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632 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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Nowhere this year have we seen more promising crops | worked by | by an ordinary threshing engine тар x Е OA ; 
ї in N a fift. acre field, | same as have been long in use. The en 
гоб Wheat, or better pstise fn of а Barley crop, аы ed July, 1 Эче, Since that ая а. Мо. 1a кщ acres | in the middle of the side of a long re к знай 
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standing that the ey — Мы ing has been have beon ar Cross — successiv Y y. vis Ded gpe gone from 1 
Mr. Webb has used forseven years, is a remarkably | for Prud: and for Ваг аг this field is now in se in| th mic : И 
fine plant—it and the pem ы; red Clover take ће | No. 4, 40 acres, 22 have been cross- area is stands; it wor e 
rop in the rotation, Тайра; 40 acres have ger мфй adigi for Barley, end of th 
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for the intervention of Sain ede, oem increases the 20 acres were in seed in 
interval. Nowhere is there to be s for Wh жен і 
of Swedes and Turnips, nor P on vig ot. bad seed) "x cross- grubbed for Vetches, which is the eS 
Mangel Wurzel, nor better erops of Vetches and of Rape. | 1861; in No. 6, 20 acres have been grubbed 1 
There is nothing like DER i: a good flock of well bred fór Wheat and чш acres of it have e grubbed for pe Ды ү : ] 
Southdown sheep, and a liberally managed herd of Pics in м. n No. 7 7, 22 acres wi Ss-gru pea , and vem another p to lie on 
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Wh eat, the Whe eat: stubble is br die en up for Mangel|in 1860, and lass Patto онн КА: аскон іа і Mee of rope or ld, h 
Wi ly—the former | Mangels. Of N 9 (85 acres), 17 acres were Broe quired; and we have yet to leum the ami 
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entirely—on the ja gar sent out Љу Ф Mang f 1 
Manure Company. This quarter {шде otan dy sheep | grabbed for Беу in 18 18 acres were cross. amount of rope takes out of the power of 
comes up for Ba. А alie. pokai with | grubbed for ‘Barley in 185 ру were in seed іп |but the rope is kept well off the LE 
, and Ala Clover res —- у. 1860, and have been eross-grubbed for Wheat in 1861 ; | porters. 
are folded now;on эш Core and Td No. 10 (30 acres) was cross-grubbed after a manuring Mr. er is perfectly satisfied with that $ 
Rape, the only ; addition whi ich the es recei ve е beir for тека in Lx "S again eross-grubbed thi f the soil which is effected by the cultivator, 
fi and 12 e 15 and 20 acres) have not | and he. S аю perfectly satisfied with Mr. Hi 
is somewhat deficient, the rams receiving some iay in | yet iin: limited by ste: cultivating implement, which has been өй 
troughs besides the "Mangels. Everywhere a pam of| Igive these figures in detail in illustration" of the the W olston grubber with its turnbow. Iam | 
rock salt is accessible in the fold for their use. For | partie = ырш made in order to ever, те, mentioned here, а it will shori 
uniformity of character, and that including tity of work accomplished since the steam itted public competition with Mr, Forli 
symmetry of shape, firmness of flesh, and quality of grubber рее worked on this farm. The whole тара 52а at n s, that Ма Howard hm - 
wool, they are unequalled anywhere. average thus specified amounts to 731 acres о introduced a frame of ploughs on the Magus 1 
ыыы ыыы | grubbed, ie, doubly worked. In addition to this Twe eddale's plan, in which three ploughs with ү 
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mould-boards alternate 
STEAM мае ON. ks that 00 hand dinde: ; th 
SrEVINGTON, NEAR BED —On the property of|of lan or this he чеси 25s. an acre, th ls | travelling to, an j 
his Grace the Duke of Bedford, and on the Bedford | Тагы soles ө les employer. end upon the horizontal ахі 
side of the village of Stevington, on the crest and lio g this item from our consideration in the | coming into operation when trave 
eitber side of one of those waves of land which the ewe rises that 7 30 a acres —double cul- | ya m all laid one way : 
surface of the Oxford clay there presents, lies the Tithe | танй Борев» July 1858 and Jun correspond rrangements for ling this horizontal 
farm of Amp — for some Lr by Mr.| et us see j: а ps cost of ће | for idend the frame which carries all, are 
William Pike. isa turally of poor clay soil. steam cultivation on this farm is. The average per- | simple, ind e the easy 8 ofthe. 
Its character, Hi. беен by g б р is formance of „е engine, including all stoppages | who, as he sits upon the iiri al 
sufficiently shown by certain remarkably p p ltivated. bread зе, ins with remarkable 
fields close by—and the influence of drainage and To do 250 acres twice would therefore пру T -— who le e is an exceedin ingly ‘compendion a and ap 
deep ке, ah it is m manifest in tl i but eve ту, Demy takes at least 3 h ll packed appara 
character of the Wheat and other crops on the farm | and there would be n en ovals duri ү they 
"Mr. Pie. , авы е 86 days work of "the 
"This farm was pU in many fields, and cul- d , Casmum Нил, FARM, NEAR Сок. 
