THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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field, and dried OT on the kiln, these juices will 
be burned u up, and the seed will become shrivelled and 
parched, little nutritious matter remainin In fine 
seasons, the bolls should always be dried in the open 
air, the seed thrashed out, and the heaviest and plumpest 
used for sowing or crushing. The light seeds and 
chaff form most wholesome and nutritious feeding for 
eattle. Flax ought not to be allowed to stand in the 
field, if possible, even the second day ; it should be 
rippled as soon as pulled, and carried to the water, as 
soon as possible, that it may not harden.—5th Report, 
Flax Society. 
Wotices to Correspondents, 
Booxs—Tyro—Warnes’ ** Suggestions ” connected with the use 
of Linseed in the feeding of is is a pamphlet ie pa 
exact title and sd dea we do not know. The subje 
also discussed . Warnes in his CE on the * "Qultiva- 
—See Report of Mr. Par les? Lecture, 
in the late No. of the ** Royal Agric. Soc. Journ.” sibl 
oe might obtain a reprint: if you thought it SN haves 
our purpose. 
FE asti £ A J—We will endeavour to take up the subject soon. 
Frar Prices—A S—See page 362, 1844. They are the average 
prices of grain for the year as determined by a sworn jury, 
for the regulations of corn-rents. 
FLAx—BJ W— We have given your lettez to a dealer in the 
article, and he will probably instructus in your behalf. You 
had better as nish us sine cen address. 
LUCERNE— tion has already been frequent] 
answered, The main SEEN is to select good deep loamy soil, 
and sow in rows about 12 inches apart, 14 to 20 lbs. of seed 
late in April. Manure with ordinary farm dung, or wit 
uano, at rate of 3 or 4 owt. per 
MANURE—Anon—The prices of the silicates of pode and potash 
will be found in Mr, Boe s advertisem 
PRODUCE or A BUSHEL or WHEA C.—A ‘Subsor ribor —The fol- 
lowing Tables will pen awed your pur 
Table of the average produce of a bushel of Wheat cona g 60 Tbs. 
manufactured at the Water of Leith Milis. 
a of Fine Flour. 
4 4 Table of the BT ty of Flour and Bread from Grain. 
Weight | weignt| Weight 
Pher |of Flour of Bread 
Dusbel |'in tbs, | in Ibs, 
"Wheat .. E 60 48 6 
ES "t t 48 37k | 50 
E m 54 2 5i 
"e 4 294 | 30 
sb E 60 51 68 
Rassrrs—H L Biggs—Yoi ou can prevent the rot, or ‘liver dis- 
ease,” by giving. plenty of dry food—hay, corn, bran, &c. 
We know of no eure. 
SmrmiaN Cow Parsnirp—R A F—This is a coarse-growing 
perennial plant, and no doubt yields gous food for cows. 
ut whether it may be profitable to grow it 
f sown now, the crop will not be available Poets the winter 
of 1847-8, 
Soapers’ WAsTE—L—When first turned out they contain car- 
bonate, sulphuret, and sulphite of lime. ^ By exposure and 
burning m latter are VE dee T UPS of lime. When 
ey are highly valued on heavy land as 
mechanically lightening the soil. ` They will not do to apply 
to growing crops, nor should anything be sown or planted im- 
mediately upon them, at least it would be safer not to do so. 
If mixed vith the soil and left, even for a few the perfect 
i helen of the pe would ies en: u ma; 
probably obtain their ashes for r 3s. à ton, and in situa- 
tions where they may be mel Ase they will probably 
be worth 6s. or 7s. per ton. 
STEAMING APPARATUS FOR Hay—Glen Hafr E EH following i is 
the dese db of one at work near S oa SR steaming 
ure for conveying the waste 
Steam into de eee The dis at stands on the floor 
above. During the time of cutting, a boy is keptin the steam- 
ing house treading down the hay. When the room is m 
within about 3 feet of the DM the door is closed, and 
steam let in between the cement floor and the perforated 
plates. 
