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THE GARDENERS CHRON ICLE AND AGRICULTURAL §AZ ETTE. 175 
7 z EE eS P. 
ae bier is the Jegi- 
i SOUTH Te bat e | eat imate pie for it, the tena or ee a? Butif it be 
THE EXTENT, Fy F 2 OF THOSE FARMS WHICH ea or the 2 la 
l G nave AcoOIvVED THR PRIZES OF THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY DURING | pos: nd, iA the farmers of rag aea 
| BEIN an Mec 
: an PAST TEN 11d So E = Jeers |s pT stnem that they m may obtain in London and in 
hased is estimated a street manure at ls. 6d., bones, at 6/., straw at 20s at 121. t | inex zhan tible = 500! od an article for 
N.B. TRN The tg headed “Cows” included fattening Beast a4 well ne, de eied y a hi mere e trouble of fetching it aw ay ? Bu t, ifsewerage 
ord isi hands of its oa b than Lag ch PE incipa A aa dee oy T c that the tenant is not prin- | is not wanted, land 
fas h en iffers irom the sum T re etails by the akaki t ds a n 
enman ou H s meadd a green cro s. * intimates that the liquid manure of the ann pte ent KEDR A | Sone ee nothing but this sew erage ando ultiva- 
Srcnanig ee d BaF ot rovender is purchase | tion to make | it rich ? But guano is so convenient, it 
; | can the snuff-box, 
E es CROPPING | LIVE STOCK. and a dash or two of it—as the cookery books speak of 
= edy [E tite | ara | es RY eR i 3 : 3 | |condiments—is all that is wanted to convert cold and 
; 3 ere; 2) 3 5S |} 82/42 E AEREE EET 3s S A a % [sour land into warm and sweet land, and to produce 
No. | Soil. x 2 3 E | Ls E 5e | Ss laa sis | áls k- 3 a & E luxuriant crops. But again, the reports state that the 
' eg ee | | ad earls Bic = embers of the City of London ea rey per en 
Acre TE |Ton| Acres|Acres | Acres |Acres | Acres |Acr r | No. No.| No.|No.| No. | No. | No. No. | No, | like irrigation ; pred not civilised 
ave (2) 203 | $ 263 2 24 E 34) i P | 4 3 s = 63 81 | civilised countries and a a iontalot their eae aa 
oh ae a s oe ig 1041 a a ae å = . a aoe the most astonishing beneficia } effects? We need 
3b aol 124 8 sap | 41921 7| 2] Lpi] 8 7 x 7 | not go back to the Swi Noah, or travel roi wal the 
4b 200 50 10 | 8s || 12 2] 2) 1] % 5 | 94 70 | 10 | world for beneficial e es of the practice of it, for 
rid i 2 od. “vad dia pa ee ah ‘ . i they are patent t Toi are ro acknowledged by men of all 
i Te ages and countries of the world. a union work- 
a ‘house I know th r tried the of irrigation 
1851 . 5 E k ne oe è 
ka age ie ioe 1% fa a3 19 150) 5 a 9 a 177 82 45 n a bed of common culinary Cabbages, and the effect 
2 soo] 203 4 eel 8 fist 7} 2| 1116} 10 1 ca D was such th yself saw some se Cabbages cui 
11b 200| 5% | 33 | 484 EEE PEE T. 0 R 1 ra 9) and weighed, and their. weights near 40 lbs. Pes 
1 180| 104 503 244 ah Se oy ee ee 7 4 4 aS 9 | whereas without the sa n they would not pro 
136 sio A j Ail 254} 8 | 10 4 2 a 4 : . 8 |bably have reached 3 Ib. each, I myself also have 
w or 633 63 A 46s ara E cc boa 20 6 w 9 | astonished all who sa the with the size of my 
16b | Ditto | 250 100") 550 Lih, 49 45 93 | 12 1-81.61 21:82 t. 28 12 77 32 Broccoli by using the same means; so large did they 
176 P Light | 102 -| 62* 18 15 ll 6, 3] 2| 2/32 9 8 | 134 | 52 be , and do th become, that ut t 
: q or are times, ie e a piece as 
450| 86 | 52 pee W 13 |10 | 3 15 | 13 4 |300. 4 150 | 30 | they. gro one day and a piece on co, 
