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t occurred to me that possibly certain] sailors, schoolboys and factory girls, paupers and the | — farm — one large field without tree or hedge- 
d N an anomalous charac acter abounding in the | sick, may for a Snange get a chicken for og Not I ne that our inclosures are 
sand, in the neighbourhood of Cambridge, withs tanding all th ay say, I ca N. aah that tl oo many 
e respects allied to those in the erag, and poultry can be fed to the same weight in a — of —— that often — of being ornamen 
nd to contain phosphate of lime. | time and at less than half the cost of mut ton, beef, or like mops or naked savages than trees; but 1 
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. for agricultural purposes, to these — he prt ily facturers in the same way that the distaff was super- | crops. They abrag them from cutting winds and 
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| proportions varyin g from 57 to 61 per cent, Whether | the yarn used to be spun by farmers’ wives and davgh- | essential to their health, and the injury which the 
ES various nodules, 8 abounding in phosphate of ters; at present they produee all the poultry. The roots might do may be prevented by, trem time to time, 
— 9 be made available for agricultural purposes, time of home. spun yarn is gone; and soon, I doubt not, opening a yg narrow trench, about 3 feet, on the field’ 
| 3 depend upon pei possibility „ mas d the day will arrive —— a poultry farm will j seen 2 side, from them. A few trees disposed judiciously over 
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2 Teak. eed vis point not yet sufficiently aed. colliery, or near a Birming am forge. A company, it man of taste. Whatever conduces to the health aud 
mined ; thou gh own opinion is decidedly in favour | is said, is in formation to carry out my plan extensively. | happiness of man should be promoted; and I am bold 
of their being sufficiently 8 in some e to I shall be glad to see it start ; I will render it every | to say, that a cultivated mind derives more 0 
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1 ae ng Scutcher.—I promised to give | year to every member of the community, and it would | cation in your Paper from the Hon. and Rey. L. 
dme little account o the success of my Flax cultiva- take from 25 to 30 millions of money embarked in the Vernon Harcourt, and I hope you 75 ore maby 
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do this so fully as I could have wished, owing to | shall, however, continue on in the even tenor of my way, Thin Secding.—Is not the fact inexplicable, e 3 
the horse-power of my threshing mac ine continually | and bide my time, to see the invention which ‘with — to reason, that the grain of Wheat should be 0 p 
breaking when put on to the lax machinery, so that I | labour I have matured, extensively practised for t as to return 2000 or 3000 fold, p — room A. beak 
determined to keep my Flax till I have erected a steam welfare of the community.—W. J. Cantelo, PAUN given it to attain its natural growth, yet the prac ice of 
engine, which I hope shortly to do; however I tried it Farm, Chiswick. farmers should be such as to retuin them onl n 
to prove it does its work well, and to convince Thick and "Thin 5 —I have tried both thick times the seed they sow? Surely nothing farther than 
7 of first-rate judges I can grow long | and thin Wheat sowing, and have arrived at the con- this can be necessary to show the error of using the. 
of good uality. From the short time I used peace that ‘the higher the condition of the land the amount of seed usually sown. Until latterly, no one 
an 1 ‘purchas 5 at Northampton, I have | more seed should be sown, and the thicker the crop it appears to have considered the mischief which must 
—. in pe ed I shall be able to water 1 is ie capable of bringing to 8 a stout horse in ensue from generating too many plants, by too liberal 
and seuteh Flax at about 28. 6d. per stone, and i good condition will bear a load that it is useless to a supply of seed, upon a space insufficient to afford 
allowed on all sides that Flax scutched ste wachinery attempt to move with a weak animal. Early sown room for the whole to continue growing up to maturity. 
jg worth more in the mar 55 e than hand scutche 10 how | Wheat no doubt stools much, but there are many disad- In the practice of gardeners and foresters, familiar 
Mr. War an, in writin 1 the 2 in esih seedin ng. I plant 9 3 to the acre, | examples are afforded of the advantage from giving 
ire Independent poki put scutching ‘alone at | and commence November. My yield of n harvest room for the development of each plant. My opject 
ts. Gd, per stone! I intend growing a good many — will average, as ne = as I can tell, 48 bel s per acre here is not to go into any argument to show the- 
this year, and I sincerely hope pany of my friends and | (41 acres) ; but mine is not stro rong Wheat land. To | occasion for thin seeding, as respects obtaining larger: 
neighbours will do the same. Il gla aly give — insure large oilhs. the land being in high condition, | returns; I have done that in my little work “On the 
wery facility for so song, and wi dispose of the Flax | much depends on a proper selection of seed. I grow | Injury and Waste of Corn from too Thick! Sowing ;” 
forthem, and water Grass and scutch it for them if they Red Cluster ; it has a short stout straw, stands up well | but to remark that in gardening I have frequently been 
Ike, having a very saydam man from the north of in a heavy crop, a and is 2 inelined to mildew. This is | led to reflect how much we owe to the careful selection. 
