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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



Calendar of Operations. 



AUGUST. 



Border of the Fens, August.-" How i* m the glass?" has 

 been the curious inquiry of many farmers during the last month 

 whenever a heavy rain occasioned fears that it would continue ; 

 and perhaps, at no former time was favourable weather more 

 needed or has been more efficacious in maturing the corn crop 

 than durin" that period, for although on clay lands and among 

 the best loams the Wheat may have shown from seed time an 

 unvarying progress, and maintained unchecked a regular growth 

 and good appearance, yet it must be admitted that on all light 

 lands It has since February been in an extremely precarious 

 state and even now throughout the Fens large tracts remain to 

 attest the sad effects of wind and frost, whilst a considerable 

 fcreadth of Wheat land has been either ploughed up or mown off 

 to take the chance of half a crop of Oats or Coleseed : nor have the 

 Oats escaped, many large pieces may be seen with a scant and 

 uneven plant, rivalled and surpassed by intervening ling weed, 

 which seem alwavs ready to dispute the occupation with in- 

 valided corn, and have this summer assumed everywhere 

 from the warm moist weather a rank luxuriance that 

 has taxed all the energies of cultivators of fertile land to 

 check or subdue The Wheat "flowered*' unusually late, yet 

 without ripening too fast. So rapid has been the change, and so 

 greatly has it been improved by alternate showers and sunshine, 

 that we have heard it remarked. by one gentleman who stole 

 away from his farm for a fortnight that on his return he had 200 

 more quarters of Wheat than he could have estimated the future 

 yield at when he left; indeed, we are fast getting out of the risk 

 of blight and mildew. A fine bold ear seems everywhere to 

 prevail, the thin crops have tillered out more than could be cal- 

 culated' on, and in this neighbourhood even the heavy Wheats 

 have not been laid so much as might have been anticipated; 

 the fact is, the straw is generally strong, and of a good colour, 

 and the crops are now rapidly approaching maturity. It is stated 

 that next week some odd pieces of Wheat will be commenced, 

 and if the present fine weather continues, on the 13th a great deal 

 of Highland Wheat will be fit for cutting. Oats are this year 

 likely to be ready first, and we shall put some men in a fine piece '■ 

 of 12 acres next Wednesday. Barley is heavy, but knocked 

 about with rain, and, therefore, will not be in a condition to be 

 cut for a fortnight. We have just concluded harvesting hay and 

 Clover; with a little patience, which is not "the badge of all our 

 tribe," we have succeeded in getting rather good crops of both I 

 in capital condition, and as the bottom Grass is unusually thick, 

 the eddishes of the late cut promise abundance of keep for the 

 lambs which are removed from the ewes in the first week in 

 August. Sheep require constant attention just now, flies being 

 so troublesome; and it will be borne in mind that a few hours 

 after being struck, if not discovered, will suffice to break the 

 skin and inflict a memorandum on the unlucky sheep, which 

 by getting wet, or by rubbing, or by scouring, has attracted 

 the attentions of those most unwelcome but inevitable tormentors. 

 After separating the ewes, and as soon as the flow of milk is 

 somewhat diminished, the "culls" should be picked out, to be 

 either sold or put into a good pasture in preparation for a future 

 market. Beef is now selling well at from 8s to &s. 6d. per 

 atone; mutton also has advanced lately to about l^d. per lb. 

 Green crops require great care to keep clean and get out 

 of hand before harvest; the Turnip crop is generally 

 forward and promising; Mangolds grow fast: and we hear partial 

 complaints of Potatoes; but as the tops have not yet been 

 checked, we presume that the disease pays only partial visits. 

 Flour has fallen 2s. or 35. per sack; good household flour now 

 selling at 56s. Barley and Barley meal both very dear: cake 

 also is high ; and, indeed, all feeding stuffs appear to be making 

 Stiff prices. J. W., Peterborough. [This was written August 4]. 



