THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
274 [APRIL 22, 
— - . have been proved to be useful improvements: ara, = 
are furnished by its tenant. Its owner 1s the name of the harmless plant also. Oh, these theorist fre 33 oa — he has ments; and T have thas 
n who furni a great part of this ma- |agricultu urists ! ! who ws — of their — ie ould rop a subject of laborious and s eens 24 a aa 
2 : 2 8 : Mar the excellence they cannot reach. pea ate to let us know the result 
chinery, and of this raw material also: and in con- How desirable it would be if they would not be re- suitable impression wil! be cone Coady: S nr 
sidering the increased valu e of this manufactory, as , iterating i, 8 but soberly strive to e e ce be duly appreciated, Mr and the 
indicated by its increased productiveness, to they cannot teach. adds, after hearing from Dr. Kane what soled aaa 
be all owing to the tenant, it is forgotten that It 1 “Seething the Lamb in its mother’s milk . — 8 c — 
pa ly due to an incre reased | does not furnish a more refined exa ample of imone in the meantime, call on those who ha o take. He 
hich cover it: 
ak 
e 
improvementin the fo 
him a readier access 
in which that fo 
both material and appar, the landlord’s 3 
which similar aN ap 
S dit a reality ; but we = 
N 0 
enters his farm. It is a subject poper for private 
agreement—not for public enactment 
ak of enforcing t nst land- 
of en this matte 
owners, when of all the apa to the occupation of 
n agreement | w 
they would benefit the 
which should leave it in an improved 5 i 
to far mo 
provement than any law is ever likely to be. 
FLAX AN EXHAUSTING CROP? ? 
Cali 
The soil is not 
of that 
But what an absurdity it seems that we should 
as 
S market, and lea 
ia * xi a" * lax is a thie 
our lar nay, either their laziness or w 
n robbed tik for every gallon 
ins large 
year 1531, 
. The hostility « ‘of the Mark Lane Mai æpre 
lax culture rem e of the oft qus rhyme, 
W ell 3 
ee 
eee ae. ent 
M. rell, Bar 
Burrell, asserts, that 12 loads of manure made 
from cattle fed usual portion of Flax seed are 
equal to 20 loads from cattle fed in the ordinary way 
without Flax seed, it must be confessed that rofits 
made by t row F feed their stock on 
the seed must be considerable ; nor could it be other- 
wise, unless they had pre ted to mismanage every 
part of the simple instructions which, with increased in 
mg try, I ha * n gratis, ee e. — influence 
d indulgence of the press for several y 
I observe in the report given by Dr. H 
he Flax fibre, that it con a 1 very 
and as that 
apply to restore to the 
Px grew, pr the ingredients that it. "extracts arà 
the abject 
Dr. Hodges, professor of chemistry to tke e 
Ain ear of Ireland, in commenti 
reported po 
It is li — ony 0 nd 
— or springs up pe iS the high way, it takes during its 
rs of e e- in Flax, ee 
ated for food a 
“Ses eons 
gro 
It is k tender plant and needs i 7 though 
aat graer fr rom _the soil,” and then he goes on to 
p 
and avarice than those who would carry both fibre ‘nl mak 
ed to 
_ | might have in 
he ne 
or 1 8 years, previous, 
d for the p of experim 
of it ‘with about 20 sat ‘of 2 and . 
the remainder. Te is ortion to whi ch the Pla — 
applied car rried t est crop by 308.; and if we — w 
of the 20 bar rels of hime, and the labour attending its — 
tion, it will 
By this ee Nr. ki * Jet 31. per acre 
pie or applying the Flax-water to the osha nd. 
expended 30s ber lim e, and had a loss of 30s, 
ing was then follow ed by Mr. Samuel 
8 j . f 
N 
wed or be acinar to try the ex 
otgtoes, when the adv antage of t 
apparent, the portion of the field to Page it had 
carrying a double crop. Nor was effect confined to the 
Potato habe It was 3 be wa in the succeeding erop 
of Fla Last season I vy „ the water 
96 nee Í have no doubt he judicious management, 
creased t s produce co nsiderably ; and [han 
no hesitation in ae ey the good poe I entertain of the 
na of Flax-water to be — that had I no other 
eans of pi ocuring it, I would pay 
J Experi iments -o as 4 thon al 
hat I call the best-managed estate — 
— — the directions of an agent who — the comfort 
ell-doing of the tenantry of Lord Gosford, at 
aoe 
a 1 
spinon, decidedly do away with the idle prejudice, that 
ore — crop = an any other 
,0thing to manure or — he 
se of the nalysis and calculations show me 
hat i it does oat t rob ‘the 201 half so much as some of the 
and the great r the attention bestow wed | tha 
— wer 5 ari in 
itself into two heads ; first, it injure the land, and 
' defraud the landlord ? se 
n on- peoduntivo. crop as likely defeat the tenant’s hope 
remuneration ? 