d in marrow ridges, {һе опу drainage of ot the farm. "he бо owing is the been in the occupation of the 
the land being b the shallow surface furrows | per week :—1 engine, Me; 1 eei чү є © men Edaund Ruck for 70 years. Landlord 
between those ^ Since it has been in the ыр апсһогв, ; l man at windlass, 12s.; 1 | have each been more sfied 
-occupation of Mr. William Pike, he has, at the | Porter boy, 6s. ; е Mid home vits water cart, 24s. : | term of years, and now Lo 
"expense of his late landlord, ле за the number the whole amounts to 37. 19s. r 13s. 2d. daily. In|the property belongs, san io pure 
.of the fields to twelve; and eg small size, | addition to this we add ls, 10 cwt. at 19s. | desires to do in the бойы vet steam e 
involving endless loss of labour ón headtan ds, he has | a a ton on the ground, or S^ 6d, dai. The oil at 5s. EE ind while the latter i is grob ori p 
in eir size to an average of about 30 acres. ll t t 1з. а day ing 1 throwing 
"He has ейун ismod irme Е feet deep, and огоод Н” The daily cost thus comes to fe du. A em Aperi together for the efficient uso the 
Каша н t by Тһе ех{еп& Ъу 1007. Ара and | former is building cottages tee farm for 
. Pike has all: hie been about 475 acres, of Shio h | appa ratus, costing about : 510 l; we vg x tir dat | | phone not = r rime of (азотен re DN 
s po arable ; horses were employed, in n ог 517. 2 depreciation, and 5 per cent., or 25/. 10s., for of the er 
jen ie. extent. Now about 600 ai interest of capital. The cost of repairs may p family 
uv. farmed, of which 420 „acres are arable; and the be satisfied by an annual cha М 9 РА s for ме fortable. secos rà а boue fan А 
nd wear of rope we have wing it cost t the landlord 
g grubbers on the Woolston system. 1400 yards by. (ag wire rope EE ARN. 50/7. ; | tenant about 307, D i 
йв, wet Rm posible io estimate the saving of|steel ropes, S SAN since ce por s ils puri Probal ably materials, the i er Tabour 
the labour thus because b irm formerly | the Pise p eeded t intain this may be|seem equally interested in br 
horsepower of the organised in | e оп the ТЫ, that tho. юн will last three years, | tager, and the influence of 
— teams, each x „ploughman and boy, |and 252. a year suffice for this particular. Adding | tivation in m eor sing wit much 
now there is but e managemen up these items we have a sum total of 2167. 10s. to be | young boys in the stable and elsewhere i 
es are | charged А t the farm for steam cultivation. | as likely to nce a prolonged and m 
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tif iti is on one side 
had b | +} would ems oolitic beds, — y vari илы quality: 
placed a n larger number, and neret | being a strong calcareous clay. 
much а: г cost of horses. This is plain from the | fields, but Mr. , Ruck pem now, 
fact. that Mr. s has done, 100 acres of. cross 2 nearly 400 е 5 miles, of o 
vation each year for hire. ltivati land into 9 eek ы 70 
own farm. adir SIM =; the cost of rope, ropaire was cultivated © ou could do i 
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aru У эш у Опе-ууа е 3] , three years 
viz, ois б pio due Rus T hr, оғ less than 7s. an sere for the мө of getting in а Crop,’ 
9f cropping, 
Wheat, (4) Beans, (5) Wheat and Oats, work. And Repo incipal fact ай оё th ulness of the 
ps, and Vetches. The pre- cultivation, — its. quali p that | the em з has often beaten 
sent cropping of the land is as fcllows—125 acres аге | accomplished by hor wer. lt is Meses 80 on ns б 
in fbi be of which 105 нен * rtly after , CTOSS- | land such as Mr. Pike cul Eo arent | their me e of ge 
steam-power before sowing, and partly |in th d d 
Mer Clover, beving, peen cross-grubbed also by aid uc the А farm. m e КЎ Ty: ete Wheat а Vhest v A XE 
power re than e befo ihe Limes harvest|the three years of h tion, on several |i сча ас 
fimo, and tien Lore: s scite and and harrowed. The re- | of the 10 fields Rx. Sp died Ке has not) The land is now culti 
used the plough at all. n "a 
sis Memini Чет its “stubble } taring been dressed with the à soil is don th сын ам ай H ing dai 
p ough is 7 kA * i id | these two rotations 
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upon the land and grubbed d Acres, in 
eden 45 been сг аба Ча Ж а manuring ; эз mixed sufficiently. The dé iin ess of the н | Barier Clover ; Led heavier lan T 
o pue geniis have been cross-zrubbed too, is a fair testimony 2 X quality of ou cultivation by growing Wheat, Vetches, Man£? 
y and 25 acean Oste make Бо Pis has till 1 Шау yat А ie rior теа Б kept dom: Dye in 
SES he m and wero gira у A Saith of Nodo, ld ШЕ tei t b qa m 
cu А meant that the | ratus for tuming the dosi at the land's end. Tubi Wh 
` y ыш steam, 
1 mA eased. | he has used the cultivator of Messrs. How + Mr. bád а 
More home cultivation than usual was done last | of which is double;pointing both fore eri ee Duros Ý Feb rosis р а ar, and Мы worked 
^s fit only on rare occasions, and | turning at all is needed, the claw vii. .follows in the|able success. He had o i 
„are thus used to the нена itgoes trito б Mr. Fowler that as soon as bis 
Smith's еше, [tion in its turn as it mes back again. Tus indian: seven ox teams he would 
