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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Arru 11, 
is left open with an additional covering of thatch. The 
Mangolds are never consumed until the spring. The 
manure made in the fold-yards remains there till re- 
quired for use, being turned over about 6 weeks before 
leading, and is in its most fermenting state when covered 
up in the ridges. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
APRIL. 
Tnt wet weather of the past week will have hindered field 
gei ; and this may yet apo eat injure 3 fog nr; 
s the pn proverb has i, a peck of March dust à 
LUE Ni want weather Sape ADEL enis i 
a serious loei inde pa FeO been able to get on the land 
at all for t| estas! six days (April 8), and our accounts from 
other districts show that over the greater part of England 
forming has, during that period, been almost at a stand, All 
e done in such a case is to get the Rd leaned out, 
the uis pe rned, drains in wet spots dry, bou manures 
brought Bons. and, if the roads are sedie cia d lo cT 
à good t time on drained lands for sowing soluble 
h 
ine istles a 
should then D. shut up till donee. a he present is the proper 
e land is probably still 
[rdum eeply cultivated 
and brought to a fine tilth, His and lightly iiw it; then 
sow 3 bushels per acre of goo! with a broadcast sowing- 
machine, and cover up by the ee seed harrow and light 
roller. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Brewinc—A C—The malt should be put into the mash-tun 
when the water is about 180° Paire; ; it should remain in the 
mash 1j hour, "EUR the wort ‘the best ale sho gud 
drawn off, and put in the copper with ae hops immediately. 
Boil rapidly for dom l hour. The wort is inen. run off into 
the cooler through a sicve, aAA O vort may 
take its place in the copper. The yeast Heald te “fir Ms EE 
with a gallon of the ale- SRAD 85°, When the fermentation has 
parnana in this portion, adds Arati Ballon of (nerd 
t before the worts are l o Maa in mode- 
ntaining 
the yeast are to be spread over the fabros tun, and the 
worts let down upon them, See Robert’s Wi 
maker,” a most useful book. 
Eo. CHE Ms ‘Oatmeal porridge with the new milk 
e your calves, or put an egg into each calf's 
Mr ét beet e nil with water to ilieserjuiaito quan- 
tity, and make it up calf with olode put in its 
manger, broken small, and conr and 
oe dw —W B P—Sow about 201bs. of Pied in March on à 
deep gia loam € a Bean Opec ag ans ean harvest | 
single the Caraway plants to about 6 apart every way, 
d k keep the crop nie till next Ein ie V dr iR Ms will | | 
ripen in July. riple crop of Coriander, which ripens the 
first year, and bae ays and Teazles, which ripen in the 
second, is frequently, s wn. 
Grass La —If you can get it pared and burnt before 
May, yo grow Swedish, and, if not till June, common 
Turnips. F ved p e E the land in autumn and winter, 
and sow Barley or Oats 
comparison 
ER aftermath will hok 
the Grass as left 
vai i is in dba m inane consumed grown In firain 
mer must be more vues ethan the same Grass dried and 
sumed in winter, There is no advantage in cutting green 
to chaff, unless you mix straw with them, 
d food. 
Plant 3 with L f th 
tis a perma- 
"uh Mangold 
vith suc- 
su 
or Winter 
abbages dlonlinto d from a shed "bed, which will 
during winter, and followed by Mang: old Wur- 
ou need have no corn crop at a y unless you require 
im yur soil will grow first-rate Lucernes. 
AN Ry -L B H—We have 30 aeres, which, if d 
were suits n TAA ihes would now cut a ton of hay pen a 
and one bushel of ood Lye ver aere was the quantity xi 
amongst eap Whent las! E Tea d seeds were also sown 
Gh de, bat tHero-havo for the st part been killed by the 
luxv atio dini of the Rye-! Gra 
LINSEED Causner—Aleph—The ue Linseed crusher is a very 
good one, we know: but we cannot say whether thi judges 
at Shrewsbury in awarding the premium to 
A regards fattening pigs, we never made any 
; an d never met with those wine haves ee keep 
or he — sows, fat, them, and sell r their 
ma litter, and sell the pigs as “stores,” aad as je as 
by 
E doen ien 
zel, Yo 
esent. ep z last, that answers very well. 
nis "USE OF vr Pacronv— Hasi stings—The refuse skins 
ni 1 be dissolved i in of their weight of n ie Ee d, and 
J with ashes in the proportion of 1 to 5, and you ma; 
d aton weight of the mixture per acre for the Turnip 
cro e have no d it w e a good manure. 
