eam engine pri 
eer will be 
S 
bag. vt T! "de 
of 
| fall penalty of $07 In Somerse etshire, where ther 
e several sets of steam cultivating tackle, they 
have X us hitherto been quite so A re- 
strict ye for 2 last 12 months, four 
vler's large tracti da on e co este 
Pov 
in in the "neighbourhood, an 
effected is by changiug the condition of the gum, and 
2 is done pa — the plant to the joint influence 
and water, as by —, a - the field or by 
r; in neither case 
pes it is a serviceable 
rotting o 
owed of putrefyin, Aaa. 
n | tollgate, 
p but within the last few €: it has r^i into the Reads 
g 
ommonly termed “ dew retting ; 
Li ettin ng » 
in water “is called “ wa y 
E 
ifferent piar 
the steeping of 
the local magistrates’ cl 
me. passed pr, a 
8, &c., ing engines 
[ite rope por to e sn ‘that as they ar rea agricul- 
s | tural implements the gene akad r rliament exem pe 
toseeit; and m 
Ame ev 
chat the n vey gh of these office * has jd pe 
made in the | 
in any case. A deliberate attempt was m 
a Me of the year to land a ad cargo of di 
; aimals from burg at t rt of Lowestoft, but |€ 
md received information of this intention, we 
nt down of our London i await | n! 
rrival the ship and to prevent the 
a d 
Ec of the animals, if found to be unsound. 
io aa in icon, Fed you this letter DÀ T) 2s the opinion 
25. 6d. for each ‘carriage—this w ee 
Flax have res _propoe ed and “tried ; 
cess. with 
MIS however, 
have met wit Schenck’s, 8, 
and e 
e any interest or | b 
Do. Wiat I most 
other of the 
others equ ally ingenious, failed, because the were 
proved to be unsuitable to general adoption. at is 
wanted is a method ping, applicable in any case, 
which will enable the Becr f Flax in a district 
where there is little ie o soft n to “ret” his crop, 
si the can compete with his neighbour w who has a 
ter water supply. 
vats, lining them with 
"1 construct tanks, pits, or 
35 2 long, 15 feet 
At nches from the 
tiles, p ed! bud EN 
deep. 
Ma 
wis ow icaltu 
to pay toll; or if any j 
er been called u 
magistrates" decision. ha 
liability or oth erw wise. 
ndges" or 
as ever been given KA to their 
bottle f pla ee vue ng 
At the m el of this grating I fit 
Les ug, 80 ths at when advienble 
the 
owi ng 
I must apologise to you for 
valuable space, but kn 
E. cattle being all diseased were accordingly 
reshipped, and Lees to proceed to this port, where 
MEC d at Blackwall, under the 
P 
car 
fee el confiden t that the » present 
the trouble and ood you have taken in advertising 
gr 
neatly ted in bundles, i 
| the ot 
t downwards. he vat or poo 
the course of steam cultivation 
will, by inserting this letter, oblige your obedient 
& has been long the opinion of our 
principi reer that leg islative interference is 
servant, Joseph Nicholls, Queen Camel, Somerset, 
Augus 
necessa establish a proes 
over cile of home production at markets and fairs 
thro oughou b the country, where Ei present tittle or no 
precautio ns are taken to prevent the sprea ad of di senses 
EI poat 
. Rovat DunLIN.— —Mr. SE | 
to foreign cattle, but ba in reality had existed in 
the United Kingdom years before the pine, importa- 
observe a 
of preserving S from the fly, which brin 
memory a pape “ Rusticu: "i and published i E 
" Horticultural , Aug 1, 1833, pa page 876, 
Anotal 
meeting py this Soc 
passages from the " 
uri Reg 
sputo A e 
pa, at fresbly 
is sure to grow |. 
will ai ‘ld but “Tittle a nd 
sound, dry, deep loam, 
. Soil.—In 
cently refer Po € Flax sd "vA 
ured. If this i 
con and thick in n wood and 
pe r fibre. The best land is 
very ve that pest oft made to ascertain the. cause and 
n; cross-plough a 
2. Preparation, Plongh i in autum 
the soil exposed to | 
used upon * covering p gay a pl di is oun 
plants so grown were eaten with the fly, da yama |a 
mme — of the seed with a microscope, and 
found o mber plor PME cue to the 
seed, white atten ed s to five 
wind, sun, and frost, 
o case, s excepting one which I will pre- | fera 
— stones. In spring, 
| and 
led 
any of tl p or ue of Flax as can be placed 
therein by cereal 1 close pac 
the bundles are conse p^ ced a 
laths or ba 
cient weight o nes, 
kind. I pd [o dr to remai 
de t e “barm” or def; $ this mast; 
heme Spo iia * the well- pty test, the 
ow refill the vat with w 
r T ang found ‘thal at 
inr nare with 
few days | etae sowing, plou; 
nches), and one pretty heavily. 
gums is avoided. 
pool placed so as to y th e gum water 
Sow 
g machine, at the 
ue " 
most of them ; 
states that t he made 
the mig "for 24 Y 
oer Fg Ee a Wer 
sense, a oug worth re 
mowing that brine is E we for. MEE 
vious to sowing to prevent smut, 4 Constant 
—Mr. Wilkins, 
e a root. 
