The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-02-22 00:00:00

DORCHESTER FARMERS' CLUB.

k meeting of this club was bald last Saturday
evening, under the presidency of Mr. J. G. Homer,
There were present—Mr. R. Genoa (Vios•President),
Mr. T. C. Saunders (Treamurer), Mr. R. Dames, Dr.
Aldridge, Mr. J. Damon, Mr. H. Taslor, Mr. T.
bock, Mr. Taylor, jun., Mr. Sealer, Mr. T. S. Biggs,
Mr. E. I. Harding, Mr. B. Pope, Mr. J. F. dodges
jun., Mr. 11. W. Hawkins, Mr. .1. T. Short°, Mr.
Lush, Mr. Connington, Mr. J. C, F.ot,Ao.
The following new members were elected —Mr.
Senior, of Bishop's Canotile ; Mr. Lash, hlanacer of
the Wilt. and Dorset Bank, Dorchester; Mr. Ernest
Homer, Tolpuddle; and Mr. C. Judy, of Itadtpole.
It wits arranged that the east meeting should be
on. the 12th March, when Mr. Spooner, of Ding.
Southampton, will introduce the subject of "The
principles involved in the breeding of
Several communteations ware read from Mr.
Richardson, of the firm of Fowler and Co., who
lectured at the last 'fleeting on seem cuitivatum.
He declined to receive anything more than his
expenses in coming to and st Dorchester If 3 3'•/,
and said %bat if a set of Fowler and Co.'. double.
"ahla as.. into Dorest;that sum should be returned.
He acknowledged in the heartiest terms the courtesy
read kindness with which be was received at the
club, and directed their notice to the working of
Powlers' steam tackle on the farm •I Mr. Campbell,
at Baskett, in Barks, and stated that he had arranged
that should any of the club be disposed to pay a
visit to Mr. Campbell's farm they would be shown
the whole working of the tackle and ita results.
The President and several other members inti-
mated that they 'Mould like to go to Mr. Campbell's
for • day to see the process.
The ('ei•innvr stated that he had audited the
account', and at the end of last year there was a
balance of £2ll 2a There would he £2l) to pay for
the printing of the past lectures delivered, and the
question of the charge that should be made for the
book to members and to non members would have
to be considered. But he antioipated that in the
end they would have • surplus.
After this, the ClialkMAN called on Mr. H. Ognialt,
of Waterston, to give his lecture on irrigation, as
Ellows
When, at the eommerceurent of the session, I pro.
posed " Irrigation" ge one of the subjects for future
con.ideration, I had little intention of myself introduc-
ing it ; and should have much preferred that the tok
had been allotted et some one More experieneed in
their manegement : !weeks, I have 10 often trespassed
on TM indulgence, that only the fact of our being
enme .bat hard up" (in consequence of the Mayor of
Weymouth enemies McNeil.) induced me to come
'adore you this evening in hie stead. You are prob.bly
aware, that • few months tgo, one of our county
gentleman notified to his tenants that be would offer
prizes, to be competed for by water men on his setst-s,
to be iswanled to the men (if I remember rightly.) who
had their weirs, hatches, mains, drains, and meadows
generally, in the best condition. Whether any entries
have been made for these prizes. I am not aware.
Pree'icsllv there may be some difficulty in !risking the
eompeteion fair to all, as sonic meadows may possess
more natural adventeg.• than others. But, I think,
the off, on the part of the landlord, showed diet he
may sell aware of the great value of watemmeadows,
and was anxious, as far as he was concerned, to en'
courage the greatest amount of skill and attention in
their management. This gentleman's proposal gave
me the idea that we may, perhaps, not unprofitably,
revote an ent Fling to the subject of " Irrigation ;" and,
althnngh it may be • ,fry One to those prevent who are
not fortunate enough to possess water meadows, still,
ev.c they may ask themselves the question, whether
they make the most of the fertilising properties of the
water they h•ppen to have at their command I Irri.
