r. Howard says, “ 
have e 
fines’ 1 
d “Mr. Smith would Tav 
has 
lower an he 
This 
thecnitoe, for 
field to o be superb Whea 
do’ 
evidence in favour of ae oieri 
T 
ip Smith’s land is some of the 
r the growth of Wheat,” 
ve to go down = deal 
one to bring any subsoil up.” 
ever seen fi 
as yet 
this is the 
f the cu 
-| be e 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE: AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
body’s farming. my ask 
(Question No. 24): "Do you use _—" horse-hoe for 
your corn and = s? Ans Yes, Nine 
farmers out of 1 
rig ARE 
ing profi Let me illustrate it. T 
sala and a SEREA E change may naturally 
expected to cause a rush of vegetati on, and an 
[Mar 19, 1860, 
<A saree = Sh a 
‘diminish the a and i increase se the > profit, of every- | from the character of British agr iculture that stain ce 
bitterness and malice which certain busy bodies would 
fain affix upon her hitherto glorious and nits ourable 
fame, A Lov i Ga A of Fair 
Pla 
e tivation.—In the course of a fi ceks 
great safe for “ aeo py ” will takt Boe at 
Canterbury, but instead of s bei ing between “man 
and man,’ 
“machine od 
will e betw Wee: 
oe chine,” this civilised age it 
: 
Last week bei ing so 
. epe my horse man gà > extra ee Hav 
=o 
and ba ti its native mi inera 
t | in x this m9 half, £ 
ng day, 
wy clean horse-hoed 21 acres of Wheat on stif ciy. |a 
a I gave him 
BRAEG ho: 
RUAN alf o 
2 
a 
a lor 
extra pay fo 
for his overtim 
pair of horses .. 
ay 7 ld h i 
Ploughman 
ance og hy what 
M 
ery well k 
of wring e bs per: and thorough tillage, as especially 
show 
F 
upon the same 
makes pervect 
aoe 
you have tl 
or nearly 9 Gants 
heard before of 
hist ooe by maki 
to be onl: 
per 
deen achieved 
Do. extra time — 
It will not do to dispara 
ing out Mr. Set s 1 ates - 
seven really su 
oolston. 
2am wii spaces of gron RT only | 
ener sti iI, for 
of 7L bushels each, 
acre. 
not oan 
W 
lly fertil le mould u 
caltty of bn geo so high ly prized in some eet 
districts bu t oi 
with = price Sat only 40s. Deks 
of When! 
7 
1 ghtly of my even 26 bu 
nd in the “locality i is is very far be- 
this ne eig yee 
lot, for we hav 
ur] some of the poorest ar marsh] 
s some ve the best Wheat soil. Ana an = 
what 
Wear and tear ae and implements, and 
interest on dit 
at 
dry and -suitable for weed- re as 
true the saachings are not yet on the 
all feel interested and 
an 
mht 
lou, a second ran agro 
iotend of into the ground, and a ope oe withdrawn, 
plough 
£014 0 
deeply horse-hoed for 
hel | May 
12t 
. But what Pers Mechs and d operation. 
and 
cre. Ules solr pe Ye. at opportunity 
an “vith one mae. of horses horse-hoes 
comba AG O 
The issue everybody kn Let are be why 
this important que ion. ‘of steam yok sie: has so long 
vexed ei agricultural, the engineering, and the public 
mind, - ith out s satisfactory result, Consid sidering how 
g ally 
from 8 to 10 acres per day x either Wheat, Beans, | 
| Mangel, or Turnips at a cos In the 
L 
sdti begin to feel surprised at their failure. 
solu tior de i i 
| then F 
ag 
pr 
pended solely on erudition or faper as 
ous 
of the Wheat push int 
if on prias mechanism, then Canadian ining 
would have shot “ahead,” like a canoe down his ‘orcad 
cataracts : if on a knowledge of hum 
they would be injured by the 
hoe covers b space of 7 feet 2 inches 
” | horse-hoe for 16 years. J. J. Mechi, PS. 
14.—As I anticipated, the ete gs ai “of the 
inst. has rendered weed killing a much more 
echi and the Hounds.”—For the last two 
months nothing has been heard in the er 
weet but a perfect storm of abuse agains‘ E r. Mechi. 
you pen 
Go wher re you like, ear the aspersions 
t I said it was 
tat s oroi a yield ‘of "Wheat 
r Beans SE s] 
; but in spite Kaai : 
and bad 
h of my three crops, that | 
Fete ae Sotériet upon the aiea 
Aig but I anen that 
isher 
J 
uarter. “26 bus hels 
J 
+ ie 
an 
Wi 
5 | eee cation of money, 
foules 
character, at tie = ee 
ith sa t 
then M 
| another leaf to his hard won wreath; if on so 
tical agr bt -pios wledge. 
