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Lamas fe A -e Ae = ee e N a a a ik E i ei tk lhCUlUlCtCtCti‘ tt 
TS TO ln eS ae eee Oe ee 
NOVEMBER 7, 1857.| 
THE ot eae GAZETTE, 
763 
ductive, the latter rather ett in oer 
], so far as any a attem 
9 rto aie. 
iain the teen 
wn SO aerumy that the late have beaten it 
laces in the field, ‘and it is seen that 
be inj 
au 
Roa Wheat sow s progressin ing very favourably ; 
S aay rain that gri, on the 22d having ren- 
dered the land compact and solid ar ‘suitable for Wheat 
. In some ear it was so hea’ 
to wash 
been recently ploughed, and the ween kas porer one 
exception, a $4 ya as been 
difference | 
at psa r growing Swede Turni an 
ihe wee of Setakat | has 
d ebruary 
with guano in preference to highly manuring in the Hé 
average quantity performed, 
doubtedly, better executed than hii the ordi 
of the drains, 
| prove t 
digging 
got over and the ps i el 
horses is req for for 
the Aste back where required, as well as for drawing 
early 5l. per acre—a large outlay for 
receiving any direct assistance from 
lease 
The entire cost is n 
a wher without 
landlord, the 
harvest are peli, W Wheat being 
of this farm ; 
pri 
prised us—with a very deticien 
s indifferent. quality, Sheep have “ily been bought 
extraordinary high prices period of 35 
ceip 
Turnips and aan fa 
—The manure was read and 
sail ae 
y topped and i 
Tons cwt, ae Ibs. 
r 1 paana : 18 
16 
Nas 5 1 
Tons ewt. grs. lbs. 
0 sched ll 16 8 
2 = ll 
No. 1 must have suffered from 
for 83 
the non-exposure 
&e., duri et 
ring riod, and ester had the i n 
een ae P giens to t 
the lot 3 lo t 
exposure tmospheric influence, it is 2 probable t = 
lot No. "1 woudl have produced t rop. 
lot No. 2 turns ovine as we should expect, writ than the 
others, a considerable portion of soluble m bein 
probably wikhódi into the ground where the liats laid, 
and a less even distribution would be the consequence. 
need not fa tical 
with | facts ghodi tha 
s, though possibly not understood 
for palishting rith at b first $ ight apas the i oppo- 
to ect, experim ool merely | 4 
that no iene rom pre 
the surface of the land an advan ae ae be gai 
perro as gi farmer will have the 
circumstances of sAbpitig either cou 
Co titin, Farm Manager, Royal Agricultural College, 
Oct. 29. 
p Am 
Home VOrTOn PAA. 
a gy A ap-—In 
“ Notices Sapp iaaea ae p- 701 
Spooner’s instructions 
our last 
e given Mr. 
for preparing ‘superphosphate, 
perhaps the most ere ned of those au oe 
but aeely inferior, both y an mad atl 
those of Dr. er ( alow)» which “get roomate be 
as widely ret ae as possible. wi 
ractical abstract : the full ae iiy be 
Agricultural Gazette, 1856, No. 27, p. 45 
fi 
ae iets 
upo fine 
is è rara er cls) etiek i is perm em- 
ployed), pen the coar. 
fi 
i i 
manure on 
inas- Ti 
doings. They immediately e am 3 and nd soon 
arrived at 
ost eg the agriculturists, 
iately procured their b E myat tai of this 
ood, and vems now been m a 
i ides an immense 
increase in the reproduction of the insect.” But what 
is this Tilseed? Dill seed is well known as i 
distilled oil resembling that of Caraways, but it seems 
tly used ps pressing and ma- 
And another, provincially named Dill seed, I 
think a wo of Lent il, seems aie paul to ps oil 
by p account of t 
w 80 good for » Aa 
both wholesome and a ais for 
I. Prid 
io a 7urzel.—Perhaps some p land farmer 
yir | kindly ahr in the columns 
thé greatest weight (per 
Wareel t that he has grown, with t 
of ries ww have ees stored our e Mange! at the 
cr msidera 
ap from “ip series "e ara land on which this crop. 
as gro as I h ted, of a 
pang te pean: if datas 
ethod and cost of its culti 
ap AANA [Please to do 
Societies. 
—- O 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. 
eres, Counorn, Nov. oie BERNERS, Presi- 
dent, in the Chair. ipai of 23 candidates for 
pve pr- am next meeting arai read. 
Fr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of = 
Rea Oai presented the report 
accounts of the Society to the end of the 
month, from which it a 
urre 
on 
aes 
the Members, the usual > ri 
EXPENSES. Focmpertine:e 
kon “em reported t the e progress made by 
Committee, omar the postponement of their final recom- 
mendations until the accounts of the Salis vane 
had been audited. His lordship expressed 
of calling the deliberate attention of tthe Council s at their 
as Monthly Meeting to the appointment of the Judges 
Meetings. 
