КоуЕМБЕВ 9, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
993 
less than one-tenth part in acreage of апу bog, or 
фет area of land that requires а combined system 
drainage, banking, or irrigati the 
Е: "à си тда elosure A icing managed by 
airs ing man 
E A n the istriot а 
missioners of Sewers, 
wers of the Com 
wanted, w 
Ре private AA are allo 
with publie interests, 
ell know: 
annel serre peti 
FS ren but of the 
would reach were it 
T: " — ome of 
r, in а fair wa; у 
хе} гоб in ап accura 
F fo be the proper 
И us Meus 
r below, whose 
open 
Bo who mm read Mr refe 5 erre 
ketch of what has been done by 
| ud 
Iv 
which e decus 
eur Ет and accumulate in the billowy 
AE 
мч 
hs 
—— To the remarks of Professor BUCKMAN 
the Charlock last eon we add one other of кв 
importance, which must not be E a 
estimating the эй done by this weed. The 
e 
we ine the young 
spring же э frequently see their leaves 
i holes as notohed a 
Tum 
е manner of а flea. two species, | 
Altiea nemorum 4 yellow s striped, flea beetle, 
ш {һе А, concinna, t 
"that the earlier broods 
and from which they. iai to th теу 
there is reason to think if these ids 
eradicated 
— The X orth British Agriculturist last 
] ЫЫ" шш Чыры ры ез 
ted in Scotland as in p the Potato 
«тор of 1861 has b fafiaci: Phudi 
sto | later in its appea: the has Е n at 
let as virulem; ; Meg even since the crop has been 
sot 
№) stored а great destruction of produce bas taken 
place, so that there will not remain for RA 
tion above one-third of an ordinary average cro 
furnishes so large a share of our Supplies 
that this shortcoming must affect the prices 
English market. 
ү 
extent of the 
an agency 
rur ew SR of je have 
ding bo. Almshoebury by "which | 
on 
аы been added to е 
If however - 
Stable. inst the work 
plished it Шы "the рон рег acre very 
EI in ior to tt 
ich is 
indeed — gs higher than in any other 
pk we have » 
h: 
addin 
even when 
requi: red th e serv 
willstanding the adoption of the steam plough. But 
all 
s of the same E t moa not- 
nt is com 
he same time to dw en d It is ht 
^ А that а history should relate impartially е 
die 500 acres arable, or thereabouts, was | instances occur in it—but ile describing 
forman worked by 16 or 17 horses in 3 a nd 4-horse zz which accidental circumstances have made unus sually 
utt x is only fair to add that th 
байы; and buildings, е ebury is the original imperfect form of it; 
Wo ste breaking up woo! d : 
Ў рдай be the po e ее e farm, has ir both time and we 
a + 
Тһе ОНАН ne has since bea reddidi from 
Mr. Rober 
ebury, Hitchin, Nov. T. 
the 
pleted, Mr. Roberts vint to employ atleast 14 h 
on his farm of 600 acre: 
Р engin е with EA culti tivati 
in addition to the a horse 
ng appa The 
the me -engi 
The 
чылап 1, Fallow or Turnips; 2, Barley ; 
Went: 5, Oats. 
A he cost of horse labour by which this 
effected, if 1207. A oim rs 
te, must have 
uld have been 8007. or опе quarter more had | than in 
on of the ga (now о er 
carried on in t 
the бети ия for the fotu at 14 horses, v wil skk 
about 5607., so that 2101. а 
estimate of cost. ES horse co onsumes 
is а five-years' course o uf e 
3, 
culti 
horses bea 
arter larg 
e same jet ie If w 
a year are saved by use of 
ine. 
following may be taken as justifying the above 
abo ut 2 bushels 
but | Corre 
** AImsho 
24 was sorry not to be аё home when me. called at Almshoe- 
or information respecting the working of my steam 
а But the information you thus obtained seems upon 
n the whole Hyd It ought. e de to be understood that in 
breaking ic my object w 
ertai arie f acres per da 
D EN meri attend to them. This will in 
per acre 
houg! able to 
ormerly, rm ой account for a lus ЕР being ploughed per red 
s.—E. Ков 
other cases 
spondence. 
t| Breeds тә; ars y cuu Тева, Club.— 
seen in your Agricultural Gazette of the 19th Оа, 
1861, an account given by the peche of the Par 
lington Tenant? Club of their experiments in goes 
mure and I must confess that I have (for one) been 
| dus 
weekly of 
ing 9 months of - E and probably 5з. 
