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Drcoeiser 29, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, _ 
rough), and whose step, a although 70 years of age, 
l. per acre, according to situ ation. If he leases, he ses, he may 
in the hot weather 
5 
pay a annua ily, and have it to seins himself, 
por ARA glad to see as fpi as 4 saf; any, man in Weli n the lae HE PeT cheese 
Bedford. It must þe rce of no small gratifica- | he e geti m the and in March, and erects a canvas tent, | is vapid tasteless stuff wort of the name. After 
tion to the nt a colic as ie ] plough 'agoing. Jf be patronises little our hero builds nother hut for his men (as 
ttempted t o des e to see ag unfores bullo ke he na six cand a for, say, 100/.; if para hinds are not ry e had as at home, except i 
ae unexpected development a tra which pict mes he pays aga h for poe a saad animals rare cases.) The whole single lot live in. this hut, 
commence ought of little importance either hile the p oug “costs him a dozen pounds. The} and og their pound per week and rations regu- 
b3 p Ter renien or those upon whom ll himself, and he needs little more. | larly. Sometimes a married couple is hir ya 
machinery has bestowed su kaier bene fit ts, and b The first ploughing is anemii a heavy job, owing to | single farmer look after his, household. They 
hom it is now so fully appreciated; for at 4 the ted the Grass and the trees. If he has Eei receive about . per annum, h their ds 
pee day, the agricultural ids is b ~ an none in karit of mo pongo he gen aang bad or grubs | but they soon save eno padise them in a piece 
its estimation of good machinery. T. Bowi The the most effectual Wa Pet of gro for themselves, and swell the ranks of the 
: pt þe wanti pai a he adopts farmers ot Victoria. 
IN f the system of far’ F ing 
Bet i in 1 Vieto rious soils, € crops, and o 
Perhaps our nher wants a cri 
serv ant, heavy en help him if he does. _ House serv ce is 
e he sows what crop he intends fe 
that. yess. atid amas pe iad operation to Sealy, 
rably. ee baie 
n 
the 
ings connected, therewith, I intend á confine mel 
the tw of Dalhousie Talbot 
census, or agricultural | returns, ad giw be considered 
should the season ae en sets 
ae en dia. mber 
asily split into 9 feet lengths, and abont 8 inches by 
married, while their 307. per nnum generally y goes to 
velp A ieee rate their lo lovely persons so that, at church 
r ma pe ween 
mistress and 
be 
girl. i a general rule, the finest-dressed 
id I havı ikad atr one or two females 
g rails. These rails are 
a post of similar wood, o E9 r% 
 tree-rail fence 
i His 
ain. 
| standi ing 4 4 fee t 8 inches high. This 
per ch if done Ł 
} £tho fall r 
farming profession n. I have said that the countr y 
large, and contrary to the popalat boliet in Englat 
is not all flat. True it is, great plains TETO or 
miles in some particular directions. It may more 
regar 
ing me 
d laths it yes wattle rods, 
a skel hut, a 
tithe se pos and out and thatches 
w. 
watt tles he sets slab: catly, 
sl 
1 be rde: d as a rollin ru zed, sort Ope and close together ; the ES egot Se ped with mad 
ade A its bot junds, bu it | the roof covered with shin ngles n wood sla r bark, 
ONT E A | Thi his is aslab hut. 
Perhaps he prefers bricks and a galvanised iron roof. 
