EE E E 
35—1848.] 
THE „ 5 
577 
1 BE LET 
ON LEASE, AN SEARLE FARM, 
ISLAND FARÀ in the ty of Essex. 
of Ramsey, con- 
Dx 
s and Pasture Land of excel- over the 
of gt in 1845, i 
memorable a 
THE POTATO ma Le DISEASES, 
Tue ttack, hich 
ra 
lent quality, some of it being alluvial and capable of great 
To be entered upon n aelmas. 
ma corn rent, may be granted 
ande To view the Farms, apply to Mr. 
Marras, at Michaelstow Hall, in the parish of Ramsey; and 
N Nox rox, Whitfi 
for the Seamless on which ga Ee be granted, and for L from these so 
ly t 
Gilou h 
The Agricultural Gazette. 
ATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1848, 
MEETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. 
„ — 26: Hereford.— Newcastle, Durham. 
1 ny hene South Devon: “Ties e Carlton- on- 
Trent.—Sept. B: Debenham, St. Austell.—Sept. 9: East Ken 
reso Ived o 
Tur 5 of the Highland and HS Sea 
Scot takin ng t re 
Society of and have r 
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and aidan 
tion ; ry even the latest varieties, al 
of disease are partially ocal 
so good that there is every reason 
taken to select entire Potatoes w 
t, served 
di whateve 
Bebe oes further preface, I come at once to the sub- 
ect of this „ which is Bara with a view 
to re that the Pota 
rtieular 
by er ~ an article publ by Mr. Baxter, 
infor wes, o year 1836, and a him copied from a 
Number E the “ Irish F. 5 
s 
e Cause of Failure 4 the 2 Crop. By 
all hereafter refer at greater he ite s the en.—In considering ubject of thefailure of 
3 steps which the Directors of the — Seen amidst such a varie 
Society, in accordance with the m al., s eaea | arising from the — pT mystery which 
o its the matter sive I ion led to insti- 
ter of the tim 
be tute a cou An course of experimenta, i in order 
be t 
na 
dpe xisting circum stane 
variety ‘of conjectural causes mepes to h 
ig w 
objects are neither to be —— r in any de- 
gree treated as of li ttle ll the Teese 
Ui. 
nterested in the matter ‘of 
ite perfect liberality b oth of sentiment and plan. 
e Society is desirou us of 
ag by the 
a = eine individuals — farmers, 
o whom no small meed o se is due, but whose 
ae y eens because, wate $U 05 * otherwise 
might unwittingly be done to so 
hemes was intended to all. 
i 
2 
S. 
* that — E the highest — might 
well e to pos E- 
With regard to the bs yuo of the Society’s 
exhibitions of stoc gravelly pe the subsoil a limestone gravel, 
— following Table exhibits the arrangement of 
mg i= 
* 
Label. viet Deseription of the Seed. Distance Planted. 
iste aising agriculture so of Seed. 
‘materially shove the condi tion of a 1 5 sinn al 
Art. I. 
auses wia have ed to 
The large whole Potato, About 3 feet 
9 Ditto, all but the end eyes 
picked out. 
„ Ditto, cut across the bottom 
eu 
apart. 
About 18 inches 
apart. 
Ditt 
pr e 78 or this reason that i ers are now so 
u ive to the e Are 0 ing t t 
— of cattle, shee that for: their own 
sary wer will ‘itigentiy prosecute improve- 
ment in these departments, whereas in kar case of 
imple 3 the ae 
ments and useful inven 
e fiso farmers 55 depri 
— Be n ts. 