mdien, derived from the Latin Irrigo, to water, has
been aptly described es a method of producing or in•
tricking fertility in soils, by an artificial supply of
water it was probably first resorted to in eoentries
where much of the land must have otherwise remained
barren from drought. 111 in Egypt, where It ossesten•
vively practised 2.1M0 years before Christ, and where
great system, of canal, soil artificial lakes were formed
foe the purpose. Pittner,o works, intended for the
irrigation ..f large districts. existed ages ego in *cope-
temia, Pereia. India, China, and some other park of
tbe East ; and. in such of these countries as have not
entirely lo.t Otter aneient prosperity, sod) works still
remain. in many perty of the world the niseskity of
irrigation ts a. strongly felt, at leant at some season, of
the year, th it the •gricultere of even comparatively
rude lobos depends on the facility wit', which it cen be
areentplielied. Soule plow, also require a very abundant
eupply ..1 water, and irrigation bag become goierel
where their cultivation prevails. 'lbis is particularly
the cue with rice, the principal grain of gr•t pat of
Asia. Imitation is supposed to have been introolueel
inm Britain by the Romans. In Europe it u recoils
ebiefly in the Mouth, rind is most entente's!, practised
is Lombardy, in s .nie pots of Atkin, and of the Mouth
of France. Tie extent "( irrig•ted land in the valley
of the Pe is estimated at 1.600.000 sere., and the in.
crease of rental thos mood at 1:830,000. In our own
country, end in woe( tarts of Europe txoept Lombardy,
inVitstivn is pioeipgllr cniplr•yed for the curlew of
inereer nh the produce of graes, by tronvertieg the larel
into water meadow. ; hut it is far front being so
largely practise/ as teems desirable. Tear heaths, by
water alone have been ohengeil into luxuriant meedows.
The extent of water meedows in England is !stated to
be not more then 100,000 sower. The irrigation of and
with the sewage warmr of towns is under another
none the application of liquid inoture--but it is
not my intention to dwell this evening on that branch
of the eubjeet, altloongh it i• met interesting. The
utiliktion of sewage is a great—l may truly sae, •
national questior. • it has been most onovessfully
adopted nest EtlioAurgh, where an extensive tract of
Llesdews, yielde • rent of 00 to £4O per sere. The
grunt 1. cut fr ma three to five times • year, and as
much.. 10 Was an acre have been obtained at a cutting.
It is Practised in various part. of England, emongst
others Not re oghemshire.Sta ff ordah ire. Bed f ord, Croydon,
and oleo ee the Lodge Farm, Barking. A report of the
sewage culture at the latter place has lately been
published by the don. W. Pete rid acres have been
sown with Italian rye grass, and between Sept I, leAle,
and seise I, lerie, it yielded more than 1,800 tons. One
...pi it, • little less than two scree, gave in three cutting.
tons ;l sores of white oeions have realeed over
807 for the plot. The crop of winter oats has produced
11 qrs. to the acre, by this application of 1.000 to
1..2011 tons of sewage. Daring the yaar :40,000 toos a
sewage have been sufficient to render highly productive
120 area of the Lodge Farm. The value of the crop, in
the grove, grown with 360,000 tons of sewage, is over
E 1.300. In no small degree the water of rivers sod of
spring., depends on its organic and mineral euestituents
for its Ist-Wising properties ; so that the spplicetion of
it is set in principle different from that of liquid
moaners But, it must be borne in wand, that the mere
abundance of water itself is of great importance, as
the er.oat outritiotis gulestanase brought in contact with
the roots of plants are of no use to them, unless in •
ittete of solution. Water, you are aware, 00011illts Of
I pert by weight of hydrogen, salted to 8 of oxygen ;
but Professor Johnston says. "In nature, water never
occurs in a pure state, it generally °Detains both
gaseous and online substances in • stele of solution ;
and this, no doubt, is • wise provision, by which the
feed of plank is eoiststantly meowed, mid brought with'
in their react." The water that is used for irrigation
should he free from mud, and such impurities, as
mechanically clog the pores of leaves or cover op the
homes of plank, and interfere with their growth. It
Is • commonly reatived opinion that the elementary
food of plants is contained in a state of solution in
water, and that no plant can exist without • supply of
It in • greater or boor degree. Without some degree
of moisture tbe rook of grass become withered and
perish ; and, too great • depth of it over them is
enually fetal to their existence. Steamed water on
grass laud encourages the wont, and kills or die-
ser:einem the best, kinds ; water in motion, whatever
the depth may be, Is lone injurious than if Quite at rest ;
and the shallower the current, and quicker its motion
over the turf, the niers the grass is excited to luxuriant
growth. It may be observed that heat, air, end light,
are indispensable agents in the development of plants.
