

THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE TTE. 



Zkb&a appears willing to muh. 



£ will accordingly I 

 w ,een tliem which is t< 

 japly rewarded. 





remained with that Belgiai 

 of other places, went to Lr 



icres of ground, including 3 i 



>ver.— John Bennet, 

 capacity of a servant, 



griculture, and who, 



p near Brussels. He 

 : four years, and then 

 igricultural practices 



3 of Grass land, which 

 ir in that part of the 

 f ignorant of farming, 



tmstances. John,v 



3 required c< 



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J began by s 



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First, to set hi 

 land implement 



I ; and all the i 



Grass, and had no dread t 



e ^ n Sp f ng . fo ! lowin g Ciov er-seed through the Wheat, 

 iso about the same time sowed an acre and a half 

 rice for tt e r> the 0ats he mowed U reen ). 



to er hi h^% e0WB 1 Urin S the summer > and f ™ m th « 

 She leftl f T . t0lerable cuttin 8 s ! » tb -•'"-• 

 sen 1*2 * ° ats , t0 ri P en the ground would have 

 quently the Clover would 



iuld succeed on his 

 •** he "cutlreen 00 The t Lucern ter?l)e tf ** 7^ 0&tS ' 



^«ZZ H* * ov ™ he * ** ^d also an acre 

 !i $ ht ground on wh' ? ■ y afterwarda he du g U P the 



*liiJ?' XeC " tedb ythem ; 



£ 8 s ade a b nd D ho ! 



.to lay any wager 

 >g ; going on,tha 



-■i r,.l 

 g* field tfter 

 tj^ 2 pa y the " > debts"' InsSoftu^ r ° P r ty W?U ' d b 



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L** every on °- h . e,r , 6talla w{ th the Oats cut greet, 

 St* «£fi£tS ed) -* e Cl0Ver ' Lucerne g "nd 

 ^ and Turnips i n S T merandau!u 



J**ion. The c ^ *™ fie ' ld > stil! ^mainin J in Ms 



5 upended abolft^on ; 1 " J" ilk anit,lji 

 .j ** obliged t r kbour and straw (which 





t after the first year, John 



sure of having sufficient pro- 

 a greater number than he 



i ile, he laid out 

 ighboon laugh 



liaing liquid. 



rhouse was fully occupied. 



His ground being amply manured, he began 

 his spare capital in the purchase of more land, th 

 of which he doubled by his clever treatment of 



thought of having a plough i 

 had found hiring 



he usage of the farmers a 

 1-plough, with a heavy 



; : 



enough in Flanders 1 

 plough, properly cons 

 a pair of h 



reU. The greater part of the soil arounc 

 inly stiff ; but he had worked land as s; 



Flanders would rej 



the successful results of J 

 skill. He train 

 did as much work as other i 

 and then his neighbours be{ 



len, that his former master i 



ipply his wish, he wrote I 



good plough to hh 



i congratulations c 



t only was respected as a good autho- 

 *-*, was beloved by 

 irs were already 

 t few particulars, 

 is plough with a 

 lem made up his 

 at length a joung 



i acquaintance procured 

 few years after 



deal of land, and r 

 and 6 plough bullo 

 he bought to fattei 



nd. The profits of 

 fnted, and he and his 



I acquired his I 







tie had taught them to raise clean crops of Clover 

 ;o top-dress them, to keep a great number of 

 means of many green crops, which were not p 

 tnown to them ; and he had taught them als 

 lalf the expense of producing them by din 

 lumber of working cattle. By por.-ovt •ranee in such :i 

 jystem may the face of a poor and neglected country hi 

 ibanged, and wealth substituted in the plae* 



Miscellaneous. 



vtj <■/ H<„.„m/>i»ff.— « When Grass first 



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of its early blades is water, the amount 



higher into day the deposition of a more indurated 

 form of carbon gradually " 



gradually diminishing, to give way to the deposit; 



« The following Table affords a view of the 



l when it has shot i 



:ust point for 



a in the production of hay, since it ought to 



A of the farmer to preserve the hay for 



the condition most resembling the Grass 



I state of perfection. The second con- 



i ay-making is to dry the Grass under such 



circumstances as to retain the soluble portion in perfect 



integrity. To.. iy the process 



and exposure which it undergoes loses any of its soluble 



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! Grass. This amount of 



water 8-21 parts. But the 



16 instead of 28 part3 soluble in hot water, and 5*06 



instead of 8£ parts soluble in cold water. A very Ian. e 



the soluble matter of the Grass has ob- 



•cuiar instance 



resent series ofe: 

 .-.v thriving « :, l<iy or 120 lbs. of Grass, ] 

 and 9 lbs. of Barley or malt, i 



ay be present, either from the incom- 

 plete removal of the natural amount of a 



; tag or by the absorption of this fluid from 

 the atmosphere. Water when existing in hay from 



necessary for 

 presence of tl 



u That alcohol is produced in a heated hay-stack in 

 many cases may be detect* .: 



: «r«rjr. We 

 use this com pa . re than once 



suggested to us by agriculturists. The quantity of 



experiments was from 20 to 14 per cent. 



per centage could be attained at once by - 



process of haymaking would probably 

 improvement ; but the best new made 



hay that we have examined contained n 



improvement ; 

 e examined ( 

 , the numbers o 



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he 



accidental approach ofw 







y method which we have found to succeed in ] 





nig Grass perfectly entire is by drying i 







artificial heat. Rye-grass contains, at 





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for thepurpOM 



largest amount c " 

 < in it. This is 



