Остовев 5, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS ENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. 
great promise of being an abundant crop, until symptoms of 
— manifested themselves; and although the effect is 
vidently in some degree m modified by tbe kind of Pota 
plantað, and the args and quality of the 
will be a source of much disap 
жог a loss to t the mre 
^at last ridged up. томе an ни ver гала 
I consider one of the best 
first-rate on the 
фсе st, m 
nded p growers, 
гене who expect to te succe! Ала пшр 
lo d x ht фес оо опг rou LO ample E that @ first 
been attended to ; of them showed that the 
эе and third points had ею "ad 
would feel that we were wantin, 
miles | had undertaken, as well as to 
that some appear 
1 олу иб өт cue 
smile ri ain and family a? a feo о of from 307. to 
earning а 
E 
со! 
your es Paper, I careful inspection of the different lots we had 
d I 
tatoes | 
soil, ygt the тар 
pointment to the grower, кли 
Б 5 йо жаша of sewage by open Ren the 
re | Crai meado Ж 
o 
3Aotícts of Books, Bu 
5 May diat ы v Not 
e| p Бу William Wallace Ку Auth or of « "A 
ultural wa applied in Practice. . 96. 
bri 
y | Groom rid 
sent one is 
тр of great interest niin >ы And all 
At ies authorities are here marshalled and quoted and 
d plac ed i in a succession of paragraphs on а string | of 
›, 
the | d" "etit are well prese to the reader. uote 
trom the m endix Mr. Austin's о оп А, sewage 
озо nd, which has proved во successful near 
MSS at Edinburg! y form 
* The area f eroe herr s РИА 
to | 260 Scotch acres, the Scotch acre being rath 
о 
е, we award the prize for the farms above 150 acres Y 
Mr. m Graham, Wetheral Abbey ; and for the farms under 
150 acres to Mr. Arthur Wannop, G Geltsid de." 
e space of 
shal ААК И АМЫ another time, an g your 
indulgence for my deficient style and composition. 
J. R. [Many thanks.] 
т who said, as an indica- | 
meeting, 
entries em d и farmers' sons, and 15 T 
that the f 15 
champion о m class. mere lad y 
Purser, к ай dive feet high, se sent by Mee Нонна, | 
ke | beat his е and more — rivals in this € 
ае - receding wi 
as he did at Stra ЕЕ 
uality. | The followi: 
- the 
med 
h deficient in y mer d nee em d wards of th | 
веаво: moist alm tai ec d E acd i ak Jand).— | 
оош or Turnips and perhaps the only | То the ploughman who аай plough e he best MÀ ith 
бе we nd Da not, I trust, have | two horses abreast, without а driver, half an acre of land, not | 
gu of Dutch hay which two less than 4j inches т, four hours—5/. to F. Purser, 
to import that large d i ce ai! iman to Mesara; Tames and Frederick Howard, Bedford. 
or three years ago ago form ece of serviceable е, iue > essrs. and 
ihe receipts of the railway of dd ge am one of the | Howard, ав ig comet poA ЕА Pari | 
үе Tt is al i à farmer and to сыыс POE EO 
e future ntham. 
of So far as I can E tobe n9| The contest between the plonghmen wh 
—Ó РЕ m f 2 өтте à iieii | the Mess; M. esie. е. ыа ibas, 
= in France, US "a Si in eed Аятты | an Ransomes, А + Ps y "keen, a сЕ: тап ' 
: d ext 1 
1 devoted Г iltis exhibito extraordinary skill in T й сеа мн 
cw emos Ds i pas ^ was ever better sustair bci or ре pen inr tac 
The palm of „ї боту, however, justly fell to Messrs. 
How ard's 
and that is the telegraph. 
е! in| 
in some countries e — of which have been 
genial climate and perhaps a richer T than our ibi 1 
рг stock is almost confined to the Short-horn, а Med hat it is unnecessary in thi ta 
р 
Mr. of Northam 
verstone, was the exhibitor of Fowler's cultivator. |+ 
he prize of 307. was — to Mr. O. Wallis. 
