996 
Th ig heaps of f a triangular | 
shape, about tet TU rs Seiad and 4 feet high. | 
t of ha "er 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Ocronzn 15, 1864, 
| surface as high as they will lie, so as to make the sides 
ees dos essure of tl 
as nearly upright as ge e, the SM well-dtawn dry 
enin of earth 
or 10 inches thick, irt a trench 
made on Sd side: bunches of straw should be left, 
about 4 srele " e ri àge 
to let ou this precaution is in taken 
— à wi often pa from hea’ 
sometimes valled, 
should te ‘placed in some. convenient spot close to the 
heat- v is tied b over Ahi em, and on this is 
pact omple eto covering of earth abont 6 inches 
np t 
Te ohn > Bertra 
-irr 
cake. Both ig trie do eh and sho ould the price ai 
low ve no doubt that it EL 
re exten Peg ie t both store cattle and gh 
: Pilmuir. Very ee are all much aa 
en 
into each pit. On clay-lands the Esa are TIE 
| placed on the pee dl me sake of dry 
fer storing the Pot n hou 
Doubtless thi $ "th 
ery little has ipn threshed 
A poet 
cut 
Pet le a 
w however coloured Me vel 
was | 
which will cause an irregularity i in the 
as more e light. _ The stra 
ar should be placed on the headland of the field 
e 
where —— Rye, and Tares, or some o Vere spring 
Ie This will save much labour 
etie time. 
inging the tops off and throwing the roots i in 
n carting | b 
ts at chive begun to s 
r 
Ca .—Carrots are ally r e the 
| beginning of November; dry weather being selected 
for the work. They are bee lifted by men or women 
one han 
ES 
R2 
nd may be 
app ol Mn t care should 
wring 
e metimes 
with children, having a max to superintend "the em, ata | 
cost of 4s, 6d. per acre ; the filling - eger and 
HH E f o 95. 6d. per a When 
be tiken? to prevent the roots breaking off in the 
en 
n. 
is the best erop, and pote equality dd À quati vil 
prove a full average. Oats are almost u versally 
light. On individual farms a great deal of 5 ei 
m en uu 2 winds. 
destroyed he late ra 
nearly up ‘to re average. 
this being relati 
lower than ior will. be uod in pee proporti 
till the ec rise. Turnips have been so abun 
rs 
ground : wh raised, t an d 
enough 
clamping 
the work is done entirely by ee it may 
piece-work at 6s. or 6s. 6d. per acc 
crop; this com pulling and [wringing ane ton off wa 
The 
acart to pass between them, and the 
tops a r twisted off A^ Men 
They should 
be left i in r de field a few hours efore 
ts s 
to any great dii in the 
a E ee 
Sr 
carted home, where they : en M ime in lor 
da into horse is, in this case, led up the 
of e ed six rows, 
| feet high nih 
n 
feet 
the Man ngel store shou ld pod. to the top, and 
rows each; one man will pi (or ny icy as pes 
as sixtmen can top and fill The cost of horse-labour 
will depend upon the distance the roots are carried ; 
one-horse eq shou ld always be _used, if oe ^ as 
there is no 
iece-work, d. 
that is, for "digging the earth 
covering. up; "oum the — a m is to ploug gh 
3 proie eight 
he Lese tel 
ots futbol Írom the soun if the 
; | required for late use, the crown sould be cut off com- 
y. After dp roots are heaped 
s before, but only covered with stra Carrots are 
also stored i in sheds, and covered over nti straw. The 
of taki ies very much, according 
“te the old 
possible, turning them to the pes the furrows red. 
and the loose — | 
spade, a 
put on with a mate : - fill u 
clods; this will e each s eap w 
about vo feet of ‘the. tos ; they should bs I in “thi 
state for a few days to let out the heat, t 
more fences should as plongh ve in the ferie 
of the | ca 
an 
wai them broa cast, l mmonly 
de, dnd the carrots are readily forked ite Spa in 
e "gown; es 
E 
* 
sown broadeast the cost of taking an 
topping, and laying in rows eene oe from 18s. n 
bu abo ut 13 per ; the flin 
a 
don 
acre, the ess. we “taking in rhe at e n vi 
per acre. When red in sheds the 
covering the Ned with straw 
i 
The heaps s par uncover re 
about two feet of earth being taken off the top, and at | 
s of 4 or 5 ya space 4 fi ide d be 
down to the bo! is done to let out | 
about this iced by the sprouting of the 
heat can! eT will soon decay. 
stored will keep till till Je 
—The cem or -— rà ‘Octo ber is the 
the early sorts, which 
the latter ju of September, " Seay 
and gie will cost she 5d. per rod if the heaps be | Locust 
Mangel. who 
ploughed round the same as for 
THE PAST iia tiie AND THE 
COMING WINTER. 
t operations com- 
v — Harves 
manood * with v us on the Tst of the month, and cutting 
€ fields bei | 
reir t 5 dI the de! mand, ^ 
= Misi has withe ^h 8 | 
y be taken up dits ae d in houses, being i in | 
ds with straw or boards between them to separate | 
the cente nt ees 
Š 
t part 
for the the work was t 
sional rca the uy dre back. 
