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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



he enterprise ( 



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*5e unproductive debt of tb 



Und was °^ b ^Sf and well tilled in tl 

 n y 5 bein* sa "™ e jj me an d farm-yard 



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| was sown on the 23d 





^fTSo^dinVhasreservedsamples of the Wheat, and 

 JTwWA w produced on lot No. 6 is decidedly 

 snnerior in quality to the rest, showing an advantage by 

 ^e application of the sulphate of ammonia, both in the 

 quantity and quality of the produce. The snlphate of 

 unmoniabas now been four years in use, and is found 

 equally advantageous on v Grass lands as for grain, 

 quantity of bay produced, if the ammonia be applied 



after-Grase, so fresh and sweet that the cattle show a 

 decided preference for it, as on Grass fields which have 

 besn partially top-dressed, that part where the ammonia 



larger proportion of nit 

 the nay which contains n 

 to the quality of Oats in 

 mento with sulphate of ammonia may be made as follows, 

 VB.-4 lbs. to 100 square yards, i. <?., 10O yards long by 

 fib. to 25 yards long by 1 yard wide, 



nuxed with fine ashes or sand, &c. i 



Poses, dissolve 2 oz. to a gallon of water, and apply twi 



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The Royal Forests.-" We have often 1 

 jwe land what is done 

 Jjce^pkntyof British Oak, which is use. 

 tiabe^ffi 1 - W f ll8 '' Pe ° ple - are led t0 su PP ose that 



at £?Sow Daval purposes ' aud th . at the extent of 



Wfe jb ,^V **e y could C 

 ne »ood f or trees# , But how gtandg the ( 



pS ftl? 8 iv en to me rchants a by *toi 



««nine n»J •, , er where the y please, not 



The slme l a . rilj ' fr . om th * forest" (Builder, Dec. 16). 



fowJTn ™ wr,ter asserts mav be 



let «'oTpe? adViSe tllat the y s »ould °be 



various plans have accordingly 1 

 writer (see " British Husbandry," 

 ing," p. 85), advises that the surfi 



for planting. It is pretty e 



g them could only be d< 



tain all kinds of soil, ' 



Ireland has but i 



lands, he will do good.] 



i gravel, bog, &c." In 

 e Brun's " Geography," it 



Iture.— As statist' 



Analysis of the Occ. . 

 People," estimates the farmers' capital at 500 millions 

 of pounds sterling, being a fraction over 10/. 15*. per 

 acre on 46,522,970 imperial B I 



and impression is, from the perusal of sundry evidence 

 mj own know- 

 ledge, that the average would not exceed 3/. per acre, 



much doubt, when we set off I 



and Hop grounds an immense extent of very poor Grass 



millions, a most important item. Perhaps 



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would only be turned over 



apprehend is c obliged by your 



ad clearing it up. I believe the slowness 

 ipal cause of farming being so 



n i .*'/. J. :■: 



i a tenant farmer; . 



just returned from a 

 struck me of the badly 



i way of getting 



ad seeds. Instead of seeing the pc 



ourers walking about more like hospital pinions, auu 



lose who are employed earning but 3s or 9*. a week, 



orn never to rise higher a'll their life than Labourers, 

 light earn double the money and do more than double 

 le work if they had a bellyful. From year's end to 



ley might be nearly dispensed with, for there are 

 leans to employ the men advantageously. In this 

 arish, which is entirely agricultural, I paid last year 

 s. id. hi the pound, this year Is. 2d., for poor rates, 

 [y men have 12s., 13s., and 15s. a week, have good 





lie process followed out. Thus, 

 ■ystals, use 11 oz. of dry sulph 



tun contained i 



the quantity of sulpt 

 suffice, and additic 

 in weight to that of 



the crystals. The j 





t crystals, 

 galls. 11 oz. (orrathei 



Small Farms.— For the elucidation of 'sor 



30, predicts so much calamity 

 ) do with their prosperity ! Did England exclu 



i he state the c 



alluded to, and 



ferred to, not the 1 



Scotland or England has as yet reached its limits. 1 

 F.Loxley. 



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warrants. The fair impoi 

 is, that he visited four hoi 

 that he selected the four w 

 which he visited. Then 1 





Robinson since cured him ct : 



' that the floe 



.1 would suffer fluids U 



lly all our own, but foreign produce, and 

 ices. We need not then fear foreign iui- 

 l this county we have much to do, and 

 done. F. T., P. H. 



f Smut in Wheat.— In my letter on the 



nic in Agriculture," which appeared in 



• ]>roporti< 



mndreds of pounds, to find that the water • 



line tanks with brick and 



jr.-v.M-.! ilic liquid manure from sinking 



= oorous soil, but never did a pint of it soak 



mure heap of mine. _ That ,S 



process is as follows :— Dissolve 22 oz. of sulphati 

 sod ■. in h >t water, and slake 4± lbs. of fresh and m 

 1 urr.t quicklime i i th > • rdinary way, by pouring o 



5 of liquid left; then si 

 rell until each particle 

 The seed is now read; 



■ulphatcot J«'ry is 

 te whole of requisii 

 be a 6-liqht ^-«-*y, 



tl': 



s so important to the inte- 

 :iisconception should occur 

 tch farming, that you will 

 ce in your columns to ex- 

 made by me in one of your 



