Avevst 1, 1857.| THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 539 
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h price of gyn i pe gd encouraged its re or less, according to the repre d condition of | July and August, or until the second hay cro be fit to out, fit to 
it year, the pe Fate Barleys are ort and rather light, the: erop f struck. The early p seems to yield well and to the pe i be used Rr on Laa rer be in mal wi will aay i 
the —_ sown is an av wing are gavor be co full maturity, but should the. Blight on and y= In Beptawber and 
er ight. Beans are good. In about 10 deve harvest strike == sd description of common Potatoes, the storing crop | | be kep ectly dry. nage sg ata ee 
pr generally commenced. John Coleman. — Pa oa here will be compared to the breadth of land . Since | por have a eae 2 of water, but on those meadows that 
commenced by August 3 he autumn-planted | the quanti adoption of the liquid manure drill the growth of which are by far the greater part, some of 
ens. } spring Wheat light ; altogether an ip, as Turnip crops has much more TEn eip table ao them iring rairai in five or six ions, tech- 
but more, the bulk of straw being less than before its invention; and this does the greatest credit. to the | nically ca cory Bed the whole of the water should remain on 
om ler breadth planted than last year. Barley and Beans inventor, a Chandler, of a eee for with good large crops of | each stern for about five days at a time in winter, and two 
an average. 8 Turnips, and | roots t the is better enabled to to produce much larger | days at a time in summer, so that all the meadow may be 
aw a suffering greatly for want of rain ; the plant, how- | crops of reed Pulse tlian Sunsari John Arkell, Kingsdown, | watered in about 20 or 30 days in winter, and cle tht or 10 
ever, sufficient for a crop with a change of weather. C. Randell, | near Swindon.—The prospect of the crops is very favourable ; |in summer. A flow of water, or what is thick 
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Cohen. Wheat is very more t : , always to be p to thin 
Haxta—Wheat harvest will be general bri the agreed ak of = commence about this day week, will be general in a fortnight. | cially during the summer months; for a very thin 
week around Ro . The crop appears good, some ins a not so , | fora week or more her at summer time, hen nt on a 
reage and yield. e ear is more perfectly filled Der for in many instances the most failing of any crop. Senp: — clay soil, is one ma urious; I may here that night 
several past, although the crop is thin on the ground in but well podded, and ee ee enon Soe. watering is preferable a n oeldanaeel 
zay aces Barley uneven and under an average. as y a fair crop, put together well ; Turnips much dane a do more good in shady than in sunny weather. The water of 
Winter Beans good. Spring Beans very partial, n si apep gp anh earten ones, Winter eae d of the couni 
=i sap and Peas are the same. frir roots of every sort the be good. eo backword, Du t very promising. Geo. 
crop is singularly deficient, the long tinued drought has left | Avebury r irrigation water. a 
Swedes and Tur! o Aeka at the mercy oy of tl their numerous enemies—~ Possess F£.—Of Wheat the usual quantity has been sown; | which cn nias the richest vi maa- A. have ever seen 
bence the grab, rm, earwig, and Black Palmer are all in | the crop is thin on the aad a wots ames pe aa from the oolite formation in Wardour, it bas boem 
cam them, yrs that many farmers have drilled -< below an tee Seip verage cro anal and was found to be ehani for its ae oe 
or thrice, and oh this grog cert no ae alt to's breadth sown. my erp a hear ‘onan arene d _ om ae e contents were the chlorides of a calcium, 
the effect will be on large tae to care soils, still Seg Turnips—Very promising. ium, in small ; it presented no armsan 
The price of sheep is Soe cae influen present | show no signs of disease. Harvest will Wf a ‘bout the | any other metallic salts, and was in all’ oth o 
and searcity of food, and allof us va Act with | 10th of August, and be general about the 1 th. Joħn Hannam, | unusually fine specimen of natural water ; its saline contents 
asto a supply of winter food. J. IF. Clark, R Wetherby. were barely sufficient to give an o e ce to a solution: 
RE.—The very seeme of soap, and it was si a hardness, 
Beans and Peas moderate crops ; Oats below an av crop. A new lg gs ON THE WATER MEADOW. e temperature $ water is 3° lower, in the mon 
Root crops generally want a Harvest on the 30th. [The follo ait laoa of tae leons om thin ohit of May and June, than ation river water adjoining. Though 
under cultiva same as last year. | [The Coon Wilton, d the Salisbury. -week, by Mias asec we w, their effecta 
Robert manchester, of oito) aá y a r, although warni 
Kesr.—The Wheat harvest a DOR oe quite. three weeks cae in doe st 
exlier than last year, this be ina gene wai Okey to commence, reams, which sees of s © | certain weeds which the land is subject to, such as the Cow-Pars- 
