658 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGHICULEURAL GAZETTE. [JULY 9, 1864, 
Journal, undertakes the work of removing and | another, aportant as the “subject is—‘‘ on Water | liq owever, only 300 ¢ ears 
utilising the waste of Aldershot. His object is|and its Uses "—had taken its place. Mr n be found of all sorts with "iis average of 20 grains 
not to make a manure, but to grow Grass an e facts are that our population are better | in each, which I c intend is a more reasonable suppa. 
milk for sale. One hundred and sixty acres of | paid than they were, and they want better food sition, then o course only half as much would be 
gradually sloping heath below the level of the | and clothing than once satisfie the m. camber 2 preemies r a late Pita tuu d Ae pre probability 
camp have been allotted to him, and on to this|demand has thus raised the prices dh meat and | average than either - these qun iibi wilt S en 
ferm some 700 tons ` day of the drainage of| wool ; and these are now sold as p "eid. mos t correct, and I will venture to pred Agrees. 
the "i or will be delivered. taking ae account the ant with an average of 15 grains, will 
is now ag torn ap b heavy ploughs € ei g them, are unquestio ieu profitab able. be the extent throughout of o rdinary cro ps ut 3 
and teams, 18 to 20 inches deep, A furrow, 10 There is no more e profitable stock than sheep. qusróen s per ac 
12 inches deep, is ESOS i the subsoil is | The sheep fold SOMOEST z; Royal pc t Collage; 
The | or all - iw rguments o n first gei which go Cesena July 2.—A district with a surface composed 
1 ich | to prove the value of iy sew va not have | chiefly of stone brash, light loam and transported clays, 
has hitherto held water after rain upon the d the fire IMS they are. “it is an improve- | the whole restin upon d tineatana Darth is ill adapted 
surface of that sandy heath is being broken up, | nen e as well as of the composition Oi, CTY 
and the drainage of the land is being thus effected. of that pn pits of light land whic 
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covers the land has disappeared, the land is sion and an intensific atiga of sheep pus the weather of the last. three months than from the check 
levelled and sown with Italian Rye-grass, Pumps | great problem o i ue it rec r. In consequence, much of this 
worked by a 12-horse-power engine will receive ome y per appeared in the Jou crop, ou cold a n soil, was marked throughout the 
the sewage; and, arranged as to direction of of the English Agricultural Society on the gusto, |s spring by mind eec uerb growth, from which it has 
hrust, an ize of pipes, &e., so as| '' How to increase the quantity of mea The | never recovered. On most of the heavy land the 
avoi a ible the friction which writer od out that the first n was to| Wheat has always maintained a good colour; the straw, 
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will eonduet it from these hydrants to stations in animals, and to carry on the growth and fattening | proia of di tne iit poor s ri s 2e. ip, the 
every 1.25 —— € thenee a man will distribute M M on the best and most TM ie pu different condition, In places the crop is ze 
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day by hose. Two or three such valeur to | produce from the land. It is not enough that you | yield. without doubt w under the erage, It is 
every cutting of Italian Rye-grass will, it is intro duce the Hereford 9x, Qr the! ipie lds en PPP, € or n th at the end ot Whea tin this district falls 
believed, create under the dry summer sun of ny rt of its re ie! proportion, owing partly 
Surr rrey as large and quick a growth as that Grass | of the dc prepes which waste more oP in g* o the Mos of last year's seeds, and the low price of 
if so, there is stuff | growth. mut in inerease the ree produce of | this grain. Many agrieulnrit pui keeping 
enough and ld e nough to ut the 200,000 | that food, Tu “tha hinges on inereasing the | some of their Grass dow iar — hae a 
tons of Aldershot sewage into at least 30 or 40,000 | fertility of the ae on the adoption of a suitable | Wheat has also to some exten ent iituene sighs 
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be t both of tillage «ind of plants, and February, that a better tilth perhaps was never 
in apr t the ike range of agriculture thus E obtained for both Barley and seeds. "The Barley went 
i qd on | Within the E AA am e lecture as originally | in somewhat deep, but judging from the appearance of 
n irrigati shedding it by announced ; d that the ri will; a| that whi ch was sown a early, this was no misfortune, as 
i i ^ He e : take en up pieceme ea y the and promises to be e more 
ordinary ridge an torre » — of the ries of lectures may be ann ound TOL nother | than an average vd On w- ar acm Van 
i nidis which will thus go oyer t eground|the Barley was sown late or H lefici 
that it has been feared t thy tremar wori zuai ion een thas scope of the first announce- n is da hort and needs moisture, and any A 
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not tray t over the surface, but would 4 
immediately oun Heeli in the ar alongside its |™ — se Clover seeds have suffered considerably from 
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quantity of soil or surface to disinfect it and abate APP Eu uM OF THE CROPS. ure in most of the young Clover layers. The Oats 
