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of fruit, than storing them away in dried sand, on shelves, | These were cut into sets of two eyes each, and planted [| an experiment which in my opinion promises to be 
in boxes, and in many other ways recommended ! and | seven inches apart lengthways in the rows, which ran north | attended with much advantage té cattle-feeders. For my 
pv it not accord perfectly with the philosophy of the | and south; the rows being all awn phe: ng. ma- | own part, I am satisfied, and believe an acre of Mangel 
questi as shown in your leading article, p. 771, by | nured them alternately with one pound weight of guano Wurzel equal in value to more than two acres of Turnips, 
way the “ parasitical fungi,’’ the cause of decay | to each row for five rows, drilled out of the Peal on the | celeris paribus. s to the notion, that Mangel Wurzel 
in Apples themselves, and the means of re other | sets, and eoverelt with mould ; . more rows wi i acre p 
it ir vicinity ? is drenching with water will pound weight of nitrate of sod to each, put on in the | more manure will be made. I have not observed any de- 
also tend to bring about what is specified to Ne eee same manner ; five more with goo sibieduaes the same | ficiency in the Barley crop after this root.—Lusor. 
necessary—that a fruit-room should be as sweet and number with horn-shavings; and so on alternately with | Effect of Soil upon Peas.—‘‘ Lasor,” in p. 654, asks if 
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tainly not. Would not this method answer for storing | of any kind. The whole were come exactly alike as to | same kind, reared 0 n other bed ie will boil for hours, and 
roots as well as fruits, keeping them cold enough by the | hoeing and earthing up : the quality of the ground was | still be hard and ‘a gh.—I now nothing of chemistry, 
constant application of the water, to prevent their growing | also as peered as poncible) because I planted a row in the | therefore I cannot give ‘Lusor” a reason why such is the 
in the ecg be and yet moist enough to prevent their | middle and at each end, of the same Potato, without ma- | case; but I am certain of this, that Peas grown on sandy 
withering, as the air would not rrr the roots, bu i ich I think was as | soils will boil well in a ver short time; whilst the same 
rather afford a supply to the Bice Mia thus preserve | fair a trial as I could possibly give. The result of these kinds grown on a clayey soil will take hours to boil them, 
their Apres should they it ? experiments is as follows: the nitrate of soda was deli- | —in short, they will never boil soft.— Horatio. 
: oache: sbould ive. info rmed you “sooner of | vered to us at 27s. per hundred weight ; the guano, which Salt as a Manure—There is no question as to the 
the ear of my experiments in destroying Cockroaches | was from Peru, at 23 guineas per cwt.; the horn-shavings, | great t value of salt. pe e wide range of human economy 
ad I not been too much styl ai other matters. The | about 12s. per cwt.; and the stable-dung at 6s. per ton. | it is an essential arti cle, and, like water, we have great 
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truded into the basin in three nights. Spirit of turpen- | above, yielded on an average one bushel each; those with | You have given us some instances of its surprising ¢ effect 
tine is, however, effectual ; I only used it three times, and stable-dung bear pecks each Z those with horn-shavings on vegetation in some former Numbers 0 
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comes in contact with a cricket, it will give r two | horn-shavings, two pecks each ; those with no manure at essential; to Sea-kale and other glaucous plants a marine 
leaps, and then fall on its back and die cindaiabely all, rather more. The Prince Regents yielded as near as atmosphere is, no doubt, beneficial; but that is quite dis- 
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Onion Mayet —The Onion crop has this season failed | manures. Those grown with nitrate of soda and with | duce the odium theologicum into your valuable paper; 
in many parts of the country, while in other places it has horn-shavings were all extremely scabby, but during their | but I would just remark that in # book which I hope both 
been abundant. In cottage-gardens, consisting o soil of wth in summer they were of a much darker green than | you and your readers value above all others—the Bible 
a similar nature, and even when seed has been procured | any of the others, and the haulms were at least a foot | —salt is very frequently mentioned as emblematical of 
