

Efe^ 



* T. jLi«t liofat and heavy, with the bottom 

 SEKS 5 th -top ;" although apparently 



■ 



^ for distinguishing these were most e: 

 >tmwpl«)t8 naturally produced oa each des ± 



, ...,.-.: ■:■ . :■ ■ ■■:•-• 



(mHl tad habit of growth had to be looked at. 

 J5 the bat soil was also blackish in colour, of a 

 ^.rf, a glutinous nature when wet " 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



20.> 



th and future pros 

 » must diminish. J 



be well pulverised by frequent ploug , flu were. Such are 



ts, and to be liberally dunged, as it was the bitter fen Bats, and the amount 



prepared for the following crop of corn. The modern ( knowledge of the art they possessed would form 



practice of singling out with the hoe, does not seem to | most interesting subject for inquiry at the present di 



* e been followed, but directions are given for pulling up Chemistry, vegetable physiology, and natural sciei 



plants where too thtck, that the others might grow bearing on agriculture generally, t 



mger. The Turnip-fly also existed 2000 years ago, the progress effected ii 



Columella directs that Boot be mixed with the 



iteurs of the day, vet the luxurious Romans had 

 1 prototype in the fatted doves, thrushes, blackbirds, 

 peaf-wls, which sold for enormous prices, some 

 s producing 5000 of them in a year. In the 

 management of their oxen the utmost b< 

 manifested, and many pages are occupi- I 

 directions in this department. How to choose them, 

 needing, matching, and buy- 

 ing. Cattle bred on the gww 



ehgrounds to hilly situations. The boiling and 

 ag of the food was also practised, and it even ap- 

 that bruising Beans had been tried. 



•:.',,; 



.fekGnaj turf; thi 



seedl 



*r^edin,soastoallow 



farmers they are requested to imitat 

 ight to be made on rich l.-md. The c 



nd Barley again 



them dunged ; Beans i 



oils not so good, Wheat, Beans, and Pulse seemed 



ear, followed with Wheat and Beans, and also fal 

 nd a grain crop alternately. 

 Their management of manure seems to have b 



THE PROSPECTS OF FARMING.— No. TV. 

 Although there are few who are unacquainted w 

 kop's fable of « Hercules and the Carter," the appli< 



be very much that o 





profits are to be dependent o 

 thing like past prices, and fr 

 reduce the value of all the 

 owners and farmers may 



t.yrego,.™ ,.=*.- Th „ m fad they will have to look to th 



wLXt^„d„ri^^ 



annually to produce was carefully « 



ught annually to prodm 

 lifferent sorts of dung 



, f J The cost « 



ous sorts. Urine when long kept was held in high 1 1< 

 i, especially for fruit trees. Nightsoil, mixed with ■ « 

 eepings, came next to the dung ^^^^ | n 



s the expenditure in growing it, 

 iry produced. It may be redm 



imPem 3 e f 'the "soil, 



ff« Z S *?* P 1<ra S hman > two of the harrow 



SJtoSJr 11 firBt hoed ' and two when hoe< 



'*Wa^gn**l 8 ? nft f e , rather above the real amount, 

 *.vJTii^ moof Varro was from 10 to 15 

 ^wfSe^h f f ° W6d by re P eated ploughing" aid 



jje the machines by which the 

 ■> F »r.lwnTu . other two aorts of corn, SiHgo 



^maprtng., 



I^Wfr 8 wt S / P - embe r' and affwded P a ^ure 

 *»*«fcSii. Vi. k dum g winter, and if saved from 



S**K%Sertw^ a a0 w° P ° f K ™* ; ab ° Ut 



Z2?*» bein. owiT^l!' Faba > Lens - &c -» are 

 ra'^«he«oi Vatedf ° r Cattle food > and for 

 2,**<«k« . Pata . « a green state for manur «- 



■'*...; ■'.:.■ ■■■■■■ 



wT^ * «*tam n i r ' are directed to be sown 



» rows on strong rich land that 



2j^W' t0 > ve the first hoeing when the 



Jt^ftp^ thereafter > °ut g not to be 



- .-;■:■■/■.-' ' ; • -: : 

 ,■ 



«J be made. 

 *s one of the roots raised see 

 <U** d br <*° Sit I,,d " m ^tioned as stretch 



evaporation of moisture, and carefully retained for 

 ght be destroyed. The' dung was laid on thi 

 Ivious to the autumnal seed time, and also « 



reading was performed most regularly, and the j 

 I it in. It was recommended to 1 



The proper buildings and yards to keep the stock 



necessary to the maintenance of the fert 



land must be "provided, and their situation and arrange- 



moVeS W \ e nd h o e ftrn?San7a7 on^th'afa'time^and ; ^d macni^ery 



less on the plain than' on the hill S ^ e «f *" ^ Clifford \hem, an^he reduction of cost that a higher 

 collected and used. The mixing of various kinds of soil ^ ^^ Under free trade> u wlU ^ 



so practised, as light with heavy, and 



ith poor— whatever had contrary qualities u 



f manuring. Branches, twigs, and trees were also 

 1 and used as manure. The use of lnne a^dmari, 

 mTmadeTtheTnd being dug once in five years 

 .„ aa ihp rain Denetrated, so that the sou was 



„£ ,! ; 



i the sides of a good slope. The covered 

 be 3 feet deep, half filled with small stones 

 ,„™ wirh tw^stones at the ends as cheeks, 



ccessible twigs nc^ <■» »- 



It 'would appear that 

 lade, as it was recomi 



eld, and four kinds of 

 tie dead hedge ' 



itch and earth i 



; Beans, 37*. 3d. ; Peas, 



id, thorns planted; 

 The 'implements fa 



lid); theyhav. 



ss 



science affords, both for lessening tneir expenses a 

 increasing their returns ; for in both these ways m 

 they be enabled to lessen the cost of growing cori 

 Hewitt Davis, 3, Frederick' s-place, Old Jewry, Lond< 



The insertion, ii 



u«e were Gnzette, of Mr. A 



t present, ! phate of lime are 



__mber of the Agricultural 

 i geological paper descriptive 



. a i being previously c 





