THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[March 



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:om it respectively by 1 





. ';"; l " ';« I'" l« .; ,-ontiibuted more that 



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curred There are two main facts to be kept in view 

 in considering the position of the parties 1. That the 



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was going to redrain at 

 thttds borr P ow riDCiple " ^ 

 inced that its efficacy wilH, 



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exposes of red ing the drains j^ y^jff* 



GUANO AND GYPSUM. 



his, example ui using guanc^and gypsum mixea ;°b- 



j«- » >" ' " " ' ' " T^ --t/'m flit only pSSfi 

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 better than when no guano is applied. Had hewd 



' ' '• in-, c.mpared with t e part where only mum, 

 with 3 cwt. of good Peruvian guano alone, you m 

 always secure an excellent crop of Turnips, if b. 

 diciously applied. I am, however, quite coiivi,. c „l iu« 

 i:. ■, r.;:i: in u.siug gjp«um with gu.tu-., an 1 t ..t ./ fea 

 half of the best part of the guano is lost for ■,,;.: fit 



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price ot burnt gypsu 



sure every one who uses guano will, if he W 

 it once, never again be without gypsum. I «■ 



all farmers would try 5 cut. ot Peruvian g'^ 

 (first hand from Myers), cost about 11. 10*., gyP*™ 



".': work'!!, and see* Uw" 1 produce of°Tur# 

 Mao-old ui- Carrots gr >wu at an expense a 1 ™ ;!' 'j£ 



great advantage of getting the seed in at once att« 

 right time without any delay ; and few would afterwiBB 



m of Vheat or Oats, Turnip?, tej 

 Bailey and Clover (the best for a light soil), the JJ 



4oa..tity i.-, produced as "o allow the green crop l*""* 



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want of ?f«n r X!Siee I i manure* for them, *»«£*• 

 r farmers ; and I, too often, see even gentleg 



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 Turnips, &e., but are satisfied with a poor cropof \ 

 to 12 tons at a cost of 30s. per acre, instead of mr»- 

 to 30 tons at a cost of 65*. for gypsum and gJ»J 

 Cobbett says, « Take care of the manure-heap, »■' 

 farm will take care of itself." Now the way to 

 the manure-heap is to grow a large crop of l«JJ 

 &c for winter and Clover, Rye, Grass,&c>r . J 

 cutting. Do tins for one year, and your larm 

 Von will then 1 p increasing your stock, and JJ 

 ■tack-yards will he tilled not only with straw, i » ^ 



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