JvNE 15, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 559 
the Duke of Beaufort, 
раена рана 
600 acres of pasture, Не has since taken а farm under ng); Barley, after Wheat, 20 or 30, same land would have produced without the application of 
mgh otl 
at Walls Court, near Bristol, | acres (oe Hence Clover, after Wheat, 50 to Кор manure, thougi iro tios Уш! Тынып Rys I may 
acre: 
E ark that the very — aged of Itali 'e-grass 
t where he now resides, eed is эби ned from the crops grown ор the КОА. 
cur Mr. Stratton has had Fowler’s 12-horse steam- pae | Th Же, аге thus at least 1600 acres of ploughing | їл, ы ^T t Quantity [3 “9... annually аб 
and ploughing | M ctp nl since the end of Oe ctober. ith tl 1T hs ы offer of 40s. a е for 30 quisirteta ot Si Е" 
1859. Im nits purchase he sold all his ox- | which the land lies makes the steam-plough T | gentleman from Wiltshire who saw the growing crop. 11A 
incluc ling v n. and he shortly afterwards | песе essary. Isaw he seed p. iS pese ode ч" - 3 NM 48а. рег 
А arter, or 6з. per 8 , f Бау 
sold one team of „horses. If we suppose, as in the | field of heavy vna in ри had bee Dro ell саны а 3 Чагы ri tec p (бн a sitit this quise Aoo fru. Vb ОЦ 
former case, that his oxen are sold for the same value| when dry, and the whol E cy t rong у and | оғ other Grasses or weeds, owin ‘the much more rapid 
as when they were put to labour, then their food has ey чалык dr the P * ains | | grow! th ы Майар Ryeg TASS. ee з isa н k in having 
been spent „Wholly i in the wegen of force—ha d it | to oulder down comp m "E wi e seen|two-thirds of the land, in which pipes are laid, on which no 
1454 А liquid manure is applied each year, thus increasing the cha; 
3 Е: е онгах peer the land bears а very | oia e Forni nei ird; but ii d ras t ае 
; nnual return of at least Z. Their cost besides | large quantity of p тир дно а | of the pipes would n sufficient, 4 Rom sys woe сока 
j this weis t wages of 5 cert and 5 boys at 10s.a large herd of Peg incu ling 50 of all ages |ofcroppingare catried out, аз on the rt Model Farm, Grass 
| week for them | d perhaps 3s. a week for the е boys = [and a summer flock of a s t 1000 sheep. А con- s анай, e UE. 
dh 3I. 5s. weekly, o or "1690. The team of 3 у т 5 s—of nitrate of soda is piped, orthe Grass renewed on the sam — which would be 
1 be put down at more than 100Z., so that jig annual | also annually Уа До the е Wheat crop, 40 tons ОЁ ја hazardous praetice. The роте M le giv es the parti- 
"n "money saving may be fairly estimated as being at least | oilcake are annually consu ig and this, with the large | c сыз of five cuttings obtained in a seas 
E 4701. And this does not include the ann of | store of manure, suffices to maintain fertility. EXPERIMENTS AT ALBERT Kop FARM. 
ы of harness 4 of implements 1. Irrigation of Italian Rye-grass.—The {ег number of the 
they worked, mam iow У sapra readers of the Albert Journal are aware that in order to econo- 
would be а considerable ANNALS OF А LIQUID MANURE FARM. fally collecta «t the. Albae P Fa. d the Qaid boues 
Commencing in X 1859, and working throu, h ,, AFTER the reading of the account of Mr. James piggeries, and also from the pupils’ dormitories, water close 
а most unseasonable year for tillage- work of all kin | lava atories, &c. ; under ground, iron pipes, with h ydrants, зт 
the (ie fields have been ploughed. I give the ~, the Agricultural Society, the fol- | been laid. for its distribucion, by means of steam-power, in 
list a take en from Mr. 
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vu 12 en 
hcc ecce ыр 
anchor-man 
"horse at water 
шше ирең 38 tim aer to ie 
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а, itho 305. ай 
us s 
з ана im 
а iter on А average, 'O'acrés will be easily aceotüplished Г, fort mind that but a а 
mae The work done n Нн corresponds to 
um, and the cost is to be 
E Reni viu a 
cent. for interest of са] “capital ә. 
whol е charge рег annùm is с .. 380 16 -3 
| about 50 acres of the farm. Its application heretofore has 
Strat tton, fie ld by fi eld. , The iine % account given to hin pr p КЕЛЕЫ, the | been chiefly directed to the "ы ылы of Italian Ry S, 
ind of Prin сора al of the Agricultural E here, mi P nn |and, although the pos v 2 qua = those which 
lw. ,of t erience ,9btaine there, with t ve been reported as having en realised in other 
to ha right judgment ot its ло у, that 1 adr cid li те of farm. n nd ата yet they bave been highly satisfactory, and have 
d арра my, ood return for the outlay on the necessary works. 