South Hants, August 8 — The crops in these parts looked more 

 promising a few weeks back than at present. Wheat and Barley 

 is blighted, and in the ears of Wheat beetles and small red 

 maggots seemed to abound, as in a single ear half a dozen of 

 these could be detected, and by the aid of a magnifying glass 

 these insects were clearly exhibited. The straw of the Wheat 

 plant, and also of Barley, is dark and dingy in colour, wanting 

 that bright and clean appearance so common in healthy plant 

 The harvest will not be general for three weeks or a month to 

 come. The Turnip crops in many places are very fine, in others 

 the fly carried off the braird of the earlier sown crops as well as 

 the later; indeed, the fly has been more busy this season for 

 weeks together than was ever known — hundreds of acres have 

 been ploaghed up and re- sown. The Potato crop, so promising, 

 has this week exhibited too plainly the presence of disease ; 

 -early and late sorts are going off rapidly, and the decaying haulm 

 is very offensive. Much hay is still about delayed by repeated 

 showers, but these have amply compensated the fnrmer by the 

 advantage derived from them to his Turnip crops. The Clover 

 Hay was housed in good order, but the crops in general very 

 light. We have seen an instance of a remarkable yield of Wheat 

 of last year T s crop, viz.. 56 to 58 bushels per acre. The crop of 

 this year is very doubtful, as the late high winds have been 

 iiighlv injurious to the Wheat and Barley. Tares very fine. 

 R. 8. S., Bants. 



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Notices to Correspondents. 



Blood Manure: B. Blood is used by very many manure com- 

 panies now. The Nitrophosphate Manure Company, the 

 Cyanic Manure Company, the so-called Manchester Sewage 

 Manure Company, and the London Manure Company, besides 

 others, use it. The Nitrophosphate Company throw bones and 

 blood together, and add sulphuric acid, thereby manufacturing 

 a manure which, as it contains soluble phosphates along with 



nitrogenous manure, is as nearly perfect, whether for roots or 

 corn, as anything ordinarily need be. 



Hooded Sheaves: W B. The Warwickshire system is best for 

 wet weather; high reaping, four sheaves stuck down on the 

 long stubble and two sheaves reversed overhead with a band 

 round both. But this is otherwise a bad plan, and this glorious 

 weather has relieved you already from difficulty. 

 Light I abts : D asks who was the builder of a set of light carts 

 lately sent to the Crimea. He saw them pass through the city 

 of London, about 24 of them drawn by one horse. 

 Mangold Wubzel : Alpha. While the leave.-* are green they 

 assist the growth of the plant, and when they wither they are 

 useless as food. We would not as a general practice strip the 

 lower leaves : you hinder the growth in doing so. and so injure 

 the crop in more than one way. 

 Oatf : Rawdon Briggs. The crop seems blighted and prematurely 

 ripened. There are always complaints of this kind more or 

 less prevalent at this season ; blight may be the result of 

 deficiency or excess in any one of the fifty influences to which 

 a living plant is exposed. 

 Piper's Thtckset: W C Jf. This and the velvet eared, the one 

 red and the other white, are our two shortest Wheats. The former 

 is not remarkable except for its short straw and thickset ear. 

 Tbifolium . incarxatum: Fitz. You must not plough the land. 

 It must be hard or only just softened by a shower, and the seed 

 ■own and harrowed in. Manuring, if needed, must be as a 

 top-dressing hereafter. 



SA YTJ H l L Y 1 U CMm °t depend on it as a fixer of ammonia, for 

 although under some circumstances it and carbonate of 

 ammonia undergo mutual decomposition, and so the latter 

 assumes the taxed state of muriate of ammonia, yet practically 



Sw£ rf f* P U,8n0t a *?"' Lime a " d ** 1 * when Ion 

 mixed contain a quantity pf carbonate of soda, whirh will 



* n m ^EV 8 ? lW 5 e v. a <fl"«rtUy « very ungual. 



Could you ff ive the history of the crop from seedtime; itmigfa 

 be interesting. ■ s 



V We have further reports of the Carlisle s now which are 

 delayed by the publication of our crop reports; ' 



THE HARVEST. 



DRUMMOND'S IMPROVED REAPING 

 SCYTHES continue to give every satisfaction, and the 

 demand is yearly on the increase. They areas usual got up with 

 every possible care, and are fitted with the very best picked 

 blades. Price for three Scythes complete, 305. ; do. for six, 56s. 

 Carriage paid to the principal Railway Stations throughout the 

 kingdom. W. Drummond & Sons, Seed and Implement Ware- 

 house, Stirling, N.B. . . . . __. .. ,, 

 *** To prevent disappointment early orders are respectfully 



N.B. Unknown correspondents will please accompany their 

 orders with a r emittance. 



MAPPIN'S PRUNING KNIVES IN EVERY VARIETY, 



Warranted Good by the Makers. 



