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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND ee GAZETTE. 
¢ sngly recommended tl o be 
He had witnessed ike rhe t 
end of his who | 
of 
which 
quently y he st 
brought i into en oul 
weon ght Ao. 
Bel 
favoured w 
ek a pe in 18 9 326 acres with Bell’s eg sm nee 
tement he 
(Mr. S.) had bee 
was, gee in 1858 Mr. Hunter 
5! 
amount 
at spea 
= fferent kinds 
Ea 
sider o! at it consist 
ascer 
fore we 
ical con- 
whai 3, and. befi 
rt by analysis, its chemi 
| tate: and having sah furnished with an analysis of three 
kindness of 
of straw | 
of it pr: keale. ti n, 
of straw by the ur stig ts” k beg 
ted form in 
p 
of this kind of a 
a few years since, vi acres 
be of this description, ges he ait e as 
at it wou 
nae 
o him 
oranie t h; 
Eci. ten ‘imp landlord also ie os 
t 
the 
xpe 
w 
work. reakages on his machines cost n 
than 1 408., while it was also, found that the ss 
er it to your notice in the fabul a 
een presented t 
Con noili of Straw. 
Wheat: Barley 
Straw. 
1 
ar 
h-for rming n oe 
atory ad fatty matter |. 
ti ards apart. There was ano 
stare gute d different | to the last named, 
weather so windy at nand-r were 
io I sandy nature, with a 
l y the 
as s comparativ ely speaking it it 
whilst under the plo 
ad 
ae 
mae 
sy 
p hus 
Mirea a oa servicen able to the 
appears to have 
S 
t able to cut with advantage. Besides all this, some 
of the fields were on hills so steep that it was with 
me could walk up; and nothing astonished 
vi Ws r 
Of all | 
Hunter 
been most ietiate ‘with Bell’ 
The eot ther gentleman to whom he ha d all uded 
s! | 
achine. 
no beti method than mye aid one 
ce toa SP USA thickness 7s. the | 
r end ab Fe bruary, mdh 
ing | cut three- fourths of my crop with the em in 1857, ak 
. Ho ope, Fenton Barns. 
zid t reaping machines, I may neier “that I 
rý 
tnen 
of. the season that Gardne: 
cut about the same extent 
e crop of 
wi ‘the we 
way, 
cae judgment and reason dictated. 
a fine tilth, at the aie time to 
e soil. ‘The first crops 
ed! IO aa aaa å oe, e-em ee ae: eee es ee ee: es) eee 
s ara alle “len “ph ather deeper | some d s Be 
dire 
said in his 
with him at n beginning of harvest > ana Sr. Skirving) 
fou ong eaper, as the 
Appear, 
ae on ed there was another iy broken 
, that of giv ving the ea one ar 
This lan ow- 
mh aed. 
ted 
plough, ia planting i it bod cor: s a pla 
?S 
B 
FE 
= 
E 
5 
ze 
result tof farther experience, now 
on the whole the Poe 
machine as 
ever, adh 
that had Tae _under “ils notice, ofa a piece of land 
oes pee he facie ght th 
of ie a 
treated in this 
+ 
knew different himoa > prevailed 
Sheer 
ee ee ee E a a 
w ich would enable him to keep 
f, 
mn t be ne 
that they soa take two “of des aie & 
and J them B 
Dur ae an ne he eat al: 
reaper for the last oe years, and he had évé seen 
ork made like it. He cut £00 eae EWH a ana 
és rn with it one year, and scarce uch stubble 
was left as would et covered’ the A able at “which 
ery year he had cut less or m 
Gardner 
Mr, teen ae "Cout stated that 
y e m l 
way s, and the er cutting one way. e pair 
wong to Mr. Morton ete 
Tae? 
f horses wat: regularly eight hours a iiy á mà never 
seemed „distre ssed. | He vould | admit, _ ho we > that 
Glow nsisting most entirely 
it 4l. per 
S bstantially correct. "The question | 
then 
it occasionally sia high Siabbe. On this account he 
hi z said yay the 
Boua T b7 breakin 
lanae. He peoa they were. 