are “poo —_ crop of Wheat in much i etity in South bad rte "their ee a the nip and others, are entirely destroyed on the part watered by the 
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ee more than last year, and probably double. | are not immediately affected by long droughts, but pour | meadow wa by river water. Butriver water, although not 
b oy eg ag aren last — the gn of uniform volumes of water from Hoveaster to Apri thereby will be will produce good Grass, and the land 
re. ed by the alluvial matter contained im 
radon narpa a crop, È way wary Cae Beane an average, Oats | when the sup turbid stat 
ly gradually decreases until the autumn. Whee eres time it econ i 
tad. The Potato blight is g itself. Robert Matson, | There is wt remarkable in the analysi s of the og the fi filtration by the Grasses, leave a deposit of mud on the 
go ee The prospects of the harvest here are ag Water of these streams. The soils of which the meadows land, peebap ps to the thickness ofa shoot ee a 
good as can zal ies = the pee k of yield g pan | of South Wilts chiefly consist are an alluvium, alternat- | especially that which is of a gravelly or peat: ype me peas = v & 
and as com nr ae ar both i an os -2 quality | ing occasionally with strata of gravel, clay, and fre- pi = a the aoee rat e ur rivers should l- Vane 20 
r. e “exten ~~ eat about the same. | uently peat. The most favourable deposit is that |! Agi oking up our bays an an 
The time of harvest about the 12th of A omer | ; - it would so ‘aaah ‘ensich thee lantiu the vilinys DG 
tat fo ie dictrict, Joka Chants, Lona Sutton Oe an ety where the alluvial soil is at once and dry. Mr. the rivers 
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them standing, the yield therefore will no doubt prove more valle waten-xomede 
Di ys a E i be of Pn chalk hills 
te dette: Beans and Peas ii a good crop; Potatoes will | krea The fa. d a gs Nag vepe g aweh so some e P ty and some Timothy on Wl P drag I should d recommend in all new 
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than last yes sown about th A Wheot light in | or tt ae ater-meadows in. South Wilts. I doing so wil tae 
eterboroug. eat lightin | į he ri d fu a| wW -meadows uu s In une 
balk, but = filled in 4 the eear, Barley and Daan both light ; . pe el aoe Their —_ se ea ee ye es nese pe ogi d of 20 acres, "rore in sheep. The 
greater extent of Barley under crop this + ie an last, conse- hut T think it m may be fairly stated at 9000 acres. Their cos of this m fed in Ape will "Keep 200 
quently a p i ess quantity of Wheat. Harvest. will formation at the present wt Be of money may be said to average copie of s cane 25 days, during which ¢ time thes: ge ier i 
comi , August it wi Dicma iani f hatehvworie Diaes, Da fold 10 acros of arable land, and it will after this yield 
wing Monday before it will ge . F. 80 » is about 6l; per cent. per annum on When. new | in the first and second cuttings of Grass about 40 tons of 
Great Grimsby. — 1 fet spear: amy mage lag esse ag first thing to be. done, hay. As Thave said this may be. considered the average pro- 
Ret hag samples and of full average extent. General where water is in the subsoil, is to get the l land hido duce of these water-meadows. But in order to see the capa- 
A 3d. gery 9 ; Peas ; scarcely cep e, no good water-m made. a bilities of some of the best description, I will here state the 
; Coleseed average. as Aitken. | the draining of land for Sater meadow, e yong en to |a erger sapie a pese of me dg of wee Int bg = any 
ours of the 25th instant, I consider put the undergroun n such a panties as wit oe spring, 
Sere prospect af tN “ae Bj Wheat very good, and tl the extent p interfero with the ehee works, h œ posit the water used | wae aot by + hi Son about the last week = March till Snes 
Swn an average, Barley not so go general, and on r that purpose will, by runn ing do own carry with it earthy rear ate of Pod Bete keep 400 couples seven weeks. During 
the light land very defeito srd tho Ostem not ¥ ony good. erst "Or uples will fold in the arable yer from 15 to 
will be general thie -w eek in our eich beaten’: | ‘depends on the nature of the yr e quantity and quality A oy ac me me 3 pr will then in two cuttings give at least 
Char les Webster. | the r, and t he evenness of t he land, as to the method best | a tons of hay. In this case t y put on the arable 
aon —I believe there will not be any very heavy crops in ada Mer ‘for their formation. ‘A dry soil will require less | anā 15 acres of spring folding and 60 tons or more of ke 
Pg and that u upon the whole ho yield wi not be | declivity in the be i nse ng of about 20 
wile very dotie is wk. t able to E ponent al eat eee nantie ius poe greater I pakirane oy me e sirio as ps 5 Erre eel on pig bon of saben bahamas 
n r - breadths than 
of Wheat so is T 7 = E ee TP tong gene 2 soil, But. has least 12 per cent. ne ety age tne ete 13a, 3r. 26p. 
will b mth ee ' m $ wA 38 
LK.—There will this year be a short yield on light lan are Grass. This will be obvious to going | Meadow at least 2 tons of hay acre, the aftermath. 