to manage it for me. It is a very simple plant ie twon to be remembered, Wheat likes a hard and treatment of individual plants, an gradual 
o cultivate, but according to my experience the dif- | mattress and pat a faliar bed to lie on; eer will | advance in all desirable qualities which has been made 
ferent items of 3 are different from those who | never be a great produce unless the land i is firm. Do in fruits and vegetables cultivated p 
lave written upon the subject, gern in mone g, | not bruise the 2 in frosty weather, nor eat off later | seeing that e thin seeding and planting practised in. 
t cost . more than 28. per acre. The than February. I lately che ee of going gardens and nurseries much of tbis is due, a very 
plan i to get your land any ts nd a day or we before over Mr. Wo . s farm at Cumberton; he is a important consideration has arisen— namely, how vad 
jou sow your seed move the surface soil, and then tlie thick seeder, and I hold him to be inferior to none as might not Wheat and other grain be improv t 
weeds can make no Peas a the Flax, which is of an agriculturist. His erop of Wheat last year was adoption of a similar care! But the practice of thick 
ick growth, cannot get the pulling done acres, a great portion of it averaged upwards of | seeding must undoubtedly be a bar to the increase in 
14s, or 15s. per acre, and rippling the seed is 60 bushels ; one field of 14 acres, planted with 3 bushels, | size and yield of the fruit of Wheat, as it would have 
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ould 1 unless saved for seed; when pulled not 3 tons of straw to the.acre. Lord Talbot, I am told, superb British Queen. In m farming, which is car- 
- ite ripe I have the seed kiln-dried and the stalks at who paid Mr. Woodward a visit shortly before harvest, | ried on greatly on gardening prineiples, one of the 
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ug pi Another great point is to procure good | this field ue first he came to on the farm), he had my land clean, has been as ising i 
uf the best Flax. Some of my friends having never seen a “crop of Wheat” before. The land was | fertility, with but little ree of vi aps de and E 
filed in this (obtaining a sort of dwarf Flax) are dis- | in high condition, and had m * 2 ewt. of Peruvian | have re * n to think from rops I hav 
usted with it, and will not try it again. I have been at guano to the acre before drilling, on Bean stubble. there roa exhaustion of thn soil by — ti ihin. 
; getting some first-rate foreign seed, and | The die seeding theory has miei and been put down, | The —— riance of my Wheat sown on 
Feio ttle to anybody who may like to try i 1 in past years, time after time; it may be adapted to fif h year since the application of manure, can only be: 
. ee Salperton, Andoversford, Sudbury, | land not capable of bearing a pe a ee Pee accounted for by supposing that it arises from, saving 
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Cas Lyre we- — Will you have the kind- | portant that gentlemen, when they oer 4 Se later occupation of all space which procee 
the med f your widely-cir culated schemes in farming, ought to be as correct, full, and ner sowing. 22 bu any of igs sown 
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fiat m. an rearing poultry, e specially a Punch” otherwise the as Ey be misled and seriously whereas 3 pecks leave 8 space unoccupied and un- 
Wenn facetious writer, has bee n pleased to do me injured. I observe what I fancy an error in Mr, exhausted until tillering has fi led up the intervals, 
% honour o ing notice of my invention in his own | Warnes’s statement ‘ately, of Barley-mea 1 consumed in Certain I am, thin seeding, as practise me, giv 
‘Ty peculiar style, which, however, may to some minds feeding 28 beasts—only 4/.! If I recollect, Mr. me larger crops, and with less occasion for manure.. 