| Brigks, costing abdut 2 2l. per tho maa. Gotha cheap enough, 
coe oF different sorts, ven as gum, i roa stringy- 
bark, &c., woods of 1 but excel- 
| but the high wages of masons make either brick or stone too 
ae 3, | who have been seen Ei eee sa it rte be 
Sgr 
dangerous to ask sweet Ann do such low 
agr hi potato g or tying a a 
te ibe 
cultural society, b of some im yore 
neigiibourhood, and thinks "himele fully qualite mr yr 
e thea ards of colo aes gage ral judges; such 
e dark ages by a 
Melbourne ie, of the bas ma Ae farms, 
peck be ree "pre aaria 
therefore, the first two SATE are pr adopted, | where he has grown Wheat for years, ti a hide become ack, 
ent for fencing, and it erection of slab- buildings, pensive oa ne SURE pl Sas bie horas stane 
which will be Sp oken of in due time. _ The Bae il i of the , Well, ind winter i eae ast. pa embe aes him iti 18 | Potatoes noma grew sick, and ref x d to grow any mo he 
colony t “ hi oa ne i nett i ve ee ws ber A rae that 2 agen pe mor 
sl o the deepest black Be) pet red chocolate | ashion. ploughs away just as usual the origina at being a good thing, he must have the prize- ide 
ae debris: Spon sod see an attendant a the seed every third | Report of Port Philip Society, 1857). 
that the sandy bd pr ee omi iite Various paei aeai w, and no more mtr it. Sometimes oi Be are| Rotation of Crops.—A few words will suffice for 
will arise from ranean of the district befor hoed, and sometimes not, a rp as this plan may this. Heretofore no zaga AT ofi the name has 
r AE ie so we e shall not nd ‘th wh Beaty essive years the land has grown 
nature of the colony. en ots is looked for. aa nE to tilth, drills, Oats sal #, shows ‘mils of exhaustion, and 
‘Soils and Climate.—In a district of = dimensions | &c., are not the things here at all. But harvest comes | then it ee to lie fallow for a season to enable it 
t i on, and our farmer is ir ing ten hay | to bear the same goad bhi again, A better system is 
=r 
iat 
p 
ist. The chocolate soils are composed of volcanic debris, the 
result of maleate Seg of the different hills in the district, 
into cocks or end ence it is carted home, and t; 
ferred to the m machinery, wit 
the aid of fia 
i the , these machines are not in ev a s 
y 
| rican worki ps 
shall a part of the tillage land regularly fallowed, 
plou iea deep, and guanoed for Whea 
some farms near Lanka where ar sey have 
down 
bee ex! ey 
present low prices. is spe corp 
Grenn near Melbourne, r the purpose o tituting experi- 
in seeds, a be of tillage, subsoling, draining, ume > 
eab r 
20 io 40 a og or more, to the acre of e Wheat and jag Le Bees ely 43) e 4} 
70 of Oats; Potatoes sometimes as faras 10 tons. In water Rae fea 
time they’ are ipsrtocthy bottomless ; 20° bulloc i have often ae r er ain n the pate t reaper, costing 
been rena ne drag to d sh the greasy mud. Le, is brought into play, cutting sis acre per hour ; 
mg yea Bais) gol next in order ea sheaves ied and here, often never stacked 
Si be or: the’ “river pae Eo t Frens ba te s now sorely tried with his 
the gullies “and. ra ig the hills. s t of os 
W wet season these soiis ye risen da sm equal to the firs eek an 
ld is the eats 2 therefore they cannot be culated on 
h the 
wit same certainty as the chocolate. soils. 
Wheat and seventy of Oats mane e been chiainet in shower, 
seasons ; Duin orammary esos er Tos only obtain 
For the same reason Potatoes have failed, eot they be 
bx shah ewe the lea-sod, when they Jew pretty well; but, 
und, they are only precar: 
ae ws soils: A great portio: r district is com 
posed ia Lippe aaf "pi % Fas! eason, al ik 
little value. he ; ils 
with leases of ail sorts of length, np to 2 
with care of low tiers of 
eding, ther starving, a few 
Climate.—The climate, for nine months in the year, 
M as ppg cannot be excelled in any 
part of the world. Ice 
thick i a shilling, is the extremity of cold 
during e da ay, d 
pire rae pally set in about the end of March, and s 
ae: pgs phi iy fest S rm is aeaked through and thro agh; 
pa a little. We have a beautiful Ae ge of 
undry, ee Ee pot 
Trame, and abour, for a time, must need: T 
bla 
PT 
son tbey lose maa moisture, hyn tek Ueficiont ei fh wit a is Bee f three Sun 
Forty of white t bidad, vegetables, TRA 
n the mornings in July as |“ 
G alk account 
mo 
ly usele 
orc Mx rams h va . per 
rations wig ‘vith tea, 
n grog. 