W 



JOSEPH MAPPIN and BROTHERS, Queen's 



J Cutlery Works, Sheffield ; and 37, Moorgate Street, London. 



Drawings forwarded hy post. 



ARNER'S 41-inch IMPROVED LIQUID 



MANURE PUMP, 



with Bali Valve, fitted with 

 lj inch Brass Union for 

 attaching flexible suction, 

 with strong wrought iron 

 Straps for screwing on to 

 any ordinary Water-butt or 

 Cart, as shown in drawing. 



Price of Pump and Union, 



505. 



l£-inch Flexible Rubber 

 and Canvas Suction for ditto, 

 s. 6d. per foot. 



1$ Gutta Percha Suction, 

 Is. 6d. per foot. 



WARNERS IMPROVED LIQUID MANURE, 

 OR GENERAL PORTABLE PUMP. 



The valve is a ball of imperishable 

 material, and cannot clog in action. 

 The barrel is of galvanised iron, not 

 likely to corrode, and can be raised or 

 lowered at pleasure. The legs will fold 

 together, and the whole may be carried 

 on shoulder to any pond or tank required. 



Price of Ah in. Pump, with legs, 3J.3*. 

 The barrel is 27£ in. long, and the legs 

 are 5 ft. high. 



14 inch Gutta Percha Suction Pipe, 

 Is. 6d. per foot. 



1£ inch Flexible Rubber and Canvas 

 Suction Pipe, 3s. 6d. per foot. 



May be obtained of any Ironmonger 

 or Plumber in town or country, at the 

 above prices, or of the Patentees and 

 Manufacturers, John Warner & Sons, 

 8, Crescent, Jewin Street, London. 



Every description of Machinery for 

 Raising Water, by means of Wheels, 

 Rams, Deep Well Pumps, &c.\ also 

 Fire and Garden Engines, &c. — Engravings sent on application. 



IITARNER'S 



STAN- 



PATENT VIBRATING 



DARD PUMPS. 

 PATENT CAST-IRON PUMPS, for the use of Farms, Cot- 

 tages, Manure Tanks, and Wells of a depth not exceeding 30 feet. 



Diameter Length of Barrel, 



of Barrel under nose. £ $. 



2i in. short lft. 7 in. 



2J 

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4 



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long 3 



ditto 3 „ 

 ditto 3 

 ditto 3 „ 



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12 

 15 



[ Fitted for lead, ^ 1 

 gutta percha, 1 



or cast iron J- 2 12 

 flanged pipe, I 2 18 

 as required. J 3 

 short, with 15 feet of Lead Pipe 

 attached, and Bolts and Nuts 



ready for fixing 2 



24 in. long ditto ditto ditto 2 



5 



12 



15 







The short barrel Pump is very convenient 

 for fixing in situations of limited height and 

 space, for the supply of coppers and sinks in 

 Wash-houses with soft water from under- 

 ground tanks, or in Hot, Forcing, and Plant 

 Houses ; they may be fixed, when desired, 

 under the stage. 



May be obtained of any Ironmonger or 

 Plumber in Town or Country, at the above prices, or ot the 

 Patentees and Manufacturers, JOHN WARNER and SONS, 

 8, Crescent, Jewin Street, London. 



Every description of lacbinery for Raising Water, by means 

 of Wheels, Rams, Deep Well Pumps, &c; also Fire and Garden 

 Engines, &c. &c— Engravings sent on application. 



ROYAL AGRICULT URAL SO C I ET Y ~OF~ENCLA N 0~ 

 MEETING AT CARLISLE, JULY, 1855. 



Fibst Prize Awarded to 



RICHMOND and CHANDLER'S No. 3B CHAFF 

 MACHINE, Price £7. 



All the various modern Implements of A griruUnre manufac- 

 tured on the most scientific and improved principles, suitable for 

 home use and exportation.*- Address, KlCHMOXD & Chandler, 

 alford, Manchester; and 32, South John Street, Liverpool. 



Cat Bm Gratis. 



UNDER THE 



[AlJGTJST 18, i85 



WAJ £$T?| 



JOSEPH PASc'a'LlX^ ««». 