SPANISH PHOSPHORITE— a miner: val eceurring ‘in con- 
siderable quantity, in Fag ucc lea oe ERE D 
Jage of Logrosan in the Spanish province Estremadura. 
oer beanies cotaiba about. r cent. of phosphate of 
lime, Dones contain only from 50 to 70 per cent. of this sub- 
stance. Superphosphate of lime is the product artificially 
^ obtained by subjecting the phosphate of lime, whether de. 
rived m bones or from phosphorite, to the action of some 
strong odes h as the su!phuric. Mix 16 bushels of bones, 
ta iia ie fac thee economical, 6 bushels'of super oder 
with such a quantity of ashes as you are able to drill per 
acre with Ed es ees ine. 
o Hor Wir S Sandbach—The hoeing Wheat drilled in 
rows 9 ing. pe will gaat i 38. P 53. per a Bore i-a iuording 
E the land is sandy a: pul. 
'.* Communications reac! ching town fier Wednbsdsiy; cannot be 
"ans swered the same week. 
HMarkets. 
TOES, CAS c RT WATERSIDE, April 6, 
"There has ee a regular supply to this market during the past wee 
the quantity lefe ;of former arrivals pressed henvii he 
samples, and injured che 
esh arrived 
sy, The atale goods being rene t 
di the fresh cargoes av an advance in 
chatandinge there was consider able. business dore in Red 
k iria and Shaw 
ork Reds, 100s to 1408 Da T “ton ditto R. 
EE 
pei ditto haws, 4s to 0» per ton; Boot eds, 705 to ue er t 
Eben Tacks, and Mixtures, from the nort Soot Jand, 60s fo 708 per ton 5 
per here is pes rable langour desthelgeaas 
ely maintain 
esscosbos RO SCC Re ee 
OPS, FRIDAY, April 10. 
"The market r-ma'ns firm, with rather more doing, The late wot weather 
te tought lvoe liane nrc 
| ur d Hay - 7 
New Hay 
COVENT GARDEN, Aprit11.—The supply of Vegetables 
om as been rather better this york han hitherto, eu Fruit, 
are good in quality, and, (Eie pase ng 
plenta, Foreign Grapes are sufficient for biet set ; ani 
a few hothouse Grapes have also made their DUM S 
fine looking Strawberries have been offered at 2s. an 
ounce. The best Dessert Apples bring about 20s. per bushel; 
iatea soris may, however, be obtained from 6s, to 1; s. per 
1 ears remain nearly the mob as they were last. £I 
Ls anges are good and pretty plentiful, and Nuts are sufficient 
for the demand. Of Vegetables, Asparagus is somewhat 
scarce. Trenak Beans are tolerably well supplie Dalai» 
and Rhubarb are excellent in quality, and Broccoli, Cabbag 
and other wi (oot MED are goo! eR yuh Celery may 
be obtained at last week's prices. pated, of th 
still SURARUE to “fetch 92. a ton; 
dull, the prices remain unaltered. Lettuces and ule 
Saladi EA are good and plentiful. Cut Flowers chiefly consist 
of Euphorbias, Heaths, Hyacinths, Tulips, Tropmolums, Jas- 
mines, Lily of the Valley, Pentas carnea, Stephanotis floribunda, 
Burchellia capensis, Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Cyclamens, 
range flowers, nodi Cinerarias, Garde- 
ve Moss and other Roses, 
RUITS 
Lemons, ver dozen, 1s to 9s 
ge. Hn ES Eu lds 
Pine Apple, perlb., Geto 10r 
Grapos, Hothouse, per ibo ue 
, per 
x bf. 
