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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, 



as manure. It is sown thickly, as it does not grow 

 above a foot high. It is worthy of trial for this purpose 

 by the side of the yellow lupin. 



" CEilleite" is a poppy, producing the next finest 

 quality of oil we have to olive. There are two sorts, 

 one with a black seed, and the other grey. The latter 

 crop the best, but the heads open when ripe, and is lost 

 from those which recline. It is sown in rows in March 

 or April 10 pints to the acre, at 18 inch intervals, and 

 hoed out to 8 or 10 inches in the rows. In harvest they 

 are kept upright, tied in sheaves, and shocked like corn, 

 and when dry are thrashed in the field, on a movable 

 small wood floor, like our old cloverseed floors. The 

 produce on an average is about 16 bushels of seed to the 

 acre, which give one-third of oil. The quantity of straw, 

 which is useful as litter, would be about 14 or 15 cwt. 

 It was a crop which paid the Flemish farmer well last 

 year. Its advantages are — its admitting of so many 

 hoeings, coming off the land early, and being a change 

 to the soil. 



" Cammeline" is another dwarfish growing oil plant, 

 which is very useful to them, because it admits of being 

 sown as late as May ; and is a resource to be put in 



where other crops have perhaps missed plant. It is 

 very hardy, and sown broadcast 6 pints to the acre. It 

 is harvested as soon as the heads turn yellow. Product 

 about 18 bushels per acre of seed, which yields about 

 one-fourth in oil. The cake is only fit for manure, but 

 the straw is used for litter. This also was a profitable 

 crop last year. 



As the crops here described are suitable for poor and 

 sandy soils, I will in my next give some details of the 

 growth and manufacture of another plant, the Jeru- 

 salem artichoke, which has been, and is, grown in 

 France on comparatively a large scale for distillation 

 and cattle -feeding. It'is the root which, had the potato 

 disease continued, would certainly have been much cul- 

 tivated in England, as that edible is the most adaptable 

 to take its place. It will grow on the poorest soils, and 

 with the least cultivation, giving a tolerably heavy pro- 

 duce of any other root. I do not know of any one 

 having grown it to the same extent in England. I hope 

 it may interest your readers. 



Yours truly, 



W. Hartley. 



Paste Restante, Brussels, April 13, 1859. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



A Monthly Council was held on Weduesday, 

 May 4th. Present : His Grace the Duke of Marl- 

 borough, President, in the Chair; Earl of Love- 

 lace, Lord Southampton, Lord Walsingham, Lord 

 Bridport, Lord Feversham, Lord Leigh, Lord Ti'e- 

 degar; the Hon. W. G. Cavendish, M.P. ; the Hon. 

 A. Leslie Melville; Sir John V. Shelley, Bart., M.P.; 

 Mr. Raymond Barker ; Mr. Barnett ; Mr. Brandreth ; 

 Mr. Briscoe, M.P. ; Mr. Caldwell; Colonel Challoner ; 

 Mr. Exall ; Mr. Brandreth Gibbs ; Mr. Fisher Hobbs ; 

 Mr. Wren Hoskyns ; Mr. James Howard ; Mr. Hudson 

 (of Castleacre); Mr. Jonas; Mr. Lawes; Mr. Law- 

 rence ; Mr. Milward ; Mr. Pain ; Mr. Pope ; Prof. 

 Simonds ; Mr. Torr ; Mi'. George Turner ; Prof. 

 Voelcker; Mr. Jonas Webb; and Mr. Wilson (of 

 Stowlangtoft). 



The following new members were elected : 



Barroby, Miss Elizabeth, Dishforth, Think. 



BieertoD, R. W. Mountfort, Field Hall, Cheadle. 



Booth, John B., Killerby, Catterick. 



Byera, Stephen, Chambers Farm, Epping. 



Carter, Samuel, Battle. 



Chawner, Capt. Edwd., Manor House, Sutton Valence, Alton. 



Clinch, Charles, Witney. 



Corfield, William, Buttersby Hayes, Audlem. 



Cox, Captain Charles James, Fordwick House, Canterbury. 



Creswell, Gerard Oswald, Ashwicken, Kings Lynn. 



Dawes, Samuel, Smeethwick House, Birmingham. 



Donald, W., Regent-street, London. 



Eley, W. Henry, jqd., Cobham, Kent. 



Eraser, Hugh, Culladeu, N. B. 



Gower, Andrew, Market Drayton. 



Harker, Rev. Wm., The Vicarage, Pullexhill, Ampthi'l. 



Haward, Joseph, Reddish, Stockport. 



Henderson, John, Felderland, Sandwich. 



HentoD, Samuel, Bridge-street, Lambetb, 



Hopper, Wm. Cuthbert, Beaumont, Doncaster. 



Horner, Thomas, jun.,Moretonin-the-Marsh. 



Hudson, Thomas, Adderley, Market Drayton. 



King, Edward James, Beekenhill, Warwickshire. 



Jaggard, Joseph, Leek Wootton, Warwick. 



Lacey, William Charles, Bestwell House, Wareham. 



Lowe, Edward, Comberford Mill, Tamworth. 



Midworth, John, Newark-on-Trcut. 



Morgan, John, Green Lanes, Birmingham. 



Moorell, Jas. Conyers, Leyland, Lancashire. 



Neville. John, Haaelor Hill, Lichfield. 



Newell, Wm. Atkinson, Netherside, Skipton. 



Nicks, John, Leek Wootton, Warwick. 



Nott, James, Little Frome, Bromyard. 



Pilgrim, Samuel C, Manor House, Butbage, Hinckley. 



Powell, Richard, Benson, Wallingford. 



Satchvell, Thomas, Knowle, Birmingham. 



Sills, William, Casthorpe, Grantham. 



Sinclair, John, Glenwrqubach, Invernese. 



Smith, Joseph, Henley-in-Arden. 



Snow, Rpv. George Doyley, Newton Valence Rectory, &.lton. 



Spain, George, Hacklinge, Sandwich. 



Stanford, Wm., jua., Steyning Court Farm, Steyaing. 



Stanier, John G. Uppingtou, Welhngton, Salop. 



Stubbs, John, Weston Hall, Stafford. 



Wenman, Wm. Henry Weston, Shiffnall. 



Finances.— Mr. Raymond Barker, chairman of the 

 Finance Committee, presented the report on the 

 accounts of the Society, by which it appeared that the 

 current cash balance in the hands of the bankers was 

 ^1,583 Is. 8d. 



Country Meeting of I860.— The report of the 

 Inspection Committee having been read and deputations 

 received from Canterbury, Croydon, Guildford, and 

 Reigate, the Council decided that the Country Meeting 

 in 1860 should be held at Canterbury, on condition that 

 the Mayor of that city entered into the usual agreement 

 with the Secretary of the Society by the next Monthly 