O cultural and Floricultural Pabl^^!^ 8 *> *• Btf 

 that he is manufacturing an ent \Zw &teur ^ wl 

 possesses, in a cultural point of v,W ™ w Gart *eo p7 

 tages over pots now in general ua» t« l ny P^nnf-^ 

 intended to be used in the ™1?' l n the tot i 



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intended to be used in the growing L> * m ffi 



Seakale in winter; blanching SeSafe &17^ and l22 

 and. when not rwn,;.^ f.«. ,L.: aKaie » &c - &c. in th ft J?** 



to be made available in the cultivating n?^ l ? * 

 tion. These nots an minnf^IS^^N 





tion, 

 viz. — as 



These pots are manufactured in vS°/^^ 

 is propagating, seedling, shading and T f cntt » **i 

 and aro liVAwico «,iJLi.,. u £» and Protecting *^^ 



West Kent Potteries, Chislehurst, Kent PASC ^P"' m 



more detailed description see GardenerTckZ"l fr 



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AUTOMATON PURIFIEE 'at ma uW WOftheS » 

 etyof FILTERS f Portable or f^ ?° ™!i u , fM . b «n» of - 



Water Companies, Manufacturers, and otheN^!?'^* 

 moderate cost by the use of Ransome's FiiS^ 4ra T 

 II ustrated Priced List on application to the S *#**• 

 \\ liarf. Cannon Row, Westminster, nr at the Patents! ^J™** 



• Trafe fXmS 



inuuicioAiiu jujAyui wn suppuea witn KA 



Medium separately, on the lowest terms. 



ft* 



x t^ur.. itAflouBir. u* v,u. »iu mso ine ratentees and »kii_ 

 facturers of the Patent " Iris Fountains" for rwJ-J"* 

 Conservatories, &c. ^ ***. 



REAPING MACHINE. 



WILLIAM DRAY and CO.'S Book of Testhwwi 

 from purchasers of their Patent Reaping Machine*, itoi 

 List of Prizes, and full description will be forwarded, post 6* 

 on application to 



Wm. Dray & Co., Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street Lob 



C CYTHES.— Boyd's Patent Self-Adjusting Sejfci 



^5 may be had of the Manufacturers, William DaAY&Cc- 

 Swan Lane, London, and of all Ironmongers and Seedsmen. 



A liberal allowance to the trade. 



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IKES' ST^l u .CCINC FORKS : .DRAINING TOjU 



ES6R& BURGESS and KEY, aa **£& 



Wholesale Agents for England .kW*^ „ «£ 

 large assortment. These Forks and Tools «« ^ ,( * 

 npwards of 1000 of the Nobility and **£%£%»** 

 Royal Agricultural Society who P™w™« *££ 20 f* 

 ever invented, and to facilitate Iabotir »* ^. s(6d C »a*g 

 Price Lists sent free on application, ana i'^^* 

 of the best Farm Implements ! onjreceiptot«K5J^-. 



BARN 



WATERPROOF P^THS. 

 AND CATTLE, SHED FW 



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gravel of which the path is at P^f ™ a fJ a vel t» °J#5 

 f, mixed with it, and to every part of clean gr .^fip 



,„ 8 1 mixture add <m 





applying Vhe wate, , it may then . -j- ^d *gg 



applving the water, xi uw 

 labourer can mix and spread 



rock. 



spnti and in 48 nours u o«<*>."" - isB tne -r^. 



cannot grow through or upon >t, a ™ terd0 »n«t»*'5J 

 aeverest st . It is necessary, »*»f r „ t0 „ a rd S tkj "»|g 

 to give a fall from the middle of the paui for j»£ 



The same preparation makes ««"£,, P ,U other Jjj 

 CATTLE-SHEDS, FARM-l ABDS^e m » 



when a clean, hard bottom is a deswe ^^ 



winter equally well -meummer. B _ WBlTE 4 v 



MftBui irers of the Cement, o ^ 

 Mil hank reet. Westminster^. -^fTy^TE^ 1 ^ 



'HE COMFORT of a FIA^ itl w «gj^ 



por £1.-Places «« f ^"SEBMETICAWjgg 

 Water-closeU by the PATENT HtK p««»ff B So< 

 HA: with its selecting valve, entuf/ cgn ««rtJ» C| ^* 

 of Id air or effluvia. Any carp«n C h»i»^># 

 ,. ri ce V. Il..rmetically-eeeled I Ino" tint b\« » »«*£&* 

 [2 2,,, „. 4,., «nd also improve ^ A fT ^ 

 pump, cistern, and "elf-ecting v. ^ '""Tl*** 



gravings. forwarded by enclosing ^^ W»* ^ 

 Atl *E & CWs Sanatorium, *> ^ 