n" however, to = left — wi the mercy of the 
achine; on the contrary, still find the Irish co ntin- 
gent a most usefu » fóFoo. The acum of mac 
ej|an 
cost of stacking | m 
uss 
LINCOLNSHIRE : Aylesby ee dhere to my f 
statement a s at the 
age of the last$10 years, 
nearly brum Barley fall aviae 
average. s to ho sha 
coming winter Ath 
serious consideration. The urn 
of Lincolnshire upon clay soils 
failure; upon the Wolds 
e whole n my 
cattle Oat and Barley straw e ner mixed with 
u^ of the best are going 
Spalding. — Th 
coy 
opinion aT aes respecti the farei when ve com- 
m enced cutting has been d by th hin 
We have fully an — of Wheat, both in cor 
Oats v decent in both. 
e ell 
he Oat straw 
out the very small crop of hay grown on the Fe 
lands. Our principal green erop in this lool 
Ape, 
ing has a already reduc ed their numbers toa poor 
a failure, and cannot be a fourth of the usual dee p 
b 
ploughed vié t with a double mo 
board plough , every other = being done alternately, 
= reg a g up with the Pb: a 
e been ploughed, and the Pot; 
picked vp wet an uivot is 
g any that ue d hs “es the surface, so that they 
may be = -— 
The k, if a pur by hand—that is, the | 
the n ith forks, and the "- omen 
"inr: up and map them into 
ei cost from 21s. to 24s. 
ould- 
mere cans 
and children 
sacks or carts—w 
Bak eikh i 
ssed over the field, to | Bar 
Ni mit of extra hands, we can easily suppose a rather 
serious rem The district h 
all consumed by sheep during t the next three 
min it is of ve ry eo Ctl and in ordinary 
of mutt I suppos 
the high winds of Monday the 5th 
and Friday the 9th, 
the gale increasing 
cane for several hours urs on 
iff 
n me 
rop has gone; several fields of 
ley in this bibend being nearly as clean 
thresheda - the mill could do it. ver ha the A can 
bn 
— only re ear! 
lowerit of cake 
= 
en 
i 
© 
T 
Ho 
=} 
e 
ng; last 
bhorlibgé Kept i in that pee and erre throve ve 
well But with all these appliances I n think 
winter dedi our weal quantity of 1 
dy s —À f arable ing t 
S 
M 
ai g 
* c GU @ Maa & 
a fair n — cake wi 
cattle 
ree 
= hills the rear 
requisite to 
_ per acre ; 
ted, | as more 
ney may 
ee, eee oo ae 
lost in one Pu by eas a 
cost reduced. 
perire nl the pides mee e tha 
the ent entire cost is kn fri epe seres 1o! 3 
fon aerat times ; and those adverse breezes ar 
rok of | expected. 
not of 
Bory ng 
t-erops) are fermentation and panna! 
If the former tak. 
as sets, since all the ts ha ve to be br oken off | 
before re plantin ing. To prevent. be it is of the utmost | 
for the shake, t 
ah and zy during the Lei 80 that the in- 
gathering is progressin ng — pap To pass fro 
corn to Tarn rnip crops, lad to be x 
are stored for the winter. 
Therefore, in the first pl 
th 
lace, fine weather should be 
for the wi — ii taken up, n d secos 
and left fc 
grid 
sorted, 
she Sheed mes cattle soc 
reservi Or sale show wi 
T taken to the pits, where they are desde 
; ee pies,” 
eat stra’ 
and t| the 
ris 
taat removing ell the top soil to à the p of| T 
3 E the a 
t 
e|ever, that cattle 
a portion o: 
tav vourably, at all events iopet ully 
g 
heavy crop, quality various; Wheat better than wis 
ted, above average, but qual to last Reri 
p. The root crop deficient, not so badly plan feriot 
this county, but bul small and of in! of 
ity. You ask opinion as to the he 
5 ing” - the s e shall in this coum 
Teale ish o € fori eign ca cake 
pe ton for adulterated ‘Linseed: cake w 
=} 
^ 
In e rite the vo hay crop 
ds ‘10s. per ton. 
p ever Eng ie 
and the worst root c 
n 
3 
for cattle feeding. Tint we are ap * 
; | famine few can doubt. I see no means to a 
a large portion O of our » 
SE 
celà of an almost eu amoun 
meal, w. limited quantity of roots. With 
1s. peri, ohh in all probabil it il Tat by theo 
h feed 
Bin 
is is nes time that Pamips root - Last season 
tering calves, we used an _ place of 
| advan ridi pg 
| lessen the quantity for eec and, let us ia hope, grt 
arge cames P denier 
nips 
eep. We satisfied, how- 
a com pad Ui. ente) should 
have a f Turnips allowed along with their 
Cpa 
‘arsden.—The -harvest ue E 
ghi herod ds in Dey Se few pieces threshed, we can 
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