874 THE AGRICULTURAL ene | DEcEMBER 26, 1857. 
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east coast; while the mixed—one crop greater, | the most righ arate of quarantine wee 3am h wastes by his signature a declaration 
‘a it, to the purport erm as I understood 
another less than last year—from counties. ore possible to imagine. Among the conclusions a ite Ehe had. boc terms of his letter tome 
Lae intermediate. These results were such as| which Mr. Recomon was led by his cneacviee are | x 
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t have been expected, While the western dis- | the following :— Club, was authenticat ed Dy bin paper read at the Parmas 
t Brussels. 
tricts enjoyed ere weather both for ije ning| That all the countries of Northern and Western | pubiic cation. In my paper read at Br cited M 
securing the crops, arent egy g the europe we hegre ay seg bay’ aaa to a omg f Morton's account we Mem preferably “to my own, 
wean of the east kaat was incurred, in some apapa are perfect. erpest, which is a| ofthe farm (of which a onard orais mt then rouse 
from early aridity, bape generally Hep rain Ea disease ere ain aaia whaea to on Steppes of Lee) as praet cally attainable, whilst it will be beeela 
harvest; indeed, in a minor degree, there was | Russia. ae Sane prs ed oa a that im his Al 
a repetition of the yE Derant weather which That, speaking in general terms, Rinderpest has Is warranted — that I, whose highest exampl np as un- 
characterised the harvest of 1856. In several of | not existed i in ee tral and ‘Western Europe for a = berdi examination andi in hi rms—have cana! 
these counties, also, Turnips are defieient and un- perio 2 yea: | tical horticulturists that we ate fay fie a ae ed by prae. 
sound; while the Potato disease has been n general That. it is one of the most ee maladies of | the extent of the feeding power of plants, and that I have reali 
and disastrous, fivanaaaiie, stretching, as it | which we have any experien Ei fempoct to the dene onan by an improved culture. 
does from shore to shore, affords an illustr. ation. ee the ox tribe is Saas susceptible to the | ignored the use of guant in the pe eln he parti ular instance 
In districts Nos. 1 and 3, lying along the Beauly | tag ii aes ee ets terms will 4 inst mise 
and Moray Firths, and containing the best land in That the deaths often amount to 90 per cent. | issn pases vast peace es ea mee? as 
the county, the enumerators report that two-thirds} That all varieties of medical treatment which | | having established a conclusion opposed to the methane ane 
of the cereals were exposed to unfavourable have as yet been tried have failed in curing the pa pote nnd on 7 staps power and the jet. The French 
weather, and were consequently sprouted or dis- | disease. wen the 
issioners will have 
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coloured ; that Turnips are poor and affected with PE oa no fear need be entertained that this de- | for beeper to any modification of the old’ m 
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mildew; and that two-thirds of an inferior atop of | structive pest will reach our . Its presen E aen ae Looe it rm 
P d bee y disease. On the other | piia distance from us would, of itself, afford a fair | — hose liquid manure is lifted to elevations by steant 
re the western districts of the | amount of security ; but when we add to this that aot eather bo ys Shedding much after the method of 
same "county represent that the cereals weresecured | no ‘cattle find their way from thence directly or | surfaco adaptations — that he abbald aaa meh d 
early, and in fine condition ; that Turnips are good ; | indirectly to the Engli sh market, and also that in | of his manure s by a complete apparatus for hose and jet distri- 
and that for years therehas not been so sound a ¢ rep | the event of the diseane pending from Galicia, it | cael tha E ee porty nt oxnminitióni 
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of Potatoes. Indeed, the enumerators on the west | wòuld have to break through hundreds of m military | visited, whore either sewer manures Of koon the farms 
d in the Hebrides enerally concur in | cordons, one after the other, before it ould possib: iy bo iqui istri a 
vey that ti pod population has rarely been so well | reach the western side of the German states, an ; ve 
counter the wants and trials of moreover, that for years past commerce has been | were found to be far greater than had been 
the manures might be utilised in far narrower areas than 
estricted with regard to skins, a bones, been rovi _ for j- nevertheless ta ‘was eA teed 
The fo following is the es statement eee fe, of cattle from Russia and elsew. arm, me who had lai the a 
to of the naa of the inquiry during four e believe, may cease with we sien ro its im- could be got to Heer ony porting aaa Phan Re re eent 
cessive years :— vip PAS on into the British Isles the distribution of plain water. Instead of restricting the 
| application of steam er on account first in 
T SD oc Sak ee eee EL | the larger instances the parties . interested declared’ tat 
ROYAL, AGRICULTURAL COLUMGR, | Rey fat cri shy samme ot Meret cosas 
SSIONAL EXAMINATION. by submersion, which o iper e for 
i TUN ACTICAL AGRICULTURE. — Continued, | a Rr s a ata time, with 2 or 3 inches, i.e., 200 or 300 tons 
tagnant liqui: s found in all the larger 
Question 2.—At what period (1) of the year (2) of the rotation | that Heo Sane: Hehe was eat ame ovcipation.of thease: 
would dee ie » ploughing be reer ge kinds of soil does it | face with the process for ak, ane were desirous of augmen- 
benefit, and ould it ting the steam power in order to expedite the process still 
nae Ploughing i ism ikiii ein the autumn, thus pn 
: any one w. whose own state of knowledge, applicable to 
ex g the land to the influence of frost, gan, and eS. the particular subject, is so low as to render him i 
wind ey tae the winter, which act upon the mineral | | to judge of the intrinsic value of any testimony upon it, 
ingredients of the soil, rendering them available | _— to cause a fo be oa in Berries = soot tak 
1,4 ; 7 i at C | dictions of an in re 
i o4 | for the preng crops, and Fae me ii erd | he may caste oe for timself” the - value m 
ey 1,4 2,082 thus facilitating t e passage of the roots into the subsoil. | 4) conflicts of testimony, by trial works, which he 
i e 23 1,534 | As regards the period of the rotation it is generally little trouble and pesani make for himself on his own 
seed Ea Par wat 2, are em i that deep cultivation: is most beneficial after or in he own ens > hoo pare re eof stable 
Bare | 26, 2 manure or any other manure, applying portion 
Clover.. 11} 1,427,790 | 1,519,844 | 1,475,594 1, ie 305. | the Wheat crop, as a Sn for the root crop and | form in the manner of the ¢ 1 
‘ie A the whole succeeding rota the other portion in solution in four or five times its in 
Live Stoek. No. No. No. No. At the end of e nomen it is deemed advisable | water, an applying the solution to the l sha th 
orses! 5. > ijo 156,595 di = 5 that the land receive a deeper s stirring than would be | and following up the ye p, with food in water, in such 
2-year old (agricul- f di . bit : | — ra he = shay ta ag en advise. 