Po A idea that it is only deserving of ridicule. I| Warnes’s compound is composed of one part Linseed | — Hewitt Davis, 3, Frederick’s-place, Oid Jewry, Lone 
> apprise you that I have brou ught to o complete 5 three parts meal; in this case the aoe unt would | don, Fed, 1. 
nen Fürpose my system of rearing poultry, by | be 14 quarters Linseed, 35/. ; and 42 qua na Bais ey- 
. poate warm water at 106°. That that l the Ne meal, at 308. per qr. » 63h 5 ‘sae er 5 l f| R Farma ’ Clu ubs. te. 
ad the feathered tribe I was the first to discover; 39/., as stated. I am tomed to sow 8 to 10 pecks b. Wie Feb. 19: id rb aged s eding t Cattle. —- 
> ting sports it as the basis — my system, instead of | of Wheat per acre, ares anon nfind some part (from at h ù ahe. kekka 8 se pes aoe pes 3 
heat of as was formerly su to be the blood- | ee) thin of plant; what would be the case if I o Semen be A di ore — eo 3 ms wre u 
fom, and by applying 10 Mc contact heat,” two | used 3 to 5 pecks ? I sowed 9 age per acre on a fell er ge s yee yee pe * e e eS rg a 
tle instead of one, and abandoning the prin- | of 35 acres; 5 acres were so thin of plant in May last 2 nich b h * ne a, efore it was g cae 
. oven — heed former experimentaliets that I was about to plough it up. 4 id not, however, È a 5 aa z hat ios ae 3 sore mp 2 
ractical s „ I have |do ad t . per acre from it; b — and one-third ha baff was in 5 é in weight 
erage 75 by my us to hatch an : there was plenty of plant, I had 6 qrs., and a bet from 18 to 25 per cent. by steaming. Having had 3 
Hated. ‘Chickens from every 100 eggs—thousands at | sample iA at least 3s per qr. Mr. Mechi is a great A b 1 oami life of 6 keel edge of 
T 5 produce 18 broods a year instead of | advocate for thin seeding ; will he kaap — for a X TAARE ne CE DALE OPOS IT ee ee 
Pot 15 or 16 chick 11 y i g e sace . he had applied it in testing the qua- 
a ickens, which is all the domestic hen W part of his Wheat, last year, being so thin — of dota, and found the ebene i Be 
> 18 now in complete operation, and I |as to induce him to drill Barley amongst it, 8 The saccha scare of Red Mangold Wurzel is 1-24th part of the- 
es aa Poultry from the eggs of pullets pa being . up ey sown with Oats in May, sacchari mal s 
K S. us, Which were only themselves hatched out another hav red Wheat transplanted amongst the The pears of the Globe Mangold Wurzel is 1-8th part. 
by aud October, and which any one may see white in es spring to fill. up, and his thickest Wheat 3 ponent of Swede Tu Tors 338 
n . ee Tetri I rear and Ma? thin in many places? I imagine if he used The saccharine of White Belgian © Carrots i is 1-7th part. 
try for market in 13 or 14 weeks, and | another bushel of seed per =, he ddi at least have 
ever since I commenced. I am now ee 1 qr. for every bushel.— Guy. „| He — 21 oxen in 8 — ty he ‘fed them, sot 
as I ca 3 and could sell thou- On the subject of Thin Sowing.—I would say, in did no often remove their exerement. He could n 
I had iors Many have looked upon | determining the quantity of seed, regard should be had | yet uk as to the comparative effect of steamed food 
merely as a sight to be gazed at, ue to the state >and quality of the land, wa the time of the | on oxen; but as to sheep he d give some little in- 
; no use, It is not so. It is ‘ear. If it be early autumn, and e in formation of its . This year he had had a consi- 
value, and I shall go a bo heart and condition, and of good quality, a . of | derable number of ewes prove barren, and on the 12th 
—.— for the 3 1 have will seed an aere as well as a he same o ast month he took 36 — * promiscuously, 
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deseribed. It is because very much of our had them ighed, One lot 5 in the aggregate 
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so many a ee ſarmers, that three or rae i i ake: 
bushels — of ~ E 8 5 pecks of seed, are | fed in the same yard in the ordinary way, with 4 lbs. [!}: 
h sary. I cannot, salben go the 22 of your | weight of Turnips and hay. The other 18 were fed upon 
ts nop intelligent correspondent Mr. Mechi 1 s thin the same quantity of food (steamed), in equal propor- 
Were When my system is carried | sowing, and still less as regards grubbiog es and tions, four times a day. At the end of four weeks both 
ie f Ae doubt that our soldiers and * lle would, it appears 11 — convert an lots were weighed, and it was found that the 18 which 