or John 
if on m 
rett, and Bo ber one or the other, 
have settled th 
touch 
how steam w: 
usiness cheaper 
7? or if it 
de pended a bac ena = Box 
Halkett 
zorse ; 
ie, bi 
ai papers fill column afer prea’ 
levelled at his “gna en 
ve uce, s 
hrewd enough, o know tha 
Mechi’s self- Eh forbids" ‘hin ie tot <> 
E e challenge, makin tuitous show 
his pl re generosity. by thi 
ne public sufficiently awar 
ot Ta charit table 
Eh Ep 
s3 Bond, f 
now engai 
Hobbs hadu sey aaae t 
f the soil 
The 
controversy be Ai a sts and the advocates of 
exposure 
climates “known gfe 
rom the different soils and 
ssyeriinebs ers. The Lois- 
i; natu 
graced 
a8 thi 
i ‘ink that poor Mr. Mechi has singu is- | 
and re ndered Limsel guilty « of a 
heinous perce But after all w 
e T 
waged a 
prejudices—those of the agricu altural Classes, He has 
or | the 
n e has 
ost Shvotariis of | order of the 
cor 
ast prominent investigator who o appear Deseo ua, 
would have settled the entire question, ac T, even J, 
should have lost = mental relief of w 
G 
to be covered by s 
Wheat 
for light lands needing | ; 
summer vegetation, and on suitable 
T stri os 
x whieh 
oh 
some su 
cereals 
either wit th horse- hoe or 
keen} 
anted Mr. Corb 
diseri 
ing of Mr. Smith, and 
in removing old uses and abus ses, and establishing 
means suggested and corroborated by the „discoveries 
ireke vw 
directed > the subject? 
h 
g | bY agricultu: tal enterprise 1a the pd Pile iene routine 
are wont to get. For yea to all 
comers the ater Si his) Boatie. jea aae his 
crops ito al » opened s books | for their i inspection, 
y the horse-hoe 
an unsuccessful trial of the 
the ‘hares ax rabbits appear aly ta 
ong them. A a Mr. 
troop rg ia Bagshot 
is adapte d fi Fhe See wn land— stg 
nto and for many thou 
er. 
“never plough | +> 
“p st Jethro Tal, tha father of drill 
y 
coddi principles, 
between the double- be 
short of impertinence, 
of his views. hl act that 
h fores 
g to his holl wi 
ocala elise a 82, his and aS ank 
ETa and then sku! back o w abodes to 
e shafts o abuse, leads Ro ne nevi ‘itable 
hai d profe 
the weve rege Ae = peim d 
to pro e soundnes: 
hen e Pro tg 
r clays, |. 
in their 
ang their byr es, too little 
besina 7 in their alt and con patho tas: Tittle money 
in thei grrr ets And for telling all these wholesome 
truths, 
- | will not listen 
have arisen from want of mo: 
for we e may traiy i ay that oni gi ae investigators, Mr. 
Mechi, represents a mint; have arisen from 
want of manure, for this aie “gentleman (to don his 
ions son Senge peng in ciie Ray wn perso! Tern 
mounta: n from of ne 
nism, for or his d fa factory. What Chee 
failure or ill success result from ? Want of method 
es, this i 
money, 
rhe ‘not— ot—see it. 
even vekita hare no objec! 
li 
= 
Gey 
disinfectant I 
to try and (o owie T I 
of about Hia 
(vo ha 
sowed te oe 
aaa ot use 
nips, wde 
hosphate with ihe ae seed b 
lose a plant, h 
the Pawde lost acres my pei 
mix 
drla a 
m power, in preference 
k be 
e t0 Í the index 
th superp! 
dos mE Ie A the a satisfa 
ry. o Pert coding: & 
eyo 
till the land and eat the straw into man 
other soils the 
new method 
combin 
On some 
» No. 1.—Garreit’s Horse- Hoe. 
ary to | 
of ate peretouton and abies which i is s tho fruit of 
No fi er 
u ne tis black oa € 
uon 
titi k 
wO PS eer ie ee OT 
mo 
a pe ae ined by agricultural pursuits s "Mave e no adie i 
krs reali rot hy aoe io the tenant saree wf 
povert: d 
infra, rag P siglo toe Beech Cottage, “renham 
ng Sheep a La 
opinions í of writ ers, 
. per 
ib! Mechi i the ats bro vthak has 
ever obtain ed i it? Really, — p Ihave no — 
co s t 
to 
ting our time b the mere 
z = Mechi is a 
this ungen 
ean | mable 
| subjec' os and vied a to ex) e sincere hope bat | 
secution of a amial wane 5 gon eae | 
| ope » 
ae at ‘or shee epa 
Pe py DEN 
4 BRWPOR an a 
nee) last come to an 
