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placed a bility | plants this season, " the early portion of which w | places, having been - 
pla above the > Duchesses, was in all in all proba ty = now cutting a f w for the sheep intended for again, but on the D "Turmip kear I nde d ad 
ii ed to be a mistake. Atthe Yorkshire S 
generahy vo : : diately aft t the exhibition at Newcas x Iw ill mention that I th ink generally good. Thomas P. Dods. 
‘Agricultural Society immediately after, as att Ar À pate cet o dtm i oe 
5 ion it which | it deserv I Prat that ens ge | —Except on the deep rich loams, the prospect ot 
kel paversed. Mitlo judgments, as well as Pp might with management, could a in pi er re- | a crop of Wheat is not encouraging. On the Turn 
ment judgments, are thus not necessarily tr true judice be rubbe t off men's min Pits soils (owing to the gen me. Me of the ep and 
just; | but the mg of lia Ww. to error and exhausting qualit which could bo remedied by uch o f the Whea is grów- 
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injustice must in both cases be very wide indeed | using ple enty of farmyard manure, and so returning | ing afte ape wily vais a r i imá 
before on that ground only the prize system will | to le and what takes e it, be grown the wireworm has pact te great Sanat on the 
t ne of the farm tivate Clover an ye-grass, ere wet ie 
be - oned, to ve d O farms I cultivat illed Cl Rye-grass, th of th 
conclude with one I. more on the|is n urally a very Eg so cay, but with a pe ral | ero A is iia ; a b — — does not pr p Th 
su ly D muck, E ave grown many tium goo e plant on the ciay was, muc pes y 
= CREATE Ene eset 10 tons of Cabbag e per acre. I havea plot of Pon: frosts, and on these soils it is thin, weak, and unsatis- 
"uH lanted with Cabbage; it is a very thin, stone | factory. Barley, where early sown, is a good crop ^d 
h respect to the Pontefract decision I think | POW P 3 
b redi such as our Hill Fa rm is sin some parts composed land suited to it, but the complai int i s general of i 
the "ug m majority of breeders of Bh hess 7 of." if ies heavier soils, or where it Ra d 
and Woodrose. IL atkins and b ‘odd corner is under spade sp an te ; planted late. Pe t mF ms 
$ x i ee vii 4 "M thin indeed, and rests directly on we rly. There is a better appearance for ange t <4 
Hall -— Found among te rember t Woodro vei " ; it has been under Cab bus five years out of t 
(t - seven, and I have taken three prizes with Sees | e pue rapidly. Tur rnip growers s have been mu B 
N t ice ced ees = aan neal "eri wn on it three years out of that period against that | e— y fly, and many fields have required Medus 
heifer of Mr. R. Boorn’s was placed 2d to Duchess 77. | grown on land worth more than double the rent. | bi “ie early to speak of the probabilities of this 
Hei T not the quality that Duchess 77 has, but is | After each Cabbage crop it has had a liberal dres- The hay is about half the usual quantity, and 
qui ood as Woodrose, — more symmetrical. sing of — -— rag Poser the plants only a small emp: ^ it gathered. Potatos vei of 
» y^ Judging a anjina ale we it t ]| this year middle of April b puddle. J. C. Adki 
at the time dis "a ng Lui animals a half Wheeler’ s Imperial = very early and good dui harii a atii ujah 
a month odi» an ma ad great difference when'one | 4 age) 
is gear ina and another yh one back. Perhaps next | rows; the first named are what I a DAIRY FARMING —No. 
r Mr. Boorn’s heifer may be as good or better than give the others room (they are growing rie pedis "i ue oerte are abridged e inr of a a 
cet 77, and if so it will be acknowledged." After having hoed them I applied about 3 pints of a lectures "ex oe Royal | Aericusaral Collage by d^ T 
ith pri Writer tibia further liquid manure, and no other has been used ; my later prison sg rocester Court, Stoneho 
z mulia Sierat anted ones are suffering from the drought. I find a ) 
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tion that something should be done to prevent | that if Cabb Mt beat "n id th What Land is most Suitable Sor Dairy Farming? 
