132 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [FEBRUARY 6, 18€4, 
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Society of Arts by Mr. J. Chalmers Morton, on Agri- | V Wheat, &c., and they have also learned the right | e ttg ohn Dingle e A — OS an y, 8 
cultur: al Progress, one of ery most interesting and | — of them. Few cattle are now fatted in the| j "ie William, X PARE PH Hill, sr abot fai pret 
ith agriculture which has| winter without corn or meal in addition, or in lieu Of| Mor rgan 4 n, Matthew » North Bondgate, Bis ee Auckland 
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lately appear red :— roer we owe our better crops to | cake. Shee have their daily rations of corn or chaff;| M orrison, Char los, B sildon Pa: 
the selection and adoption of the better sorts of the | horses, of course, have Oats in abundance; pigs con- T" m New Bie ploy band Fak, Bitwisciun 
brain s in cultivation. o not suppose that sume large quantities of Barley or inferior Wheat) Nicholson, William, 4, 8 x qua: s, Hyde Park, W. 
individual sorts have improved on our hands.| meal; hence this immense consumption of grain as| Page, William, jun , Southminster, "Maldo 
Probably, as a — no they have deterio- | food for the stock of the . farm. This is qu uite right in| Peck, Edmund, FEE ease, hi "Y 
rated. But new sorts are being perpetually | itself, and p it | e "e ee Ric toed Ey SS MIS Sandwich 
introduced ; and of Wheat, Barley and Oats, Mangel | Anaha him i in some voe for instance, none of this Polwarth, Lord, snd Aa hi on St. Boswell’s, N.B. 
Wurzel, Swedes, Turnips and Potatos, Cabbages and infe it ,0r n = pea: Pe PN Par neice roy don, 28. 
Vetches, a man can grow as good as any, inl 1 itd t in, co onsequent y it te End d m , 
probably bett ter, Peer ine that’ his in irn a 1 E a returns.” Now MU virg Mr ie Ragin ea Re 
| as this. vast quantity of poe corn is wa out of| Robotham, Ambrose, The Oak Farm, Drayton Bassett 
. COE "the six varieties of Wheat which have ! | it is manifest Tamworth TAn A O eB ORME, Kis 
mentioned by name in this communication, the three|that the prices returned are e higher than they mud. OUR. wn ed. f verres Wari ed 34 
bearded sorts have recently been selected and raised piis e have kis had they bee ncluded. This of| Smith William. Obitibsto, of eis BANE Dartford 
from single ears, which places the system of im ay | Hs y^ xes or rules the Modi at a higher rate by E William W., Colw: EN Mus peg eld 
ment of Cereals "by s election imineasurably above the whi roniti and tithes, i. e. rent- “charge, are Fw etas y sorge, t Thbook kley House, Newoastle-upon-Tya 
pone by n mode of progress, ed can onl weed and paid, whi ch of course Bes ain a direct| Still, Henry, Chelsham, Croydon, S. 
lay claim to the doubtful Hallett’s Pedigree Nur ought not sai be called | Stott, John, Bothal Barns, Morpeth 
Whea upon to pay his rent or tithe emae at a higher| Surtees, Wm. Edward, naa DOE HE 
What is really the sort of Wheat which has been vilatio on than his farm will give Ay as de onl an e Mme Canning m, n Haugh, Corbridge 
grown in the neighbourhood of Brighton, and sold by | sells his best qualities of grain, consumes his} Ware, Ber Chas. Astwood, Newport Pagnel 
Mr. ee By his own account Nursery was selected, ampi ametis he pays the rate po best quiin Waters, Richard, Broughton, Stockbridge, Southampton 
and has been improved by skill and attention into what alon which is wem ng. He oug git to be p FINANCES. —The Hon. General Hood, Chairman o 
Mi has as been | pleased to. call Hallett’s (o par Nursery | mitted ks alte a return he the Committee, presented the Report, from which i 
Wheat no resemblance to true | of corn consumed upon the farm at its proper value. | appeared "that the Secretary’s receipts during the pas 
Na The ear of Nursery is rather chose set with | This would bring the averages right to what they | two months had been examined by the Committee, ani 
white ini, wh hich stands on the notches at an acute | actually ought to be. The Agric “greet Gazette | by Messrs. Quilter, Ball, & Co., the vem Boy nt. 
