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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



183 



Messrs. Payen and Buran; on the fourth, the 

 Laine manure; on the filih, the Boulofrne soil. 



'*In order to ascertaui tlie duration ot^ the dilliT- 

 ent manures, I soweci some lucerne amongst the 

 barlev, and the lollowinj}; crops served to show 

 those wiiicii act tlie longest on the soil; three lar- 

 niei-s were chosen as jud<res, one a member ol'tiiis 

 society, who were iirnorant of the manure which 

 had been employed, and the tbilowing is their de- 

 cision. All the manures produced some eflect, 

 compared with that part which had no manure, 

 the most efficacious was the disinfected soil; tlie 

 second, the animalized biaclt; the tliird, the blood 

 manure; the fourth, the soil ol" Boulogne; the filth, 

 the Laine manure." 



Extract from a report of Mr. C. Brianne, direc- 

 tor of the model Ikrm ofGrignon, 20th September, 

 1834:— , 



"In a course of experiments, I manured about 

 one hundred acres of rye and wheat with animal- 

 ized black in the departmentde FAube, at Ibrty 

 leagues from Grignon; although the season was 

 not favorable, one can inquire of the people of the 

 country, i( they have ever seen a finer crop in the 

 world."' 



Extract from a report made to the Horticultural 

 Society of Paris, by the Viscount Debonnaire de 

 Gii: 



"The result of my examination.of theeffect pro- 

 duced by this new manure in horticultural proceed- 

 ings is this: that this pulverized compound appears 

 to hasten the development of vegetables, and con- 

 sequently accelerates their fructification; that it 

 does not possess the bad quality of containing the 

 seeds of weeds; that it improves by degrees the 

 soil, and produces more abundant crops; and it 

 can, consequently, be applied to garden plants, 

 which exhaust the soil; nor does it impart any 

 disagreeable flavor to fruits or vegetables. It 

 likewise adds considerably to the growth and 

 beauty of the dahlia and other bulbous roots. The 

 facility of its conveyance is also a great recommen- 

 dation." 



Several attestations of persons, who have wit- 

 nessed the disinfectiniT process both in France and 

 England, are in possession of the individuals who 

 propose to introduce this manure in Enaland, and 

 may be seen at T. G. Maro-ary's, Esq., solicitor to 

 the patentees. Quality-court, Chancery-lane, from 

 whom any further information can be obtained. 



N. B. JNlany preparations of nifrht-soil have 

 been used for some years, both in England and 

 France, but none of them are allowed to possess 

 the superior qualities of the one which it is now 

 proposed to offer to the British public. 



bone; dust. 



Upwards of ten thousand bushels of bone dust 

 were sold at Maduff, Invernesshire, on Monday 

 se'nnight, many people having come upwards of 

 thirty miles (or it. It is supposed that there could 

 not have been fewer than three hundred carts in 

 town; and a greater bustle was never witnessed 

 by the oldest iahabitant.-r-/6. 



From Hillyard's Practical Fanning. 

 SWEDISH TURNIPS. 



There are three most essential requisites to ob- 

 tain a good crop. First, the land must be conge- 



nial to their growth — clean, full of mould, and not 

 very clotty. Secondly, a f)roper (jnantify of good 

 manure, well covered in the land, and not exf)osed 

 to the atniosphere so as to lose its nutritious (piali- 

 ties. Thirdly, seed raised from a sort f)roved to be 

 ijood, drilled at the proper depth and distance and 

 at the proper season. With these indispensable re- 

 quisites, with favorable weather, and, if the plants 

 are not injured by the fiy, and well hoed (twice or 

 thrice if necessary,) a iiood crop of Swedish turnips 

 (which is of greater value than is generally sup- 

 posed,) is almost sure of being obtained; but, if 

 there is a deficiency of any of these requisites, it 

 will be advisable to sow common turnips, ami if 

 there should be a deficiency of most of them, not 

 to sow any; for half a crop of turnips, with a full 

 crop of weeds, puts the land into a bad slate, and 

 by expenses takes money out of the farmer's pocket 

 for as wasteful a purpose as if he ploughed his cash 

 into the land. It is unnecessary, and in my opin- 

 ion injudicious, to consume on the land by sheep 

 the whole of a crop of Swedish turnips: it is mak- 

 ing most land too rich for a good crop of barley; 

 very heavy crops always produce corn of inferior 

 quality; and, general!}^ speaking, in all descriptions 

 of grain, when the quality is inferior, the quantity 

 seldom turns out so much as expected. The con- 

 sequences arising fl'om a layered crop of barley is 

 generally a half, or perhaps a quarter of a crop of 

 clover; and nothing can be worse, for the land will 

 be covered; if crops do not come, weeds will, and 

 thus injury is sustained in future crops. If half of 

 a good crop of Swedes is consumed on the land, it 

 is quite as much as it requires; the remaining half 

 maybe carted off to improve the quality of the raa- 

 ,nure. in the yards, or to be consumed by sheep on 

 other parts of the farm that may want enriching. 

 Swedes wanted lor stall liiedini; before Christmas 

 should be sown the latter end of May; but, (or that 

 purpose only, the tops being likel}^ to mildew in 

 September, and the bottoms to rot in the spring. 

 For sheep feed they may be sown as late as mid- 

 summer: common turnips from midsummer to the 

 middle of Julv. The greatest Aveight of Swedes 

 is to be got drilled on ridges, twenty-seven inches 

 asunder, and the plants lefl twelve or fourteen 

 inches apart. But drilled on a flat surface, in 

 rows fourteen inches asunder, (care being taken 

 that the manure is well covered) answers as well 

 for spring sheep keep as on ridges, the turnips not 

 beinff so liable to be injured as Swedes on ridixes 

 sometimes are, during a winter with a repetition 

 of frosts and thaws. It is best to form the ridges, 

 and sow the seed, w-lien the land is moist, the 

 plants then coming up earlier and stronger, and of 

 course sooner gettino; out of the power of the fly. 

 It is much better to have moist mould thrown on 

 the dung than dry. I do not like, however, to have 

 the ridires formed when the land is very wet, (or 

 then they are apt to become so hard and crusty at 

 tlie top, "that the seed plant (particularly mangel 

 wurzel,) cannot work hs way out of the gi'ound. 

 Most Swedish turnips run too much to top, and 

 produce many worthless fangs at the root. By 

 getting, a few years ago, seed from Sweden, I 

 have got a kind that produces a small top, with a 

 tap root only; and having widely circulated my 

 seed, the Thorpeland Swedes are well known in 

 many distant counties. Each year I sow a small 

 quantity of any sort well spoken of. but have not 

 yet met with any I like so well as my own; the 