ps ae same shop, the crop rorya ea and suc- | longer: I anticipated the best crop from them, and did | desolation anid sterility. See Genesis, chap. xix., v. 29th ; 
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rs. This failur n occasioned | not find out my mistake until they were taken u es ix., v. 45¢ hen Abimelech beat down Sichem, — 
chiefly by the Onion-magg I have made in wn with guano and stabl e were beautifully | he ‘* sowed it wi jah, chap. xvii., v. 6th: 
several places where the crop was good, how they ma- | clear-skinned, an from s; one ton of dung from | “ A salt land not inhabited.’”’ Zephaniah, chap. il, 
d: in ev i stable manured twelve rows, which cost, with carting, | v. 9th ; also : ark ix 50th 5 
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formed that they had put soap-suds and urine upon their 7s. 6d.; while the quantity of guano for the same ground and Luke xiv., v. 34th: where it is expressly said, “ It 7 
ground during winter, with scarcely any other manure, and | would be considerably less, with much less trouble in ap- | neither good for the land nor for the dunghil Ta 
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on on crop, it may be worth trying a piece of | destroyed the eyes. The Potatoes which were planted | its savour ;”’ but still there is no encouragement as to any 
ground with Onions, and dunging it with these little- | without any manure at all were better than those dressed | fe eeitieiny geet, but rather the reverse; and in the 
erials. The} sure to be advantageous to bona ee of soda and horn-shavings, insomuch that they | chemical analysis 1 am not aware that salt is found to 
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may keep the maggot at a respectful distance from the ‘atraordinary Crop f Potatves—Mr. “yy. "Woden, entertained—that where salt is injurious, it is owing to its 
seeds of the Onions, an end thus prove a safeguard to the | of Poulton-le-Fylde, in May last, cut into sets an nd nae It is found, however, that the quantity beneficial 
crop.— Peter Mi planted 24 Potatoes of the kind called ‘* Lumpers,’’ the Asparagus is destructive to most other garden produc- 
Ratinamtagieat ae ens.—I have found it a Bane) uce of which, when taken up, was no less than 104 dans : so that Asparagus is only to be taken as an excep= 
method of killing moths and other insects for ushels, or 720lbs.!—M. Saul, Garstang. tion, not asa rule. Upon the whole, I think salt will 
cimens, to enclose them in a tin — fons it| Man. 1 Wurzel.—As the results of your correspond- | never become a fertiliser of a is for general purposes, 
for a minute in a basin of boiling wa The ct dies | ent’s (from Odstock) stall-feeding with Mangel Wurzel | but rather the reverse. ee r correspondents 
almost without a —— and the it delicate calbare are so very different from my experience, I have referred | please to show good grou und for. contrary opinion, I shail 
are uninjured.— Lusor. to my memoranda, and I find that on November 29th, | give them all due attention.— Quercus. 
To prevent Sheep from Barking Ke: Trees.I | 1819, I tied up, in separate houses, 30 Devon oxen which Guano.—I can state o n the best gee oY that 2 cwt. 
have seen cei g Apple-trees secured from being biked had been summered at grass, but were not fit for the of the best Be abteunee guano is a sufficient quantity 
by sheep or hares, by binding a piece of Willow bark, butcher. They were divided, as nearly as could be judged, for an acre of Turnips. The best artiéte with which to 
taken from a pole of the same size, round the stem of the | of the same eee value, were attended by the same | mix and make it fit for sowing, is 4 bushels of sifted 
tree. It will last for a year or two, is rary. easily re- | man, and in every respect treated alike, except that one | coal ashes to 2 ewt. of guano; which will divide and 
oper and affords complete protection —Lus part was fed. with Swedis rips, and the other with | make it scatter evenly in the drills. From all the trials 
ure for ‘or American in Blight. —In 1 perusing Mr. Waterton’, s | Mangel Wurzel, of which they had equal quantities, with | which have been given to it in this neighbourhood, it is 
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ifs e means of the ravages of the American | quantity of roots given daily I have now no mi ven the best stable-dung, for Turnips. The demand will 
it nothing, and, I may add, it is within th ) six were sold about the 29th of February, at fe next season i b re.— Wil. 
