Max 28, 1864] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 515 
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d . How = n be] on an extended scale. The reason for this failur2 ] 
60  Waggons to the acre, This is spread e remains cake. consume ascertained ta wat qe oe gs a , that to m i A be dr 
future letter, if you think tie subject suited the system it was necessary t mplo the scarifier 
ith diately after harvest, 
re ae in autumn for a cereal c rop. ider i ou 
that ‘the — of the marl | to the pages of the Gazette, rias a some ol l ! 
er ^w ada marling i pre om or never | vations on ‘a anufacture of manure n the tation s which a farmer. ong | the se to Heep n no t being s suf- 
repeated. Without this aoaiina of marl, or being pi crops which will arise out of t * discussion founde ^ dU e br ni eub; fing 
limed, the greater portion of the land will not grow well " — sb experience ior n els pes Pa hs hase age! testment ae 
Clover. The only crop that does not benefit by the | cn referred to. aa aean vers dites at o the a Duo 
dus is Oa ts, Which ener gaeraat by the mar "jf, eese ant eg Arr 
- LIME- de geal aig! ROOFS Seating of the horses than ete efited Ld the si g. 
although still keenly alive 
are averse to marlin ng. ^ mhey say it enriches the father Aeaee to keep the mal | 
and at the son. No doubt b omfortable, either by warmth i Sri a ‘md | eue thr of more | wer y am Soros 
digestion of the vegetable mould, renders it m ro | toes in summer, ds to increase is far 
immediate food for the plant, and thus re eon air a| profit. I assume "hat every farmer who 3m s | 
reater supply of large manures to balance the greater | his ọwn pasos «s e care to make plenty ‘of | 
consumption: Ti is, reins sr ie pin sm ig t the | manure in summer An well a -—- = mi ii I or | 5m 
ow of Clover and other lime ants, which are | | shed déclin m tes snas 00 in 4 aff or s 
-" k lengths, taking car» to add t cake o tcd possible to 
old paths until the power of "- — me Ae. - 
obtain arge scale, at a reason- 
ths able cost, the more ston ‘calerration "and eniarged 
| fertility which have been hitherto the disti k d 
the bul of the manure. t n. Any man 
In going ove Phe summer to Holstein, — his green crops for soiling, omits to economize a 
a hope to meet and cme with Baron von Liebig aes article of food. Ti 1 | ; 
upon the vegetable mould observed a rather e ere ges! vin crop of Tares, poca self-sown Wheat t,| History of. Stea m Cu leiv 
ing fi i À ge Tai mew frequent attemp's h Pi avo beoi ki F E deny 
the lighter soils of Germany, and the sta fof life in in m pent of a and old infine under slated | tne Marquis Tweeddale, Monari, User, Romaine Hannan’ 
north of Europe. In nigh ye fields Lu Pk dios -— ag um - as hot as fire | &c, to cultivate e by steam power, e is ron» vinis e tite 
belonging to 8 fa superior ki unn Rye I| when the summer sun oes them, for | that these attempts hav Bard considerable amount of 
ye 2 n Fowler app 
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P M . b olou ; n them by to Messrs. Ransomes & da of Ipswich, to aid him in 
developed grains in this cereal, which presenta, like applying Dee and they will be spica cold. developing his plan of draining by a windlass moved by horse 
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spaces in the ear than any other kind of grain. is | | the Lu oe Olu! but then the rain will wash | ttention nad Iobted-tó thö robability ordo dak. 