The nie is ae on small places the ge on 
pomp the machine rice drive them 
he 
| Perhaps ‘he gets the ‘Adelaide ents thrash it 
thout the tronble of culti stacking. Thi 
machine goes along the field of standing grain, an 
a i rats which ca‘c!«s the he:d:, and a 
ocks all into a box; it is mar- 
ai how Bao. ‘this implement wastes. After the 
unceremoniously treated, ae 
field has been ete 
is bei 
b 
If a fet is Oats, me my yD e preferred on 
of —of which 
and or other ; 
it has as now to be mar! keted; _ little time “has been wasted 
cept our farmer is very low and uses the flail, it is 
reat: d de 
low a x3 ane only 5s. rae bushel, 
e 
com. 
ans sold for 202. per ig: Sok. a) Son 
ads 
Exe 
generally all threshed out of doors, and at once. Mills 
mtiful, and are now g 9s. per bushel for 
e nu = 
trussed 1 ‘Ps 
and sold at about 82. per topi but ed ae trade à» is 
chaff. Our farmer has a ibtedly a chaff-cu 
eke the: 
eeps his bull ocks going while his 
% 
T 
a 
“eo 
a 
5 
Modes of "g 
topic, [ cannot a bel tter > ae take the case of a new 
He sees a notic ce that 
goes along; and we will | farme: 
J 
| ordinary team- will consu 
th 4} baiso A ae might be e 
on a certain d ertain lands 
will be offered ars por ds and e a lot, | 
pays down 10 per cent 
aini Gae in a month, If 
it is soil of the first at pre he pays from 32. ta! 
the droughts pr iy wpe little i is done in the 
obtained, a bt not 
fro 
a 
ao vernment, as e various agricultw bh: oy in the 
olay | the total a nted this year being al 13,0001, Last 
year each society. received about, EEIE 
of rev they could show their ~The 
“Nothing “et im with whisk ian am anes received 37. 
Aii o aa pA roots, although we 
f im as tase but the price of labour 
effectually paces ar iieiea root growing for tt purpose of 
stall-feeding, and the aphis, or blight,- will ae apse 
Cabbages extinct. The cultivation of 
blessing to thousands of acres of im) of Rage wouid prore 
climate has as yet said no. 
The Statistics. having been taken, I can add some particulars 
| for this year, as es our neigh bourhood. 
EFA FAE 
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Bie EE ES 
p 
SSES | re ees 
ss ss & to ak. 
> a SEE S| Size of Farm. 
> Shee = | aes 
a | 
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o | 
toto, Wry, w | SSS 8} Cultivated. 
Schoo? y [ratory 
tr ot ry a 
A aJe | Hun a 
gbese S| ges € = < 
op oa® | Bare 3 7 E 
AEE a. tala eer SA 2 S Pete id 
Bato» 8 TSREPEae S 2 
=e 4 \p84a95 > z 
creat] |8 sto Blo E 
=- 2 8. D r 
sss 213 (8 40% 
Sean? Ei | 
cot oot eas] don 
creat aS ce E i i 
erack f 
z So -eee Bf OS bustas 
$s g 3 | eas per acre. 
ontan” 
a 
A N - hay, 
o Ta + | tons 
Boho» Pioio per aere. 
oot anak | 
ee gh ae | | 
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an or t | 
co ai 
“48 358 was a remarkably productive year, therefore tis the 
7 sth IRSIY 
way of green cr of id nting himself 
with granting a little Cees or ei for his cows | 
10W 
1859— Potato erop very heavy, hence the low prices, 
