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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



riiplc the above (luaiitily may Ijc economically applied. It is 

 uot of csaciitial couscqucii -e whether the appliciitioa precedes 

 the lurniafj doaii of the cop, as is aecorJEd Buhaeqiieully, the 

 priucipil ohject heli g to supply ru important coustitiuiooal 

 deficieucy to tlie interests of (he operator by liraitiirg the acre- 

 able product of the crop. 



Clover is preferrtd by many to a'l other crops for this pur- 

 pose, and, takii'g all things into ccusidtration, it is, perhaps, 

 not easy to say where prLferer.ee should rest. The quautity of 

 soluble matter contained i-j the clover plant, when arrived at 

 the period tf ii florescence, is ucqucstionably l.irge— larger, 

 probably, than in most olhcr pla:its. Its roots, also, when 

 mature, are large and sisccu'ciit, an 1 contribute very ma- 

 terially to the fcrtiliziog eifecta of the crop wheu turned 

 down at maturity ; but it will be seen that where a speedy 

 amelioration is required the plants do not commonly have 

 time to attain their maximum development, and every one is 

 aware t'l.at, inits youthful slate, the clover plant conaiusa far 

 larger quantity of fluid than of solid matter. Millet, if sown 

 broadcast, will probably produce a greater quantity of readily 

 soluble matters than either clover or buckwheat; but whether 

 its fertilizing action upon the soil is so great is a question that 

 remains to be decided : one thing, however, may be relied on 

 ascertain — any plant produced by the soil will, if turned in by 

 the plough, contribute more or less to its enrichmmt. Tne 

 families of the yuccas, and cren the comparatively worthless 

 cryptogamoiis vegetation, which is prcduceJ parasitically on 

 rocks and in boggy swamps, have been ascertained to possess 

 principles favourable to vegetable development, and wheu re- 

 duced by putrefaction, of aiding, very esseutla'ly, the i)heuo- 

 mena of vtgetable life. Nothing, in short, is worthless, in the 

 great laboratory of nature ; and it is there, over the crucible 

 and alembic, that we receive these important lessons which so 

 material'y assist us in the numerous and multiform duties of 

 practicul life ; here we di.-cover the adaptation of means to 

 ends, and become familiarized to the operative priLc'ples and 

 laws with which we were before perfectly uuacquain'ed and 

 scarcely deemed to exist. — Germantown Telegraph, 



LADY-DAY CORN AVERAGES. 



Sir,— As at this period of tlie j-ear it maj' be interesting 

 both to jour agricultural and general readers to know the 

 average prices of wheat, barlej', and oats in England and 

 Wales for the .V2 weeks ending on tlie 27tii "of Murcli, 

 1858, I beg to anne.x the weekly averagej from the London 

 Gazette, and to state the result, which is as follows : — 

 Wheat, 53s. lOd. per imperial qr. ; bailey, S.Os. 1 Id. per im- 

 perial qr. •, oats, 24s. lOJd. per imperial qr. 



In the annexed return it will be observed that tlie high- 

 est price of wheat was on the 17ih of Julv, 1857— viz., Cos. 

 lOd. per imperial qr. ; and the lowest on the •26th of Feb- 

 ruary, 185u — viz., 44s. 6d. per imperial qr. 



The fluctuations in tlie price of wheat since the passing 

 of the Corn Bill on the 2Gth of June 1846, may be seen in 

 the following abstract : — 



Weekly Aver.'IGE Prices of Whe.vt, Bari.ev, .^nd 

 Oats IN England and Waies i'or 5'i Wkf.its, e\d- 

 isij AIakcii 27, 1853. 



(From the Loudon Gazelle.) 

 Wheat. " ■ 



I remain, sir, your obedient servant, 



Charles M. Willich, 



9«; ff„fl- ;•^^ '^^'oM^^'^^f'^y ^'^^ Assurance Society. 

 ^5, Suffolk-street, PaU-mall, &', W., April 5. 



April 

 May 



Juno 



JuYy 

 ^1 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 )» 



9» 



Oc't. 



19 

 »9 



Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 



9' 

 9> 



99 



Feb. 

 Ma'rcli 



10, 1857. 

 17, „ . 

 24, „ . 



15, 

 2 '2 

 29, 

 5. 

 12, 

 1.9. 



HI, „ 



17, „ 



24, „ 

 31, „ 



7, „ . 



