, 1860-08-24

.? sir Edmund strAcsy, In the journal Of the En-
Ktsh Agricultural Society: In my coming. b
remarks, to reside on ny estate at Blaskheath,
about six years since, I found I've hundrtd
acres Of heath Land, composing two farms,
which had been inclossd under an ast Of Par |
iausns about forty ysArs). without tenants;
the gozae, hesthsr and fero ahooting up In I'll |
parts. In short, the land VISA in such 4 condi- |
tion that the crops returned not The ..99 own, /
The sod WAS : locas. ioamy soi1. and Ind been
broken up By tho plow to depth not exceed
ngf four saeda, beneath which was substratum,
with difficulty could piekux be made 70 enter
in many places, and my ballf, nho had looked
after the land for thirty five years, told me that
the lands vera NIT worth cultiration- that Ill |
the neighboring farmers said the same thing.
and that there was but one thing to be done,
viz, to plant With hr and forest t1etsi but to
this -paid but little attention; aa I had Tho
year preceding, allotted sone pazcels Of
ground, taken out Of ahe adjoining lands, to
souio cottages, to each eottags about one-third
Of an acre. Tho crops on Ill these allotmsnts
looked dne. healthy aud good. producing
excellent wheat, carrots, peas, cahbages, po-
t.toes and other vegetables in abundanue-
doae. @ o. ths outside Of the cottage
a.lotnents all was barren Il could not be By
The nsnure that had bee. i ,aa on, for The COT
tagers had none but that which thsy hAd scraped
from the roads. The magic could ascribo to
nothing else than the spade; they hkd broken
up the land eighteen inchea deep. As to digging
up fi.s hundred acres with the spade. TO tho
pounds IN acrr, would rot attempt it. &C
cordinely considered that plow might bo so
CONSTRUCTED as to Loosen the soil to the depth Of
eighteen inches, keeping the best soil to the
depth Of -four inches, and near the surface, thus
admitting air 2nd moisture to the roots Of tho
plants, and enabling them to extend their
sp9ngoss H. ::,ssG O. t0od fer a II r.
thriving sud increase Of vegetables as Of ani
mails. In this attempt succeeded, As the result
will show. have now broken up nj these five
hundred acres eighteen inches dep. The pro-
cess was BY sending common plow, drawn By
two horses. to precede, which tn-eeu over III
GROUND =: " me depth Of four inches; my subaoif
plow Immediately followed in the furrow made,
soil elve or fourteen inches deeper, but moth
iaK turning 1t over. Sometimes the iron pan
wse 80 hard. that the horses were set fAst, aud.
1t became necessary To- use tie pieksts to re.
Lease taem before they could proceed. After
the first year, the laud produces double ths for
mer crops, many Of the carrots being sixteen
inches il length and Of p.oportionAte thickness.
This amendment could tsre trisen solely
from the deep ploH1ug. Manure had scarcely
any. the land not producing clover sufficient
10 keep any stock worth mentioning, and it was
not possible to procure Eut1icient quantity from
tne town. IMP pao" 1ole up ~ .ae loots a.!
the old goEse, neataef ana ieln, 90 tnat me iand
lost 81! me oisuoeuse cnu1elsl ot neA1a ana
had retained, notwithstanding the ploHing with
the COMMON plows Tor thirty.tiv yeara. After
this subsoil blowing the crop Of wheat was
strong and long in the straw, and tbs grain
close bosomed and heary, "e1Shing fua slxty-
four POUNDS TO .ne oushel. aae auanly as
sn. ot 4ts arrai hnt oreas;n ronnsr;son ~
49, - ,rndrced hefore Tbe mi}fers 800
J.s;rou. n nurrh,.;n0 It. and could scarcely
aei:do:. Ieoe? y. 49, IL. ho",h iond
esnese Wa s.Ih"I, h,;,;# a,id r;th d;f;s.lts ~
;,5a- inos Il ~. .amna 1T Ri. h. hoens
=. a,;ad thst ~. ian5 thfn had M rn,nurs ~
@ ~ nsn4, ~. .nr nv ant and ronid onlx b.1s heer
5.i;,rstsd ~ ~ ~. admi.s;o. of az md mo;st.
,,aa ~ ~ An n1ow;ng>
NV - %4' N~~f f'~"e
ACTION or FRosn' -, ,
Aa'n water eaonot come IN contact s.S WIN tne
soil, or even With graFel heap without dissols-
ing some OF it. Expose almost my stone, OF
handful Of gravel, washed clean, 10 the actlon
Of quart OF 30 Of rain water tor several days.
and upon evspoFatlng me water, II Will Do sesn
from the residue let thas portion mas neen
dissolved. No" LEI these hat1e Stones oe e3-
posed, covered or Pa1uy covered ~lth na'er, IN
Of doors for two or three cold nights, taking
ca,e that they thav by day. Pouring off ths
water, rinsina with fresh, snd evaPorate as
above. autlit will be seen that much larger
quantity has cone Into solution The reason Is,
action of the frost their outer portion Is broken
up. scaled and issurcd, and q vastly greater sur
facd is exposed to the action of the water, even
ttoueh this flssurinx is rot visible 10 the eye.
When land is exposed to alternate freezing aud
thawing, the sams effect must take place.
no1p1sa AGRICULTURAL FAIRS
raj Socisties ' Of fiiinoia avn. or at lss,t ba1e
.sI.csed ei s the;r ~ fair ] oronnds Their nrnusl e.
hibitions have become fixed and permanent.
and it now only remains to make them DO tho
greatest possible amouut OF good. And Just
hero arises tfoubleaome question. There
must b. offered five OF eight hundred pEemiums
to make frst rate fair, and bring out the best
products Of whole county. Ten or fifteen
hundred dollars is as much as any common fair
will nett, after deducting al the incidental out
lays, except premiums. This allows not more
than two dollars to each premium. Very fswx
fairs will yield so largs 1stuyn. 1t is we'll
known that lsrge portion Of the premiums are
never paid at all, ard evez the fortunate recipe
ents usually wait long time after the awards
arc nude. Unlsss there be IN attractive shtw
bill, tue crowd will not cone. But - true
that exhibitors are attracted BY the intricsic OF
c1sA vslae of the premiums3 1s it not the fact
Of having taken prtmum which mikes msn
feel that he has been rewarded for his paius1
WhY, it usually costa an exhibitor TWO or three
tines $2 to attend fair, and tho *.
penss Of preparation is greaser STILL
Surely. it muss be the honor which
stimulates emulation. Now, suppose the d.
| tcctors Of the fair make cut and publish I pre-
| MUM list as early in the season .s possible: :,
Mar or June would not be too early; indeed, il
should te prepared befo1e any crop 70 he en-
| tered has been planted. Let medals be struck
| In aach premium cfT,red. with some suitable