196 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. .(Marcn 18, 
and brown „ of Italian Rye. grass grown with 
80 
in Suffolk. They 
Barley on his es n 
April, 1847, ~ grihered 1 the 29ih Feb., 1848; and 
Mr. Rod marked that on compari 
te 
of its value in the Journal of the Society v., p. 284. 
PHOSPHATE Ir. Nxs 
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8.5 
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to the Council the nee in which he 
gaged since November last, for the discovery of sources 
ar 
of phospho horie e 2 rs We ae ; 
„% it in 0 
Aie 
the 
former vag given 
u the 
Chairman of the N nal Cox We. va Chairman 
thought it possible that the existence of this acid pena 2 that a eas of Wheat i is as 8 as a ieee r Bean, | 
be ascertained in many of the mineral groups in | and is 15 
f 1l 
the period p . country meeting of f the Ro oyal Agri- | which is belt dames h more than can by any a 
erfection on an Fine A of land ; a d = arive 
cultural Society of England for 1847, he eld, by —.— PE ee quantity . n 21 $ ell us that ‘a 
tion, within ae ecincts of that borough in last, | poorer it is, the more 4 they sow; 4 i, ada 
i having so successfully united all parties, e fam 77 derer, mor do een Prepreg to the porn 
: B S $ ace more 
any refe ew contr to their political oa a they are short of food for them. From 3 ide ty becans, 
co-operate with bims n promoting the hono of the | which I myself have made, perfectly convinced ‘Timents 
act and the na 5 obj ects of the Societ pees that | more than four grains of Wheat on a square ed that not 
J s ot of grou 
c e occasion third of a bushel of seed, can be germinated and folk at 
veloped on an acre of land, and some very Jee -straw F de. 
of Wheat would not require more than thre ed kinds 
Farmers’ Clubs. 
Wirnam, Feb. 29: Thin Sowing.— —The Rev. George 
Wilkins, of Wix, delivered a lecture on this subject at 
the Institute in this town. Amongst the gentlemen 
“Ishall assume that every grain of corn is perfect in its 
acorn 
district along the Ska of the Wolds remarkable for i 
Boxzs.—Mr. Mies, M.P., Haein that he * 
in re of dis 
a great improvement to as the 
covering up the e heaps ; 3 double the N of heat tds | 
evolved, and the ration ffected 
teg ge 
y and Aeta. He piled 
moistened well w 
much 
up the bones 
ith water, and 
of 2 or 3 inches with 
the bones poe a em- 
wd 
selves were rapidly “espe ley into mani saw- 
dust itself also, This 
he o 
from thit of Mr. Pusey i in . Eee 
oniy pt a 
earth « or | 
8 
also th in windi at an acre 
of land consists ‘of "is, 560 Soars feet; and that a bushel of 
ch consists o s, will 
at per acre, 
Whe whi 
allow of 11 prins nearly to 
o C ushe!s of seed V vill pu 
be pl est = ev ery . foot of 
9 quantity o 
quantity is e too high; „I thi 
below quantity; but I ‘will — 2} is the a ge. Inen 
deavou ged a“ so 45 ascertain 
return e given 26 bushels, some 24 and some as low as 
3 ; but 
ee nd 3 
foot of E In e e 
obtain the quantities of seed Wheat “planted in saiten 
| counties of Pariah at the present time, I have set returns of 
4,¢ and 2 3 per acre. Hut I will ag ine general pe Paden os are scientific drainage, the 
is. In m 3 of Ess sex, ink this 
? 
the average yield ‘of pha some | 
ushels 
m of land; and yet the general average t ‘ 
sI bave Mta z to be, about 27 gral hr oaghout È England 
The quantity of land seeded with Wheat in this peti are foot, 
various 5 given by various persons, but the low. — 
which I have seen is saga Tp: prove that. the sayin 
a bushel of seed per acre nou uld almost render pe 
necessary; or it is certain “oe seki saving of a b 
would! ding a bush 
of crop; and thus w ere one bushel of s-ed aie n 
gentlemen, let us t wretched of all 
taigi sowing, which asserts that mildew a ate ae 
eeded corn more than the thick. One would An 
this ea period, educated men could n 
easily Legere absurdity. For what is a 
he the w alle of a chare it is called gre a — 5 
small enclosures into one large — 75 aa bee oie 
a eat On the b sowing . 
