21, 1860. ] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE: 369 
had it must not be taken for granted that all waters 
runs out to nothing. will have. a epee effect when used for the purpose 
PE the carrier should t is found that water flowi 
l Tot a, of oar ta = surface ar “wet peaty ” or “ hi » soils i is posi- 
small tapering gutters. TE office p 4 a peaty ns repa oory p | 
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minishes in size as it approaches its termination, so 
and tenants ought to look and let no 
opportunity escape where MEN a system can be carried 
MANGEL WURZEL. 
al fe t r vely i injurious; water 
very important, ch Water- | [The following is i Wis eater portion A the capital paper read 
8 he water ran different et a cr whi er- gri p CSP PEDS 
ards flourishes, and those containing 2 Molay'« stones, a rye aig le Mi: Elbo Ae of North Court, Abingdon, before 
whi 
ub, as publishedjin ; the Oxford Jow 
THoucH Mangel has been an vat ed to a smäll 
t and, latte erly ge tent 
pesin it has not taken ee prominent position’ in our 
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the field, 9°} imes the end of a carrier itself per- for the most cf anh eee for irrigation. Water 
an | hi we bs ia i tapered s la ingly. as are never found to freeze, 
ee all Irrigator. es of smaller g ll suited for irrigation in Der 
cut below the ai r ( levels) from those which are te warm spri ngs” 
he same general direction in order to catch the wat € Gira I 
: from the carriage gu tte er taal? the | is owing in ‘a Ale measure to the temperature A the 
r gutters. The istance between these | water being higher than ordinary water 
eatly depends on the shape of the geo ; few te Boe gron und ai, porene, : pele 
z Ar z d uneven more are required. | shou e conve meadows If p 
y 5 ail hea nt to be laid out quite level: I | Water, expecially er he heavy rains, in ing down to | feeding 0 n Swedes and the other on Mangels; on 
These small gutters oug ra oaths to be 4 ERr Ae taken “akon TAn: it some | the 24th of Teale by admeasurement of the beasts, 
ay quite lev level, 5 enir Paii ee a ba raaa Apa an 7 if | it was evident that the one fed on Mangels had made 
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an Kii bear on our subject. I shall first revert to that oft 
a d ea | cm ed ae of the late Earl Spencer, who put 
p two a me e 24th of Decem 
ater as it flows over the land | of the manuring substances contain the soil : 
; E ER coats stat, and as they are prac- | then this water is allowed to escape, ik manuring 
ically tevel a again distribute the water evenly | matters are wasted, but when it is used for irrigating 
teal le when they og e filled; were it not any meadows below, these valuable ingredients are the “4 
i ue 3 Tace, a ge Pe rae Re te mn ee og ree $ 
tare sma the w id P pe proof on the beasts.: The Earl says, in relation to this 
ow down alon the F hollows; instead of the in the other. In mountainous districts much of the v$ 
Br ioin nin anally covered, esp ecially where the | water which forms bogs at the foot of hills and. the experiment, “The result appeared ‘so satisfactory, Chat 
land has never been p lo ughed or r lev evellod. ` : ala ia f valleys may be ea E AE oe a deep | since; but I did try the following year the feeding a 
practice me a not . ana out with some excellent water may gora be | have 3 iternately on Swedes and T reme er ae 
bi any hollows the goiter drawn ‘of "before it has become contaminate d by the| confirmed the experiment o of t Mr. 