led me ¥ A pog: n» minutely into the cause eof it off will not, nor wil all the rains that fall more successfully than had up to that time been doue the 
the vacan and I came to the conclusion that it [pniti iss year—of course I assume that you — d oblem d. of s EA M cag by compel v E bare a and 
ái nim en anced upon an axle carric wo whe so 
owing to the defective feeundation. In fields of ` Wheat wash them in a dry day; it dries on in less be | asn abbot fequiey rii lt the Headlands. "Wilk os apperatns 
y g b | hour when the sun shines. It is well to make. this description, manufactured and in a t d 
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ge ears, but with very few oi ash pretty soup ike, no eted for the 
ins i so found a few scattered ea | Bat if rain will not w it off, the w r's frosts w ill | Royal Agricultural Md of VU meti prize at Chelmsford in 
š ae s c roads in the same unfruitfi ul gradu ally remove it, in o that it miss e dins once a | (the den judges, v Would have cost by hors power TE per 
uS folio, ‘but especialy ivan to the Lad Ailes of year ; May i is a good time. There i is one Mio advan- Simultaneously ta this, great al WM Ae ere made by 
ungus disease also 2 new that the t destroys vegeta- $6 advocat ates of gati Wb n by means of rotat ory implements, 
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ceto: season, in tim : e of hs gent tle breeze, smoke tion, and your tiles and — will always look ane how- E laud and eultivating it by mpl emet forming p 
clouds of the pollen of Ry m vegetation, will |en en gine Gaur -2 aie fads ore. cultivators of ME. konia 
Rye fields, exactly the same as in this count: ry we | shoot the water d ick ly. gerer, roofs of my y i Mr. Sg In Mr. vui Lar Aes Tay n : 
of Rye-gra one oyed rag any implement after it. ough muc 
observe along fields ye s gA ME facts led me own house are whitened annually, and the lead work | | ingenuity was app lied, the Habit wa dot sucdeeeTuk Mf tus 
t that and also 
y i e-gi white, which prevents its buckling or cracking. | system w be said to be abandoned. The remarks 
plants; that the pollen of a particular ir goe Consequently the upper rooms are pleasantly cool, | made in the Royal jaa Mil Society of England’s Journal, 
fecundate other ears and not eel? that "Rye ante instead of being like an oven. The same remark holds | reporting the trials of Mr. Fowler's draining machinery at the 
exist like other cereals in seias, that ge pol ollen good for cottage xr — peus e thos low | uU Mate d ou M 
sary to fec vers Rye ; an wh there is -place, or | | horses to draw a peculiar form of culti 
the cereal that has been lon nges nto rs t in crowded “ates = which is | had prev ionaly given. qM attention ed A m of scarifiers 
m E rawn by horses, and was firmly persuaded of the superiority 
Masi) e the adaptation | t he ca se, a Si up! e of 2-inch or 3-inch drain of that implement over the plough, if 8 gute ble deau ght power 
power of organic life to ares Patrick sint € pha the wall near the ceiling, will cause be provided. Wi etin Meade Ld Cur 
Matthew, Gosndias Hil desi Bb. AG Ot a atmosphere | Meeting of the Royal Agricultural, euer of em ae 
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team tiliage, to 
WHAT IS AGRICULTURAL CONDITIO sopi of A is that white reflects or r ed by and made under the direction aM. 
namber 3 p Ta aun a p seis SUE Bi black absorbs t «iLondonids a hot-bed in summer, i: rie made ad su cues w worked i 2 n 
of the Koya gricultur: urn Ü near that to drawing one of Biddell's 3 
o inquire, what is ces condition ? ente bag tive well z urs — Pest was sent to Mr. Smith in December, 1855, and in A Fote 
i» di otn ith eó adit h be poor neig: k g nay 1856, he reported at the Society of Arts, that with it he could * 
E P 2 money. vane safely taken in such case ur thin brick built cot- | scarify to a depth of 7 inches, at the fate Of SF adea per hour, 
ined ?—as being tw o questio 8 very o i cei ali in tages for labourers in tie country - hot in the and at 3 iud of 6s. 3d. oa hera exclusive of eii and tear, 
the Settlement between in- coming anaris and theii d the host mated to add m 
Mica doit; Quin heilen, Diskeot uites xd that time tothe present, and with sigh skanis 
would tend very much to encourage good farming driving rains, in à d ia eola we " Pa Di "Dicitur disi vig intet Shh efte toco 
towards the end of a lease, and I think the succeeding | ; ward tertile causing many diseases, | t° introduce his system of culture by similar apparatus widely 
