584 _ THE GARDENERS’ Ce AND O ERS OMAETTE 
NS EEA rae ip a arion fet whilst a ji Ka boy Bee seine the | 
farm work 
was, gathered, we apprehend, in the aude 
mn. 3, 1860. 
| frequent stoppages necessary to rest the work-people, 
cha ff 
seri rious item in expense; being ise is o dieni 
to clean, and wears rapidly away; and, what is still 
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f thei or at best under the cool Saran a bys machinery, and clea ar She the and pu ulls, more fatal, the injurious effect produced by tran nsit ion i 
of the” ag of the Champs Elysées or the Bois kippen 
Boulogne. A more e aca alako never was m a such a manner that every thorongh “current of air | these causes I think I may safe ely aud te 
we will any body of judges. It seems | that i is niie to be had is obtained. tear of a pereit to be fully 20 per cent. above that. 
haat In By is to the second objection, I think that the of a fixed e ne. a Betis | state the stac ck-yard | fs 
these neriak icap consist in its insignifica nce and | day i or oppone tp adoption of any system se to b be | in after a threshing-day, the | wl 
ike lightness. Passing over the ack SRT erie TERP rofitably to increase the duce of | detrim the increased eee i 
excellence of Allen’s. mower, they actually have given | the soil, on the ground o lay. The last a | of grrr) reddite Giga double)—many, not bein ms 
not only the 1st prize, but also the prize of honour, to a | tion is one which deserves great bare agg a sh hs 
modificati Wood’s mac and whose only merit | connected with agricultural pursuits. It c not the y to acci cident by fire, the ncaa of 
consists in the adaptation of two travelling wheels, and | expected that tenant farmers will, as a rule, in incur the water, carry ing away of corn, restacking of the 
a lightne ich allows it eh isk of investing large sums in fixed machinery upon |a rk 
only. s to the work pa mpared even with | yearly tenure, without some p understanding | by weather sometimes for days, and at i 
Wood’ h i was as unsatisfactory as its disposa] in se of leaving their 8. I re- | pe periods during the _ day by 8 storms or iby thunder. 
anything could be. _ The breadth cut did, not exceed 
2 feet, ft i 
member ont last year 
n occupier in Eas 
nis farm, and ‘his successor refusing to buy 
enough t to conceal ; a ie and was besides interspersed 
| on any fis s the mac chinery, which had only been 
expen: Hy The reasons I have advanced, 
lations. I have this evening ko befo 
advanta 
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huffered 
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hay. There was but one opinion on the trial ground | firms in England. The cons equence “was, an outlay | of s for horse power in that department of k 
among the multitude of practical agriculturists who of nearly bogie did ealise one-third of the agriculture that I have introduced for & 
ji p cost; and a buildings, which the proprietor sion oud, further, that where the quantity] a 
of the work done by the E wW yidity had erected expressly with a to the enn o! on the farm is such as I have q 
with which it pasos i E ‘ts allot taking | working of Hg muchas were ‘red dered In ae intimate, the occupier who is desirous of | 4 
more than do the breadth of the Peltier mower, | my ow arrangement ery portion | adopting : most economical, safe, phe convenient ff 
and the closeness of its cutting were the theme of the| of the "machinery should be put $ ‘of the bes t con- | course ay “determin ne mi Arita of a se ced engine, f 
encomiums and adi tion of the public whose com- ction, and in the event of Though an oc *s quesi i 
ments we could hear around us in French, German, | whole should se taken by t coming tenant at a I must not omit em iy ie ben e land) t 
Italian, and Spanish, all concurring in aie meed of | valuation, to be made by two valuers or their aie in | hee “below the level of n nearest ofl hes dere fh 
and satisfaction. | the usual manner. Upon the avril estates I have the | from the introduction of steam-pow njo 
