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Joxe 1, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTUR 
AL GAZETTE. 
f 450a of in straw, Гапа the | 
Palance in 1 уба ү: r* LI manure wou тА be — 
Expenses 10 
1, 
reduced proportion of Dvd hedges, fences, &c., e|p 
taken into account ?— ;I have only entered. into 
of Pipe Irriga or 
are Various other economies which enter into p" 
pleuro pneumonia, which is 
to be expected fi om clos 
without ventilation, eai "e - M 
crowding. w 
anliness, Have you ado; 
questio: 
rm 
1 oen in to ету 5 aeres. $£ & d. 
4-horse en агре with MÀ "DA &c. 140 0 0 
T-pipes, and 90 9 0 
3450 (tT of 3 3- тз [ey 4- inok | pipe 380 0 0 
20 ) hyärants, 951. ; lead апа laying, 201, .. 45 0 0 
of brass joints aud 2 unions EM 5 00 
H dnd уол 64 ins, diameter, 2 feet stroke 4 000 0 
Shafting, connecting, and extras ^. AB. Л | 
Pin (em for pipes . Ке. 10 0 0 
21 , 90 yards each, gutta percha . 40 0 0 
brick tanks, 100, 000 gallus 100 0 0 
Contingencies dependent on locality 4. 50 0 0 
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е 
e 
© 
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£ 
860L, at T4 per cent. =65l. yearly charge. 
Pumps will discharge 300 tons daily of 10 hours, and working | 
for irrigation а 150 days, аба йау ex em Moe а? 
t the wn be available for high culture on | 
succe g venti 
вашае with the use of the jet, and I have had no 
wm ongs st m my cattle, whi lst there has been con- 
"Wi 
eX small. areas of such Ё 
applied by simple деи, such. as the 
which I have 
For what es have you had no disease?—EFor 
horse-power 
uses the American horse-power engine, by mean 
which he makes his Cond of Tp м horses ire 
bruise corn, cut hay, s aw, and Tun mnips. „О cou 
een 
of|being carried up ne 
described, for the cultivation of glebes, and E же] Wherein does your mesa: differ from that of 
farms in the hands of improving farmer s?P—Yes, it|Mr. Telfer?—In having a wider feeding passage 
offers peculiar facili d A чо betw the animals м the roof, aud the side wall 
ing 
arly at an angle o of 45, and bein 
| ventilated on a principle similar to des 
What do you ase as 
bedding ?— y cattle lie on 
„ with a very small md of straw. 
parri red floors. 
Engine man 5 s Е & E^ nia, 
Deterioration in 0 
Which equals for of distribution 34, Е ы | 
of 1 ineh керкү tons per acre, ps (yate. at the | 
rate of 3 acres daily. 
mate. 
raw as Vehicles за Manure. 
would — Y вау 1800 tons of 
would require, at 20 Ibs. per day, 490 tons ofstraw 
тањ and ' e 
tons of solid and 
-— prevent the Ma id ng г thrown. Fo аск, by 
competition w "ith ehe larger farms with steam power. 
Small farmers might use it with great promise of 
You have stated that you converted some of your 
тй, into water зда уы - what еей |! 
did you do that ?—It a portion of ground below 
the mill lead which : coulà conveniently and ver ry econo- 
mically water. o more liq 
and my farm was nit at RE t time in such a condition 
as to Уйде me to liquify much of the solid manure. 
But had the feo portions ү; ground been under the 
pplying and. preparing 2290 tons, s s ^w iP 
1 
Cost of straw for manure, at 208; per ton 490 00 i 
ЕЕЕ 8, 
Cost of solid manure on the land 604 0 0 
Cost of water aud „апа distributing manure 
(43,200 tons of water mixed with 1800 кам. 
DEEP ES rate of 450 tons 
an acre ; 90 tons an acre at eac dressing, cm 
159 days, at 18s. for distributi 135 0 0 
Balance in favoür of water as with straw, 
Ка rint. oi lob !А мое: оой 
T» + #469 9 0 
у + "s z^ A 
ә T7» , &c. 
нанне 
i PNE d ing. 
