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weeding and trimming which attends the live fence ; that | n vane or faj or ay] E у. the hedgerow timber of | of Edinburgh, in 1 ves d x fer 4, has Ман himself 
it is not injured by hedge-breakers, but puts temptation this country. rds ean erect "gen and | to a deal o fact, "he has reckoned 
out of their way ; that it occupies very little room, and | buildings ha Bro m ps reign timber, and using it, without his [omit Ee wis a source from which a 
does not destroy the growing crops by overshadowing | for a less sum than by applying = Elm Aa &c., of | great quantity of manure might be n» pi by 
them, or by harbouring birds and vermin, or form a| this dendam s r that purpose. Feversham. collecting the rubbish that t grows in 
nursery for the growth of Thistles and other weeds; that we might have plenty of it ei i re e also 
also it allows f i tion of air, and in winter xr S | om some rules 2 — cing it; but let us first Ў. if we 
forms no barrier to collect the drifting snow ; it cannot me Corre can get it, and then ill be time to set about turning 
be hurt by cattle ;—for these reasons the wire feneing is wih te o Le a with it to 8001 acco try gentlemen are still 
best species of feni and the cheapest, as shown by |. ^7" — ed " —— y the onservatite to allow any such up-rooting system to 
the pens caleulatio: — — — 7 rr э m your сот — ni uis ng ard Pr Does not Mr. Morton know that the landlords 
taken ч 20 rods as the lengthy both for the sake 4 — - — m Finge — des of this og od and hold it are generally in 
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of clase со being par. da. | rit viable miii rom uent observation I wth as a protection an 22 
freq | the a Ma de sd indi anid h bilan d e 
r am inclined to think that a good deal of ignorance still lind pre 2 ipe — ney ч pors coer just pete herd 
m n а нч vie, — — леб —— away with ! = e.g have to sleep where they now 
sum has been given for the materials, The principal posts, noticed the urine actually drained away from the сае. чт” geer: ез е farmers’ erops 5 mn vi ho shall tell the 
: : a ; &e., and — А and also means used to get 
inehes square, and delivered at the distance of 6 miles А т the — they may run by the thievish 
from the timber yard. La a poles, 3“. 15s. per 100, " 5 „ this being considered — bests — Йен, ЙУ p drin рн er 
delivered at the distance of 9 miles from where they | Plan to employ — useful manure. А any o to his country, They are not like the labourers, who 
were felled. those farmers are actually sss ing great Аял! —ů— -- — and gladly come to it, though there they ean 
‘Two principal posta, eart Oak, 8 feet long, Ss. each „, £0 16 0 and wasting it at their very doors. В t although there o home; no, these old inbabitauts know better 
"ae posts, 6 feat in оне у NN C be driven are many who cannot, or will not, see the use — ЕЕ D ode they will d ‚+ 8 n 
— DES post 4 inehes nearly diameter and costing eu yard drainings and sewerage as a manure, there where their life will not be disturbed bv the sound 
C o балоны aut Gem. ing dni the other oye. СЕТ who — con — of its nr scythe. But here оге the. wersb 
holes in ‘the posts and sharpening them but who м её expensive абс 2 al : p^ sportsmen will 3 and the sun we’ 
the timber, &c. 8 tanks. I think this subject i is worthy of the still further England will then be set. We shall have none but 
Two С iron braces (for principal posts), ‘sold by А consideration of our — — — experimental | in money-making class left, who p level sur 
Five 1inch long screws for drawing up the wires, A“. farmers, not so mue how large and expensive tanke beautiful serpentine hedges, The variegated surface of 
4 сап be erected, but — simples A least expensive the land will Be converted: into a vast barren wilder- 
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Five sma screws to hold the wires and nuts, Ke, 4d. plan of collecting, and t time, and to apply ; i i 
ness, where nothing would be seen but Turnips, Corn, 
itr Kershand tümborfor angle posts, do. 7 j set hav Ais e erhaps the smali wel as might be| Clover, ad infinitum. I think we should all be off to 
Konz diet Ко, 2 Dia me hing 0 y —— ave nis iqui "— as wen as great. Australia, or to some other fine country, the 
meas yards, cost 8s. 6d., carriage an n- hand of innovation has not showed itself —where- 
eluded. Five wires for 20 rode will cost 12. 6d per rod 110 0 Min Sy 24, harvest approaches, we shall be | Nature el 1 з H. 