angle with the axis, while the ear of Hallett’s is rather | has le of eo € wher eby ants, and were found correct, The balan in the 
wide set, - nad PNS aie and often standing al the grain grow the hands of the bankers on January 31 was 1^ BTL. 12s 2s, 6d. 
at a less ain of Nursery is long, thereon, would be Muri n as pe Mir “sold to the stock ot The balance-sheet for the quarter ended Dece mber 3l, 
eger ovd poor a} glossy, eoat and fine, err mh. — It should be so , done, and the returns be 1863, an nd the statement d v me and arrears 
the f Hallett? s is large, wrinkl ed, : and c It is not lawful to do the amount of arrears then due 
r. xisting > regu ulations. The returns now come being. 574l. Sixty-nine enber have given notice 
no dide: rence bet etween Quentin’s Giant and Hallett $ Pm ad towns having the privilege of “making | during the past year of their withdrawal from the 
y ” whereby the averages are E ciety. The sum of 20007. received from N e 
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see nò difference beresi Kessingland, Quentin's | c cluded, if all farmers residing in  the|l17th inst, on Salt used as a Maire, 
and-Hàllett’s. After having. grown these three sorts | neighbourhood of these towns were permitted to make| NEWCASTLE MzzrING.— The pa rl of Powis 
contiguous, in the summer of 1863, making sure that a Prize Li sb amount ing to 4102, and it 
each was true to its name, and carefully comparing | of “these towns respectively. There is therefore no/| cludin ng pr romininsfor afowa Cat tle; Borde n Lei 
them at different stages, I have been unable to discover absolute necessity to increase further the number of|and Herdwick Sheep; Hunters, Roasters Ponies, a 
any difference, and believe them to be one and the ee for taking such returns; the present arrangement | Agricultural Horses ; Wool, and Bu tter, h had ber 
same variety. $ ould do. It is an undoubted fact that corn — corn- | received. The Council ordered these additions to the 
Mr. Hallett’s perseverance | and ingenuity in ting ber is becoming a staple article of food for stock | Society’s Stock Prize t, which may now b 
attention to ‘his Wheat has been not a little 'remark- | throughout the country, and its ti lete of t t 
able. At our recent International Exhibition he had on the increase. Another session of or theré-| The Committee pork reported. tha 
cases of large ears, and such might have been obtained | fore, should not be all supply T de "S, rcs xl been » iby 
‘om other and I | effort being md a si ude farmers’ returns in the| Jacob W. hey r ended an the sime 
with i immense stools, * showing p the vital energy z oa averages, as by s g the difference vonia: be: very | amount oF dietis be erties x i Lets" This 
seed,” and the j jurors, forfanitely f or themselves, passed | considerable, n AN TM 157. to 252. per cent. This |r gs was ai 
over both anA en fo! eodh ing articles in | is worth the most earnest consideration on the part of . Brandedth Gibbs having” S MEUS n y^ future, 
ers praising th lant | the f is t a vm the 
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improving, and high sounding advertisements, without his tithe Mr yon reduced’ in that proportion. country meeting shall be held, | cats 
much meaning. And more lately, Wheat families, Farmers are, of all classes, aloticis to discern and act | shall not be signed until My su i of {pln 
differing in degrees of improvement, and distinguished upon these things. O. F. some one authorised by the Council shall 
ty ptio ok of the alphabet, Still, his Wheat is inferior i Pee 
d Nursery. — 2» for the trials of implements; and that the 
ae f Societies, the neil (at i h t ce ! 
