42—1852.] 
n which rain never falls, was pge double the 
weight of that laid in the fold-ya He t at the 
last meeting, drew attention to the ee of guano, 
w h “much ine d of 2 * d sta — it to e 
ini FP Way, e t to the Royal 
2 . — y ia of England, that it was almost 
8 de ulterations. 
as ost important subject, and one 
which the Society 1 to take in hand, more especiall 
h re of a Turnip 
He wished to form a guano 
5 have the proper means 8 
which 
Society. 
which 
analysis, t 
He was prod be that a society of this sort pede prove 
of greater benefit to bea trict than perhaps any other 
that 2 — esta gua 
was 
— 
— rt asmall dealer to deal in 
as abe to himself, and maintain t 
table man and an hon 
shortly to call a meeting 10 r the purpose he had named, 
and farmers ‘generally would aid him in his 
tablish such 
re 
ald. a 
> should meet 3 2 
＋ eration; but 
te as the boun tet aay oft the ee “ended 
profeitos of "the district to come forward and suppor 
the society. In proposing the health of “the judges 
and jurors o 1 that 
no body of men ds to play 
than to decide * the of the en on the 
i o ascertain 
to pure rea he was 
not prepare j i ot through the greater 
5 rg: he to sy ving got - 85 
should say "he ld e vlag 
Peirson responded. re were 13 points i in 
2 laid ee the jury for their decision, and one of them 
achine acted o 
not adapted for doing so maining 12 
sev ere decided in favo arrett's machine, and 
five in favour of M‘Cormick’s, so that the jury were in 
s ere — points the 
question which, in their opinion, was the 
hine, 
which the second, and which the third ? That decision 
ad already 
hi d — ‘laid before them, and he thou ought they 
would give the jury credit for haying done thei 
best ikat to their judgment. The trial was 
a long and anxious one to them, and if th 
had e i error judgment. 
he machine 5 by Mr. Hussey himself w 
= an ent 
work — 
** 
M‘Co 
respect to the. delivery « of the — he — EA it was 
not advisable for n the ground 
raught, and go at a slow 
mS. yet they considered the draught of e 
M. ick 
nev 
rmiek's 
In 
rehes of land, 
ak Topai “completed its 858 in minu utes, 
in 38 minutes, and Dray’s in 33 minutes, 
Calendar of Operations. 
— 
Donser FARM, 8. ept. 
Something like leisure, Si "ae . — began th 
deen much spare time e; we finished ours 
e 
shock 
ow write A — lines at 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
669 
farm that adjoins us; and this, I think, may be partly 
accounted for by the nature of the soil, which, lying as it does 
u ends to counteract the 
influence likely to arise from — — of weather; as 
d 
n grave 
such a soil is not easily made 
ou 
standing on the ground, using a 
sheaf. This I find to be both che. quickest and safes 
The mows are — an 
very hi 
moving it often 
4 
4 
weather t we * 
——— 4; and wi was not secu 
too wet, neither is it made ve ry | to 
weather, 
p to e 8 
co orrerpondent in la 
nl 
been all but destroyed, for up to the 22d inst, there has not 
bee 
en a day on which corn could be e 
for many 3 had a season that * 
rried d 
to us 
We have not 
the value of 
ved to 
— ny — ma the Purdie crop, we will speak 
another ein answ 
Society, — 12 as — — h. aw 
or Vetche 
xt year, a 
2 — 8 rhs the cl ane has been well a 
propagating and maturing all kinds of weeds. G. S. 
e 
Miscellaneous. 
Cultivat 
cr put forth by the Highland 
and observation goes, 
a now a 5 = cleaning and — the land 
andr rops a work 5 — will be 
We 
d for 
n of Wheat.—October 20, 1851, — drilled 
e the fo owing ae ‘of Wheat, at 'the 
7 pecks per plots 
f about 
of land — — to each 
otha, after a while Clover ley :— 
Quantity Value per Value 
per Acre. Quarter. | per Acre. 
B, P, G. 8. £ s, d. 
a e aE 38 1 0 40 911 3 
Aldo, red 40 3 0 33 13 6 
Browick, re 2 : 12 3 1 38 10 3 8 
Imperial 3 39 1 0 46 1 8 
Golden Drop, red 5 41 0 1 58 5 4 
Spalding, re a q a Ba 38 15 11 
On the same day as the above sorts were drilled I 
commenced another experiment on the same furlong of 
nd, quite so good condition, by drilling the 
duced the following result : 
also of A 8 per acre, which pro 
Quantity |Value per me A el 
per Acre. Quarter. ere, 
at Be i 8. 
Imperial White 37 0 0 46 10 12 9 
Cou — — White 31 2 1 44 9 10 
. ‘Brown Chaff White } 27 3 1 46 8 0 2 
aris fi un Ne these trials were made isa gravell 
oam, and not in a high state of cultivation. The gr 
diffe also in the yield in experiment, 
ost 
superiority of the quality of the N White Wheat 
n the 
experiment, althoug 
which seemed ve 
— = my farm for 
without a — wes 
ery great over 
very Des washed by the 
heavy rains before pe during the harvest, whilst the 
rial White Whea 
Imperial White retained the 
which it is remarkably and being ver, 
sprouted. 
quite pe qona in on sheaf in wet wea 
softer of red Havin 
meri pa st ‘tree 
all drilled on the sa 
bea 
ye 
a 
ng productivo sort of red Wheat call ed the Defiance, 
rned or bearded kind, I det 
fu s] bloom for 
manner, in 
October 1851, at diss ne aa in 7 1 ite acre, on 
. | plots of land adjoining. 
| Quantity 
pet Acre, 
Value per 
er, 
Quart 
Value per 
Acre. 
