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former — more nutriment than an equal| in accordance with it. њу relation in question, though 
R° cann eine m inh des TREPO weight of the latter. d who тү т generally true, will pro be found subject to жаң 
PATRON— His Royal Highness PRINCE ape very strongly for the soundness of the latter pro- tions. I however, erved, that the 
ping nd be te aap apa ае. ition, were sometimes noe to assert that this ^ the manure employed, which is well known to "affect : 
-7 PuiNCIPAL—Rev. J. S. HAYGARTH, M.A, Vic ng - so great that it mig Seven extend | "° of nitrogen in the crop, is, in these e , 
. ri ent of moderate = roots as compared | ™ is; vito ing influence, as t 
Chemistry— . Voe v: Ph D., 1 nd smaller specimens, compared with each other, have 
il, 
F.C. 8, 
tany James — F. G. S., F. IL. 8. 
нәре / In 3 Vallen 
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88 possible. 
Derby, — 1853. 
RED MADELEY, Hon. Sec. 
as for 
y of July inst., to take Mans. on the Chisfield 
will be given to Labourers (three in a Sang 
or company), for —— digging x реф, 2 feet deep, in 
and most expert in —First prize, 27.; Second 
nee work, oe will — E vim them, 
è — udges will 
ward fair атори for the et а 
"Parties intending to — — he Pri 
fo ЖЫЛА the 16th July, 
the Secretary, on 
EORG oe Hon. Secre 
The Holt, Welwyn, nd 2, 1853 
“though for younger whi 
There 
ER, may be —— ot an 
in 
bris S 37 and 
so muc 
on | which shall obtain between a 
future crop, it ma 
о 
o|the paper on 
forwan rd their names as early b A PJO 
| Improvement Society of Ireland. 
5 at the basis meeting of the pee Pale xi society. 
8 
extent of ЗАН Н Ae arge ones. 
he two propositio ns are far from being identical, 
an while in the case of equidistant plants the bulk 
may be supposed to diminish with the square of the 
interval, it increases with the cube of that interval, 
5 the full use of it Ы made by increased 
gowa on the part of the plant. "To o put the үт 
п another form: the bu EU nd we me of the crop 
increases with the cube of the diameter of the roots, 
supposing the number 
you get eight times the 
the whole much 
urse no such 
Ter — a 
e than it do 
with the number leads the conclusion 
fewer pei d roots are жшк dito o the 
small on who are duce t 
at 
Cae ie 
root for instance, arrives s an ees n size, it does 
so only by su rapid w ery gro s dim 
d ы till lately — has been belie се by 
of certain 
lio case 
inishes | his с 
e quality as n» as it — dd weh ty of the | 
of equa 
4 
to Е 
— eim 
— ени; 
t the experience of ee men has led 
em tothi Sener usion; and we are ha арру to observe 
that more re researches of chemists have led 
them to the ctfi at which Rems generally 
arrived that a crop of large roots contains | 
more тийш nt than one of small one: 
As is the season when unu are thinning 
their d crops— P rudis g out their young Turnip 
and Mangold plants, and eem mining the interval 
adjacent roots of the 
conclusions of this m ә ing correspondence 
on t ier ога with a number of successful Pen ers 
in some of the border Бреше; we have given in 
other м7 еу аге selections agg the corre- 
sw ccu of Mr. F. F. Hau N, who read them 
av erasing 8t 
chance of a goo 
co 
instead of | c 
however, between the two 
than in the latter variety of v 
Swedes this difference is по 1 
and cultivate 
is greater than that of 
n the 
onger pc Tenders Z LZ 
two varieties of ash do not deviate much from a ratio 
ali 
our attention to the Beets, the 
I should 
he 
sid this is the — which, from à priori 
have anticipate ted. 
in concluido that the object of the 
crop from 
course cannot grow 
other circumstances 
let their nearness to their neighbours be the limit эң 
5 8 size, however. 
et us add, i 
farmer 305 contin nue, as hitherto, to be—to obtain the 
an 
with an average ам of T aal 5 and 21or 3 ibe 
ra to oe derived from a larger number 
o | with a smaller si 
ter 
of Bebes. 
viii fed above that at w 
true, as d emat ДҮ, түт day, ome ihe 
i 7 ents, can esc e fact is, that it rates in — 
OULTRY SHO — Thé First Annual London | equal weights come to be 3 as an acre of water throughout | 75 soil, in T b es VR 
дик munere STET де ge rare generally p ahead he A 
and Frrpay the 29th of July, 1853. All Entries must be an acre of small o extent of level land, e as to "фей B us 
made on or before Saturday, the 9th of July. The Prize Lists The following i is (De. Apsonn’s table :— depth, the water which falls upon it not only sinks 
and Rules Mene had — Mime to James HENRY CAT 
tary. ces at the | 
Nitro- | Nitro- | Azotised | Azotised | Per centage | Per centage 
IR gen, perſgen, per, constitu- | constitu- | Fer — Per — 0 0 
йд варт мау i s ағ е Army, well cent., in|cent, in сь, per | ents, per "E iota age oF total phosphoric | phosphoric 
rming and Stock MJ nagement, as well dry raw cent, in | cent., in а нр vis — acid in acid in 
oe with. ШТ апа Engi neering works, would willingly take ts. |dry roots.raw roots. CCC raw roots. 