ment, the slightest y icon sid tae a pau ce mete re OF ENGLA the country meeting shall be considered as subje 
, and anything like imposition produces dh zr aem di Montury Coun Wednesday, Feb. [plo the above being satisfactorily arranged, it was i 
still which too often pa for life. Tt i s in this way Lord Perea: President in the chair, Tie Earl of | by Mr. Fisher Hobbs, and carried unanimously. — 
that over-praised plant injuriously affects the Powis, Lord Chesham, Lord Eversley, xe LL ME Mr. Robert Smith moved for a Commit yn 
gegen of agriculture. e farmer, MEN been once Lord wWebisghem, “Major-General the N. | the subject of ** dates of E ” for the cattle classes, 
eceived, avoids new plants in future to his own and H Pes Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart. ; Sir Watkin Wynn and was seconded by Mr. on; the motion having 
the country's loss, 4 M.P.; Mr. Acland, Mr. Raymond Barke Mr. | been carried, the following mati thea were 9 
Should Mr. Morton ever be induced to revise his p ett, Mr. Bramston, M.P.; Mr. Cantrell, Colonel | The President, Lord Tredegar, the Hon. M: 
admirable essay, * Progress of Agriculture; its Helps | Challoner, Mr. Clayden, Mr. Dent. E „i Mr. all, k ^ ayden, Mr. Bran reth 
and Hindrances,” he would do well to notice amongst Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Hamond, Mr. F Hobbs, | Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Holland 
the hindrances the fra f the seed trade, which have | Mr, Holland, M.P.; Mr. Hudson, Colonel K ees Mr. Randall, Mr. Sanday, Mr. Torr, 
been long EO felt B many distinct. depart- M P.; Mr. Lawes, "Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Randell, Mr, | fessor Simonds, and Mr. Robert Smith 
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: erit eh eer m Mr. Torr, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Burch Wi to a collection of sheep for his Highness the 
notice, and there are diy um. E t likely to prove Professor Simonds, and Dr. Vo der IA E; EE "ib d been Doris the Council ien 
satus Patrick Shirreff, Haddington. The following New Members are elected :— [Ben LUN eral eg a ehe 
erectio niche nd) Aldridge, John, 17 Place, Lond i te t coma * for carrying 
RTAS Sia | Anderson, Jame: Sae. Hedley Hn GatechenT arran ments, 
Home Correspondence. ` Angus, John, Whitefield, Mor ; 
The Consum Consumption of Farm Produce a reinen ito (ea gene cg orem; Durham A Specia? Council was then held b 
The importance of this subject will ere long force icself | Browell, Hound J 3. J., East Boldon, Gateshead President, when his lordship having annot ino 
upon the serious consideration of the agricaltatal Siow Racial, Biook tse, $ ete 'Salop | gracious intention of his Royal Highness the er whi 
Public, and ultimately of the ture. The quan- Barnard, "Charis F» C Compton Villa, Plymouth | Wales to become a Governor of the Society, omi 
rrell, John, 3, High Swinburne Place, Neweastle-upon- | *e lamented Prince Consort had presi sided wi m 
yn ability, his Royal Highness was elected by 9 
Butler, George Cooper, Stanford Place, Faringdon 
C: ; Gilbert, Kiplin, Catterick, York 
Cob Frederick, Walton, Warwick | Effects of on Veget 
Vem sep ee erdum, Nem Pid ad Dr. Vosloker [we read a ame “on Soko 
Denton, J. Bailey, Stevenage, Hertford Effects, before the Society of Arts; and the 9, 
Garraway, Edward, Norcott Farm, Wonersh, Guildford. is a passage iine his leeture which ospetially 
Gibbs, erar Sawndby, Retford the agricultural reader :— 
Gri Charles Dilston’ te i ea pie n 
E Jun; Trevorgan, Ca Wheat, Barley, Sic or Clover, ex 
m Rhe W., Walkerfield, Staindrop, Durham smoky atmosphere at an e ire of th 
on. Thomas E. Gimonby Hall, Barnard | are visibly affected in a short tim ran wog 
ms Thomas, Cox Lodge, N des plants turn first red, then yellow, an te 
Hesketh, Sir Thomas ‘George, Bart., MP. T'iufford Hall, | and an effect is produced no : 
" remind frost or excessive p. pe om pn ain 
Mb gg Gaini ath pectingion this manner by smoke may recover to à 
igson, John Geo., North Dene, Gateshead ^ BN 
Hodgson, R. W., North Dena, Gateshead but they never yield well, inasmuch 
Housman, John, bm, M.D., Neweastle-upon-Tyne {ment of the age E irre 
mM cond emen eras qom ripens unequally. If cereals are 
Langdale, Sampson; Newton Red gm Is when in flower, the ears do not fill 
Morpeth 
rahe aeo uel, Chapel Haddlesey, Sel i; IE i di 
; Cammerswaldan, Hir ML Ok Pais | “Grass s Clover, more or less €! 
