OCTOBER 1, 1864. j 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
and others that bee fh are age disappointed. The Hay of f all sorts is scarce and dear, but our Grass 
A | ceri gret dne Clover, Sainfoin, Åc, is 3 now giving a good med 
cut Pea — and well broken Bean stra 
with cake eal, Oats, Pan Bean 
land the grow & has been such the last few 
an acre, -are ony rire! out | of. 
ar weeks that it “bids, fir to be nearly not quite an 
Generally the later Wheats are the bes t 
straw, together 
and Pea meal, 
oria over the chaff. Young cattle, 
beasts, ei yearlings, (I hs we 'had one general 
tbe for all), may de do e well upon hay, A even 
three 
yielding, and those in the Fens are reported be 
in tte 
han Wo * higher districts. Yellow maggot and | been, : and still are, much puni ished oy po nover: 
rn, bran, malt-comb, Linseed- 
l. J. C. 
pode LK: 0) Denver.—W heat will reach nearly a fair 
e, 
bli ssened our and upon the | theless they will produce a greater weight per ac 
wisis T» I un say that Wheat newly ADS, > but | than was = — & short time since. Bat average, and of good quality, tegga not quite so fine 
ot quite, -- average. Barle ey is a very fne crop— | very few of th n Turni Y ever vegetated ; the | as last year ; it s been weil ested, an believe 
few that were ps 
t, but | i 
renis 
d | they — suffered 80 much “from the > long drought a 
our supplies will no doubt be very plentiful. a | that since the rain they have shown more tendency 
crop it paying better th y other for the | rot grow. The plans a ador vate l fo r eking out 
last few years, and eds e has given a fillip to = scanty supply ‘of food, &c., are merous that it 
its in d cultiva Oats are a light pin — difficult if not impossible to daha, Jm nearly al 
es doing something to lengthen out the food 
thin in quality, as thes erally are in 2 d g 
they ; wer s they mm d i Bé they have, or to supply the pue cy ; and, should 
ey is a very fine 
| crop, with a great variety of qu ality, and most a : 
harvested well where they were not in 400 
urry. The young Clover plant among the Bar! Ei is 
very weak, and in many instances I fear has perished 
= ly under an avera - are | on the hot gravelly soils, but on » good pet I hope they 
mcs A "the extreme dry and hot eathe having | the T prove mild, me the late showers 
bete Jes of flies upon them, ‘hich completely | that no serious evil wi ll result. Chaff-cutters and | have improved them very much. Oats are y a 
shrivel pow up and prevented the from Beem roo t-pulpers ill be more _generally use used than they | middling crop. Beans are bad, and Peas, what few 
The crops are generally complete failure thi t are eira 0 r Mangels wi will be a fair 
sionally I may et a field of Mangel Wurzel = Kohl | in straw, and, from being so well harvested, it is nearly | er op o on good 342 bu ips are wre wretched ; 
Rabi with the prospect of a good half crop, but | as sweet and — ous as — hay. Cotton-cake | where we had a good plant, what with the lice sd 
generally speaki ng the crops are past recove e|and Maize have already largely purchased by | grubs, they will [^ hardis half a crop, and as 
di - ill be the grenter, inas- | several of ry sp a média: of Ri Eaa pe Turnips there are hardly any, and pe 
h as the t of late has been = 2 se the | sown is of far greater breadth t des be done with the "rt I don’t know. 