* 
a 
mrd “the price has v for satus ewes from t wrong: the coarser part most n: d, the | for the Coun’ : 
46s fine ong: the coarser p issolved in To| JOURN. Thompson, Chairman of the Journal 
it | first through a fine sieve to get out the fine ; next | on the subject of n with that 
| through one of p Prepac Fig ge a gritty of the Societ; Sgr mantis 
: re | powder; and tte 40 per cent. of the roughest.| AerIcuLTURAL CueMisrry.—Mr. Wren Hoskyns, 
; it is quite certain | He reckons 36 Ibs. of sulphane acid ofS. 1840 (equal | Chairman of the Chemical Committee, reported sugges- 
that wha car fortune may arai them that the | to 39 of S.G. 1800) sufficie Ibs, E bone dust, | tions from that committee on the subject of the Chemi- 
latter . 8S oom stock are also equally | and that much less may aice when the fi powder Papers an ‘Society. 
5 high, ime plenro-pneam is again very LNA ee is first withdrawn. To this 40 Ibs. of ro siigh then he| CONDITIO FP ą MACHINERY. — Colonel Challoner, 
_ Vessels are freighted with ‘sound and unsound animals | adds ” Ibs. of acid; too mach f for it, but intended to act | Chairman of gr Tmplonsit eaten mpane a 
k “i er, and thas the es r d; also on the coarse H: mi il examination of the various suggestions received 
_ and even should no ones happen always to hols 25 parts acid with the 40 parts of rough, he | fr 
_ Present, still the tainted vessel doubtless communicates it soak with out any water. He then adds 13 parts | to them, by order of the Council, in September last, 
_ the disease to those that follow. - of ri i little and little, Saga: it well all the | He was g to ome that the comet number of 
eat produced favours the action, rendering | t pa ‘were almost identical with the 
atl heit unnecessary. In pede the rough bone | conditions included “in erinra prize-sheets of the 
ftened, so that it can be crushed with the fing Society. The committee had carefully selected certain 
He “thi kneads in the powder and lets it work | portions of the new suggestions submitted to them, 
t | together some days; and then works in the fine powder, | having reference chiefly to scientific details of con- 
by whic absorbed, and the whole | structi had submitted them to the consulting 
becomes crumbly, The mass is easier with | engineer of the Society for his opinion. The committee 
ro- oe than 13 parts of r; but then it — would make their general report on this subject at the 
ificial drying. In this way 100 Ibs. of crushed ensuing monthly scam = December, ; 
| with 25 Ibs, strong acid and 13 Ibs. of hei give kese. SHO DMI a 
n Ibs. of wit crumbly superphosphate; which does | to the Council the joint so of Colon 
not air, yir has so ‘nild acidity | himself, as the Stewards of Admission t to the Showsard a 
cient amount of clay a positive adyan was likely to | that it ma ie bi a The advantages of the | at Salisbury. The arrangemen e in that depart- 
follow a ui iad ee a ite my ea eet ten alread a ee e says | ment had proved most sa’ 4 iara dt 2 
Washed in by the rains would be more evenly distributed : acid she erfully upon the portion | Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Fisher mar she 
through the s more readily available for | which is most dificult of solution, 2. Only a very | suggestions for future adoption contained in report 
the young plant t was imm Il quantity of sulph tired. referred to r Committe, and a vote of 
Ploughed in, The land was of a nature, | Unnecessary in s facilita eight ir avoi avoided, and distant | the predse any ae passed to Lord Portman a 
rather ht, i AAN i th, though in is thus facilitated. el Challoner, great attention = 
Places aie ei of the forest pih, t idian NI Sead. — the rE ti to by your | they had given to promote the ae anp e 
‘seed up in de deep Our ivided | ent “W. W.” p. 709e. Is sae _ mea had undertaken at the Salisbury 
three equal parts, each containing 49,820 links, or | the “Ram-till” should be cein suc eting. 
nearly half an acre. On ange ber 22, 1 1856, ten cart | quantities as to Potatoes sith the cake? or| PRIZE-S i l apiece apr ra 
| a holi aro made by store ee weighing | must we rather look to some provincial name? I have | seconded by Mr. Caldwell, the Committe me 
5 tons 6 ewtis was applied led of tracing the French original to see what is the | for the preliminary arrangement of the Prize-sheets and 
No.1 p —The manure spread a here :—“ New Food for —Two agricul. | the recommendation of gestions to the Council, 
dig, ari ) remain ‘ae ee 83 aay, turists of the 2 eae of the bserved m day, bo the Prizes n ke è I y 5 Ded onemp m pre 
e Prizes departm: 
“February 13, 1857, Shan st it was peia y 7 in in the ig ay, ie Tatter all their bees an wS feriali Implements Pe : 3 
ny ga Disc k boa t i ea i pon indo, pire on the flowing pecan "~ a dT po received from Mr. 
ae return ea 
13, ties’ i me seid | set out again ok direction which was this time carefully Cother, Steward c of Poultry at at the Salsbury meeting meetin 
; noted by the farmers, vn Dad Peen watching ht The Cae aint a general Chester Committee, 