А Meng ac (à crue 
require 450 acres, dine at Ms rate of 
wn st son. far: bar они а 400 артса, és $5 
under irrigation ma; may be fairly assumed to 
Шан, "itecto the low 
d 8. Е 
yo yr - zb vi 19 0 0 
"Masinissa x e 65 0 0 
Coals -— ps 42 : 0 
man 4 .. r . 45 0 
2.00 
Balance in favout of: о ТУ, XA 
over a grazing f. 
| there is the ЕС of leaning the gu 
ied b which 
bee 
ould а have кис of 
adopting Vb pr actice M pos ibutio: submers; 
the method of ha by cw; тра 
Why?—O 
of manure inci cident to 
н OW. 
land oceupied by the al 
ST ie" "vereor iip 
ary "s Tiri te 5" 
this peser art] i бео occupation, an 
of "Біты yi banks, Mr. Fow t'a 
as Е September, 1859. 
| The main p arme Ее p» use ү: are that оп two 
farms, the one exceeding 850 acres, of which nearly 600 
are arable, imd the ot ntaining s arable, 
where 14 pairs of horses had been worked, only 15 have 
been employed since the АА эл е " 4-f 
balance plough have been. а! 
— that the work vil be done by Ig The land is 
ot the best ada: 
pted, according to the popular judg- 
6, for steam cultivation. It is for the most part a 
lig -— , Often a very shallow soil upon the 
It e northern side of the Thames 
| valley akore ro Henley, 454 dei in large fields, between 
the top of the hills 
approach £he river and 
the yearly charge. near К уйе? to that of pipes. Then 
I domin js d Е" would by this m nca e| 
the ground be vem ХЁН 
b "illod, EI mik the cost greatly exce 
the ran me 
Wut iud 
s pipe Vistribution by jet?—Yes; I did not find it 
the best method to wet the surface by a spray over a 
ail 
By delivering under 
e: eye s 2 labourer, aud may be адне more 
AL ны, easier that a cd y а of 
ages the e pipe 
ME the othér the d distribution. 
What Éran о ed psg do you use ?—90 у 
ards. 
How wo women metra in a day 
kA. es method: " rom tes to vete een 
tribu: 
If my pumps 
may mem that бов C: T tie Met Е 
T ma 
оа the house 144 square yards of 
week, the crop бый, а а fair average опе. On | 
ibis. dita. ап acre My kee "one" week, or 
n 
red the method first commonly adopted | 
be | end 
MA, ум кеа се io De 
| the ра P gsm Dd к, дю its brink. Between 
th ost marsh land below, 
onal side-valleys ы чакыч or as 
the imc, "i further  interferi with 
y regularity of on both sides of which the 
udi is — The — is : top, and also where it is 
y, chalky, and thin ; = 
› and calcareous, now 
Msi has been cultivated, both up and down and across, 
by steam- хач the engine generally working itself 
along the lower end or the lower side, and actuating the 
scant of soil, and orae CT 
5 acr " SU Tia for ое week, or 25 seres Mr айне. Чай Ааа 5 the финала ed to а A ЧЕ 
weeks, at whi ill е uid aud town "prr: b ап n 
be ready Vd wi also y weeks; a third c тор |t xM expense; you Ps "a ton | atel eder ae 15.4. the draught by dynamometer 
will then be fit, which will hat another fe ed б $04 fo -preter 1t fld dus Ur economy ? |8 a: rk eene gr oot onig АШ ә 
a fourth crop whic five weeks, but| —Yes, undoubtedly. It Mem alter the question “if | anchor drag, but it puled down the tree (a youn 
requiring perhaps say 5 acres additional; за Be do such quantities as of sewerage per acre, Beech) to which it was tied. I mention all in 
Over аз mauy of the 50 acres as can be obtained, with e are put on the ; Edinburgh water meadows | illustration ҥ‹ e dificulties. under which Mr. Bar- 
the pasturage, will last another four weeks—in all Бу the method of submersion, were found Гур d niston, who is Mr. Marjoribanks’ most intelligent agent, 
ks at the very least, assuming that 50 acres uce the same result, bnt my experience lea | has red in adapting his dificult circumstances to 
eld two crops of hay, and the other 50 acres four Pris that oneffth of at m4 p^ the work of steam ploughing. 
