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ends to exhaust the land of the nutriment proper | conclusion to which we are led is that the sooner it jit lie a few days. It should then be > Plonghed mg 
for itself, puts the case thus :—“ If after a skilful | is taken to the field, spread, and ploughed in after it | 7 are deep, a< to rest until n spri 
manuring Turnips grow luxuriantly, it. is ‘caine is made, the better under all three of the aspects in} (6. : ye a eg ; ak mens Ahe Wurzels and. 
the soil has been enriched with all that the crop | which the question put presents itself. Its ane ploug rows ctober must be 
requires. If a healthy Barley crop follow the Tur-| presence there will lighten a and improve the 
nips, it is because the soil still oma all the food | texture of the soil—it will be gradually ea 
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exhausted. If again luxuriant Wheat ae it cker recommends that manure be spread as a| at 27 inches apart, and when ridged 2 ewt. of guano, 
is because the soil abounds still inall that th eat, la  dkeaaitad on the land rather than stored in heaps|2 cwt. of blood manure, and 2 cwt. common salt’ 
crop needs,—the failing vegetable and ag matters | where a rapid Pemai tends to loss. Asregards| per acre should be drilled between the ridges, & 
of the surface being increased and renewed by the de- | the Ae manure for Vheat crop therefore, | loads of well rotted farm yard manure per acre being 
caying roots of the preceding crop of Clover. And if | the English practice of. top-dressing Clover in ma aga en ~ er “er x neg a m at the 
now Turnips refuse again to give a fair return, it is | the autumn seems consistent with theory as DIVOM Ok S00 METOT maligne. Serre 6 
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supply 7 aa th manure without which they cannot | green crops in like manner is best done in the with 6 lbs. of Yel 
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e manure and the same rotation of | autu ump, especially if the soil be clayey. For being fitted up with et Saadi hod to pe coulter, 
crops may again ensue.” In these two passages, | Carrots and Mangel Wurzel, both of which require an | which will meguinte iha depth to the greatest nicety and 
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we have the idea of the independent cultiva- | earlier spring culture than n the urnip, it is well to | cover in the se ich must not be put in more than 
tion of every separate crop, as distinguished from = E of the cultivation befor ter. The hat ur teks deep. 
that of once manuring for a rotation. It = needless e should be applied then if only to avoid the 
to say that the latter will long remain, in its prin- necopity of turning up a fresh surface by the plough | 3 ploughings, pt at 7s. per 
ciple at af gr the rule of En glish pa paes in spring ; and the equal or poai economy of such | é isaer ot le s . 1 
e, an eedless is it to add that the|a practice as regards the efficiency o =g manure | 4 4 banovi » MS, aa ze 
former is pati -3 more becoming adopted | applied er such circumstances is that was |3 rollings moe sienna" 
as intelligence and energy characterise the tenants,| needed to make the practice anauaitionable pd E Kanasar ae ce OT ge ern o 
and as freedom for their exercise is permitted by the | a singling by band * 
mare is is, of course, in principle the most; Of course manure can be applied only when we | < ieee and stacki Natok eee gear) 
econ management—the means you employ | have it, and it is not likely to be over abundant Muck npt nal aprendio iE eT sista 
under it produce their fruit the same year—whereas | before winter. The practice of autumn manuring | Guano 24s., blood manure 14s., salts...» ... 2 
in the other case the means employed require several | is then not likely to obtain except over a — BS arte a ott SM ad Tc Pee T 
years for their full fruition. Itis the old case of pocion of our “fallow-break.” If. ge = Total cost £516 2 
t v. Superphosphate over again. The less | spring, it must be ploughed ei ithe (6.) About 4 bushels of Sainfoin seed is generally — 
t manure affects several successive crops: the | early as possible, if intended to i Laqpenied sown per acre, it being drilled across the rows of Barley , 
more soluble one produces all its effect at once:| with the land, or on the usual plan, if in drills | or Oats sown the previous day. I prefer Oats, as they — 
and it is ee the more economical of sd two. widemielith the rows of the future Turnip crop or| are not nearly so likely to fall an ‘smother the you 
There can be no doubt that the rotation of | Mangel Wurzel, Sainfoin. About half a peck of Trefoil should also be 
crops in ‘lia order in which the cultivation and As maira the soluble artificial fertilisers, the | 8° pir e napasaya with it, as it fills up the erop the 
mt’ ot eadh alial? hones aisli aff answer to) cate corzos andini a stion must be | 52'2foin usually mowed for hay about the first w 
Pst Sj hot or tesga affect ita suo: ae gue o in Fana A RWD ll be fi cut as soon as one half of it 
n flower. If Giant Sainfoin, only one-third must be 
ower before it is cut. It requires a good deal: 
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_ cessor is good agricultural policy, whether regarded | general, and we must simply say that they must be | i 
in the interest of the landlord, the farmer; or the | added to the soil near the time of their immediate 
consumer ; but the advantage of it is, as generally use by tbe piant, in proportion to their solubility. 
