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; would | the те ; to 
corn corn have been introduced from colder countries to this, no artificial means can prevent. The general plan ould be to collect, arrange, and p э 
1 climate, but by careful cultivation such varieties may | treatment here laid down will, if MA attended to, — submit t them to the district omn i aly ы edge theme 
{ be produced from any kinds of cor far to prevent the disease. the Board I The agricaltursts would thus be approached 
Bh gs Sve ere ne kinds of grafting, but there — — by we ot themselves and Ll à tpi rri „ 
тосее ZS WOU review з С 
tain general rules always. to be attended to AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. number. "Here also it might be 18 the Power of the Directors ig 
Ist. That kind of € € should ha — та теч Wich following i idgment of the statement by |“ assist rr iar in carrying out Such ^ plan. They have from 
= сае um m D be lige mei ўв ic gi к е Directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society | of the 8 of Scotland, and it тош easy to r 
* EL wok 2 small : 3d. The bark of кы raft of Scotland, which was submitted to the 5 iil them. They do not apprehend much difüenlty in in inducing com- 
| LIN AX brought as rd ap ssible in — fl the Board of Trade, last year, and on which the prese fart ties to They rathe hes ti nk бы th oic moult be aoi > 
wii the hak of the stoek, a. dy um wood with the wood, resolution of Government, i in reference to that regio, to by farmers, „ыы — valuators fo reasons irres ective 
: incisions should be perfectly clean ; has been based :— of the mere amount of am. M. it would peer neg a certain 
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would be the means of creating for him employ-- 
cla dun ment as an agricultural 3 and а in the many à 
angi (^ — iy mg ү gees lightly | uiid Sie iety of Scotland, and the views of the ociety have, on | Which occur connected with ae — — 9 
ether ; 5t e Si and grait shou oth be аз | more one occasion, been submitted “to Government. In 1847 ? 
h а th ras possible, and of Ss same species; 6th. It I memorial on the subject was Jed babe e Sir r, бо rge Grey by | Were obtained by Government r the Drainage Act. 
: В ; a the R - of Montrose, At that time det of the — poa ; aah 
of grafting are whine aee. ett, md ddl, pe, | having Been communicated by Bir George fo the Earl of Cla timent in any measure that may bo inteduced. Tt is enarejred 
of grafting are—w Ps ongue, rind, . Peg, rendon, he President of 1 the Board of — — correspondence n crops and thatm must be provid i 
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side-grafting can only be performed in adjoining trees, sure (o contemplated by Govern ent, in s—by the direc 
and the graft branch is not cut off from the original tree ире оста Mere ee Mls oe eck — — л, | estimate for each district. The Di ниб ди 
till it has become рег facti ms to the new stock, | is generally admitted, and is set forth in the memorials above Э я an 
ti tities of different raised would pro 
The advantages obtained by grafting are apo thah it . — аси * They would submit, however, that the objec ct is one, mo ae die pcp a ka ^ bi we rol and 75 he 8 £ — Л 
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а. The great importance of а proper system of agricultural s 
tistics has long been recognised by die 21 and Agri 120 
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the 3 of certain varie a of at an earlier | 1% five 
effect to it in the most comprehensive and 9 
period than by any other iae a of cultivation and a pal ut also warrants such publie expenditure as would ould tend to indu. 
: Я ment, The committee would therefore suggest that the direct 
allows of grafts, &c., being carried to a great di teu a be incurred. They have carefully considered the t 
4 rtu urns by the farmer — — Umited ho the nature of bis. 
