1—1848. | THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
11 
ould arise if only 
t, but serious erro 
d, an extended 
rs W. 
cos 
of men 
cleo can 
1 il. 
adily set free 
e ist 
ed, more re 
ns 
pulatio 8 1 
available to the plant for con me as to the 
those ingredients w 1 i be set free antitally under 
i ain chat falls, the air that pene- 
ght to be par 
heat soils are 5 stiff 
ne eie er the air nor the fine 8 
e plant can penetrate with ease. On t 
Wh ak 15 ows: in 3 bunches, ering 
erous ears to each plan th 
R 
® 
e y very desira 
mparative charact 
ipaa iy 2 that part of the ku 
' or is eae ground W i iene and rit soils, 
and which favour the 
be | in 
The i 
aopa 2 commenced ridging, and —— the ridges 
25 in apart, and manuring from the fold-yard at 
about eight ene, two-horse cartloads per acre, ploughed 
cor to my invariable practice, the same hour 
ich iti is deposited in the ridges, and rolle 
fly 
pe 
to 
he ome vault ot heaven in 
e the bayonets of a well- 
while another field is thin 
field sends up its stalks to t 
perfect = e regularity, lik 
rai nt es soldiers. 
with 
uly in everything w 
mark the effects of training and cultivation. 
that to producea good crop of rere 
clean, and if possible rich rpm 
here is a stiff clay, and ifany o e will read the account 
which appeared i in this paper at re 788, 1847, — 
5 Man 
of guano nig 
oad-scrapings, or other 
> in the 5 ion of 2 bushels night- 
of other 
ridges m ee wich f. ol cen dung; a 
. — — could show 70 aeres of green food of equal 
uxu 
o it h August I procured reg ee varieties 
of are manures in quantities applicable to one- 
third of an e, being six ridges, the —.— of the 
The manures I obtained fro Mr. George Ed- 
ink but ou 
gold Wurzel, a 
it was 2 5 — 0 n. To do W. 
hood with artificial sey d who ring the | the Wh es I managed to transplant 
past. year undertaken the 5 re of guano on a Swedes from a bed, or the thinnings of another ws 
oa scale, from a as move — — under Tares have been mowed the grou 
dvice of 0 ofessors 
ents ty connected ‘vith the chemical 
s fair to rival — To 
aid hitherto — — into agricultural prac 
The . f my experiment is on 
have ery proper means of we e 
best — made by myse 
farmers, I 
pm ee 
obs 
us — 
al 
only given. I have throw 
ment into a — form, w 
readers will be able to make out and understand. 
s able to the growth = — Whe eat is sown 
3 that 8 7 growth 
f growth 
e and when sprin 
in all directions, 
te 
e plant often perishes, owin; to this circu 
| > ce. 
Kin by sheep and rolling are employed with evi- 
solidifi- 
1 the 
ar 
to a muc Annee: extent 
5 3 although modern gan ice is gemi 
ct that 
ve 
by the 8 treading of „ followed perhaps 
in the 
3 0 
: Tate of land is i ea d of an aere. 
column shows th 
ASR] Compara 
Variety of Manure used. 2 Sure Value. 
al S 
m the e 
s| machine, a 
e 
8. d. 8. d. 
34 bushels of Z- in. bone 8 0 
2 st. dissolv ed bones, 6 Ibs. Br. 
tish guano 
$ si arrat mee by . ssid P 
oreign 0, 
Ei deb 8. 50 13 st. ata Sa 
Rape. agat 
S 
E 
wt. Rape-dust ...... sees 
No manure of og kind.. EFE p 
Lewt. African guano 
|L cwt. London Company urate . 
9st. dissol ved bones, 6lbs British 
* 
© — 2888 —— 
101 bach. prepared nightsoil (Ed- 
wards’ 2 
K 10 do. do., on opposite side of ex-| 
perime ent 
bservat 
2 0 1410/10] 9| 0. 16 
The 
x six rows, A BC; the s re the 
variety — quantity of manure used; the the 
cost ach quantity; the fourth the four columns 
ue; and t column ‘the value in money at this 
Pars Dec. 1, 1847. 
8 la ould forward the 
. of the Set 9 greatly con- 
ring and to the — ‘of the plant in the 
he ideas sug TE, above seem, at any rate, to be 
oo of 
t September, a rop 
in the month of Aiden ns by whieh 
a — 
been gre y inerease 
nil and tolerably Pics the feeding an * ing pair 
„Will be repented before Christmas, and it will. be 
spring as may be judged desir- 
be 2 hoed out, so as 
seythe will in ee foot, and the me T 
wall pro complete. the operations. e 
result . mete the All I wish to 
‘the Win at er 2 that the ordinary treatment of 
* t be altered: before very heavy 
with any 
evi 
cee eee 8 wba oh are pro- 
ure.—J. B. een Rothamstead. 
ed tie OF “ARTIFICIAL” MANURE. 
to test e 7th ae 1847, I mape an experiment 
the ue of popular varie- 
manures in 
a 
&. Ke. 5 
certainty, good 
Value of 
Crop p. acre, 
d 
Variety of Manure used. Cost. 
A 
D 
C 
~ 
s 
3 
00 
& 
1 acre, }-inch bones.. 
Do. dissolved — and d guano. we 
i os Me 
rieties 
bad pad 
. 
8 
. — 
NA SD? 
K 
no manure 
+ guano 
0. urat 
diss ed bones = na: coe 
. prepare z ni — * 
* 
Sooeo SSS 
N HNO | 
— — 
. 
oocor 
nan A FS ArROSCS 
p: 
bl 
ation.—It. must be borne in mind that sm 
> 
when the 
of 1 up. The plan e for Wheat, after the 
h 
Man and harrow on 
t map trata 
nd 
being better acquainted with the quantity required, from 
his a in riar — and poor, ge and stub- 
born clay lands. ecks cient to 
the acre in e ys 1 ‘have pio 3 perks o on two 
lands, suspecting that an seed causes the 
2 ts to weaken each other, 5 18 the not 
o good in quality. When the seed is Paid ory it is 
elia covered with the light harrows ; following down 
the furrows with Mrs 
— Ang in 
rost 
oosened A surface, it is 
d a roller over the field on a fine day, to 
— all tight, for Wheat likes a firm hold of the pon. 
The next operation is to appl a 4-inch hoe 
twice in the 3 spring, to cut down the weeds whi ch 
wd and i a le 3 pick 
n with a spud 
out m 
3 e Correspond 
—I s drained 80 acres — “fee apart mu 
inches deep, which ae 
haye 
rained 40 acres subsequently of strong tenacious om) 
at an average pi of : fee ms and 33 to 40 feet apart, 
with 1-ineh nswer admirably, footie 
crops, ina onl cost 8 to 50s. per acre 
a 
š 855 
White Chevalier ‘Wheat ster er e engi 
Glen braught ira pon it y amd a omen on 
TAIJA eres tained, On teat of 
e e fh 
are 5 feet deep on the —— and about 3 feet at i 
ow have strong springs 2 à 
d al find requires. 
aan et shallow s | is adopted, * it later and on the 
is more hardy than the white che- 
elveden, ema 
of 
oes 
much wet. My sheaves I bind like other people, and 
put 8 or 10 of them together in a shock, with 
slanting up, 3 6 52 to keep the twist of the bands 
inwards, harvest generally 
begin vith me 2 les 1 weak 3 in Jair and is finished in 
August. When the shocks have been in the field eight 
choice fields, as 
valier sort. 
12 
dina 