Oranges per doz 
n, n 
T 100, 4s t 
Reville” per 100, fs to Me Wainnte per bushel, 184 td ae 
ozen, 2s to 2s 6d | Chesnute, per peck, 3s to 7s 
VEGETABLES, 
Parenipe, per doz ad t 
mera, per biti, M foe Ba 
doy 1a to 1» 
Cabbages, per dox., 6d to 1s 6d 
Ted, por doz., 4s vo Sr 
Broceoli, Brown, per bile, 1a to de 
te, ls to Be 
Greens, per n oz. banhes,!« Bd to 34 Spanish, per. p ls da to 04 
French Beane, per 1.0, 1 td 10 2s, Ga Shallots, per rb 6d 10 dd 
evi s sU to Bd 
[d Ha EA Gd to l 6d 
evt rhon Lettuce, per score, 
= hel, 3s t0 4 Cos, dto is 
- miter, PANTEA PES adishes, per 12 hands, 
Turnips, per dozils to ge y Mushrooms pa feed oi oa 
Red Bact. per dogs, 6d to 1064 Sman 7 unnet, 3d to 
Carrots, per doz, behs., 2 Fennel, per punch, 240 
Gores Ration “per bundles n2 to 5s | Savory, per Banos dd to cd 
Seakale, per punner, 1s 6d to 3s Thyme, per bun ach 
aee wer bundle, ev lead Wacercress, ; bun. 64 tod 
Asparagus per bundle, 4s to 195 Pareloy, per Dao d 
Cucumbers, each, Is to 8s oots, per bun Hm 
Spinach, per sieve, Js to 1s 6d 
Leeks, por doz. bunches, le to 1a Gd 
Celery, per bunch, Gd to te 6d 
nrdoons, each, 
Marjoram, per * bunch, 4i. 
neivil, por pudet, AT 
HAY.—Per Load of 36 Trusses, 
SMITHFIELD, April 9. 
Prime Mend,Hny 85:to 958) New Hay — —sto 
uL —5to — 
Infr.New&Rowen70 80 | Clover 85 to 115 6 
Joun Coorzn, Salesman, 
CUMBERLAND MARKET, April 9, 
Prime Mead, Hay Soo 974 | Old. Clover MON to 116s 
Inferior Inferior do, 95 105 | Straw 884 to 86 
Ne E over — = 
J uk Baxer, Hay Salesman. 
MEE aD April 
Fine Old Hay -+  8üsto 88s | Old gn over p [o 
75 Straw 98s to 24e 
es je w Clover 
SMITHFIELD, Moxpay, April 6.—Per stono of 8 Ibs, 
Hest Hoots, Herefordas den 4+ 0to Best Long-wools = 4s Gio dno 
st or! ors - 10 T Ditto (shorn) 4 
Secon quality Bensts - 8 0 8 0| Emosand dé qun 1 424/04. 5 
Calves 54 Ditto (shorn) = 319 4$ 
Best Downed Halt breds an 5 9| Lambs - 74 
horn) 4 8| Pigs 4 8 
) Sheep and Lambs, 20,000; Calvas, 68 ; Piae 
Bay potden UE Heitor adipis ol) and our top P quotations 
culty realised. “Several remain unsold— The num! cep 
‘the increase, and the 
quently heavy, and prices 
demand.—Veul trade is heavy 
demand only moderate; vade je conse 
waward tendency.— Small Lamb is in 
a Pigs very little is doing 
R April 
zn Hemon for Beef being very iun de doy, only the best qualities meet 
onday's m second-rate very little is 
eep are 
he Fame à on 
sait Lamb makes very 
— Veal trade is rather better; 
qua 
Ds Calvess 1705 „Elas 868, 
Want Smithfield 
ARK-LANE, MONDAY, ren 
The supply EN Wheat to this day's market Wins moderate— 
there s PUPA ady demand for all fine descriptions of new 
Wheat at fully last week's rates, but secondary descriptions are 
still neglected. Good old Wheat was rather dearer —Fine 
Malting Barley maintained fts former value, but secondary sorts 
wei e price of Oats and Shelling | there was no 
mae Amen ON remain as inet ü vised, 
e chea 
$ 
"ISH, PER IMPERIAL SPAMER: s os 
Wheat, pas Kent, and Suffolk | White GP oW Red . 60 Oi 
Nortolle, Lincolnshire, and Yorke ind 50 63 White 55 66 
Barley, Maltin tnd dieting 20 idis Chevalier 3| 34 Grind. 24 96 
Log Ejncolnshire and Yorkshire .  . Polands 94 26 Feed 21 25 
mberland and Scoto + Heed 23 36 Potato $5 29 
sb TN 1 94 Potato 24 97 
t pale pci ss 
ertfo S M DEN a 60 65 
Harrow 32 48 
Longpod — 
Beans, Marien, old and new | 23 ip 40 J 
inds — — i 
Maple 28 32 Grey , 28 181 
Helgoland ^. 38 to 62 
Wheat, Barley, Oats. | Rye. | Beans.| Peas. 