gree ring the other 3 months of "the 
їз mus bit: at least 237. а pe f 
maker, 
| together cost at least ТІ, quse ү eatit and To keep 
P 
t to апу 
een food d 
| one, for we are “told that No. 1 and 2 came v Told in in good 
grazi sag having been wintered on the estate, 
whilst and 4 were fat and had soin eve 
. indulgenee; No. 5ш fair folding condition, -= Re 
deprecia- 
tio: 
value, 
were 1 ад Now, Mr. Editor, in 
е 
ат name of ЕТ пое 
ommon sense, how сап we are feeding 
comp the 
put it.* 
that the stea 
n by age, 
or 102. рег team de des 
to 127L, which exceeds the sum at wbich we have 
The saving of 240 
y “all nie! она снб 
1. does not, however, represent all 
m-engine may be held to › do for Ње |= 
ther э е chosen?  Nos.3 and pi nless ea received 
me tha ап every indigne must of co 
han Nos. 1 and 2 or No. 8. 
t of about 380 а 
Ls T 30 
nm 
— neither | 5 
; th e. the grin ding o corn, 
ed 
was only 350 acres, 
differen, fields 
accomplished 
cult cases 
ой. 
14 Ъ, 
s of corn land each year—work p 
er чо m of ар ot those he velliog | € 
mái icis cannot be had for less 
"he e dep: cuts the chaff 
and heifers—the 
т hum 
ab 
bones T X the latter "generally — from | mas, 1861. А 
0 700. is 
шы б d 
эй Aun eate Il 
pre: 
the summer, ne wo là s how which class eri most for 
their food, but as it now is, I for one cannot derive any 
кае from the experiment. a Sheep Farmer. 
iy and Oats. | Average Prices, Michael- 
the present time des are two subjects 
p, teret ier 1 ару үр rare sd 
Or S D д 
of dee 
al highly. 
the drain pipiras 
t | must be evident that to the extent of the e purchases 
the ted 
at from 7 to 11 inches ; and the extent 
from 
in | harvest, so much gold or silver must ultimately 1 leave 
France, if the exports of the. products of her soil or of 
t "present condition of America шога tel: 
tibus. Under these - ot 
не апа Оаїз 
f Whea 
for the year ending Michaelmas last, which I have 
ented to your readers, ma; e interest- 
two r lads, 5s. each; ploughman, 14s. ; water-cart | 
and boy, 24s. : in all, about 11s. a day. 
Fuel 13 or 14 ewt. of costing 15s. а ton upon 
the ground, or 10s. a day. 
—1s.a day—a gallon lasting over four or five 
dad am but the average price 
: items amount to 22s. a day, or probabl 
>, STEAM CULTIVATION. t 5з. per acre. Repairs have included, bien 
'ÀALMSHOEBURY, NEA в HITCHIN. this farm, the | for engine, a replaced gl upon the boiler, an 
property of Mr. М Roberts, whose son is also a steam | large numbers of plough-breasts and plough-shares, 
cultivator at Berdon Hall, near Bis а i gi (see | which have been repeatedly broken against the land- 
be азад 10-horse-powe: and four- | fast flints in the hitherto оюнан ко 
А E been 4 work suce "May, 1860. x e wire rope originally purchased amounted to 
[ Ара о мтч in extent; | 750 ton besides headland | горе; "цеп Es 
fee undulating country to the | additio x g : d 
LU _ А Es according | 16 was etm 
the Bou 
1 flinty gravel or D 
. The estate has. es of аб years 
and extended by the remo 
dn 
l y pres 
ing, not only to the agricultural but i to other classes of 
society. Th i weeks ing th 
Duri e last quarter rw average prices have been 
of Wheat in October, 
Осо} , Cau: 
it may be remem ber ed, by e deficient erop of 1 
During the farmer's year Ud Michaelmas, 1861, th 
— Shows the period of the highest and lo Асан 
pri 
1861, is not so 
Highest 
"Wheat, 19th of Ji EKM 7 ed 
ada: г, 1860 
Е 
тъ aro А if dat 
6 be added 882. | reason that they Has 
Tor steam cultivation ; andi its history i isa striking illus. for , Wages, fuel, Pan Ka? бее. 681. our former | * ^ free UEM oasis that the F nd x wl poultry 
bom MIS Por ^ сап account climate ? 
I dis y e ы er's рше us is ing a allo on 6801. tha neirt ther reason is, I think, that few farmers now fli 
"pas ай чи intention Melun: to enlist BUY 39. or 5l. per cent, Met di corn out of barns оп to their dun; P 
| Steam d m sion th coverts are being|items make up an annual sum of der or ton о between d and sparrows. І am looking & 
d up Ез ces removed, and "inm trees | same as the amount we suppose 2| ised articles on the subject, and ата ы 
2104 down, the past year we know of * Sis are peli а os егу glad if you will show how to make poultry ps 