Or five crops of Grass, a Juge portion of this last | by by pios im and jet will produce equal fertilising resu When I visited Ше farm about four weeks c 
50 ill be converted into hay, there being more hence for the production of those results fhe Acres had been pl and 100 acres had been scari- 
Grass duriug the consumption of the first three Абе рин by ріре and jots is бе w more economical. | йей since Oct. 1859. This is buta рег 
than., sumed by the above itok f this ect'of the application of |: with what has been done on many 
will form a eonsiderable addit 5 the в ter | liquid n саг оп а гене. sii namely, the sewerage of | 16 mast be remembered both that the time Mp 
еер. An artificial drying house would be eis —Yes, I have done лж Edinburgh. I haye has been exceedingly untoward for arable culture, 
In what rores of time on the ы system, end част А the vcr e and I have repeatedly visited the that Fawley Court Farm is, as I have AT. "EN 
applying th «эз, will it produce: ows 3 n ЯШ Ө no doubt that the |©Ш& to work, reme Bp it жле Jt MOM have: 
retur: dl casn it te of the ей by that method is ут before me, ime taken to 
years | ure once in n уем м If you we nsulted in relation to the application Plough 291 ps in n flde, ашар therefore, 
once in ve years, "The; up mie that the ure lasts | of the sewerage of a town practically, imet you think 11 remoyals from field to "s The time taken was 
for that time before its full effect is produce ving recourse to the Edinb thod or the |52 days, whieh was at the rate of Y acres a-day, 
In what length of time do you find tbat "n he result hod ubmersion ?—Decidedly not, yr? — a — bios na 4-furrow plough is mployed, is. very 
of s 
irae of agrienltural P njanin Or as à ary 
The 
i o isa vi 
low rage. Although, Bree. the land is light 
ngine to work a 4-furrow 
questio vaporation from the sürface, EY is | enough 2 anahe a 103ге engine 
t | one o ofa a swar d is at fies very offensive, and must be | forie. work 
very noxious. Тһе proper dilution of my ow: m 
| manure is about as six f 
e- wc ge when I have applied it in a less dilute s al ugly i 
MS t Em thr i a ES si , but | When going up 
nips | їп a very short time it is absor ез all smell ; | €? t. 
me: and altogether the smell is less than in thé doninon | nü wo May. : 0 UU RON 
existing i Р Р КОЛ. ig gl eurem of dry ma Bat I =ч ng tus А 21 1861 am hA 
sewerage, even diluted as that at à $ irren, жа 
Ba ч ш de 98. be rapptied inoffensively аз well as more vi pe qum, e miich аф 9, Я small а 
that i жш But do yo i а ple that town : | during engine ере ; 
.is if the ders. sewerage should be applied to the laud b it enters hat aan ah p i A [o ah a e be the- 
condition iah T hos x Mn Атап GP СЫРЛЫ ? t ly; character of the у; m cost ер а 
x thod, account of the d ence jv A the common asi Mie t to ent the waste of the manure by fermen- which ione Aa nir pa E а plong 
тантай nd that on the principle of the liquid and I ld be got on to the land if possible 19 to be estima 
q manure cultivation, the estimate ipud Poe before the volatile ки formed by decomposition. | Wage-Engineer, "e genes siokor 
uri ебу оп the different rate of cost g | This is no practieable а farm where you have mra - күү БА А. £ s. d 
and on the different degrees of е to store the manure "yn application 4 during seasons of) оғ 12s. у daily отет отет 80 ў в 6 
ео But besides the different voce хе tke vedi v гаси Mid Fue and — The med 
increased MN production to the rents and rai 1 thero farms, system | $m amounted to ert por m at frst etant- 
ave S the difference of the rate of t наа, over the implies p 3 n of the Sal Roding o à of = cattle, | е” е лн 
— acres, as against that over 450 acres; the) In some instances cases have been osses from Carried forward ^ &49 6 8 
