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9—1853.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 139 
don: Opium m powdered, - — ; spirit of subjected) it is more minutely agent e: more e к sandy soil, the surface of which had ере ы by 
ext ether 6 ounces ; water, . Mix. To be mixed with the manure, than as usually | marl. On 28th May last we got a few acres of Swedes 
nitrous кеп J^ a teaspo q= a dose with applied in a arly stage dj sion. n, in org hem come in for ds use ; the 
well in whic there has been алый mixed atea-| it appears, then, that moss ог peat-mould acts t | quantity Е manure applied was at the rate of 12 tons 
"ul of the following po der: — “En 2 ounces ; | least as important and useful р t asa на of | best fold- ose Gung, " et eruvian guano, per 
i са n, 2 ounces ; Cascarilla bark, 2 o Mix. [a manure-heap as straw does, and I consider its | aere. The sary c s bestow e young 
re is much fever the шша r — ig omitte ted. influence to be equal, weight Ы meets уе * it | plants by keeping the бт ане n, fr vc NEN &e., 
e s the le 
Where the 
Puerpera 
маа isa every 
us 
hose of recovery. Sor 
den of the highest —— 
mischief is principally located in the nerv s syste 
to arise from irritabili pá and "тийн a p 
he laborious efforts 
ed a 
e we attributed cm — eases 
cedin c 
— that * recently occurred to the long con- 
tinuance of excessive wet weather ек сард Ladies 
during the preceding autumn, nd w mende 
the use of Turnips vy ewe quen voided 
asmuch as possible. Whilst still of opinion that th 
advice was good, we et free to confess that, even 
at the present time, — of v uecess 
и b 
rnips had not bee 
and other instances of good Luck attending —— үө 
—— denied. „Altho ugh, — it is extre mely 
diffi n each c wh instance is 
r altogether the reverse, yet the 
— watery food. With regard i hic ratio t 
of экс ih PS is a point of much i importa ceto remove 
the dead lamb a poss наи зет А should 
therefore be 3 the ewe at each recurrence of the 
labour and in en Du aru treatment should 
the same as in partu 
fro 
One point is also deserving of much attention, which | take 
— few things contribute more to the health me 
oing of ewes in en than 
f ay. 
feeding] can be so arrangedj that Fa may be dri 
daily from one part of the farm to another it vill be 
very advantageous, W. C. S. 
STRAW AS MANURE, 
wa Number of. your 5 there 
two articles, one apparently deprecating the idea of 
consuming straw as food, the 
economical 88 the propriety of using it as litt 
The universal p 
and that if it cannot be nearly 
all consumed as food on the farm, 2 s uem » sold, so 
иие 21. ‚ per ton ean. be obtaine for 
is ce in I eu ted I am at present making arrange- 
0 
rience and opinions given in you 
it 
— ved in 
fiw ад. at — vend ess money value of the straw 
the 
appear | зе 
— es on u 
in. this di strict, is to consume a | € 
.|Or wo or 
should not, if a ton of the one is not to a of | until such time eaves covered the surface, 
* rae it is obvious, from their snm sd it ss and woul admit of no further operatio ing per- 
1 
| ase, and in the case of thousands of farmers, in | formed. About the end of Septem ber, 1 mildew 
ilie] proportion of 1s. to , the point at issue, viz., the | had in to а serious dint causing the leaves to- 
xpediency and profit of — moss s tr wither and fall off, thereby impeding the future 
would not be affected. These are my nions upon|development of the plant; the bulbs were taken up 
thisi important subject ; and with a view s or trying t them | and stored ctober. N e — in- 
ents for having my cattle put upon boards ; but, ifa any 
SE out numerous ted аа should take a different 
view of the subject Т es be аргу a see cs expe- 
as Le 
to be a point which, if fully established — er 
would lead to very important results to a large propor- 
tion of the matisada body, to whose interests your 
columns are so eminently devoted. G. G. M. 
REVERTING - the subject of the use of straw in 
— manu a confess that I cannot see in your 
ent any satisfactory explanation of the difficulty. 