narrative of PN Lawes's continued experiments on ie thew che rick p ee neko Swell. Jiimd wan i Meanwhi 1 i 
pe culture is assist me in finding the answer. (the pores oe the bricks filled in fact with lime), they | 5 ene Baan with th the J eret on. Pus E A od d 
Now the td ros repair of buildings, fences, An n be | — not only repel heat in summer, but also emm the Orwell Poles. the first public recognition of success, by 
dil, ied Th resist wet in winter, the smooth limed surface d | the award of a gold medal. In 1857 he xe ceived the Highland 
off the wat t ie te po i f done 
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t pes or appeal a to ais ft, ae hi s Tet 1 | Be: a Agrietitural BOYA prize of 5001. " Abo t this date, 
gr horror = -— aos nor ats, will lo x to these little aet oya Ag ward, of Bod UE p did Scan B Fa gata, 
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chargea le to the turing an apparatus upon the rounda aut principio with which 
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value, Mr. Lawes's elaborate figures prove that on his his en, wi from becoming heavily 1 ara 
ensure ^ Parish either as an indoor or out-of-door recipient of A LH ey eo mance, BRE further, ved and 
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bili 2 MM —— reperum the pai € weet cere miseries | forrow. Thay ER v » bri ie des Ls raced the arian of mater, steam 
resulting to their r neighbours by ne: ti us o dede of the Chester meeting, about which timeit 
is double are e It is probable that om joe ting 7. J. Moki, 1 ay, jm 64. y oe these be said t Pose e firs age Dato e fairly Patel) in ponie Fr 
a | as a successful inv is opinion as never ri 
outgoing tenant, are reduced to this onto: ini dia «i Thin brick houses should be painted white or | has daily p ae d it may be interesting t [s inquire 
of conditio that th iati f this mini f cemented, what causes had, in the years 18 850-57-58, operated to induce 
n, and that the variation of this minimum o | pu blico opinion to gard a noses in 1858 that which, three 
t ef ns for | years s previous E | Fagard so or deed le is clear 
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obable from these experi $ that up to the Chester Meetin, 
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any ated on the alternate m ud A Biot met Ct in IX SE m ades E from | with hore sai 
four-course) will pr ides t h we make the 
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the whole were sa of t ay soil, judiciously carried out, have, from the earliest ae T were only 
ar , but of get at only half the ; empli I = 
K ing, harvesting, Hence the usual m under garden culture, as compared with similar | Jis apparatus at the meetin 
Stipulation ne d he l fully cultivated. But whilst the ad al Soving:bebing less. 
tenan Hl not not taka en d A p- gie ed Ad m in ye MEN a UE ‘et È porem and often ibis w ras placed in 
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shall eave al 1 his pe iims a crop cannot be disputed that, by the cost of la Ta the middle of a ete ch had to be finished by horse-power ; 
y for a vei m e M This if t the fallows m "fallow application on a broad scale is p entirely out of the 
ops have bee: rey nie bo are tobe the minimum) reach of the British farmer; for this reason many | b 
Wag: “cin 2 wh dnd, can or ought to be have been the attempts of i Turin and pe Serene te 
any manera cmd à good. mae Muni bb ; subsoil lou Meo due Seba, m. eaaa 
rk ted by | subs for pade and 
p shou ia * paid for—the incoming tenant | pm. ng plough, Rn SÉ Mid im c form of d Lo by fret cost, they Snaga to cultivate each year a 
hning ng entitled to have half his land (where g suited to | share ne te Kerien ra cons and grubber, ‘The | eomsiderable breadth of lan 
— have eal] husbandry) in a condition to produce "pev I | great advantage of the autumn cultivation of stubbles ve ad iae ug x Eus —Mr. Ransome then 
Snail ed its minimum capability of corn, and bei xi m the rante was oe intl wn attention to | quo er of plete ‘from the mec of 
ie dor, AY to pay for any extra amount left him, as ricultu of this try; but although | the advantages of steam cultivation, and continued 
CO for the artificial manure and labonr vemm Hlell'esardother sear fers fled, onimplemeni every | 8S ri HN 
root crops, and in many cases for part of.the | requirement, that system of culture was not established tg f t 
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