SEPTEMBER 12, 1857. ] 
St AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
635 
umption a larger quantity of x “aie matter is restored 
to the land than While the aia: crop, o 
the other hand, w nitrogenous matter to the | 
food of amas os builds its structure-—not Sons foe such a 
dion with the ‘those who have acquired vested in 
ining as it is. And now Mr. Crutterbeck o con- | 
e question requires her ventilation, 
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matter of the 
the straw toour dung heaps. 
„The reason, lastly, is because the mannerof mriang of the | 
r ae oil i tself 
ystem so much oe 0 all the fert rtilising influen noes of air and 
7 rain than heee vi A duringthe growth of the grain crops 
o yalnerile calido ted. That this isa valid reas 
superiority of the Turni ~ nl Wh 
so from Mr. mith’s experience at Lois 
lanai nd wh o' do mit ap- |3 i cu Fag scenes “ery by A thorov 
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pe once in v at grain seems 
t he agricultural word "iti is now held in I now Toate the general cane ire 
tis aitete whic it dese The day of geology Tarni Tan el Wurzel, 1 pe coming =e desig- 
sa come if it does not come in aly time. It must arg pri Be wy oie 3 1) the Common Green- 
wever, the geology of our fields, not the convention- Taarn atao the ititroduction cf the Purple-top, than 
be oS gee maps. w it is coarser and more i lar in — È 
Whenċe arises this tardiness to adopt improve- | conn 
mmon he ~f par very solid in > pore 
pa 
| rple-top, a neck, y large bul pu —_ ea: 
on in manufactures an any | Cae grown with a groat = Ponce or to rt 
wth use up and waste more of the nitrog zenous | 
soil and manure than it afterwards retu 
of exhaustion consequent 
ndefinitel bao evra 
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pin 
-P pandaniny e inte the 
iable i Bi aey ay by 
turity, 
Kape The ie Fettercairn Globe wr 
rere = Laing's S 
| mër tolerable 
be ost a fat growth of leaves, wh 
bee 
I adopt it, but 
merits by experiment ? ould there have been 
cavil about it ?— would there have t a 
controversy ? — ecessity for ventilation ? — 
this gore gp oh Sa wot fer vis inertia 
everything agricultural ? 
aggravated oy Government interference 
wish an entailed 
into o wi ter than any other— so hea 
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A jemar ar Ay ybrid 
ee ween a Gre wede pl a White Globe Tu nd, t is 
of a somewhat peirat Shape of pon sc ay than the = Alb Bo 
Green-top y oer Turnip; it grows above ground, but 
is hardy and keeps well in the hea) 
Globe 
sanctioned b è Incl ‘on issi and Tankard shape. Among then I ma prenia the pg neken 
y tbe Ine osure Co niini, Sx kirk Yellow Tankard, which stands ve t or more out of the 
tering it at all; and the common Purple-top 
orm; and, ‘lastly, there are a number of 
white-fleshed’ Turnips—capable of being sown muc 
later than Roe other, and requi to- be consumed much 
s 
the I eddie giv oa before the | © ierathe omemon White Glabe— Pomeranian White Globe, 
we consu 
Committee for the Improvement of Land. In 
sci in 
is d 
Stone Turnip fs the sert mos 
mimes ras Ba but Geen of Bonn admit of being sown much ister 
neg 
eee fame oa è seed time of the ged in 
iddle vag Smaa South and Midland 
England it is PA ony e middle of June. The co 
England oe Jay common Turnip 
ne. 
-= even in 
d they aim at get e seed all 
“STs place in tho rotation is after a a corn crop and before a corn 
e Turnip soils used to be a af coi gee Bed Rg "s 
be made fria e loams 
success 
to soils drained cg burned and well tilled Gear wh winter’ may 4 
T emp l aae m to the proper tilth for either Swedish or Common 
Mangel Wurzel likes a stiffer soil than is congenial to the 
wth of bain ll On stiff soils the most of the ep should 
done in autumn. The Wheat stubble or stubble of any oth 
He may say as the 
said to Charles, eg. 
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the Ho 
ave neither r eyes to s 
This 1 iis eter relates to the Hinxworth wy aaa and 
mpared with Mr. Denton’s first ao te 
at the F “Keythorpe decom at or 
is cov litting the intervening 
y, on athe iy Ae 
T re 
ope th ridgelets in the usual way, 
of the percolation of Bihar through when towards April it may be rrowed down, and ar rtifick: al 
the of clay m pig gA hav ercised a per- manure sown over it. Common s salt 
us influence. It rous Seve onl to be ne and 3 or 4 cwt. mixed with 2 or 3 cwt. of guano 
ated on the soatheity of pity mon ne ayei: e he a pea A to 20 tona at mioto, 1s. fhis best 
this broadcast -rid 
tly drained land. Mr. Denton | aes p gi Sewing tiu Wonton zon ete 
ment on recently 
ha 
Sate are eee Seca Aaa aac ee 
the clay to the of the drains, and the inches 
fo the greater: orp aai U | ware apart. are several kinds—globe and 
wor The after Mangel is same as for the Swede. 
an ae ways of explaining the of the is the 
In a future commun ication willtrouble i was femer -= bared nae a oe eae 
5 The ho nares Thedtng and hand-hoeing is done as for a and 
Mangels must be pulled before frost touches them 
iè facts are capable of a very d 
that which he has put on doom J. Trimmer. 