wae ET bs 121,182] 128,009! 126,471 considered safe or ei ient in preparation for a corn i: But: the ase ing rah, 2 er of manures a in 
Under do. do. .. we 32,099 33.391 34, 047 crop, in order to disturb the aa impenetrable stratum | solution or in suspension in water, iy at once menige 3 amidst 
ape oh aes mo Err 901 formed by the continuous ing of horses and the. the sll, an and put in Plant, T combinat pe A it, or hei i 
Mi COWS.. as , 303,91 ; | e growin. 
Othereattle | 438.384) 469242| 473,505) 476.827 ponge othe pio aa and also to bri ae Ari perpen | mentary fact or princip iple placed beyond- dispute, by “bya cone 
Calves .. ..| 205,172] 207,847} 193,765 195,198 | fresh gee usted soil to be rated with | rent mass of test mony from hortic 
Ewes, ewe - ES pai riaa has derived its | turists at t home as an faha eiea ba viene e e iA 
tips | nourishment, Moreover, the first crop which follows fact o x principle gro have caused to be estalihed 
eee Er requires a deep well pulverised soil; a soil, in aeti hen ower 
2,707,847 | 2,712,950 | 2,633,283 | which will offer as little resistanc ce as possible to the | of liquified or diluted manures or simple water; She power st 
1,138,501 | 1,145,448 | 1,181,782 | ao amare of the oaa Therefore taking all these | sainga gna for shillings. what by the prani 
1,848,389 | 1,964,080 186113 points into consi | for 
134,849| "126,944 | "146.354 abe = for ei ploughing is in autumn, previous This e ele pan Sit fact may be, as i ile evaded; but it is 
to the roo arp ont the baro e fallow after a corn crop beyond the power of any engineer, however ever eminent, or of 
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13886 s7.7e0 Very doubtful. As a rule, we may say plough deep, |, As T stated ‘National 
snare nae om pdt when the subsoil is of the same character as the surface he Advancement of Sosial Scene, tine: 
782,141! 413,890 | "436,468 | if both are tenacious, or when the subsoil is composed ofie ble to the relief intriani 25 bas 
applica’ 
iad only requiring atmospheric influence to analogies to he progress of railway 
ssor. SIMONDS upon the SY . Deep cultivation should be avoided in E it states that “the earliest yal f or pablis trafie in 
ain which created so nearly a very light soils. Tt should be avoided, when through Croydon, a sma 
part of this year has been P'e seo ann sither for Barley after roots fed off team of lean mules or donk 
7 n in which we should by dee ploughing the | rate of four miles an hour with sev 
commen 
oe e eep bury 
‘ as soon as it manure beyond the reach of the crop, and in plou behind them. nof selene 
| oe a iay of the t Cov lea for Wheat it t would Eae “ef 
es Wi ave at. various ous. undrained clays uld 
; it relates the rise and ete oe liti 
g during the spring of 1857 oe Cy eens tare mo clay soils, in fact to 
reappearance _ reported plough such heavy land as No. 4 in the autumn is Ber hen a locomoti seen 
’ ague of Hungary, and it to half a dressing of manure. Professor Way piri than.20 miles pn hoor a.cost of et ees 
cats - i : A a! mile; in other 
nal and researches of the & clay soil to absorb as much ammonia — the fallow | {88 than enarrat say a mnonstrated of the 
ed by the Societies to visit #5 Would be contained in 2 cwt. of guano; ‘those clays | public conveyance more ore than s -a E 
We have thus a great deal Coptaining a = of ph dence silicates of | cheaper than the sage egra Ltr roe ver answer 
ion gii that it would 
i information given us on the cattle trade NS hisa — bl yes tiesia T the | Andoa dos a the demor ponsiration, 
, :4 anai pime ae iea stan ned ote during — inter penetrates the soil, and acts mechani- prognani in double and treble expenditu 
ms. ; k 
German yoia e iumin of ger Pe estroying enna at tte rticles, is now proved might have sufficed. 
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piers ough h to justify the greatest THE LIQUID eai FARMS OR SCOTLAND. - 
pore blished. an Aai bate f BY E. CHADWICK, © =z ST engines which were st 
w existed here emie paeen ol van rm 30), ob in respect "the 7 distribution 
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