The Farmer's magazine . lled for by the owners. Wecannot therefore wonder that some methods shouldbe tried, by which rest to the body and renovationto the injured limbs may be gained without a per-manent loss of former qualities. The opinionsjust hinted at, it is true, may be doubted by some,but they are strongly insisted on by us and manymore, and, as we believe, are reconcileable withsound philosophy. Lord Jerseys Cobweb, if werecollect right, was favoured with a run atgrass, and was in consequence never afterwardsable to run anywhere besides ; and a similarresult has followed the same exper
The Farmer's magazine . lled for by the owners. Wecannot therefore wonder that some methods shouldbe tried, by which rest to the body and renovationto the injured limbs may be gained without a per-manent loss of former qualities. The opinionsjust hinted at, it is true, may be doubted by some,but they are strongly insisted on by us and manymore, and, as we believe, are reconcileable withsound philosophy. Lord Jerseys Cobweb, if werecollect right, was favoured with a run atgrass, and was in consequence never afterwardsable to run anywhere besides ; and a similarresult has followed the same experiment on others. FARMERS INSURANCE INSTITUTION.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert evinces a dispositionto become a farmer in real earnest. On the 8th inst.,he was elected a Governor of the Royal AgriculturalSociety of England; on the 11th he was elected aMember of the Smithfield Club; and he has insuredhit stock on the farms in Windsor Park, which lie hastaken into his occupation, in The Farmers Insur-ance V \ i THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. 17 AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTSOF DRAINAGE. BY HENRY R. MADDEN, ESQ., , PENICUIK. PRIZE ESSAY OF THE HIGHLAND AGRICUL-TURAL SOCIETY. [Thirty Sovereisns.](From the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture.) As drainage may not unaptly be viewed in thelight of a cure for a disease in soil, we must firstexamine the healthy functions of soil and plants,prior to our being able to appreciate the value ofthe remedy adopted against the injurious effectsof an excess of water. First—Of what does soil essentially consist ;what must it contain in order to be fertile; whatprocesses must he carried forward in it, in orderthat it may be capable of performing its office ;and what circumstances can render it barren ? Soil may be defined to be a certain variablemixture of earthy, saline, and organic matters, insuch a state of combination as to be permeable toair, heat, moisture, and the roots of plants. It isnot our intention to enter minutely into the d
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