Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

  • John Christian Curwen
Date:
1809
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Credit: Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Observations, by the Bishop of Landqff] on Mr. Cur- wen’s Method of Steaming *. I am now with Mr. Curwen, at Workington, and have seen his manner of steaming potatoes, and apply- ing them as a substitute for hay in the feeding of horses. I understand that he has transmitted to the Board of Agriculture an account of the process, and that he is a candidate for a medal. The committee must be sen- sible that potatoes have been used, not only as a sub- stitute for hay, but for corn ; and with cut straw, both for hay and corn. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Curwen’s experiments are, in my opinion, greatly deserving the attention of our society; they are carried on with great accuracy, and on the most extensive plan; and I can bear witness to the excellency of the machinery with which the process is conducted, and a saving of labour will be made by Mr. Curwen, in a new machine he is about to erect, by the substitution of a wheel, to be moved by a rill of water, in turning the washer. I thought Mr. Curwen entitled to this testimony, which may be mentioned to the committee, but as too unim- portant for the consideration of the Board. * Communications of the Board of Agriculture, vol. IV. Additional