with com ye eadd an 1 sae the oni; recaution alternative modes suggested by Mr. (^ re hg and they feel чаре er differen Bere 
wih regar oneal t а at the. see y Е a be to represent the necessity of a “ general and tity óf dics — аа ** — that ^g yield per acre oui 
graf | mprehensive scheme,” and th e inexpediency of attempting in h , - 
clean as possible, and the he . f а без Seo tland to cl sin a particular portion or dig- E „ 1% кул, to; tape | 
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me to D a naif in bleeding. gum. ng ли ЕХ end cs Kingdom, by means of loea AST му have little dificulty in arriving at condiusicns, probably more 
during the r months, and merely consists It ap the ‘Dir hat. to of any real value € em an those derived from direet returns sipped of 
i 1 T — ile the measure уму be stri of many: 
i x" M M en nae elements ofi of аррар Pur riy бай. ой sequent" vio T " 
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— the b M of — ‚= м, has been cut off result ex hibited, a rinon И aod LE д б. 7: In 1847 — was at first i to provide fo 
as clean as possible, leaving only a very small piece о and that to publish returns so loosely col- measure the i d asscomment Б 
wood, inserting the bud between the flaps, and fastening | lected as to be unworthy е confidence, you uld be hazardous and | Tised with the poor-rate, and afterwards it was proposed to levy 
it-d rith : Тея; bber b "i Th 1 objectionable They conceive it to be of the utmost importance, | !* with the land tax. That tax, however, has been in 
ape WI. piece Of India rubber. band. 9.00 y ith a view to arrive at T accuracy, 7 the equos instancòs redeemed, which renders the latter mode inapplicable, 
e necessary is to cut the bark so as to fit as accurately | 5 | Sols Med ge Pe іп a uniform manner, and that the returns I^ the E duos, etait индин ир Pepe n to employ-- 
as possible гаш the bud. Two or three buds may be | from all parts of this country "ES — — arran and a 
tried first, and if they su waned: thers may be inserted M on one ds inciple, and by of a ay curb onding he Directors would submit that tbe benefits of the measure would 
а ж» equally to the consumer as ^ the producer—that the 
b мач d. agency. They also consider it Кк ЫБ that the agents М | 
JD iudi : pruned, employed s should possess that practical knowledge of A RU objects would be strictly imperial, and that the ablic p of me 
Budding, if carefully AMEN | on, is of very great wi in which is necessary to i den and to them Mnt the c 
the flower-garden in producing varieties of Roses yegin the ret wie made 3 o t 88 A Y of the foregoing’ su — ag v 
uch ing e eonditions pear rs 2 
and cannot be said pm be so generally useful ag айар necessary to the satisfactory . oe the proposed measure they can confidentl — Pee -— 
t te as far ds fruit t ; nt effect to the 
apy as far as regards fruit trees, they do iction that there is not Socal ee givingie b proce b 
(5.) In growing s hs the object is to ‚produc uce tall | now in operation in Scotland, for any other purpose, — ry чош ^ P de eby cipe y the 
poles as straight as possible, The first prin sis. thep or senes. че could fulfil those conditions, and that hed ‘be | yo uld a system of agricultural statis 
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Жы ii e " the healt bark of a plant, Scotland, — — must give not only the abr 
urnin aps, and | of ac nder each kind of crop in a district, but also the 
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is, to place the plant at an pre м. з I t eaei for the purpose. n 
vm be ife i as з лв transplantation 3 The Directors are aware that various existing agencies have map 
shortens. e o plan a t w spo- | been sugges sted—the county police, in a few counties where such 
radieall: à d aud ires eg Trees for ® for е parochial boards for the relief of Pable tb точе son 
e that any мет ет dri ition of: — jeo 
2 PR А the the clergy, and ‘the schoolmasters, have all been ial 
timber should be planted, thick at first, as it makes suggested as ‘available з ie ы these could fulfil the con- take place; че 8 the annual expense rof any Spa 
th in, i this 
em grow tall and straight; but as they grow and fill | aiti tions that aa ave stated. They could neither conduct the | Plan for obtaining the в d, 15 
up the ground, all the worst ones may be cut down. investigatio with ur usn Boe with the practical knowledge its з de f qUE 8 be, Kept 8 
T tor of trees intended for timb ht а near approximation to accuracy. No reliance rot ves rhe. ia — гы чө буле чод 4 
ees inte or er ought never could safely. be placed on the — obtained by such notations and by measurement, the part 
to dee пъб wh ъй. or a: course checks the | m — uld be to discredit | f 
owth of the plant, which is much more importance е meas um te 
. any = be. derived 3 a few In tland, success could not be obtained without the co- | th 
d ag operation 8 the лаб particu ularly „оа of the 2 Б 
branches, 5а used as firewood, А. me cultivation of class ; inis would generally 
fruit trees the due to be pur ust. be nearly the agencies 5 етет ей to. | 
directly о opposed to that 3 we E yon беде ү 2 Mee of 7 * . m € i qus 
ealousy; the hial bo havin: 2 assessments 
for, instead of tall, straight poles, small trees with large i ir cde . of lands, etd i MK ЖҮК: Ti 
branches are required, во, that there may be an extra | and sectarian jos da estroyed 
development of leaf function, or rather of leaves modified portion g of many of the. farmers. to to co-operate with the oflice- 
into the form of fruit. This the Established Church. 
uit. This state of growth is brought. 