700 A * K 42 8 ii $ i 1 i a ý 60 | og 32 | until hg w vhole is ent; and if za one doubts t 
53: . ba 2 
bord a te 53 He ra e NAE A oe 7 2 k 5 I advise him when he plants next crop gr 
io 5 | 3 t 7 | 38 HG ie Fre a Ae ra H € bois vy { [bave the ground dug 2 or 3 feet dee ae t 2 at the 
200) 14 64 Ot tO. bd le Okla BL, 1 ia `: | 23 | least, and then let him apply aed of liquid manure, 
go* | 870} 117 | 34 | 19 56 18 9| 8| 4| 2] 56) 16 18 87 40 30 | and he will find his gaily yee arger than 
he en accustomed to gro 
135 RER Jre E T oea tg | tea “wh MY | Eh ave so much to say about = ka meeting of the 
FA 3 | 104] 5] 1 si 5 rI A e 9 |City of London Farmers’ Olub that not to trouble you 
39 | 2 | 8} 4] 4 70 | 12 | EIT 190 52 | farth e pr casion I will draw this letter 
31.| 10°] &}| 5] 1} 1) 38) 2 7 60 30 | to a conelusion by showing you and your readers 
what I myself have done by.the plan I e practi 
52 CF EU NAA ES Spe feos 2 a$ e | now nearly or full forty years, and in 1817 and 
8 i ae 4 i ns 5 re ae -- | 10 |1818 I published a series of letters in a provincial 
a olaa sls} 7 4 5 a A exp _— a mmending the nm, FF 
36 gf ot BE AP] 4p 4 i oe x 3 |came draining, but I here confess that I had not fon 
35 7 |12| 4] 2] 1418) ar 9 30 25 Saowiedoe: on this that I have since obtained, but. in 
everything else e, as I wrote at the above dates, | I write 
150 5 4 ote 6 3 g | now namely, I g 
300 6° (fa | ga Shoo 16 Sotin, thin seeding semen and the eeping 
165) he 1s i 4 A 4 Y the and in r generous working heart. Since then I have 
HB Pied td bebe? r ose thi 
i | 54 og fe eis a io 
92} 10} 3] 1} Pf 48] 4 19 
9 5 4 r 6 2 
14 | 30 8 . 14 
6 410-4-5 = ee 6 
2 2 $ G 
8 4 35 20 
12 Ts) 47 1 30. 
ay | 16 = p 7 A 1 i $5: 
, Ditto 75 |8300} 48 2 |'20} 2 2 3 is : and of F 
more, but eek exceed res 
6 (201 6 14 jnow to the result, and Bie i : 
6 a : 4 Ala aT the ait on ee A 
6 uhoa 3 ba gad, the 
34 SH sti 
[an pes aS 6 m 
err Tt = : 
ae ay E F: f 
eres. 5 ity w satisfied w 
f ? e uantı 
i 28} 11 1 pg sts 
ae a Be ‘ the Wheat a la at the highest ‘Sethe in 2 
2 30] 6 1 ps o and that ter w pe 
12 |1276 4 r alting found tte l that h é kept — 
ae 4 3 it for seed. I observe also and I wish this particularly 
a lulis 7 be read with care, that for four’ years 
| ye er year, the e field was with Wheat, 
| the result was 44 bushels on an average per acre, and 
K bi 5 u R : : the land kept ey es all the time; after that th 
3 }4a} 4 5 rig! ih ry 10 eld had on it a ee of Barley. then the 
$ a 4 2 3 f re igot ay of Clov. ever Pia a Iy 
3%] 3 pe tok A rae AF thee eee 
17 | 26} 8 20 Bit tas si mg s 
is | 6l 6 ie ee wili mat TE ou t 
ng a Bte, though 
i perro m and never lagging fr 
ve has been at 
my 
one of 
it tat entive | 
yoing on in the agrioultural world. | the 
very slow 
yp fo e | Brunel together would ha 
s scat ka aan 
prejudice, and his cattle, s, though sleek and well fed ae 
in fine condition, w more or less MP he 
bedd 
he axletreesin mud, there it is likely to remain, 
until some machine: 1 than anything now 
own shall be able toset it going. We read of t 
| weight of the ia gold and platinum for examp! 
but half a score of Barclay & Perkin’s drayh 
would fly along with a waggon loaded of these and 
make nothing of it; but’ Me wie A the gold and home 
e were 
of Li 
ie e been but 
gossamers against such a l - 
