively small amoun 
the 
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кышу are very largely, and Clover aud seeds but | 16 will not be below 4 mark to - sett n 15 per cent. | "E TT 
| ч а less than 7367. а | per annum, on 600/., for the perm rm ol |" E T Eg 
sold off 6 horses, the cost of the remain- | the festo: and - intere o са of "ii sa “Р =ч sw MAE 
a mer, then, is in|has to be divi zx. Y 
аге, (as we endeavoured to show in our | the engine f 88 ve each, that D eU фу, logia | FI id sE 1 
cle) enough horses left to accomplish all hi oie per t us ып ечи | z E 
| and ай! ter tillage, and such operations | daily е The farmer : T ree. OM 3 _ а 
ine would not be expected to perform (at | will ту 188 х FEL 176]. a. ye а year ne у= eee ©} ë ; 
first), and he has момка year(of|and, аз we have , he has. а year wed glue Рр 4 
M eep, 1 бе.) towards | expenditure in horse flash. to defray the mat 3 
e ploughing and culti yating | or, in other words, he clears 1002. a year by the | TENETI Боа m E 
the steam-engine. Let ns see | stitution of steam for team la е E 4 Lo UE E 
suffice; or ra cm whether the farmer| Let it remembered, however, that this ma 
of pocket at the year's end. | doing the identical number of operations by — sii аа 
Ке d course, the porta turns on the| horses did ina year of extreme tillage work. In ере * we 
mif work which has- to t -— Now | average practice, it would be found that a: жеч ^L pa Torn $| 
might easily оа from the rotation of crop-|the deepest ploughing, and 8 inue smal = дет d 
ап What number of acres p plough ing, | the heavy drag-barrowing, m жебе 248 oye cid 
ги meh i tob e due to a year's Аррон after steam tillage had made- во КА 
wt alwa: from “fillth”) ; so that les than меуі бесеу 
өм number of gone rr тва ompli e steam аучы p я ens 
es in weath: e e less than 1767. to py т ve Ei 55 by 
very unlike that of another. Some- segeng he would be more than : ^ 
than a year's wor! it its adop ion. The карш $ iaun iem 
о crowd pass of last | d a farm, mus layed «ба 
: i , ; Ox THE Pampas OF THE RIVER PP B ВсЕХОЗ 
T. бошу our d M E nd : ag а Oriental Баам A dnd, 1982 On Wednesday (17th 
: f tene —— - vete rne j iog | inst.) 1 went to Colonia for purpose of meeting 
X т e tapi ily atia өши Oe ena и E en in sinn there а Mr. Ramsay, who is manager er of an pergo 
LE б аг, We ате | 3 à а 
СА, actually do sad iie pania r4 й ЕЕ ү I o Hi, [nome seven leagues RE MEE on the 
the year 1861, when an extra amoun 
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