ere seems to be among French proprietors an | | ho nour to have entrusted to mani ent, I have | with the Ahok and 0 mA, pumps, AN b pe 
unmitigated horror of all agvicattiral appliances that | authority to offer the same facilities to any of the w to a sufficient altitude to allow it to it 
money : ey want is cheap Perhaps it | tenants who are bees of adopting similar fixed | away through high-level drains, has made many thou. (y 
is an exaggeratio; say that it matte: t how weak | machinery and power; terms which all t id acres of unimproveable waste into land of the b 
and indifferent an implement, how defective and low | liberal, and which also, if it were not for fear of exten- | most fertile barge est ‘This. subject was so ably i 
bred an animal oul and shrivelled seeds | ding my remarks this evenin o great a length, I | introduced by echi in his paper on steam in| m 
may be, how spurious and falsified artificial manures | should have no difficulty in proving are advantageous | a apret la that it wo “ay be bad taste on my part to 5; 
may be, but i e are cheap they do, and in| to all apt tbr oats J goa In the absence ent further r ther ot 
their eyes cheapness is merit, and cheapne serves | of such an arrangem a leas dl the farm, k.) slo 
prizes and honour. s it is, srs. Burg Ke r ine is Siete sale! one's rospecti ve yearly p 
have iny: the Silver Medal and second prize for | int to thet t ting | i 
the o-horse mower, thus getting the only prize parties previous to the eah and should the tenant PRESENT CONDITION OF TRN CROPS. f go 
giv My that kind of machine. d for 
t is to] be hoped, that in future international trials the eE time, compensa h portion of th aie savers winter eatined the WAAL pat 4 
the Fr t g g mt te PRT i The rev gs apa nial spring following prevented it Lhe re 
international judges and select them from the body of and paring tt toni “Be gol Sate up bee Bape thus occasioned ; bak so ; ret gok k 
s n, to make e dim bor sions of his ave grow. tead. Much more allen latterly 1 
the Wheat pipirai and the psa ot A been ver: 
reaping ought to be. S co! rrespon id E thoes of hie barn. He is then] It therefore presents a backward uneven appearal 
Such are the hcg sr of this wonderful tabled to get a aak under cover atian the Aari ran indicates a crop much below an ave: A ee Sag 
brea Marred though it be by a few unac- pnih a on the first broken or wet day at his com- | feather set in it would improve BEANT stp oon caoat 
ight wi arise from a thin p! must there: 
table b e tart of inexperienced j judges, | man m be threshed out. By adopting this course | expect a crop much below an average. the spring corn 
it a gr and a most satisfi motes | he with himself enabled to thresh out one-half of | lands looks very Loker Gi but on cold 
pleas ing event. It certifies in the peel un- ity, his san d Pe i 
he 
ATSA manner to the earnestness of the efforts 
his p seasons when, in all babili: 
Hfarmeservants. and labourers wot vald Ta mployment 
bee ay made the 
by En 
of the ore of France, and it shows clearly 
ly 
ck e 
of the igs Sage of having ya straw 
under the 
fret th hre eshed, sweet, ver, „and on spot 
hibition | tunity of nen his corn at ae intervals, 
enables us to do, what a T adido its peices ral ROPER SIZE OF FARM 
me aae i in the short space of time that has! Tn offeri ing ki opinion on how aalt ‘a farm it will 
elapsed sin e year 1856 ! i “agriculture pay ue erect a ste syste it ought to be caleulated 
may a ‘pond dood of the influenc e has aa e produce and not by the area; and I have no 
appy 
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m. Bo ia CEAN 6 although wots and esr don 
g ‘Tan d Teas 
requir. 
upon ine ruins their mesa dane career has | 
Tor bated he orses with the aia 
tock i in Papon on ps | finda fixed engine, an 
, are ribo far more worthy of the 
I have described, a profitable investment, 
macbinery a 
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y than military deeds, because 
and the 
tela as will and peace among men, 
pros comfort to society, and civilisation to 
the human race. 