b 
shall briefly treat we it under im 
and Johnston | 
lain that, “ Flax is a less 3 crop | 
separate points. Professors Sir R. Kan 
chemically ex 
f our common crops, from which it a —_— 
Doctor i 
of experielica” other crops grown in England by farmers | shows t shon is ed on the farm, tie ON THE VALUE OF SALT AS A u i 
aiii fesen the | i h, I read t 
able or ry let us test it, thus ; the grand question to sale of the Flax a itre co te 3 the t eines Aer of he 8 — i ‘Mr. ne Edwards, 
solve is, if I plough down, say a 10 acre field of Wheat 11s. 6d. per ; the manures he recommends are | was engaged b French Gov examine 
5 — phen r en 88 rit te of Potash, 30 Ibs. 3 the value of common oe 
| i uriate of Potas! i 
hing and sow it with lax early J Ch n Ehadden a dine omina säin Maal ee —— in the following terms the conclusions 
; Burned gypsum, 34 1 their enquiries on the subject in En 
pay me better than a er as a 8 = bs 1 quit England with the con 
ith 3 n ulphate of magnesia (Epsom n 5 of tlie employment of galt in agricul 
Any farmer can pretty correctly what * bée b from county to 
= with nk — * per = ig If after this we hear Vane the erm of Taa tch- | Sulit. Here they send us into the 
T H. g Year with ano P. for North Wilts, the poe and ruinous exhausting nature of — Flax — bas Al mines; 5 e eee 
nt authority on the subject, acknowledges he had not been set a when ‘scie A 
clear profit 181. 88. 6d. p y Flax culture, the exbenee require ke good the ern caused by the that the most desirab va n ka 
farmers will judge whether I be or not their friend, if sale of the fibre, ard accurately explains the 3 nure is by employing the s phosp 
in their defence I defy every enemy of home produce uired to mak hat loss, and i a salts, rather than sea : 
turn their attention to cultivatin i satisfy the 2 I confess I shall have but little In my opinion the cone 
` ts enemies have failed in their efforts to extin- old school landlord class, lovers of old that salt is of very little value as a 
guish the light that I have endeavoured to throw on the especi- | Correct. Opinions un 0 
subject, ally as the Mark Lane Express, a Paper ‘with such | Bowever not worth much, and as 
‘corroborate their ealumnies, “an 2 witness 5 the tenant Practical agriculturists advocate the 
who, without any SO seutch his farmers, continues to wa age war with the ponien t| Pit ondeatour to ex š 
crop, sold it on mi heis lee ee denounce Plan, although aed nable to produce, in support dissent he I am quite 
what he bad not courage to try. As of their opinion, a solitary individual who has really uumerous experiments have 
2 adhe: bs there » was much deviates and grown Flax, watered it, g tehed and eon effect of salt upon the mists hor 
more loss y | brought it to market. Not one man of practical bipi nt. The questio aea — E 4 
— ai ai f gold an and diver ence from the north of Ireland elped th of ee and that to which th 477 
When will prejudiee cease to be ind? When will the dilemma and false position 25 er: have been drawn | make refer, has not bern reality the e gh 
theorist icultural a r b the into by their friends Messrs T Beamish. pareans “bat to 2 general a ot Si 
rust from their aes and take the gall from — ont She enemies of Flax hav ts tried to prop up their man its impo 
When will they e to be instructed in the art to hopeless case from the writings of 3 Bar am and | Point tof. views ‘T shall not therefore q 
which they pretend $ 2 jong aed If Plax hie bean a = Hodges, Bee ve to the use and y the water — nts of my own, ets 
robber, they made thei ae for | } z Flax is steeped, the “properties of whic That no substance 
Profecaor Sir R. Kane asserts, are eomposed of ingre- 2 as a manure, Shih is 
dients that the Flax abstracts frees the soil; obliges me | ne . That salt exists toa 
to confess myself more in favour, and more confident | the exported produce of a fa 
ie practice, than I pi in the doctrine of the most be Substituted for those 
e sts, and therefore I shall allo: expor and in whic 
results from. yaa use of e r, 3 ce re deficient. Considering a farm as 3 
fessor to decide as to its real value. p a imported manures 
i At the Marketi Agricultural Societys meeting, in | aw erial, and from wai 
irman, Mr. Blacker r and meat, itis evident 
921 It is, however, true that the charge e the Flax crop, | Ports which it will 
ust | Plax rng mo manure, is no „ for the seed of the depend upon that of the expo! 
— 1 ure; = e ag Thay Saro hos! au 3 et — must vary acc rding to 
3 to take the trouble of availing themselves of there vation! but assuming the extrem 
to tits fa ake It is now 12 years since I first directed attention 0 bushels of corn from an renee 
SiGe; MRE Gr aoe tty chart ore eee ta Sete | 100 lba; of He weight of anon 
what 1 = $ to practise in this i „to estim te i 5 
judices seen recommended = but in the present day old rom tituents by such — 
hay e number of new things wnich Fifty bushels of grain may be sae 0 ine 
tg forward, and which, , contrary to expectation, | 0: ineral mat In e 
Then he shows the amount of ingredients contained = 
condly, is it such | in a given number of — its, — with that afforded 
Having adduced poe that others — ld im 
me in this respect 1), as I always do, 5 isin 
of the benefits de is ga! Bo. Flax, 
disposed to z offended with myself fo or 
to refut ondite sta meme 3 from 
works of tl ead, and exhum the dust d 
ibraries, as ghosts to fright the timid Tag ie 
mbating with 
n r 
mpaigners again 
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