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„andin June father writes me on me on this po 
being therefore closely connected with the objects and district , showers, May has but a mean temperature 
of this society, sony the sanction of the Cool at a meeting | the fervid yens of eeg -a E commence adka the drilling ior is chy et fe Ti hee 
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wpe rin hs cd SANEA pec but nr bogies subsequent bane ‘ictal 3 are oe for homes, rere aa a a could do better,’ into s 
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LONDON, rgd a aE gS Cultivation of Wheat ce nt but a aware crop, tet A uring the inthe preparation and growth of a Toot ero Of Stene 
Pert So of Kentwell, Long aie at pi tps meron By ra the plants and early E nig, hiinas soils; it induces a chain o mseque endingines Tetentin, 
k, eTa on this subject, from which we | the crop is carted from the anin dry weather and the land of roots, without injury p the soil ja T ing in a heary erm 
mak —_ followi xtracts :— ° | plo a before the wet season sets in; this alec allows of . the greatest possible benefit to the E a the 
gi an Ried rough frosting, an and ea causes t hò “aa: of a much better suc- t does of ample stock, of good and ab at large, 
“ I shall confine my 7 opepe resins do S the | pe. crop of Barley. productive corn crops, and of a high state ot oe t 
ps erative ny and Midland counties, 1 for it is s evi- 4, Subsequent Cultivation Pini a Root Crop on ae | to thé ‘ol ‘Theta hes they present a mark contr 
parrene ly to Y rainfall, “I am no advocate for lon ows. Idon not like the s paio ae stem. ray ie 
tee ota of 21 inches, gery ‘estmor Meery and water-manure system "hloh it induces. It was all v | | more, the French consume more a oe See conta 
are sap erena ge of of near 70 hea. Ae believe we | well when we had neithe b vi Profit the 
know of instances tive counties of farms | artificial manures to assist us ; when a root crop aal not b e, to it, and as more animal foo d is req ired I Y rad 
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Lo A parry e ian more expensive than this foul Wheat and dear meat, our clay soils must be made stock-pro- pe we do; and I believ. y 
farming. -I cannot qon hend the economy of manuri mad or ducing as well as re : lant, Perei ke the | do; but the root crop Ui be a i keep moro wad 
rubbish. I cannot d the policy of seeding common p system on heavy late We diris y feeding ; ? | must be a paying stock. This I believe to bea 
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foul farming must be done away, way, clean f arming must be general. | receive the winter’s frost.’ I often see these golden principles | go p S aaea ee ui 
Edo pat nat shans the views a as those who succumb to Couch-grass ; pes rie isi —— e P cart going ggg FAREN i hon 
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$n aa an «hk Pee paR ay be.¢ cated, I Pars gl = e | directions—perhaps one mass of mud; and then to complete i ls gr a althong pire ry 
as foul as others. „I know, too, that upon these be farms no pt ape 4 land is unploughed till Sod a pt agt have been ge shel if properly admixed as food) are thy 
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oath for Turnips has been th strong objection to its extension. I ad the greatly | Costly for manure kelana so ‘manufacture thy 
has been re e Ee ae tae UAA egitian a atrag Tose oh o Gam a | increased growth of a good root itself—I mean the Mangel largest amount of Pill i not doie i arere beian, 
from othar than annual weeds at a very trifling cost. | Wurzel. It has been nod experience that we Fane in reason exten ded PAS ag hye o—i ti wtar ; 
Te has been niy expert that August grow t et Ip in creased, orth a 
y pe mage A E e g lad regte, say grow thé better. Ft is will grow inc and the horse labour also; ; bat thet 
ess of the soil, the e as well on the stiff soils rP a ‘hk: arg is prat. rapid drying of tks soil, ae additional dae 
ean temperature of the atmosphere, and the ex- heavy ee root, its early ai sts ies retentive e 20i, ii it rey iddo sig and as the pirane us E 
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en of the plants themselves, all favour the} aa n be ested before ceping | is reduced, it allows of d 
Stuiinal 4 i tenderi it invaluable, eraranta padhan n oreiro because ws of increased exec 
cannot live through ag pe te soared sander pay o of i sy teness of the e growth, of the Grass for feed inspring. ripe horses therefore are ı ete pene never 
done one day’s work ugus cet P, mall 
five days of hard bour Sak tine: tat os coe F maueh ioy ron fer hay aria mp iy ba grown, pe raro, Al PAi EE a ma Eo te late te thee, R 
on of steam perat eit, even oe ive ye upon it is cheap eE : bit | 
terme Ny tee iti ms aer e oe ee ii if chaff is gees oat a 3 Neel: fet od oskad Galle a Am ? 
