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Ok a f an | purest Short-horn pedigree. And tl lt is show 
agement The is the occupation o p pedig nd the result is shown | land in as good heart, and knock down all thei 
P a an d ent exprising tenant farmer ; the othe in a very finada f of heifers and calves, and several ver: 4 led poika trees, and grub a all. their wee 
in the occur ler th t | fine yong „Among the latter is “ Archduke,” ae e-rows; and further, they sink have as good 
e a son Š Capt, and “Libra”? from “ Libel,” by m hao Mi nd as good premises as Mr. Me chi has, 
tures and permane so fegnipmene of of the eee or that «Valeting 13932). | before they can fair +) ; 
the especi ial arr of the former lies in its stockand| The character and mint e the herd appear to me |w ith -his, a his with ae 
annual farm managemen F : to deserve being t | an you account for „e hostility agriculturists 
1. Let u ie nt Sipain first: _ The „village lies tion of the ipes ap acm Sy i a Gloucester- | P a pody exhibit “against every man who tries, an 
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Badminton Park, sie high table land t Glou 2 hi ss Birt is the seat of R. S. Holford, fa li ad does not follow in the beaten track of their fore- 
cestershire, which is e the most “= re 500 M.P. 'y great ‘ae A ie have la ately. been | fathers, t foll ther? In the 
‘00 fiet above the level of the sea on |effected in n the park and grounds by the diversion of the | arker. ages in the times of Tusser and Tull, for 
the Bathstone of the oolite formation. This farm, in | public road, tl | examples tie en books were scarce, én ew could 
the paanakin of Mr. Stiles wake oer is ear Dict acres in | of large trees. Elms and Oaks 30 and 40 yea ars old | read, prejudices of this kind cin be ames but now 
extent, 400 a sais eg 280 acres pastur: a eae EA are now firmly | ll cl 
labour fo fo et ‘the. arm includes. 23 men, 7 boys, and | — in their new opriti without havi ing suffered we | look for light d that 
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ba sn pe sen employed, as during hay and | mei to buildings, | — - Mr. Sidney | and detone you ao ‘pot believe 
rn harvest, and at Tu pine gf re time. The. cropping | oad home bogs ne iately TA erected for a home | Mr did; but the 
a 170 acres in corn, 170 acres in Clover and farm of abou’ 4.20 acres of t | take r, Piper yearly + wt i d that ot made geita, g 
Grass seeds and Sainfoin, and aoe 60 acres in n Tur. is ee a oad by Mr, E. Rich, the agent | or to ee extent, if I remember correctly, of 6l. an acri 
nips. The rotation is 1, Wheat ; 2, Oats or Barley; 3, | for the estate, in order to suit the Zequirements Bont a | of clear ps and he om the world how he did it; 
Turnips; 4, Barley, or spring Wheat; 5, Clover, kept | large establishment, as well as to meet the w en 3 and I think Se that the Rev. Mr. Bey jth, of Loi 
down a second year; and one-seventh of the land jis |large farm. ey are built out of s sig ht of the ae t his profits are 
generally in Sainfoin. A ood deal of paring and | and gongen you 1 plantations a in a hollow so as to [Mechi says his os Now, I knew Mr. Piper well, and 
burning is carried on upon the farm, aud in the neigh- | be per fectly ser n block is in ground | I believe no one ever doubted his veracity ; and though 
bourhood generally the old Sainfoin is thus broken up | plan a sort of trid PNY a “middle prong being repre- | do not hoor the Rev. Mr. Smith, yet his statements 
for green crop of some kind. _ The „practice of stille sented | by a double. row | of roomy ca attle boxe es with a | carry the conviction of truth with them; and therefore, 
burning, by which a larger q row of | gentlemen, in ealling in question the veracity of Mr. 
