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Novewser 10; 1860.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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ind s capable of 'inmprorouieni by Tep. to a as 
s many 
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sonstituents of upper green sand. A very considerable | a greater extent it seems to be looked upon as that barn, is fully equivalent to the waste arising from 
nd here and elsewhere, though not wi ithout from which all is s to be taken an nothing etur ned, The | grain shed road the Be gem hing-machine, where a sml 
fall E eat show. 
fie eigo it t be improved as meadow, the manure is in arrear of the re quirements o of the |, ome old | harvest- vaso, whieh the il nature of 
broken, up for i caltivation, especially under exhaustion sof bend soil, ase natural aban of which tee in use, service- 
and other root crops, A single 1 urgin ystem In se se before us ale for vin pe mveying hom we RRA r 
å heir inet f the | short stuff “derived 4 from ‘the Barley or i we esate of the 
ample q quan ae p manu sl esp stock in ble straw 
stock, nor are they to espise sel te 
when the Wheater requires "aacking. The 
s have unhappily de 
| hav ave n 
ough 
cppentensive > with the upper seco sand, forbids the | The g righ E nadie incendiary terred many 
Maii peductii vell defined hen tl io Siege meen consumed on n land | neighbourhoods sont aoi EEA the aro 
J itl farmer ae ndent of the arket of | the ] homestead, according to the old pra 
of several of the sis calling for varied treatment, à artificial ectiliaars, whet! ARAN 
definite system is ar as ma; observed. In | sumed, or whether it be ret or chemical manures. ewt. per day when Burley is Frete g r 7 cwt. fo 
speaking of one farm we wish to sc all invidious Wheat. The co oals are furnished by the hirer, and 
comparison, and merély select it for the sake of no ABLE STEAM-ENGINE. i 1 be a good deal modified by the 
demonstration THe the moveable steam-engine are kind of water wi ch he supplies the engine; with 
Take as an example a farm on the upper green sa and, | desig ormation of farmers who resi ood soft clean Sohal awn from a tank filled from a 
which the inpaaiels subsoil is either the sheer | those parts “ie, Gogiana where it is not yet naturalised ; slated barn, less coal will be burnt by 1 cwt. or 13 cwt. 
pe een sand or the a by fea a i covered. The A aA the prices vrp aore for work done | # day than the water comes from a dirty pond. 
wiil farm consists of nearly 450 acr It isa happy cir see e for the owner of the nr ri 
nety 
Micia 
Grass, cultiva ted on the fo Ie koiwi 
a8 ho oh og 
stock of the sap consists of 18 2 
hie pro r Hereford Hii 38 cows, 10 
with a er ory number 
which. 100 lect: 
spite 
annaa Sch en B ne, gather wee hints 
from pissing which to ot! ppear commonplace. 
nay 
ot They must bear in r voy however, that the experience 
water, as y injury d ‘done to the engine and boiler (th e 
tubes of w. urred up’ and. var me ppa 
dirty oire mport 
r 
ng mney as been drawn fro 
the yie eld of grain is large in proportion to the bulk of 
e yea 
For e hav sed a flail. The 
ceejuttics i ia Eror ur o of fresh. ii-threshed straw from 
d o iliff’s 
the Bede of the he rd of cows, are ; reared, retain the straw grown; where the land is chiefly arable, and, 
aif old as the fodder grown upon the farm is more or less therefore, much employment is provi ided for the| the pas for fodder, lingere in my bai 
Wij! abundant. In addition to these, a flock of over 300 of | machine in a small circuit; where the farms, also, are mind for seasons after I hi begun to employ 
mm) well bred best ph Se ER wn ewes, to ty carefully large, so that the work goes on consecutively for steam-power. ance removed it in this way. We 
selected rams of th e bree a, either bred on the à | generally arrange to use the white land Barley-straw 
farm PE peggataa fi are put. A | by removal; and where the abe epee hte though | for fodder, and that grown ng ms for litter. 
certain number of the ewes are aratted every year, and not good, are passable. Each ane ust, therefore, One year the fodder ran shor’ we had recourse to 
f t l li ide for himself spor allowa: mere must make in | 80me heath Bai ley straw, ne had been machined and 
>| these ‘fall short a selection of ewe lambs or as from applying the conclusions ant we to his own neigh- ae ed = e before, to eke out our supply for 
t poe with 
bou t 
14 4} 
n the “pent counties the hired steam-engine is 
mh 
h 
ral use that com petition has ae tro 
whom 20 are Aai sows. The sto 
m bears a may ie high char 
og ps 
of 
ve found their level, and t 
zeten profits © cannot be ı ints as rewarded the enterprising 
more relish illan: any of the growth of that year. From 
that time the flail me wis peu a eG shown 
was accounted for the dust 
an been well beaten n, s siken an D ipid m of the 
the straw, which 
in 
e of the district, in 
hays and lar, 
tock which combine. the best character 
ead 
pur rchased wi ith judgment, | a good m an 
Re. hae 
achine times 
gone by. Where the engine and machine have been t 
model ds ound Benè 
ossessed cre 
ll capital and ‘little knowlege, paj 
The oubjizabion s or “this farm 
ec ce to the Pad hae ty the 
der for 
oxen, aes breeding flock of ewes, is all gro 
fa: arm, „Pro viding for the 
rra ng 
and buy as little as 
latter without cit 
a 
ma 
ey by ts ip a by their of dis 
stock, lo; 
Bad debi ; I have 
+ sat 
ha 
| gave me e 107. for ts, ode vain arise 
winder ag appar hed in d 
rati tion for Sw 
a 
spring a 
the floc y 
agar 
nter, i 
caption, the fallow bears two green 
2 grou und, a 
a part 
f, 
es ter ‘me ‘a heat crop a portion of the Pata receives a 
ed off in the 
with little ex- 
rops. A = only of 
bei 
our convictio 
My uie m winnow the corn 
The 
As egards the amount of work done, 40 quarters of 
“the. beigan m y be considered an average yield from ono one 
OF} 
y from sheaves 
sown in wil inorease i atte teas up 0 15 quarters from 
in on | mown Whea Bo quarters from rea We 
retamabliccetill Sa in a day a 10 10 ho ours at Michaelmas, 7 m 
er the | Barley, a pe eld of 35 quarte: 
| qua 
is redke a fair 
say 8} hours 
imum: the hed i 
The regular price of the ones was 7 pin quarter 
for Wheat and Barley, or 35s. a for the hire of 
few wre pin , with en ot i feeder; b 
e | s our max 
For of t engin: 
a a good da: for 
? work in autumn. eae 35 J a stimulus. 