TunxiPs—L—We have no reason wt TOME to apprehend the 
rot of the Turnip crop. Turnips ri o doubt rotting in 
some places, and so they always 
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SMITHETELD, Mon»ax, Aug. eau ne ot 81bs, 
JBestScots, Hereforda,&c. 4» Oto e : Best uico - "40 =a 
Best Short Horns - 810 Dic 44 48 
Second quality Beasts . 5 0 3 s vet T il T quality - = 
ven 40 86 
Best Downs & Halt-breds — — Lambs - ii 
Ditto (shorn) Pig - 
Beasts, «871; Sheep and Med 30,7905 Calv. 
pply of Bennu i rather smaller ‘than on 
obtained c some of thi 
Suite 20 many Sheep; some of the bert 
pns rere que but in other respects we canaot notice 
the trades LAmb trade ie dull dil a 4d ig readily obtained 
for 
qualities, there no being ma the best 
y on.cffer.—Calf trade is brisk.—Pigs are on the 
s ami 
= : it at ood Calves are in de- 
choive one makes 6s, but middling malitios ar little 
— Ps a e dearer—small Porkers mike about bs ddy large Hoge, 
Beants, 008; Sheep and Tambs, 8300; Calves, AU i Eige 261, 
at Smithfield. 
HOPS, Fray, Sept. 4. 
Wee P d OW well iens with new Ho; S, the colour of which is excel. 
x, frst pickings the quality is very good. We hear complaints 
p hat thay weigh very: ligl 
y h light to the quantity ofbushele full one- 
ear; this operate agains st the duty, which we essi- 
Eu le as follows :—Kent 100,0007. ; Sussex, 60,0001. 
aham, 10,0000 4 gion, 3000] Present pric 
mts ~ £6 £7 7 perc 
ied re $0b 5, 
pi varie H 12 85- p 
YesningKens - - . 2 56 ipia 
„s Sussex PUPPI ade” 0 Gai a 
OldHops > - - - . 4 10 ** 
—— ir, Hop:Faotore, 
ben. GARDEN, SEPTEMBER 5.— Vegetables are Sufficient | wA 
r the demand, but Fruit is aa over abundant, and trade 
i ples haye not AU in price 
week. D ei good Black Hamburgh and 
other Grapes may be obtained at moderate prices. Peaches 
and Nectarines are becoming scarcer ; the former chiefly con- 
sist of Royal George and Noblesse. Plums, both English and 
Foreign, ma; e obtained at moderate prices. Apples and 
Pears have not altered in price see: last week. _ The supply 
of Oranges, considering the season, is good ; an uts are suf- 
ficient for the, demand. Foreign Walnuts are yey plentiful, 
and so are Filberts ; but trade for the latter is d ons are 
a little cheaper. English Melons may be caus ‘at from 2s, to 
4s. each, and some good foreign ones are also in the market, Of 
egetables, Cabbages, Caulitiowers, &c.,.are good, but the latter 
hardly sufficient for the demand, Carrots and Turnips have 
altered but little in price since last week. Peas are scarce. 
eans remain nearly the same as last week. Celery is good in 
quality. Potatoes are very much affected by the prevailing 
disease of last season ; ; $0 much so, that some are quite unsale- 
Lettuces and other Salading are good and plentiful. 
en Flowers chiefly consist of Heaths, weet ues Calceolarias, 
Pinks, Camellias, Pelargoniums, Tuberoses, Gardenias, Moss 
and other Roses. 
FRUITS. 
