724 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Ocr 25 
have been set to all large cities; Heilt] take at 7 quarters acre, and that pae a may or manure into ersi; the 
Davis, 3, Frederick’s-place, Old Jew London. ormed that he had 6 q ere: | seeond must necessarily be contained in 
Thin Sowing, &c.—1 have long wished, and almost These 23 lines contain, it — knowledge, then, of the constituents of 
made up my mind, again into contro- | weight of my offending. t wherein was the mighty changed i each other should be p 
vertial writing on the subject of agriculture; but the e? in which of the few words did it exist? or was sessed, to ensure success, We 
; my antagonist, in your last week's it in either of the two figures, the 7 or the 6, or in both? | quire into the nature of certain 
Agricultural Gazette, contains 80 many grave insinua- That my friend d Wh all at | w whether their peculiar elements 
tions 
integrity, that I 
own character, and in 
should be wanting in 
t to the 
er to be du 
do I deem it due to ** gentlemen of 
tice in the 
ce or not, 4 es 
in its 
are interested i 
ee Ija 
‘od himself. perpetrated mints ng e 
the judge 
ena eat all ~ae 
Agricultural ns urn to 
Baker De and disco er, if. det chall be 
able, anything el t 4 — a ” from the 
b ning to the path of it; example, all his 
in reference to Mr. Mechi’s ö resin all, every ene are 
see > suppositions and N they were mere 
stimations, T ut pot oa whilst 1 
readers o Ag 
bert 
gures 
oice, — 
th 
only in my o untry 
the civilised world, On the contrary, also, it has brought 
e 
t 
e The 7 3 „ the 
2 
t 
ies were growing i e fields. en no man 
he world could exactly “eal what bes 8 yield. 
5 quarters, the 3 quarters, the 
4 F 
= 
2 
upon me, 
and very unhandso: 
pleasure and ee I derive yos the Be arnt 
and esteem of candid, xie, and scientific more than 
compensates me for aes empts made to „ee 
a » unwise, and i 
e 
manding influence and fancied en en 3 
erush so humble and h an 
mbs aed acre, whilst my 
opi has not exce peaa 
5 Pee an that for my y last crop was only 4, 8, 
i have pr roduced 
11. ae 10 v 
of Engla 
is not 10 fold; aT 1 gone still “farther, and 
blis r yee 
mA 
Ir. Baker's rer. to which 
alluded, and published i in the Gaz 
The letter opens thus have r 
the 
as he himself w 
Nay 
the 
ns. But to retu bh a 1 ale 
” he writes, full of fear and 
if walking over a mine 
no portion of the rai 
an acre. 
Peete A rec none ot “the 
f i would fall 1 below that quantity.“ 
li bliely a 
writes 7 He * 
sta 
some misr epresentations ; ; but the 
on an average ] 
. | saw land . 
imply ee ate land is worth 7/, an acre, or even 7s 
hin | Las 
tion, and broadly to 1 an th at and those 
d 7 quart 
bs 853 a 
bours, and perhap: ght.” 
will set the 8 er ri eall upon Mr. 
aker to arek 7 letter, and that letter he is bound 
es: the first 2 roduce. But he is a tere * 
175 etical to 
ecords, fr 3 
4 ‘spea 5 aroia 
gaat felt hime called upon “to 8 Now 
it is 
contradiet than to cers statements; 
and * easier still to o arrive ata state eee 
I would never contradict, if i could at refute or pro 
an te o rs ess,” I hope 
trust, by the Divine favou me years yet Ke 
that; at present, I follow — aus laid down by one of 
the best historians and first of philosophers the world 
vin 
of Mr. Mechrs Wheat crops this 
than “ B.“ himself has aaa it 
d the ae „% Wheat” only; “Is 
heat,” purposely omitting the article“ the” which 
TE 2 s supplied, rts tha gs 3 comprehends in 
it all the case te ce betw t write, that 
saw 71. an oe but Os that would not 
a magnificent church (at C irencester), 
but & B. t account, must not assert that I have 
8 art all 3 es are magni en 
r the er 
sian 
8 
as 1 eh: = ‘feds ulge his humour, 
3 have the pa dl Ti and it is this e time 
befi ore harvest there. met at Mr „ Mechi’s a 8 
gnown ingland, and m 
farther, for their enterprise, science, prac etice 
speciability. 
uch 
and re- 
I had p hann 3 al of their ‘company, 
gentlemen estimated t mall part of Mr. 
“pian Whent en cr: rop, to ii 4 alluded : in my letter, at 
And, 
the censor, publishe 
t Mr. 
3 acre, I 
ere some practical oo 
spectable a extensive irae 
gathering, who be timated the sa 
also at the sam tity of 7 quarters an acre. 
i and no 
; 
en my own, I wrot 
but 2 a want ef space, 1 enge, it was 
not published till some weeks afterwards. It i s easy to 
tha $ 
— 
=. 
: of wilfu 
e of W 
piec 
— suppose 
Mr. Bak 
e. Ke. He 
5 d be dealing unfair Why? Who constituted 
Mr. 0 92 what authority is Mr. R. Baker 
riven before contradict ” the “state- 
of an ? But iti 
3 
x agains 
a Sei e cise late 
statement, now that the W 
deceived and pane te 
ail 
le- | ture,” 
thro imc all sna all papers of them whilst 
ng, fi 
bs t B, this rag br aetg 
which every candid man will, and pen on the im 
partial judgments of so many respectable men, I e 
2 prepared to take the same Wheat, which T said 
w, even now at 6 quarters an acre; George W ‘ahi, 
Wiz, 5 8. 
beys 
me a little gest entitled cA rey Theory of Agricul- 
y py es Booker: 8 from which 
send you ubject. A pas 
minute analysis of 5 might 8 corrected o 
au 
th ose 
Baits by no possibility be 1 more 
1 timati : 
an 
the judgment, therefore of all 1 ee agricul- 
and sent off my | wo 
e 
, | paved complete 
Until within these few years, 
of bodies have not been discov 
cannot be mak d into each 
7 de mgar ie to — 
be transmuted into floor whenever 
manure as it is now pr 
e found nitr pr 
cannot be effected by common vegetab 
the manure employed in the production of the 
d starch could not p e the gluten 
ary that 
shoul 78 ay ese 9 to be a applied to 
— ent of Whe 
takes up phosphate 
assa Me ), whence may he 
e be present in the sol 
of s. of pot 
eiae that der T sh 
where Barley is to be 
yields on incineration a 5 . 
of potash 
necessary ef 
a the b 
. 
Se en discov be 
eT of e e of lime, a aad thus, 2 
ur researches, we sha dizorimimation k a | 
equ al pace. Sai and 
8 quantity At eee 
ale ways find a conside rabio quantity 
or ah 
rl ao 
th 
the 
were directed 
cover the sa 
knowledge spi not o 
would be extremely useful to the pract 
Subscriber. [Mr. Gri e work was 
at p. fa 1845. 
Milk, &c. I have lately noticed 
e blunders made by well meanin 
nden Pigott writes 
worth ld. per 
very far from the quart 
very best worked blue lias! 
and have within the last few weeks 
or less 3 vis : 
eluding stone, haulin ing; l 
Ar, Wolan Tra re een ree 1 
p. 693, 3 i 
n 
finest | lot of pou liry he he had ever 
Nolan, Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin. [There 
mistake i in the matter.] 
Floori wha Fe ask for information “hae do 
s tar, — in both the . Gazeltes. 3 a 
given, 
