Jone 30, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ eb AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Mr. Moren—an iron 
Mr. Slaney, M. P., ” Prof. Simonds, Prof. 
Mr. Maddison, Prof. pos wp 
y Council fo: 
Leet 23d Jun 
1860. 
gea A r BRE anay to the 
dA 
JB 
nt by M 
some, but to which 
| have been disappointed ir ina 1a plan of traction to draw it 
sen’ 
ir gioithirs ors d i by Ra an: 
plough a ra top earth to the depth of a foot. 
P 0. 
lity, and quantity of Dates sp those 
pe s y anality, an the e purpose of feedin. 
obedient servant, 
The Secretary 
ey re 
of the Royal Acampa Society o of the 
United King 
s [portion 
ith a 
e, 
Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Stole d elet by aÈ ou, to be laid before the Com: In the course of the day Mr. Tassell, one of dges, 
Counci sa he “Royal Agricultural Society the wt nited observed: For some years past he had been of opinion 
eect the enclosed infermation which Thos iro Mo that farmers were in error in employing four-horse 
King the Foreign SOn t from h ei one ploughs. Every implement formerly used by the 
r angier, cai 4 agriculturist had either : n superseded or improved, 
A of t 
oid: Kent „plough, and tha t 
“patti unaltered. Ttw wa 
. Wilson and rm 
Spooner, i E nk aaite for admission were read. mportant additions had been made by the owner. The it requiring some alterations. Deep ploughi: ee 
ie eee orrespondence relative to Dates and dy namomete not employed on this occasion is only the precursor of the more ae 
‘ rob Be aE articles sh rattle food was read :— The ploughing was from to inches deep, } system of cultivation whi ch will be pire sted by the 
Carob Bea r Trade, Whitehall, | and in the last one or two furrows Messrs. Howards’ f the cost o rse wor i. 
y good thing to subsoil aad as 
when I say that I ho ore, e to have a steam pps thes wil 
my deep tillage at Clou; ghran: 
soht t 
of the 1 
+ 
two-horse bir or as a rriari a as S itn 
a four-horse plough. Aah e g rA! mean we Be vn 
a 
sent ye ar shall } pass away, if spared in health. As all 
naturally rich soils are deep, and have theis covstituents 
st us) interest to 
t inferior qu viality of D Dates used for catt some v beh stiff Bien nd v aire r ho: panay blended, it must be obviously our est 
pone o TEOS (on S: SA coast of this inn Fi but ev stich, "Fi K were e thoroughly rained, 7 try and obtain th conditions by perfect 
liay be obtained at from 4l. 15s. to 5l. ed tom fi free at believed might ie ploughed with Hei 10 After | tillage which will h improve the poorest and 
The quantity to be obtained of cou Foner food. pnd there ig} What they had seen that igs ely could | thinnest soil, and render the best land more fruitful 
ry Ae t ualit: at Nyfyanah (in the | not be nid that the iron x d not turn |The Tweeddale plough wi deep wi 
Erio of the Regency} but the charges of transport are | over the soil—on the contrary, the only fault |as _— will with six, and leave the soil in a better 
mych ier than its first cost ise peste: pila in the work done by Messrs. Howards’ plough was | state e acted on by t the atmosphere ; it bri rings 1 te 
not be given. Prices would Inao fon. m3 aan to what | that the furrow was turned over too flat y k 
à large demand. It fas eat will rise in proportion to the | ° | prevented the judges from awarding the t prize. veh or © 20 inches; they are more extensive used es 
