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an(] consnnicd as before, followed in the same 

 way by a dressing- of liquid manure. 



It is at this moment looking very luxuriant, 

 but having- no farther occasion ibr it in my 

 stalls, I purpose cutting it the next time for its 

 seed, and confidently expect to be enabled to 

 do so by the end of August, and (from a little 

 experience I have had this week upon another 

 and verj- inferior piece of land) doubt not of ob- 

 taining at least forty bushels of seed, (now 

 worth, I believe, S).-*. or 10s. a bushel ;) after 

 which I shall crive it another taste of liquid ma- 

 nure, anil confidently look forward to a good 

 bite, if not another cutting, by the end of Octo- 

 ber or beginning of November, thus obtaining, 

 in all probability, something very like five crops 

 within the twelve months, four of Avhich may 

 fairly bo regarded as full crops. Those already 

 had could, I think, hardly be surpassed for lux- 

 uriance. 



The several applications of licjuid manure 

 were with ease pumped by a stout lad, and 

 •with one horse conveyed to the ground, and ap- 

 plied through a trough placed behind the car- 

 riage, eachaime in little more than half an hour ; 

 and I will venture to say that where, as in the 

 present iiistance, laiid is near the steading, an 

 acre may be dressed well with ease in less than 

 four hours. 



Four bushels of seed I am a^vare is more 

 than usually sown, but the result has proved 

 tliat under such severe cropping it was not too 

 much ; for the plant on the ground is, I consider, 

 perceptibly thinner ; but I have no doubt of 

 amply replenishing this at the next cutting by 

 the quantity of .seed that will unavoidably be 

 shed in hai-vesting it. After this I intend to 

 harrow .slightly, and manure the v^•hole at one 

 time with urine as before. If one were justified 

 in entering into a calculation of the value of the 

 obtained and expected crops, I consider it may 

 fairly be set down thus :— 



s.d. 

 



Dr. 



Pluwing twice, 1 

 acre 



4 bushels of seed, 

 at9s 1 



Sowing and har- 

 rowing 



4 dressings of li- 

 quid manure.too 

 often regarded 

 as of no value — 

 say 1 



Cutting fwice for 

 foraee 



Once for seed 



Threshing,nddliiig, 

 &c 



Rent, tithe, taxes, 

 &c 3 



Total 7 17 G 



Cr. £ 



Value of feed at 

 Christmas, 1844. 1 



first cutting, call it 

 2 tons of fodder, 

 green, or 1^ as 

 hay, at only £4 a 

 ton, (worth this 

 year £6) 6 



Ditto, second cut- 

 ting 6 



Third cmting. say- 

 only 40 bushels 

 of seed, at 9s... 18 



1} ton (dodiipting 

 weight of seed,) 

 of fodder 5 



Value of bite in Oc- 

 tober or Novem- 

 ber,* say 1 







Total. 



Profit per acre. .21) 



The above happened to be the more conven- 

 ient method for my purpose, and therefore ^\•as 

 pursued ; but I conceive it is by no moans the 

 most profitable, inasmuch as in an ordinary sea- 

 son, ^^'jth liberal assistance, an early feed may 



* Worth considerably more if it should grow to 

 cut for the stalls. 



i:m] 



be obtained in spring ; t-v.-o cutting,? for seed 

 during the summer months, and mown or de- 

 pastured in autumn, thus iucrea.sing its value 

 from Ji;8 to i)10 per acre. 



It may possibly be said, " Oh, but four ma- 

 nurings in twelve months is a deuce of a dress- 

 ing." One moment's dispassionate reflection 

 will, however, show that all the.se ^vere easily 

 and inexpensively obtained, that they were de- 

 rived from a source by two many fanners 

 thrown away as valueless, that the.y can be ap- 

 plied at less than a fourth of the value and ex- 

 expense of one ordinaiy application of solid 

 dung, and with equal, if not better effect ; if it 

 were possible to prevail on them to save their 

 liquid manure with the same degree of care 

 they often bestow on trifles about a farm, in 

 them.solvcs of much less value, and instead of 

 allo-wing it to pollute their own or neighbors' 

 ponds, which is rendered the more inexcusable 

 when a liquid mairaro pit may in all, or most 

 situation.s, be made for less than 30.s-. 



I am very sorry to say that I know an in- 

 stance, between five and six miles only North- 

 west of the " faithful city," %N'here lamentable 

 pains and expen.se ajjpear to have been taken 

 by an otherwise exemplary farmer (or his land- 

 lord) to get rid of this valuable auxiliary, by 

 turning it into a wide ditch close by the turn- 

 pike road side, deep enough to smother at least 

 a hundred of her Majesty's honest peasantry at 

 once ; aye, and where, too, sundry statutable 

 permis.sions (I will not say 'encouragements) 

 " to be drunk on the premises" abound, so that 

 but for the grim visage of that feudal ornament, 

 a pair of stocks, and the good example and care 

 of the rural authorities, there would be more or 

 less danger of such an untoward event taking 

 place. [T. F., Ham-hill, near Worcester. 



New Vegetable. — In the " Monthli/ Mat^a- 

 zine," for September. 1821, James Sibbald, of 

 Paisley, writes as follows, of a new vegetable 

 which, if it could be obtained^ now. would, I 

 think, be a great acquisition: — " The Trottel or 

 Treuttel root is the principal source of subsist- 

 ence to the Squee Indians, Labrador, with- 

 stands the most severe fro.«ts, and it bears, even 

 in the depth of winter, curled, thick, crisp 

 leaves, as tender as Asparagus, and something 

 like Seakalc. The root weighs generally from 

 8 to 10 oz., and is shaped something like a 

 Wind.'ior Bean, grows in clusters like Potatoes, 

 when boiled, yellow-colored, and though drier, 

 much resembles the CaiTot. I plant the roots, 

 cut in small pieces, in ro^vs two feet asunder, 

 and three inches deep, in August or Sejitcmber, 

 and as the plant is of rapid £ri-ov\ th, begin to top 

 the herbage in winter, (December and Janua- 

 ry,) and in the spring months, when vegetables 

 are rare, I dig up a plentiful crop (10 or 12 of 

 each plant) of a delicate vegetable— most nutri- 

 tious, and keeps well. It is now grown at 

 Greenock, Pai-slev, and Bristol." T. W. 



[Wliat is this ?] 



HoRTicui.TtTRE. — It may be interesting to 



the growers of Strawberries, to know wliat can 



be done with the British Queen, the remarka- 



, blc specimens of which have, this year, excited 



I so much attention about London. We, there- 



