9—1848. | THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 197 
AEE told them | that the subject of thin 
* i o all the oa this country drew * 
d was sufficient to ieed four millio f peo oj le ; 
ht > 
that the Ae tics must be injurious. But less so if they 
esan 1 — small a quantity of seed, for it was wonderful 
to observe e the pow er which Providence had given to make up tor 
it suits me to best In makiug these observations, he 
(Ar. D.) felt that if toting Sota Da brought forward to 
8 the soil, it would advance the wealth 
and happine uses eh because they might be assured 
that Ae! wealth 5 this country consisted in the production of 
a Ta the employment of the labourers, 0 — 
to cultivate ‘the = bit of land they ha 
failure ; . fe * be nr 8 have cd sh m skill enough | 
d s 
employments, The cows and young catue are now gettin 
nearly as many — as they — it meadow hay. arm 
* — Dra fallow land for Tur —A 3 — 
bringing coals ; 3 manure; thresh hing caer and — 
ing Turnips for ewes. We comme need sowing Barley 
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Nur RTH LINCOLN SHIRE Worp FARN, March 13.— We 
po overish ourselves, and not to be indebted to ot tri 
tor food. Eue, Pe ee 2 the lettter pact whioh M 
; and —— if they did commit an error it was 
so too oe than eed thick. If they sowed four 
here only three could come to maturity, eerie e mu 25 
if they — 101 dere N 100 could come to pe 
disease of the whole must be the „ yin the evil 
oe be felt not only by thes supernumerary, but by all, and the 
01 would beco me seeen If they — into a field of 
gathered the ears, they wou!d 
mbe 
vn f plants they ‘had u essly fed and lost they could not 
tell, because t hey had gradually. piace Bare e To show that the 
of ascertaining th ht quantity of seed was not a 
e read extracts fror wo old works, one of 1771, the 
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the attention of their fi i greed and that there were m 
sowing would Re si been carried out, but ‘from 
ixon 
had read, it 2 asked“ much the feed of the Couch- aries 
tiderable extent; last year he be ane Sich. 6 pecks ra 95 October 
and finished three oH before Freer and wee altered t 
drill atall, and he say 1 er had so large a — 2 
Wheat i EY life. This N che ponent 5 peaksid in some places ; 
but he did it on tans prineiple—the higher 1 de ultivetion the 
less seed. It was of no use to put a littl age ng they 
expected to be filled with weeds, but with their — 3 
cleaned fron all weeds he contended they might do 
Abridged from the Chelmsford Chronicle. 
Rebiews, 
Table ee, the bora of Tithe Rent Charges for 
the 2 18483 Robert Lethbridge. 
Ham . 
miom thin s machinery to 10 1 y 5 hear 
men argue aguinst thin fee — as ir t could produe 
Why should y Sang mildew? If they had a piece Oe Wheat 
7 5 by wireworm, &c., then „ found mildew ; but w 
the mildew f the injury that had cous 
a portion of the Wheat to d.e? Would any one yak into a 
a 
lated? He —— that so te om injuring 
l sted b thi 
therefore 
quantity of manure, His own practice has been a successful 
one—his had been open to the world—they had gained 
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the ptr of Mr. Davis's land.—Mr, Davis said al qualities 
except 3 he =e apoa thin soil on chalk—and he had 92 
broken Heat 
4 Co. ae do 
This is sil oo it professes to to be—information for 
the current year. The deduction by property tax is 
8 in all ‘the instances 
Prize Essay on Thick and Thin Sowing. By egret 
M. Miiburn, Land-agent, Thirsk. Simpkin a 
Marshall, London. 
A ati containing, along with additions to it, the 
Essa the Sowing and Seeding of Wheat to which 
y 
he autho 
rightly deducible from his own experiments ; those o 
a Tho mes n, of Moat-hall, near York ; and those = 
Mr. Watson, of Es sperton, Fi ushie-bridge, N. B.: all o 
which are deseribed i in deta 
„1. That thin ppt and especially dibbling, is a ad 
— fe process, as regards quantity = acre of produ 
of Wheaton = ~M 3 red he would state a curious fact: 
a person who had Fei travelling at Wigborough, said he had 
been Pal bet al sk Hutiey’s Wheats, which were looking 
were a pras at de “3 too thick; he (Mr. M.) 
