THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[MARCH u я 
154 
наннан NEEDS 
ing the e produets ‹ of ай industrial occupations, but 
stated that it would Бе of. no use to fa der The 
differences between the two were—first and mainly 
the opinion of the former, that farmers w aid benefit | 
ihe information ; and secondly, the | 
opinion of the latter, that all classes of producers | 
ht to be called upo r it. The first of these 
ifferences was of much greater importance than the 
second, and yet after the amendment (inferior to the 
ifferences | 
H 
between them) | had been put, the origin 
wás modified, so that the second of these vix 
it goes out to the local farm 
on of agricu 
j read a full report of w disension, the opinio 
o have been very generally expressed, 
that farmers really run her Aih in ex: of injury by 
such 
LI 
were personally interested in having 
ledge of the- 
in knowing how fast and in what [rds agricul- 
tural progress tended ; now it is resolved that farmers 
cannot benefit by a a know wledge of the facts which 
correct agricultural — would furnish. And 
we are particular in describing how such a remark- 
able conclusion was arrivid at, in order that justice 
b who 
уо хо! in the decision that w rived ati: 
who would. have farther mn than Mr 
poor 71's original motion, both as to-the subjects 
апо) 
inquiry, and as ш Mim opinion ex- 
pressed. of its value ; but who, ng t 
it, unexpectedly f found TR i quite 
lutio 
* The айыт» vie the following points :— 
| Жалел on the other— but, correct » 
iy 
prices and quantities of agricultural pro- 
co 
o | satisfied with а condensed statement of the informa- 
Mr. | to the White ‘Globe, the Hardy Green Globe, the 
berty, and | 
— iet of 
Поу ср birth upw wards 
| offici uiry and regis 
that ihe d of the alterna 
information on the one сеси ud { 
o a certain extent, of — li 
kd e the 
formation and| 
that ment would obtain and р 
ан а тте of the subject such asit cou uld 
get, and it was for the in qiu of s HAS to make 
it as nearly correspondent v uth as pos- 
‚ Of all Mera for the тб чч the policy 
| of suspicion was the worst. 
W 
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E 
e discussion further ; or | 
referat present to the details of the various plans for | 
e: the oi be ^e m the several speakers 
sugges e main of the matter is, that 
the Central Farniers Club "à England has quee a 
resolution which amounts in effect—i. $5: м 
parison ES was expect em—to 
condem the ement - аа the | | 
collection of the "agricultural statistics of the country. | 
Probably the mo 
resolution is that wh 
upon the reputation of the body from whom it n 
imt eded. 
И" Уса adver ertising columns indieate the advent o 
nd the weather of the past fortnight has 
alesmen ое into 
would otherwise have 
thus most ур timed e intere pe xc 
a 
report of the valuable papers on this subject which 
were read on that occasion, and must therefore be 
tion and Wd they recorded. 
Mr. Gissox, of Woolmet, East Lothian, referred 
Purple and Green-top Yellow, Dars's EA and 
Swe 2 а as the varieties grown пеат Edinbu 
these, the first, the most valuable of all for early 
use, is DOW. 8QW. i ited extent, owing t0 а 
the spurious varieties sent out by many of the m^ 
The second is esteemed: for crop and 
Ваннктт\ 8 0 
fi ondl]y, its pro — without in rs D bote has for many years pun selected 
fluctuation i ^ the жеде ply ; (3), - — could | and cultivated b r. Srhvino, of Liverpool. The үлт, о {Най өй, sei ЫА е TL 
not be wholly hindered, but, ift ure | — Yellow. is also spoken of as a i sie Dm grow their pu a gi 
a disease was half-way to ма сше of. it, then the | Và is , had th | “I have no hesitation i Am farmers er 
ie Enariedee, of our wants and dcs wl go far. hien үш pd А its ees for — which | greatly ither do-not transplant their own Turnip f 