| expense of yag giai ek i into ie vane the: esca 
by the _Workpeople from the annoyance of dust, which 
and (where the 
occupier has separate holdin gs) a saving of outlay, aby 
th 
STEAM POWER IN AGRICULTURE. 
argument sometimes used that he can a; thresh. hts 
(Continued from p. 560. neighbour’s corn as well a I treat preiea 
0) ONS TO THE USE OF STEA on the principle as the miller’s work by the 
Having thus shown the pecuniary saving engine; team na a whic Ke referred 
by the substitution of a fixed steam engine for horse- |to hereafter, es gene: 
ing the produce of the farm for market, | doubt it can be tadi: ‘val h r ni yas 
and the for the cattle, I will to notice | These disadvantages I believe, on examination, 
— ese a Sore: fiom various aeons have | will be ee i, pigs “what I have enu- 
` ' } ion of steam-power $ in this I am e out the fact of 
for these ses. First, we are told that tiat pres soilas resident in m; po vs pershood, 
~ during t! the engine is working the horses sopra: urchased locomotive én i oona pp 
=. , that farmers have not generally the | carryin r less the. view: e laid preted 
capitel for carrying out such expen- | having nisi made fixtu ures of the ip or ria nged them 
ao and thirdly, that for want of | for age engin Let us, therefore, consider the 
seni of tenure (if even the capital was E cau 
its inv ent in such Fir then, as iy aoe an eng 
ming) _Pradence cpg 
My a 
er re that no E mbt in pen 
rst, qual power, 
the prime cost o ocomotive is 10 pe per cent. above 
instances the e horses a are not t working; t but, idleness | and fixed one ; this, with a shade brick- uilt and tiled or 
ae he fh protoi he engine and machine 
able to ghar that the farmer’s interest d suffer , will be about equal to the cost of the 
from the e portion of the work we have been: Tormis wit “lings ae a fixture. The piston of an 
being carri par by steam in lieu of horse- rse engin: 0 feet per minute, the crank 
practically find that on the farm where I entirely use of the fixtur ‘ane heals one-third larger cae the 
thoug! 1 tive; thus a fixed engine with 12-inc 
aids cploved, I can keep them in the same con- | 
807. per annum, or k l per 
rank 
wage a a = foot stroke, and make 55 revolutions 
wher the locomotiv ve wit th 9-inch crank 
and 1 ld, t ar 
sect to re 73 abes in a Similar space of time, 
his y miaon 
= not properly balanced; this 
of his physical power the still farther 
strength, is aiM 
| horizontal position “of the n, without great ca 
gr 
rapidly becomes oval- pts a which is not the case te | 
ace a The concentrated form of the boiler, 
Mow achin: usy a at work. Sunny a 
wanted. rs a: i i$ more aai aliak p is come 
well. Swedes anad 
appear 
they se 
ra ction the pcre are seen to be 
resent app ces it seems likely that all our grain crops, , 
ut more particularly Wheat, will be from 10 to 14 days 
later of ing into ear than on the ave of years. 4 
good many Swedes were sown during the second week of 
May, and these have suffered so much trom the fly that } 
laces have had to be re-sown. The r sowings e 
ithe: ped that plague, and sho’ rilliant lines of 
green. urnip-sowing is drawing near a cl ps H 
mg 
pasturage i 
ma in trying seas 
roportion to the t 
derably in appearance, 
tion of the land. - Upon our ponhi soils ana ae of 
plant escaped the rav: oi ost in the early 
winter, the crops are we could desire; 
but on those soils where in seasons it is hardly sa 
very early, many crops have suffered to a considera 
t from the effects of the severe frosts about the time 
rage crops. Barle; on the 
ing, but on the Forig landa aay bs have reg 
from the — of cutting winds and cold wa 
ade abo e 
pea ni 
yet a great deal the wet weather bariné 
yet e wet wi 
retarded the meo kopit rations e n waging the land. Tot- 
toes look healthy and regular in plant generally ; but these, 