np 
which 
— Myr oe. I can assure you that all Mr. Hader s Wheat 
b arilled 9 in wee praem, is enly 5 pecks to 
—Mr, e is six ven.—Mr, MECHI pom 
on good Jand thins sown Wheat did dot Sond look thin. In one 
. That despite hoeing, where it can be practised, “it 
encour og sale 3. That it e coarser produce, 
ee to ai miller. 4, That it does not 
5, Th 
exper 6. That on gravelly clay, with a 
higher e was uusuccessful, with Mr. Watson’s 
experim 7. That on very product ive land, inar 
me 3 eud peck d2bushels, He gotaguinea an acre 
thin sowing hai from thick, If mor wouid come to 
his farm in June or July they would be able to draw their own 
conclusions, as he had several anne sown wich diiferent aa 
tities, that he might satisfy his one sated, and those who 
were doubtful in the district. ged upon Mon. to 
tryit in the same way as he had before. 8 — condemned it.— 
Mr. H. Dixon said, n 
ich 
2 it was also unsuccessful in Mr. Thompson’ s expe- 
rime 
Mee Milburn’s experiments seem to have ae fairly 
conducted, and their result certainly bea ut the 
above conclusions ne re deer ards the season aiid Ii ality 
in which ee! were Mr. esc experiments 
his ueig hbours had d „and ha Ne eek 
thek seeding, but he had been an ol for 50 1 of what 
Which 
are not given 7 detail, o with sufficient ex- 
i der ‘al 
the rer. ge 
importa was 
results, : if he was ee the sooner Tha follon wed it the 
better, ie though that gentleman rode his hubby uncommonly 
8 i ef his state- 
gute n s $ 
ments, Now onthe 5 of mildew. No doubt the condition 
of the land was the cause—that was, that there was not a 
suficiency of sun and. a to produce a healthy plant; but 
thin pl: s 
as far as he had E that Pris plants were more subject to 
l ek. e 
on. Now there yet been a little fade tiousness about the | 
Berbery tree, or what was called Pepperidge ; Frise ‘this point he 
Seen two facts, and occasionally when te ‘saw a thi ing he 
23 in (Laughter r] one case w a Berkat tree 
stood for 20 0 years, for som i was not a 
grain of corn ; aad i in u classes. of wor ae on ag riculture the 
etty-tree growing in the corn, and tue bli 
: ght all round it, 
he thought he would agree with him that that was the cause 
ouly was a little of 155 corn around it 
he sowed broadcast, on the same extent, 4 bushels of 
Barley, the cost of the 8 eration being 64d., inde- 
pendently of the difference of cost. There was a result 
in favour of the broadcast sowing by 308. per acre. 
But the contrast was excess sivo in this case : we do not 
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mall a quantity oe acre pa eA 55 of etd. in the case 
of spring sown grain: and our only 5 is chat 
thin a seeding shout have e so well 
Calendar of ‘Operations. 
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BERWICKSHIRE MERSE Fa is 10.—Since last repor mr rA 
have been employed leading T kane to the ak and dun 
land intended for Turnips e man, with a paie, delivering 
Wheat at Berwick, and lasai home with coa e hay 
been threshing Oats for seed and Wheat for 5 pace: 
woma in cutting Tur rni ps fort he hogs, the shephe erd attending the 
n or not 
attested, Dut the entire corn was 8 The rev. gentleman 
u plant d corn—a e toe r. D.) was athin planter 
to 10 Was never blighted; but e that was going 
uldi 0 e and v vet, the violence of wind aud hail, 
Tr 1 
uld lodge 
any e poor land, 
TI faiied wich thick and sueceeded with ans sowing. 
relative bern D.) affirmed that “Ane oh ans eeading were 
ih ms, Me Davis said, sed frum to 4 
oma but there was a gen ae in this "ake 
large, who had farmed successfully, whose crops had been 
the d sown Wheat on the same land for 20 years, an 
aed aa less than 40 or 50 bushels an acre, and: 5 
: it were true that a man w 
tee, ee 
omethi,, Put in from 5 to 7 bushels of seed. Therefore 
lerig “oud be said in favour of thick seeding, for he be- 
is there had grown o ume kind of land t 
* of corn, Mr. Mechi: Does it not depend on 
Dixon: Then comes the 1 is manure 
acre 
Rare LOTHIAN FARM, March 11. —Except twe pika days ia 9 
middle of the 13 the weather continues and pre 
15 as being proceeded with to any aee No x upon 
e farm during the week has been sowing with Oats a small 
paet of a geld where thin of soil and dry; likewise threshing 
and carting Wheat to market, except a few ampio for seed. 
arkets are steady in pri ice for all sorts of gri uin.—8. 
