108 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Екв. 19, 
tribe, Swedes ex eepted. Nevertheless, 1 have known Tu nips and Pots as potash plants. Of course, it is | alone should be ^ e In En ngland, PTT 
them the first to rot, and ultimately — am from аса that sea, gm. oa potash, are only the | never sown wher: ere Wheat s taken after lea. ; and bi 
branching sort of aes ey bear, which is peculiarly ~ Аратта сте Itis — oe thoroughly convinced its prewonce is most detrimental 
liable to imbibe and retain the extra moisture in a — differ from each other 2 d I think it may be | the success of the Clover. Since I reduced the quantity 
season, an evil likely to be greatly — by early — — that, аза rule, they menr faga crops А і 
sowing. In I have known a fine crop destroyed be made to alternate with each other. They ca 
e е lie gras to give oe а bite in 
er will 
i ing | gen u e e а my ern is h PPositio: 
or warmth of the soil. 4 Tay Pade | they are Be эе ун one class enriches the farm, the other | whose judgment I entertain the highest regard, I 
Wotton, Gloucestershire, Feb. 6 impoverishes it. It follows from this, that the greater | esteem the yellow Clover as a most invaluable f, 
rari 8 if they succeed h o plant, and the dislike to it in Seotland as mere pre judice, 
| ec more economically are they produced, at It grows early in spring and late in autumn, while in the 
| least in the expenditure of labour and manure. The middle of summer sheep refer it to white Clover, But 
three rotations most commonly followed » частой аге | to return from this digression, and to proceed with 
e if hat is known iption : ut one-third of the Grass 
Sorieties, 
the 
HicnraND AND (uo Pic Jan. 19.— On Rotation | system, the five course, and the six pom! — 4 latter be cut for hay and for soiling during the summer 
Fentonbarns, said: The great is the one most Фк эмес d aeons in East-Lothian, The months, and about two-thirds may be pastured princi. 
se i ngland i ; i The i i 
I t che % A i am 2 uano mixed. I have found it a 
t armer, к soi н ац is simply tl rass bein ing allowed to remain for two | plan to allow the second crop of Clover to attain its full 
must be dry, either naturally, or h been made яо | years; а eropo 52 „height, and then, instead of cutting it, to fold it with 
artificially. It must also be in high — or rich i in | and кр which it de pasture nn broken up for Oats. | sheep as is done with Turnips, only giving them a fresh 
manure, and free from all noxious roots and an nual | fw x course shift, as carried out in East- Lothian, is, | piece every 24 hours. The кореш of the succeeding 
weeds, It may be safely said, that no system of erop- | Ist, Turni ; 2d, Wh ; i 
P : у , ps; heat and Reales; 3d, Grass ; 4th, | crop of Oats, being the fourth of the G1 testifies 
Ld hey Е fhe ses — — be at least to keep tee ; Sth, Beans or Potatoes; and 6th, Wheat; which | when this is done, that it is, A east е equal to pasturing 
6 * circumstances must also ends the rotation. I have said this is the standard course | for the whole season. On thin clays, I may say, gene. 
in choosing t n, such | in East-Lothian, and I ha о hesitation in sayi ly on hard land it has been "found to pay well to 
as proximity to or distance from a town or city affording | there is much to mend it for that district. Т pply er acre when the Oats are 
a ready market, or otherwise, for grain, straw, | is a due roportion of the different kinds of crops, and | I have Кен heard that the increased crop in straw 
стт ы, БМ e Ag бы фо | varieties of grain; none are repeated too frequently, and | and corn was on inferior soils equal to the rent of the 
nod temor peadas ure to replenish and k they follow each other n the order — chemical | land, besides paying for the guano, but even on good 
ty rm. It may be found also that. the science admits to be — ; in fine, it is in harmony soils it pays Марак 
market sen cut : erop is ^ T" remu- | with all or most of the * which —.— attention . ас 
„ For example, Potatoes ог in the selection of a rotation. It commences with th ee 
"Turnips may be preferable to a Bean crop ; or, again, хаган таю met и e land to be "ide 
Wheat arley ma profit than | thoroughly clean ; and by the consumption of the bulbs * 
either, were it 5 that the 3 of root weeds or on ж por па pus es which Linseed-cake and сога! Mr. BELL oen ae а object vas was to see Mr. 
netly pointed out or cleaning crop|can be profitably used in feeding, a large supply of ine, 
to be essentially necessary for continued rei T excellent manure is obtained to — up . рс Bell, the original inventor “aig эы lf ора о 
believe under the most favourabl h ~ А ё brought out by himse rother 
Ses for obtaining’ шама ы е сї 3 the fertility of the soil. It was once a common practice 18 years ago, an and has been used by Mr, Bell ever 
and also for tho supply of labour, that te erem meri SÍ d ng bave the lf or ive. ince. Tüe Ameriean machine, of which, so much 
ietv of d í : i А - See TA OW. | been said and written, is only an imperfect piracy of 
ud d M the or will be the But since the introduction of tile draining, it is found | Mr, Bell’s азар in and at the trial of all the reaping 
: un корн expense of | quite possible to dispense with T um and still | machines yet brought out, made on the occasion of tle 
at different periods of à кз oe planted — ч land clean; and b eeting of the Highland and Agricultural e 
idee Md s : Feeder arm : ifici | manures, to raise os een on every | Scotland, Mr. Beli’s mac 1 te 
po Sonne pha number of ne 8 eee rA HA y eee er ve ín the highe үйөт Hinc; And -renskved,& грозе ад A geordnet. 
