898 
in in reply ly to the questions addressed to him last 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND 
norm | scheme ought, on the Praga to. be 
capab e=pan- 
fl 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
draina age in ı the earlier ripeni 
—— 6, 1860. 
‘the corn n is due to 
Sivas appears that at Saffi, on the wester 
Morocco, 400 tons of in = rior Dates got T 
ed at 4l. ka p y ane the 
hs ne ton. 
b 
ene s the same pr sH cases 
mya es ogee demand Batts nie the price 
’s Vice-Consul, 
e 
io = 
As 
fs. 
t is you give 10 perhaps i to vigour, 2 2 2 ie ng 
shape ‘of the horn, oe 
o t equal Skia so ra 
which 
tion of petty advantages in littl 
di g t of true merit 
55s ton 
amounting 4 a pooh sitio 
Be whole the Ter meni se rt 
ility of an erable inferior 
Dates aa tattle food fr from eet Afriea, at 
prices which are likely A peers with those of 
_ other feeding stuffs now used. 
“prea ars from ten eo reports in pe 
DRAINAGE AND OUTFALLS. 
As the season for the county agricul 
LAND 
ies. 
ss PA already eaen which for Tak 
vill so 
Ea been na rid of anka td of t bre ‘ac f that 
set free fro om a aboy e commits 3 injury below, nnless i it bi 
tA e $a found to be 2° hi gher 
than i in undrained land at 2 
do no 
espect ti 
the various Shaa worl k 
n of what 
cou ve! 
pent up i 
evaporation hey have converted nd beds of 
anon 
to 
nacious cla 
e atmos _ 
icultural 
is com mmenced a nd ore me embers are looking aon 
that 
t underdrainage, at certain seasons of the year, 
E suggestin; nga ye me which may save them from the 
ecessity of touching upon forbidden political m etbere.| ( 
The object I am about to suggest is not, it is true, so 
potting judgment by “points” (each 
having a Barat waa no value, and furnish 
the ne merit by rss addition) is new bei ing 
mm 
judging” reaping machines s 
- Longnidäry, equally adopt thisas the best plan o 
estimating the absolute or the relative excellence 
of competing live stock or of rival implements. 
Tt i is of the fir st i import ance that correct judg- 
ing ties, T ware 
ment, and concerns nearly every landed proprietor 
p: kingdom, it is possible it may find some avocate 
o will not be a me by its acon and difficul- 
crying necessity fo: | genera al 
$ 
seductive as the for rbidden ones, but as it has consider- 
I 
posing pri ivate 
augmented po ap in 
ontinue to a 
a. 
e property, and the wealknes ss of 
se a 
| measure for the atare oni of ontfalis. 
this = several | popular _ Speakers + Beomd red 
the bled to hear thei 
eclaring that = drought which then 
o to 
ane agona is carr 
has the right 
“sound and e¢ orgy works. “Ta ; 
ery irrigatori 
to a ring ‘water ets ‘the property of 
—_ 
f| sp s by de 
| prevailed i in the Midland an ee E 
esnlt the over drainag gland! and they 
Engin, where w we talk of Drainage as the fo 
n payment of due compensation, In 
yundation 
o of En 
elicited a cheer by this direct Ari ce of what they 
aw A influenee of agricu tural societies i is 
with a r, the “ misapplication 
yea r has REEE 
F science to agriculture.” “One q to 
wise h the judges; eae if they 
gh his oe eb y ta 
we ani l Tos t—it is rendered 
fore 
readers bas this E "The eatin is an alter: 
poy tter tet j ree 
bo aaa Fo ative verd are 
asian ae Cewek co the el e arith 
— 
s 
Aa they would be ver 
w how we Tt is 
reel in fact, to Sap sh a more Rt answer 
cet the freque mo - 
nd in doing 
ry much nearer the facts, for, in in deuth 
the frequent rains of the past summer haye ved to 
of 
of dra o the 
cheating laoret intervenes; nor ¢ 
ublic 
of the last 12 months. have | imp 
given to that a of f after dinner philosophy. It | obje is raised. 
