-1849-] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



from pastures ; Annual wee< 

 **f** te "klT as the field Sow Thistle (Sonchi 

 Ji««P rf ? 1 f I lyi no tlong exist among Grass, mr 

 *~*1 ^ Lhoot op, and then tf desirable removed 

 IS *J?"l insider the spring 

 «*1S.2S. for sowing, the autumn sow! 

 fc^Slv on bleak lands ; the spring sowing 



- 

 ,afB ^wItoLied by sowing the Grass seeds alone 

 r^*tfe»non/y should requir 

 •** disown the following spring and trodden 



*2** ***** the land is dr - Vi ,v::! :u! ' !! - 



'•^TCae should be taken not to cover deep 

 {^52»*wiJ supply covering enough^ indeed, 

 ■ifSXed in. What is called a fine season 

 i^kUUnp, are beneficial ; it is hardlv neces- 

 iCt the same of top-dressings ( 

 •fl-rotted manure. The questior 



- 

 £?S> wecmmend the careful feeding with sheep or 

 ^otitodc, aiter the plant is well established. The 

 JJof the pasture Grasses, begun by the' ' ~ 

 SUad tarried on so perseveringlj 

 "EJit the method of a rapid and easy c 

 S,te exhausted by repeated ploughii 



• - - - 

 auMtamlate fresh stores of nourishment for cereal 

 •i^a, should a change in our position, or an increased 

 -m, acoange or demand their cultivation. Henry 

 'jgrSmthe, Easting, Faversham. 

 Ptftr Plmtt.-It has often occurred to me that, in 

 ■n pmt and continually increasing demand of ma- 

 ml) for the manufacture of paper, a large and 

 nUfe -apply might be drawn from many of the 

 Twb which good farmers are so anxious to eradicate ; 



-J *A ngeUble fibre for their manufacture, might 



: 



pw aight even gain something by collecting them 

 i*l the road sides, and thus also check their disper- 

 Buorerthe neighbouring land. The weeds to which 

 I wild principally refer are the Nettle, Thistle, Dock, 

 «d Rag.worf, all of which have a very tough fibre, and 

 - eve, be well adapted for euclia purpose : 

 «*««■«* .be added the roots of the Couch Grass, 

 frag* they might perhaps be more profitably used (as 

 awepartsof the Continent, where they are sold in 

 Anarieti, when well washed) as a nutritious fodder 



n, Xettlecombe. 



y in dairies where 



(ANori' t to weigh 14 lb., 



i. e , 20 oz.) Of course the scale can be enlarged by 

 who require it. Its great merit is that it is easily 

 id, and that it makes the butter "come" with 

 than usual ease and quickness. For the drawing 



I am indebted to a very intelligent 

 Hall, of Swa 



wardeston, Norfolk, 



-I: is not because the "Farmer, 



liUn, m the Gazette of the 3d ult., requested 



[radical farmers to give an 



tten what system he could not 



'orrectness.VuU 

 •j*dL!k *° ^mprehend wha 



**** into c £ UIre8 whe ther b 



•^•kiMnw,- '? he d0e8 not fo * a momeni 



a -i ™ e ;r ied i t fo m th : r* ? of > ieidin ^ 



£ *U must tend if® ff * Stron S affini, y foj 

 ** the nZi , ' " apphed in such a state tr 



b7r ated i tn,ustbeex p° sed toa 



wn if- a , n J undcmbted fact, how it can 

 tJt St? C Edd t0 P ,ants ' a PP ears 

 hv • i- a8toms hing. But to the 



pUedt U ?#! d - t V 0il! 2 " How 



the best method 



th P m a PP»€d to soils for the pur- 



, and henc P mnr« 



: . ■ :■: ; ■; 



. ... 



Ma would not be near as good 

 a we for the most part sow aU 

 irtey crop. The weather for the 



wilMt^W^ r£qUe5t l recelved 



one of Cornea's engines, worked by a pony IShandg high. 7 ' 

 VV ould he be so kind as to Bay which of Cornea's chaff engine* 





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