that 
tion | 
THE POTATO DISEASE AND THE NEW 
MANURE, 
hee stb om cage ee 
No. I 
Tar mero ed sand is to the eiivet of Fallow Green 
Pri eg = rst a the chemist’s ae of the subject, añ 
at in their gro extract, Aeon 
matter from the soil oer ro ompi of ae > planta oh farmer 
Thus 20 tons peaking onl bac 
“+ re so aF me om | a 
Ow Saturday last the Rev, W. R. Bowditch req uested a 
gentleman from this office to witness the taking up of 
me a oes which were then per in a garden 
contiguous to his residence. cons of. 
m Font, all of which we were informed were planted 
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the purification o 
several gentlemen ek | 
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had 
tatoes. The Ka o 
Turn op | bake raisa, 5 the nese hort apes 
ea above 100 Its, mye all perfectly sound, pe the exception ror about 
251 lbs. grain an mad 
sg ag cos ote 
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eror 18 h 
ay t Tix 
do row, an Da a Bberal su my of dung, | anad ie 
n the note. 
ve h earth, om were 
“hn form. It isone ortho karat est kinds, pms an ‘later when ready for earth 
vy a cropper as Pou 
mon was no whatever their treatment. 
ees enn. wren 
ts cause or how to prevent it, we have the greate greate r 
pionne in publishi an aer ae without 
opinion of our lle 
ry he it sistindihy apus = pos attention of agriculturists, 
| so that the matter 
experiments being tried ona 
We append below Mr. Bowditch’s pone account of the 
experiment, corroborated by a statement from his assis- 
tant. 
emagi seis 
“St. Andrews, Wakefield, August 22, 
“*Sir,—The particulars of the experiment of which You noe 
witnessed the result to-day are enc closed. I shou uld n ot attach 
were solitary, l t 
ym of Potatoes, 
erg aiar f ith 
set ae ne st) T am bound to dhink isi ne im 
ardly rrated, I believe I may - tober 
FOO bend ane fe ca oad the country w 
for, Potat 
re fo! 
the food of millio 
© house was erop Af f eper rar T t in 1856 ond ak ener 
crop, of henge àt least nine-tenths were rotten, 
= wigan vith ear’ 
Part 0 this 
the second week of 
was prow 
appeared perfec thy a sound, and was nicely sprov 
kept in es socom meg for two perry Zar ore 
The ro 2 ft. apart, abou 
n the rows caus th 
supply, yi fn sent m y 
refore th ws only” rero with the gas clay. 
Saori the three Coes were rather more vigorous than 
the others, Ty but er Fave difference was no vee gran out U 
the crop bece ripe I commenced to those on bea 
been wie the gas clay, and finding. them coud, well 
flavoured, and meally, continued badiy d use daily, rpe 
be is ove te sg the 
bene which preced 
y and can judge of the diforence in quality 1 by “cooking the 
bo taken up in your presen W. R 
m e eSt oor 23, oA 
“t In May last I was an assistant in Mr. Bowdi 
and was present na ae puua ar 
Potatoes wero 
bottle of foul ¢ clay w 
be Kerl ree cares 
a ae those found free from disease to-day, 
are so badly — received nothing bat 
common dung, eae 
n 1856) with a portion of this 
ure gav nine interestin ng and satisfactory results, 
which I hope i induce E apeg to apply ee 
is experi is crop and report th 
to portions 
results. A man set to ane quantity of this endema 
with a heap designed for about three acres re 
Regent Potatoes, it cg ced Chat pa “we: of the 
heap contained none oe parts ge tity. It was 
in thi crop acer bss but the tops 
Hosen, When the Pota 
where ey lar f the special m 
applied it was very much better than in other parts. 
Where none of oe manure was used th me was much 
isease ; where a moderate geas the disease was 
much less; and miy re e ae ty (an excess'as I 
thao there was little or r ii 
general, the nads is 
hope the ih tren and 
determine the —St. Andrews, 
Wakefield, January 9, 1857. Wakefield Journal, 
` August 28. è 
Home Correspondence. 
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oan e The 
grey land in Berks, which grows 
Ji 
ka 
gpi 
AT 
a Ree ® 
ae 
$ 
h 
was was hen i pio od int ee lan 
two rilled alon 
3 
bed 
cick 
harvest, drilled 
forked 
2 
iie 
to crop tal 
t ofits tubers in the form : while t 
of phosphoric acid from | ¢ Potato to every 20 weight; 
- f its entire 
x haa of 
acid. The 
Bk, ty s ot Br ag “and which take the 
juantity of pent nn build: 
add that a sample of Potatoes which 
their cultivation and consumption on the lan cooked were | 
corn its 
ltd altogether takes fron on 
were re Adrara set table. 
As thi Ca e. - as occupied “ates agag aib of | 
the kebi ry especially of agricult many | 
yon but without any iiep se saa solution, either as to 
but 
quantities of ammoniacal matter, ea its | 
broad systen ona aaa tales Woes the aiy, and oo by ite 00- 
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ate 
ca 
BEHT 
HAIT 
t and 
g 
arnt 
harvested is nn, Seng and up 3 quarters 
crops would all have yielded better but from the aiff 
of keeping birds off a single acre of ripe corn. 
append a balance-sheet, from which it will appear that 
