II K AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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This state ot tnmgs is oueu OW iug «j »«« «.« .- 



'are frequently objects of BJfJ 



• 

 labourer is eo much money out of his poo 

 employed it is always considered as a chari 



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,.,'.',„',.',,,.. deployment o*' 



i, ,,!-," MboWlil i liat the obligation 



,|i,,,_.\ : between niiploycv !i:nl employed is reciprocal. 



• ; 

 producing not a fourth of an average crop, di 

 considered too expensive ; one farmer said his lai 

 its goodnes3 soon enough without draining it away. 

 I have seen manure spread and exposed to sun and air 

 was ploughed in, 01 ' ' 

 intended for Wheat and Turnips, and the far 

 arrears at rent day. I have known the farmer' 



! b taSo"d 8 e 8 Se d th»t e0 





i the dangers 



s from 1830 to 1840, 





Wheat selected for the purpose of trial was the 

 otch V.ik, t3 and 1844, 



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, ,i tl t C 1 V/iit at was c phtd. saturated 

 a maimer tiiat the particles of smut attached 

 h e.s : ) tb ■ ; caltliy grains of Wheat, and commu- 

 . the disease to them. A piece of ground was 

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into 13 parcels of 10 square 



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ieparated i. itrip of ground 



i„ j .. . L - i'h y were e ich sown early in No- 



1. Wheat gathered before arriving at maturity, w] 



the peiisp mi of the grain was still in a milky si 



2. Unripe Wheat, gathered when tl: i eii-.'.-rm 



3. Wheat gathered when the gtt 



yellow ; but when the grain might still be cut i 



4. Wheat gathered when the grains had acquired t 



5. Perfectly ripe Wheat ; not smutty, nor ha 

 received any prepai 



; per and salt, 

 i. Smutty Wheat, prepared with sulphate of copper 



►. Smutty Wheat, prepared with arsenic. 



. Good. 

 iccompLhed wit! 





lie Seine Iuferieure. My in.i !, .".. ■" rt'nli'i. 

 ' of Chemistry at Rouen, and corresponding 