breeding animals being exhibited in the very fat | y, d ont 1 pint e een applied directly to dena’ | —In our search fi reply, let us examine 
state they are at pov The judges cannot get | would savethem; I kept planting and watering for five | first of all the sd Cr ce h most mora E 
over it. pes fat ones, if they are equaily good, | days, when there came a slight rain. I thought that | ares EA CB. A Bore sus E throng PONE. 
are sure cw give prizes for heifer | would be sufficient and save labour, so left off watering ; | $ o guy RR. tele m e Cot 2: d E vat the Chalk 
calves, b Bein heifers, and for cows that had | not so—when I - € watering, the plants ceased | UT6 jua E Wiltsbi v ü e Vale o ite Horde 
at least owe o quis es. This would save many a|growing.  Swedes much affected by the fly, and I Fihte Berk 0 for dhire, y 8B tg dh Beds into 
valuable an hear of many Vim second time— perhaps ra rather | s d pee s p Er E a 
prematurely. ^ The whole of t Cambridgeshire, in wh district excellent cheese is 
want rain badly. The hay crop is very light in most | made, but on Á viole E is perhaps m more famous for 
PRESENT M er it OF THE CROPS. I : t butter and gra On be ite side of the 
localities, and keep is getting short. Charles G. Clarke. Ooli "Somersetshire by Gl tershi 
j — — Hall, me 27.—Said a York-|Ienclose two or three ears of Wheat, which I consider | Oclitic range from ue ire Jj UIOUCON os edie 
shire coac chm dri me, “ We shall have | to have suffered from the frost 27th of May; there isa Warwickshire, Leicestershire, through Nottingham- 
aa of p "ds peche for we have plenty of sour | great deal of such among the crops. [The tops are shire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, and on the eastern 
milk.” I replied, “Wh at has sour = nh with the | withered].——Didmarton, Chippenham, June 29.—I side of the Pennine Chain, and through Derbys! pre 
| crops ? ”—“ Well," he said e alwa d that when regret that I eesfitiot report fevourdbiy of the appear- Cheshire, and Lancashire on the western side, we fin 
| there are og A of as we Fr a good crop." | ance of the crops in this neighbourhood, chiefly the 
l This any years ago, and I have since noted | light soils on T ed d i the e iiw old Hill, -:Bamo-of There does not seem to be any ch eese makin ng to 
the 2o eco agp was a correct one, Although our | the Whe at, w ere - the rtirenst, adffered speak of in Ireland, as that article i is imported into it, 
; present Wheat crop can hardly be so large as that of i froste. bat pe iiinét looked Dublin uch 
last year, still it promises to be a Yt average erop. well during d ‘prin »g; Hal > grentest part, however, bus Fes dac butter, bowo, is made and largely éxpolted 
Barleys are good. Oats short and wanting rain, venly, looks thin, and sho: ee E o England, 
may still help them up toan e. Beans are in excel- | in the straw. The s spring Wheat Min rat ned 
mre d ei d uh arein The ina lesson fen w we learn from this exantiostion 
nt condition, and entirely om any insect, | proportion than is, ti s the 
which is unusual and rem:rkable. Mangel and Turnips the Wheat will be under : y exte 
average. 
colour, but very short in straw; the drought ek pore limited extent 
on light lands require rain; altogether it is more a | (as very little. rain et fallen h here) and cold nights ‘obey beng ey bedea i 
heavy land than a light Jand season, and we — stopped the growth of straw and dev he Ayrshire ig iced owe conclusion, 
] it is from the stiff lands that we get ear, and the m must be very much — average. | ud that Mr. Ha s observation in 1859 to the 
uch A na The hey crop is moderately good; Beans and Peas not much grown here; s he was satisfied 
* with fine ti i will | variable. Potatos mach cut b: p "exili ooo ? 
