The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . the manly pursuit of running a pooranimal till it be heart-broken. I believe there is nota cottager in this village who ventures to plant Greensfor winter, knowing that what he sows he will not reap;and they are not tenants to the Lord of the Manor,many of them living in their own cottages with smallgardens. The assistance which you have rendered to thesmall allotment tenant is not complete until you havemade our great men ashamed of encroaching upon theinnocent amusements and lawful enjoyments of theirpoorer neighbours.—Fair Play. Potato Was
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . the manly pursuit of running a pooranimal till it be heart-broken. I believe there is nota cottager in this village who ventures to plant Greensfor winter, knowing that what he sows he will not reap;and they are not tenants to the Lord of the Manor,many of them living in their own cottages with smallgardens. The assistance which you have rendered to thesmall allotment tenant is not complete until you havemade our great men ashamed of encroaching upon theinnocent amusements and lawful enjoyments of theirpoorer neighbours.—Fair Play. Potato Washer.—1\\<i annexed sketch of a machinefor washmg Potatoes, which is used in Nottinghamshire,may be acceptable to some of your readers. It is easilymade by any village workman, and will be found veryeffectual. It is simply a]churn-like cylinder, with spenbars placed at such a distance as to prevent any of thePotatoes from falling through, except very small ones,the lower part of which as it revolves, passes through atrough of water. [Oct. 1L. •„ ,. o ™„*r - , .-?^?> u in puDiications gene-rally, as a matter of interest only to landlords and their ItZ M ?, °°- * iS*^™ consideration seems to b^given to the pains and penalties endured by the smallproprietor cultivating his or her little allotment. I hvea very few acres of land, which I employ for my conve- TIT^ Ti =^««°>, I l^™ given a great price forIt, and I have expended a large sum in dr»ining andother improvements. Last winter I had 15 Annietrees nearly destroyed by hares, and a large quantity ofGreens devoured by them. My Rye, too, which I in-tended lor my little cow when she calves, was very muchmjured by hares; also Brussels Sprouts and young GarroU, &c. &c. Unpleasant as are these depredations 1suffer much more from the dread of fox-hunters Theannouncement of a meeting of such persons in the im- It may be made to be easily unshipped, like a churn,or fixed more permanently, as in the sketc
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