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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[May 14, 
our annual agricultural produce. Our theory, for at 
best it would be only an estimate, would then be 
based rpon facts. 
furnisk us with this basis; they will give merely a 
of the facts required — probably in the 
rtion 
Ens lish case not 50 per cent. of the whole, and the , 
er having to be estimated as pro pe 
hes estimat e will in pi ct 
theo nd every o 
ао" аге 
t would a э that 
that extent be divided med the several crops, 
sanang * Lm frequency of ар, occurrence іп the 
preval tation or succession mber of 
would b spe i аан the 
need of istance fro om the cultivators. An 
probably N Norfolk would admit of such td met tho 7010 
four-fie 
acres under 7 5 
o ee rotation being, a: as is 215 poy the | wh 
prevale ent scheme of cultiyation there. Ба, 
Say rodent as it “Ау be, it is not universal, 
It is ev and among the best pF 
now to Tet 1. 5 5 come 8 once in eight. years, 
ins f four; and with- 
the largest occupiers— 
cisely the cases e 
igent, skilful, and able of the 
agriculturists of N orfolk, rn will 
g under no rule the 
subject of a price «ерме cd 
shows the difficulties in the 
and 
to which they would more willingly le 
Ssist they will to a mere Governme 
The only way in which these difficulties can be 
diminished is by employing men of known MN 
gence in the various sub-districts or even pari 
the smaller, Tao course, the үза ыйы * — estimate 
of the extent of the crops in the 
saa 8, -- gross total wil sah + а 
ad of an actual statement of fact, but 
"pas бекат des ылыы will be supplemented | 
by the trustworthy judgments о 
But optional returns will not as 
e|them to wha 
ward III.,a more liberal commercial гу. was adopted, 
trade encouraged, and a ex ба. als f grain per pue a, 
seen by 4 rom the stat 
„ e. 1 (1935) " « That E. 1 merchants 
d 
а 
within e realm, теу. freely, without interruption, 
h ersons 1 them, as жы to 
ys the enemies 
trade have 
s ME. pef eerte qc 2 exten- 
trad ie in corn spr ung up, agriculture 
been followed b 
e | explain their causes aspas 
, 
3. What are — circumstances to be 
attended to 
pon, of new sorts or varieties 
—— 
in th 
of plants, such as Whe ats, Turms 
ribe the operations of grafting and buddi 
the eT ntages of employing them. ing, And istati 
5. Explain the иш e treatment which should be ad adopted 
in the successful e of ti mber and fruit trees, and point 
out the principles аад 
brand” (Uredo segetum), “Bane? 
heat, and 
Br 
6. Describe the “ pana 
(U. caries), and “ Red r gen » Puccinia graminis) of W 
ANSWERS B PELLE. 
(I.) Leaves carry on the functions of re 
ee and circulatio 
ar pores. 
sive — e 
d, t 
flourishe 
so general that the Government was alarmed, ae а law 
tatute of ГЕ (25th Edward III.), com- 
preamble of “the dec ges of servants, 
voured pa raise their wages upon their 
—— forbidding the e 
—— ater 
of p was г 
7555 i 
e king’s license, when the price of Wheat at 
the port of shipment did not. exceed 6s. 8d. per 
uarter. 
t 
q 
1463 (8d Edward IV. А ты restrictive Corn-law forbid, 
e | for by benefit of the 
circumstances are already | whe 
e grower, any importati 
e home price was apt 6s. 8d., ‘the export being 
— Paston, in a let o her son, 
dated January 2 
“there is none foe suffered to go out of this country 
is.” Тһе protective statute haa shel stimulated 
tillage beyond the dem 
of plenty: P" 
f 
E long peace which followed on the ue ай, ihe [o 
ars between the rival houses of Yor 
of 
ind. the accession the 
enhance the — prosperi ity o s M. ountry; and 
towards the е ury w from Fabrian 
of the 
ni (temp. lin that Wheat | had reached 2 24s, the quarter. 
As i а dope more ашыт и оне. — land, 
di and arable began to appro 
ean to be а land. In the hands of phar (ыа 
arms ad in size a onsolidation of 
salle В holdings authority again takes alarm, and 
he ® —— — VII. Ga is forbidden the demolition 
ouse to wh 0 aeres of tillage were 
"z 
‹2 
yd 
attac shed 
sa 
25 years ee » Lit we have the first act 
e 
a it ‘Richard H, пешэ я mer 
pes dd с 
1474 ; eleven gens d iate s 
and ofthe hom ket ; 
the ‘prohibited export had thus created the = new, but 
‚ generation the familiar paradox “the curse a 
k an 
Tudors, tended Б nio n 
gress t 
Hp 
aci hic sto 
sphere, and whieh is praes omposed into * al 
of the latter, not wanted for the 
ecay. 
