26 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[January 10, 1857. 
this this pamphlet, ee “a advertise the invention of 
a very light and e t hand-dibbli ing machine, 
capable of planting prer rows at on h 
oy eae hand can 
avin 
it as well adapted for its purpos 
improvement on a e Piw 
some few years ago, a 
time to be the best fiipletntal of its 
The machine will plant five rows ats 
e, by whic 
J 
eSI IGMA 
ime— 
t cks per 
all come up, and 
if the you d in the soil all the 
nouris shitnent which it ought to give them, then, as 
they will above ground obtain all the benefit of air 
and sunshine which there 
have no doubt that “Siema’s” planted Wheat will 
yield an abundant crop. And as the conditions 
with reference to the soil ea germination necessary 
to the success of so ray a Foes yee of seed Pe 
the ey ought to receive, we 
acre shall become more g eed | 4 
ving o 
sp the extent of meth He of the Buea will become, 
in s some cases, possib genera neral. Let s hav 
ever, 
and vermin kept in fe and prea mber re- ; 
duced in quantity ; let us be sure that the se sow 
n 
will grow, and that the e young aE ra spring half an inc 
them shall be enabled to 
e all the oppor- 
tunities WARA their thinness n the ground yu edge 
n we may be content to sow but four or six 
seeds ina AUSAR foot of land, "distend of the 20 or 
more that are sown at present 
under ordinary | t 
oug se to sevens 
r. STEP 
pointedly calls attention to Nihi. how "half 
an more of the result which ought to be 
expected from the proved ro Epere of seed is 
Tost i in ary farming: and yet that sam 
book 6 bushels of seed Oats alenia 
per imperial acre. It was his duty to describe that 
instance which Scottish 
and in spite of a ons © 
> omit loss, he did right to recommend what- 
è experience of od intelligent, energetic, 
dguienlteriste o the ed parts’ 
A 
ant “ ee an acre a 
which we considered at the | plan 
class an 
e compound interest. 
saved.” 
arts of f Scotland 
the | at 
being | to protect the plant during severe frosts, and 
also to prevent its being forced out of the ea 
Frost, this mat- like form covering the soil and Bee 
roots 
-pl 
till all Preteen from frost i 
mm Ww ars, the ‘aoe by means of their 
joints, will all be lifted up to allow the sun to warm 
the soil, and in gn the S with the air to dry and 
soften the stems. No fear of lodgin g here. The 
ote of seed alone by ‘ planting’ in this way is 
more than equal to the rent; and it — be very 
consolatory b old men, who have an average 
seeded 30 acres of Wheat annually daring Je ein 
t aved In 
one upwards o g of 
For the future this ‘an be 
can be turned an 
ec 
; these et being stouter than 
the blade, “fit. inte two slots or morti 
pn re) 
a 
nch be 
6 oigan should etirfing he sanded the bla re bein ng 
then set at a different angle by means of set-scre 
in the “i It cannot hoe up the corn tosses dragged | 
w what does this little instrument effect 
ee is hard Ga aps to believe, but three times as 
uch as any common hand hoe, and it is so Ss and 
seat in its operation, that even a an o ca 
hoe nearly an acre a day in the best vomibie style.” 
any of our readers saw these tools ia month 
meeting in ~ 
are perfectly able to judge of th 
rth by | havi 
reet, =< 
therefore prevent an att ack of fungus ; but the 
inary manner. e easily 
traced quite beh nied the ew = at a particular point 
it appeared qui e tubers were 
both sound hy cl oan) and an apet Sian crop, as I have 
said already. 
his experiment will not entitle any one to infer that 
we have a specific for the disease, but it is sufficie ent to 
induce r mpetent persons in various parts 
of the country to repeat it, that w y determine 
Should any one put t 
proof T ball f feel obliged if he will “tone me with the 
“TL “Wheat. a White Wheat grown by me 
after 
Mangel (mentioned in my previous communication in 
August Saat) 3 was abetter crop than that after Potatoes 
in the sa The te was stronger, the crop less 
m and en Wheat plum 
lil. Grass—The aie ‘of after Grass (fogg) upon 
the fields I mentioned prs mpre in their wa r» we 
first crops, a a o determine th eding 
quality of Gras n Mr. See field 
e cattle selected wey icine of the part to which this 
anure applied in iio pinata ia that dressed with 
rane. = hat with farm-yard m and they ate it so 
bare o opinion could be fo red as to the relative 
produetivenes of the different port 
urner’s field t et so rapidly that 
30 wird and ne art Trish cattle could not consume 
it, and the far 
© 
mo 
ever saw cattle thrive faster, 
This is Bengrah as a mere increase of quan 
wou — animarea unless accompanied 
by an ing pow 
I shall el rig Dea mp He of pe by an extract from 
a letter to myself, ae by an old correspondent of 
rie agr 
yours, who is well kno an ex ed agricul- 
turist- rie Ppi iggs, og fabs. of Overton, now of Out- 
woo near jp geno —“I y to your 
ayer Piip sMo ing the effec ts upon Grass land of the 
clay used for purifying gas as practised at the Wakefield 
orks, o state that in my opinion, an m my 
rié ce, it oper an hen Eg hapiy 
and very equally distributed, say two acre,> 
e 
a greater quantity is pid i wi y oa up the 
Grass in the first year of it — = the 
do abiy aasi 
riggs direct ae ‘al of 
his men to put some of this aiet on part of his 
ndation to. try, as cautiously ee ency. man } too much and burnt up the Grass 
ye effect of a gradually smaller or aR- in. order | US they ap all the more likely, to succeed bs 1855, butin 1856 the Grass grew on the „pom 
theb dank cone ht for himself theakeeriouse the simplicity which their inventor has so success- | ^9 Stated a Farmers will readily see in this m 
of his predecessors to the test, yet there can be = fully preserved in them | expended inthe F men iia ot a 
dou in re on the great seale so ma fa 
hazards, dangers, resealen, have to be mide Ir. Brawprera Gras, of Half Moon ge Test | eos wad ni Mehta Earn reen smon alae 
that a-rule Sonik d from an experience in en eadilly, wh nergy and activity at the US | and sow with White Lisbon Onis in July last by Mr. 