should Te- kept rather "Higher, PON Fi puur which t underground iaei | = ie ee says, on this s wikis ok wI shave e grow 
run, or the water will germ n the hollow and over y = Man O yea and as fed largely; and come to 
flow too fast at t these poin On passing along that Swedes, if kept from being frozen, 
ti d d tl diff na fo A Wat ering.—It is a good plan to commence e s Ma ai for stall Feeding | till February’; 
should be made in the acre tone direction, viz., an tae the meadows 2, in the season—not later Ae that vats Mang els will feed fastest.”—The 
inch lower than sh strict level, in order that that thanthe beginning of November.+ From this period up Philip Pusey says “there i dou bt that-in Berk- 
n ri of the groun the is et abe bd Bape sho uld, as a general rule, be w 30 to of Mangels aott 
days and off three neg This of | § n raa of Sy Paro e? n a ai 
i Ones, Driers, or Drawing-off G or I ; t ar on rene e | Macdowal’s result a perae tenting their relative value in suc- 
iy fey importance Tee fe cae off ak y supply of ree srenther, &e. eae y fore na the | cessive t rials, “ he adduces the money value of M is 
is to get it on ee effect this gut to be 137. 2s. 6d. pe , and that of the Swede 67. 5s. 
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i at the time the frost set in, it | 6 ease 
in the exact same line along which ae water rr sont sf pene 1 he e kept gently moving, and as long ek orb A = ane k i aay ott = 
flow if left to itself to run; if the gutters take any t does shallower it is the better. If the po eet Sane up’ by saying, “While dnie 
other dire ction, swerving: too much to the right € or the nell ond banis od covered with a sł z er r- SKREE PET A apie girdi a5 i be 
Bo re will cut off t er February the meadows 
e side or the other. require rather more attention, and the water should cee aig "the Inter to worth nee ge edt at 
"The tters also act as Feeders—The down- | be more frequently removed as’ the weather gets] ihe is eg y 
ward pairs «ao m e the purpose of feeders. Were|warmer. Care should be taken not to allow the | Love E iced p E e hes 
it not for t ransverse feeding gutters the land | Grass to get FA m scum upon it, for if this is not | 4994 ¢ mseg o the peak no aon cen 
nearest the crn e gatter would always have the first | pr revented s s mischieť is done, the Grass, instead more Man els n Swed Mr "Ch arles a his 
Water, and t ceive the greatest benefit, and the | of i improving, wit grow less. In hot weather shi Be Peoh 
l lowest SSittion a of “the fie eld would c come the worst off. water onght e changed every day. The lan of Beet 
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selected for a meadow should eet be rege? as, 20:tons of ‘Swedes; dot per ithstanding the large rodus 
serp derived from ‘his crop, the succeeding Wheat or Barley 
will generally be very good, for many years having 
wn six quarters.of ‘Wheat. er acre after:Ma 
carriage gutter at the top, across all | or made so by draining. If t 
the eel ier to the vale st. By p resorted to, the drains should be .cu dean, genio 
*proper: ne water can be the water will soak into them too oo ; and the 
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ó gutters, wit “tho out aan | water must not be laid ar 
ietnterveting mands oo that the lowest part of the which the draining is done. | Where er in| een er Marai 
field can be watered first if thought desirable. The th e n farm where "thie meadows are aitaatol. bo nel Sinice. 
level gutters bei oo marked out by means of the A level, | } th it is a good plan to bring the ued ae a . editival 
are easily and rapidly cut with a plough made for E water stood by ‘the farm steading, in order to: catch eral speakers—for 
KAEI cie oenrich the | ° oat 
“ ei diton, De evon vha inventor of the sy stem giality of the water pee) for irrigation, ‘These wash- instanco, Mr. Stage sai said, He i anea aet 
“Above nel I j ewes 
Sg out of Gutters.—Gutters cut on the old pe eriod of agriculture, allowed to waste, whereas and sheep on the ere Hes a fore pra fy ee ; 
system require to be cle ana out every year E ilada they srt be made to ar DAA in the farmers’ any er an tec ak ngels, from SS En 
would soe Rates against any 
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, and this for two reaso ae Lets producing early and te seth eet 
vecause they become choked up with rank "erik di | Grass. T water in Sroka after heavy ra gene- ro rdshir : 