a general avera 8 25 increase of crops of Wheat over the 
eed 
sown of N ke ths _ bushels on the 
present system of farmin ng. If we e 
afterwards my crop was all pare agin Another thick sower 
says, IS sg M whole field with three bushels of seed, and 
substance, genera! 
in great ab 
at hand on all farms in 
—Mr. Nai eee that he feared that by ths 
itio 
by the e experiments 2 Mr. Way un d Mr. Lawes that 
thus ; and a 
o be very penea Jian I will e 
that i shall willingly meee — gentleman the authorities I have | 
referred to. The highest quantity 3 1 h e head of thin 
wh nd the lowest 
seeding which I shall 
Rey. 
ae uM echi 
as it is the 8 pragi ee. y crease obtained, 
1 presented), and n 
t so 
a s salts for its 
and increase. 
and po 
wed, but not = a other half.“ And so they reason and 
persevere they refuse to meditate on or in causes, 
and ie ww 2 4 mae orators piume n that they 
quantity is 27 es I have certain 3 of 
Seed. | Produce, 
6 pecks 17 coombs. 
5 ” 14 55 
8 14 ee 
3 ” 
3 11 
127 5 13 nearly. 
elk, acres pathy da Hudson, ` — 
e farmer 
n Oxfordshire. 
0 P 
3 . eee iti by 
Paaa fracas Hr Evan Davies, of Patton, i 
of 
transmitted to the Council 
edy for t 
Shropshire 
the successful administration of a rem 
for the favour of his Roast aad Te 
+t 4 
prar ors BanlEr.— Mr. B Wen of of 
tesmore, 
on the —— ares sent to 
transmitted his report 
him for — for which thanks w re ordered on its being | 
referred to the Journal Commi tte 
y of — 
ry | 5 
gp of oa Lend 
; aeh, ining | © 
desi of houses for labourers and fa sinere in a Ireland, 
Mr. Thom 
work on the statisties of I reland ; and r safa 
Mr. Brabazon, a copy ya z work on 
Coast 
he 
isheries of Ireland 3 whieh dee e 
Fi 
the usual thanks of the Cou neil wi 
— Mrxrixds.— Mr. Mites, M 
er po the 1 in 
es of mbe 
an ch Ge that part of the Bye. laws of the Societ ety 
the day and hour of the meetings | © 
red, 
Py having in- 
convenience with 
e in 8 
examples from gentlem 
v. 
or, on 
by the 8 system a Maced 1 bushel at pres 
has been the average quantity of seed Wheat seeded, The 
average quantity of baw neg been 55 1-5t he 
11 Thus 
p over the seed used has been in round 
numbers 54 fold ; or “every bushel of seed ers used by this 
ar in crease on Ang erage. Should 
iad it is the system of g 
which I am endeavouring to investigate and elucidate, and 
not any particular case s of 
| xen a fe ahe adopted all the Soar part ore of the thick 
ials o v 
pårtly or entirely re a observe again, that I have given 
ha 
ho have pursued the system 
thick sowing and thin seedin 
failures of thin seeding by those 
isdom by publicly 3 the delusion, 
en the is ave 
pan to be od in som shape or other, — the remedy perfect 
d mr, Itis, s the learned writer, a malady caused by 
| pe ai and dew, by which the ey 1 black; oe 
de ee by the drying heat of t 
cou cat of the 3 than this r. pars a prir 24 8 
fm 
oreha 
the trials were made, 
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it will wet om on “their e 
dips dr given by t oe 
show the reasons for thin seeding: — 
S Sed 
ounds ane your w ver ea can get a suflicient 
fall tull 5 feet 7 577 5 and; eee 6, 7, or 8, or 10, and ration. 
seed your fields, that the sun "and air may dry your 
wape as fast as 8927 are ade damp or m e — will bid 
p 
defiance to mildew for ever—it will not, can on your 
corn, Another advantage will 22 feor E 1 8 of tae 
‘ «is 
s ly p or 
within a foot of the ears, but it will become the stronger, hil 
rmer, and heavier, near the bottom, where nature desi 
it to be, and firmness and gy sie are the most required, 
support the ripening gra and when the corn shall be 
threshed, o e ioe the superior quantity of the inorganic 
| matter in tha straw. tter manure, and be more 
valu able for every parpo se for which you may r: quire 
One 
y m - E; pra 
used for the trials before | 
t let us now briefly state the sparse 
pon which the two ee are — to be founded, and a 
wards we will examine the groun as why they 
in. And first ` to thick 3 ‘The advocates of — sow- 
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are persev og 
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say ‘and 80 * all my 
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| neighbour, “relatives and ; triends, and "I know it is ERR aud 
soo Ls p Mb ag e e ene one va ee eee il not do on m 
un 
ing is pone mildewed, and 
“Bare you tried it and 
I never will.“ 4, Thin-seeded grain, the Ea 
$ y 0 y is coar- 
e, whilst thic K sown is Meliéaee and fine, 5. coarse 
41 a 
ystem of Nature, which the Creator r himself h z 
and» N he bimself continually practises, and via ran Pol ey 
fear the insect 3 
sy ds, moles, &e. 