4 1 11 anxiously expecting to hear of not a few who have our ears will not be assailed by the harsh sound of the 
Two men digging holes for principal posts and angle roved successfully an and satisfactorily, by experience, uffing engine and the noisy rattling of the railway 
ae and rud down 55 termediate posts, each man B the utility of adopting our system of thin and single train. I must confess that I, like a great many others, 
амм А noe her, who on oe the ө day, for 8s. r seeding, and who have determin a great measure | have sometimes been simple enough to think it was 
0 days 010 o|the natural * aan of the growth of corn sown or | hard that the corn-field should be c with 
s at wide distances. By way of from the seed matured in an igor em 1 —— М, 
т 20 rods of wire fenein 1 In 
Which ba be about 5s. 14. E MN. or т 5} yards long | promi в was a — 
ге is sum would be less if t = n gra M omnee im — os bike yard N var ean that it was the landlord that ought to provide — — 
c x and, in ordinary cultivation, or 3 square feet to each it he who stocked it. The farmer 
. dig down, &e. hen Oak is used for the intermediate plant, equal to about 14 int of seed per acre, now аа паана 
posts they will cost 15. each, but of course not во many | growin 
the distances may vary The posts or 80 on each ome us rm this kind 
T : : plant. Reckoning only rnels in tax should not be put coc piri 
— their height out — — ground, 3 feet 6 inches, ith ea is LI to 4000.fold (it often Oiler: that 80 nae N practice ti Mr. 
wires are run in, or fastened with staples, which perfect k are contained in one ear when plants 
tion res, 
s comparatively unimportant ; for though this produces a The Thorn for H. it is commonly ealled, 
posts and drawing the wires tight, but th | 3 ^ or Hedges, or, as 
= ein ei — — ey are so nein growth, yet it is not аи Du upon | Quickset, 1l. raised from the seeds, gathered in October’ 
rmers put 
the wire fences themselves, and the only — they hei i i "eeu ; ' 4 
1 the wire — tight being the eomm ец | peing m n рү М Наби o a Re Re curth; add turned, w monem б coenam de 
timber jac ; tmosphere. As we believeit quite possible to hear they are sown in in February or Mareh of 
nees of competitors, we ho we sn 80. second f their gathering, being covered with fine 
at has ben а ено — are qui — Put following calculation shows the quantity which may be | soi] to dio di n 
be — they most — en, = only drawback grown per acre upon the same principle as our own; | lings are planted into nursery rows when strong enough, 
and purely a a isl rt, cimi inn. : — 4 у , asa matter of consequence, those nume- bro will be generally in the autumn of the 
to this e — чі, ie e ereeti f do wood: 33 4 a "s ear, and then, in about three years, they will be ready 
at the comers of the field, viii wit thes — | that 2 or 3 bushels of seed per acre is absolutely neces- to jw trans bcr into the "im erows, But the plants 
ey can ride, and also keep the work- | 7? of course ought to Asa immense e i ie 3 are usually purchased from public nurseries where they 
fiom trespassing over the corn-fie ids. d JSA É actually have been budded for two or three years, and cost from 
к of forming a common — hedge is as беа yard ti in id: nes is. чә to 15s. per th d р куз 22 
240 cars in a yard, on 3 plants, | thorn is also frequently transplanted from the woods; 
ЖЕ ghin — preparing the land, manuring. and form- for, being indigenous throughout Britain, it may be 
ing the raised mound for the plants for 20 rods, and ar found in almost all extensive c . Ае ing to the 
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rods would require — plant 8, a 10s. per 1000, cost 012 0 