achines 
t| Wh 
ene connexion with a aaan let rare on hire is 
ee ae Sic well-being of a farm in several ways: 
| —1st, as 
mày, the work of thres! most 
onths in in other labour 
Sorga” bag 
iy into lag are the A 
aga 
eat is reaped, an greater it stacked. 
we thi 
is rather slack; i 
a labourers Assit 
in called jidi ogi 
used t to airolevabere 
‘RRL for at 
e part 
ome hone ae nal hands are therefore iiid piak ilable for 
ected w 
PEJ 
re] 
di men 
or this Dae that. from. ‘the natural Stns of t the 
nse with 1 the services of two 
str: is hi 
ith the fs. rar at the time when 
sare 
the fi 
ome. a S aa 
34} 
eap 
ui for a series of years, it is foun 
f the whole crop upon the 
t 
und w 
ns fo eceeding Barley or Oat er ces diit cause them 
ed. In 
the 
ould overfore 
addition to these supplies « of 3 food, a 
alana not much grown in m, 
pj sreater economical p Neth a a mn a man of aie 
s, for he is near at hand, with a horse, at c command, 
t 10d. a q 
district : they are charged at the 
> 
dat. 
gf 
e 
ekran of ground lying ai 
table mould, unkindly for carrying 
ESE N 
greeu sand and chalk, and covered hen a fret Bec 
b 
abo h 
je ok at the charge of 1s. 6d. per quai 
the wor! rk is thus distributed ; the mites 
. 
the > scythe under liberal treatment, 
a 
half the Barley and Oat 
and ands for 
i lad LA cut Ta foi for tiene. 
1 man 
mi Seals 
lend one or two horse 
cet with r peme ha uired, ani 
at an emergen Yi ta aa 
| Snes e ba 7 and fields wot to pam in the 
nein * k which eel andes 
at hire 
I shall wn} my st abstract 
expenses for repairs | and other itga; Ist, for 
bisa? time to be 7 Only i 
$9 which Sow th e root and green crops, is so o tabd acl anid saloon PRAT poring r 
Cloy secure its recurrence once only in two | The hire 
T Baa mainder r, well manared, bears Benns ie For opi of water and coals. | 1856, a and eo for two in 1857, 185 eats pat arr Pa In 
eas, in proportion to tl the stock by For anri straw. ae t ma f vere ae eed gr p rg AE Na 
hich they are consumed ; Vetches, which iat be For removing cavings, colder, or short on ember Pe y ariy 
towed. Aes or Mustard, or ig portion sas well This arrangement s omotima suits a of small | between Lady-day and rvest, 
a rotation which, on some of ocayo tan Du t, to the achi ine-owner, a short job, pense: St Engine and Threshing Machine. 
1 a ae for the Wheat | at a higher rate of pre not so remunerative as beg eet one Machi from Michaelmas, a855, 
i fe mes the K bout reshing on farm. S Ga. pe 
custom to drill eae ney tis rows | observed that these calculations are made for threshing ‘ibs ; : 4% Hi i 
of Peas and Bi if are harvested early, | in the on such being our practice, based on Wages” 2. n Ar cA iA gece 
to make a tilth and w Turnips, which are | the following r Labour, largess, &c. ERLIE 5210:19 7. 
commenced on the ground, and add manure fi In the | u= of Wheat, we now set Tittle store by the 
the Wheat crop which is to follo n always easily preserve as large a portion 1856—1857. ot aS 
the seeds in the early spring as a. it Fea, to ih wi ri porn for the Re ae fi CA PLE 
t ie fllo the Clov ab wh , and indire ethene Sina: there Dae ie 4 sewers ews ve pe Fe .. .- p Bi E z F 
yi o! aome crop of Wheat, isa practice sine obtains | field into ory gA be “di y thres! See in ge grams gee foi ECT alli ah 
far ms here the eS manure is M t ii the Wheat is mostly threshed phett it is Wage savy es oe i n 2 ir 2 
3 the re require o stacked in the field, to save double handling of the 
In the farm whi zh Bes ks there is | sheaves adi PATLIR 
a tice t 2 it of the yardman and odd horse at o * To men of this class, wages of 2s. 6d. instead of 1s, 6d. a 
as in other ae of Berkshire—the neglect of Grass 3 | ipes i in takin 3g the iter Ley to the yard, is but | day, with some a aces en page te Saa ae 
land. On the green sand, with the exception of me | Tittle incre: consequence of threshing in the | eld, he feeder into om way oy prin for which he 
Meadows „near the br ooks, t the only Grass is and that ptr akn is but little felt. The loss nto gots several little services done in 2 so that a succession 
the hoideatend. i the dropping of the stray ears and locks of corn, | of engine-< -drivers gg of competent kno daoias in is readily 
or orchards near 
Bren <a: are often little cared for, 
but where there is ‘from the loads when in progress 