Tas n SHEEP Farm, urch 1I.— The past month has 
well sustained its old chara ite of :— 
ebruary fill the dyke, 
ith Aber bee or white 
And March has hitherto been of the same s tamp. During the 
last few weeks we have 83 bad a realiz tine day. The. 
gro 
as it was onths ago, yet the sheep are in 
worse 9 thun ane hs eee. This arises partly irom 
their never having fairly got over the effects of lost spring. 
Sheep were so much reduced then that they never got into 
right sig aye all pas summer, and were cousequently in a 
bad state for standing the rigours of another bel ben | — — 5 
Besides ra 55 late pias ang Lepen storms, which 
to 
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o slight to require the u hay, were still too — ae n 
permit an to get a su a ie of ordinary food.” Cang 
] as g e pur as 
ca was a bad Pea year, but he had a good crop, 
ont in ig bours had not half the qua ntity. So far it eame 
Sethe of thin-seeding.— Mr. D. then pai 3 following | s 
Gazette: «Ig ap signed “ A Thi in-seeder,” in the Agricultural 
Thavg years since I fell into the ery oe koe 5 
followed it thr evi rt and good r eport, i 
n the back of these, the continual rains and sleet haver 
duced the stock hae Fortunately for the rr 
there is an enormous crop of Turuips everywhere in * 
| shire and the Lothians, letting at 2d. a week for ewe ndin 
| some cases even 572 s has induced most of the 3 in 
— N ape to grar their ewes to Turni ps. All our . ha 
ow getting chew; Some are wetted close on; othe 
e day, having a run off during the night 
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n five crop last year, on tion nt land, broken u 
‘Manared, Jate ao rass, stee the time, and ighiy | 
‘Mere had it was a: ploai sight to the eye, if 
threahed ome 10 tour pase as much on the ground, anu [ 
Fad the grain ne bushels a acre, paeen — it ee 
leoulg at never got thorougily dry, and a 
I With to 4e Fee beget practise any mors thin Seeding, 
S8sfal thin of a bc eme . —.— ttending the 
crops, — rage me to perse. 
on such laud as I have, 3 with such callers as 
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| wileotners nage pea carted out to their gr 'azing- -groun 
the rate cart-load to 130 sheep. A few 
black- face Fan already on Turnips, a and some more of them wal 
be puto t week. This treatment will be continued till the 
lambing Dea be in about five weeks. Besides 
r pastu — pte cleaned and freshened when they return to 
them, ant nable 8 o maintain the improved con- 
dition they have ese from he Furia Owing to the wet, 
no ploughin for seme time. Carting home 
seed O: t guano, co Ma lifting cone ca of earth, 
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and suppiying some of the sheep with Turnips, 
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| the 1 benefit which t he sheep derive from the Turnips, | 
e been 
threshing seed aoe — 
ing Turnip-land for Barley, . — home’ Turnips fer beasts 
e a ges, 2 out liquid manure on Gr ass.land, 
and lead Furze for lamb pens. The land is too wet to get 
upon for — not a grain of spring corn being yet put "s 
rie ground, Our gy beg ambing this week. I. I 
OMERSET FAR —The weather, during last ——4 
still continued cares . a 2 ur. We were em- 
er. iu hauling home timber, as previously thrown 
from the hedgero 55 Rolling ene threshing and haul- 
ine: straw —— er to — cattle- pores: ting hedges, cleaning 
cm say rg Potatoes, and s 8 the small ones in- 
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TIRLINGSHMUE 5 CARSE Far, March 11.— The weather con. 
— ia. 
s preparing Bean land all this week ; we have been 
chien — np ag and — up dun ung, digging garden, 
and threshing out the remainder uf seed Paes tor all kinds 
of crops.— 
Sussex FARM, March 13. e ast wi for the most part, 
as been very wet, by w we Bon wine 1 ies apron heao pom 
of the Peas. To-day is * 5 = 8 so t ed 
shall sow Tares es the sheep ; ; afterwards Peas BOE Oats. We 
have still been prevented fro 3 the guano on the Wheat, 
‘ed we shall do nt the first 8 Carting dung for 
wo ii 
co n — saw 4 . — Ke. Ke. The saw does its — amon 
fully ; digging stones to make new Sond to lime-kiln, as the 
land is in — need of lime; we intend burni yi muc 
228 this year; threshin ug u and cleaning Oats for seed ; turne- 
ing, mixing, and covering dung-heaps wih earth. The dibble 
must be a Siena | implement in a seaso as the present; 
pine is some sort in use tor dibblin ing Beaks vo yis trom here. 
hen making the hole 
1 have not had the opportu. 