Modar Aan ee flow ‘of the water in a orzo ne rally thick and muddy; this is chiefly. ‘ote to. Mr. Tho A ‘he haa 
tion, w is essential to the success el | the washings of the land above, and as there is : 
é el carriage and level feeding gutters. | generall, = considerable value = the Henk ia fed off ogee with Pb , and during ‘the 
ame k T the sides is the gutters are trampled Sivided icles of mineral matter thus held i 
live stock all of the gt the tter, and ren? E ege the opportunity eas. not be "Tost for giving years ae ner sig 
ren- meadow saa efit o! t.t mide pe aR 
In ord is e $ generally off, tiie: ey ay tice to this effect. "there was no kind ` of. food so 
K d gut nt ARA tate a man is mpera should then be Sareti y corer we and the w Ekte ne 
-rpi nt em pe ~ trii em up, at an expense of | turned on again. As the iit po he e 
fa 3 2s. 6d. . The man so empoyéd leaves | water, as I live before stated, should be kept on for gentleman who grew Mangels tand pail ee of 
a heap “of ital, at about every 20 paces, and | shorter periods. The second crop is mown in np) meigi 
tre ade pr to be ge a rt ries a es, as it is found dangerous, at least for sheep, t to | Fan ae 
1s li ay. gutters consequently | water and feed a if ime” 
e idée aes year, till at la st the width is | owing to that Pen disease called rot being o be | at the same tim e.” The next evidence e I „shall la ay 
So inconvenient that they en to be filled up at| produced amongst them. “sen two great advantages of | 
expense and relaid. If system explained in | water meadows are that 
“this “paper be adopted, it is recommended that fresh of early food in the ipine, Seit is so valuable 
poten pc ah cut vigils ry ya allo. the Tne ewes a and lambs, and i th at the iey yield heavy crops of ay | C2 the une isn Seng boc thom on the buject.,.- thier 
ing this, it is only necessary to e hne | after t 
eye mer the tow tke i ones, exiting one vee above | mark, without any manure being applied, The acai á rA “ Having piegi th s ai! aa al “tne. Sanat in 
nal gutter. ‘The expense of | most important question, accor rding tai the ' oes e queries, tl ; 
ut water meadows, is ‘z “are an increased ot ressec 
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Association in 1828, appointed to elicit the comparative 
for | Falue, in in all respects, of ranpa and. Swedes.” The 
ttee wrote to the most leading agriculturists in 
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; most poi . a ie every | tion. of zel Warz r 
new furrow are = in the old one by its side gical and who “amongst the first to | grown from one-fourth to one-half of 
new 4 lis made good. The prove his estate am and confera s a benefit rit int a ts, peat ae ee E 3 
eutirely preventing orema of coarse Grasse a pect Doe including oven expense, with the taad'te red 
Gags slong the iea ery porous or peaty so 5 [hatches a ileer ithe broo! T did not anal St gat 2l. per acre §. inn é hen the land is tired of T 
i on land where Turnips cannot be raiséd ; it 
the water is. apt to l SAT away + de ip yus main In m : any places the cos! would little more than oad be aR Hed t : food.” It is ps 
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f Wes ond meee much. I think, rib cg looking at the — sir paket; iat a hak bo tee eae 
and no ‘ed eep. ao and the great advantages es to be derived, that 1 lords | Și e stdiade'y kA uae halt when the Rogen 
oom coating “bel ing put pra o main carri + This kind of water should be ponded P nee R.s. | Park was ed, erg Sipe . 
e known ‘instances of ng done with, aa t S te Tan fs October to Mare refer to a endow ag To come our own immediate ee Cae e 
Qual y ea eas | ti he Faringdon Root Competiti 
The ity of Water.—Befo: laying my own » It made in 1850 upon the ragged mounta it | titne, as the result of the | 
fog Gn pepo A being ir gated t ‘teas ge enti slope, then next to one the upper land, sni al e year the t weight grown was, 42 tons 10 
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l, ete ate aa RS e eo r ANAT 
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ought to be tak Mangels, and 21 t -AA eke Of Swa 
ideration. s applied, showed that about double 
si proper, ly of. y is worth 50s. per acri cao Fare were taid Gow by | sade all the tests app Ri 
otal and e oad ate ad ee ‘aseys meadows on Gooey Farm m A per acre. | Weight of Mangels was grown to that of Swedes, It 
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