Stir average on good and orn = pene eet mg ne the month of A S Bo will then | being fed by cows ng Ameis ope — ve also ont arr sÑ gr of 
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this of rain during the last two ded- The harvest in ` into- proper beds. f the old water-meadows which 
Ps nga is now fairly commenced earlierthan it was have before ieee kea ri, nmas formed 
year. The crops however are not generally so abundant by | es of which, a" e 
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we should say of at least 15 per cent. Garrett & Sons, half ce of those remaining unal 
m, July 27. | at least t two-thirds would pay am IAA io abaf AIDE 
ka —Reaping muerte in this neighbourhood last | f 
is now gene e pathic Se superior to last | h ` 
to be over an average $ ari Pima morethan one in 72. The n arkasi of water used for | obtains to avery extent inthe neighbourhood of Salisbury. 
tas usual. H. Scott Hayward, Willingdon. ting these arg is about 2000 gallons per minute per There are, indeed, areas specially go apaa > 
i —The quantity of Wheat sown in this district | acre. I shall next briefly state what appears to me the best | In the meadows sarroun he mead Keeris last von T 
Belge erage, but not more; it is generally very kind and | DKA of management. Water-meadows should be fed off calved, are turned into the meadows about the 
Yield well to the straw, but thin crops much predo: | rather bare by the first week in Octo 
minate; yet I think there is a average crop. Barley is drains shoul 
i he | mancan however, good ‘ 
> i i i i i | there is insufficient dry pasture to take.the dairy cows. during 
“a ng arg iw gtk ew bags ge ht in different | wateri aes, ee ee percolate through the | 
woot early kinds on some lands are ey. wet ret of them Graeme D as not to flood them, poten HE they will, if flooded | the growth of the hay -n on the aa? = sn creas 
Angsa OV. Reaping Wheat will be general on Midiy: fr ear ge ier of er - stifled and become thin. The Ï alternately fed in aie var eagai in eng 2 
te: 3. The early Barley is fit to cnt.now, but some will n be in readiness to receive sme oe | , unusual for meadows to 
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Toor les planted tlle of Wet tan in April is worth five or six of the same when fed in fein toes dan would be ee eee ee 
, and the average yield oie prove va ite be November. In general, the more the land is watered in No- ponents P= or ‘avoided. . Combes" 
‘crop. Some farmers are about to com vember and December the better; but should the weather be | perience-as' to ze pal te 
of the week. ey Monday week F think t the pad agg a thm tina; tho ban et days’ e su > pho umm 
arly Barley harvest will become general through- | drying. yg =e og wat should remain on the land about we oe pecs Raye Be gg o may, however, 
oucesters oun the | five day ess frost be so intense as cover : 
jesar t k i tho Arie _ oe teen the Sy em io jeter rast to ly of water is insufficient. The oa 
; the r sown is tolerabl ho 7 o e until a thaw 
Beene Th On coe ar agaes amn | Hace; he yang Gey i teenie deg ant aven meea arean aha te Sek tale nd 
most uneven crop planted, and with the least grow under it, vl arch the fr days ia Sur am Aare = ed on, Mr uaroy confining iko atta of Wie 
eld. Pulse r watering n March the Bg sen should be touch 
it the stalks for a general crop, and although shorter | four until the water i ed out to make the ate dry for yg Ben wich i eee eek 
comi pods, so aai nae to be tolerably well Alledwup with froding tho Gras, whioh wi will be a | Sema 
prove to be an arent Ail probability the yield of Pulse: will As. mn: an tia aop ve fod: off a portion of the 
returning e angel crop has every pros- rer or about t tho middle of “April, the water should be Home Correspondence. 
Tather e UM = god yield. éld. The Potato crop, which js turned over on, but care must be taken not to - t Weld —Peemit r 
coure ettenstvoly en around many villages and small | allow it to remain prsti the land until the Grass begrown| Teetotalism in the Harves —Permit me to 
= in this is, I think, the | high enough to keep above the water ; during the remainder | inquire whether any of your readers ever tried the effect 
crop planted. “The bli rhe of this, mor month and the following months of May and June, of persuading his men in harvest time to forego the use 
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