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ii.itioiwtl ic])u1;i(i()u I'oi- the liigli (|ualily of llicn- 

 st'ods. but (hevliavo mafle a science of (•a(alot,'iu' 

 production inasHnich 'as they conliivc to include 

 such a wealth of practical information re^^U'dins 

 crop and stoclc production that every farmei- and 

 farm manatjer cannot fail to increase ids know- 

 ledge of husbandry, and must feel inspired and 

 stimulated to do his utmost to produce the last 

 ounce from the land under his immediate char^-e. 

 Special articles by Mr. .Martin Sutton are a feature 

 and valua])le prizes are offered for the best crops 

 of .Mangolds and Swedes from Sutton's seeds. 

 The hook is obtainable from Sutton iV Sous. 

 Jieading. 



Othkk PruLTtATioNS.— We have also received 

 the .lanuary number of the Northern AUofmeiif 

 Ilolflcrs' (!ii\d(\ iniblished at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 and which has aiticles on the Art of Gardening, 

 .Manuring an Allotment. Potato Disease, kc. kv. 

 Price 3d. 



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Wk are not inclined to agree with the writers as 

 to this being the best book on gardening ; it is 

 not by a long way. There is far too much 

 wandering away from the subject and too much 

 graiuliose phraseology. The whble of the practical 

 direitions given tliroughout the book could have 

 been Ijetter and more clearly set forth with about 

 half of the words used. A great many paragraphs 

 might have been omitted entirely. A goocl many 

 of the illustrations, too; are of doubtful utility. 

 On page 11 an old-fashioned type of Dutch hoe 

 is shown with the blade attached to an iron hoop 

 which invariably breaks and never works cleanly. 

 The best hoe is the Paxton or Acme with no hoop, 

 and which does twice as much work in half the 

 tinu'. does it better, wears down till it is no 

 l)i-oader than a knife-blade, and remains effective 

 all the time. The directions for cultivating the 

 soil and the various crops are on the whole fairly 

 good, but sviffer from too much verbosity. Qn 

 page 48 we are recomniended to " ridge " clay 

 for the winter " ; this is an old-fashioned idea. 

 ^'ery stiff clays are better left with an unbi'oken 

 surface during winter, as frost will penetrate 

 farther and rain and melting snow will pass away 

 more readily than when the natural drainage is 

 desti'oyed by digging. All through the book 

 there is too nmch stress laid on abundance of 

 farmyard man\ire. Where is it to come from ? 

 The writers admit the growing scarcity ; they 

 ouglit therefore to have emphasised far more 

 strongly the necessity for deep cultivation in 

 winter and spring ami constant surface cultiva- 

 tion all sunuuer. There is too much said about 

 farmyard manuin; in all the books on Vegetables 

 ])ublished since the outbreak of war. 



On page 87, writing of Broccoli, we are told 

 " all should be planted out on ^eell manured and 

 firm gi'ound ..." and lower down : " Broccoli 

 will do well if planted on the ground just cleared 



of SI raAv berries, the latter being merely forked 

 out [and the soil left in its solid condition. The 

 latter advice is correct, and on no account should 

 Broccoli ever be planted on freshly-manured 

 ground ludess it is poorer than anything we have, 

 ever experienced. It is also recomnu;nded to 

 manure moderately for Brussels Sprouts ; we 

 would add very moderafely, otherwise the 

 " sprouts " will be soft and flabby and the seeds- 

 man will be blamed. Sprouts want peddly 

 trenched ground and a long season of growth, 

 then the " sprouts " will be like bullets. 



There are other chapters on Rock Gardens. 

 Fruit, Flowers, the Greenhouse, «fcc., and no 

 doubt the novice will find much help if he does 

 not weary of reading before he finds what he 

 wants. 



Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



N"ever was the demand for green stuffs less than 

 it was for the last month. Cabbages w^ere sold 

 for practically nothing, some loads being difficult 

 to dispose of : some extra good loads of Savoys 

 made a fairly good price. In the present mild 

 and growing state of the weather, spring Cabbages 

 are expected earlier than usual, but with the 

 scarcity of salt meats and other influences, 

 prospects are most discouraging. The fancy 

 prices of former years look like becoming extinct. 

 Broccoli sold particularly well. Other descrip- 



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