S40.1 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 





.etable matter is supplie 

 Pearlash or vegetable ashes j 



and second ploughings, wit} 



Ha muted together, 



* :,:iinn.anv.c 



l of the fixed air whi 



ifSKStf 





■pnajbero 



.,,., 2ll , 



b case of Turnips, 



, according i 



ally for Potatoes ; 



■■■■-. .' • .'■ • iVi:"', ' ■ , - 



•add be likely to improve it for the Potato. Coal soot 

 ■em to be the most active, and stronger, the higher 



-'the eSrfdilSntroS andlLite^p^h! 



*>&» or lightness of their land. It may be just 



* "f"^"*" * oul d not be applied in dry weather ; 

 W flat for d7 light soils, they are often best composted 

 wajjej and vegetable matter. 

 . "V ' "*? ^ in mind, generally, in adapting these 



srsst^ nitr °u ge T s manures f ° rce tne g««° 



«»J«^;the phosphates dispose to seed ; the 

 s solidity ; and potass to healthy 



»■.»£!• ■ oda » and salt ' have improv. 

 Scf2?!5f reMu, 8 the straw. Hence the pro - 

 ■iJfiS, w mixed to g ether a8 prescribed in 

 ^«d 6th Nos . JBaW, i ,_There is no crop that 

 * wW|, «Msbst U,gmQrethai1 Bar,e J , '. when taben 

 ■*•* nuedk« ?* ex P eriments to guide us. Sool 

 !; *1 De f hl7 b „ e en generally found to suit Barley 

 (^^whapa profit by more nitrogenous manure 



■**>$ SUf?** 68 )' than u s eneral| y g ets > th « 

 •—jiiSST**! M wel1 as the g rain - 0a "> 



H« ,^ ey ' have been the subject of numerous! 

 ^^taS 111 "Periments in Scotland; 

 fc *«^ci, w nce m the C0Dclu8iona g' v en. 



>wnin the "New Husbandry," p. 187) ; and 

 necessity of having the land thoroughly v, 



rWheitk^d U 



people forget that the hard crust, which has been 

 formed on the surface by the winter rains, will have so 



the dTsease^Vf ^ ^^^ Potat ° eS sh ° W Ver *' P lainI y 

 taken from different gardens, all otwhkh conUtooneto 

 tnree or more, that are diseased, and I am therefore led 

 to believe not only that this year's crop is likely to present 

 (whatever cause may have first originated it) has now 

 an origin from the planted set, and not from any ex. 



>arent colour, and to have acquired 

 a ; and one end of the young Pota- 



inward, the Potato r 

 : Davit, 3, Frederic, 



on for myself 

 applying it to 



; but of all the discoveries of the 

 -ersion of stiff stubborn clays I 

 irough the means of thorough drc 

 l, or subsoiling, is by far the grea 

 ler fully the great importance of 

 nefit it has conferred on landed 

 lange it has effected on tt 



- - : 

 ■ • or to spread it on the surface for some tii i 

 . if as is the practice here. In reply to - h 



ikful to Mr. Smith, of Deanston,the author of it 



Now why should this invention be so greatly extolled 



nsidered for a moment what has been th< 



as by far the greater part of this kingdom 

 strong retentive land. As Gi 

 laged tolerably well, without being drained, 

 manured and water-furrow- 



quantity of ploughed land is necessary to' most farms ol 

 any size. A soil of this kind is so difficult to manage- 

 only be worked at certain seasons, and in a certain 



required perhaps every third year), that if the out 

 tion whether the former would not greatly prepon 



more readily to part with i 



tt^Sl£u + de " S t0 in8inuate themseh 

 = to allow the plants to rece 

 • 

 &*.*••!& * d ° t W V ilica; to allow the a!r 

 Cr 8 "* " of JZt *?. m ca rbonic acid by the 

 2T? P»r»8it*l ^aMe and animal matter • tn 

 2?Hif JSs!? that the crop may consume the 

 i ^m ti5^ k8 P^per. ThL val^h HL ! 



^i^^^Hn * C ri DtUry ^^"jetbro TuH 



*»">. shockingly disfigured indeed 



I, so worked out, so im- 



a large part of the ki 

 effects ? The land so p 

 poverished, has been a 



the plough. Let the i 

 would give possibly a 



rapidly from the air, tl 

 again through chemical 



r growth, as 

 decomposition of the carbonate of lime again takes 

 place. Any acid in the gnxi 



.in of gas, and most likely the plants ab- 



No doubt it is most valuable in this way ; but the lime 



rally decomposed clay slate, 



tion, with a good explanation. Isle of Man. 



Societies. 



The half-yearly Audit op Accounts was held at the 



use in Hanover-square, on Fri ,• 



■ •:■.-: 



Finance ; and CoJ. Austen, Mr. Raymond Barker, and 



Mr. Blanshard, members of the Finance Committee ; 



Mr. Knight and Mr. 



ingly by the sigi 



The Special Council for taking in 

 he Report to be made by the Council to 

 eneral meeting of the Society, was also 



II. N., Mr Matthew White Ridley, Bart, Sir < 

 Lemon, Bart. M.F., Sir John V. B. Johnstone, Bart., 

 M.P., Colonel Austen, Mr. Barnetr, Mr. Blanshard, 



Sewell, Mr. Stansfield, M.P., and Mr. C. Hampden 

 Turner. 



MM held at the 



Chair. The Secretary, 1 



iting the past half y 

 226 members have been elected i 



18 annual gover 

 4643 annual members, and 20 

 They think it, however, rigl 



f members who, 



s. have signified 



jf former years! 



