Avavsr 20, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
803 
conti inue to believe that the rook is 
counteract the evil effects of this s ferruginous matter in 
the soil. But the full counteraction of iti in the hen e 
off young ! Turnips 
do t 
they will Edward Carroll, College Hotel, College 
Street, Dublin, Aug. 9. leg 
this, the immen. 
If how zi + : after all, is but of £ s. d. I hav e said t : iad 
p CLERI To EXE EE Eu 
past few days were enoug Ln th t this surface der m announcing his inte nded le ctur ee ag RES: . Bradburne, Pipe Plac 
whole crop. We a a did he know field.—The rams number ed Al, averaging 
grub is a ‘great pP and t His plan of a steep: -pond me der : head. sc der ns v) ree 
the rook. Ae ees ium nes ther ht bi veterans, yl y Mr, Dradburne severa herr 
ene might hy b de fna: "ign, v he sides x en "Y from Messrs. Ere and Crane, at prices arde as 
Lycett 
——— 
FLAX MANAGEMEN A 3:2 cmn OF, 
or both. In Ireland it would never do, where t ate 
would be such pressure, "M requiring a facile means gn | 
82. 8s. each, 
at + Nae 6d., the 70 vows ag 50s. 3d.; but they" were 
ition. Sad Counties X = 
MS 
ment in Ireland is 
jes 
t| bya 
7 Kane, the director of th 
t plan that would meet all the eain that 
external the 
sides or ends into the po ond when Spies or ‘gnempported | 
a corresponding pressure fro 
More than three yea ves ago I submitted to Sir Robert 
e Museum of Irish Seide 
In 
ina cing so Tow 
you know ux 
* science wit! Lad 
,|lander. This design I know from 
bee! n 80 far successful i in pt M end as suitable | 
g the Flax w ater, 
— t 
the 
"e 
ience to - he 
150 were dispose 
ing particulars are Bon y Shrewsbury papers — 
me lots were those of Messrs. Cra The prices 
aried from 2 — down 
wais. The Rev. ©. Peter's lo! 
good average of 121 guineas, the highes 
" ineas. Mr. d Smith's, of edi 
v th 
a boy Ih 
1ha IM lr 
ork b Whee 
hee Bey E e, that an bislang is “better to 
Lately I have read ake if a gr 
e, that. “Irishmen had good 
nd bad hands: "* Whatever our heads and Mode 
- or in ndifferent, id s combined 
a 
admit that the wy, best of us have m - 
both h 
Kan 
aud hands. To Logd ti |? such 
tat the ric òx of the nyt he laws, for 
enriching to land, on which when applie 
Lone innoxious in every sense. 
alluded tə, in Ax. correspondence with Sir D esie. 
i ii i 
e Flax 
contains elements that will poison fish, but d 
lied w nd 10; 
At 
ill re 
the 
osed. as much as 
ome eep averag Mr. vidi of 
Utne ten, brought 13 aee asi rams, in store condition 
mg pine only 1 
r. Maddox, of Harley, sent three sheep, averaging 
i uineas, 
t Mr. Meire, of Berrington, had a lot of 12 sold, 
averaged nearly 9/7. a-piece. 
Mr. Sheldon, of Brailes House .usiikohe; sold 11 
capital rams at an average of u gui 
Mr. ni produced K dozen of the most Ae 
as, to Taro” a E taken from its 
sheep we 1 . The Newcastle win 
however, not among M 
Society’s Exhibition. Fast: 
havec cens sured this aperta lecture, forimportant it 
n | passage and as t] 
an 
My as Silo, into 5 reservoir of 
as, | wide-spread surface, to ‘soften it,” termed, 
words, to leave its ferru 
little believed to be truly pract ticable, mixed up Bn a| much | 
strong smell of the “shop.” The lecturer i is Mr. Fried- 
vs s eakin 
lan der, whose 
give you the words of t 
CULTI 
= on — most gee — in which it is 
is 2T 
nts 
ing | Water with the view of counteracting the evil effects | 5! 
of s h 
taoa j$ edients i 
i ore s dug M "e 
im, 
ods, 
a bhi a k 
for 847. His sire, however, a ipium cred three hear 
Or) Sooner 1 bred nde a» P quince was let 2 ihe season 
oe as sold to Mr. Pe 
r. “Mansell fa for 4 rte and yearling, 
as let to Mr. May, of "iori “Parke for 36 guineas. 
pr 
other uas gc» 
MN 
o Mr roe Hard et 1 iiie tinan. and the 
next iot for Lord — for 30 g 
- 
M. "The 12 
sheep realised 29 neas, being tlie extraordinary 
minerals as are " in solution in such water, — of 25/7. 1 
d deleterious to Flax? Not being yet fully satisfie d sas uw rj ,Harnage Grange, «skilled 12 
on that head, 7l 
and the cause of my noticing it now at such length is Hoal prize winners, the lot averaging over 17/. so 
aeai ar in Belgium and in th special 
reference to ome machinery in t 
Ireland, wi 
he Exlititiom - an | 
also at you 
side of the Channel by your practical and scientific 
fri iends ; and here. let me beg i in a more especial manner 
r themselves 
ld 
d let. 