- mow h alt ofthe Grass 3 Ja nd. to. 
+h + 
g up a large Peia. of the Gras: 
It is now requisite to 
of | © 
Bort 
weight of the machine was a e bugbea y 
ordinary pair of ke horses coat work it vith perfect 
n th as dry. No machine could work 
“whey might 
like dt ‘eo all canal cis 
ficie Oe Morton has further ties that by ie reaking 
up four-fifths of this opia a and far ming A well, the 
of stoc e kept and the lan 
+ 
B 
E 
EE 
ile to return iano at er ithout going 
that length he expressed his belief that by breaking 
al portion of the Grass land in dairy districts, 
the mer might keep the same stock, doing them 
Í better during the winter, that he might employ a muc! 
larger amount of labour and machinery profitably, and 
increasing the return per acre Mg ya be enabled. to 
on 
pir 
Woody fibre 
Mineral matters (ash) 
100.00 100,00 100.00 
On consulting this analysis it is somewhat ARAE E to 
peeps the comparative value with hay, the analysis of which 
Rees d giv ha in our last lect y Mr. Spooner, 
me “oe sho hat eadow hay gives 
63 ing resting value, whilst straw gives on the average of the 
three kinas, Wheat, Barley, aa "Oats, Fo Ank peame eget s 
| and I 
iai re peg So 
end that this gives a mor 
than ‘the ordinary 
4 lbs. of oilcake per oF or 28 lbs. per week, at 10. 
ee ow an . 
oots ditto , or 4 ewt. t. ditto, : nt 133. 4d. ditto .. 
s. of pa fe 3 we ditto. 
bs. of straw litter, or 14 cwt. dit a 
Attendance, ‘&e. » per we 
eding, or lLewt ditto at 
at 15s. 
ek 
} 
week 
Increased value of ox per week . 
Deduct cost of feeding 
aoe eer tae a hitherto of of so Wa 
ted in the eps nt 
low pri 
ery o 
The reason why stra 
value is because it ‘ses bee 
t to obtain jts fail value, pone the 
sells n the market, being ve: 
ne s very oi 
t 
the pens of an: tb 
with roots, iieake, H. ‘as ther lati "materials i find 
dai inter p nths, if fe ee on large quantities of 
roots, sasita ales ae ‘Va ange! Carrots, efuse to wate SEN 
5 gs es aia become Ae ican, "Dut Ba will fais eat 
ortio: well-harvested straw when they 
antity have ye: 
et ane er gover I Tha e paip I the krs rate condition fo: 
many yi aa past. Also in fatting boasts ane ia set a fait 
allowance of roots, sa; with from 3 to 4 Ibs. 
n they 
say'65 to 701bs, per day, 
Fi or meal in admixture, A wal eg straw h great 
ity, and do well be ai it, and make a profit. It is however 
often the case that bullocks receive 1 upwards of roots 
r day, with a pron of cake or meal, oi 10 or 12 Ibs. 
ach per day, they will not then look at straw, and are obliged 
o be fed with nay ; the cost sate of these Ai borari and kinds 
of food stands so high that t men so ren ` oor Se 
for although th 
4 , fo 
4 convenient buildings for Le he could afford to 
_ Asufficient per centage capital expended. 