If they be kept in • low temperature, secluied from
Irish air, or in derlinks, they are inactive, or languish
and die ; applying these facts, whilst considerieg the
effect of Irrigation, we mat safely conclude, that the
energies of the plants Cr. excited by being defended
from the shilling night .is. whilst they enjoy a higher
degree of beet, generated by the nuitii,n of the current,
and at the same time are not . xelnded from the direct
action and benefit of the light if the sun ; nor can
the thin onen,ear of agitated and rippling water, be said
to deprive the gram of the teceskrf portion of air,
Before proceeding to the mote practical pert of my
subject, 1 will, with your permission, make use of an
extract from a most interesting 'pacer by
Howard, M.P on "Farming d P
au— etwatry on the
Continent." He seys, "Some four ye l's tgot pena a
few weeks in Peyote I was so impressed with the
'astonishing results obtained by the simple auplication
of water to land, i, tie valley of the Nile, that I cone
home under a strong eonviction that in England, not.
withstanding the differenee between the two climates,
we do not reap half the advantage we might do from
the water which • beneficent Providence sends us. BY
the aid of very primitive pump., worked by a mule, or
• bullock, or • eonple of donkeys, sufficient water is
often raised by the Egyptian f•rnoer, to irrigate XI, 40,
or ree acres of land; which fid.l, produce prodigious
cm. of e kite' of clever called hureeetu ' My rem ut
viet to Italy and :twit:seised hex c nfirme I me in this
%Mien. I am aware that meter meadows in F.nglend
eeeidindit as old a. the hill.. The mottos of irriga-
tion is h ennfined to very few localities-- not one
farmer it. 'Ott in Englend, I venture to say, knows any.
thine el the subject, te. hise even Oven the matter odor's
re"`"l'lailon and I believe there are reasons which have erseduced this iudifference, for which I think, the
State u it. greet measure answerable The practice
inigatioe in Europe is ostrich out on i
he greatest aceloe,
and with, retold, the best resters, in the pl.ins if
Lombardy aid Piedmont ni
. In Lobeelv. nut.f an sr. •
.1 6,000(100 acres, eyesores of 1,000,000 are artifichil irrigated; upwards of 3.000 miles of main or
canal' have been eat to the province beside, umuuer extent of smell •rte6e., in the hand; of privrteuirn.dir•
',ideals Although some of the mein canal, are nod
for purposes of navigation, they
w"e r""'tllY coast iited
with • view to • ornoPrshenatte plan ,t,ir irrigatingru the
Canal whch brink th
'emotes. The Grand
the Ticino to Milan has bees in exiateace-wm:7r‘re.of
and tor this long period has the !ramie" of ire; • "
bees carried on. I would also remark in paseini.etbulni
for almond longer pealed, a pertion of the My; f
Milan has been utillimd. I believe the eraiit in eel" "to
the Monks of the Monastery of Chtaravall., si:ted
some of the fields that had been irrigated fur
senturies, and although not furnished with all tee
modern appliances to he men fin the irrigated
fields at Bedford, the results are most satisfactory.
I may creation that at Bedford the growth of !Wiwi
rye grass by MMO iteneee is a most eemplete stecese;
as many as six stops have been raised this year (1869 e
I vted an Irrigated tarn of 60 acres near Milan,
rested by a M. Antonio Monte, at which the water is
aged eleven times over, (tom the point at which it
menu his farm, to where he parts with it to his

neighboor. The rest of tbe farm is about Ifitla, pee sake
—which is considered law. The grass I seer growing
w 24 days old, and was fit to tut. Seven Grope bad
been previmedy mown since the commencement of the
year. k good deal of the arable hard is susceptible of
irrigation. After a wheat crop cabbages are pleated.
The wheat in one 6eld I saw was cut on June 24th. On
July 7th she cabbaees were planted, and on 24th August
(the day I Caw them), the ground we. completely
wavered. The lard was irritated neee e..for, the cab.
egg,e, were planted, •nd once attar. M. Chizzolini,
ehe is an engint or by pride...ion, and also • landed pro-
prietor and termer, in the neighbonrhood, employs •
ecuttilugal pump, oriven by it poutable engine, for
pumping hack the water when it h. reached the lowest
part of iii• farm, a ril•n with *hien be ia well eatielled.