to cure thi ) ; (4), no adequate hybrids, from their ion о spo ort, equire ; annually, selecting the best bulbs; whatever variety — ' 
. ignorance on БНА the Tura tip gro ы is o m ein they intend owing, or join deri in different localities 
injurious and eyen de- | pointed with its Hoop Am orm леу н d get опе of thei m they have conf- 
t b 
detail of 
AU one pii 
EDs. pre 
esirable before 
ards the agriculturi 
2 0), patriotic feeling will, however, | 
күз and Mr. BENNETT 
plan o 
тед, which, h 
im Е lod contended, T acsi tohe 
hc 4 ntinued to grow them alongside of S ^ 
о т trades, and and contended that ra m: in Swede, year after year, but Wem with the feres 
* eoaid not bs ul and n e moe owledge result. When sold by publie roup, the 8кткугхе 
À safer the- E ds ка = variety generally brought 4/. to 6]. per aere mo 
— — d elsewhere. Sn eene мекан) : Deia Lees told that this 
AKER, of Writtle, replied to Mr. Jonsson's i more bulb above ground 
rks on the ground that manufacturers d о жаал сер t lave often tes 
TR extet tof their manu information of 
e elsewhere ; but that M farmer Eum 
proeuring the e What 
me 
and for leavi 
re hig hly by 
ighland and Agricultural Society have 0 
y land by an association of seedsmen to check | 
Skinvixe's Swede, consuming the Swedes | E 
the earliest sown of the other varieties first: ES ч 
Mr. Gipsow's remarks on the seed кеш 
least аз жер, the provision of Turnips eed, 
serious consideration. The general com 
this vu is that Turnips now-a-dgys run plaint he 
ck, are smaller in the bulb, and ecarser on 
kd iot than they used. to be; and he 
this 
late 
in во far d 
the te 
attributes ` 
eagerly inquired after, at pri 
rate the grower for his selection, he d been. 
told: that, unless he can M vane " er att the Lon London 
wholesale дамы; is seed m | 
Growers, ther os dvo bee virides either to gie | 
up ы Ageniu 1 ea refully зајевнй seed for А, | 
sown so late as to leave no chance of the Tu 
bulbing. To this system of Бак алии 
may be traced the evils me all Sens “у. 
Turnip growers. The wholesale erii P of late 
pe уен Turnip s e 
А, ет bu she 1, weighing about 50 ч 
which took place before п “ The only be a few А тад з рег а her гор. 
varieties оў Turnips Ач Ре тА fe diferent T s ht T» ddl каше, "Fro ~ B E 
localities and cet y and ihe means of charged for the ы seed, the Turnip grower iss — 
obtaining goo fe have i oom fora ful entitled to have a genuine article deliveredfo him, — 
pei i: 
wild Mustar d seed, the, Swede and other ї 
mm from the PM m ge 
er bushel. gular ftis ism 
Жык ng the vegetative um ers of these. spurious 
rticles by enil killing or kiln-drying; ned 
езе. a done in London, is made по seer 
the нау sold “ ене not to grow." 
Tr. s on to speak of an "e appa- 
rently Nem ord which has been madein Seot- 
M Jae 
paid to 
кошу used by the dairyman. A 
are the 
The wari of a variety of Swedish Turnip is a 
matter more for the consideration of those 
E: in the — of beef and mutton. 
т. GIBSON says : 
ч It is now 15 Jisa since I гоі SxiRviNG's та 
goi Improved E e from himself. 
с 
On 
for MER dence 
0, an 
stock knows th 
ме etion is absolute san 
care is neces pier 
ve сейде as in the iind айай o be 
that at present this is not even attempted by may 1! 
ur seedsmen, it is only nece m “pres. 
„ that i x nine cases out of 
seed is raised from 
ge nerally found 
TEY in their favour to justify the — of 
| Ti thus he of no use to him. kn 
‹ У Я > @ 
i; “1 am sati 
r fo: cattle feeding in this district tes most suitable 
eme for the months of Seg I i Gil EIS 
of oil pie 
b. 
w-a-days more 
PM the statement made 
follow 
vf bn ised my own Turnip 
une with success. To 
secure the possession of on 
П | seed of this (шу stock Tini? ан) еу | 
entire ang it up in the ET? 
e vx “кё 
m and h 
|is nearly rs y when I clip off the ро 
s à e a ый 
