834 THE — —-— GAZ ET TE. Dae. ig 
dealers... Croll’s llised, immed act with the mouths of the Dan and «hen one year compared with another, or one — == 
was much adulterated for it cuntained 27 not — ete beneficial access of 34d. The | pared with ano ther * seem ae co, 
tte s 
o mu 0 
an increase of to the amount: of 1 or 2 ct. per sidering that two thirds of the. specified amount is a the earth by the vital activity of the i 
acre, This was not — but the season has been high average produce this year on some of the best | to it in a more soluble and caka N — 
most favourable- to the natural growth, which amounted | Wheat ssils in this co ountry, and that our chalks are not was, that those parts which were most foul. lags 
to about 2 tons per acre. Better success, however, we adapted to Wheat, it might appear to be.as good a | and therefore most covered with ashes this raa 
attended the two other applications of liquid manure rop as could — 3 pecied from the thickest the advantage over those which had been — 
hich at 
and wood ashes; the liquid manure was of various sorts, fo ba and when I add that 4 — produced the and so it came to pass that those rtions whi 
and I proceed to show its effects, 2 amount, the 8 of the thin seeders would | received no sn manure than the Steepingof the 
Weick ok i em e complete ; but Jove us see what is the fact, | produced mere than those which w re watered withy 
927 = ay not asserted by conjecture, or the loose ee. of the | solution of the, same salt, and eis which had been len 
igen tere ja nite proved by the — — of weight and measure. = more than those which had been hoed and this 
‘ons, ewt, Ibs mischief was still further inereased b the 
13 50 6 reappearaues 
Nh fromthe = Hedin 620 galls: 40 : QUANTITY or SEED, | Straw. | Corn. =e of the weed, which loaded the . of the unhoed 
‘ bs. uric acid : i i 
Ditto from he house, 350 babe, 350 water, ani 
56 Ibs. sulphuric — | 
Ditto from the cow 
8 
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1 
1 : 
2 6 74. |4 Pecks per acre dibbled in ... —— 16 35 TYE 83 the ouly produce from, which any judgment enn le 
nbeds) db, do doi 2 0 7 75 gox Zoltan * 78 3235 0 -= formed of the-relative value of pet cultu 
Ditto from the staves at the house, do, do. 4% 2 11 11 io 92 5 1 . . ; 59, 'Was the straw; for the Wheat having grown toth 
tto from the stables a » do, do. ao | 2 13.64 0 ditto int Anthr Part ye 5 eight of nearly 6 feet was 8 down by a 
might be sense a —— this table that the liquid] same field 88 32 42 5935 storm in July, and the grain during a month of Taia 
manure had added more than a ton ə nat crop; Th 15 weight throughout i is bad; but S is clear? | Weather which occurred between the reaping and har 
but this only shows how difficult: it is to arrive: at the | that in these instances at least i — of seed was Vesting of the erop either sprouted or fell a prey to th 
truth, which no ordinary precaution is sufficient to | rewarded by increase in the quantity of grain and im- birds; these observations upon the straw ly on} 
iece of groun i i as 
secure e ured piece of ground which 8 of its eal ; and though in another case, those portions where thesulphate of soda and e 
there assumed for the purpose o comparison is on the the aid of early so ing, a medium quantity of seed of soda were tried. iate of ammo: and the 
same level, e same subsoil, and ap ly the — the maximum npr produce in the foregoing ex- | nitrate of potas e the results which might be ex 
i 8 a mi 
ame surface soil, and is separated by a small distance | periments „yet even here the same law prevailed, and posten; the whole crop very much exceeded thatof lait 
from the rest—but it is not 2 that which is the same superiority crowns thic 
immediately adjacent is from me difference of rn 5ST 
or 
pe A 8 en dividedandinay 
tr t, na may richer, so = 2 tons 3 ewt. 44 lbs. | Straw. | Corn, Weight of planted i in spring, to sen up = ‘auc whero ada 
isthe saa with which the four last ex ts grown, gave a fuller 8 than the good Wheat inthe 
lave to be compared. Still increase is sufficient to i ie September 24, »| Trusses Jis} Bos Bush. aia. 551 2 of 161 to 134. I will only add that the com 
prove how little those farmers understand their true | 10 une sown’ at the same bination of — —5 of ammonia with ph of pote 
interests who neglect this valuable manure, which costs 91 45 0 60 ash confirms my former experienee of its value, so far 
so little and returns so much, The other successf ian how wever, t cheese are some who contend that the as the produce of straw can be trusted, and 
essing was wood ashes, the facility of ob: ee quantity of seed may be and ought to be reduced to 2| its superiority ava either ingredient used alone, L. 