ы the subsequent dinner Lord Henley, alluding to 
полар of dri to jo бн cultivation of the soil, 
Жы -Tt must е queni be done with liberality, but with judg- | 
ment, and the mes mde stude ar dc 
уэ cg oem It could not be done imr 
di into а and that was 
P1 
e to the 
m, imi he 
m 300 
t was, 
ecessary, that small 
leases were absolutely indispensable for the proper 
о! есевзат, 
of theland and the application of ће п y 
It is impossib!e, however, to report the h, in со org ce 
cal | of the confusion pe сте vailed eget his lordship pedi 1а 
gring utterance to ns that evidently not iim in 
y the majo: ity 4 his са чча ^ rd Henley's remarks 
were completely drowned by general cries from all а of се 
room of ‘Sit down, * No, по,’ and other milar i 
port, amidst which his lordship at last sat ja 
e good temper of the meeting was partially | 
ed his iip. 
deeply 
cien die of all (e "The on "Uy ten ni ы) 
ploughs exhibited were Mr. Fowler's and Mr. Sites days, 
own | the respecti so much | men 
vassed t. 
is £o | 
in detail. Butlin, mpton 
was the exbibitor of Smith's, and Mr. аана Wallis, of 
о 
yn 
ould be swallowed up by the large опез, апі that long 2 
сц on 
restored by the perti pet remarks of Mr. John Beasley, | the cro 
of Thorpelands, - p" carry that en 
English. They are irrigated 
with the waters Ld ihe. ‘Foul Burn, in nto which about 
| half drain 
which compri se about 
to have been so — 
Meadows, 
DO Clubs. for these 60 p. is lan nd lies somewhat 
d Nox At the annual теин б. gentle ope. [tw as partly drained some tim s aide 
te successful annual | this Society ый v eek a ploughing match o и - "ls орон р t -= о ди 
wW , 
meetin TÀ of this 3773 4] over by Р. Н.  вса1е took place. There were 73 n Berl six ve the de oy en эү liqui a nd da быз the Jar ; o land. t, 
Oliv wever, under whom the drainage rried 
v eni that he К суй; advantage” байс it, 
rmitted the soil to a 
ow 
ls e crop is des primder r the 
yield is small in дошу and el bad in quality ; Put, on 
the оме — in ve p the exits of the 
to be order to retain а 
Гор in o 
it dires of m dis 
di The soil of об portion of tho Е" hie 
was laid out about 30 years ago con 
h, before th was нй. чив ped 
uri whole of this - 
|їв іггіда e Foul 
p portion, consisting of dod 50 acres, lies d 
that level, and to this the sewage is raised by a steam 
| engine of about 8: horse power. 
“Тһе sewage ` water is a у au to the Old Meadows 
| by ing the levels = ш 
"TO and im hes rigatec 
ете РД is ever „ма to the irrigated 
ийи" 
á * Each irri f th of high level land 
"E leted in a 3 
“Тһе quantity of wa harged over the low- 
imf er in D of the year must be enorm. 
unity myself of testing the ordin 
I had n 
flow of dé Pul Burn, as 
— 
mated at 220 cubic > feet per minute. The superi 
of е ve floods. "There are 
та not many dei e year i ich a 
th grea 
of rain would fall than mi my visit, 7E Ая 
ion was then р ing as only 
med, however, шо: the Жен which comes 
domi in i dr weati ather lied d 
over the me adow 
d ae ween 6 and 7 feet ; eid 
ye et the superintendent states that the fertility i is inva- 
“ ъъ 
LM water each ү portion receives the larger i is 
prive got for 
meto Ede membr 
о е noble lord,” said Mr. iren ; 
* e involve an tene ; revolution of sy ofthe e f p 
-— M ead to the des ааа results nalllessj ——— 
of men aea » поь e c meg It part of the under irrigation at the 
в, their mar аа, ала! eir annual ga 1 
need not the observation that has so frequen Mie jm e arce f capital, e [чите Ke dics i indt tat summe 
е во i t and a 
cuc Ir ber tore enge ek it | mus become highly offensive T agree in 
thus to wean in some degree the public habit and taste from farms; i ut ift they were wise ier would hesitate | sion arrived at à dnm di previous observet 
an entire dependence upon so precarious and а crop; | a long time е before endeavoured to get rid of = solid deposit їп these channels has been t 
for there is much reason to fear the prediction made imme- class of m иг grio oneni th 
diately after the first of this mysterious visitation, : ference h "Paging; n 
thatatime might come when from adverse seasons— wet seasons | J ОП Bensley , fol a 
like 1838, 39, and 40, an entire failure might ensue. We are | of his навта ws кҮн, that so having none | syste! а prec care, may ce y 
sorry to say that what Ly veg our e var с but large farms, if they would. wah to a a Tappy n and zm Мые to allude further to this p 
Potato catastrophe о ‚а йн size 
-— d ie Pret ERA ы а ыч phe & thousand aii M MET iiem essenger. “The solid deposit Ís ak ume dere out dimi the 