October, 1850, we first began ploug sewer manure :— We now submit the following return of the several cuttings 
T М hed * Dyke Field, 46 acres; then nm бор тазу, an 82; ү ALBERT NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTION. | during the past season, and the weight of each per statute acre. 
Е. 22; Раг do., 13; Horse Pound, ?1 ; Hill nd Ji Glasnevin, Dublin, May 13, 1861. | Each cart load of the Grass as it was cut for soiling, was 
es, 12; Rough Park, di 5 ў ; Mead Par k, 114 Е 9 Dear Sir. —Agreeably to the wish e expressed in your note of | aeeurately weighed, so that the very objectionable and inaecu- 
West Field, 94; We en n M. X the 6th inst, I now submit the following particulars with | rate mode which is usually adopted for ^re pem e amount 
„ч x ыт 2 rlinch, &c. reference to the application of liquid manure on a portion `of | of produce by measuring a'small por here the 
all portion of ground where 
Pieces, &c. Small M ^ ien Fi, hn; DES the Albert кш. Eu I жау їп X first place remark that | crop is supposed to be a fair average o the v o and weighing 
Torth, rth, 81 ES Xpen Mid vài tr 18. Wo also Hs 
on! 
; Which is a branch | the crop raised upon it, РЕ from 
a t тенте үүө Vlde are reliabi E the aoreéble produse оё га 
"aV aeres oF уар * {һе в meii nt mily, the matron | relia Mrs uce o 
" А мерат Steward, and literary teacher—in all upwards tained. 
к= this metri аз equal to 50 e of 90 persons. The area of land attached to the Albert Institu- - 
"Mr. Stratton has thus accomp! 1128 acres. Some | tion consists сае statute qun of — = peet Model AA RUNE Amount of 
of this however was worked with the short long Farm contains 16 acres, and the remainder is under gardens, Pim tar Nu Liquid to each 
breasts, which йке the implement more а grubber инк... &c. rd follo owing isa list of the live stock at pre- | Cuttings. Cuttings, Cutting.* 
һап а plough—bnt it does only four furrows ira i a time, PST 3 bulls ( 2 Short-horns and Tons Cwt. all 
6 long ° 1 Kerry. Tst Spin 14 6 15 9,561 
une 4 
pon; 
40 pigs (young and old) 
40: тагы (young and old) 
ts of the (rey teh ma visibilis, pupils’ privies. 
nd might. vessels, as well as the urine of the cows, horses, ара pa Tho Tos ET 
og well- constructed tanks which' hold 
lons. The < ша i 
rticular field had 
n hs pre peius year, and 
Rye-grass is lighter 
r crop of 
ресора уга, 8 crop of Italia; 
ў 
space 
epe 
gra ine roots chaf, p КЕЗ ea 
(d dore cuti EE perd piv n 
hou eis penal inte. pa, and distribu SEE. 
: portion of the mrt лы кы їз required 
the last mentio urpose, as that work is carried on 
erue м sim or some other PG In 
1854 iron-pipes were laid in about 50 te acres of 
, and liquid nime puta, qiiia d Aree ca ri 
estimated as 
5 
8 
2 
& 
een d 
po x ade a de June 12 
5 016 9| 11 MANN DE |ва cutting 4th August 
{7 012 теа ваша, Ж 
© 
м 
© 
ooo0oaowvooo 
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Of Grass from that v of ^ = to 
DM Speaks so strongly in or 
r manurial x em that co 
ta percha hose, which was at first used, was 
нии injured, and diffienlt of being pr 
dm of J. Mechi, E. 
: ъа: 
. that Z TEX 
1! 
LOL ER 
кы ЫТ. were ploughed many 
tlay. 
ced am I o f the АНЫ ed Жж of liquid man 
búltürist at the Albert Model | | properly applied, d gatoi upon VS resent mode of dist gien 
of ely diluted liquid | bution by means of the st. 
statute acres nae into 
- at a calcul ) r 
of Grass on the 16 dores to ЖЫШ е 
od ашаа, i aboutl 00 tons, which 1 ; 
oos of Gress бео madd 1 
AO T 
and educated at peri 
espe labour of gardons, 
ng; bare fae epo poas aioa А тт 
ings; Swedes, | e om Аеш ites for t xm 
M e acres (four| тю, respectfall : 
еа At th га ary ú, быа орост рарег са 
ts might be increased with advantage. ose n es s f 
ETT ma MEN Фо, ai ior = 8 : cm aab Wn as the most 
Whea те for - talian ye-grass, gave an 
— de z t, | distribu о irr ES account to t ng of the w vinim of a liquid 
* The liquid was véry much diluted wi: 
