_ 652 
THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
cut vat down ath. Harvest work has become more expen- 
sive.’ 
years ago will not be a d to flag now, but that mem 
bers of local peau inca em it whil 
a be i 
exertion S gett 
an requirements © of agricu Al 
improvements been made in it aey the e view <P econo- 
ut, and lays it on the 
sg? On this account, only pel man who drives the 
hors required for driving t pe Several 
publie exhibitions of this m have been 
n France, by which it hae been raised very high 
in the delineation of the agriculturists who witnessed its 
mac. 
anions at work 
rfo much so, that a committee appointed 
by the ral Society of Agriculture of the Seine- 
Inferieure to report on the subject, gave as their ne 
that “the automaton machine of Aitken right w 
<oaecoadbe es all other reaping machines. A of 
Agricultu 
e Correspondence 
Potato o rop on on the Borders of pret ani Cavan, 
—The most unts prevail of serious 
accou 
injury tot the Potato crop, even equal to that of 1846. 
wy 
I am in some hopes t 
he a) 
ey 
will not, it is thought, 
says a 
ey are generally mealy 
z aop in this meg garner d 
Pyare . J. M. G., Serabl 
Lois neas Husban te —Perhaps I might be per- 
mitted, without too much assumption, to 
the leadi Caia 
oes not appear a 
growing. althou 
following a apd Smith’s iy may not "be absolutely 
oe vices os aa 
on of it yaa 
every 
w. 
t arly in 
parae to give the pA aaa tiller- 
pl 
previous b crop, and, inde 
t grain ot see 
that he insists on a stubble. 
might affect 
Moreover, "however this 
could no 
t in some degree 
pabulum of a previous f fallow at some peri 
or other, th 
the growth of the plants; a oprt 
in favour of successful pract 
ly be conceived ka at e 
ce than agains st 5 oo 
ven a 
cess o; aad 
the o fy fallow, 
could induce blight, ey tte more so if we are to con 
the Pg ht as a mildew. I am not, therefore, 
regard the failure at Rothamsted in 
aay attributable ‘to the previo 
A. 
nes, Wek 
me nor the Be Be < aerial influence necessary 
the fertilisation of a soil first e t 
Bu Pra appears to 
from this heavy 
We ho e that crak ey excited in them some | wh 
s | and brea 
d care 
m | nary treatment, the farm 
also admirab 
es Sheep Bre 
plan of Piao 
Suncare an 
t 
f | breeding, all 
on the 
iod 
co 
then must be rather 
pii 
ny | every four years. 
: light fleece which aged 
owi 
now not ya to ag 
s | that time up to t 
coat oF subsoil Tid on the surface. 
hat sa receive 
It is now every- 
7 pth ar 
flow of male from the soil. 
opinion then a large dense andco 
covering and sealing up the fertilised = dis soil contain- 
ing soluble food of plan ent ang 
ese matters and s nae ohh again, spon 
pers. the liberation of Lies i, a continual iene 
aking up of the crusted surface is necessary, 
and in effect we find vegetation most surely a i rch 
+h 
be. 
S 
more 
g they do and liberate these matters 
iy they would be absorbed by the serene of sub- | Fa 
soil = that they should reach the vegetation bove it ? 
Again, to the ascent of those soluble - matters in a| given. 
fertile soil mois isture is necessary, but a crusted and 
s 
they aA p: this surface and enter it not, but evaporate 
soon ey cease to fall ; they therefore give to the 
leaves only a a its contents. 
such a an 
the surface duis ing the penal of the eat appear to 
me ae ient to account for the Mamee failure. 
I i ard the prea of po eo s and 
e pe es of experiments are yet 
sao than nee derived from 
hat may be the most productive 
“> = re era of seed co 
Pp have given very 
satisfactory evidence that aoe ts wd be at very great 
distances from ther and very small quantities of 
sown viiki re ent of v rio 
a great pity that rpa Gane on the Lois- 
aa gh T TEE ld be so 
and these puih the 
Iti isasy stem that not only in 
eal, a”? ropping is worth 
ore serious attention pak it obtains. 
its oe hee and 
which ca ed a best left t 
fertilisation, it enables the rm etas of the 
gre s-on. | 
Ce 
entire: 
which will not do without p and for which, ae ordi- | 
rely supplies enough. It 
itself to the circumstan ances | 
w 
otia. 
c who m 
Good. i | 
poring and Management.—The 
lasses 
is by the adoption =" change in the ge 
master. robably grudge more to i bite 
pind 8 mse o 
alogy w 
eM Sis the produ 
g and continuous; 
and it is a partaker o 
ye 
might Danay pi hi the 
uce than the sire. 
her blood flow 
dam more 
Her in “Sey is 
s through its veins ; 
ment is E ned a cose in the ie ha 
ent | w. 
It is | members of th 
ral | 
in improv Dg, the Trd 
The |v 
e 5l. an 
for the purchase pry a ewe ae es pay ex ie 307. for 
reason fro 
Clover 
other means, 
v 
e produce of was 
adopting the plan for the future, Wm. 
icehu rst, Sussex, 
ars 
been mu k: 
in this parish. in February last I lanted 
ring Wheat as an e ni š 
grai pAs Janes 
Ticehurst, Sussex. 
OXFORD : Sept. 9. 
Sheep.—A ‘pu ubli 
with the short-woolled 
eparted they would agree to some res 
ray satisfactory to all we were intero 
| sheep for which this county had 
| Mr. H. Middléton, of Cutteslowe, aid bel 
ore defense 
hs 
Ba eater sway over the 
nee. There > rig im 
a ed ya and remo 
rpetu 
pat in the breeder to select both s sire and dam from | so 
t have | th 
® 
y tendency towards an pee point or bad physi 
nformation, any animals showing pg- A ‘this 
development should be carefully we e ag 
hich they ma uch donee d on cir- 
umstances. arms where the “rot” etery A aer se 
changes are absolutely necessa lan I follow is 
to have one-fourth oft k sh 
oc ear lin every year, 
thus consequently involving a change of the entire yow 
By this means I am exem 
ewes 
wise I find no difficulty ei ther in aar ispos 
at a price e shearling ram 
will serve from 50 100 ¢ at have heard o 
sheep serving the is ita er intros but I should say fy 
much safer to put one to e sg baked 
never - more than 50. An 
and activ ity, require proportio 
tg a for e i pe 
rved a Aen 
put to in the beginning of Octo 
he 20th nd re answer = 
cases 
riving mending com- 
ish this Ta should either have a 
other paving auxiliary. 
hat Dp m acquai 
, | breed 
d 
r| Mr. J. Hite 
wa ion class 
cal | prizes were given to that class of sheep. 
prize first a in succession, and | 
rom 
naturally a oe tie 
nted with 1s 
anya 
I never a stock of lambs by 
eat home. H 
that they ought to have a’ distina nam 
of sheep, and ck the gi 
of sheep upwards of 
at the Smithfield Show the second 
me an extensiv: 
yalor tain the name of O 
h TH nice retain , 
e| sheep should ould no F that this 
was tied to 
surely long e 
Gonghi that if i oa back they pig a 
a further ex 
ne value they 
to ae though as 
y had see’ 