Ti.' watered elan. of 1 ninhardy present • most rich
end luxuriant appearance." lu Switserland, Yr. Howard
saps, •• everywhere along the hill stile are to be seen
devices for catching and spreading the water 011 the
erase elopes ; thee again it is arrested on its way to the
valley, and turned over the mealowa, and fields of
maize ; indeed, as the fertility of the county depends on
the utiliution of the water, little stream is turned
to the hest account" He aftet **rile observes " I
believe no gentleman present will differ frnm me in the
op nion.whet if upon a given nortioa of land, especially
of friable soil, he could always command • supply of
water for irrigation, • larger quantity el green food
could be raised ; and, if so, it would furnish the means
of katioing a greater number of animals. Along our
valleys, where water Is tribe obtained at a few feelPfrom
the surface, • centrifugal or chain pump, worked by •
horse, or an engine, would 'apply water for scores of
serer." Gentlemen, I Onre you an spology for having
quoted et mach from Mr. Howard, bat his piper is go
exceedingly interesting. that I would recommend any
one wh has not read it, to take en opportunity of doing
no. Whether his dsduetierta with regard to Irrigation
are practical, we may well enquire. To • certain extent
in some locelities, they undoubtedly are ; but, in parts
of this dietriet, depending, an many of us do, for oar
water supply, on springs, which bourne so exhausted,
after • dry summer, that I have ono* known them not
°relit re till the month of February following, I do not
think it would pay to erect even a donkey engine, to
pump water to the highest perte of our farms, although
it would be rout delightful to be able to glee our
parche I soil, • supply of moisture during the hot
weather, but we mould ad Abed Ike wetter. Gentlemen
lining on the banks of the Broome may be tempted,
with advantage, to help themselves more freely to its
water.; but, then, perhips, some unhappy miller would
feel hinswelf aggrieved ; and this is a point which is well
writhe of • passing notice. Water mills on • stream
are frequently • great nuisance ; and I question
whether the rent thy pay is not often more than
balanced by the injury they do the meadows, both above
and below them—in the one mule by penning the water,
and causing It to be stagnant on the land ; and in the
other, by preventing its being used freely and &dean-
tageoudy for the purposes of irrigation. I have been
advieed that C5OO per annum would pay the rent of all
the water mills between If•iden Newton and Wareham.
Could not the beneficial results of their removal be
reckoned by thonsoels? And where, let me aak, oan
landed proprietors find a better or More paying invest-
m•mt for money, than in the improvement of water.
naeadows? I wee with Mr. Howard, that hundreds of
sores of extra waterdneadowe could be made by a
IndieMna outlay of capital, whilst mach of what is
now imperfectly irrigated, and badly drained, might
be made doubly productive. Are the Fordington
meadows, which we sometimes Pen so productive of
dock., kc., rather than grass, in a creditable state?
And, another fine tract of land, not many toilet away,
which unfortunately lisopens, to he '• common
meadow." would well pay at leaat 7a per cent, for
capital inyeated, were it endued, •nd the old, and
probably doubtful, if not obe.lete rights, to wtich it
is subject, bought up, or annihilated. Gentlemen, I need
not detain you by detatlng the advantages &Tiring
from the posu-sion of good water meadows. Water is
now abundant, and the cr ip of grew will probibly be
good; and should the severe froat we have lately ox-
peiieoced injure the swide. and turnip', it will he
more than Initially valuable for early feed. In making
• water meadow two things require the greatest coo-
aideration ; neat. how to met the water on ; secondly,
how to get it off your land. The eizy of your ridges
rou,t dep-n4 on the !empty of water, whteh
should be caused to flow gently and evenly over the
surface, when turned on ; and, when out, the drainage
aloud be sufficiently good to leave the land as dry as
possible. With an adeqoate supply of water and beds
laid out in an uniform manner, there is little trouble
in making the wholi water well; hut with small
streams, and where the ridges are irregalu is shape
and rile, oonsiderable care and attention are required
to give all the surface an equal share. In such oases the
water ebould be kept together, and not More land
irrigetel at • time than can be done effectually.
Drain, and flute, Or flows, should be well peouret, or
taken up. as it is termed, every season where inquired,
by which meann the work of Irrigation is greedy
faeilitsteil. The first flood in the autumn should be
taken advantage of -the water may then be allowed to
rrmam two or three weeks on one place, taking care
not to chill it when there is a probability of treat. In
severe *nate r all allituld be flooded that it is pos-ible
to get water for. In the opening of the year the water
must be frequently shifted; if allowed to remain too
long a mum mltlyu on the VIM, which prevents its
growth, and is very undesirable at any rime. The
appearance of scum on the grass is a proof that it he.
had teeter enough for the time. Gentlemen, I fear
that I hays intruded too lime on your forbearanee.