It bae Wet for what rig straw is bought, so long 
as а — for it exists, that will give 
the use of straw in excha 
— — 
the 1 
n as 
the money manure: receiv 
cee this may: be 
common, inasmuch a 
—— farmers and 
саф make а first-quality — t usually a manu 
roportion, Again, y — 8 
5 tons e. 
result 
That a — was 
ase, — —- transactions 
ualy take plae 
they y 
itag iaai and these last not 
suall 
still, from 
d inquiry, I am of — what y 
early correct, But, unless MA 
u n t f your correspondent | 
odiff, which xr tg a high effective value to 
ecay ing straw in d 
10 t 
S, 
of. on of Mira of | 
€" of 30s. In aller case the straw 
ced to a rena value exe oe эзы 
з. to be accou 
1 return consequent on 
and by an increase of crop, o 
im ment in ie stock, or by a saving of sind 
in attending on — * зт removing T — 
more of ese modes mbined, 
ке . loss is e. to bond extent 
the return does not equal the — Pigs = te 
oss, because, in most 
E 
— 
il the 
i when  peat-mould is easily chai, 1 would Ute 
less hesi — with my straw.” These are 
— have alluded to. On my farm, and 
i — me 
expres sed in an article which a нече ас. ared several weeks 
ago in zoe? == = о the effect that а - оёз well decom- 
posed m rotted straw, 
manure straw 
nci it pe oe 
on my 
ck consumes straw as fo 
winter, 8 iis is absolutely necessary for litter. 
In ces, however, and where the best 
nd a large p 
p 
; favoured districts where, even if the pnm fell кар "half, 
con- troduction. of less limi pl 
not eaten may 
b emprunts Y 
pulverised 
i 
apes observation, spa aem one ge 
investigates the subjec = 
f it n 
distriets where a fair жа эгиш value for а w exists, 
BS 
ur own answer to a correspondent, and | remainin 
sult, 
n the soil, it woul oripa foo 
p the zA or 
5 okan and even, where straw is partly y bought ay | 
е 
must 3 very eostly, and must suggest the i e, in 
ed entirely, or economised 
ү manure must be inb be 
i not follow that manure must be made 
by what is called “treading down straw," nor even 
easts at all, untess we can feel a com- 
a profitable result when we а. 
the selling price of straw against the beasts and 
feeeal product. What will a ton of straw-do towards 
acre of land apart from the fæces it 
It is in fact littl m 
K 8 
58 K 
guano wi 
f almost anything 
whieh the "quality of n -— летне the cultivation. 
Let the lavish use of ned in th 
E oO 
HT 
regions in which its bulk —.— it of a кони oe 
value ; but let a different practice pre 
lies, the 
es of 
our varied and ever varying 1 loealities should s 
foll 
similar ; and, 
Ammonia, T belibve the. former sh rable to the 
tiae the ae aed 
f instead of ollo wing one another without counting the 
Alex. Hall 
Hall, 
Watergate, Feb, 17 1853. | 
о: 
Disease in. Swedish 
opinion 
their | inflict. 
DAS 
ilies e 
ose crops, and products; an 
manuring, which the peculiar demand a — facilities of 
uggest, 
n of your correspond 
‘of the last ‘week's Paper, who has to 
attributed the progress of mildew to. the time of sowing 
— en mre has: и те 
pm case in early in - 
con sequence would 
а й-б E So 
been bestowed) | 
be | here adduce one — in 
may | which 
extent. I ma 
sowing on 
* 
were defi 
— 
Ё 
H 
— 
5 
erfo 
manner ^ the sult is an excellent crop of 
Sw ee from disease. "P. Deane, Houghton, Broughs. 
-You ur correspondent “ J. W., Peterborough,” 
up м е єз pan the. rooks and birds. 
Ug and althou mit the damage - by 
e et i of the 
think t 
€ 
s no live animal which upon it 
him м гач » 2 ro "cs детн that they eat grai 
oth est, and et are 
destructive io Potatoes ap or how many wee the 
they ar i 
ing "upon — things when they can obtain 
does *J. W." 
10, 000 set а 
рег week, 80 dag 
soon uM. «3. W”? is an 
beca 
onder he 
a little sore about it ; 1 — Tet bis "hind: үз Te a litle 
and then he wil zip. nefit without. 
Е ‚ б. Cli 
them, 1 I eeu like 
to know heey it is advisab with balls. 
four, Linseed, or 59 у other 85 st — 
justify t 
TM uh! is alas 53 the food of its E or 1 
; but mh the calf, as tised 
"of Essex where I reside, the orem is to 
allow ше * to suck * and pint but to, 
starve oe the in e. B 
Wheat.— Now that all hopes are lost, 
February being far advanced, and no opportunity offers 
[for sowing spring Wheat with 2 certainty > success, 
” may still b sorted to 
2 later) with erka d Te obtaining even. a 
larger prod 
ce than by the ordinary of sowing. 
If the weather, oat "should Gd poe ma fears. rs need 
The expense of vcr ge made up by the 
LIPS у cia produce af boh th niger 
that farmers will lend . tention: to this potent 
