Ben, u 
490 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
the case. of the Turnip-cutter he will see machines | Bean—(9) the Norwich Rice cake. Was it not | Gorrie, of Annat Cottage, Carse o 
for cutting roots into ee eae finger- parr eae to res thousands who read the stat have: Maly vei SEER 
= ter strips and ribbands, into 
dst. Th tools of PHrcrprs and of BENTATI for ‘the 
eto bal , by which the roots sremoval to and re 
before the A TERA med with saw teeth, whie 
gra ; the other with its characteristic 
spiral tooth-picker, by which teeth o milar 
—the tools of BusHE & BARTER and an: iaso T for 
d: — of GARDNER 
pe 
erent makers ¢ 
distinctions believed to be improvements 
We may hereafter publish the completer illus- 
tration of the value of the Sydenham collection | i 
which a full descriptive catalogue would be; for 
the present it must suffice to called the sane 
especially t 
make the fullest of the Salisbry neath by a 
previous visit her 
o 
But it is not per- 
e Society ; 
week, 
to report the proceedings o 
an official statement of them i is issued rs i 
ment atthe time 
an Finy m eating 5000}. a 
of agricultural mieit ee ould 
fortunate 0 to be present 
at that meeting y have all the country 
members fr g 
ich on Februa 
a 
wh was current 
ety’ s rooms on topics of such sete 
site examine in like manner an 
si ima oer na the official re so of sihaidens uent 
mee ; they are eseottially catalogues of topics 
i peice an ia e ix the pe on sl 
been s 
Pernice 
in the Soe 
6 a. 
a 
ose to excess when i 
is a mere publication of peorien ene “that is 
regres of us—meagre and almost useless when 
t of the information, advice, 
y these 
& TSpor 
experience of the oi speaker. 
th is fully 
know that se oe <a bs 
—the 
pinkish colour whi 
Sy i assumes when ri = the mi 
kmp aee a vel 
pons uch ti rather 
mat sakita especially jesi exposed winds. 
rainy oF es just before harv a Ppp r 
y 
mn iffe: ers very there in. its 
pening ad baiso uoman are ppm ee 
and 2 double r he grains of Bere 
aiea fo those er Si -YO 
sean songo; and pers: 
es si rai Ni: to bras any a 
ge ery negle ct against the 
oficer inte fbr rte nie. Doubtles = his 
other duties are enough to preoccupy his 
Doubtless in his dischadge of a sca aay 
he fulfils with accuracy the instructions of his 
sip thee On nl pi: nite: let no one think 
that wi e ur -illustrative instances 
these reports utifeinly : nthe $ wo last yet 
justify o 
fi The proceed~- 
eetings are a its " seful section of 
the Society’ s aban, and might be made | manu 
more so than 
for 
are confined. 
_ It is, under these my che ate ene of the greatest 
and terse as | 
nd why, we ask, should not country mem 
r than 
| in the aes rt in which 32,000, = bushels st Oa 
—T 
of 0 
given of p 
ur sai 
mber. 
have as nearly as possible the advantages of 
oc sere “ye ced on tai rst meetings ? | 
| at 
EA miar s rooms at 
n 
remarks on the guano question are 
fally—bat « of none of is other addres 
a single wo 
oe as 
troductor 
pen pretty 
ave we 
And yet they rory to ral 
“the impr supper: use of 
drai 
d ae now exists at all, is io conned to yti few 
: And this i 
r 
bers 
“ite ea ‘nombers, t that | 
ttention. We h sp 
country” apie as if they were a eies waga | 
of “the Society, but an pe ena society has 
others ; the few resident i 
body. 
Society i propa rA 
we now 
| 
in London on ly ean the busin 
aiee socie be conducted, Bat- what ¢ 
aan to be forgotten by these gentlemen is a 
e grea y of the Soci enter 
might 
The weekly meetings, we are'told re open to mem 
of the Society— me át the rooms hold 50 people 
and the Society includ ; if the privilege of 
re admittance to tiene meetings be anything but 
m 
e lan 
r to us than that, in “ths ee 
ho cannot attend |e 
so much so the * oy ropan oft 
ere is cultivated princin 
Highlands of Scotland as a spring crop, and in rot 
ter crop. 
eens Oats occupy one quarter of the arable land of Bethan and ; 
about one-tenth of the arable land of agland, Te Oto 4 
of greater interest to the’ Scottish fu ai 
more than 7,000,000 bu shels of Whea 
ed so 
f 
mere wh of per E the in sas the effect of 
siderable number of the seeds. ‘The straw is rathe 
compared with the sandy or A 
——, of fair average len: 
re cage very fast, tille 
akes its a 
ka est: When 
detached that the operation o 
formed, always causes a considerable 1oss;and in 
ripe well in 
“without injuring br 2 
| from 40 Ibs. per bushel, 
mille ig Wh son per: bushel falls | 
n the 
| sure indication er that the soil is unsuited to i 
Oats, or that proper attention has not been 
| them frequently igh from a different and 
| The dis isease'to which this a'r is oe uae and: 
tributed ripe Sir to diminis —_ on of late years,’ 
of th = a 
À n who can tion of guano or some other — 
| priae eis attend ie nwockely chia mectings, | 
of 
the seeds raae 
— Sandie 
cones propagate 2min to year, and “ 
cultivated in almost siir "district of Scotland. 
grows freely ; it is tall and stiff in the straw, not e 
ag 
Sheri of Mu angost 
eat "oulitration soon afte: 
g panicle 
te men w not| When tl ve the t they cannot use, of 
(eae of the complaint: om e meeting, we seeing and of hearing 
informed, ca with statements ona ti of 
other r m, ‘* the price MEMORANDA FOR THE AGRICULTURAL 
Sander iret i STUD api —No. VIII. abont a bush Bere 
‘steam a ? | <Comervarep Prawe: ahi acooun cht bee as the young p 
nley.— continue ou ht tra) 
of the day—190/. has a and before alae ‘het details sile-OF theealtivation pie adapted for sowing on light tr "seize 
ak JA field in plies h the commonly cultivated sorts of p liability to fall it is customary 
the award of a prize at| —— English Barley possesses early maturit ae winnie d 
; es è z REW y ma ve: a y 
Salisbury en this very point. Why was not a full (i ining in 18 or 16 weeks after ptation rr yery vay de:ichetadled:int "the 
tone — u statem ent”? on thie: ahh greater variety of soils than any other arity 0 f Barley at | Society of Scotland, recommends’ 
t resent cultiva! The colour of the growi Piai i is a lively | one of Sandie or Kildrummy. 
ight green, and when Bi tapas ogn isofa clear listenin ning yellow fmixture, and again 
oom the -on joint to -= The weight per bushel, upon | butin every case it is beneficial to 
gal, varies: oom 8 0 to 54 Tbs.. according as the weather | of Hopetoun, and just as*much óf the Bane 
1 been damp or ee mt es ield is- is from will be most likely to keep:the from 
0 bushels per acre. The stra milly ob tains K ye Oat is quite as ear 
e about 3 feet, and the ear yA poet rf vet eo: Hable to‘shake, and rather shorter i 
, and’ ae toader 
land in high con 
gus well until the a is “is Shod at A ont, 4 
eavy crop ; butis very a 
nt éro a ee RE 
There sare 