would not be surprising » find tae same et ets to have some general an e means of 0 a 
autumn poini ut the insufficiency of the | such patent evi £ may be the opinion ol 
drainage they before ae and gaining even y that eac command i remedy, 
more empl cl by | that a speci: ment, 
reversing their former declarations. h 
lia 
bit of district drainage aj 
‘outfall, but those who have had to pay fo 
andFthose who have tested the practical. dificulbi f 
natural outfalls, if the land of an 
we deepen or 
asin $ 1 
0 
watercourse n 
roprietors Sees! t 
each 
such Acts 
— hoe: a valuation, within proscribed | exhibit results which earnest students g = is 
specific soints, sed to whom such measures are brought, wi bee 
Poin he ihe e whol yea en of the cto under | A drought of the summer of 1859 was the Spat with me that “confusion will only become worse oe 
examina‘ fa roe ay dry summer Succeeding unded if A 
If ar att tae be a possible process Tite oan (October, ly Ob i The statistics of the cost of oer proceed 
little doubt of its superiority ; and w í fell gs in the matter of Persie) are not inviting. The 
moskantial oest eo Se alt = ni a fall of t ter ee: se = Jens 35 etre ei cost oe the Norfolk Estuary Acts was 40,1122. 1 
th J b. ib A is wnser peri ee i = te “(aking the me an ʻi the while Messrs, Peto and Betts’ contract for thew 
e process may be possible enough. If it| Midland and Fas a How different has| was 142,0002.! The cost of the Neve Valley Draina 
be a threshing machine, for instance, that is being | been the state of things m months ending the | Acts ha: 30, Os. ees ; the extent of ime 
tried, and 100 marks be held to represent per- | 30 30th of June, 1860! The fa Tot rain during the last:| proposed efited is 16,000 acres, so that 
fection, it ma easonab] ugh to say 1859-60) | 27. per acre has been expended in parliamentary pro 
30 shall be given to perfectly seon straw, 15 to |12 inches, and the bees eat us the year ending eo alone. The average cost of underdraining is 
cha 2 whole grain, 10 to the entire absence = June 30 rc i wa be fi ee 33 _ oh per ; ie is ex ER kje prne 
cl 20 to facility of ian 15 to chea ature at wi age ministration of which does n 
sa of AA: cos 1b 0 to the simplicity of is Pid till "the "one is otra ” The past sum- r acre—a cost it will be well to com re with 
onstruction, Or some othe? scala © has shown with unmistakable decision the Paarnentary expenses I have > Te ap when it is con- 
deiend the chosen ea ae of the different |f 
“points” against all cavillers, and thereafter 
to assign the number un ead to the 
performance of any gi that is being 
tried. And it is po this may be a 
practicable and advisable in the case eaper 
and the mower. But when animal comes 
under review we venture to the 
y cle solar resale ‘to which 
attempts on ciple may lead, 
ch a prin wo 
we venture to m6 appear to be 
lays of which this ien has so Ie Ao portion. 
Undrained lands of bse! AE aada produced cro 
which are literally noi in 5 they are 
isely 
| ever in a state E e ee vas reas land: reci 
the same nature, but. which have been ae have LUTTERBUCE 
produced some of eat and Beans, and hav 
allowed of the Wheat crops being already cut and| I. Tum THAME: fe ae the geological al 
carried, and, in some cas beg nest and ari now | physical fakes ol “oF the ie county, a aia 
of peveral instances in phi She the difference in value of | English ri claims o x attention. 
a of the same set of asaining and un- | halt receives oe whole of the ime 
ge arg 
ll, 
equal value under any poss 
Sor LORU ERA OF BERKSHIRE. 
the Great Wi 
Gar of heny 
greatly hending timber pA $ sited roduce ; 
Pi ” by s eparately estimat aie Kuta ee vated and “the pein a . Where the furrow: its Riitevi is vag ae iat 
hall: really book y ent d d ’ ü | have been retained, the Bis has been occasionally Though from this cause the works necessa 
5 y be of very unequal value indeed. And | seen in the growing crops, even on so £ ue navigation are in danger, though the mills memi E ` 
two ani A Gu ng pare , it is perfectly | drained lands, where the natural form of the ground | its waters may yield to the increasing petition of 
possible tha h the smaller aggregat | leads to its collection; but where steam eoltivation, steam power, it is, and always must be, the main drain 
numerical raestin shall be the vee of the two.|or conviction of mind, has led to the flattening| to several of the mpg counties. ssent n 
Tha tt this 3 appe ar to any one w * of th veut no s as exis The | future condition of the ri ver, having reference to the 
tof t summer has also proved with equal clearness, inability of th es C improve. 
feature, | though not with the same difference in value present water-way, or even to maintain it in ae 
may beteen th ai nit and a propriate Wih thet die How 3 Pa y u mare ae ich I cnet oe some Pepe p aa 
shen ar the ani a rts e Conn 
wach, cardinal p nal p a ot gata md = ‘canine the diffe erence was as much wo _ The flood w ater of the Thames is Anown eee : 
excellence coat 
a week or and having myself cate m equivalent, as it is raised to a | 
= Behe ther ag or 0 "20 “points 100 acres of corn now ne alias a the field with ever y | manure, provided that the water does not rest too 
: the quality of “the. Pook | prospect of being spoi can speak ae gly on the | upon the With a continuance gost 
e relative | advantage of a week’s advance at harv ro can | damage is erie eeno when a wet pni 
aro vigidiy given to cok dior the! be but little doubt that the eas ð deeper | the duration of the floods, as sometimes 
4 hie er 