Feb. 98 per Quarter. 541 62, 995 7d| 91s 6d| 33s 4d| Bde 2d| 85s 94 
Mar 7 . . «| 5$10| 99 8| 9110, 38 6| 8471 | 33 8 
— n TOS et Fog s; 9| 84 2| 35 
B ae ae 1| 2910} 82 O| 8319| 84 4 
X020 wae B 21|a 35 
Ap. ^ 4 i . «| 559| 807| 299 G| 88 7| 8410 
5 weeks Aggreg. Aver. | 6411| 9010, 2111| 33 9| 94 9 
on Foreign Grain 90. aol as 
ES 
Diagram showing the Auctuations dh he price of Corn on the average of the 
urday, 28 
| Man.7 | ae | Mx. 31 | Mas. 38| Aram 4 
E pg 38 | 
— SEEDS, April 9, 
ATIARDEN Se Sot, Hop-Factoss. 
per ar dito die Lui ike Moreii ton a! to 9} 
Carawa: per ewt 8 | Mustard, White - p.bushy 
Glover, Rot git tA i | - perne" » = 
- Wie, English - 60 84 Raporeed, Enfin Fortean "aos 
za ign = 48  84|RapeCak = 
Coriander - 130 46 |saintioin + - 
Hempseed operar. 35 ares, Eng. winter Paus 
Linseed «+ pe ar 45 48 ‘le reign e p 
— Baltio 42 4 per owt” 30 
T Cakes, Eng, per 1000.11]. 1g iat (too varia e for Guottlon), 
BrnosvoR AND Lay. 
Sales by Auction. 
TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, FL EN, FLORISTS, MORRIS 
ESSRS. PROTHEROE AND RRIS” en 
submit to Public P a at ae DAT. "Mart, 
Bertie ber sid i» Tu April 14, 1846, at 12 o'clock, 
tof PUGIHAIAS, VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, 
TIBARTSEASD, M PINKS, GERAN IUMS, and other Slants in 
bloom. May be viewed the morning of sale, and Cata- 
Jogues had at the Mart, and of the Auctioneer: '8, American Nur- 
sery, Leytonston 
HEEL. 
TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, FLORIST LAND OTHERS. 
M ESSRS. PROTHEROE anD MORRIS will sub- 
mit bo: ad ie EE EE at the Auction Mart, Bartholo- 
w-lan n Thursday, A 1 16th, 1846, at 12 o'clock, a very 
Hen collection of PICÓ EE ock of a much 
esteem mateur, comprising all the newest Parika ‘Also, 
a splendi did padeatinent of Dahlias, F choio s Metbenagy Hearts- 
ease, Geraniumes and other Plants Pho: . Mayb be viewed 
the morning of Sale,and Catalogues had atthe Mart, and of the 
joneers, American Nursery, Leytonst 
TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLE EMEN, "NURSERY AEN, — 
LORISTS, AND OT 
ESSRS. PRO THEROE js "MORRIS are in- 
structed to submit to Publie Competition by Auction, on 
the premises, Horwoo se tead-road, on Monday, 
April 27th, 1846, at 11 o'elock, (in consequence o f the iA 
being required for other purposes), the whole of the EEN- 
HOUSA PLANTS, consisting of very choice Geraniu Aza- 
leas, Acacias, Fuchsias, Verbenas, Calecolarias, "Hath, 
Fairy Roses, &c. Also, a newly-erected Gree: 
two and three light Boxes, Handlights, and tllo p T oe 
be viewed prior to Sale, and Catalogues hadon the prn 
of the principal Seedsmen, and of the Auctioneers, Ameri 
Nursery, Leytonstone, 
ro GUAE) EV. ORCHIDS, 
ESSRS. J. C. anp S. STEVENS beg to announce 
they will SELL BY AUCTION, at their RN Room, 
38, King- eben Covent-garden, on THURSDAY, 16th APRIL, ant 
following day, a continuation of the IMPORTATION OF 
ORCHIDACEA (of which part was sold on the Ist inst). 
In this parcel will be found some splendid specimens of Lycaste 
Skinneri and Cattleya Skinn: dois E new plant from a cold. 
yide, species of Lalia 
Paz, Odonto- 
n large plas: Hee ta rua, 
giganteum, a new species; some grand specimens of the 
large sweet-scented species of ME E pulchellum, in 
fine order ; a few Coelias of a distinct species to those offered 
in the last’ sale, from the Vera Paz, and tiov plants now 
introduced for due first TI es . beg to add, that 
5 been great, the living specimens are such 
s well deserve the athofition of donateurs onis of possessing 
ze plants.—May be viewed the day prior and mornings of 
Sale, and Catalogues had of the Auctioneers, 33, King-street, 
Covent-garden. 
