THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 223 
more protitable pamal s statistics, to test the correctness of my j inier 
at ‘Lean confirm his practice by my own. | by n infallible check. Ria om the annual Home as i ponden 
result, Ja | coneamapti on of serine duce by each individual a Top-dressing for Grass. ir soil of the 
wow 1%. AKE MY FARM PAY. f the population, which, pate all classes, sexes, and feid or on hich the experiment was made, the result of 
Fs oe any etters from practical | ages, amounts to abon s s. 5d. per head per w eek, 0 r ich I now report; ; is a black mould, inclining to peat, 
= ping wÍ can ote mys self a high | | 61. 7s. per annum, as ni g na weeping subsoil— being embanked land lying 
ers desiring ae a satisfa ctory tenant’s profit, I have not taken any account of the keep of farm below high water mark. The field was under a Turnip 
t, and m 5 ; s of corn I find, on inquiry, | ee a as the tag on the farm’s produce. The | Crop in 1857, manured with a heavy dose of home- 
at the et efi ase ds in an unfavourable | gross aed die duce of 37. 7s. per acre, is of agent | sia bones—the ? sk 
i ition aon pared with iene pte ans an n the ara 
ba apia advantages | expenses. My of 112. 15s "1858, was very full, but not lo odge ed; with i 
for want © - which my Petite rental | in the same w Me vas rin de in n April, 1858, the following mixture of Grass 
In order that farmers may compare ‘here are 50 millions of acres in the United Kingd 
have propounded the paying pr sirik from 45 to 50 millions of rental 4 bushel annual miota: 
Maren 10, 1860. | 
ition with m ` 
wine cc which I have answere Or and y shies |< ann valy, and on an average of equal quality with $ tosa Pe eae ta 
reply to, = g” resin his practice 2.,, Yellow” ,, 
dan mil th call it it myr return of rent and produce be correct, the 8 y Red 
pe Catechism, especially eer hip S only represents 3} rents; my return is|'The stool of Gras ss in spring, 1859, was a close and 
8 Reavy L nd Farmers. equa pots + rents. vm healthy one. The field was top- -dressed (one ridge 
ch do you suppose the landlord’s invest- man oe our propa is, M. Lavergne estimates the | b being reserved undressed) on March 12 te 14, with 
chase and i 
o 
mprovement of | 5°" 2 cwt, Peruvian guano per acre—heavy rains durin; 
601. por cre | half th though | their soil i climate the latter part of ae month w ashed the g e guano well 
& 
u 
ay per Pra a are quite equal Š ours. still this is poor consolation wto the soil. In April as stocked witha fi 
5 t ch is your working capital per acre ?— | for our own deficiencies and shortcomings. es and lambs, wh 3 v ii t it ti i the 25th 
i fron, Q. How mu pe ur population, 27,009,000, consume annually i, It 3 Ich were kept upon i tt e 
m A. 1 of agricultural produce. bread, meat, vegets E ay. It gave them very fine feeding, except the r ridge 
7 con Q. How much is your gross produce per acre?, I| bles, eggs, poultry, and beer, 6l. 5s. 8d., undressed, on it Api M nat slowly ; sey owing to 
: mean the total amount received for pio rod poe sold with- | 2s. 5d. DE ame head per week (taking all classes, cal ci i 
' an ons 
. out any deduction of expense s.— A. De Slad: For food imports, and carriage, 
Q. What are your total expenses = aa , including vies &e., Potweon the producerand consumer 
hased fi 
p 
t e, but I incipally owing e 
£169, 000,000 erakes sweeter of the top-dressed ridges, we never 
l E 8 upon it, i 
and manures, but irrespective s horse-| of En glish p roduc __ 89,000,000 the ridges on each side were cro Thus, at the 
farm ?—4, f 
believe 
which I assume is furnished by the aS ome date of clearing of stock, it was the roughest of the 
91, Ls. 8d. Add Wool, tallow, hidis; flay. Au. and hongos en? field. In the first four Mf ee of Ang nee a drop 0 of 
_. Gross EXPENSES PER ACRE ON THE WHOLE FARM. not ae in Ler and hay, ¢ corn, s ne rain fell, so the growth of the hay c as slow; and 
E: s £ s.d.| these 86,000,000 | it it was no ot ready „for the kate until the 30th July. 
