1088 THE 
GARDENE 
IRS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
[Drcemser 8, 1860. 
and at the cost of the parties promoting the im- | 
provement. 
t Ebal 
| held up to the rest of the world as the first nation in 
agricu ulture, and as leaders in the great work of agri- 
to remain as it is, g ae surveyor ‘for the time 
being” to cilin to o ke G squire, dome tote or the 
village grocer, I should n 
sing pe remarks on “ Land Drainage 
ot pro pose to 
m with works of be bee su 
P Ahmid ; but as we are doubts o tha eve 
under 
of a change by which the S of parish roads | p 
such a | inter ho hav e profited be = mica Be legislation 
would nf so greatly 
benefit he measures now ae osed, The pros- 
will be cons a 26 te PP 
closi: 
oats let me Ase for support ey Si frhded o 
Prepare a | tank : made of brick cemented with 
Aberthaw ; thi 
the side least expose ed 
over a surface twic 
to the rian and extending 
e the size of the tank; let this sur 
be so harod that all leakage shall flow into the 
ank. Let all the Seaweed that can be collec 
hrink 
bret 
ects of our irrdtsre y proprietors have undergone 
ead of the, 
h 4 
as surveyors, i ti 
br A poate se nee public oie a water- 
with general advantage be placed under the 
pes. of = nd the same person. 
TIL U: the last 
lintori to e e by means 
Lord Carlisle's ET is a the ve TRSA omg! En 
to enable a majority of 
ina of a 
y be made the basis of asin cult 
half. a ners “back, the Poor- keep the Tithe pera 
tation Act, and the sev eral Acts enabling tenants for 
h eh 
ted be 
pooh i is s s it shrinks add ore, 
turning it frequently to = te composition.. 
It 1 much reduce its bi at least 
to one quarter. Now nial caustic lime fresh fi rom the 
kil it, mixing it wel pa i a Aak die rota: 
stems, &e, using no more It 
| should | now be bgt aka for «the a drill, and perhaps 
xed w 
pediment have given it vigour and prosperity. $ 
with 
d presumptuous in reminding landowners that they are 
ee doing inten to themselves oe to their 
ntry by allowing the most i we f all agri- 
ural i Brose iS to proce 
| ea a ing ‘quantity of ‘this manure where Seaweed an 
ured at all ‘oe ote imes, Eoy 
tha 
. J. Bailey Denton, M. Ins. nC. E., 52, Parliament 
S Westminster, Dec. 1 
Pieroni Rah 
SEAWEED. 
‘It will be page that Lord “gion: tomida that | _ You certainly took a step in the right direction : 
th 
end I hall be li geet ey Bre 
e Correspondence. 
E in M Draalay, —The following i is an Rt 
and of the 
e in- 
to pre 
in order to find Dek urth. In 
pipi of open field ‘hae it i is fony Come ‘that 
in order to bind | coas' 
serras Ac 
two-thirds in value should asse: 
sage and as ong wars ios 
the re t wor 
satisfactorily, t 
ks most | 
se 
of ‘the The value of Seaweed as 
TIREUES- is | 
remedy i in future, and to: the remark. that í tho» evil was 
“I 
10th u 
Seat er th were it can ere procur On the rock 
of Bri ras many are the families employed col- 
ery t tide is wa tehed 5 | every particle 
examined the matter in the choked 4-i 8 
here doeii not 
appear any, sufficient 
he pe 
eel with respect to Lord Carlisl 
Lng ae should be any difference in the pro- 
e's 
ing its pay topes sess ae districts and to 
throw off the rain ; ‘these heaps are rawr: y so old at | 
ke the English farmer stare and 
button up his Aer et. 
_ The French Government has even thought it of suffi- 
hihitad 
l opinion that i 
aa etwitintanding thak Joa ay there were 
near to it. I have kno nch drain stop 
two years by the root EX a ge that stood 79 re 
of, and do think drains sae within 80 yar 
3 
yi 1l, as the evil dom Pree ds ait 
are now encumbered wi ith too 
n of 
cts now under the control of Commis- | 
as we 
only under p it does, and the 
£ tall 
41 
In this E nelavachood (outh scaibt Cornwall) we 
Ba tof vasing 1p 
have at times lar, arge Screen o 
the bea ach after a storm a detaches it from the 
a 
r number. 
mode of dealing with mills, weirs, and dams, 
think the Tiability to it for a moment meiga ‘ape 
joo a while tł 
ome the wind 
á 
> 
e% 
y Ae 
a 
S 
win 
changes to Lath fl point bearing o 
pipe drains afford. gives. In “all my experience I 
), ony is applicable to any measure of district | 
hich Griega the ah aval of any of | 
intended to leave th 
1) + 
fee of the water p 
supposing the net Lege ng value of t 
ew 
- | your n= 
the bis scl there to vel left by 
the receding tide. This legacy of the storm is Beit 
seized Za eager agrigulturists who are to be 
rake in hand w 
—_ 
with | and 
dryness 
t | dra 
f drains stopped by as of 
extend over many thousand acres, a 
a from, frees of the mn ETA 
drains carrying peren- 
nial EEE : the Jatter fact probably i is ; owing to the 
of the soil i g the roots to 
trees, and these 
‘they “and tiota tite "3 
h + 
umerous carts. ‘A very 
HL visitor, a stranger 
Ə 
been made by using collars, 
by 
natter over he pipes that. is, obnoxious to ae 
but I e lii confiden: f 
ou are 
Weed in 
and all for none d 
the 
be 402 a year, and the at value at 22 years’ 
807., the in increased annual value of the 
uld be at leas 13s. 