Ditto dle sets. Ditto 
The — sized whole aE 55 . — inches 
Cet e o v m 
new improve- 
ons is een ‘while at 
rived of such frequent 
r what As it occurred to me 
siderable 
p e prac- 
mation, al whose t 
he areis carried | e 
out cd the Highland Society itself. The 
f 
e that the failure —— — a con- 
amount already e through the ivi 
z emulative ingenuity th s 
F the ostabe ere we to ask any number offarmers who recently | No.1. 9 with the Potato entire, judging . 
lishment = uch an institution, in such a attended the agric Itural shows at York 5 „the cut Potato, would prove the correctness of this 
À try, burgh, which they considered most useful in practice i. 
as the mico-Agricultural Society of Ulster, and ruction, we are persuaded opinion or no 
> 
„It alco 
hether res same — 8 . e lanted 
fally w 
as the same weight 
ce of 
whole, would yield as much produce 
ad 
ple; neither can we vi h dical 
ublication of the proceedings of the Agricultural] Gre e the improvements in akc ack and j cut i — on the same surfa 
p ne ith — — little 5 ere ow given to the | gro 
istr ssociation wi conviction b m the bles, 
that the information thus spread ab has had a | Production of unnatural specimens of obesity, still 1 e Niven the lad ak anus — er wag — 
powerful influence minds of intelligent the sight o nimal, however pure its breed or foe 3 8 r 
farmers, and through them upon others whose prac- perfect its symmetry, eat 152 all amo 75 a o 
tice can only advance in the rear of Bese] ex- | of Sat f, LURETTE pa K g E [Proportion of kana Pro Quality. 
periment * 
The Hi ghland Society, in assuming the position structed with special reference to a particular en i PoE: 
of this Association, 7 taken upon itself a ps i are et id minor b. ee. of 2 Pad Mac | Regular, strong, | No Failure, 4 6 „Zubers very 
us duty, otha acs is to be hoped the | Weight, &c., are addressed, whereas in the other} | __ vigorous. arge & coarse, 
— pheri of the * body of the 8 land- the higher powers of invention, observation, and 2 Very irregular. — 9 2 N K 
lords and farmers will enable the o perform. The | reflection are called into active exercise. . bad quality. 
‘Operations of the late C — Aci alice were ” underrate the tance of ex-/ ? N a 21 ee ty. 
all along greatly impeded by a want of adequate | bibitions of live stock, but merely view them Ditto, | Ditto one-third, 10 h½ Ditto. 
nds, and it devolves on those whose interests are of secondar importauce when compared with| 5| Irregular. | Dines onsoNU p T a ge 
Most at stake to remove this impediment from the | those of agricultural machines. We f no "pool au ty 
ath of its suecessor t the meeting of Directors better means b; the disadvantages x 6| Irregular. Ditto one-eighth. 18 1 Wrs large, 
eld in Edinburgh on the last day of the late Show, | lessening the 3 to the — 5 7 ment of f $ quality 
the uke Bo CH a resolution that cultural machin nery c n be obviated than by the 7 Irregular. | Ditto one-half. |14 7 Tubers middle 
fands for the support of the nev chemical depart- Society assigning a conside erable. 2 t | | 1 
ment be raised by subscriptions from local societies, | ject in the columns of its published Transactions, or 8 Veryirregular. | Ditto. | 7 5 | Tubers large, 
hich was seco by M NIE, of Swanston, a by encouraging the ex e of implements at l | | cg ty 
farmer, one of the original founders of the Srat the meetings of local socie ol om — and Scarcely a blank. 14 7 Tober middle 
ä Chemistry Association. The pro pose The recent Show at entre h, we canes tom | l # [eee 
us Open to this objection, that members of local | to know, both from personal observation and public | — : 
‘Societies who are not m ers also of the parent r. port, has b ` st, in a practical point 5 Yini all arr . together, as the 
the a, pil ned 5 ee 8 7 “ete view, ever held 5 id — rae P lama al a wa dor the — ag ong 
ivileges in regard to o taining chea the live st a nt ob given 133 9, and the rapidity with which they adyaneed i 
oo as those who are members of that Society. | place to symmetry of form and purity of breed, and camparizon with the others. By the end of Septemb 
orl es, there are many local societies which, p e implements there is an evident tendency | 7 w was surprised to find the divisions of the whole Potato 
— speakirg, bave no me bership, the bond of in the direction of strength of material—perha aps to planting exhibiting symptoms of 1 y the change 
=o among the farmers being simply the practice | a fa mee saen ity of construction, and adaptation | in the colour of the tops, while all the others were quite 
of taking up sweepstakes with each other, There to the purposes of cultivation. H. green, only in — “This w was the more 