reach of every one. of clay, mixed with water, | and the last on the 18th April. Those fed upon Swedes | liam Deans. 1 ha red Camellias and ‘Chrysanthe- 
till it is of such a consistence that it may be jae on the and hay averaged 21/. 10s. each, and those fed on Mangel | mums regularly with liquid guano manure, with the ee 
_ injured of the tree either with a mason’s trowel, or | Wurzel averaged 271. each ; the result was such as to | est success.—Clericus, H. c 
with a patnber’s brush. It is then applied to the diseased | satisfy me of the superiority of Mangel Wurzel over| Sporting of Colour in the Hydra mgea.—I hav 
places of the tree, and soon smothers every insect. A | Swedes for feeding. There is yet another advantage in | Hydrangea in my garden, which bloomed this summer 
the first fills up all the cracks which favour of Mangel Wurzel: the crop is so much heavier with one large truss quite np ert all the others were — 
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mixture resists, for a sufficient length of time, the effects of | difference in the obi ark acl of the land for these crops, | soil, and has been planted ie sycaey: near a north wall, — 
oth sun and 1, until the sickly parts, effectually freed which grew side by side in the same fi field (11 acres), | where no sun > reaches it. Do you know the cause ‘Ok 4 
from the enemy which had been preying o0. their vitals, | having been ridged in aE '26-inc h ridges, manured from | this?—d G. : 
laced | cured by the healing process o of | the same heap of manure, and as soon as it was judged Value of Burn wat Cl ‘ay for striking Cuttings in.—A sh 
is is effectual, my Apple-trees that a sufficient quantity of Mangel Wurzel had been time since a seeedpci tient in the Chronicle rags 
Se drilled (at 2 lbs. of, seed per acre, which is in my opinion | powdered soft bricks, as an excellent compost in which to — 
Xi —— your Notices to Corre- | the best method of planting), the drill was pct 8 i 
eer att you are doubtful | put on Turnip-seed ; but the crop of Mangel W 
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small heaps of two or three tons each, and covered with | anthracite fires, which in 
earth a few inches in thickness; but I observed on open- | mixture of anthracite and clay. It struck me that 
ing these that some roots which the frost had reached | burnt clay would afford excellent drainage, and at the ~ 
were rotted to the depth at which the frost had tcc’ same time give gener moisture for the nourishment of — 
ie: », | exteridded, whilst the remaining part of the root was sound. | the cuttings, and not in excess. Upon reflecting further | 
Weitlecome Court. Those stacked in the house in the manner I fated. in a | on this matter, I am of opinion that another and a greater 
otatoes.—I this year planted most of the best varieties former pemennicetion. ept well ; mee pores heated, as | advantage to the cuttings is afforded by the property 
otatoes in separate rows, aig clayey soil, and I | the mode of stacking gave a good ventilation, and were | which burnt clay has of absorbing ammonia from the — 
find that the most prolific were the Bread Fruit, the | always ready to be got at by ah ince ig a vittle stubble, and | atmosphere. This ammonia would prove a constant and 
Regent, and the apple, especially the ae is | taking the required quantity from the ends of the stacks | regular stimulus to the cuttings, and would enable them 
a very valuable e kind, as it keeps quite sound and well-| or cords, as wanted, I do not think with your cor-| to send out the radical fibres more qu ickly than would — 
gy ere June.— Totty. respondent, that the saccharine matter is dissipated by otherwise be the case. If such is the fact, it is of some — 
Experiments upon P otatoes.—1 beg to to forward the re- | the access of air to the stacks ; but I have heard it stated | importance; and the reasoning deducible from it may 
sults of some experiments om Potatoes with guano and br that the Beet-root loses a considerab le part (if not the whole) coated in other instances. It adds another pron of ¢ 
manures. The piece of ground operated upon was rather | of its sugar if kept late in spring, so as to unfit it t for the | great value of chemistry to facts made known by practic 
more than a rood of light loamy soil, with a gentle de- | purpose of making sugar, [Certainly.] I did not find the | men; for which in many cases a tisfactory reason has 
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In March last I ploughed it twice, cleaned the Couch well tate of repeating it, having es BE agricultural pursuits | for crushing bones. The following is an account of 
ws with the plough two Gc seers s.J I for nearly twenty years), I would not have obtruded the | one in use in the Andover Union ‘workhouse 
ith Potatoes—the kinds being above statement, but in the hope that others may be in- bottom block of wood is 4 inches thick, by 26 inches 
can Natives, Prince Regents, and Sporvtopped Medec| | duced to give ¢ the results of their experience, or to repeat | square; the floor of the box consists of 3 inch iron 