14, „ 

 21, „ 

 28, „ 



•I9 9, 



11, „ 



1 •", „ 



2.5, „ , 



•'9' r, 



I's ., 



23, „ , 



30, „ , 



6, . 9, ^ 



13, ,. . 



20, 9, 



27, „ . 



4, 9, . 



11, ,9 

 18 „ , 



25, „ , 

 1, 1858 

 », „ . 



15, „ , 



O.) 



29^ 'l\ 



.% 9. . 



12, „ , 

 19, „ , 



26, „ , 

 •'■'9 99 . 



12, „ . 



1.9, ., . 



26. .' . 



April 2, 



57 

 57 

 58 

 GO 

 CO 

 61 

 63 

 63 

 63 

 62 

 59 



.s. d. 



54 8.124 

 53 11.0:54 

 53 0.271 

 53 2.494 

 .54 3.661 



55 10.934 

 5..367 

 9.340 

 8.242 

 9,332 

 0.794 

 1.469 

 6.004 

 5.140 



10 425 

 8.028 

 7.113 

 8,318 



58 10.281 



59 2.255 

 .59 10 023 

 CO 4.881 

 58 4.365 



55 8.87(» 

 .53 9.270 

 57 6 529 



56 3 726 

 55 8.979 

 55 10.801 

 .55 6.971 

 .53 11,645 



6 314 

 8.876 

 3.527 

 0.154 

 3.913 

 .5.408 

 3.694 

 5 758 

 7.882 



47 10.765 



48 0.451 

 9.845 

 6..940 

 9.337 

 0.896 

 6.449 

 0.375 

 6.149 

 .•!.390 

 6.654 

 2.398 



Barky. 



3.490 

 9.378 

 7.130 

 7.751 

 4.355 

 5.895 

 6.934 

 8.857 

 41 IO..577 



41 8 344 

 9.678 



11.225 

 7.360 

 967 

 37 8.1.50 



37 9 505 



38 3.447 

 .38 .5.031 



39 1.641 



40 0.043 

 39 10.737 



42 8.239 

 7.444 

 5.774 



38 



37 



39 



52 

 51 

 51 

 49 

 48 

 49 

 49 

 47 

 47 



42 

 42 

 42 3 873 



42 11.360 



43 4817 

 657 

 872 

 .5.991 

 1.090 

 3.176 

 3.487 



i9 10.060 

 37 7.179 

 9.824 

 5.330 

 0.894 

 11.915 

 7..575 

 3.985 

 0.0.37 

 6.838 

 1.166* 

 0.262 

 .3.917 

 9.1.59 

 1 1 227 

 7.209 

 6.920 

 .9.51 1 

 3 .507 



35 

 36 

 37 

 35 

 3 ) 

 36 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 36 



Oats, 

 d. 

 6.297 

 4.209 

 5.978 

 .9.074 

 3.000 

 3.4.55 

 9.349 



24 H097 



25 .3,000 

 2977 

 5.348 

 7.971 

 9.148 

 3.979 

 2 259 

 9.493 

 8 699 

 7.780 

 27G0 

 8831 



27 11.516 

 27 0.491 

 7.679 

 1713 

 5.202 

 6.3.94 

 0.229 

 6.884 

 6.319 

 .3.096 

 0.965 

 4.140 

 3.447 

 1..5.50 

 10.064 

 0.352 



26 

 26 

 26 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 28 

 20 

 27 



3.704 

 0.789 

 2717 

 3.424 

 0.057 

 1596 

 4.400 

 1 926 

 23 0.718 

 22 J!. 089 

 22 10.404 



22 4 719 



23 4.271 

 23 3 960 

 23 4.510 

 23 4.724 



.52) 2,7.99 11.861 2,075 9.484 1,295 4..579 

 53 10.150 39 11.028 24 10.93 



SUMMER AND WINTER TREATMENT OF 



CALVES. 



In your excellent publication of date the 13th instant, "A 

 Subscriber" complains that he has been losing his calves in a 

 ten acre field of dry grass, with shelter sheds, "close to the 

 north-east aide of the cottai^e-house?, sixteen in Lumber. " 

 Your correspondent states that, instead of grosiog like 

 " mushrooms," as he expected, the calves in a few weeks com- 

 menced coughing, and went daily back, and that they appeared 

 to die of a decline. You suggest to the "Subscriber" that 

 the north-east exposure was the cause of the illness, aggra- 

 vated by the smoke of the 16 houses. 



