Decemper 22, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
1189 
SO ESA 
of labourers, and to encourage the improved management of 
their cottage and aa 
We publish this after th 
Society, 
e general meeting 
of the 
„when the administration of its affairs has 
THE 
Society referred to, Mr. Andrews stated that he had 
| ee ara peg at 2s. 2d. per ton, 
poi int in which the former manage- 
Q4 
ins any =a energy ep purpose een. Tisplayes while 
the secon’ r. Plowman’: Niger imu- 
Jant, an and 8 suggestive, and will have upon ‘ke. reader 
something of the ano 3 w nih its motto—* Gee up, 
Dobbin !”—exerts elsewhere 
ever has yet been done. The ist ;, 4th, 8th and 9th 
are in the first class, the 3d and 7th are, we believe, in 
sti 
ex 
Journal of the Bath and West of ig agar setter ne br 
me 
str mngford Lou 
Farm Memoranda. 
Mount pee TEWART : DEMESNE, belonging to 
Lord ance a consists of 1000 Englis p, acres 
bordering upon and overlooking 
4 miles belo PAENT E 
ugh, depot! 
The surface is Pages 
to oa in the non- n-ap plication of lime, a substance, 
1, +} 
ose little 
od rae lagi required, That want m now “be eee ied, 
round heights whic so common thro 
parts of Ulster, ERS one: half of the lips ie is 
Sage ied ie wh 
sta wall. 
intial s 
pps carried o 
g will pe, 
e being surrounded by a Pi 9 
Forty 
at Mos 
eld, v 
K arane. pursued 
Ste wart, unde the Fi 
of lim 
been follo wed for Lar years b 
nd which v 
7 
er 
was nals coneideseal, we believe, 28 of "the best 
amples of goo 
od oaae which ra be found at 
mpro 
manner, A hat 
been 
i d little of that 
me fir 
In the fatur 
result has forded. a very rages iste 
anagement oi demesne, 
kee eep 3 200 acres of t the Jam nd most con- 
fo) lowing 
| it i is intended to 
mg 
blis} There is ing Epc e for such sa aay in the 
D “ the Bath Soe 
ting in Jun 
period the yer qualities of the 
Jat tant 
in July. And it will be an improvement 
sit 
SRSSeeeees 
© Fes 
axe 2 os 
o olu 
begun. rst 48 pages are occupie 
Dorchester “reports then come papers on the 
agri 
€ Dorsetsh. re 
delays of the Eneli £ Societ” s epid which relate | 
J 
cattle did g 
wie taken off at No mane aor that Which thay had | 
exhibited when put on onths oe 
was 
such an gm 
rowth 
fallen away to 
not show much 
t th at young 
mprovement 
ame system which is oad out by the 
Jj precisely faiie on their large farm. The remainder 
of the demesne—with the exception of a part which 
cannot be bro oken up, owing to the thinness ot the soil 
1 bi 
2, 
a 
i 5 
dedins fiteral 
+ 
D 
a 
5 
t ra - 
T |o: teem 
manuring, 
assi aed ye gi geet tin 
prow 
nd the 
_ The demesne as we Eh tated, lay in Grass until 
hill farming of Wilts as Hants ; shorter papers on 
Potato seaiire, on the Management of Young Stock. 
Mr. 
e 
my 0 ay Spooner. Forty 
or fifty pages "condita te the a Note-book:; > contain- 
iig wies ne ae eed Fragen journals. We sele 
sage from Mr.‘ ssay on straw, en 
, of of the sae established in in it. 
awa is already used for fodder to no in- 
mmer: 
e 
s 
ultimately 
supply for 
lat He id put on to ghee 
Mr. Andre 
“ore ensan 
1 
the requirements of Hii 
and hence their sens 
the estate 
oe demesne is is 
E 
s, who, as agent on 
hes management o 
sp 
Ww. stig were an 
rodu 
cough drain ng, which is n 
Part has b done at 30 
and 21 pn apart, part at 36 inches deep with a si 
interval en Ba Rad and a por rtion at “4 feet 
and 30 fee 
ATIR, 
inches d 
Ñ 
s, and wi 
Ae a guantity o 
ary which he intends- to 
Atal 
nd” from the Co. 