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be of poet ogre as BE B. 
Notices to pati eee, nts. 
erer mack Fowts—A Cockney—It is difficult to pronounce a 
judgment on the dos of your a — * a of 
a: 3 or at least a fuller 1 Se You 
say che appears to have fits a gn pova 22 
rouud and round, and is only now ago te = —.— fed by 
hand. She will stand in ane pen of time 
quite listlessly, and seem Ean 5 it 
is apoplexy, &.“ My ow u belief 1 that cases ot Boa coed 
rever occur among fowls that are at liberty, and are only fed 
in the ordinary manner, ae shut 3 to eats or ne 
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the disease; but we do 80 Be eur of ree pearing am 
and if we did, the affection, like thar 1 cage- “bird vial 
probably 27 st ie Ne rather thau au apoplectic 
carga pi How is that 
run at large, whi oh: we might easily suppose to be apoplexy, 
but which peer investigation discove 7 to 9 3 ed by 
ee at wanton blows with sticks or stones, or, still 
vrse, by . maltreatment, ker t en ‘the suke of 
ge ene a ha barous 2 of fo tre stiv ym; or to annoy 
he victim by r tedly injuring te Maing 
Sedek he * dich he is led. ** Dues sxe 
22 ever take pla ce?” many readers will ask, p —— 
wri 1 10 6 it I f it; 
Ast 
1 einer” be no ill-natured person seo n whose hands 
the poor hen may pee receiv - an “ apoplexy.” I nen a 
hope these suspicions are wr ong, but cant not he elp 1 pers 
there may be g 9 for them 
the eyes are blinded — a discharge — the whole head 
acutely inflamed, and the bird w and distracted by 
= Peta n (the pbs * of "bie $s and suffering), 
sometimes produce symptoms Borin; gy those described, 
The agony the poor thing undergoes, and the little oe 
there is a saving it, point out the ‘most — m of 
relief to The patient is eel 
rally too exhausted to bear depletion, otherwise a leech or 
Sponging with hot 2 7 — affords 1 5 
estores the sight for time; but if, a 
et with ina ree the purulent ee is analag. ga m 
that of the glanders in horses, the task of washing is not 
very safe for those wo happen co have a cut or a crack ou 
the finger. ‘ A Cockney” will see at dine whether his hen 
is reupy or not, When she is dead, as cas a 51 by 2 
time, he shouid get soue surgic al friend t if ther 
be aad pois e ou the neck, or slight fr e "of rahe skull, 
of the result, 3 the breed of hag hen, 
8 e Whenu the Domestic Fowls appea n the 
Gazette, the subject will necessarily be recurred to. “With 
regat d can 
only reply that if he thinks of eating it I had rather not dine 
with hin that . Bhar * uuwholesomeness is doubt- 
page or certaiu mw bat are poisonous, if absorb 
he flesh, are 8 is ke nuoxious when taken into th 
prs wh, Buta . digestion would be very > redone as 
euch a meal, which would e d u good excuse for 
an extra glass of — after ake ner. 
ger Acid a Suirn's Force— 1 D— Worthless : probably poi-- 
OLEDE Bri PER ACRE—Û R—Five pounds, 
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BUTTER—D— When te churn is e cream to 
froth, and consequen ly prevents the butter from E ing. 
enced 
This may be your case. An Esperien 
Cuicory—Constant Neader—Sow ju rows bs, per acre) 1 
foot apart, in deep, weil ared N 43 the middle 
t E er, š to run to seed ; thin Oat the 
plants iv a foot apart in the wees pore P 
J. Cuthill, in ie ey Chron. 
J 5—It may be well 8 the effect of the loss of about 
it would ais: 
the bull. W. C. 
DrumpeaD Ga a short article in our Home 
Nen OF 5 . Lawes directs the atten- 
f* 
e had 
tylis glomera Festuca duriuscula, . ; E. hete- 
X s 1 fe rubra, 2 lbs.; Lolium * 3 lbs.; 
L nae, ö Ibs.; Poa nemoralis, 2 lbs.; rat 11b. ; 
Medicago „ 1 Ib. .; Trifolium p se ; 
i 8 lbs. per acre, 
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GUILLOTINE Cuarr Curren—F N—It i very good on 
a pe e 4 ated simple, A long 333 isa 3 
te ies corrected es making the connecting 
e thrust on the knife may not be wry 
to move, 
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obilja to the — in peshe the knife has to 