%lan, points of interest in connection with the subject
of irrigation will. I trust, be broughtnut In the drecus-
'don. I now beg to thank 3ou fur the kiod attention
you have pail me.

The Permian invited dissuasion on the very inter-
toting and valuable lecture delivered.
Mr. T. LoCE cionsidered that water meadows were the
portion of • farm that paid best for improvements.
He exprepaed his interest in thitanhjact, and spoke of
the improvement affected in the Fordington meadows
during the time they were under hi, management. He
believed that if a ie.:pi deep drain could be cut along
the valley from the Fordington meadow to Wareham.
so as to ensure proper irrigation, it might be made some
.1 the moot valuable land anywhere. Whenever land-
lords made improvements in the direction of water
meidows he was aatisfit.l that the outlay paid • good
pereehtage. As for the mills he thought the Frome
c.,uld supply 'eolith for them and irrigation too.
Mr. POPt. speaking as a miller, said he would much
sooner axe steam than water.

Mr. Durex said that he had had a little experience
in irrigating the water meadows. Mr. Look spoke of
land near Wareham. but he could not agree with him that
the land there might be m•de an good by irritation as
that near the spring head. After running through
heath land the water seemed to lose its valuable proper-
ties. At Toiler, near its soiree, it was of the greatest
advantage. lie agreed with Mr. (lenge that mill, were
the greatest possible nniaance, and differed from Mr.
Lock in his opinion that both mills and irrigation could
go on successfully. There was a time when water mills
were indispensable, but they were so no longer. The
VW • year for which Mr. Ciente estimated the mills
could be extinguished between Maiden Newton and
Wareham would be more than trebly repaid by the use
of the water tnr irrigation. He anticipated that before
long the law giving such powers over ;dreams to outlet.
ere of mills would be relaxed, and that the cheaper and
better power of stearn would be universally employed.
He thanked Mr Lenge for his excellent lecture. It wu
• subject of the greatest importance and the extension
of irrigation would be practicable and highly advan-
tageous were it not for those miserable mills, whose
occupiers were now all-powerful—they could Dull up
bivalve at any time, or pen back the water, aotbat the
sueoesful management of water-meadows was most
difficult and trying. They only required water for a
certain time, and if It was continued longer through
the action of the miller it did harm. With mills the
great evil well that the farmer could not make his mew
dows wet or dry according to him jodgmeet.
Mr. LOCI( thought the fall of the water had a great
deal to do with its value.
Mr. Poor considered that water meadow, to be ad-
vantageous most either have a gravelly subsoil, or be
perfectly under-drained ; and he thought that sub-
drainage was the thing most required by the land in
the valley towards Wareham.
_

Mr. T. C. SACSDIIIICIS indjes. bed the advantages to be
obtained by noder.draining, in the removal of poison-
ous water impregnated with iron and other matter
injurious to the roots of plants. This being done,
irrigation was most serviceable. He condemned the
water mills. and referred to the remarks of Mr.
Ho•ard, MP., at the Central Ferrnen' Club last week,
when the hon. gentleman ran a tilt against the
" noi•ersble bits of mill." which are so great an
obet,cle to the irigation of grass lends. A gentleman
recently said to him if the mills were done away with
the farmers near the bead of the spring would appro.
priste all the water, leaving none for those at the
lower end of the stream ; but he should like to know
how much the land abeorbed when penned bask as It
frequently was at present.
from avid the land absorbed very little of the
water with which it was Irrigated.

Dr. ALDRIDGE thought there was no department of
f•nn'leg in which so little improvement had been
effected as in the management of water meadowe,
although their superior vale to dry grass land was
intic.ted by the rental of them being E 4 to £8 an acre
no against perhapa 30e. for the latter. With proper
attention he believed the value of water meadows
could noon be doubled. As to the disposal of town
',nee, considerable progre.a had been made during the
the tut two year, in solidifying its active principle, and
nu, doubt • plan of that kind would be ultimately
adopted. securing • valuable manure. Having a few
&ens at water meadow he spoke from personal ea'
rerienos of tbe diaadvantaire of water mills, and thought
the exten.ive pow.n millers had should be limited.
tie thought sometinies that farmers made • mistake in
koePing weer on tie l.nd till it became thoroughly
sodden. Going about the country se much as he did.