erpi wee on 
Eley ste s mot 5 $| Or, 3l Ts., per a T iia ler hay on the he ridge, and on weighing it when 
23 . 003 I think I haves valued too igh by 2 per acre fally cured in September, the following was the result 
hte E E —the farmer’s Op AETA per eee T obtained— 
rate, incl police and county rate ee 3 ef ge mh at 4l. My rate o prona uce per acre oie: tie 
Soa and baitit is Bd (112. 15s.), on 50,000,000 would produce .. £587,000,000 On guanoed ridge, per imperial aere a 6 85 
0 8 6| Or, an increase prod to £421,000,000 On bare ridge * 
Depreciation, 0 20 Tee pestis of JAR ed farming are cheering, and | Differes 
Eer naka h, wheelwright, cooper, founder, “ales a 5 © | convince me that we ean safely compete with the whole | Ate ie wi or ‘the ais trict, 32. 15s 
ay Imp naker, brickläyer, carpenter, and veto- *. | world Pas sce poet of corn, but that can only be , th PIR te tb J, in $ tit 5d, aed 
y ) 5 6| done concurrent large producti ion of meat an Leake BaP =S es ej ancre E da: bet 
pai of ba Neto 4 ~= g oman ie latter not purchase anor Dee Drodncpa ae the F soa <4 fi: ppor fi 2 ‘en 3 La eas 
al manures n e ee a DEO reame of stock. My èrop of Wheat this y Au he Fog Te POD e Era an , Aoin eae 
p tean, and and Joss of sacks EA EE 54 0 3|immense, I threshed this ihe a seven-acre idas iL 6s. ne ahs aa tt ED ae ee 4 thin; b ne of 
bbe Of stock oid eaat Co car aib : Wheat, which produced a large crop of Wheat in 1857, a ts — i vIe T $ SE i a ponp 
am at lanad by oads, È ula Sk aah acta o| agreat crop of Beans in 1858, and now, in 1859, the | qif p a an pri p ay, on which there was a 
mending, diteh "cleaning, fence triraming, 7 ii 0 | crop of Wheat is nearly seyen quarters per acre. This i tons z t ne s. per acre, making in 
a petty expenses : 6 | field was manured for Beans in cin ge but had no manure | |” return beyond expenditure from 
F af A in brewing beer for men . ies 0 | of any kind for the Wheat ero 859. crop alone. I did not observe any marked difference 
; i stock 4 0 ©] Those who atic sts pai ral ate the advantage of in ee ae ert which was pastured by ca and 
s | drainage, very deep penis ae abundant manuring, | | shall try the pin 18 arative returns fro 
| have yet a great lesson to lear I have good reason to l 
that my 56 
tion. The 
of B 
; m pipes = 12 aer 
gel; 6 acr 
es af or Hye se after Clover. 
E Italian | 6 
ero’ sonal, with fe 28 fe Potato sts In ‘athe de 
ble. 
during their -growth by |? 
: 3 5 on_ ir rill starns than chron wero, from 
2 the 3 Pit toes his- the- i 
rom for sigh 6 
d ; If this s = aay Vie not overwhelm British 
ure wi 
ea 
i ig a pem mes April 20 to June 28—that I ont eor 
pa dressing to soil hot and aaie 
made. 
È: 
mmiliate a nation 
weaken hw b from the 
ogical conclusion that SSE and i meaa The field had been Soiled Calseh 1 y Aei recom- 
shall bless it with ms plenty, and SUs: That my | mend being done to a land intended for Potatoes) in 
is happy result I most gerai P 8, and E in gae drills 12 ga PE 
of well-made farm m oil a g 
ew of agricultural amelioration judiciously con- | | ine on gravel. The Potatoes were of the Dalmay 
J ease due a is full of ” most pleasing deductions and | [me and were raised free from disease 
Tight to state that I sane ser ibe steps of considerations, uble patire 
ren 
i nee ak ased food, a tal, triple the’ penton, capital, multiply “employ- 
rtant i . | ment, greatly increase and cheapen food, and enlarge 
sank peal 
the demand for it, wit 
| eating a 
hances 
rnip and its Diseases—I was pices to 
t yonr Paper o nf the arnip plant emarks by 
observe in 
you on 4 
iner 
material, enhan value, el 
thus establi itional ar 
for that very food which it - 
uced, whilst it enables us to compete 
most corn 
tries. 
con: e eloquent 
Caird, at pag P his admirable book : 
healings: “T zoa $s _ my ly conscious of its 
Tend 
ergy, T pi 
; ACCOT ing | co- eves 
or 169 q b; pasa ees 5 hansen 
E17. 10s. in “ae effect on the ewalfare of all other in 
somianoiis, 
SEE in the absence of age | me he som 