obtained, combined with a disadvanta be very Take the case o pasture and as an illustration. 
serious import. A rotation under ordina anage- F arm dung should be put upon it Gi a top-dressing | a moderate heat improves it. A second crop may 
ment not only stands but falls ink: AĻ|in the autumn; bone iot 2, t00, is best applied n qo for apas or storing ; if if for seed, it will be 
urnips, as Professor Jounsron | before winter; guano : y spring, as | to cut about the first week in September ; from 4 
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aig tk P E ~ p m in ney Ty em RICULTURE iw ae SOCIETY OF ARIS generally mown for soiling horses in lieu of Tare 
ees + = fart rerent e ios n The right a soil being anadhesivo loam, I should farm it | getting it off in time to sow Rape or White Tarnips 
which it affords by the cultivation of one crop ae and Oats lovers ; 4th, Wheat. i i 
the soil especially for another, without at the same | and fifty acres being arable, the fallow would-eonsist of | ted, a deep and fine tilth being indispensab 
i kropa so. entirely dependent for a whole sans 18 acres Beans, 15.acres Swedes, 10 acres White te'Turnips, | perfectly clean. In March it must be plough 
tion upon the treatment of any particular} and 10 acres Mangel Wurzels, and 8 acres Tares. | subsoiled to quite a foot deep, and in the m 
crop in that. rotation. Barley, 53 acres ; Outs, 10 acres ; 63 acres Clover ; | April it must be thoroughly searified and rolled down, 
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useful in ena ling. Farm-yard manure is now a eB a Ss a we ne Seerne s it should be well rubbed by h 
put upon C e Clover plant either immediatel Saidah LARS Ae ipi E 2 Ib. jas ibs. mixed with sand or ashes ; it is a good plan | ry 
after Barley ai or before ploughing the Clover White Tarnips, 10 acres at 2 2ib. allowing 4 ri for driti 24 Ibs. lond. is. likely > BER, SOBRE: marie: 
spita. we for Wheat. Turnips receive only a Wurse 10 acres at 6 1b. per acre and 2 tb, for drill 62, y Mustard seed with it, which come up very qu 
share of the farm dung, and along with it super- Cloves 6 aeres at 20 10s, 60 | showing the drills where the Carrots are to come, 
rlieagbase of lime, blood-manure, or guano, and thus|_ (3) With a favourable bleseason and a fair average yield oy a be hoed several days earlier, 
h crop is dependent upon its own individual | 1 hene expect to A nag j rilled 5 inc renee 
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The deficient promise of any particular crop may be | 19 » Oats ` » 24s ae D j arro 
met by the sane: te lication of hee Bg Bae? s, AR x 68 » = 945 0 0 | November raising them with a fork or narrow s} 
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wants of the plant to which in apple. | (4). I shall a 10 horses to work the above farm, ae ariran rardi of aen: For Beans the Y 
Thus pE of soda may be added during the always anean Te foals every year. If not l sagel and stubble land should receive in November | 
shi wers—v hile guano would be ‘more likely to that the iria may not be deranged, selling out in and then ploughed im about 6 in a 
pre a ia effect if spread somewhere nearer | °very autumn for London at seven years old when the | February the land must be well harrowed and © 
me; end farm m: if saith HRE EOE u Patan ua their places; by this | or drilled at 20-inches apart between É 
séid ONO ecm aaea ee system the stable ays be | the latter | 
And thie brings usto the question that has | | horses, growing into money instead of gradually getting | then rolled, horse- hoeing as soon as 
ut—when should manure be added to the land? sling out the pe HP Maas at about ovina a soon 
e answer involves at least three considerations— | s considerabl x re a er ee chen 
a gp NS— f someti y less, buy a b the best method being ti them, ty 
g ý — | provision of food for the plant; | 407. e "tabs their places. In yeka Shak raa i pada hcg leaving fig A the ai until tho 
| influence manure Lincolnshire the breeding and selling system (dry. For Potatoes the land shouid i 
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