THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



•he jui< = uf the growing plant to the ear, where it 



ng abundance, and destroying the vitality of that 

 t of the plant. Your Wheat is probably black and 

 d at the root : whether that be the effect of death by 



stock at our shows. I myself agree with many, 

 the practice of excessive feeding is wrong, and c 



An° uKd bea™ is" 

 more than the public, b 



b nor the public. What is a 



it from its present corruption 

 continue the use of it verbally. 



every-. lay u c in Durham and 



ons amongst our agriculturists that require 

 itifying before they, as a class, can even under 



^ToSoroSd' 



o me, the good proportion oi - , and more espe 



and an under- dally sheep, generally, gained much lees 



is even of greater consequence than the or: 



« What is soughing 1" The same I asked in 1816 of 

 the late, and my greatly lamented friend. R 



pression, better than under-draining, or, as they 1 



i is lodged they will cam 



same place. In many 



greater evil created—Much 

 the flea on Turnips, and many 





.r^commendaSn 















plants.— In March, I think, 















teams hare been kept, and in 









Su-*' 



x ; the idea that t 







ve, and at a less co 







Wheat is superb : 





, whether in field* garde 



or on table.- 



Bodi 



am, Hurst-green. 



Turnip Culture.— The st 

 noticed in your paper of last 



1 - 



wj ,ich M^ Law 





regarding the infl 









ittentkm of agr 







feel obliged to one who is alw 





eady to grapple wi 



For my own pa 



nations betwixt A 



what is really useful and pra 

 however, I do not see that t 



■?-.. 



Lawes (taking his extreme va 





a) and Mr. Way a 





th- 





dry matter in Turnips at 12 pet 



cent., 2f per cer 



Tariation would correspond 







•ions. I think 



r v 



f h m per - cen . to S e . 



t important step gained i 



r & ho e w t0 the Ul> ar- 

 iry.—N.B. 



He-efords at Northam, 

 Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Northampton, 



upon their qualifications 



which has afforded me 



ring judges of that breed ; and we had made equally 



.tisfactory conclusive arrangements, as we unde 



ith a gentleman well known in Devonshire 



• of Devon stock, and another gentlen 



- J shire, who was to be present, for repc 



ns and Herefords shown at Northampton, and 



:an only express, along with our con 



regret arising from our own disappoii 



i, or we should have been gtaTtTha- 

 Iwithhim on the subject.] 



lips, weighing 20 t 

 i be preferred to < 



societies. 



MEETING OF THE HIGHLAND 

 % crop of Turnips that has j ABERDEEN. 



litions can form no exact The Annual Exhibition of the Highl; 



1 adopted this system, udy 



•hat they had done, but that tin y »„u u , 

 ' ' • - 

 work. It was not desirable, he said, that dniuw 

 -'—lid be completed at once, like a railway. I ! wa- r- .". 

 that, as practical farmers very well 1 



iployment in the meantime ; but, by the improTeaw 



!-inch depth of stones, and 18 inches depth d 

 ound above them in draining. This was the most 



-•'■'■ 

 g. Adding the depth of 1 foot of stones to 1 foot 

 6 inches of ground, they had a drai 

 depth, and this he recommended. Two feet deep, pa- 

 haps, might be* found to answer, but he thought 2 feet 

 6 inches better, and would even prefer 3 feet. If dam 

 were placed at a distance of 18 to 25 feet apart, ud 

 from 2h to 3 feet deep, they would have through dnis- 



, ■ 

 freely accorded to Mr. Smith, the title of « father* 

 thorough draining ;" but he begged 

 drained some hundreds of acres of stift soil, 2/ mew 



:'■ .',','■ ■ ■-' - ■ ■ -■ : 



that it was necessary, and accordingly had mcwasedtM 

 depth, and had come to this result, that if his <utum 

 were 3i or 4 feet deep, he did not require to go ow 

 the land again. He had had one winter's e*P«en«d 

 this, and found it highly satisfactory^ H<»s 

 wished to ask Mr. Smith of Deanston, first, when mow 

 were used in drainage what is the proper q^tjpj 

 the proper depth ? Second when tiles or pg 

 what is the ProP^dfP^-^-f^SjpwriW 

 depth of stones might be found quite sutnceiii, y 

 that they were broken small, and made ^^ ^ 



^£>^ 



HVwTsIurprS'that Air! Carnegie should ^jgj! 

 -ilr^emSl^^ 

 which he had had ample opporl 



cultural improvements, and he was now , ^ 



with other parties, negoeiatingr with an^ ^ 

 pany for a loan of 20,000/. This act, » owe '^ ^ 

 apply to Scotland ; but he hoped it *ou« m ,}* 

 to do so. As to efficiency economy, and ^^ 



SrSoV u *if s ?s. b H^ 



proper tile machine *° r lb *- o pe making exp*" ?'* 



- 



RicHrtwra suggested th»t "» /^p dnuWj,. 

 hi. new, or «"P» ,e,,c,i ,™!„ elp'."*",'^ 



1 The ExHinmoN was decidedly *»4> ^ 





Id here last week . 1 faet f * r l<* aI br< 



ock gratifying to nna tnai, 



surpassed. The Stock ' gratifying t< 