ing and ri 
ame also in our own 
also, — performing all their 
‘The Connell then adjourned to Wednesday next. 
Norruampron Meeting 
ner, were 
Thomas Sharp, Esq., the late map of 
in testimony of the valuab e services ti 
had rendered to the town, as its ch 
me 
last w 
them ot our A ge 4. Thin ehe nei 
absu a 
thiags, they can pro 
k „Thin se ede ab do n 
tring principles of | a 3 practice, that inet 325 
eeding generating ee it is the only 
service of 
to 
<2 pap 
— — man 
weeds 8, an us remo 
Tii them r would fi ema pe 
aon that the be in a e state ? Par from it; —— W í 
re ve and t ality to wha 
nor the other, traia of e maladies ics f var milder ori would Jf shere bad been onìy * there "feu ie the oa plate 
of thin or rational seeding of | r grain 
G 30d himself teaches us by beautiful Fier = that two 
8 of seed should never be placed in juxta- position with 
other 
n 
we see holes bored into the grouan with an instrument m 
shape ike this glass I now hold in my hand, making 
cups of water, u und into these holes or cups 80 made women 
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frequently between 30 or 40; and the lecturer at North 
last summer, at tthe oyal Agricultural meeting, is reported t0 
have said, eding, that he "ordered such 
holes t t di land, and not fewer than n 6 grains to 
be dropped int h hole, and how many more we 
he cid not inform his auditors, but probably three or four 
tuat and Ae als frequently or gix times that number 
irrational farming operation could no 
1 in the darkest ages of our history, nor athe Pr 
sent day by the most ignorant of nations now ona oe 
globe e lecturer was applauded, cod 
7 855 thick or thin seeding was put to the Miia! the leet sb 
frie nds and admirers predominated by a larg 
“Aly teen rr Davis addressed the meeting in supp 
- te eee of thia sowing, observing “that peg 
be ring forward in another form 
The ubj ect of thin sowing appeare be intimately! 
different nations of Taia the quantity of soed mong the | nected A vitn aei scientific farming, for if they put an undue guantit 
ually diminished. 8 oar “gra 1 e sam 
3. Thin seeders 
—— on 8 principles, do not, like thie 
2 2 be what they will, and as for 
from want o the food wasted wheu a aah were 12. They" wtb, 
he 3 ted in their ‘ther 
? s the diff ct 8 5 Wh would | 
ive ma — jah itis a gros3 Hor anes wh ata oeiy pn ine agg e at maturity, it they would 
that an abu e e seen, as was the case with t sio a plantation, nd ther 
| grow up weakly, disease auth ‘fol low, aud in the = taick 
zun 
a 
ceases, kwou u.d be a less quantity of corn, Ile began farming 
whieh n is no ster tributed to the | sower, and his fang suwing had been te work of ee in the 
a “nearly he causes 2 from ‘close observation and reflection. He 1 deposited en 
kaki siia apy 255 headlands and other places + where the drill had de own past 
st ut eg the chick 80" g of 
aa of oe: eld ay arvest kan 
12 
y preventative of 
Prog e coarseness of grain 30 that ii 
oo good market pr rice, which is 
grai nl a has insures a s: zanding erop; - ‘Thin seeded 
— or lodged by winds or rain. 7. Thin i also by | 
2 1 the soilless than thick seeding, enables the farmer | 
= iek. iin crops oftener th u — is possible for him to do by 
ick seeding, N ern og ow from 20 to 30, and 
on a square foot of gro 
b 
und, | 
w. t tt d in 
more 7 2 — was . corn. He ther wore strc 5 pecten 
24 busheis to 2, from 2 to 15. ton 12 to 5 pecks, 4 been tel 
4, and trom 4 to 3. For some e time his sowing 
acre 5 
a —.— 8 “afford ‘satiate ee could not, r 
hem these were not experiments he should hav 
fre 