to the fu el i is exposed to heat Dan by any other way, is an stables, &c., aa ‘the other being “a row of cattle- | Mechi, you condemn all others who are br reaking 
talls and shedding. The spaces between these lines the rough the tramm els of | 
It is, however, the herd. of pure bred Short-horns are yar ards u sed for cattle. These three peel e 
upon his farm that dintengvighes Mr. Rich f buil d by a cross head o We live in go-a von times, when science has pene- 
which is generally well cultivated, The farm has | cat tlessbeda, opening into the yards Ay one side k trated and revolutionised every other trade and pro- 
always been to some st a dairy farm, aa the well | sheds opening on the other side to t and for the benefit of mankind in general we 
prot ee ae inary Short-horn cows paulo es as daisy for implements pi carts. And over these latter are | are anxious to force it into ,agviculture, into farmyards 
stock a quarter of a, eentur d more be i The handle of ee trident, = maintain the | and fields. Butis it not so already? It is not, as it 
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en st j i ery. And at the farther end | ancient and modern Chinese, though they were and are 
provement of their ae Me Rich has, aP not | lies a yard and Pin Meat for which the same steam- | all ies behind us in some other useful arts and sciences, 
been satisfied with. the eral improvement of his| power is available, where carpenters’ work for the e [anà had not the implements and machinery that we 
cows obtained in this nt a way ; but for many years | estate is done. have, yeti in many respects they — and in some 
he on — es at the sales of pure bred Short-| The main road through the buildings one 
per: aed: nn pa dants from cows se a the » points of Fe three teati of this tient a indeed, at this very time scientific men 
roy cae by pure bred bulls,- lan of the buildings has been and Daubeny, &c., are pectic that et “Tingland 
j erally ples his more or: engin until aot On one ores and in gi spaces between ot | | should persevere in her pre 
l2 in his s her erd which. cannot boast of —_ at rend ends ar ho of the two yards, are | tion for a few more ona the whole country. will 
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ow rer sa now vant tise for his young bahis | eter with admirable dairy, cottages, and | uently ensue; but ve the changes. generally 
ball calves as as great prices enerally demanded | pan sheds p dary cows. dingy > monde for ee ra into our -farmyards and folds which Mr. 
separate set of hou side of | Mechi has .adopted in his, an which die. st torm d 
urian the e main | n Doeke “i partaine. The e iei gsc Bn ent | recommends to you, instead « of; the dire 
‘Thus at the s aa of Mr. Glass, of Worton, near | is very eni ent and ee of rhein hg the | dicted by She sages, 
Dovhiep iii ti the several parts is praisewo' In filled, England in nstead -of i en wou ald become a 
ohial , sab. ve igaveral chee now in the | particular the adoptio n of such a ef i ara ing country, and ee Ahipa pe be 
` Ow. of lad to any method of f ee in ‘yards, ie or sighted to all parts, of the wor with co rn, ath 
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their wer in fe ate and andong te families 
at the Bortworth sale, and she has thre: endants. | and buyi oa Men fatting steers besides, bringing out the pirga men. po 
aE P Noel | steers fat at 3 years o ARE e moia some 60 pigs| But, gentlemen, let us make. a mental visit to this 
h r, ’s sal i a dozen re- fiim ria farm, called Tiptree Hall, and let 
as two female descendants. Several of her descendants | markably fi e Suffolk eart og for npa farm andave-he your cicerone, and for which I flatter myself I 
were sold the other day at Mr, Crawley’s-sale, in Bed- | estate work pRB ea am tolerably -well qualified, for 1 have: known it from 
urchased by Si t Weston Birt we ‘Tavea specimen of first class farm |.before Mr. Mechi was tbe v. a it, when not 
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Tortwoeth dod AAEE as seven female descen. at Dia a breeding flock of 200 own ewes, rearing 
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“Florentine,” bought..of Mr. Sainsbury, of Corsham, | energy and aca Eiet will do, i in Agee > then I have seen the present mansion rise in that then 
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Mr. Harvey Combe’s sale, has two female descendants; | who.are interested in the progress of good agriculture. | with it; the gardens and shrubberies laid out and 
— are two heifers from another cow “Kathleen,” | J. C. M, planted; the farm everywhere drained, and the stag- 
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annan} f 0 3 a FARMERS’ C mixed with the fertilising ore made at the house 
Clusterberry,” and “ ” And of Lady Wart youallow me to weeny Tittle maginary con- and farmyard, forced throu phe me yang a 
oir Lady? oir LL ukalik hine mehan. ot Skis. Chub who b vt of the farm. 
calf by the “6th Duke of Oxford,” were purchased. | present at Mr. = — ee lecture on the} I ‘have seen also, almost or sooo ‘every y implement and 
Ared cow “ Libel,” bred by Mr. Bolden, of, Lancaster,|Sewage of Towns? It a the samapa pér 
and almost entirely y blood, has also been | reports of what occurred a’ tthe tm that Mr. Mechi jand I was at every one of Mr. Mechi’s ` princely and 
i~ veria to the stock, by. purchase from Mr. Strafford. | stated, among other things, that he for the six ore | inshanetive agricultural gatherings, at which men of all 
dali herd now comprises above 90 females.and three | previous to the last had made a clear annual profit of ranks and degrees, from princes and pona men who 
males, the-whole of me are in noone ener 700/., after allowing for rent, tithes, rates, taxes, | counted their acres by hnndr “8 of t » and 
“condition. "Phe bull bull calves.ar bein =a early | labour, and expenses of machinery, &c.;,and that last | ambass: scare eis scientific men from a i parts of the the 
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