take in proper season the labour required ; but a n and in the highest state | Bell's farm is near Ero T on the railw T | 
posing . lished тес; sup- | of cultiva ation, — the 1 fallow break is manured in the | Perth r E | 
men н acts, might a pne ар o ofja т же ы spring the land is мяг well with the деме = pes p аба ii pull whe m | | 
while they would be comparatively idle for — Ma mae c e n with Turnips early in the most fertile spots in North Britain. It is about?) - 
10 months out of the 12. Whereas by having a due | with sheep in ordinary. consumed on the ground miles long, and five to six miles wide, Tts postin 
... aud of the leguminous, | winter Wheat, though this season they certainly: hee | ey eae ПІВВ ee level of the sen, and it is fid 
А 45 : ve | 
labour сми 3 eee more — ‘empl — of | not — . е — —— nes now vih ils nearly all т тое по о ЕЯ 
out , , east о most 
n К a chief elements of profitable imm, fuis i s annually under a Turnip erop. Usually, ee it эш у Me fipe st partem here by 
or economically ds —— a у ing à cheaply | however, only eee of the aad that bas been | the waters from an extensive n of high country. 
land clean as well as rich, wh 33 эе а thej ander Turnip is sown with winter Wheat, another | On the Carse there is but little timber; the fields ae 
grain crops, is almost an which, with а succession fourth perhaps i 3 made spring Wheat, and two-fourths large, and in — forms for farm o rations. 
may be worth ty. А Cereal crop y. But this proportion vari eal, and is The f f Pie ЖО | 
more a Pulse or root ани foll The — are low, and mo — cut neatly; the farm 
but, from the later period the latter dicun gente Tollowing the sume оп Айе farm. | houses, so erm "Т saw, are mag ырчы erections, 
are put into the eseription of crops | soils are thought more suitable for Barley others | able. 
ground, longer time is allowed to clean|for Wheat. For m : ache mmodatio ion ‘to, people 
and ameliorate the soil by repeated i grub d y own part, I find sometimes 2 sphere of — life; and to 24 of the um 
bings, and rollings ; and when growing they admit to a. 9 the Wheat money. By ing | steadin tta ed a steam-engine for thre hing corn, 
much greater han Cereals do of the , erop is not so m 
^ Cereals use of 4 preparing food for cattle, Far 
horse 8 destruction 8 n 9 : d haan for 19 T T n of paying rents is 
from crops are styled ameliorating, while | labour, and it i i Ў every four years, as per fo owing scale, 
Cereals are : , and it is certainly better to : я : 
Bins alan one иней exbseuting crops, Root erops and and not to risk too much on any one өкүр: It is the vis. ж 0 0 
are all sold off py ra nt crops ; but when they | invariable practice in East-Lothian to sow ongst the 6 pe ete Ne, per x Ch erts at dee Бе 4 ? 2 
iut асыш кы — pr mere. Wheat Barley, after the fallow or 5 '6 bushels of Oats, do: at 2s. 6d. 0 15 0 — 
erop ; аен. : еа more exhausting | Grass seeds intended for the third crop of the course, | Mr. Bell's farm, as before noticed, is near P | 
or in the feeding feta on p" 2 A, PM the Carses of Gowrie, Falkirk, and Stirling, Beans wi and as soon as I was off the rails I saw ms 
ef the * and prepare the pinu 20 ры ern МА, crop; and after а pem ES к “ao sr tl plying both h a | 
grain crops for being again profitably returned | is sown кий | most dex „„ 
rr to the and Grass seeds, making the Grass the fifth | Bell. The seed w on canvass, fixed iu? 
uides А ege ene artis wen crop. 3 I believe, given for this is, that winter | light frame-work, so p to bo allo the hands and arms fee i 
land rich for the after crops, but the fact of worms, The cen ing. (0 Бе th and | action; he was working directly towards me, and 
their requiring this carse lands are admi adapted fur the | nearer a 
— the soil. Bor n shows how much they growth of Beans; and as edt sack rar 5 i^ deus dd p 
^ — ience 
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| und, whi is corn an bbles were re 
two spring furrows prepare the land fo farm contains 150 acres, i 
Barley d this 
ensure the suecess of the Grass seeds, Where Wheat ч РЕ T 
does not suit well after Beans, this perhaps 
may bea 4 
very good ; but I ineli i bett Vetehes ; ; 
unless for рын алба den that Wheat ч е ie 8 
y= ea -— r, and not the Clover 5 ^ 2 — d 
ime plants ; over & a i 
portion of the Cane i however, from its Sonnac and Turnips ? 55 15 : | 
cod emet иы city О the whole, I may Pasture and hay Mae rn | 
Ys — 1 ft on the ground for the benefit pesto d 
m ead with both straw and corn Ro Total ee | 
3 пто. Pe ЧИШ sown winter tation of crops on this farm s a | 
ki Beans, er saw the е Clover succeed, | First, Potatoes Fifth, Turnips | e в. 
Besides ma ing the Grass the third brings it as Sixth, Barley 
8 be to the most eleaning erop of the Fourth, Wheat ptem 
and it is well to attend to this, as root weeds | From 50 acres of Wheat grown lust pat ME. Doll T 
оо rea an ith | оа а 
3 . ha imana From 14 acres of Osta ТИ a (аў 
: in some leases tenants | Peas and Beans, quarters, ; 
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фое and two-year-old pote and heifers, 10 ge ф 
calves, six feeding in the byre. The soil is a deep 