— on these pr 
* pie cs 
bod 5 үе 
and soluble SR 72.4 the soil first, and pass them to 
the leaf orate or digest, t 
to the life of a vegetable as асе and hence, 1 
these 
y o 
72 in n. Sas бе, of 
lants absorb water 
— 
ure removed from the plant, the leaves will be 
W Vat getting ri t cra faster than the 
roots can supply it, 5 
the other hand, if t 
acting vigorously, t p% p becom 
“gr to grow, on account of th 
in its system. In trans 
diate 2 «ў bur: etly cellular. | | 
(2.) The es from ied plants derive food are | 
The atm osphere ж 
iens atmosphere a and the 
hem with ear 
and inorganie constituents n: 
plant. The roots are жа 4 ortant € 
supplying the dere constituents, which 
bundles place 
P eg 
ecd af thei 
> 
4 
Ls 
el 
the What plant, "the fluid i 
plant, adios 
b — 
which rarer and denser change 
wood, the sap is ise to the v Vidi 
eas of elaboration eds, 
y me proce 
after which the sap, which is e thicker, лет 
descend between the bark and the external wood, ff 
y a large number of Ox Kin g dT Parliament io tinkeri ag with the 
х еіп woo anders was at that time the 
proceedings th 1 maig seat of the manufacture, while England, fr 
the Id be, who ac не 4 jod dge fro 3 extent of pasturage, was probably the chief source of 
facts yor date 5 supply for the staple. Th or. 
turned which | capital e Flemin them constant | 
competitors for the produce of the English clip, 
me” that the Fis Lm nus upon CF 
counties of Roxburgh, Haddington, and momen. clothier. legislative devices were contrived to |i 
be m 2mselves. e | prevent or miti this e it was reckoned, and 
.of the H nd Society, developed in an adjoining | n much in ingenuity probably displayed. by the farmers, 
page, will not only а much larger proportion 
- haer eturns 3 in the As early as Edward III. special courts had been 
nglish district, but it also contains within itself the | Organised to determine offences connected with the 
means of a much safer estimate of the unreturned . V 
HISTORY OF Mirage e E TE HI, 
Continue 
origen me its forms, was 
ect of legislation, with 
vers К ы t lad 
4 
о 
е been alte ANE 
dul cherished, or r unfairly chilled. Our statute-boo 
a record of a conti uti 
fede year 1315 15 (Edward IL) ihe 
weather ha not onl 
y destroyed the harvest, but 
: Parliame 
the perpetual rains an 
ure, | transported in dien 
there multiplied and increased that it hath t 
e much to the Spanish 
no small hin 
| m giran timein England raised 
Ifa that 
l trade, 
менан by в ubtle bargains made in buying of Wicks, 
before , the 
с th 
sold, to the great ve been 
асе ed to 
cloth, &c., it declares 1 ments for wool unshorn 
shall be "oid; except by clothiers.” Grafton 
Chronicle, while s speaking in praiseof the statesmanship | o 
ear political sagacity of Edward IV. in big poa 
riendship with foreigners, notices an amit 
o | procured with H King of Castell, and John, X 
of Aragon, at the сое of Bin owe 
1 and liberty f ue 
to the coun 
in his 
mity he grante 
otsolde sheep to чя 
Г Sgayne, w which have so 
urned the | с 
to the pris and 
drance of the luere and аъ фар 
of wool and fell.” 
as been asserted upon what pei s to 
the “certayne solde sheep," thus 
transported " Spain 400 years D. is the original stock 
celebrated merino, 
1. | of the now 
(To be pere 
- ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
bou сон -та э BLE PHYSIOLOGY. 
an ay ee ote ad anatomy ай т of leaves; э д 
may ре deines on а orate of hw... 
ief ha 
have their 1 by t the means of making hybridisa 
which Ist. 
It 
to 
tuate that Maida 
varieties ric such plants as 
tion of any one * of the same Spe 
another of that is to 
stamens of one yii Б and Te me 
of - flow other variety whi * 
viously pre j pe cutting awa: 
fecund B ыштет taken place, the 
fully preserved, and then taken and so 
unlike theone in which it was 
frequently, 
grand point in the cultivation of all corn hid 
Wi to Turnips and € 
rinciples will apply in producing 
| The plan t shone 
matter in various 
parts, such as 
од the Sones stems ; if, 888 the fe 
edid i su 
green ае are produced, E by 
all times of the s i P 
e plan may bo Fortunato cora Fortunate enough 
а of the same plants can 
be ted fi vigent arcet 
matter of poe 