Nectarines, per doz, 3s to 8s 
Figs, per dozen, 4s 
Lemons, per dozen, Is to 2s 6d 
Fine Apple, perlb., 4 
Grapes, Hothouse, ped 
rad ab Dor D lego iid 
Apples, poss per, bush 986d s dit e 0116s 
Ki Almonds, per pec 
Pears, Sweet A eri 
Melona, each, 26 vo sr Filberts, English ps joo iis, fee to 75 
Eto hampee qox Lfd to jis Nota, Cob, per 1001bs., 
Plume, per hf.-sv., 5s to 8e -- E 
anges, per dozen, lazo 286d Braz 0 16s 
Spa 
Walnuts, p per ras 14s to 288 
— per dozen, 9s to 9s.6d 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbages, per doz., citoi 6d Sushi #, per Ib., 4d to 9 
Broccoli, per doz. 6s 40 18s azlio, perib., d to 8d 
Cauiifiowers, per aons Hero Be 
Artichokes, 
Wrench Beans, per hi-av.sts 6d to 2164 
Peas, per sieve, 6s 6d to Ta 
eve, 3i ile 
9s je a 
Endive, per score, Je to ir 6d, 
Vegetablo marrowa, p. don, 6d to 1s. 
Roles, poss putos, lee usa 
ep ty are id to bs 6d 
shi 10 Ba 6d ‘ennel, per bunch, s 
Kidney sper burkab ijo | JEVON wer Dane cb» $d to 4d 
qurnipe, per doz jme, per bunch; 
Red Beet, per do; pyatenaress. p. un. 6d to Bd 
6d 
Horse Radish, per banal 2e to 6s 
Cucumbers, each, 3d to 8d Dots, pi 
Spinach, per sieve, ls 6d to 2 Tarragon, per 
Leeks, per bunch, 2d to sd Min 
Celery, per bundle, 1s to ls 6d 
Carrots, per bunch, 3d to 8a 
unches, 2s to 5a 
"HAY —Per Load of 36 Trusses, 
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28 
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MITHFIELD, 
Prime Mead.Hay 65:0 755| New Hay —sto —s|NewClr. —sto —s 
Infr.New & Rowen 50 60 | Clover 6510 95 | Straw d 8 
onn Coren, Salesman, 
CUMBERLAND MARKET, f PE 3, 
Prime Mend. Hay vto Ste | Old: Glover 404 to 100» 
ferlor 70 |i rior do. 
Clover — — — 
JomuA Banen, Hay Salesman, 
Straw 
32o t0 35» 
New Hay ~ 
HITECHAPEL, Sept. 
Tato Ei: Qua Clover! 200s sing 
Fine Old Hay - 
sel Straw 
[afe Hay 268 to 30» 
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RK- LANE, Pat Aug. 3l, - 
There was 2 A supply o f Wheat from Essex, Kent, a 
Suffolk, this morning, aud an increased quantity offering fob. 
from the coast, in consequence of which the jormen met a slow 
sale at a reduction of 2s, to 3s. per qr. upon he white, and 3s, 
to 4s. upon the red. Old Foreigh Wheat 
a decline of 2s. per qr., which holi 
ain nb caused 
ing cargoes coast continu mand at rather 
Poe late e —Malting Barley Soo hs free sale at an 
advance of 2s. per qr., and grinding Meera are also the turn 
learer.—Beans are dull 1; white Peas 2s. qr. higher.—Oats 
must be written 6d. to 1s. per qr. lower ope on last Monday, 
with an improved sale at the reduction.—F. de is a slow sale. 
—Maize CER in demand at very full prit 
BRITISH, PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. s. iir s. 
Wheat, Midi) Kent, and Suffol hite 48 56 Red . 44 52 
6 
wi " 
— Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, 40 46 White 40 50 
Barley, Malting and distilling 28010802 Chevalier: 3? 40 Grind: 95 28 
Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkehi Polands 25 28 Feed 92 2 
LL Norhum fad and Soot pate, eee ‘aoa Seat aye 
sish > 
— . end 20 24 Potato 24 27 
Malt, pale, shi a 
uiu cro Rer 
Biene, Mazagan old and new ` 33 to 28 
Pigeon, on, Meligoland « BB ito 42 
Peas, White 7 o aut 
Grey 32 85 
X, . 