of some Irish Estate. Although he ld 
expect те po шиген, Aet араша i his ‘great | 4. Large sugar Beet 1980 1971 19.599 | 1254 1144 11372 5865 861 
desk. Letters addressed to the Editor of this Paper will . Small . 652 054 4.146 670 7.48 1.2089 05107 
communicated to : ‚ -—T do sii kJ vee € таш 139 ота 1754 02400 
: 55 г : 612 5.88 17 um pes 
; . Large Red Globe Beet — 2484 | 2844 | 15.798 809 11.98 13717 |" 4945 05400 
The a г ; . Small do. 4. us 1.874 | 2386 | 11.918 | 1.517 9.85 1.2539 2076 02377 
gricultural Gazette. . Large Yellow Globe. 2980 | 2647 | 14507 1 1457 | 16900 | 4641 105386 
: Small "i aa. ate ке 1.670 2324 1081 1 8. 7.97 1.1006 1645 . 09959 
SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1853. . i dus 49 4 : „ . 
mall cred T EG 440 | 12.770 | 1559 12.24 14371 — s 
GS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. 19. Large die tock RETE NE 1968 12007 | 13951 13.62 1.4192 5386 : 105614 
йил; July арала Society of England. 13. Large Red Globe " M 1.567 1760 9.966 1419 8.96 1.0062 5275 -05926 
Тийварат, 7—Agricultural Imp. Society of Ireland. 14. Large Yellow Globe 1808 2058 | 11467 | 1 8.29 9.458 | . 3513 04011 
Wepwespay, — Eines of the Royal Agricultural : i | 
Tu QE ^ © 1. Large Red Globe Mangold Wurzel . 2.169 | 1889 | 13.794 | 1.010 1558 1.1404 4449 03259 
VVV ваце — 1871 | 2413 | 1199 | 1555 199 | 14455 | -3772 04864 
Tuuxspar, — — l- Agricultural Imp. Society of Ireland. 2. Large Long Red Mangold Wurzel 1.749 | .2443 11.193 1.553 24 4305 3019 04211 
.——— 2. Small o. ..| 1777 | 32300 1301 | 1463 980 1239 1578 02125 
A veny peru e абд of ety Thorn Farm, & sant хемге ек —— —.— 150 186 сч ne 805 10.776 P 8 
in Staffordshi as give s ago in san 10. Large Long Red.. 2375 | 9199 | 15.105 | 1399 | 1199 | 1.1102 3999 02129 
Journal, concluding with tha following sentences | 10. I M . S 1.463 24 1093 2379 02838 
c E [CHES See pride himself on cé s size of | 8. Large Swedes ^ ..  ..| 1.698 | 1590 | 10.799 | 1005 96 5542 02750 
3 and ee d the rapid strides he | 8. Smail do... s m e 144 47r .|. 98i | oaar 519 €321 | 3084 09246 
1 made in agr tee knowledge, іп otherrespects| g. Small do.. 2.291 | 2069 | 14570 | 1316 6.40 519 | 30m 09263 
pre tah he hi ot to learn the value of a moderate | 15. Large do. : 2031 | 1604 | 12917 | 1090 8.18 3620 02859 
| root com v Eri one; rm 
19 05 were he rrow, We conclude with a condensed statement of the in, owing to its weight, but spreads downwards and 
his шше he should * only ites Ашы "for conclusions to which this table leads : in every he directio, owing to thiscapillary attrac- 
ner, he would be so blind to hisown interest,| 1. In the ease of the dried matter of a Beets, the | tion, which seizes hold of the water wherever it is, 
dless ] 3 беу in the | a0 "draws it ‘nto the hitherto empty interstices in 
the ry or analysis, t at albuminous ui e yin | , : * 
ie id choose the t largest in the dish." than in the small specimens. This relation, and between the particles of soil. The force with 
this, though putting the case of the large roots | however, would seem to be constant d in the Beet, which this attraction depends two 
qu enough, is not alte fair ds the | for the Mangold Wurzel and Swedes t not | things—(1) the character of the ta т та 
Mivoeates of a moderate size. It never was pre- ^ you would Indeed “quarter” thelr number supposing the which these interstitial channels exist ; at ( ) 
tended, that we are aware, that a certain number of | interval between plants to be doubled; but the qt now is, eene upon the dimension of these channel ing 
ymall roots was preferab an equal number of | Vhat distance shall our alread obtained ro torva the nu mg pants be in a certain ratio — as diameter, That 
large ones, but only that a given ‘weight of Ње! reality o avum T. there is a according to the material is 