Defiance, red 
Golden Then, red 
Solde en meet ae 
paldin — 
I have also 
which arte to yield better than 
| experi ood 80 
for trial ; 
of red Whea 8 
o: this neighbourhood, 1585 which was recommended to me 
as drilled on the 30th of October, 1851, 
by the side of 2 Browick Red W 
heat (the most pro- 
dueti ee 
233 on a piece of Red Clover ley 
on a gra y soil in in good condition, I found the result 
as fi 0 . 
Quantity] Value Value 
per qr. per acre. 
B. P. G, 8. £ Ld 
Browick, red 47 0 1 38 — 3 * 
Sandon’s, hy ES 44 2 0 1 0 12 
I published the result ofa an experiment Messenger 
in October, 1850, respecting beate Wheat i n the 
= tie of tha ear, when it appear t the part not 
d tha 
roduced more by 2 bushels and } peck per acre 
— that . well han pte eee, another trial 
was made on the same subject, which pion in the 
hoed Wheat 1 a kr, slight 
advantage, 
— to pay the expenses of hoeing. Again, this year, 
I made iment, J two plots of 
one plo 
rvals with red Wheat, one of which 
was well handhoed i in April, kar the other left without 
s | having the soil in any way moved in the spring. The 
n | produce was as follows :— 
Quantity per acre. 
B. P. 8. 
Wheat well — aai „ — 0 0 
Wheat not hoed . 3 
These trials seem to prove “that it is . 0 
Wheat in the Png ts of — . unless the lan 
with weed. clusio: 
each, were drilled with La hite 
8 re io ae Heck and managed in every way 
part was rolled lightly, as 
usual, — ‘after ke drilling. The other plot was rolled 
with a ve ee times ov 
the track, consequently 
fectly y solid. When threshed, I found the result to be 
antity 8 acre. 
2. . 
Wheat land, three times ae ge and 
aes trod 38 A $ 
and, very lightly ro 38 
This 2 nase t shows bat, Tt ll in bale hd at 
much ne 8 get the rm for Wheat, an advan- 
tage I have for some cms ah —— . ough. I er td — 
is N to popular opinion. —I am, Sir, your 
servant, T. E. Pawlett, of Beeston, 8 a n Ball's 
Weekly Messenger. 
ces to > Correspondents 
Notice 
Caraway: Mr. Unthank. Sow in wide and — ay Fe one 
gallon o — seed per acre, by drill among the Wheat, in rows 
3 fee art. After Wheat harvest, work the land — 
bearing, and m 
Wheat crop. Iti is cut in July a foot or more f t round; 
dry, threshed on the ground, You et 8 or 9 
ewt. of s per acre and sell it for 35s. per 
FENCING For SHEEP: J M—c. Iron hurdles are safest. But 
unless sheep would do harm if they esca the greater 
cheapness of netting would make it pref It is not so 
Seegi but — * — cheaper. 
R CH Z. Please to excuse the delay of a week. 
Pires T Tar sear: Sviti A ddress, Mr, Piper, Colne Engaine 
farke kers, 
COVENT GARDEN Oct. 
Vegetables ot Fruit in general continue — 
however, are oming scarcer, — 
4 9 still — from France. 
—— e from 50s, to 65s. r are 1 
rooms . still eles plen 
of. "Heaths, * 2 Roses, 
venusta, and F 
Melons, 
N . and 
spewing 
Af rae Fy consist 
Magnesite, Bignonia 
IX. 
Lemons, per 27 
Pe — per doz., ba ce : 
per half iere, 5s + 75 
A * = A. 
— swee to 3s 
Nuts, — — push; 208 
1, do., 128 to 148 
oe ent bone, 75s to 808 
BLES, 
‘Shalt, Pre Ib., 6d to 8d 
FRU 
Pine-apples, per Ib., 38 to 6s 
Grapes, hothouse, p. 1b., 2s to 68 
Peaches, pe doz., 10s to 158 
Figs 0 28 6d 
Apples, esse, p. 35 -i * * 78 
abe — 
NE sally 
abbages, per doz., 6d to 13 
* — 9 r per aif sieve, 
Brussels e pee p. hf. sieve, 
ade rs, p. doz., 6d to 286d 
Greens, ee doz., 1s to 28 
Tomatoes, per he, —_ 4s to 58 
Potatoes, per ton, 85s to 1408 
— per et., 53 to 95 
= Pe bunok. 24 to Hi 
on 
pee por does da toid 33 l, green, p. bun 
por doe a to is * do., 2d to 3d 
* 12bun, id to sd 
i a Lead er Trusses, 
5 Oct. lt, 
Prime Meadow rd — to — 8 
Inferior do. New do, 
Rowen 2 55 Straw 
New H 
ay 
A good demand ‘Tor : the better descriptions o 
ie gtd 988 
81 
of bot ss 
„Hay and Clover; — inferior very difficult to s 
he ču 
MARKET, Oct. 14. 
Prime 4 se = to — Inferior erigen 
Inferior eo New 
New Hay a 
Old Clever’; * 
70s to 84s 
2 28 34 
“Josnva BAKER, 
85 100 