"Me. Minor's ranged from 10 guineas downwards. 
Mr. Pryce Bones also produced 10 grand sheep, 
improved plan Ei pet steeping, by whic 
any quality of seb e operat 
| successful culture of Flax, and the economising of its 
Mr. T. Maunsell had 12 brought up, and averaged 
b qe 10s. 
on of flax-r ie may 
be ca age in ror or five “days ette er t 
t ] 
ne lecturer 
explain 
dimensions. Sunk 
diagram of given but of e 
ing done 
with the Flax; the resi matter remaining ander 
the false bottom, and held in solution by the re- 
increased 
2 anguage, 
as I was enabled to entch it on hearing the 
reed Ni by him, or on ee the lecture since in 
print— corrected, I presum: 
The lecture, I ias siid, i is of great importance, but 
. to render it more so it would be necessary that the 
.. lecturer should have k more of the soils and waters 
unqualified 
applicable to the varied circu 
EUG que fuc Sealab efe et 
too little known to ge growers in — Two fine 
sa of Flax by t acute 
observers w be of equal cube value, one 
Trish, the other Belgian, were selected and ey 
analysed by vet Sullivan, Professor of Chemistry 
useum Trish 
proved by 
E 
c enough to 
this ing, that the Irish Flax 
the soil in 
r Velere T am sa TTi 
ust have j n kaa A 
or 
the Fla ze cov the li 
Sbould remain in this e of t fermentation he M 
ant that peri 
with those "d 
actices asi adi ^ the latter: as ed th 
es of the former, al 
val of 
lecturer if such was the case e? 
15|*No^" I fu ask, 
say. This much | 
pA me now return he Mr. Triediendex 8 Mire. In 
could succeed i 
oh i bo yao av éven 
should pr Placed i in the pond) T the water should be 
let in kaira remain in it for 24 hours, to su — 
The wate: and 
Rasa with straw e How 
ume he 
x stra 
impurities might rest ned or ie given off by it turing 
sale of ewes took place on W — wheu 
from ost noted 
of. 
Lus of 700 representatives 
the 
| athe. inc ihe-asuniy 'h 
the process of omg pi 
Go Pa 
t Mt 
theories the 
tics present, d not one on this painti ty of 
the po wo he sh A eg has grown or is 
rowing this r 300,000 f Flax, and fo x 
3, RC 
Another nant. who fol- 
id each acre w: ued in seed 
one for 107., or making a total of 3, 
I quite pr Mna the latter E into account bea | 
indirect as well as the direct advantages of Flax s 
saving in Ir ud ae 
o meet the objections of some who say that the 
Flax fibre is deteriorated by the rippling or other | 
remo he seed before being — I — the | 
extreme north to the south SN oo 
purchasers were Lord Cheslam, 
D. R. Davies, 
Cheshire, bó secured ihe Messrs. Crane’s 
R.AS.E. S Show ewes, at the suma each of 9i Se. and 
81, 8s. E cera] ively. 
LEIcE ote Flock.—On nel 3d inst., a 
dl pes ot gee flock was sold by auction, 
sequence of pw Ta fai the late merca Mr. 
Valentine Barford. For more than 70 y the Y 
proprietor and his fi M pr MAT into 
flock a my. ram or other flock, and interi 
c ne 
ewe from an 
To a Xs. 
rther it 
rt ia tle pend? To i To this’ ders 
adding, “there w AA ins 
bottom, oe Merida A qp ec 
clements requ required to hasten and continue the necessary 
The zm "halt if x: am justified in sa 
found 
faul 
have E M 
d|them. The floek was 
from the Dishley floek 
Lis ed, | may 
asy $e the Foscote m. possessed several good characteristics ; 
natural aptitude to fatten 
Wd ene titutions, The ahoop wold bore 
Bakewell’ ‘and rond 
n 1783, and vp to the present date a fate o of every 
ge v =~ 1e] Zt fs to beg 
mpt will be | 
» | soon, made to repeat such "xt d the E of the 
d 
aker a 
This is not yet fairly proved, A bette 
of the Roy al am n; and thoy from 
rdin 
or the sry apps - whieh 
ca pract T zu acquainted with the reclamation and 
on ab which Flax can be 
g tion, knows bes how to 
on before a 
oe NS — evid 
Mu ies of Oo. — e ERRE 
hope a XX successful 
conducto th 
x 
: his father, and we believe this " the o 
could boas 
s rams we 
H | sold in let by Suelo on the 3rd inst., at Leconfiel 
or ean bus such appliances if p*e take but proper 
mittee 
steps to put them into requisition, as it is to be hoped 
East Yorkshire. The attendance of gentlemen from 
|that and other counties was very numerous, Sixty- 