í h an invaluable adjunct as steam it to coun xati Set is yearly Sioa 8 pi 
power would be of incalculable service. But Without haai.. pia rie ua and I ee it will be most extensively cultivated payee ag S pirea neve deat 
i t rength of value becom: nds u r adj horse 
Sesi ro fourths of the Wheat stubbles for early 5. Cultivation ape "Mangel Wurz avè usuall found tho cultivation after 
pe may h the spring. In this way I believe} «< After the nce w cultivation, ante s qui uiy as possible— | follows :—Cleaning Wheat stubbles, ploughing 
y giy it may Uapou y cleaned from Couch-grass in four generally i in November—I plough the land upon the ridge of | Mangel Wurzel, carting and ploughing the 
Peai] may always positive aie domed in be d me een | 27 ne : thet; land recei Ne a t $ frost, cc if the weather is dry plo ughing Mle ania : tubble: paon nridge, mu cking a 
8 all | and suitable I again plough—usually in January or pox belo eans, mucking c over layers, preparing muc 
os cna gre cision therfore. the Couch J pre | Fe ho fresh u “Starch T “apply 18 pro robani benom al frozen ; i Wurzel, — tani of rof Wheat stubble s 
“ r ; e aiaga or apply 18 or of rich well-rotted | ing, muck and ploug 
pow Pacem ng Sutik ag Da ioe Doat as is which has previous! mAT aa with a gen is the aeualp course eee ri A ina but the weather 
Water grass, Peary ik: know by the local = of Mint, | quantity uey arsed! toa tie I also so rules, and I am particu larly careful not t to eae Poeddi 
rt] artifici ure to t less the work will d well; tie mee 
: i which I plough for the third time on the ridge, a e the well know, are very i important q 'alitie in the 
o state the plan I have pursued upon |land remains thus till ine Swit = ‘th be Sem when I com- | stiff retentive soils. I purposely avoid any remarks 
diferent foul farms which owt? e come under my management | Mence to roll and drill ; I p 6 1b. gel Wurzel seed | security of tenure, agreements, buildings or awe nor 
the eastern division of Suffolk. The farms have a clay sub- en eiet pound of sigi ede aad r% e Pct e? poort the ridge | prepared to say that the foires shift is the best system. 
soil. I farm them on the four-course and, to show the m, because grow larger crops ; the manure is thereby 
adjustment of the horse labour, I will tintin that I manure Placed at the full disp of the plant—the land can be more 
for the Bean crop and the Clover. This obtains the | effectually cleaned ; e hoeing down theridge and the withdraw- 
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the ha n work in a company; the sheaves are shocked a dling + this insures a moist teal and the rapid | of Epping Forest. From Loughton 
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sate breathe extra distance ; gus labo oon | by sproni middie of aea en we know much land cannot be | ® the he at b scenery e 
admitted to glean, and sons ana nne i _ Proceed: 4 the cultivation for Mangel Wurzel, because |2 drive of abont ali miles ton pe 
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the witha common plough and two horses; the YOP. Geena HIEKOO Bas boan os ro en manure, hand. By mes 
man follows with a a o rae four or six a 1 — compelled me to resort to a — verance Blackacre has been broug 
horses are attac according to extent e tion article, ) as in- | t ears fi 
aoler act the implement. These horses are worked from duced this year to substitute the Mangel Wurzel manure made | whioh “it, had been allowed to fall 
a till 12 o'clock at noon, the men in the by the firm of Messrs. Packard & Co, Ipswich. Although I n R O 
mean time staying for breakfast ; | at 1 o'clock Shë na proceed P = ugh in — artificial, “I areful in such a | occupier, into first-class condition. 
with fresh h rag a on is eke the paii Ai gid forein, the heavy manuri expensive 
in me enim half an hour for en saktar ‘ts, erie vegetation of the young plants. I consider salt m a t ad- by ro at Purine te oa pee culti 
airh a is required for wo rking a large num ber of horses, vantageous, as it certainly in increases the produce aad poten fi ; bed 
j shard work , is enough for the > horses themselves. Itis to early maturity. Iam of opinion the land should be well | farm of Blackacre has bee: 
mat ee g with consolidated; I er se roll before drilling and frequently | from 24 to 27 feet apart under Gove 
ps or tines, afterwards with the pent in this wa th after. T apply a large amount of seed, as its average price is | and as an example of what that k 
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de thoroughly broken and the rubbish to the ay the: ofa but 6d. per lb., and an extra 2 or 3 lbs. per acre almost in- * 
sorehing sun the ca cartage ofthe" eat the few remaining variably ensures a plant and allows of much earlier hoeing. en S A . 
are scarified in th anars this ean be done in The » the growth of of Mangel Wurzel I have but to remar With an intelligence and fores 
harvest, and if a farm is conveniently situated the ob corn carta whee resis ee e 
the cultivation may both be proceeded 
suitable tum o arek 0 in Sept ae as “the Sate a aa his l ity. 
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‘or alee cultivation, it prev a ie ae See a mista ko to 8 : Tha it an nage of his oF ,? are however now 
e carted at once | have been misapplied, now 
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, the 16th of October aad a thé Sethe a pater tenants oñ his estabe are | 
ing were at once ploughed in.” This is as it should be; we only want a 4 
8. Culture of the Swedish Turnip :— | of sufficient spirit and liberality to take the 
he management of the Swede crop precisely the same | Need have no fear of the result. 
principias apply as forthe Mange! Ware viz., early ploughing | customs handed down from father to s0 
on the ridge for thorough frosting, liberal man ome way, as they are already begi 
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“early early plo for the fe anes, potro impeo 
a erop reer my heaviest produce eer | classes would then be more cheapl, 
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fhe mri claton fr See oe does the harm, and r convinen th he late standing which  edvahoa of cudeainod Baid of ae De 
£t grow good early Swedes not grow i i rtance 
Three ploughtiga, at Re. per are te ue ue 2 4 o | #Plantedlate. I believe it a mistake to meee peip pe Taran this i, a 
Two cromings, at Is. 6d... 030 quality to those sown later ; the one may have a greater | >. nes > 
ee rollings, 023 juiciness than the other, but to is to of quality— | effect sliny, A 
080 iter We ade maturity, or of an. inoreaned pro is a failure. e 
P5 hary icy stem of the — = 
ote consumption, but we alow w the fluids to reng nel wed artificial 
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no with the the Swede; le; the nis of of the fhe early S» Swede oe avo only per- pe 18 in inchs in height, and 
wedai into the met, 
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matter of the Swod r Sette E ibe cope : as 
aera aes pra a want of quality because of compa- 
| Sek eee ae d Í he rays notice ; of compa: |oonssts of Bs edie: ; jis glomerata 
| well, if not better, upon the early planted than the late. My | tum, palig escens, Dacty 
