THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Feb. o 7j 



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vaius, Foulness 



itus (Viuindy of iron, !-.<>i1er as < 



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r;,:; 



1 coated the boiler 



is roofs. ' Three 



Is, built by a common daily labourer, with foe 



; the tiles s.-t on edge, and <• 



loiler holds 6 ga'lons, the two channels contai 



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: the machinery : dually, a z ; n 



I up.— J. jTcw^, Maiden- 



-My neighbour, Mr. Heale, 

 just fatted 41 pigs on Bel- 

 Bean and Pea meal, the 



■t, and he considers Carrots 





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16 !v a Wo«*# WarmeSt SPOt "* *** 8*^S™ 



!y w.nd with snow most of the day ; 8, the/mo- 

 atood m the morning, 21°, heavy snow storm 

 n, covering the ground 3 feet deep ; 

 the morning 17°, clear and frosty 



Jfi: Llfu ::,' •£-£ ".—On June : 



- «'*■* -« ■ : %Lf!L™S^± h ^ ^"Up'andFarme 



^withstanding all .my vigilance, I h 



aed Potato plants. I have manya 



: c does not shoi 



they are in any wa 



3 lepherd'a Purse, ! 





i agile (notwithstanding the 



ie Shepherd's Pu 

 • a powerful microscoj o, 

 Mr. Baxter, of the 



ies here. I ex- 

 plante of the Shepherd's Purse and 



ova. Outh,. ^! i-l.Ti'H I ■v.rJ there wu however an 

 25^2?°^ °1 B °- t ?' ti l f >arasiti, i a - 1 h '°Pe that this 

 l have ao prejudice to gratify in making the commnni' 

 CSL2T 1 'JS?.5V - raet i m - V ^und upon 



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ng sheep with Horse ChMtm^d'^^^ 

 . m „ „.«'f 10nS j f f emov,n g ^eir bitterness witl 

 lime water was adopted so as to render them palatable 

 to swine. At p. 834, 1845, you mention various substi 

 tutes for Potatoes ; now, when food is so universally 

 muTbf IT bl En 7 pe J. an >' sub8tan <=e yielding starch 



waSr.Lt.l? "<""«* the P«>«ss; and if lune-' 



?52JT£* and °f the Marant « ^d other planted 

 npalatable, if not 



i Z^^.-Presuming the Potatoes to ba 

 anting dry, place then;. 



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pror. H.v. ,„ur trencke, ready the lira. weeTiT&t 





place your Potatoes or s 

 sprinkling of snow, and ] 



Nursery, Charlton Kings, ci'i nhurn'r!'/! {; '' 





borne a crop of Potatoes last year— 1 enquired in S-.- 

 state he had found the tubers accidentally left in •;'' 

 crust (6 or 7 inches :bi 

 that the others found lower in the toil were quit. ■ -. ,..;' 



have saved them. The soil is stiff, formed by the 



had not been cultivated since the Potatoes were dug 

 up. In autumn-planting Potatoes, care must be 

 taken to distinguish between real and apparent depth. 



ground. Hence the Potato planted 



>und only 5 inches deep. I am also in^ 

 : that by the gradual settling ol tins v.i:-, 



3d them in the thaw before the last frost, and found 

 l only 8, instead of 10 inches below the top of the 



showing that the ridges were only 3 inches above the 

 level ground. >I find it a difficult matter to make 

 labourers attend to directions in autumn planting 

 Potatoes. When the Potato is covered, its position is 

 often forgotten, and I have, by examination, frequently 



an error of three [op four inches. I was obliged, at 



which they had been "planted. V.'h. n tl.- s; >-. : 

 fork is used, I am inclined to think that the el v.- - 

 and safest plan woul 1 be to plant eight inches deep, and 

 leave the ground on the level. When Potatoes are left 



alternate pairs of rows than alternate rows. By conti- 

 guity they protect each other from the frost ; and if 

 2 is carted on the ground, the horse can walk 



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■ aa well as most < 

 imatingthe amount of nutrim* 

 i articles of diet, takes it for £ 



are that Liebig or any c 

 imal physiology. The rese 



, period when it 

 capable of yield- 



would feel much obliged to Dr. Playfair or any ot IJ» 

 correspondents who would throw a little light upon »» 

 subject. Fresh animal food, devoid of fat, contain* 14* 



of conversion. Fish, leeches, 



and increase in weight, although kept i 



Nomadic Moors have scarcely any i 



caravan of Abyssini; 



gum a 



azotised principle 3 * 

 leeches, and other a - 



> aupport. On the contrary. rt 

 a the most nitrogen are cot •* « 



