-1847-] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



amended toe use 01 a, jaigc H n a ^^j r 



J t y. Pa This being so ^P 05 ^^ 6 ^^ 

 Viu^I^oYved to make a trial of 

 ^ atonce. Accordingly I had six rows drilled 

 * Calculated the quantity ol guano, carefully 

 !^W it myself, and had it drilled under my own in- 



■Sacrm; 



STiIbile e?t equal to the others- so they remain 

 Jreryiowasmuch alike as if they had each receii 

 JheBme quantity of guano, I looked at them 

 -atodly during the summer, but could perceive 



fcrneo after they had attained their 

 tie,- could not say which had been the heaviest n 

 ion was, that the crop was exac 

 toie ud that there was not any difference betwc 

 tke rows, which was my own opinion. The crop about 

 B tons per acre. I intended weighing them, but a 



ad the sheep got in and devoured great pai t. Toe land 

 ni peat and had a good deal of manure in it. Time of 

 wring, last week in June. I tried guano on peat 

 nadow, 3 cwts. per acre, and it answered extremely 









*J»ffl£te.T r ° f keepin S sheep di 



y i do not quite 





;.-A Hertford, 

 - 





• i, is how the evil effects (if e 



ligh prices of grain, and the 

 lave caused such prices may b 

 o me that though an average 



Bailey Denton, Gravely, near Stevenage. 

 Potato Steeps. — Apprehensive that the 



more confidence may be placed i 

 Prideaux. P.S.-In a former N 





Farmers' Clubs. 



iduals" very capa 



; degree of accuracy what the 



the probable produce of the 

 , indigo, &c. The probable 



f produce of tallow in Russia, are matters of great in- 

 vest to persons engaged in those trades. Now is it to 

 e supposed that the cut of wool in England, or the 

 low to be produced, to which the amount 

 y imported are but trifling, 

 in be matter of less importance to the British farmer ? 

 nd here 1 wish especially to combat the notion, if such 



able him to regulate the price he may give for the 



Ti: 



deemed worthy of 



beiim 



made the 



1 inquiry, except that wh 



ch is the 



n-spring of all— agnculti 





us of supporting hf 

















iilway accidents, ci 









■ o^ir,] 





he people— has en 

 Hub is inexplicable 



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the greater part of the p 



.>i:!;!-i: 



her countries- are 





surface of the country, showing the number of acres c 



the quantity of crops of every description, with th 

 number of cattle of all descriptions, made once, and no 

 repeated for a period of years. Secondly, as an annua 

 for the purpose of showing the yearly produc 



land as a means by which to judge how far tin 

 supply of food grown at homo may be fcumeient to mec 

 il ' creasing wants of the people. Thirdly, as th 



return used to advance the practice of agricul 





en, p his book intitled " General 

 ritad Kingdom 



ant, which i i - MM. to this 



by the employment of such an immense 



mount of capital must be of importance to those to 



as unquestionably it is to 



I supplying them with food 

 ly of the people. How invaluable would 



iber of acres of Potatoes 



\ the place oi v.M which 



decreased to a 