the nuisance, which is of course the main purpose} Essex: Maldon, Jun —The Ain daye being t des we have a large breadth) generally seem 
of the autborities in the arrangement which has passed with bat little x da and s summer heat, and | injured by the dry weather. The grow traw is 
been made with Mr. BLACKBURN. Iti dom whieh | with ry short, frequently the heads may be seen 18 
has led to the Tatendud adoption of s Viris date, June 27, augurs not so good a sh: for the | from stems barely a. foot in height. Since it is tl 
and under ergrou und pipes over a portion o - gon farm | Wheat crop as was anticipa! it would be a few weeks | practice in this district to harvest the Oat crop Be 
Liha nema bein avaiiubis for the gince, when, notwiths' tanding the coldness of the sprin. fr corte in ‘tila er to "pu rve the nutritious qualities 0 
common pra gpl ib edd sr iie it betokened in the view of La self and many others e straw for feedin g pur poses, asbort growth is almost 
piana v . | fall crop, equal to last At that stage of it eficiencyin grain. There can be no doubt 
AC N's intention = adopt a! growth the Wheat oan IE luxuriates during the yield = grain pee bulk of straw must be far below 
rotation of three years. lian Rye-grass, sown | cold and dr ry weather; but at midsummer, and through- “The Bea o: beeu & cote ae 
in the autumn of this year, will yield four or five | out the lo: days eee Belal as m may it is ‘probably ST rs ate for rain to be of d 
euttings during 1865 and 1866 ; broken. up in the | other crops, Peas and Beans, & c.) it suffers from it, | benefit to it. With a fu ll and — be. rg 
: : a crop and the b... are hereby often rendered more or less pent ut o W^ hands d reinfa ts ave MM 
of Potatos, an jn, the antumn "E asst it wili be | par p oe pods; at at present there cert e y " 
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1863. He ence the Wheat crop this present season in wm localities “looks promisi ng, in others 
Rig h the Sperone oy the a farm hav H conceive, will be far below qm due ee of last year Ar thin and inclined to ripen i e Tue cmo d 
us described e detail, it must be potting the e: e condition of the soil, and | not nearly so med as last year, and will probably no 
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hitherto, b but pet The experiment is only going | u Posto wn. On examination probably never was lighter. In some - m we hear halt 
e few acres of an have indeed of pe a epeei ie those of tet tenderest kinds, | 4 or 5 cwt. to the acre; few person a 
ae ri. a and 60 or 70 haye been already | such, for instance, as the fluff-cha d E = some |a ton, and the chance n Mitch seems 
; some portion of p expenditure on | others, many of the di nis fon po found | for our Cloyer P pan oe ae ks 3 
o m injury wh en p a ane jes W J able thar 
can be sad àa or from not blossoming at all, say in many to de they bare proved this season, but y^ goon ii oe 
a rot A I d, and that has not yet been extent of S ita the Aedes Liptactanately. mer 9 E “te dn e the s UST iiw 
o i IM I ilb : gis for the occurrence, wit Lp drougb S M 
one. On its arrival it will find steam pumps too d T À this Vetches on al escriptions ot E d inn em 
ready to deol with most of it,and a waste pipe nus tunate "at Ner iod of the Wheat’ turn off and wither near the ground earlier than Fo 
nM i tacts imd Rose | prre Fos. Poem T th fud is Aio poten, tei C titia The Sr a those 
acres at a time, it is confiden iev: afea ears sull env in never | grown under Mee di 
the land will be gradually converted from an utter | hasin ng expanded or ma is make, its appear crops has failed in some places, and a grew esee 4 
waste into a fertile field; and that which is now a | at all, having produc ed only a t yellowish pow the ia owing of Turnips and A reden mon Tha 
uisance and a plague will be converted into | mon ply "1 ye * red-gum," en particularly on victim to the fly, the grou d has been d f 
valuable and wholesome produce. Mr. BLACKBURN’S | the side of the ear whence the ond sowing 1 places 
experiment is aipin a ne of great agricultural hs progr A prevail ud E: pretty corres estimate ed — still they all wi 
Een of great 12d interest. e made, even at this iod, of a crop o xtensive 
E h ascer riahing the average number d p pont adie eminently iy adapted fcx digi 
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ins, both gre at and em ‘sl pons ant are UIT | ae Cabbege pd o lea à the S0th Med 
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as ny assert it is, that th " - contained e| upon bouts, , : Pape i al we l 
gs pag oye f vor. & uon d to b seni pr taining a mixture of ni ht soil, was app : ditto 
H E ont Be weekly pss. 2 ni (which, b the bye, is a ak Pick co crop, | ThejCabbages; ara been ice deeply horse hod, n 
Md CET oils and what Iset down usd n mpossible), and ipee: — d A ata eO petokening 
which is get low estimate, 3 ackuow 5 py i ound for veld at e ngs, eiken A just at the season 
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to 100), consequently 12,000 grai 
ard 000 | * A large per e of ears in all out Migr their 
number d e. v RM ai to not! been injured either dp enr of 
, ab 20,06 ~ „for haye been stricke; a d 
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uro er ct UU nibii, ori wears a whitish look. 
