218 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Aen 2 
our last week’s remarks, and also that we may direct | t ibutabl e alone: p" ut also on me орча importance of the subject, 
the attention of our readers = the following letter, 1 it v ‘il "^ a 4 large der of facts to | for among the eu ааг а һе follo owing; “g 
just received from H. S. Tuomrson, Esq., of’) oat | convince anyone that a plant which has of late p — enable both the landlord and the 
Hall, York, on the * Aan important this years become diseased pa ree all sorts of climate, cae ^ yer opinion wi — there was а 
season, of Spri ng Whea in all sorts of soll, and under all sorts of treatment, io А rere € any ‘particu " produce, and 
“The quantity of 3 in Great Britain is is n to perfeet soundness by a mere thereby determine to make an outlay i 
so much below the average, and the 3 of. land | “ dres m 
. AAC ITS came to шь still more immediate even 
t s асна to be made this amon d = CRESCE such Lawley per 
collection of 1 — — ганы л Bos. Орки thought desirable 
g h RR articular, as $ cing диш mo 
. fis E — — of the district to be selected, it is desirable that they md тей tae gt 
the publie and the produeer that more than common should be aware of its importance, both tothemselves opal ds, vit those d vith When Hist? S 
attention should be paid to those e ofspring Wheat|and to the country at large. Fortunately the t 8 : 
whie * e * е sown with a fair probability of сауа of Norfolk, which is, we believe, the jators—in some cases by their individual 
ccess. i is view I send you a copy of the nty chosen for the attempt, stand high fer|.. b d ne nione: 
Transactions of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society for о касе, so that, while on other grounds we реми Pinar ee Ма evr owes | 
1848, which contains the results of certain experiments | believe a better dati might have been made, on agriculturist does in guiding in dis 
e auspices of that Society with . this there can be no reason for regretting the pt 
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of Wheat known pend as‘ April Wheat.“ The con- selection oduce of his farm. In ane of of the culty of 
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; : statistics in this point of view, it was 
current testimony of ‘several growers shows that this| Neverthele ess, even in Norfolk, we may expect statistics in t 
ве san be sown with advantage untl ud chat many will look with suspicion on ce inquiries 5 e" weep cem gom maltste randa farmer er, that 
I have gro bove five 'quarte ih b wasn 
i : : he 10th of April, and that will be addressed to them, an may be sure at the t Web. 1 SAT. ag he should ho 
руе ero o this ҮМ, delved oq the oso * that some will return these — unanswered. ra ee (Fal of thee dn ave been, 
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recommend it, provided that the land be in good con- Hence two inferences may be drawn. The first is, 
dition, and that seed enough be sown. It is a horned | the need of employing some agency, w whether by men who wer 
Wheat which, I believe, originally came from Russia, an letter or in person, for 1 ns farmers at the 
its habit of growt th e onfirms the i impression that it - different boards of ardians, far mers’ clubs, 
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northern climate. 7 does not tiller, | but each тоо, endeavouring to convince them of the beneficial | < 19 
pushes up a single stem with extraordinary —— character of the scheme. And the second is, рек 
and not D: pen three bushels of seed should be used h h 
the need of employing suc ias nts in the wor 
on land which grows а good deal of straw; and three and r^ dE Аа hall be insatent- Sm: the arme 
a half or four = X that grows light crops. 2 чен, Б РЕР * n all these grounds Wd dua other cases 
disappointment, I may mention that I have of this returns of part only of the district to arrive at a |. adde pe satisfactory’ defence of thi 
Wheat to — with; må have already bein obliged to e ads y^ ment, of What the results upon the whole баіо mi ht be e based, and ‘one MES seeing that 
t several applicants. An advertisement for Let us LA eink to the first, at Ped "cem sic ka 3 Mes agonem he 
—— April аА — however, probably anil ым the other, with some observ: vations‘ on the " 18 01 кы edited ED ^ noce ату T 
forward parties ab furnish.” district selected, for future remark. i — taris d bte кера, circi ithe 
We will only add that the report of experiments It seems to us that-the most obvious argument in di е £o eres vemm fh a ir Айбы to te 
to which Mr. Тномрзом refers мА be Деге 285 n favour of the measure arises out o "the favourable ade Ө alarh vidistis ory 
another column: and that our ow verdicts which large bodies of farmers have already | mt 
rfectl with their result as to robes AN arid passed upon it. The Highland Society.of Scotland 
early КБ а of this ‘Triticum sti 8 in have repeatedly pressed upon the Government — v. ROTHAMSTED.—No. V. 
April. We have sown > 2а a fortnight later than “this the desirability of more accurate knowledge x or ROTATION or Cor. 