On the little English pn offering this morning the decline 
of Monday mad geooy arófs free Foreign meta fair sale at the 
pricesit was then held for. Bonded and floating cargoes are 
much SUE ater Por France and Belgium ; for former 
—Free 
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realise our quotati pu .— 
noted 6d. dearer.—Maize is held at'8s, per qr. afloat ; the crops 
in Moldavia and Bessarabia are iiam to have failed, 
ALS THIS WEEK. 
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Wheat Barley Oats Flour 
English .. 3740 990 1510 3910 Ska 
Lrish "3 -— - 390 =e 
Foreign ". . 18050 1840 brls 
2000 = 
IMPERIAL quite 
ts 
Wheat. | Bar! Rye. | Beans. 
Jaly 25 per Quarter. 4ssi1é sre a 291 9d) 38a 
Ta Aare I 2611 98 2| 89 3 
he SOS h i 9 39 8| 3978 
-— 15 . ^ | 45 1 97 8 80 7 89 6 
- 29 , . B 4511 97 5 80 10 89 9 
n 4710| 29 1 3110| 89.9 
6 weeks Aggreg, Aver. | 4611| 327 5| s8 5| 30 1| 89 5 
DntlesonForelgn Grain 10 n! 4 o! 1 6| 4 0! 4 
4 0 
Diagram showing the fluctuations in the price of Corn onthe average of the 
eeks ending Saturday, Angust 99. 
Paion, || Jury 25) Ave. | Aue.8 | Avo. 15 | Avo..3 | Ava. 29 
7525108 oo oe C oe .. 
mes 4 oe ^. m 
— 8 I .. 
— 2 ^. oe 
— 0 .. oe .. 
51 5 I ^. m .. 
49 11 
47 10 
45 11 
— 2 
— 1 ins. 
SEEDS, 
onary = per gr 44020 488) LimcoaGakePoretgn,p.ton a wo 91 
Car yer ows 40. 42'| Mustard, White = p-bushe 
Clover, es Engish Pepsi 
= White, prn - DIO T Ruereh Eos Seie PET 
Coriander > = i lsano 
Hempseed “ per qr. 85 86 Tares, Eng. “winter » bush. [3 E 
Linse = > Pe qr s2 43 orelgn 
tio” a8 | "Trefoil pe 
= Cakes, Eng. per 1000 10! $112 Turnip (too valable for or quotation” 
FORD AND 
MAGNIFICENT PALMS, &c., FOR SALE BY AUCTION. 
ESSRS. C. anD S. el bcn will sell by 
Auction, at their Great Room, ing-street, Covent- 
garden, on Monday, 14th Sept., at 12: bri Und the FINEST 
COLLECTION OF PALMS, FERNS, &c., ever imported, 
which they have just received from Central’ America; com- 
prising magnificent specimens of Chamedoreas, Coryphas, 
d Astrocaryums, Bactris’s Cocos, esmoncus, En- 
erpes, Geonomas, Oreodoxias, C 
Ep Thrinax's, Zamias, ae 
diums, Al osuras, Acmenas, 
Ren many from 12 to T 
great care, and a small 
view ist Saturday preceding ; ra Catalogues had of the anes 
tioneers, 
IMPORTANT; SALE or LEICESTER RAM MS BUR 
N-THE-HILL, near OAKHAM, RUTL "AND. 
M n? RICHARDSON begs to announce that he has 
received instructions from Mr. Ronzmr Suri, to submit 
A public competition, on Thursday the 17th S, Sept vember, 1846, 
his Flock of 50 SHEARLING RAMS Gachadi g. rize 
Shearling at the Royal Agricultural Society's Meeting a News 
e); and which he has authority to state are superior to 
any former year. 
This being the final Sale of the Burley Rams, Mr. R. invites 
the atkenkion of Breeders to the importance of this flock, the 
in 1845 E aving realised 197. 15s, each, 39 of which 
Ram Breeders, 
Mr. S. in relinquishing the Breeding of Leicester zi will 
sell by private contract any part of his Bri eeding E l'heaves, 
or Lambs, which have been bred with the usual care. 
