THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



: o hers again aver, that by shallow 

 ploughing the land will annually become more ehallo* 

 M i long as it is under cultivation, and maintain that 

 whatever is the nature of the soil, deep ploughing oughi 

 to be performed at least once in the rotation. Each To; 

 » lias its advocates, and, 1 believe, in dif- 



c°f the USSSlSh t ^ e in 8 terniixin g t0 ° ,ar « e a P° rtion 

 hand, m order to maintain the properties' of a deep 

 state, it will be found expedieul 



. • 

 the ground, and 



ginning of August, wh. 





it may be detrimental to thin „ £ l£? **, % 

 tenacious subsoil; but that •ubSl 1 * ^*t 



b. much benefited bjjh.'^mST'* £j^« 



of Ptnisuik, in i 



MOM! be expected in many 

 but, as a strong iron plough drawn by two horses has 



^,„ u „ ouli yuuguing may 

 V 

 purpose, he has on^ to take "away"??* Tould' °boi 

 goat one Oft ..« can replace 



• 

 pense of having a plough made for execut n- the wi 

 pared to the benefit to bT 

 The first field experimented upon containa 13 i 

 . 

 f, upon a clay subsoil, a„_ 

 51 e . ; I8 , a "K" 4 8011 u P° n » gravelly subsoil. It was 



^Is^rrsTeefa^'anda ^ ° f ^ 



1844 a „d previous to dra'ining, it was exceeding^e" 



menced to sEll" i! k^"" 8 ' ^ Cr ° PS- ^* C ° m 



going first, tSing a depth of" rSTiche^foHo ttj 

 the subsoil plough with two horses ; taking an addi- 

 tional depth of from 7 to 8 inches. This operation was 

 performed upon 11 acres of the field, and 2 acres were 

 E?m.\i V 1 th ! on * inar J de P th of 64 " 

 green err-- 8 '' 



We preferred j 



inches. The whole field was manured i 



!^!Ti te . 8 "P pl r y ,°, f fa 5™-jard dung s 



of Not 



ploughed at the ordinary depth. The Barley was 

 W 1st of April, and the snbi 

 kept the lead in point of strength throughout the 

 The crop was cut on the 22d of September, an 



I ill til 



:d by the tenacity of thesubsoilX^ota of 'grain 

 1 • * ' - • ir . to a considerable depth ; and of 



being invariably thin 



' 



jn lodged long before i 



as ploughed at the depth of 5A inches 

 dps were subjected to subs- 





lands comparativeh 

 The Turnips on " 



> crop on uudrained 

 :h was ploughed in 



Nd not get the produce thrashed separately, I 



deficient ' ^ T^TJ^ZZ^'X 

 nety of perfori&ng .hi, operation h, , gmin * 



dito^^llheeLUnVL?'" h » — *»^ 



ui| r^iiij. My 



;.L7. 8 b r r, 



ing. I am this year mixing large quantities of j**^ 

 salt, to form soda, not only for the purpose of «■> 



a, one of our most valuable manures, bat ***** 

 tould or ashes a few weeks previous to ■■f" 

 outh. 



had about four acres of poof pasture &&** 

 ■ |V ' ' ■ - • 



try a crop of Swedes with artificial manure, a» ^. 

 lowing ^onions :-2 ^J^J^tSi 

 wX ashes a 6 nrrich1ar?h r to aC be e twe a e n n 80 aud 90! *£ 

 per acre. But none of the seed came up eiejf ^ 

 it escaped the manure. In examining tbsdn* JJJ 

 not find that any of the seed had vegetated. 1JJ£ 

 this was the effects of the salt. But had our sjj^ 

 constructed to drop the seed ^""^ £rf •*» 



must be admitted is a defect. Some of tne 

 Turnip crop had 2 cwt. of salt to *• •JjS** 





the ■ 



^dressing after they were hoed. **}"£** 

 ,is a good plan ; for where the ral( *&$#** 



I the plant, 



y**- ft! 



judiciously applied it will P 1 " ™^ *#* 



ionly add, that frsm the experience I have had, | • ither b 



