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phorus, v £ , according to Liebi , constitute the chief, years with Potatoes, and the third year with Wheat. | bursts after esting to excess; 4t shoud aways be 
reu of Mum A езе constituents of In Ireland the lea is very generally so broken and | soaked if given as grain-—much сод. че Ei 
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for his returns ва ys Pd vi the нь of the crop I would break up the subsoil in | efficacy in fattening. Bean-meal fattens rapidly, "but 
they be so found on "apice all ц soils that | th e ar either with the fork or the two-horse furrow | makes the bacon a and *eraunchy." Indian meal 
| аге commonly considered adapted for Wheat, and, Medi, ав еош be best effected; and thus in three years | fattens very quickly, and makes solid, firm. good Басов, 
| therefore, render unnecessary the deep working of Mr.| the whole soil would be deepened, and the crude subsoil Barley-meal i is superior to either, and uces excellent 
| Smith to bring them up from the under soil? Ог does| well aërated by exposure to the immediate and con- | quality in the bacon. Pea-meal, mixed with whey or 
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light nter and sink so deeply as to fertilise | on the beds. an additional depth of soil on ЕТ of more | expensive, and only the coarsest kind is used ; $ jt will 
the аен arl 1 To what, then, йм. ihe breaking 16% | than one-third would be immediately obtained. Icer- | fatten freely, but the meat is light Ar- M 
The roots do not require it should be broken up, for|tainly prefer. the two years’ мч бач for many |fattens satisfactorily, an produces the most delicate 
they will penetrate anywhere in which their prepared | obvious — ns. "There are, however, many others of | meat as to flavour. Tare-meal—a n from Tares-— 
food is to be found; they are only to be stopped „1 our green and Pulse crops grim may be subetituted for | is inihi t to Bean-meal, but not equal to it in effieaey. 
excess of water or by an absence of it. In gro Potatoes miri treatment. J. M. боой, Linseed-meal — rapidly in mixtures w 
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doubt that the undersoil will have its inorganic elements — o" ondence Acorns and Beechmast are g or store pigs, 
of vegetable food so prepared—it could not else drain;| 77е & Economic" Manure.—l have read your observ- | fatten y slowly, and never well Acorns 
e rain water must run through it and deposit| ations upon ie TT oF ө” economie manure, and | £00d firm bacon; but the bacon from Beechmast | 
in it и? organic matters it contains, and which асі | аз Т see my n appea ong other testimonials i in із coarse cy la by, with unsound oily fat. Dran, 
m—the rain-water must also be followed by air. | its favour, I (wn м: state eti it fas Beon un wx ably pollard, and seeds of weeds are very slow fatteners. There 
e- oniy question is эчне» „for the continual cropping | introduced without my leave or approbation. E erm are so many considerations to be taken into account in 
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Жый, ur whether "a ii a them sufficiently so the | gated by the recommendation of Mr. Coveney to pur. shall merely remark that amongst farme 
cal operations of Mr. Smith may not be required. | chase half a ton, for which I paid 6L, as I was induced ment of pigs is very much to be condemned ey are 
и is possible that Mr. Pi iper may bave ac eted on &|to make an experiment with it to prevent mildew upon left, in reality, to shift for themselves. They should 
t Wheat! my Vines, for which it was strongly recommended, from their birth be carefully fed and brought on con- 
would flourish best in — soile, and that in ground | After T had obtained it I was, from time to time, tinuously till fattened ; if left uneared for, or only now 
which was comparatively undisturbed this crop, might | solicited for an opinion of its quality. І at length wrote and then attended to, they- le. 
be grown for man cem cam years without fallowing." | to him, stating that I could not form an opinion, not animal will pay mecs r careful nursing and 
A —that ів, а bottom that has not been very | having used i it, except in a very small quantity to some feeding than the ec 
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recently disturbed, but has had time to consolidate since | Cabbages, wh Tobacco.— The Vir rginian Tobacco 
its last deep stirring, is proba vl ve for all ll crops; for, | to be promoted—the spplicstius baing. more liberal properly ешн, grows m the height $ т = 6 "T 
аз the water of its later satura d by {һап would have been made in the агу mode of Its lea e lar expansive; the lower omes, 
rece posure, the roots of ihe youn g plants are more | farming. "This portion of му leder" I fin d has been | With foo istalk, дерше! down the stems ; the upper, 
vigorously attracte d and dra own by the moisture, | extracted, certainly without my assent, and converted without stalks Mr et oblong, accuminate, of a rich 
while they find thus in көя оп "ае food in а more | into а testimonial, which I disavow any intention of|Y* ellowish green. they are freely grown, in an 
ready state for absorption ; but this retention of water having made. I hesitate giving testimonials for any | Open situation, ad the influence of a powerful sun at 
of saturation is, I think, promoted by the previous deseription of artificial manure, as there is nothing | Mid-day, these leaves exhale ап odour sensible at a 
deep stirrings. to show that the ame will be suppli ied with the same | Cnsiderable distance, The directions which follow are 
It has been recently remarked in this Paper that quality, and to observe 2" 1 — never done во founded upon an experience in Berkshire, on а deep 
*the question of expense and doubt as to practical | except upon casion, some five ears ago, loamy. soil, with good aspect. Tobacco, like the Potato, 
result, from a trial some theoretically well affected | although 1 bave Arean that I Iré sabias ү in testi- |і tender, and impatient of frost while young, but when 
