1052 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, MILII 
| ng 38 acres out of a 2 R | theless be best seen, and thi Y proves 
| as n RUNE of both 5мттн?в and. Howaup' GIR de n kod i of 25— ploughing 24 acres | chief die of the Set dh uda У 
арра f the we: draggin g 22 a cres out ofa fie ld of 26— ploughing | alto ether t-i 
y the quantity of work I have done, or o Ke histories, 
| tly г ented in 
| cub satisfaction. There is nothing out that can at all do 14i acres a second time out of the sa same ena d The eost ^ neverthel less is the point 
| là af 20. 
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the work like these eultivators, nd I think they must come | g an best oes —and let us T 
into very general use. І have done a deal of Miri bur ME li : t of 26 pe step eia : 
Аа mem. as I have kept no account of it, bu y | out of града -56 acres out of 62—40 acres out t of 45— MEE о ау employe d 161 
rs y ча OT li {йө tasol à а осна 91 32—36 acres out of ilia gain 36 е |30 oxen in working his la nd upon ut ul 
veam 48 u | ) 
farm where FOWLEN'S apparatus has been for сч мош deme DE cages 85 acres out of 39. system. (2 years being i in Clover). E ' 
it he: mri е н genie ble ы Мы» > ut pipra на 14, it had loughed 7463 acres, and | adopted - баре а эе e Ped bullet emp N 
ecause it is remarka Р : | 
rA gp which a ed has been kept of the work, | dragged two or three times 12 ns T Th employs * = de "d —his bullocks med 
di it f the dragging a word must be said. The KA dt dude E ud х 
its PORA ipud: : drags—the heaviest that Messrs. УА ЗШЕ авй vel Буг Аче ө: рш Ана, 
ин-ты ha s. e of upw rhon] ko n h bec re worked oiim pege edit | bullooks annually. The 4 horse: 
Rean, |plough, and they were inte costing, with earter and b 
the 10-hors- o ud mm Tar ЫШ at work | place, only the anchor could not be ees 80 Rd n the 30 bullock 
nce January, 1860. ‘The land includes 800 acres | fast enough, so that they really went three ar of | probable return from th 
der the on and lies along the upper cud E to a place, a is а fair estimate of the labour o | may be kept in their place 
E ne of th Е ili f denudation which run the work that the 125 acres three times dragged, Er Каба: onim a 
ose vallies о ighland, along Њега Sf ati red as they were to the bo Hed z the furrow | enia y cen M h рени d 
the vale of Gloucester, Some of the soil is upon | slice, may be put down as equal to 544 д О soren а 5 po thing rather unfairly again 
the Great or Upper Oolite, and is fine brown free |ploughed ог scarified. ү add, there ore, 4 
‹ k | also assumes that the erding ог the slerher 
loamy land, but shallow upon the rock. The acres to 7463 acres, and we get 1000 а f wor of the flock or herd kept in their phet 
greater part of it, however, lies below this upon accomplished, "This has tai done in 34} whole d ua ds P lelr piace costa 
t on 8 
's earth, one da уз, besides «diae hours of actual work, Deduct | mu , spen 
vate that е in the island; It bue account as id the coals and oil consumed, an ы. ар 
ellow clay subsoil, full of masses the| esult upon the whole is that the wor , equal ана А them, We therefore еко 
ррег Oolite which have found their way down to аз we have put it to 964 acres ploughed, has been Deas аре bui 
it from th k above it. Naturally, as in accomplished in 151 :days of 10 hours each, or as | ng dod 4001, mene 
commons it is ough h eky | the earlier months have shorter da ays, we ma say pedem Жун жол Ие 
surface covered with brambles—but when i- |156 days in all, by the «эзсе Ja of 1711 ewt. ba ве push the work of tilani 
vated, a it yields a stiff blackish soil, | of coal (including what was ned during shift- us s well'as the advantage o adl 
which sticks to everythi g, and is a perfect ** boot- | ing) costing 1s. a cwt. on hs Е gio und, and o nm a iir quit, by- am 
EE ON OA ANREDE MR | бр а | cost eue we have estimated at abou 
ge of a Cotteswold valley, a free, open, ча. Dur „this КУ the plough was shifted 39) 
heavy so 0 
і ing surface poii (e leulating wages dione 14 days must be added | T 
fepe ^ vr cre lel jen. im. soil on the to the 199 rely named. Many short days dnd [тепсе has hoe gi X on th 
steep valley side e where it covers the Bath cases, owing to the lude by rolerring: спев шого io ГЫ : 
stone or Lower Oolit (2nd оралу to accidents) occur, 80 н тана Where the merits odd 
various a soil S various manage- iio 170 days of full leng th пою hours Дуа ardina; ай Е EI 
ment. Hitherto the jtm ind has been eulti- | al) were actually spent in w work, yet we find m cd i Sees ile 
- Vated on the за years’ course, the land lying two the record that 192 dere any s стры gi 
у іп 2 i eu > ате qn. dien are named a в during them ha. X ^ lide as 
r , engine fo А a longer o or lori time at work, P ws Sho y 
iare ts bei В! x Dux ay іно опту how opens 
ri Ms iind of ty SE аа ope of ee wi 
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n the oT 0n PETS y S Counties Bc ald ac the following tabi — 
x CE iy на there are only à more | entries in this and the three following year 
æ ia ak, in emp a e 
cul | durin 
On e is possible кыш again, t the 4-field course has o тд announcements in the сопгзе о 
[2s 
= 
2 ‹ 
eat de e neer, 
more work to which the steam jou РЕ ecame Broake "—*: Plow roa p Brock? b 
greatly helps «e seeomplishment; and yielding |—'* Drum chain Brook." Considerable e ee ори? 