Fixing, &c., and ca ers' work, 1161000 ears in an aere, stances, hedges may be plant uring or 
Moker sd pe les, es, Post and and rail í —— се, posts 10` rhe 50 kernels in an ear, early spring e but the same pea are 
2 ‚ 9 eet high, and 15, at 29. 6d r rod for kernels — — ; ^ i£: 
юды) wal there would be the two ides of the hedge pua шө, —— | ооо ) 5808/0000 kernels in acre. 3 d edit erat t dicia $ 
ат 8) 2904 quarts ditto. and I strongly recommend the same time of the year, 
£6 0 0 à namely , after which month no tree or shrub 
Thus leaving a balanes —— 8s. in favour of the Rer nr can be moved with any certainty of success. In pre- 
wire fence, whilst the live would have, even if it | 4) 90 3 bushels ditto, , paring the plants for the hedge, саге must be 
eost less at — . — for IT. taken to choose such as have fibrous roots and 
trimming or clipping, besides the immense loss of ground. 27.213 8 озошЫ ditto. clean stems; the tops of the stems should be eut off with 
The — Fu rr ^ — сев of land in 11 0 2 3 quarters ditto, |a sharp knife 6 inches uer y "uar wd the eut 
hedges itches to 255 b ing the ———— i | | an inelination 
estimates made by Mr. Grant in — and those | Answer: 11 quarters Qcoombs 2bushels 3pecks per acre. | &e. Should be moved, as well as — —eZ the 
made by myself in Kent, it gives the average 1 aere in N. B. In fine samples of Wheat, not more than 16,000 tap root ; nor must nat th cnt th day after 
I found even in this closely cultivated county, that | kernels are contained in 1 which would give the | they are prepared line of the intended 
were on ; were | product one-fifth more! Hardy & Son, Seed-gi 1 out, and the ground 
gained on a farm of 1 on V e | ready H m 
farm hedging in length equal to seven miles, on three | WO y princi truth, multip Y | generall rere on one sh 
others 9 miles, and асн [4 ces. umber by which * extent of a еи Doer on both; but (except in 
Mr. James stone: im 8 ies in that of a farm, is just agricultural experience. forming a fence 
of the ritish Empire” state the quantity of cultivated| Wheat Crop in South — heat litch t is a great waste 
land to be England 25,632, of which crop was very deficient in quantity as well as quality— | of ground to have any ditch, and therefore 1 prefer the 3 
10,252,800 acres were arableand garden, and 15,379,200 and this present coming harvest presents a gloomy | hedge being planted on the plain surface of the soil - 
es pasture and meadow land, &e. The value of ure to the farmer, Never was seen in South Hants | The i 
land he states се, W i I to | such a breadth sown, and what is sow. 
22,040,000 . "The loss of 1 acre in 27 the sickle will be the smallest yield in the 
949,370 and t b f which d boast 
37 in and th t of man. Мапу yards 
the rent, 1,186,700, in round numbers. Imagine of four or five ricks, will have only опе or one- 
949,370 acres reelaimed by judicious plantations, the at most; and the quantity of land sown to wheat is 
the landowner and to the nation. This exceeds smaller, owing to the continuous wet weather. The | th 
БУ 900,000 acres the snnt of crown lands reserved fields of wheat look miserably backward and naked ;— 
the purpose of бараг he тату, Ке, | much was so bad it has been ploughed up and the land land 
the land which is 1 is mter — micant A As to old wheat, there is very little in the 
but improvable land, төбөт MiSo ри untry. ers change for for ordinary bread one shilling | of 
aeres, The crown lands now appropriated for the growth | th the gallon 725 and factors give 104, to 11/. only for 
ES amount to 52,850 acres in England ; so there | wheat per load, R. S. T., Hants, holes 
need be no fear of the wants of the British navy being | Waste mee our correspondent, Mr. Morton, | ei 
