THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



of dwdvin£ ( tb , e ^fortunate farmer. I ^ y° u » f*™?J*°l 



disease ^beSn wiJlT the* lef I 

 wnwards through the haulm, M 



:ies of the top of the plant. The plant ought to be 

 ited thus early enough to induce it to throw ou 

 ts oi- fibres from each of the side shoots. Th< 

 sent mode of planting Potatoes will rarely allow 

 in for the haulm to be laid across the space betweei 

 rows ; fur which reason, it is advisable to adopt the 

 pluiol'ltviogthehaulin.siua slanting position. The bases 



Alteration. His lordship thought that the me 

 were much indebted to Mr. Fisher Hobbs and t 

 Nesbit,for the great ,. rviee they had .l<>ne the S 

 by bring'm,' this sobjeet under the consideration 



rity of the Society ; and inferior ones sold afterwards, 



public. The favourable results reported to the Conned 

 only led to the decepti n arism- ii m the purchasi o! 

 manures which the members of the Society had just 



to disappoint the expectation of the purchaser, but to 



charge the original results had been made to be called 

 ia question, and to affect accordingly the credit of the 

 Society. He considered the detection of the frauds 

 alluded to by Lord Portman to be of the highest conse- 

 quence ; the question came home to the door of every 

 practical tanner; and any measure that might be 



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a by Colonel Challoi 



but every farmer might, at a moderate expense 



get a special analysis made of the article he was about t 

 purchase. Still lie regretted that he and Mr. Shelley, ii 

 their capacity ol Stewards of the Implement Depart 



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generally for sale to the public, and that t 



error arising from the use of a special 





■ Meeting by the Presi- 

 to the Council the plan 



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iices before covering the haulm. To pro- 

 be side shoots that will throw out roots and tubers, the 

 eive the necsssary light and air ; at the same time the 



i Mr. .Meyer's •: 



tion appear to possess. His 1 



if the present Potato crops in c 



Potatoes. By 



himself adopting to its fullest extent, and he hoped by- 

 and-bye to be able to report his results to the Council. 

 — Mr. Hillyabd thous t .-to- lpractic o h, i i_- 

 the Potatoes was generally continued at the present 

 day. With regard to the Potato disease, even if it were 



He had, however, the satishieti »n ot si 

 did at the present' time. With regard 't 



the Turnip-fly, and 

 its attacks, namely. 



'"'u-h',.'. ;,, 



» clc t an . cll UK ueiwe uiey were ripe ; tney were tne 

 h ;•■ ■ ' ■ ■ .-r, unpicked, where they were left ti 

 spring to |lieat and ferment; the germinating sprou 

 become 2 inches long, were roughly pushed off, at 



—Mr. Hillyabd stated that he was preparing, at his deep. r be out of the way of 



ferm of Thorpelands, near Northampton, an extrihi letto* Way remarked, that the ob- 



ofthe results of different manures on erops, for i Colonel Challonei 



spection of the Members at their next Country Meeting, in perfect keeping with the teaching of scie 



Potato Culture.— The Earl of Leven and Melyjllk this subject. There was a great tendency 



informed the Con I tatoes of the late seasons to sprout when exp 



ing, he should present to the Society a portion of the very slight changes , of temperature and m< 



ut the tubers, of « diastase," a body imfm i"* 



ected with the phenomena of gfI 



|imaelf detected this peculiar substance in JZ^, 



he specimens which he examined two veai 



her they appeared sound or not. Potatoes*^' ***~ 



larked, are not supposed usually to contain it "" 



.t the period of germination, and then only near"^ 



t in every part of thlTtaber* of Sdecar\? Jfel? 



i deep enough to 



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 s may be formed, the very orgai 



proposed by Mr. Meyer wa- <! signed t, ■■xelude tl» ,: 

 from the leaves. But, as Professor Way remarked, 



by the Potato plant when gro "i i> th latk,\\ . 

 !-Mr. n BRANDHETH ^Served, that the remarki 



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mnd that r/otatoes lelt accidentally in tne grouou iu 

 inter, proved on being taken up in the spring, to be 

 erfectly sound, and when cooked very fine and floury.. 



MiscellaneousComm.no a. on- i. Milium . 



unrip seed imported dii 



M. e p a , la reporte d ' 



n r,a-: 



with Disorders of Cattle.— Mr. Townley P reseme y 

 * The Council t hen adjourned to Wed nesday next. 



chemico-agriculturalTsociety of 



,, t t, ;, / .i.n I \ Hodges, ^r./>.— ThoCouno^o^^ 





tions of the plant, that its c 



farmers of this c 



cultivation of Flax, might reasonably "J^ancbto 



Itoyal Fiax S^ety, wlneh has aire *£ ° „»,»£ 



extend our knowledge respect in - 



Sstat^ cT4iirgt!Ve r Fo;S inW$ 



Flax plant is capable of producing J 

 Ireland, or which would assist the agrj 

 ing the chemical co^itio^usrequis. 



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