also a more valuable produce. The lan in respect | time was, бое experien wing | Roots . 
of the stony shallow character of the lighter to a breakage which had to be re рона, лов. 
soil, and in respect of the grea ced of land- | Leeds, so that Mie Mie were thereby lost at 
stones in the sees soil and subsoil, is by no valuable time of the 
means especially ad apted to the work of the steam The wage s paid are for driver, 3s. ; ploughman, 
plough ; ney чардан the apparatus has been very 2з. 6d.; anchor man, 1s, 6d.; two porter boys 
 Suecessful as jary dd horses 
Altogether upon 800 aeres, the exten 
Rezan. t of 
the arable land, there are 60 or 70 fields, which | 
thus on an a average are small, yet three or four are 
Aum 
xpected from the 
nd or young Breeding HFA of a high ; 
3s. 11d., and we have a total of 13s. daily. а geris of м United Kingdem, and for expo 
r17 
| 891. 4 5 29h; e y we rd 18 enfin | Partly by the addition of classes r ores 
very large—one being of 63 аст ‚ and two others the work of 960 е than 4s, ап Огёіпагу classes will be well as lr Has evot ba 
of 50 and 60 acres each, so that in thatrespeet con- ve ү атанан, say 407. эе едм уи еду оза the largest which Наз б 
siderable facilities for steam ultivation exist. —tear and w En e purchase "ava di с не; en dn 
It i des 6 жы Sehr the nature of the | of piss one Mw. the ыйы вау 40], Mangel Ware 
e aff AD's | —interest on 7037. for twi: ne at 5 per cent., |in other localiti 
api o of steam байы, as in the fact that а 10.—ап d maintenance of value at 10 per cent. | some great w iġhts of S 
es i excessive charge al ready |root has been extraordin: 
detailed account has been kept by him o (the dinary in well.farn 
of rience ever or 1407.—and we have a | The entries of poultry and pigeons, it will 
860, ing about 2501, per айтиш exceed those of last year by 315, И 
е оры during {һе | made in the Жим ion and prize list 
and Pen x a in je. the y ior for it in » this way оп a fa T of ЖЕ e exte fairly anticipated, but 
coals e kind of work done, and во that about 507, per aere pedis 
he Жагар» and асе: due whie ine arisen. | this amount, or ei 2s, an 
Let us give here an epitome of its contents :— ‘аппа! cost of the р 
ed so ^ 
ion, Sporting 
т, "inn will be numeri 
v | of Po уе хсе 
Between Jan, and Feb. IR 
the apparatus ploughed and smashed up 63 acres, а accomplished abont 500 en of СЕ. | = new 
inr] = 
Summg 140 cwt. of coal and 7 quarts e ой, Between | year at about 8s, 
Feb. 19 and March 8 it worked 12 wLole days, con- lt is и rth w эс АЫ t Mr. M 8 
suming 114 cwt. of vr e 10 quarts of oil in plough- | detailed record Mot us to ^ "^h 
as los ious i he ity of k i 
in shifting, and 5 * ie” ' бга were broken ; 24 lbs. dM n it z ж pu езде ers, sump чол fille may be 
cotton waste w be the finest collection of Spor 
On es iouis were burned in чөе, 1 12 d reme rg M ovi a NE E : 2 ся vg together. In the second Pics 
to “Mr. HOWELLS,” where the plough worked f. Зао it: ^ oth an 4 су, (бей sports, the ои M ss 
hire up till March 21, nine whole days ploughing 37 sime ve асте) to plough it; and in another 35 acres 
ч il and breaking 3 shares, ZR ы 8 рте barel s ess 8, Y 
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It is on the ы, Мау ы, Ко кынын 
dry and therefore M that the ти Englishmen are 
when 
gly at the y very time 