3 
S: 
t 582. 
to-duy, Sir, ex 
Visions of splendi 
for nothing! 
a get ver ry 
crops rise before yor 
Strange ha Pt 
s 
ears’ purchase would be 17607. 
these remar vert iF commend Lord e s mee 
to. the serious pera of landow: 
aiticulty í is indeed gr ~ determining fow far ae any 
xperience would sh 
that not hing but pinea oe and inexpensive pr robbed 
ings will be acceptable and practically u 
y useful in Nace ain- 
ing outfalls in o ordinary underdraining, and it w 
a subject of lasting pa if an opportuni te gain 
is minor and 
1 “important object non eo st by 
aiming at a measure which the try is 
ri 
The uncertainty of t 
owners to drain their landa T is a sting fo 
present be 
t day. There seems to 
- i a vg not enough i Anish the field, peren rehas 
| ser essor of 
shar 
cel- | remedies. - 
d | roots an 
> ttle y in any o 
I pte w of ne y of closing the ae Se 
nd storie acce: they ater at the sam 
| me i I a r Adik traced the entrance of the 
a hole bigger r than the va of a small Pin 
£)) th 
real. you 
i 
and dabble ae and Y fort 
perhaps 50 cart-loads of Pari as 3 your 
properly pla anned and car refully e: executed, is may 
Next ct doy t e idi of eaeh a Ei 
the c any m any gre extra 
dink, y wea? gtr fagwred to death i in nthe renin 
and oa delus a your Seaweed has alre 
the cultivation of wet soils, to be prejudiced by such 
occasi ional failures. ar The practice is s0 fast improving 
ext your heap shri = to halt i its 
1s. more oa carting three-quarters 
a fi 
Ss.) an 
t a less rate in money’s worth per acre to com: 
y| plete “the gett Byt this time you have learnt yout 
rst lesso n the ’ chapter on Seaweed. “It will not 
ect | ne to bay ar.” 
Sea weed used as a manure bee itself has a baneful 
you) 
peta bulk,  Teducing it to 25 loads, Sige the cost | 
per load. Add 
i 
! | of it to tenants; in ma ihe 
of any check to it, ise ones that I have heard of h 
ash oa traced to tae from want dh skill and i i- 
d the work. 
e | land has been seen to hav zebi 
n the improvement of this 
A Hoh during the long “wee 
I just returned | from the 
bere f the land, and many of the o An grained farms 
equally wet and ae y requir a Fite raining. I thei and are without & 
latter are for the most part oie soils, wer are sorts. ‘ct viz., aie a ai and cows, will alway arene of getting any Wheat in this year; while om 
charged x ith the water of pressure lat ith cultiv: es n has not been stopped, and 
valley sides and itt from the bottom in it e Wheat sowing generally has been finished several 
effort to find its way to pag lowest o ge In a Teed ve ne for Wheat it te aie to a rank eet of vaia in good Senn and I only use the Ligh ; 
recent ee teat as Ge si ee the same time a most unex ected | heard:last:- week from a tenant i ja Deaton i 
of Ennor v. a judgment of of the crop of Couch-grass, without having any - mal rink abn oe say that draining has meet the mation of 
House of Le Chasemore -on the amount “For aye par- | many ts from faincthis we t year. Hewitt Davis 
was. Tu es water of an n ps i when used quite fresh, it useful, | Ne 
declared by the Vice Chancellor to be the same increasing the amou is of mag and straw, securing “Deep Cutication n en Smith’s, of Woolston, 
the water of perennial springs jar that subter-| invariably ag lan ccount ately addr e Times, and which am 
zaen water pervading the soil, if gravitating towards | ; 
r point in accordance with he inclination Da 
ground, is no 
he but of the reid below 
mill it would Fanali were it not got rid of b 
| 
el P 
good plant of Clov: 
For Tarnips or ‘nigel especially it is very useful, 
ied Rene or in com ost. Used as manure for 
is most detrimental, and i is 
are 
appeared in Agrit arandete of his excellent 
crops, and ties a calation i his land 
is all important to be obse The 
m heavy land it 
barely tolerable on light shallow soi ils. 
+ + 
a decomposer of coarse ill male 
laud. Th 
Riterbon $ in the case of Biadbent é v. Rash 
inv: nike iin 
improve ditch and ro 
pem ea iti is also useful. 
t beneficial e 
Caustic lime seems to save 
nS d 
the present. I myself was mpi ae t giving # 
pai for 1860 to agri ro ri for showing the 
greatest weight on a givi ploughed 
land, cultivated for the first time by "the spade, a 
eaweed. Earth, Seaweed, | only common iia trenched, when I was couraged 
d by the and lime, make a reat excellent compost for eat, | by p Seia Mr. Smith’s production 08 
owner nit Hed pad and ri Sats ord W. Apple trees, and Goos bushes, but ot just abou e of as my own 
the case of Rawstron v bas inn in whieh is ‘sees Wheat more especially. I have not tried it on other | experi plot, viz., 22 square yards by his steam 
out of springy | crops. culture. Is it not at phicakerror in ‘Mr. Smith’s 
Sy land, and ae a no stirs ed channel, the} ‘This compost has undeniably a more decided effect | letter, stating that he grew ‘ios rr pene oe! 
f th get rid of th Aen in any | than tet er r i een po de a if the | 22 square yards, or 3 tons 2 cwt. 8 lbs., giving 4 crop © 
way he pleased.” I refer to this diff of opinion in less quantity. I w suggest | 31 tons and 80 lbs. per acre?” [It s should have a 
il on; udges as t a amati Sof this process, vizą the ae of se 
our 
inoperative state of os outfall law, a 
of tnings at a when 
22 pac bt ee 9 mei the ny: ae ee? 
instead of peat, spoken _of in your article, at the sam 
pes Pa i gtin. 
w pte close it up. The benefit from pees pipe 
_ | drains, 
i 