sen ae rate of cca to England at from 25s. to 30s. | One great disadvantage of the present system was, I have circulated mine cryin I fia 
per to that the ploughman and his mate combined Į il ne to use it, and several new ploughs: 
co of filles quality fit for cattle | upon their masters, and got the horses under the care | have been ordered by those who hato tried it, Boe 
oe eg 8l 10s. per of of 2240 lbs., but when in | into such a condition that they did not even like them | are now in the te pow of Wexford, Kildare, Louth, 
tn va at M , as is often the case, s increase in ratio to doa proper day’s work. But with two-horse ploughs | and Dublin, where I have no doubt they will do good 
to the consumption, and frequently reach a. gripe md the men would be separated, and double the amount of service. At Black Hall the subsoil trench- plough has 
Fe a bo OP poo annie ire eepertation TATEA wo ork ‘performed with the e sam e Jal tbou ur. en he first d to foll the depth 
veal 0 to 15 vessels of 80 tons burthen at a smal is fi f 24 inches each, drawn by six horses or bullocks, 
Gait tom the ate relia Dang Shs aloe. Pere | eieet Thin ng his man said was that i E woah kill tho e Marquis of Tweeddale only used four in each; but 
would rise in face of and in Peep aédia ie trout @ | Lor t after he had beck at ak with it some | the soil of Black Hali, as you saw by the sample ex- 
ee ae Set bat from. 12s. to 15s. per ton for Malta e inital that it went as easily as the ołd | hibited at our last meeting, is a poor, tenacious, 
With the exception of Barley and Carobs the quuntes pro ae four-horse plough. Economy now the order of the | yellow clay, d the increased ug ht-. 
novother cattle food for exportation arketa of Europos a | day, and they must adopt some less expensive mode of | Prior to its = ing drained and subsoiled, it — 
prices of bing robe have. been sold this year for ox expcetation cultivation. The two-horse system had been already | about 8 barrels of Wheat 
eS ee cao pap thon e in many eats Scoot ae 
per acre, and after these 
the h it “ne 13 or 14 barrels, This plato in 
why it shou Id not be adop ted i 
u 
a ine rate of ll. 8s, and 1l. 10s. per ton, not | in 
included. 
t a port w! Dates are sent for exportation in 
Bigs T i ar as the ne Date tree does not grow in 
Northern Province of Morocco. Thoug! 2 y 
and other ] ofA terior of this county, coul 
obtained in nd at hf hat th yet I fear t 
ued respecting the value of the 
not ak in which the probability of the 
CHE Deep 
Je. Bowles, of peA A 
| some 20 years been in the practice ee “ee: I then called | 
or ploughing, namely, going 
Land Culture.— 
inches deeper 
than ae amera My plo avian would tell me I 
| to xe 
de 
id:—I have for 
did difficult field rine Al. per 
was J etna bona ae ee about 37. per Irish 
BEAR and 
, although several mi 
i co Irish acres, 
hich, with comfortable house, let at 187. per annum, 
taxes; it was drained, subsoiled 24 inches 
Eemi ader 
us. ks’ 
purge of 
arob Bean being the El Charob, translate hus! 
na the parable of the “ Prodiga 1 Son ” was advanced. 
when he y was going r not more ge 11 or 12 inches 
I have sometimes v worked tw 
E 
4 
w „Mr. F rere exhibited specimens of the Yellow and Blue 
which he 
some light Wer 
4 
sand dy oe 
in subsoil of 
chalk, and r oie that Y rnether fi or t f 
Fe ata 
not exhibit a promising aspect. He gbervad 5 if th 
p had really suffered from excess o! 