8. d Pulling and Seed. Saving. —The Flax should not | 
$ 
alloy to dri 
| and then spread upon the "ground for * Grassing.” 
uality of water is 
a x secondary Baad the first filling being vend n" 
rpose merely o g ie nd the 
pe pui 
and precedes 
the 
in removing it 1 
from this Merge! 
In Balsam 
Cereal Cultivation and. Germinat. ing. 
Wix Parsonage, supplied an interesting article i 
paper of the 30th ult. on this 
J 
subject, in which he 
really “ ready,” 
, indicating absolute death of | 
Tation of Wheat. I do not for one moment question 
of Mr. b as p TAM as I feel sure 
the plant, b a change i in the colour ls to a 
yellow by 
d or stalk from 
he correctness 
that x gentleman would gi 
on upon matter, as 
: top, — or so 
more When thos 
you | appearances present E e ig ^A sooner the Flax 
is ne the better. The plant has m from the 
soil all the elements it is «pel of receivin 
the groun 
whieh | indications are not an entire| Way, 
e bol 
- "the tips of je ^ to hrownish tinge wa 
e process is conduc! 
mple devils of the same kin 
beetled Flax is hel: over the stoek 
blow down- 
the 
te pa 
opens it, thus preparin 
ad ior ‘portion, shall next x s presented to had knife. 
teel 
eel sure many of your ied mai feel eai ter from at this proper period it 
dal to mysel to know how such extraordinary l — beg Brgy qe in fm reete He then passes a steel scrape A » he the 
1 80 years eon. | field— e mir m three o d dod are continu "E order until the 
rir gabe A Mr. Wilkins that one field he has | stalk. d. three or four Ge the lax plant yip Flax wei mpletely ** ona ne ethod is very 
E id for 17 years, during which period he has | seed will be found to be really ripe and matured— | costly edious (a g t bei g able to 
| crops of t, and on other lands 10 of A in I m rippling. ean more than 7 to 8 lbs. per da abes and is now giving 
Wheat c y, the averagi hich was 4. Rip secet Seed Saving).— The seed of Flax place to my patent machinery, which produces as fine 
cm seed did not exceed two pecks, and | is of great e for uot only | quality as is desired, at gren ps. time and cost. 
some | reely one peck. The writer would feeding cattle, The "D of Flax in Ireland this| In this sen the “mill” or “I ndie” 
P ca it a favour if Mr. Tt would supply the|year is about 300,000 acres—the estim dera average| bas long in use, "This ts a kekes poseen 
ing information. I state, ow was|value of seed saved for any purpose here isabout 8, | consisting c of ‘a geri les of woode n kni ves or blades, 
Wilk: 
n 
eultivated previous to T 
is the na 
le? What 
rey cam 
Publio without hindrance ox. t4 travel 
a. n. Ert and subsoil, if | 
mode of | and 
acre; and thus may be seen e 
ippli 
?* pi “ rotting. 
or Rotting. Tho stalk of the Flax plant | 200 
consists essentially of 
for 
2, 400,0007. dependant on the care exercised in pulling blades, when i in motion, n with a circular 
gweap ‘agains 
a cpg 9v ARE. 
it is desirable to Thus the 
seed i is A " the Flax str straw in the best condition pone ph the 
“ steeping 
woody core, surrounded by a first TUE 
ese 
cutti 
t the streak of Flax held over dixe. 
nes bave done the work well in their day 
the recen aros pote 
any 
rifles. 
+ ae which I have 
= for ETE A 
seen at LT in p» bo raschin 
„Flax is 
the intersecting and opet 
osea. » it has bee note In | 90 
bales like 
TER ty Sa 
rohibiti = engines 
bition against their use Sopa fre 
has been extensiv: 
| = ne: 
Dorset 
| | together. by — pa or vegetable glue. ” To obtain 
pe: oy va 
"on power 
soluble P d ould be 
+! not.so, and the only way by which the objec 
of the gu 
clear that we idi E. estroy | will - 
Were it | strikes 
no difficulty ; ; e it is € 
n be’ ac! 
Ait 
and o 
wo! orkman ; ud the third the steel scraper or comb. 
observed that the blow is tangential, _ 
he Flax in the PNE of t the fibr 2 asd it lie 
witht the | alter nate * ‘fing 
m 
en th preis a 
betw 