which must depend upon the — to which a farmer | pecks, I submit to their consideration, and to the con. | Vernon Harcou 
has the misfortune of livin country denuded of sideration of those who might be tempted to take their 
8 1 — eee å 
its wood ; its great utility may Da seen in the following advice, the following eee To obviate the THE AVERAGE PRODUCE OF WHEAT, 
results. objections which have been made to d ibbling, in carr) ing “ Tux average of the whole of England should be 0 
r Weight of Hay out their system, I adopted a different method: A | bushels of Wheat per acre!” ch i conclusion 
— —— | presser, passed over the ground when ready for the | arrived at by Mr. Colman, as reported in his speech at 
asf T 17 den formed seams 9 inches apart, in which the grains | Saffron Walden ihe other day. ‘This gentleman bade 
han of about 3 in i i e Uni l 
2 1 25 (for baoite exactness is manifestly ee three | about to return to his own country after a long absenee, 
a ae me Soe stints in this; at a time, two at a time, anik one ata s uring Ruy he had been studying European 
that the rivers is obtained from the less solid parts oi) ~> = <7 ture, and is now publishin ni = * e the“ Agriculture 
o ashes were applied, the 3 was 
woe 160 bushels. or —— a the lime-kiln 
a m heshel 
the wood, the loppings of trees, which are bound Sanam | rege Com abe, | of Great Britain.” I ean ot but consider a statement 
together in bundles, for burning chalk into lime. EOS TEST ESTO tee a ö ad ch as the above very prejudicial to ther — —— 
The experiments on corn relate to the influence of | 3 grains ata time=5 = 77 28 35 59 mandos 3 Pa „ sie ted with 
preceding crops, the effect of hoeing, the —— „ Produced upon what gro any ashen! ee 
merits’ of thick and thin seedi d the g¢| Hains 7 gallons. „ 4 20 2 4 59 piaghe, agrioultuzo could form such an opinion. Mr. 
i A seeding, an ae OF | i grain = 4} gallons 73 12 30 3 ; farms 8 
certain chemical manures. The first —— wabi T Am c te ee Colman stated: at the meeting that he knew 
tried on Wheat in one field —— on Oats in another; in ee nigh the e e tha 5 e to these this country which did average 60 b ls per n; 
each case the natural soil was the same, and the same trials, no plants being thrown out of the ground by frost, now I am very doubtful whether there -is any one in 
quantity. of n oe by han Pi Ths: Dtoihita and insect enemies less numerous than usual, yet it is England bold enough to come forward and say that he | 
stands thus F evident in this descending scale that the diminution of an grow n average of seasons 60 bushels of Wheat 
—— | produce corresponds very exactly to the diminution of per acre on a considerable space of ground; but evenif 
Wisin |Straw per acre|Coro_per acre. | seed, “ Thin y degrees and beautifully less.” But, such an instance did occur upon a d | 
: Trusser. Ibs. Bush, galls, | 4th, I thought it worth while to try whether the defect round, it would surely be rash to infer that the same 
Crop . Flax; in 1847, Carrots; payani N of insufficient seed mane vii be speeches by the appli- crop could be obtained upon the inferior soils under el. 