The Sheep will be penned for inspection at eleven o'clock; 
refreshment at one, vi the sale to commence at half-past twos 
Stamford, Sept. 5, 
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$5 
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[y (aor ted AND SEEDS MEN LA TA Seeds- 
man in a leading city in Irelan iring from the 
business, wishes to dispose of his interest in a concern which is 
ET s RUM finest in the trade. Communications from Prin- 
cip: nly bu be addressed to A, Z., Seedsman, Gardeners’ 
Chee vi: Offic 
The opening mou be fe pe. suitable for a Nursery 
and Suedi Dan. — 
URREY. 
O BE SOLD on LiT, with immediate possession, 
A VERY DESIRABLE TREEHOLD ESTATE, delight- 
fully situate in the county of i 
LE large Drowhouse, dairy, 
A. Offices, 
se, granary with loft over, pes Arra ago ood Lawn, 
and Garden well stocked MI Chote Fruit-trees ; a Farm Yard, 
containing farm cottage with granary over, two barns, six-stall 
stable, six-stall cow-house, Turnip-house, Eres piggery, and 
large cart-house ; Two Labourers’ Cottages and Gardens ; and 
126 Acres and 2 Roods of arable, mea dow, Saatte and wood 
Land (Freehold ene Land-tax Redeemed, and the greater part 
Tithe Free). The 2 is in the oci ceupation of the Proprietor, 
and is in a EIE State of plp —For further particulars, 
and for cards to view, apply to Messrs, SANDERSON and RYDE, 
Rao meri. Dente! Sunbury, Middlesex, and 35, 
King-street, Westminster. 
nno i8 LET ON LEASE, OR THE LEASE TO 
BE SOLD.—A small compact NURSERY, with a See! 
Shop den also a good Dwelling mon Stable, and Chaise 
House, in substantial repair, being situated in a respectable 
and thriving er is od, and w; ‘thin 3 miles of Covent-gar- 
ood opening for an industrious man. et 
on lease, the Stock md Fixtures to be taken at a valuation,— 
Address i ue uo to S. B., 33, Compton-street, Goswell- 
RM IN MIDDLES 
isin fine 
spake Tee nip soil, and suitable forjthe growth of all kinds of 
ut 90 acres of Plant Meadow ani 
are several young Plantations. The 
LES OF REIGATE RAILWAY STATION. 
o BE LET ON LEASE, Aedes lied FARM, 
a corn rent if preferred. T 
had adjoining, g, if re Ud so that 
capitalist wishing to epe 10,0007. in farming 1000 acres may 
do so within an hour and a uarter of London, The shooting 
may be had if required.—For particulars apply to Psi. 
PARKE, 63, inpoi Inn Fields; Messrs, Nasu, surveyors, 
Reigate; or Mr. pe Kdngaood "Hürom. The tenant, Mr. 
OnEWS, Will show Mo principal 
R WHEAT, TARES, 
quae URATE OF THE LONDON MANURE 
COMPANY will be found a most valuable Manure for the 
above crops—it is permanent its effects, and has stood me 
test of five seasons with increasing success each year. d 
Company also supply don Peruvian Guano, Gypramwi PO 
phosphate of Lime, Sulphate and Muriate of Ammonia, ©! 
coal, Bone Sawdust, Sulphuric Acid, and every Artific 5 
da up REA price.—Epwarp Pomsrm, Secre- 
tary, 40, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. 
OTTERS GUANO FOR WHEAT AT AND ) ALL 
GRAIN CROPS.—The Autumn rum is particularly z re- 
commended for the application of POTTER'S GUANO for 
he above crops, as time is afforded for the qm rs col 
PA ‘few respectable Agents wanted. 
B IT ARLY | FOOD. The farmers of the Mrs. E 
4 dom have now an opportunity of providing eo ren od, by 
ER DON 
sowing, without ione n of time, the WINT. os in early Ne proportion. 