as the 
icultural plant within his komisis that on 
ely ~ ary suffer from rainfall ——-—~~ 
: Two-horse v. Four-horse Plou g 
ne here the sori Be to ting to K 
MARDE 
—An efor estion. While | o 
practical issue this much-dispu 
irly p 
it from that ps Ht rey liiati 
— aiy: "Pentland, who came ore Black Hall 
| to see my Potato-digging machine at work. — — 
sein and very mary explained the wave 
f stirring the soil to a much gronter depth 
haa wt. of sah doe ve me an atti 
t he saw at the, Mar arqui: 3 of Tw eeddale’s, 2 
Pe | 
7 | pa 
last oa 
ao 
erform 
htly to Fa eye, "the iocta ‘of the 
ned that it neither eels 
fou: 
e 
ven and si 
Aan a trial of his h air plough was 
offered on s own pear which I gladly eatin Ijh 
vited se eral of my n ighbo ours to see its w 
ee os (of 
hurst), who has taken an active the con- 
ews a a ently paid ng p to Be ford saw the 
y gave them instruc- 
ei aan ld farmers 
2e of 
fede to ees a trial of it i 
mes D. Keniga wis has large 
anng mine, was leased ma “4 that he asked 
e to as s 
o p 
myo 
od ariei chiefiy in i it i 
We 
ick it with very go 
crops. uite A Snail with 
land for green 
et > ters 
th 
longest this expectation. 
Now that chetiitat istry has come to aid the farmer, and 
as shown a the inexhaustible 
| in a ones, and be the eo 
equal herein saat ure; it gives p 
ihe riea ia Mee elon, who, 
Lansdell, arranged 
by four bullocks, while on a fees almost adjoining a 
plough of the ue shape was at work, i rawn by 
h 
3 but 
ts in the deepened soil ti Fi = 
and permits a great a aoine o£ water, heat, a 
be absorbed and ci sio ted, and by mingling the de 
the 
he a THR of k place in a 
d on Reed Pa Farm, the use of which was granted 
hey could me go nearly so 
their power “was banian tax d. 
iel 
y Mr. Kennard. The notice being short, there 
out 10 ploughs in the field. Each class of implement, 
s0, pleased with his own, which he had ar 
that he ror not try By 
I then reis a Kial are 
tI 
top they act upon each other, ee 
acted o) n by the seroma gic wig thereby acquiring 
new properties, are made valuable by being 
pulverised ; this will amply repay “the toil, for nothing 
owever, was represen ted. 
plough sent by Mr. Kennar d; a a four-horse wheel plough, | 
Pena I do t mean 
t to loosi 
ll; a two-horse iron 
Mr. Tapson; a two-horse iron plough, Mr. Lansdell 
tw ploughs (one manufactured by Heros) 
ee iron plough, Mr. J. M. Par 
ca M: an anes. ditto (Ransome’s), Mi 
. Moren. The soil was a loam vi 
s dee to allow the hia! action 
ow, and 
a greatly inc ep! 
m 
li bea 
I eed “not Pn ‘ou hah the plough enta a litt 
n 7 p 
aaae densit, thi h not so sti fF an ts of 
the Weald eat ATTA e usual limit, it meets the 
pone re - ploughing ; nevertheless, Nine vee or two | caused b, ramping of horses for 
exceptio cely e av Meet throigh fan w the powerful agencies of ai 
peabably. cowie in some degree, to the seth abe and the frosts of inter to act for you, weed 
e omod to the use of the iron plo — Howar 
eo. 
i 
with the old Kent plough. 
to mployed 
it ee be “for this defect, Messrs. Howards’ plough 
advo 
to encore bringing bred and capital can never be more saga and potih 
oosen | lodged. 
er|jthe 1 
| wonder thatthe author nt pe such a book as 
give the “ Reaso: 
hat should 
n Why ” to eey question. 
loughing—sa; inches at the side of 
le md 20 ine io os alle aks nd the per na te. road gman ra 
f viously raised, and the | 
paprone ta n e Pie ay te Indeed, I ha We no confess that our confidence rs a. teacher is: 
not had such Potatoes since 1846 until I used the |n : es te ry = Ld ae that tion pat ae eae 
T s and | definite reply ev 
Tweed l poun er fom J as those Ne my learn or ing juirer. n whose know! ledge leads: 
ought 
| neighbo did, which were not so treated. 
would have taken the first prize. This honour was 
rhood did, wh 
not aint: the subsoil plough after the Tweedale as I 
| is none the less calceuiiy 3 for that. We donot believe = 
