a? AGRICULTURAL : GAZETTE. 
No. 6 is lla. 2 r. 1 
omen pe on 15th Sad 
F. > 
all 
8 at 16 feet N Post 891. 2s. 
16 feet pat at a cost of 181. 3 
with Oat s i l 
The — were found very near to all ui 2 
16th t. 6 cubic — of manure, respect to the preceding, a 
z 3 cwt. Peruv o3 a good 5 upwards of 20 r but it only iath gs Fabi, a 1 5 mn old —— s were mounds een werag 
tons per acre irds eaten off with sheep. Itis|of Oats. Now p eparing fo nips. „sometimes f ater 
a karia ah roni pi permanent Grasses. No. 7 is Ha. ; 15 part of this “held, say 6 vain aa e all levelled and rep by Q 
: 13a. p. all drained, e h July, been drained by is teji. er tena The r on the flat. The principal 18 is Cheviot 
1810; all at 16 feet — exeopt 1 act at 18 feet, and | 16 feet apart, and cost 62/. 145. 155 z it is oom sown pases ar ey fed in s w 
Ə at 21 feet. Total spat, 991. 8 Rive $ bel being w pe after being el 2 * ghe would appear that we have about 77 
drained, grew nothing but short wn Grass and Rushes. 8 is 12 a. Ir. AT Poa which the sarg part had | this farm at a cost 5817., or 71. 10 T0. 
Was in * in 1846 ; : yielded 400 putes was sub- been. "drained, by a eet penis Henry. R. Sandbac 
soiled in er, and is now preparing for Turnips. about 2 acres 3 roods 8 Pes 1 “aie winter at 
STATE OF THE POTATO CROP, AUGUST 12, 1848. 
. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. 
COUNTY. THE POTATO DISEASE. NAME AND ADDRESS. COUNTY, THE POTATO DISEASE. 
“SGOTLAND. ENGLAND, 
INVERNESS sit eee Macxenzir, M. D., eee NokTHAUrTON SH. rhs ` — as eh 
3 , Inch niversal, an orse 
PERTH „Has 3 in ve a is, and also in some PLax FAIR, Inohmichac ee ead Waking rapid pro 8 
Fonraz Oceurs in every Seld, but is not extending |R. ot vues, Chance Inn =r re ates — ow rly — soara is now 
mi not ed in late sorts J, B. FERNIE, Leow HEREFORDSHIRE.. 5 than any past year 
An Am ot general J. Ban cLAx, Craill 2 Gradually extending 
Has not D. TENNANT, St. „ „Now extending to the late crop 
Excites 3 = here OWDEN, Pre y tu et rotten 
Lorata Has app d extends J, FINNIE, pak neg ds affect — Ro: 
West LOTHIAN 0 Is not seen ee the f foie J. MELVIN, Ratho WARWICKSHIRE ...|Three parts — and daily erde worse 
GH curs in J r St. Boswell’s 2 Dai ily satan tials « L. P 
S Onl in — J. Bronie, Hawick enerally as bad as 
— tp ed IE, Selkirk WORCESTERSHIRE . rogressing 
s not ed W. Hastie, Galashiels Very bad, — getting 
AYE Not worse than last ye ALEX. RALSTON, Maybole, Rots the ga 2 io s 
rezsing rapidly A. H. M'Lean, Stranraer Is no increasing where it had partially sub- 
Wiaron ... Everywhere — Koinda sayah annn; J. Camp, oon sided 
Almost as bad as D. Mackie, Whithorn CAMBRIDGESHIRE . i Increases 
Duur Becoming gxeni € —.— Langholm NORFOLK ... ves Mor lent than 184 
BERWICK . lias not appeare LEX. Logan, Greenlaw Appears to panra 
Has appeared iu — —— which is now i n Aytown aži yet bad 
4 a raqually ine reasing 
WALES, Has shi appeared J. WILLIAMS, — SUFFOLK . Continues to grow 
Partial, but progressing y 125 j Aberg Does not increase in tu 
Now more general in the — sorts We Garr, Benet Now a 5 eal on the increase 
Now universal; 50 per — early sorts J. 6 WOOD, Chirk ecidedly of the ea i V. F 
destro MONMOUTH H ilied t earlies, and now 
Has extended considerably — Carrow, Haverfordwest female: rr 
: Universal V. EDMONDS, Swansea ğ or ine ron a bg TIR 
ENGLAN rogresses : all haulm is dea 
—— H N not seen in fields . Grey, Dilston GLOUCESTERSHIRE, | 4 È . N rast 
v. PirLaxs, Alnwick Has destroyed two-thirds o e whole crop 
Has T yet . in fields ConBECK, — orse than any pass 
t ap) LOVER, Newcastle OXFORDSHIRE Its virulence is una 
DurNAM .. Has — appeared in fields: b. Dixox, Darling HEnTronbshmE Gradually progresses 
Waestmo RELAND ... Almost universal iu the leas. . — al Getting worse 
Lately Prevalent ox ared — 1 sorts. V. TU Lyth BEDFORDSHIRE ... Progressing in late sorts 
V. KEY, Kirby Lonsdale Denne „ 3 Has not ee 1 
- Gnossr, iv re niversa 
YORKSIR 700 ener opiy 5 sorts, ing P. SE as, into Thirsk || Wits In ing 
; r attacked but few Ap ree iM. Mx Thirsk Ver yi bad 
: Not appeared in winter sorts 2 — B ering BESKSHIRE * Universal, 
Not appeared i . — e 5 Has killed the ned, 1 — has not yet much 
ppe: URNER, Richmo f red the t 5 
LANCASHIRE. Progressing, but not £o bad.as past years . Evans, Wigan * SURREY e in — dee. 
