486 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, | May 26, 1860, 
ed the appointment of Mix. Fane as editor of] which the drill is at work, the method adopted is very | Mr. Ruston’s experience seems to have Tez 
Fans anediiur of which the drill b at work the method’ adopted ip very] 
assail intment of Mr. RE as editor “ Mt the drill is at work, t ethod adopted is v Mr. Rusron’s experience seems have 
the , dos go politic and ax ry and gave | simple in A large tab i is s placed at y side of the uni formly Fevourtiis to the use of the Me 5 
ression to wha’ Feeds ed to be the general | ditch just where the drill turns out at the end; this| The following figures a exhibit contrast 
fecling of the meeting on dk teak ahi ect. tub is T t filled with aater, “the drill pokey up aby the the | enough to indaco it general u 
No reply was made on this point, but on Ne side of of it, and the men at once, with pails, 
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rw was ed by Lord FEVERSHAM, re Manure Used.—“ I may here remark that it has not 
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we should be now inclined to value mall. 7 usually sow from x to 3 cwt. per acre, and 
aha 4 feet 6-inch drill sow 7 acres per day. One 
man — ne all the agen a helpt o fill the drill with 
Tue thorough Tane e e recent d, if in a field where the supply can be ob- 
given the land has Es t put in our agire tained from sass ditches s, will also keep the large tub 
planted seeds with a WATER DRILL; and | filled w man is the 
the advantage of it re no doubt soon be aon: i only additional Tesni required by the nai drill over. 
indeed it is already visible in the full plant of the dry, and, indee i where that i is us used, some prepara- 
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is Tiy likely that we shall, have so good a seed soare gas oy rie: ocality), Ii Aribi. woe da Rust a gives als ae the Bis ssp of Mr. 
time when the Swede and Turnip drill will be at |o only two coulters, which, with : 4 feet 6-inch drill, make | Soven, of Aylesby, urnips sown with Í 
work. apas oe natural supply then we cannot | the rows just 27 inches apar water drill, from Ara it appears “ that 
do better than try to imitate it artificially ; and | servation during the last five e years has fully a Ab piiks of dissolved bones sown with the water- 
we therefore cannot do wrong by directing the | thoroughly convineed me that this disthnes’ is in aby drill produced 5 tons 14 ewt. more Turnips per 
attention of our readers to the useful, seasonable, | respect better for either of these crops than _ acre than did 6 bushels of bones mixed with 
pee racti the English the water drill in the last | Coulters 18 inches apart would be. The horse 12 bushels of ashes, and sown with the dry drill, all 
of the English Agricultural Society's be used free eely and frequently, and a stronger andl Tatma ahar ne s bein ing ean qual ; ana d that bie ie 
Journal, by sz Es ee of Chatteris. only mo coulters are employed, we use plates i in the nero ini manu: owa wit odu nol t ie i 
USTON gives experience chiefly on/|cistern for the yong mei the liqui uid, with, holes y 
a light Fenny soil, describes his method of using 2 me ured thro rough greater wi T Rape io za i 
ine, and relates the consequences of its fall of 
use during several years on several aie of corn | Water, which is ret t 60 ‘ete, ‘wil sow "30 Pat |2 | ma 
crops rops. The following extracts which will giv e a total of ah out we ees 
will sufficiently illustrate te the method and results of ems larger-sized holes an increased quantity of gai | AN AGRICULTURAL PILGRIMAGE.—No. VI. 
| ANUR: UFACTORIES.—At | 
but readers will of course ii ma more fully pine: Gal ace be of practical advantage. “Ta Tug ger: rine e S nous 
detailed in e Ap USNR we sary ito use the whole tie coulters, k aidit plate | stores of arti ilisers, almost RRE in value to 
The drills i difficult | § sed. This is of the utmost importance, 
Ithough the annual guano fleet to the warehouses of Messrs. 
tan ol ferry cnn tiem he DRE ERST in th line & Cov or tothe monstrous que which a 
this does grow into a sight difficulty. On our EO a N long Mt an e ; 
Fen-farms, where every field is surrounded by ditch that the drill becom ied much | S°Wers 3 E EES: = 
Which throughout the entire year have a supply “of before it ought to be, ee. consent th that those parts n O alo ne, ae ee 
water, this difficulty has no existence. And upon, what | ° rows sown after th had been refilled, | 
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voirs, or ponon oppen by unfailing springs, where | 5UPply was becoming vg Saat = far too small a} 5 enwich, and of m= comes : 
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these we find it necessary to purchase either — old | gular growth. It may, however, be be easily obviated by Docks oe ker ly placed at the head A pag 
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Saaai l a Aaii a better, Sig See stronger a ore | USing & different plate. e results of several trials a of tiene ‘ctablishments in the order just named. 
ab in Oy in scale show that the plate best adapted for the success <a wea at Deptford and Borki: 
i ful working of six coulters is one with holes from Near lacè Mr. Lawes has within the 
to | three-ei we five-si sails pease 100 easel 1d, in 
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. avoided. These casks a we. le i ing with suo. en oe) ys p 
cart, and, to prevent any rollin ig motion, «tle lng ns the flow fom the weather Teta eee th this acid, of superphoepbate; ab thems i 
soiled straw is placed on either side of them. Thi ph flow from the we ay of li vid in the cistern mn is | ii a eadi di m Bar tg Y to Destini f the 
simple and inexpensive method, where roper Watari] rily more rapid than when the qua uantity becomes time sending eure: oh hi nities recite os rah 
casks, for other i are not required, answers every | lessened ; this can be easily managed by the slide, ee 80 feet by 17, fe nperposp high, re si wad work ab 
purpose. It very seldom happens that 1 
than two of these casks are sii keep o drill the whole length of the field is to be equal. It can be ms and. f y din ray bane i 
fully at work. These will serve for a distance tig | done, as was as proved by > own crop of Oats sown last | Sf coe Ra pape p ak A i 
Milenio and th spring. I in 112 acres with the water drill, the sh të oe is prepa $ r 
water required if the dist . Wher herd of whi ch came up ‘ahd grew as uniformly is ba aol Of t y a n e _ ee | 
two only are required to be used one horse i ampie, |* agua: ws cocld bp. dadrod. Ban Dalta Ob | S An at, Sgi with aloes and fuses ; 
— are needed two horses will be necessary. ores distribution of the anure from the Fie there be nitre eo gulphaike Bt the Fag 
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into which tħe drill enters how Femi TRE the drill ah, bars, pe ore aad parias her 
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and knowing ae een of lg ene of owe nny lec Se cat rg te 
manure contains, it becom! calcula- resultant ‘il t PA bots un ghar mel e | 
to learn laity half pec ae rgure for each t the and condensing on 
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