plots will noi t gen srl apply. For instance, the agricultural meetings at ve a en | T e spread the manure we he md and 
bt a rookery: lessness of a | acknowledge ee: prinacicd y the | merely harrowed it in im mmediately before the seed was 
Serious 
seed ld bea 
injury if there on been only 4 grains put in every | once be 
square foot of lan y4 grains p ni 
Bearing, ean , these c 
—and apnahering that 
tice is-one 
to y ers 
‘obtained ir A 
L Pota 
m P 
as recei upply of prize 
k forms of vertificdten to be filled 
"p by ani exhibitors at the fat stock show at 
Aan Trica apt Fe therefore should 
Notice to the pact aeae of an 5 anton to 
exhibit in any of the seen siti which fat cattle, 
sheep and pigs, are to be arranged. 
THE “NEW MANURE” 
aaa ri mae i a ton per acre of this 
manure mixed with an ordinary dung-heap, and planted 
— of aang Regent Pots Shoal dhs th the 
destroyed 
To my surprise no evil resulted, 
tatoes were harvested they were found 
d crop where this excess of the 
ance that I quite 
where this was put. 
when the Pota 
as put,* 
ue jealously, as 
the 
t came out which I inves- 
to 
goid nature 
resul 
ae 
Pota 
Ses 
i 
; a le 
ane to try my plan. €, and | was too uniform to allow of its being called tal 3. T manure should pe 
k “ll mates this might be thought) 1. Whe maneok Sor found in quan-|a few weeks before ie Oe hoe f possi sities The . 
entific—recolleet the holes must be | tity, no d quantity applied [may vary half à ton t0 2 ions 
ri e he row—yet I a by = a ee ae disain: per a . 
hat this is better ee såna ere none, mu isease. bam 2 4, TUG dannii akit Ge mixed wi tho haa 
at only 4 inches apart, or one seed in a hole | ° this is easy bolic ned oid harrowing or raking, and need ops ly sap inter pasts a 
h apart ita 9ineh row. Isolated corn plants, | 88h refuse contains carbolic acid (or as it ia generally an inch or two. 
noa four from one hole—for it matters called creosote), and it is meiren known that fungi (wm nos Several have inquired the name of this neW 
hich, if they grow from Dor iai he praeaea s of either of these agents, The | manure, Ie has not yet had the honour of a name bab 
beore hey carbolic acid would lie amo amongst the tubers, and would | may be c from its chief constituents “ Nitro-sulpht 
die enii me h ” i e ae 
Tt ms that < The men who dug the erop maim St ne Cyanie. a ren ent nent Wakefield. 
er eae parts of the held, Te Tean hardly 4 This is too i 
giving | F 
t 
The sak ele 
80 
ments rere upon | ‘this point. I take 
SS 
2 
the 
wend ay bak gg] it was of course 
the first, is now aly (alth 
thinned | bya an attack of grub), k. promises ‘well for the 
uture, u shall have some of the Onions sent w 
3. 
be? 
: ith e upon Onions, Gar- 
lic, Mustard, &c., are of paran philosophical 
interest, and should be made and ropa by 
E ST le 
NS, 
has aeii A a retains o 
large quant y of sulpho- aido“ o ammonium 
and this yie us yi effect upon such æ 
saw me of which the anal il is a sulpho- 
cyan 
The known decompositions os sulpho-eyanides would 
also lead us to look for the sam = wa uence upon 
growth will make and publish experi» 
y to 
š 2 e peig t 
used. 
Grass. W. E. Bo PES eee 
5 ae 
while 3 E Mustard i is Se ancy 8, allyle 
na = 
liberty of 
a a T ee ee, 
ee aea y 
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