on by frequent trangplantation, which checks the deve- Е tA though it be diaa t. тт UTEM | 
lopment of the stem and causes the plant to send оці estimate too highly the value to this country of a general Home Correspondence. tik 
extra branches and extra leaves and fruit. For this pose eficiently « cai uit w would not b ang memes Set | Peat Charcoal. —Having observed in your paper of 
Same re fruit trees should not be placed too close local or partial character; and t — ould чеч offer some | April 30 an article signed J. Towers, in which the ; 
reason fruit P 
together, both = — yon of gei ventilation and | suggestions as v» the manner in which a —— and uniform writer states, as the result of his experiments, that 
exposure to the of t cessary to ripen mode of collecting ——ůů— that could be relied on, might in| peat. charcoal has no peculiar power in puri А 
fruit and kien to 1 of fall pl py f for the — ae erst points to be considered, and perhaps the most dif. | Sewage from its ammoniacal i ion, во as to form 
(6.) Smut brand, or Uredo segetum, is a small fungus | cuit to i into suitable | manure, I beg to state that the fa of Mr. Towers 
be os attacks the chaff — of wen t; ee or às ie districts, and th у соердо t. No a mployed. In 1847 must — — either from his experiments haying 
ka. the insides..o grai MA an ан a the Government proposed to adopt the subdivision into parishes, been: small a scale, or from some other 
—.— ciat bone n c" Cort ET and to entrust the creation to to the paronim boemia which were t full jai fori iv "be ^e 
, grain, | to have named an for each parish, to collect and — no y iet ined ; it can easily shown 
nothing i ? left but a black 8 ani t the red rust, Sato o returns “But, in addition 2 "ism келу that peat charcoal, under > proper management, not only 
uceinia stated against employing those 1 гарэх | р that they ean 
Жы — pow m d leaves of unicated with the ьс of the 1 Board of Supervis Haus does Profe — rie — but ot ore ы 
H . * ANA sibar о,а fungus — — ARA * do not е — ex pies dura ene d LA. the А-2 — of гоя y eller. so as to form yos most 
these iungi are ards for 8 aluable man in . Geo, Lane, Super- 
LE the causes, nf be the coon — ray | ече а subdivision would em comer very nume a and intendent of the Sewage Charcoal Works, Stanley Bridge, 
' i involve either expe * r кс . — in ы” 
known as i * The real W of the the 44 ү апа насолод As ee А of "e ыы. Fulham.’ 
past. I grea m „ a8 on A, It Bas che dic 3 that the Posed rape tcr y of the — 
debi { 3 ed. a apid i county woul 
. This rapid growth y be attrib either to. task us to be 8 and 
; the variety of its tural features and products in di 
manuring the lan heavily, or season, MS Air a 4 Bond irre a es un 
ing a the | à — 
nature of the soil; at any rate, the plant becomes debili- ем и WR supervision of sheep farming, mixed hus- 
tated, a sort of congestion of some of the vessels takes DN PLI AMT riw eee night L'un mating 
a decay commences, and immediately all the The Directors think it тоша be preferable to form parishes of 
sed parts are covered with small fungi, whose | into groups, with reference to their ee | products pt га 
peculiar office is to appropriate the ammoniacal matters d as to associa MM — À — re v. pedi age "i 
: = : : contiguous parishes e Ае sic 
Бер off during this partial decay of the plant. All features, by a ike system of om enl 7 similar MT 
these fungi contain nitrogen, but they differ in appear- | Were this a rrangement resolved on, the Society could give 
TIAE н their different situations on the plant. Валы. — in carrying it out. For 50 years they have 
The Smut brand is found on the chaff scales: the Bun been accustomed to associate parishes in connection wit th MH 
ropriates. the. matters given off during in connection with statistical returns; and, from th efie aco 
the decay of Fue e va нна the red rust makes its — PY aiy a ‘knowledge а infiuence agens wee 
on stem i і y the наоед аы ireeto ve no t iey 
diseased with Uredo caries doce. met 4 itil, | Submit to the Government a satishetory arrangement for the | oat 
which in the thy pb fall off. : pi su baivision of the pomit. into — буса districts. А ы 
heal: plant a ready been irectors do consider 
There is no чуор есине i growing any nery a — e for 
treatment must and no ageney that may be organised will be snecessful it 
as only grow: Wheat. the PRS PURELY SO, such obtains the co-operation of the farmers. The surest means of 
grow on sound land, and not manur ce. attaining this object would be, it is believed, to commit the 
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te i are йош; ешкш mpage oras c pele А жу, 
that e of Tra 
iacu v eran a paid й нивоа and a sma and A small committee of pro- f 
less | prie nd tenants 
person intima the 
The e enumerate shen ч чаран, | 