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. date, and hav ped in August а crop than we have of the annual agricultural produce Mn. Laws ins quote s some of m weakest passages 
exceeding 30 bushels rhe hie, ГОТ а à thin brashy soil. | of the country; and we ааа that they have E his ee — - 725 — Hal d е 
- undertaken the superintendence of the present ue lane s кае 
Mr have received a circular from some gentleman | ise ment upon the subject, so hs as the Scottish : 1. 
. in Mr. Bicxes’s patent "FERTILISING | district is concerned. And if it be objected that losophy. by emen «To aho ir 
‚ requesting us to make trial of it with |they area company of landholders — than of | which are diametrically o Ч w my own, I will 
Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans or Peas, &c.—taking | farmers, that would not be true ; but if it were, no ü "dde poen uut om y T 
care to apply the Aun material to the right seed | such objection can be laid against the opinion of the | capitals for Yr own аск 
—to apply the Wheat powder to Wheat—and to | London Farmers’ Club, which — . (Dec. 7, But, before proceeding fu „I must liim 
apply that ЦЕ Barley, Oats, Rye, Buckwheat * 1846) “that an annual syst agricultural words on the theory of ban e 
It— that ER weary Peas, apt Lent ils—and that statistics would be highly bene ical" for several | that the comparative Dia 
for Clover AR Lucerne, &c., ery case correetly | reasons stated, both nion and agricultural. And | which the soil suffers by e аро ауа 
—to apply powder VAS "on licht po e and powder on take a more strictly pr pies cam cad such logical; for my own part, I do not know of any ther 
B on heavy soils—for-one bushel. of seed to dis- that of Berwickshire, so strongly did they =o corny 555 eee pate n 
solve powder in 3 pints of tepid feel upon the subject, that the “lowing is — 
water, and then to place the said. in a tette their аа on hea “We amen | Soe ee basis upon ich io rag 
bottomed P plants must be held as 
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or ona floor, and pour the solution in considering this a vog object. © се — : ozen from the a 
gradi upon it, ing or rubbing at the same hy such a society as — hich the a — ан. pania ge "ii nitrogen the 
time the seed between the hands till every grain is | justly added, We -possess 5 advantages 
covered and the who iqui 
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; these eonditions are chiefly met 
: le of the liquid taken rp, and for prosecu ting it.” On both these points we feel и attempted to apply these principles not 1 75 
after this to dry the seed —.— and render it fit | sure that v Be spoke the truth—no ae e en the our fallow а but c „ 5 distinetions 
„ much of dry sifted ashes or collection these facts regarding farming can be so which chemistry would deny, but which experienco has 
andy earth as may be considered necessary for thi me which includes in effect all the best long claimed to exist between the different varieties of 
purpose—and so on. And we have received a farmers of the district where it is to operate. This | cereals. My theory embraces the one class of daet | 
placard from a te уара —— йк матч who club agreed on a plan of som n to which we | easily as it does the other. In fact, rotations ate тй 
with a 0 emat refer: whether it was ever carried | “pally: useful in more temperate countries Wie ond 
Potatoes, whale or in р гае will warrant out we do not know. Lastly, take the veniet cultivators are forced to find plants w ichi CE 
row, “G. E. has ‘proved the complete s стр he fie: St. Peter’ s Farmers’ Club. The following ia 
»for me: solutions were carried unanimously : 
— ‘the mode of conferring- extra. vigour md D That it is desirable farmers should possess accu- | 
rate statistics of agricu 
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pos in the selection ‘of good seed—but chiefly in | number of dei. United Kingdom planted | an 
the growth t seed under favourable circum- | with Grasses „ grains, and roots; specifying the —.— 
stances. The "ire ka ps of good seed will not | several quantities af: ‘each, kind, and the probable | I must | 
— and so neither artificial invigoration produce of each per acre 4 That it is desirable sentation of my views j 
h | some respectable: organised body o of agriculturists prem will consider it fair that he has had re 
should еа to obtain the po anes and that means to draw me within the *eiret 
о | committees should be formed of or from the several rotation.” He оров don ea des nl the with Be 
clubs existing in the — аш to devise and era for «sd wild Mustard, 
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—on which, they proposed, should devolve the final ‘the E on eo plain, 
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our correspon dent, nor can id it 
“of our readers whom it may have ess wanted; vinced of its importance, 
r of of healthy | to ierit Sater specie that ‘the think 
— ce — restore ita in rarer ma or the жо 5 proper for the farmers’ Blaha f the 
a 5 — eee pon e grounds on which the |. 
Sd —— — they — : — Londod 3 Club arrived at their resolutions |. 
—— success, with inser Per: 2 touching the "grounds im . 1 1 
etre ter ge a ees ied т import o M io no abt, which 
plant doe in th flow ower 
irem alio be borne in mind that E йөге ina D 
Dy oxygen, and eae sag ме: process 
misapprehension of my papers 
justifies the Government in undertaking the task it is a total 