ph de 1846, Bariéy ; in 1847, Grover’ Fac cation of certain e anures in the spring. tivation. In an article which was published some tim N 
son Nor. 4. 91 4 | 43. 6 had found the combination of : sulphate of ammonia’ with ago in this Paper, I stated that I thought it probable 
Same crops, but sown Sept. . 4 | 45 0 9 te E urka effectual on a —. dons’ and | the soils of this country might 5 ! — : 
After Mangold Wurzel 0 arger; I tons were to 40 bushels of Wheat per acre if » 
—— oe 8 and th aterials were applied sepa- those ingredients required for the growth — 
r Carrots, for which the soil was ers coe y oberon ia Taa 8 erer ae ernaia proved | and that when less than this 550 oe ‘wees 
ement serves t a deficiency of manure, but variations of 
Mer Swede, the soll burned, bu 8 y 4 
‘not man 0 z season interfere too much to make a very much lange 
í marie; the soil manured, but 222 e 
not burne 86 34 
Hence, en 5 g th soil, wile iti s 0 4 Trusses Ibs. Busk. galls. Ibs. 
E dent that urnin galls. without 3 7130 0 594 
permanent improvement, b. — is more tractable, | Do., with “ta lbs. of 
isin its immediate effect almost equivalent to — of potash pinot ta: Sak sog ee 
ndinary; dressing ef farm-yard manure, since, i the eie ee eee ee 
erop fell below the unburned by 5 bushels in one 52 — an without ei Sib 4 335, .0 221 
it exceeded it by the same amount in the other. Man. Do., with bey Ibs. 7 phosphate 
gold Wurzel and * are necessarily exhausting of potas F bi 
erops to the spot on which — grow, because — are * wih 40 Ibs. ot sulphate 73 19 8 86 
drawn off the land, but the enable the farmer to make | 7 Ti galls. without either 3 12 | 35 0 584 
up the loss —— 24. In two experiments to test m er n bs, of phosphate 7 28 36 2 | 59 
eee of — Wheat, the produce of the hoed Do., . — 40 Ibs. of sulphate 
nd was exactly equal in grain but ee straw; ammonia 78 32 a 4 59 
therefore the hoed yielded most in proportion to the hag with do, in another part .| 81 £i 0 59 
straw, and the quality was better, for a pea of the It is 
possible, therefore, so to invigorate the con constitu- 
hand-hoed w weighed half a ena of ebena e-hoed | tion of plants by adminis tering f cod convenient for them 
eir produce compensate in some degree for the de- exten t, in the character of their elimates — 
ciency of their numbers; but then the 3 must Apel 224 to May 20th.||May 20th to June 17th Jane nan e . 
urable and tha ee oe 
Ya 
cann The 8 
Tears. Mean | Inches} 3 = 
e nature to which I have Teen lorie S2 
Mean Inches 75 
Temp. of Rain. F; 65 
many years successively the same lan n be indu 1844. 53.97 0.18 + 58.19} 0. 
same amount of Wheat with the aid 1817. 32. | 1.22 59.23 | 0 
mical are ee alone, and without any assistance 1848. 53.00 | 0.42 oan 12e the Westar 
ave been tried again this yearforthe| 1 beljo e thereis a gee doubt that ans 
have been frustrated by two causes, | both of 1844 and 1847 was much above 
er to explain. Last year Se in 1847 were grown — of the 
ound appropriated to them was overrun by the Wheat which the soils of this country e 
Convolvulus arvensis, whig h it was necessary, for the | B oi 
e 
to eradicate; but if such a felt ‘between the 20th of cad = 
Brine mass of vegetable matter un . distributed | aud although that which fell be 
i areni ad been removed | and lch er July; in 1844 was. 
| altogether, it would have falsified the conclusions which | 1847, it was, nevertheless, co 
