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AL GAZETTE. 



tf^Sr^'r'S;".;-;; - :!!.;-,,;," 



i derived by t 



MgFrous nuisance, they find it to be of the most pi 

 mn ud easy culture, and indicates that for t 

 me ten jeare it will require only one-half of t 



•ajtanrliood promoted.— /;. M- X.iu.y.i ,-., ('!,:, k .-/ 



"<■'»•* I: I) ir.lv. TboB. Blenkar. 





''.K'-c. The ail thor speaks from 

 vantage of enclosn- 



What an expanse of seen 



""^tod* ° f ever y species— "'' ' pasture iiud 





Miscellaneous. 



three times mown. In July, 1845, 1 ploughed 



October I sowed the remaining acre in the MUM 

 way. The seed first sown came up remarkably well. 

 and soou covered the ground with a luxuriant herbage! 

 The second and third sowings were much thinner in the 



" \ we'begantoBtocl/ii 

 n about 18 inches high. 







that -Ji 

 ep ana 4» iambs lor 14 days, 

 between the 23a of March and the 2d of May. On 

 the 2d „f May we began to mow the remaining 3£ 

 acres for the horses and bullocks in the yard. The 



bullpqju^aud i iie horses were 



They appeared to like 



the Grass from one square rod of ground cut anc 

 I he weight was 144lbs., or 10* tons pei 

 acre. We finished mowing on tin- ritli of June, whei 

 the Grass was left for seed, which we began to cut or 

 thfl 2d Ol July. The seed was cut as it ripened, and 

 the weather being fine, it lay in the swarth ior otn 

 whole day, when the nn.wvrs quietly gathered i 

 into small bundles, or sheaves, tying it^ with the Grasi 

 rtt i/<! in length. As th< 

 seeds shell very easily, I had provided some coarsi 



et square. These were laid down in the field ; tl 

 leaves nearest at hand laid on the sheet r. 



.-. or otl ti«;«r the I i st . 

 the seed will be lost. The tiv am -s x i 



Total, 115 bushels. As soon as the seed wa* thr; ^ 



u: 1 "s[,r'd ,; ',; (:i: .^'. .,■'•' 



i 





you last year ;' but by in- 



day in London I find that the present 

 market price is 11*. 6<2.per bushel. In the spring I 



gh for Oats. It is to be observed, that eo 

 Grass, that no weed can lire 



" . The ground seems perfectly clean , and 

 I consider that in condition it has much improved, and 



in excellent order for Oats. Much as my 

 last year, 1 have no reason to be disappointed with the 

 to sow nine acres morefor another season. From what 

 1 sa wa your farm last year, as well as from my own 

 experience ID t ,„ tnat n ^ on 



good, deep, heavy soils, with abundance of manure, and 



.aid manure, it is possible to grow 40 or 

 even 50 tons of Rye-grass per acre in a single season, 

 and if so, the question for a practical agriculturist to de- 

 termine is, what is the value of a ton of Rye-grass, and 



be able to Fay how many tons of manure he can apply 



with a prospect of profit. It seems espe, 



lated for deep heavy lands near the farm-yard. A 



Calendar of Operations. 



r of Oper 



d J^sumed the plough- 

 ed the^furrolfo? 

 n depth, and from 





the dung running up in heaps and getting unequallj 







