36—1853.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 573 
were undertaken, considerable samen has taken 
rate observations of the effects of this ure, wi 
the greatest confidence, recomme application for 
Wh d have no doubt it would — —4 1 
for Rye, Oats, and Barley. The man e 
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state of a powder, may be майу Жр applied iy drill, and 
that, I M" no doubt, would always be found the best 
mode o deer cation. І am anxious that as many expe- 
riments should be made in the following season as 
possible, mx land not previously manured, or even 
after the Wheat crop of the present year, the latter 
— e best test of its capabilities. In any experi- 
dr tfully. 
remar 
is rr jad prepared under my own ins 
rante 
асе | four chickens of — pirit, that hs had the same 
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ineipient symptoms, the usual rusty s on the stem under- 
— я ке months з аро, but as ry few 
ainted tu ereas y-gone years, he invariably | 
the tubers much soon ner and more severely affected after seeing 
the first signs of the disease. Turnips, as elsewhere, are an irre- 
gular erop, bad in some — pretty good in others, and best 
when early and carefully laid down. Pas tures, on hill and dale, 
ve not been so good as usual throughout the se: 
uc he ason, 
quence of the merge spring. Stocks, however, look 
mi game are very abundant, and 
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nds en are 
making p bags daily. 1 * — orm and diseased birds, so rife 
lo late are scarcely heard of. Salmon fishing in the 
beginning o of the season generally not up to former years; but in 
ly y and the earlier part of the present month, à great run of 
g fish, have afforded the 
— excellent sport. 2 LA 
Sourn HaxTs : Aug. 27.—Since August 16 there has been rain: 
on 88 week it tu continuously for 12 On 18th 
hours, the 
at. | and 19th there were showers; on the 23d it rained very heav 
pection wi 
d to be “composed of the same constituents, as not heavy, 
nearly as - 
the cost in London and at all the асе = seaports and 
rst-class railway stations in the kingdom, is 8s. per 
bushel for cash, Four bushels to the acre I consider a 
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and condition of the land Allen Stickney, Assoc. Inst, 
С. 48, d olborn. [ Th h 
t us in the form of a printed letter, ane 
It is however, accompanied by a certificate of the 
genuineness and trustworthiness of the report it contains, 
si by so many well-known names that we 
hesitate to publish 4 
Italian Rye-grass.—It will grow on strong land; and 
tlie plan I adopt may be | Worth attention, ТЕД 
to small f. ve a few sheep. 
as I did this year, in tack attle, savin ing 
the expense and trouble of ge; а 
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all night, and on 1 е and Friday, the 25th and 26th, it 
d in torrents and nigh 
gales, which seemed as if they would blow the standing corn out 
‚ | of the ground, and the words of the » — verily e to 
competition in | the present season and these southern coasts. Virgil sa 
“Why should I — — stars and skies; 
What a ae in tha rtain season 
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All heaven ad - conca hes down amain, 
And sweeps y the — s pes labours of the 'swain. n. 
The swelling qm о — Im the 8 toil, 
The tossing seas in furious eddies 
л has been the weather during the present week, and agri- 
Persei may take Virgil's Georgics in their hands and derive 
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consolation that they alone are not the sole sufferers 
ur, i ts nů Barley a 
heat also which rem standing. after share of Clover, 
of which mt n long cut, will not be worth 
Barley i n impossible to turn, and wathes full 
of Clover it а very atter. ie have had 
ndance of these tend to t All 
rain, and winds heir gro 
operations on the farm EUM suspended; the chief r aae will 
be turning quá and P. s, examining sheaves and stooks. 
The CER cmi cold, no sprouted corn as yet has been 
rv ae 
* co — i 
2 as à few weeks we тез — ko the zu, ve be 
cutting, and had tw ye harvest days. 