a lopte ed at the suggestion of pe 
of Works, in order to test the 
to ery to store’ ate in straw yards, and to te 
cattle and sheep instead of hay. 2d. That Barley 
Oat straw, which is generally used for this 
to be out mania ion, the remaining 
ion ool generally = re store at arias for the 
ses of lit 
broken 
time with 7 ewt. of a to the ton 
me in additio 
hot lim 
but, as wi 
en 
ges t meeting o o 
tution, r KAFA p ena draka Society,of Ulster; 
up. The greensand has been mixed for :s some 
of maba 
and in this state i t has ain 
low are be pig mattis 
al been executed under 
Wi 
r been a departure from the wey spite ity rules which 
are laid down by that body, 
not yee A wie enka ‘per se, on ‘pr day in ender to 
still more so by the presence of young Clover and t upon each o The mixture will be 
G: sd. | as Wheat-straw forms, on the at Be rate oF 3 np por statute — 
a moiety of the straw grown on ,| Our readers may have observed that the gree 
‘as there is'a considerable demand for it for litter in | sand a E manure was n brought fory by D 
‘hood si a where it should always be | Hodges that most useful insti- 
e think it Em arog that the value of f this 
he soil, and we ie pi Mo ount Sti ous 
age is ly work of ae kind in which sui 
Iteration of the has been i 
ed t 
buena a useless or wig Thi bien gal} the perfect 
which Soe 
It is, howev r, alwa 
ape-c: 
> W ether ints are give Se or aot, 
es the ee in which t w 
. That straw 
‘of | Mee! 
‘their 
hi hate 
hate of lim ne per 
ered cep Pegi a tated et 
to commence the examination of the 
g drai 
ina ge 
aS 
s 30 i 
that. of om “Bad soil of 
nde fo 
t the half 
the ‘Aes Se Lord pAn Pin an, 
that the greater part of the Tea 
36 inches deep, with intervals of 21 fi 
drainage is evid ently fectly effective. The Gee 
Tai are 4 jaco wide i in the bottom, and the largest 
used in filling d These 
Rosii are put Pos the drains to the depth of 
of oe and cove with a sod laid with the grassy 
The minor or parallel drains are filled, as 
ke | Stated, 9 inches in pride Ah small ean 
submains o the same level; the latter being “ box ” 
of stones, with. akan = The 4 feet deep p drains 
ri oes drained iat 
eet, and 
a. 2, ; 14 
ved from Ballintoy 30-inch | 86-inch | 48-inch 
them larger than drain .| drain ly drain 
of a brownish yellow BOL 21 ft. apart) 21 ft. apart/30 ft. apart 
m Woodburn have a ese 
ous sizes, from a hazel nut t Lm dj £8. dj & 8. de 
ie amount of carbonate of lime, Cutting, per 21 feet -10 04400 6 |0 09 
m Ballintoy. Two specimens See, stones per ‘Go. do YT oes 0 0 if 
+ ag tine contained as follows += Breaking stones, per do. 0 0 13)0 0 14/0 0 2 
phori Sp Co seh ds aera phos- | Pune Sayre per do. 1}0 0 14) 0 0 1310 0 2 
phate of lime, a cent, | Puttin, stones and seraw, 
e a1. | do. oo1jo01{00 8 
8.2 24.90 gem 1 the ‘earth, per do. | 001 | 001)00 S 
al ilintoy nodules which I examined had the following | 
oma tien = PREE a p p 1 0 0 | 0104045 
nsoluble matter, P: ree oric Corresponding to phosphate 
percent. of lime,’ sper. bmt. Nos. 1 and 2 contain 100} Ei 
0.50 eed and ‘No, © a t 
perches, Irish measure, f 
cluding box sut of 
, this: ‘suceeed ‘in| stones, ‘with soles, to K 
H ‘the the cost 
of phosphoric acid which ‘the preria sae monde i which is X E 6 {419 3 
or conduerve laboratory have shown are available in soe ae ph come 
of | province, a erto little ee on 1 
-| There are millions of tons of this substance on the > a > reyin men, do, 4 > z < 
—_ of Antrim, and we ech reason to believe that i ‘te a h is Eerie a 4 7 9 2 
es for bottom, do. 
experi riments which have been made ‘with it, in the nthe conduit, do. do: 140 0 I} 
Pat ap broken 
ww, do. 1) QnA 
only | of red bones. The effect ofan addition appi common plaan ia the earth, do 1,00 o s 
in salt, and „also of emmoniacal salts, in faci ilita tin, ing the tal per 21 feet 3 E 
cake is available for this 
ufici 
though-it'is better to mix roots with | 
meal. or 
of making “trials o 
‘with the green san 
peer results. 
aa substances in combination 
m which Dr. Hots pe ne i for 
In accordance with the general plan of improvi 
which . is hag f carried on at Mount Stewart, the: old 
At Hin Tate meeting o 