a system which, by continual mechanical | monials of like nature to the one now referred to.|9nce brought into vigorous growth, it becomes firm as 
tillage, can produce large yields without the assistance | Robert Baker, Writ vitile, July 4. We have also received | Ше Sunflower. Тһе seeds аге small, and ought to be 
of rich manures.” As to the practical result, surely | the following :—* I received a sample of the * Economic | $0Wn by the third week of Mareh, in а pan of extremely 
the evidence of а naked fallow is sufficient, and Mr. | Manure? a portion of which I enclose. I afterwards fine and sandy soil, just below the surface, вї 
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Smith's tillage is, in effect, a naked. fallow оп half the fference in appearance is | PT w made level, employing the gentle, 
cos 2 X matter of is very i+ jt se e is made by | 'àther moist, warmth of a hotbed or o E 
se, it amounts to just 30s. am acre for | n s i bly the reason that there is во The seedlings should be dewed fro nest rose Cf a 
double а e "Ms. PES soot comes to 21. ., and other | much difference in the three analyses in the Chronicle | W8tering-pot, and progressiv ely hinned d regular dis- 
people's manuring w very likely exceed this, ln enclose a porticn of the manure | tances, When they — acquired tha 
the matter aprh expense o, then ©? with hand labour, “such | contained in the ueni Had I not seen such respect 'strength which 
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ion o mith’s ' ud к pow kodas "ANNA on veg not have pe EOS hi тисин dh singly genui м ог ruised 
as Mr. prac , the A rs, noth ihing eom toal tvi roots might- 
t does not require a breakin: ing up of the. Б the | greedy mei Ese herbs, fruit, grain, flesh, sh, and | W! 
exposure of a couple of inches of crude soil to atmo- | even bay, straw fresh manure. In the foid- ува and | mp us 
spheric action would supply a sufficient MAR of p fallow fields he k a 
ganic food for very many years; the double digging | һе does injury by rooting, „әл pa ing up Grass roots, i 
then would only be TOAS at ves wide intervals of | and by liis dung proving nau to other stock. Не | enemies w ich ar Ls. to eror — to ri 
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ыар would then be rae to iia an No i M omoes Frozen or sour swill and putrid flesh is very | sun, let it m огай double-digged and 
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пеавш е врасе оѓ ебати ground between every | water, given warm and in warm sties, will make them settled, be careful to avoid a damp е clodding state 
stem in à broadcast crop it would probably be эси а thrivefaster than any other animal. Raw Potatoes or of the soil ; then, straining the garden lime, 
the unoccupied ground equalled that X the rowed crop ; | other roots are injurious to them, while old pigs will get each iri eel with its entire ball, into a us made with a 
the stems on the latter Ne; — pos exceed fat upon su such food. Pigs should- not be put together for 1, the earth being previously — 4 
in number those on the de other | fatting in too great numbers. Few feeders take e "I мм ais 
C 1 воо фаз the sioe ав of Mr. Smith physi iological view ed ће subject ; nevertheless, they freed by the fingers. — it in its - To 
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00604 or vegetable food running t the whole | varieties of | food most adapted to mote the healthy | ought to stand 20 to 2L inches apart in а rank, the rows 
Soil, drain ns could not aet were it not во ; we scarcely | — of frame—older pigs those kinds that fatten | to be about 2 yards asunder. Ав the planting ime 
require evidence that а similar continuous flow of snum ce Pea and Bean meal, Indian meal, Oatmeal, the earth ought to be gently insinuated by the | 
atmospheric food takes place above ground. We know | milk, whey, di (the best instrument) among the liberate 
that wherever there exists an aperture for the dis- | to these, Potatoes and other roots, stea amed, ама Barley- and laid basin-form around the stem, to receive 
e of a fluid, that a a current tending to it will be | meal, greave-cakes, bran, pollard, &c., are best adapted |а liberal supply of soft pond water rog ^ 
established to an indefinable distance ; this ide amm to fatten older pigs: greave-cakes are highly recom- i ZW a fine hose. The middle of May 
food, from all the uner CN soil а 2 Steven defective in many points; there should be assimilation | of side енда is recommended by some as favouring 
o the je of his he suck in the so matters | in size and frame. Itis best that the female should Бе | ће growth of expansive main leaves, е8; 
dorus The e of th eui dell system |of the larger breed in crossing, and in all cases of objection to the practice. Ву the1 
is that t hole of de unoccupi ied space which is dis- | attempted improvement, a fine well-formed femal t| and August the full-grown leaves will p сл 
the broadeast fiel is collected in lines, so | be selected.. The most i iom a тый — in all|somewhat flaccid and of a yellowish tint; they ought 
or only once in | breeds have been produced from a lange, i good, then to be eut off elose to the гч the midribs 4 
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ет, | I had|of de is far better food than either grains| be ready for the box 
face soil, throw this up with the|or wash, and will fatten quick and thoroughly ; | others shall have ceased. As the stock ula 
ad drill on them my three rows | but it is better to mix these o and "e the pressure must be increased, always taking сагей 
we would probably do in | compounds with farinaceous matter, to prevent cloying | there be no dampness or tendency to тайа 
-bed fashion —уһу lazy-bed Dijin tbe pig. Fattening on ар or dry багу 1з not dem ee justifies the 
„changing each year the|good management; it will sometimes ca use death by | care ate ua уа the re largum nes 
though Irish, two | swelling in the s tomach, which, indeed, it p gas cine ber. pa en after the ho т 