ULEY IRON WORKS, NEAR DURSLEY, 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 
Sepa uet us ET Founders, Engineers, sevice uae Agri- 
ral Implement Makers, and 
The isst un Duct having disposed of de iar named 
roperty, has honoured 
ET HUMPHRYS AND Co. with instructions to ar- 
r SALE BY AUCTION, on Tunspay, May 5, 
1846, we pue days of business (Fridays and Saturdays, 
and Monday the DU excepted), until the whole i 
THE VERY VALUABLE EFFECTS of manufactured and un- 
manufactured Block, Fixtures, Tools, Carts, Horses, &C. 
Comprehending ing Shafts, Gearing; Planing, Slotting, 
and Drilling Machines ; Slide and other Lathes; Vi i 
enches, Screw Tackle, and other Tools; Fan Blower, Cu- 
lding Boxes, and an extensive assortment 
glossum grande, i 
ny] 
tern Makers’, Ca Arpenters, and Wine, Benches; € 
lar Saw ; Timber of various kinds, well-seasoned ; a duantiy 
of Machines, of various Kinds, partly manufactured and e 
ple te ; a great quantity o nd othe: ; Cast and puis 
tered Steel; fous d house F xtures ; Mns rod e-half Share of 
the Uiey Patent Chen f Cutter; a Richmond Gart and Spring 
ditto; a useful t Horse and aig ditto ; Sets of Harness, 
and numerous sésebell aričonk Effects. 
Full and descriptive Particulars will lisondan in Saislognes at 
s. each, which may be obtained 7 d o the Sale at the 
Midland Counties’ Herald Office, Pintian] Vp omoa 
Manchester; Mercury Office, eed “at the rur or the 
Auctioneers? Offices, Stroud and tton-under-E. ata 
logues will be sent on a post-paid n. pete 12 
uf Men ps. 
Rar The Sale will commence each day at 12 o'elock to the 
"OREIGN PO PO" TATOES, FOR SEED OR CONSUMPTION. 
{OR PUBLIC SALE, at 2, Um e on 
Wednesday, 151 6, at 12 o'clo ely, the 
SO NE goods, viz.: ABOUT 60 TONS OF POTATOES, 
x Eleanor Wickham, "per Terceira, Azore! These Potatoes 
DUNT Du in boxes and hampers are e You) sound 
gondition, and will be found par beverly sirable for Seed, 
the Azores being among the very few 
vais Arakua aono Appeared. Su ple Cargo were 
exhibited at the Meeting of orticultural Society, on the 
Tth inaani, and reported fay: aura magn by Prof. LINDLEY. 
Samples on view, and Catalog e had on application 
to Keeani and IIONT, Br chats eee yard and Pudding- 
lar "i ee 
ror t PUBLIC SALE IN. .LONDON, at Garraway's 
Coffee RUE Cornhill, at 3 o’clock, on Tuesday, the 14th 
instant, MUSTARD SBED, about 500 quarters, Danish White, 
of fine m io. be keptin Bondifrequired). For samples 
an Fori? apply to AYLWIN, BEVAN, Conr, and HARRIS, 
Br wer Thames-street, 
P 0 bE "LET ON LEASE, OR BY THE YEAR, 
of the midland counties, gue ACRES OF FREE- 
HOLD SAPI TAL GARDEN GRO witl us Dwelling Er 
ed by all ju Adges not t 
250 large trees, which consist of App! 
and Cherries, and several thousant 
eS, The Gooseberries Alone will more than pay the r ent. It 
towns in ‘England, An; naen wishing to comme ence 
business on his own account will € this worthy of notice.— 
For particulars apply, either personally or. by letter, to Mt 
GLOVER, Oropston, Motmtsorrel; Leicestershire i 
ediate! y, 
___*s* Possession m: j^, coe e 
OREI if SHEE sS G S TILES, &c: 
— The cheapest, stoutest, and best quad i orani 
sold at ©. JARVIS'S Old Established Window Glass Ware- 
house, 38, Great 
CROWN GLASS at 50s. per Crate ; squares cut to size equally 
t with prompt atten 
n Discount: Moved ‘of all description © 
Glass for fais money on 