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began 
On th began 
escend, and ever since, at "in: ervals, a great dex) iet s fallen ; k 
ay, however, tho ‘clouds have again eph A) and harvest 
— The scythe has now come 
into more general use, and this year I have ve fur scythes 
ri 
rien By meso ther re are abs ut hae acres cut per day, at an 
Corn that is mowed can 
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— — * — ard than what is cut 
with tho: pira as it ^e — open in the s. and the wind gets 
re freely through it. Harvest is now general; 
a pe 
shed T myself to be the — usefal, and the least tiresom 
ish cock a tab 
; and having 
now come to handle the crop, I have nothing of what I formerly 
to wea mrs 
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mixed with Clover, 201 es twice made it into hay | no 
some of this year's seed on my Barley уа, where 
only Clover was sown in the spring. Delta, 
empowe 
they thous conducive to the ed —— of the birds 
i ptis him. There were 568 competi ng pens in 
$ classes, comprising many of the best мен 
in England. In the adult pens the time year 
Plain in faulty plumage, and evident lack of condition: 
After the duties of the spring and breedi ing s 
is 1n moult, they are not fit for exhibition, and "for 
, 5 reason the main — at = time will ee = 
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weld not be c: to hold with dios rin say this i is 
ing Wrong time of year, because we believe it offers the 
qducement for early m. maturity, which is, after all, one of 
—— l merits try. ch Baule, takers 
Captain Hornby, Messrs. Adkins, lie, and 
Mr. , The following prize list furnishes 
Which he took a 
Then S no sp 
n jen in draining it = that the surface water shall ae 
MN iekly a 
red order anything | an 
; Fairlie had a pen of excellent adult Cochin Chi 
inas, 
with first prize, Mr, showed 
repor а or aang some fine fields of 
| Wh » to be fou —— the head is 
small, yet, being з velt a i 2 produce sample, and 
thresh peng: Marley. is a fine crop 
о "interrupted for a few day: 
2 — — for the Turnips. Thin and 
irr — т as the earlier sown ones brad and "I re el 
sown * еч “progress, these seasonable 
genial w have ve elasticity to their and now the 
Turnip fel " 25 beginnin appear- 
ance. When guano jae oo Hi appl No Turipa their rapidity of 
growth w Peer ^ a person to su; 
had got into the hauds of an Indian 1 w happens it 
that, now, when g is applied larger tities, 
their growth is so alarm y slow? 
received is greatly inferior? or is it t it 
—.— do yn wond in land that has bee y 
ers n repeated], 
I incline to think that our guano now is inferior; for, 
— applied to land that has never had guano before, its 
n | Operation tame, Or it may be that Turnips grown 
ated] € o 
the next Turni 
crop. Potatoes are keeping sound and healthy. It would be- 
abon — 
— 
ry the: — х4 was dry, Grass was scarce, Turnips looked ill > 
but, with fine weather and improving Тага we will look for 
our late high prices, with an active dem 
Notices to ——À 
AwxaAMoS GUANO: 2 UM и rpm ys f recent 
| formation, and is no way peculiar a in being 3 the 
average richness in W ft and somewhat whiter in colour. 
— stew big expense. ЕНА оп 
at considera e а 
4 jin the 10th volume of the English d 
ety's 
uséd.” Perhaps Mr. Booth will explain himsel 
weeds, we heave no suggestion to offer Бега ‘at of — 55 
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Deis E PARKS: J Stewart. Yon will not hurt the deer by — 
pareot — You need not sow over the whole 
at once, and might let a wet day or two elapse before sowi 
838 
J М. The cau e imagine, is co 
ipee гае" Ал а — abu à A post mortem 
examination should be made. We would recommend an occa- 
° 
I would su. t the following, when the disease is observed: 
Tincture of opium, 1 drachm ; aed of nitrous ether, 2 drachms, 
to bem orent e = of warm w ^ — vent А 
is fat enough, t! в.Кпіѓе, W. A 
uS Ducrr’s SaLe: X. The “Duke of sold 
neas. We have seen a commission to purchase it which 
extended to 1200 guine&s. The whole result two days” 
is as follows :—Forty-nine cows and heifer 713 
; total, 62, 93611. 16s, Thirty s 9s. ; 
Se " 
97, 
“Grand Duke,” was sold. Seer aie aa to to Mr. Thorne, of 
New York, for 1000 guineas, 