Very bad in early, but torte visible in late E. Dawson, Lancaster Kent Fast killing the c 
o SusseX «a» z — — s — 
CHESHIRE ... arly sorts R. Owen, Nantwich 5 : — Adly 
Basale io —— nd very W. Patty, Chester Rotting fast 
LINCOLNSHIRE . 3 in early sorts G. GIIar, Horned As bad as 184 
Universal among late sorts; worse than last T. AITEEN, KIFER Fem HANTS su rse 
3 year i ; Progressing universally 
Daily getting. worse W. Marr Horneastle Daily getting worse 
8 ray a sane, tubers 2- ibs. bad K — ies sutton s last week 
x 8 mt ae 3 Suddenly en! a worse than ever 
1 
: increasing R. HopeKixsox, 8 ene —.— — 
5 spreading W. J. PICKIN, SoMERSET tening wo a tins 1847 
STAFFORDSHIRE ..,). Rapidly getting worse J. WILLIAMS, AMAA 1 Much worse than. last year 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE Gradually spreading R. BEART, Godmanciester DORSET Tr saeti 
Salor — rapidly W. Minor, Market Drayton Universally re 
ey 85 A. OXD, Oswestry D: z% Late sorts deplorably bad 
LBICESTERSHIBE...| Rapid midi ending T; SPENCER, Knossington CoBNWALL,,. Has increased great] 
3 Has killed the carlie ‘ut not yet touched the J. Buckuzy, Loughborough Rapidly progressing 
Mee Universal an 
RUTLAND p. Spreading very rapidly probably the worst W. Fancourr, Empingham i Badon late Potato ves 
Wide-spread and virulent S. Curetuam, Oakham ae | Phe tate spi ereak —— 8:9 ere partially oF 
NoRIHAMPTONSE. . Progressing W. Gary, Northampton badly di 
. OF 9 generality of pou ee is to lea ve, for what is p e moon, the butelier to b. 
Tur advice, “k ere ad , called a nest egg, the last egg laid, apres one of the as sna the } 
HE advice, cep no rosters” a ted in the e. its place. Bat a small chalk, the size | few seco unless covered 
American e „ 45,1 2 shape of enge T thimik pre ferable, of linen, or as onsliip- 
2 ticle er” aai“ «D 5, havin A ete mua The Influence of Light or Electrivity.—This being | in “the tops, or at the stern 2 in 
i g expressed their asto- well known, the effects of — rays of light of the moon too, become putrescent in an mer 
80 t atio ? 
SE. ase: ee 4 n ly 8 tiated. The | of 
opin e eee ad, | ads met with in old books, “to sit a hen | putrescent beco 
n arba weeds ana ysis, I have found it to accord with | in the increase of the moon before the full, in p whi have 
physio 1 * a 5 3 mments thereon | ence to when she is in the deerease after the full,“ the 
pol “4 inet oF eke a Aaa e 243, w foundéd on a mis- | should not be disregarded, much less ridiculed, being much, too, lik 
> 2 Shanske rth pitta macs 5 By in accord with the laws of Nature, and ac- wake of a 
cr 5 only, some at in counted for I Į Aristotle l 
3 the wild state. But such is not the meaning. | Columella, Pliny, — iod, and Virgil, all in, ny s 
tars, . . yee ne ree 1e results of prac- | mention the influence of the moon in various ways ; in the 
FEE jumbled together | other words, the — 8 light u Leng = of Pla tilt 8 
E en to . first plants and animals, he pre- soon 
A very old practice, rie 
although notessentially n 
E 
1 
Alenee UL 
incre: 
erect or droop their leaves in — — shades of li — 
dar kness. _ The lear wes of the: 0 eee a ca 
The 
us, 
eggs e ihoni them, &e, &e. 
these reco 
endations be followed as 
i i ad by the 
t be soad, lis — 
‘he Gross else in U — dark, buti a - lighted candle be 
7 n pots, 
nist 
moon. 22 Old e Olivie 
por a during t or 
f darkness, — — — active as the light | 
Various flowers 
flowers of | re 
riem si uel 
. or . 
— —— —— i uce premature 
his timber at the proper | facts account for the “ 
