The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-03-26 00:00:00

WOE FRITH FARMER" CLUB.

MS* r”deddir Lueetirg of (his club bolt Thurodsy,
M Weld. ttr. ohoprian Flmuders occupied this chair
hi tie u• tbo Pus/clout (Mr. J. J. it‘tesl. an 1
thew,. Li. pre•e•it Mr. 3. A. Drouee, Mr. IL G.
Station . L. Loci, Mr. CL Crootu
Sly. Mi. MArbe, .llr Shepherd, Mr. Itohnett, Mr.
Lased c ' •J. ILco...1•••• 1:1111, 4r. Wrey,
Mr. .1. •., sod Mr. ..1. Loolituso. . _ •

rapes... 4 his re•act ?bet their Peetl-
deist w • ut. arid the ',brume it ottani.' him
thatti. heir ebi W••nd M. (;loves, of Milhorno,
to intro . c to them .k very inPe.r,tina enij••t. ‘...
" lbe drfferonora t oiL ad Idl.jo in Dirraet sal
Mats." Hu bad no doubt Mr. Groves'. large ex•
Le:tooe_ would enable Mn to sire them *owe useful

Mr. Ouovm than read se follows
Mr. Chairman and Oentlemen,—The subject for our
evening's discussion is "On the difference of soli sod
tillage In Doreot end Hants." It has been sald that
farmers ire not great talkers except when they talk of
their stock and mope. It may be so; it is probabl7
true that they like to talk of the land they till, the
corn they grow, and the stook they keep. This, I
00PP00., is natant ; and where can be found • more
Interesting study than Nstur,... lace? I nowt first
Inform you, gentlemen. that I shall confine ruy remarks
to the oolghbotuLoal of Chyle church In Hampshire.
and to their moan of cultivation In years ago (that
being the time I lived Mu, ). It is, I have no doubt,
zabme,h improved eines that time. It is • large
, about Maven miles long by nine wide, and it has
• misty of soils, from the land that will blow in
summer like drifted snow to the very deep strong land
which requires from three to four hones to plough it. I
will fint speak of the light randy soil. The best thing
to ooesolkline It is ten or twelve tons of chalk per awe.
If you put 90 teas per nee you would Injure the hied
for several years. There la more than one advantage
derived from the appliesUon of chalk; yon not 0017
eonsolidate your Mod, but you prevent club-rooting In
the turnips grown on It slew chalking, and destroy a
greet many mutual seeds, ea Bottom and Shepherd's
Pouch, to whleh this nod la very subject. It never
requires more than two hones to plough It, and in
*leaning the fellows we used the double turiefurrow
plough with three horses in it, with which we average
three acres per day, or an sore and a•half for °soh turn
furrow. There being ac misty any thistles or knap. weeds
much larger furrows are taken than on land which is
subject to them weeds. This description of land Is
generally managed on the fonueoures system—•heet,
turning, barley, hay. Sometimes the bayetubble is
broken up end pot tote tuii.dpe. eod as the teed is so
kind for roots, I have seen splendid crops without
superphoephale or soy other manure. It la then put
Into spring wheat or some Lent corn crop as a ohmage.
howllooghing hay stubble I have found It weer out
more points than any lend on which I have had Atli
ex
Das, wheats is owing to In gritty esters. It
wears out m moat as one point per day. In breaking
up the ley for wheal we never thought of retesting, se
it made the lend too porous and light. Battering, I
to be injurious even in cleaning • foul pima of
ter& snob boll) as the short pleases of womb will be
so mind with the soil that no amount of Ilse weather
will kill it. In the cultivation of barley, when the
Mod has worked se unkindly as It does this 786064 in
many times niniesheared It over amain after the barley
has sprouted. I have drilled the tern and finished it
off; but finding the land too light after the grain has
=deed, have torn II up with the nine share, end
It down limbs with the best melt. When my
father left Avon in 1827 the incoming tenant ploughed
the land mash despot than we did and my lather
thought thee he had