That in t pa: districts. good pastu 
roken e Y tbat the middle and inferior 
d be better brought under the plough ; that 
he purely pasture. or dai ears vs tricts, A Ps 
pasture 
ie that a considerable tng f the 
or be broken up, and that the brea DA large portion 
oa ‘airy farm wea bea great benefit to the tenant and 
country. That in breakin: pasture land the best 
War seaeate burn n thá ‘net se, onl (or baulk-plough), 
Basr T LOTHIAN : Feb. 3.—Reaping Machines.—Mr- 
bn “is pene, said—His first machine was one 
Por He had at present one of Burgess & 
j andi lie nbi n Aes ween k = een ard draught 
ra ae on ‘the 2 Pte! oil 
rely on it that for ‘strong grain nothing could come UP | of the feeding mai I shall probably be met with 
the argument that the straw show cut into chaff and 
Lindsay’s might make good work. Possibly - it sag ne with roots, cake, &c., in the p „state; my experi- 
| might be advantageous to kiv them © both— | onde however Sa ah Pe eiki a prongente: a ene 
one for strong, the other for light + | should the expense of cutting into chaff, pul “mixing 
—Mr. S. Skirving had forgotten to make one remark. | with roots be incurred without a correspon vantage, it 
He had never yet had the pleasure of visiting Mr. oom fabs h anol divided sinte? ei AAi 
ry fem, A cul ey ht ere | tat ry estar 
oftere: urin e win exception 
use, for half- ber on = than ran _he i been | to the foregoing observations; inasmuch th that "find ibrabe will 
achine do much better with straw chaff, and corn mixed with pulped 
r: t As M: ek , either Mangel or Carrots, and t te some farmers whom I 
as new, p e ‘same toie r. Gray, | know make it a rule to feed in this manner, either by displacing 
igg, said he could get at 57. each as| all the Oats ora part of them ; and I have seen hors Kept in 
many Bell’s machines as he chose. One cause why med Seeder ate shat they ot pita aratia mpeni 
th sia ER difference in the results obtained they would refuse unless ‘nized with roots, ‘and these roots 
from the reaper was just ae that some farmers | consumed by displaci Dg a portion of the corn usually given isa 
handled their 1 r machines bette er tha others. _R eferring Parian transaction. The feeding value of an acre of roots is 
toG ent to 8 acre: corn produce,.viz., 8 cwt. of Ca or 
z i pà ae keah being eq lto bushel of Oats, taking a Apio Oats 
t} SO far aS | at 6 qrs. per a = a crop of Carrots or Mangel at 21 tons 
it wasa inmi cutter as coat as a rea ping ma achin and | per acre. nny pre sad t some rn difference in the feeding 
could cut hay crops better than the scythe. BY this value of stra upon diferent soils, but I reckon 
would cut its 5 acres 
of 24 aii gh might b 
that at the end 25 
saying which, i etc 
Gray m 
stone orka, In peer the sa 
cutting of grai ps, Mr. 
hour and a half, with no > tate es, tho! the 
was the g the grain. panjak 
ork w C It 8 ired to work it deki t 
i he had AAN seen this Wo es to | the acre, and the machi 
. it was stoppe cutting the | Now, in cutting it in the Ardiak way he had no p fewer 
3 and even when its front Wied completely | than five or six men and women to the 
x Grass and undergrowth, it would start away | whil sre was mire! heed so well done. 
mi an tting witho „an covered t poder erything, not including | whe 
It was but right to mention, however, that meat. ae was resolved t ‘that the x Ae advantage o 
i s steep ound the| reaping machin tablished yasha = that 
eonveniently heavy. He almost always | the Club strongly 3 eonhie ent i increased ai ion to 
t and even with that this implem 
had pretty om work with it. 
ve experience of the December meeting of this Club, 
county, who, he believed, had ent ee “the Use and Abuse of $s 
han any ed. two. è first eg ial gov = cas cence 
von, W t of the ropose to divide ect into two og first, the use | 
e county cut entirely with ot stent Pend eeorndly, its swan. Before we proceed to the 
ae machine had merely t a — into the field, and and that 25 0 
tyle 
There i is, however, 2 
Wi 
that it wodi be dificult to estimate it. 
fa rop very bu ay y 
rth more per 
difference in ces our noder 
than 
ye ‘ieee tapii oft our iea rea to; the use of 
straw as litter for cattle and making ma 
Straw ost 
der, is m may 
aking this vicky of cart et DREVET a5 
Bete ong n bowhgid ere it will hen 
eves Peseta enters era nee 
with care, in Bg Mod “somthing 
m’ 
by the 
ad 
since 
have the 
all quite satural ed with manure 