be MS in this AE. I think, by the dar of | they recover. The season was favour- | Mountains; at Canning Park, among forced Grass; or 
Aw t. On the forward lands it may be quite a week | able for cleaning the land and sowing the roots.|*™ong the Heather at Corwar, where Mrs. Mason is 
earlier than that. Severe Rs frosts trade the| Mangels a tolerable em Swedes, early sown, making the desert to blossom as the Rose, there was no 
flag of - was, and in so ue benefit by look very patchy, havin up at intervals; | Material difference whatever. His opinion was that 
as ng i r lux sei Fort ortunately these frosts but the whole, with patience oe ae expensive care | 800d cheese, with good management, in the hands of a 
y very dry Bacon J. J. Mechi, in hoeing, may yet be a fair crop if more rain | Person who has something in the upper storey, can be 
Tune 27. comes. All the lay crop (Sainfoin being the best) is | ade anywhere, whether at the Land's End in Corn- 
ce ng CHSTERSHID: Cullabine Farm, Dumbleton, very light indeed; the artificial is well made, but SCA tiger om the ex extreme north of Scotland.” 
Ev 864.—In compliance with cod most of the English is yet to be secur is I readily assent, with this proviso, that the 
request td that 1 T would give m my opinion as to the — is vari bare — like the summer ei isthe and land it not naturally suited for cheese making must be 
state of the crops this season, I must say that from alt "m" work Ment for made so artificially. The point I àm now enforcing is 
BLU desi ru AES what I have heard other Be ie n one fairly "itin dn ied | that some soils appear naturally fitted pe eee 
| farmers say, witbin a cireuit of 10 miles, there is a with water ; sheep not so well, many lots of lambs have | *hd that they are of limi ene the larger - 
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great epee in the growing crop of Wheat, and a| gone off with scour and se ey although no expense age of our island is not so fi 
x, A must Ate Seo an i a crop ; | has been spared in providing hem; but some hind a^ * Paylan a — = — — of Dr. we ape oti and 
in the early spring, when the plant shoul a hosce of insidious fever seems to ee all our efforts, and | Dr. P yen, ah Vid pos ha ampo- 
tillering, it was attacked by the grub toa great extent ; | appears more prevalent of late years. As stock should ela coins placer ie d Under the diferent QUE tho 
in most cases it was filled UP. “with White Talavera now be the E object, losses of such create anxiety, | various circumstances affecting the growth of the different 
Wheat, which is a failure. Grasses which constitute the chief food of dairy cows—Messrs. 
a Wheat in 1862, it jen likes x biet ite Rich. Lawes and Gilbert's Bi mars yan newer. the beneficial influence 
ighted Grass that never came into ear, neither will} Kent: Marten, near Dover, June 27.—The Wheat Sak ans eties, ps the e ote Mund e of Pammohiaral vene i 
this, J am happy to say, however, that there are|in our neighbourhood, generally speaking, looks rae er qud the growth of Grasses to the destruction of the 
exceptions; many of the early planted crops will grow | though in many fields it n in p 
ge i i re, The|T ing ks like an Eco ol (2. 2) “How to Grow Clover among the Grasses.—With 
less they are | the roe cooked from direct experiments, the 
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E which we are growing | think the present 
Minos Es, uten t consequence of the pr frost | a — Mark — 
and will be am p, 15 joking gey wel ERLAND: Anick G 
f thot et 
ory Tittle k wad b ood land 
i - eep this ing | indifferent, but on an 
80: ay in Mesi cases Soe een qute d kine, s by prospect of a full averso if — in i fondo "he. m Keg e T | fite 4" aa an 
? complaints have Harvest will not be general before only d 
à eel tbe seed planted was the tite e Winter Ve Vetch, Winter sown Whea d ex is just showing out of the abo | but promote an abundanee of the growth of — 
|... Mangel Wurzels are not Joo! ans d alt wells in many blade, and early Lex e getting ear of the blade, d The Clover itself becom er very luxuriant, a 
P earme eR of the seed jg now tore e very | r irg Vus món (iie My leguminous plants, these 
appearanee, and general. erra t started d 
Diad p. the ery Tg erop; bet will piove a a crop I inet. Potato o Clovers, ce crm de m ra distinguishes them from the 
M Ot Turnips it is too early | graminaceous plants 
xs P wia Cabos Pas T have Etan 00,000 Cub xd M amas ‘thay Bere binici wel iay Dréquielly in bet Messrs. Laven and Gilbert’s experiments prove that 