I he noticed the sea low, were sometimes kept uuder
water for days at a BLn-tell. Thia would neither promote
the nutrition nor growth of the plant.
Mr. LOCK said tiiat in the autumn he liked to get all
the water be could for a fortnight or three weeks.
Mr. FOOT thought three days in the Lateran sulticient,
and that at this time of the ysar there shonld be •
change every 24 hours.
Mr. Snout,' suggested ea a practical conclu.ion from
the lecture, that wrens should be taken to be, tip t4e
mill. referred to ris returning wit more than i:500, end
use the water for irrigetion. A friend of his bad water
meadow. at Tishury, and he described the interim nit:oat
valuebl.. lantana. it was near the spring head, and he
attributed its peculiar worth to • degree of warmth
which came from the spring. He also mentioned noticing
the value of irrigation on thne or four acres of garden
and grow land around an hotel at the lair of Man :15
rums ago. The landlady, who was an Irishwoman, Look
advantage of a mountain stream at hand to convey
water by an immense length of Anteing to all parte of
her ground, altering their positions from day to day, and
the results were most ativantegeotie
The Passintire said he bed been very little seemstonsed
to water meadows, but he considered that a fair pro-
portion of them wits highly essential on any farm, par-
(Moistly when a large number of sheep are kept, and he
traeed the progress of the rich growth of gram in the
water meadows to the arable land by means of the sheep.
He enosidered an outlay of £4O an sore in laying out
watennteadows a good investment for the landlord, and
aintitaseous also to the tenant who paid 5 per emit on
lhe °whir Land worth 40.. an acre was so made well
worth £4. But no tonere" would be juatibed in going to
". "Moo ludas he had a long lease. As to mins

he was fi-nit• mr. dimeetoplaitai. The was a Mill a
Tolpodale let for £4O • you, and he beard his brother-
in-law at Admiston say that he would give .C3O • year
to get it removed, though his meadows were • mile
above it. Mills took away the water at • certain
emenn, and at soother penned the water On the
meadows shove; and they knew that if water was kept
on • meadow too long the land would be noon-Amities.
If mills were done swat with the land both above an 4
below them would be double its present raise. A
dairyman would be glsd to be able to ran water over
It', meadows in the summer time, and with inch an
advantage. the farmer would be able to lot his (tow+ it
El apiece more than now. He was exceedingly obliged
to Mr. (lenge for his lecture. and hoped it would be
read and eonmidered by landlords. together with ti e
practical ob-ervations which had been made upon it.
lie propos4 • vote of thanks to Mr. (lenge.
14. A LIMIDGI seconded.

Mr. Gesoe said any serviee he was able to render to
the elob he did most freely. With regard to the Cause
of the varying quality .1 the water the inquiry was an
int r sting one, end he should like to see it propirly
elucidated, seat to accertain whether it was the water's
fault or the lan l's. He thought it must be considerably
Rffected by the land it ran through. It was suggested
that it was better nearer the spring head beoiove of the
temperature. But he fantied the temperature of the
wa,er at its source depended on the nature of the
subsoil, and that in its amuse exposed to the air it soon
acquired a similar degree of but or sold, so that in
Rummer it became wanner, and in winter colder.
Professor Yohnstaa said water wee never pure, but was
, icrpregnated with different matter according to the
subsoil. but ho (Mr. Gauge) believed that the applica-
tion of even pure water to Frau lend would he bene-
ficial An Italian gentleman. who used water for
irotating eleven times over found it advantageous.
No doubt it had the effect of iiviiatening and rendering
soluble the good qualities of the snit, to that the plant
was able to ab.orb them. As to mills he believed their
days were numbered. Not that be thought steam mills
would be erected In the same petitions, but that they
would be placed to convenient situations. A considerable
miller in this district wu now going to great expense to
erect a mill close to a railway station, In order to save
huilage three miles to his present establishment, being
satisfied that it will be more advantageous to him, by
enabling him to produce flour more cheaply. With
reference to sewage he did not think its application to
land in • liquid stets" would be generally edopted.H.
had beard teat the meadow. around Priinbungh emitted
fail odour., and probAly the plus adopted would be
solidification, in some such way as now obtained et
Leamington—(there wee already • Native Guano Corn-
pop, sending out manure at £3 10a a ton)—and then
the water could be used for irrigation.
The Pusan:mu' bore his testimony to the ,pectisi
value of water from a spring-head for irrigation.
The meeting then separated.