— = eA The — is ther very These on are growing very. fast, and, mould, frost | One ‘hing corn is cheap, a 0 that we must resort, 
re flock y be made n fine open winter, 
f sheep e kept over the coming owen lt is be upp ly of g straw for a long | We are sowing lots rs ere and Italian Rye-grass, and 
elear that bo ^ roots and hay must be economised in me with p^ this there goer be m "like | Stone Turnip, &c., spring feed. Stock are in a 
ry given shape, and that the former indi be cut | the usual mber of sheep a and bullocks ir healthy state, tough MARY an of them are in low 
up and pulped for the sheep and beasts, and all hay cut | The most we re casi expect is in ¢ ondit ition, By hom 
in aff an argely wit We Of course | good growing condition, exper ience having tut us| "Noro K: A. m Tenby, "n": 
ugh voy course all cut and 
that all animals that »". poor in the au 
difficult and troublesome je ng keni wo are 
sors nce 
ace in hand yin ets the Grass is ankle Pens 
wede! es a a capital c crop. This wi iier appear- 
trying to keep them well t present. Our lam 
r|they yc — na z% ave had an anlimited Sapp 
ey hav 
+ 1 
Oats ; 
more ‘hen: 4 Ib. " iiti pe er day. . Our dairy cows and 
cipate. r 
those ipei n ch overtake us are attended moo: 
young stock have. Linseed and. Cotton-cake mixed, | 
T resulta ; and it is the true pl hilosoph Phy 
2 
pee. p there is. My distri i in Norfolk, 
betwee wich an and Yarm outh, is mostly a deep soil, 
l at present. Our Potatos are a 
whénditl a come upon us, I believe that wel 
ro crop, no ‘disease at pre esent ; it will entirely 
will be the result in regard to the disaster "9€ ts 
fore suited our corn 
crop; Barleys bulky, an 
whi 
hey ned to the root crops of t| eZ —— though ite an p oo is of fair bo 
show more clearly to many, veg ine the grea tons last" year society pigs, sheep, and short, and Beans as an average. mi dink Might 
of these crops upon our “clay. soils with cattle, ‘and "Think the probability is T will beapplied | well harvested, a va fr = vermin. Hay half a 
y and sneering cm ing all things: rato | crop, but well saved. Mangel a fair and on 
e 
rather 
benefi! irs ved of them, and at nsideration, and looking back i what they were in | 
the same pl the tedispensahle necessity for their | the "middle of siga he we oda ve much more cause to be | 
extended cultivation. There is one thing i in this | 
plaut, 
mid ground will be a three-quarter crop. Swedes 
| patchy por Y% very small, full y lice and 
| terribly p with di “White Turnips generally a 
rom 
orion - rents are to be paid | grateful than to compla 
t be fi 
ng «pr? er P fs. a bushel, but upon | 
LEB which are | 
the farm, 
conte 
era sable, 
roper Ades this 
on if rest clays. Peter Purv 
aniy | 
1) Marten, UNS am think a ens of the 
the whol 
Kext: (1 
3 | present thretings ie it is ‘tally m hn ae all c corn 
crops ari 
| failure | for. Au of he nt. I shall shred Ago my roots, 
|have not seen it noticed in any A our egret | - mix them with an equal bulk of cut straw or corn 
ost | chaff ; 
coed I n it is not ee is the almo all the I will be cut into chaff, save a little 
eavour- | where the land. iit not t baar f 
night. 
r ieina 
rants o make good t " ing — f course oils e, Cotto: igo 
meal will be given to all si tock in proportion 
“makeshift as is a little better tiie a pérfest ton ‘thee size and state of fatness. I never exceed 4 1b 
a prep mn 4 M of Cotton do., and half a 
eal to a large o 
| shredded foots and 
handful 2 hay chaff, I fancy i is enough for 
I have also bought some treacle 
T /(1 
t yielding so much by ¢ about 
as last 
1 quarter or| 
at vi 
fine and su; waits his il mix with warm wa 
"nh over chopped. ago "T og T and ne Y^ 
2 x rnt y to small will be 
aided r th 3$ 
they will weigh heavier per bushel. The bulk of straw 
is also less. The amt M oor corn is g 
are on the strong clay 
with the exce e iore of the 
to the 
am 
growing v. very y fast. The plan to be S iaoei f for r carrying | codon them up with Oat straw for my cart horses; 
erop. Wheat not so good as s Jast ad somes it| or 
carried in rather poor conditio ally on tl 
soils. The quality of the Barley i is, generally T 
ing, very good, though th a veo 
washed. Oats various, in tie cases goo $ed, dà es reget o 
very indifferent. Wi th dms ed the ^ rope they 
are worse than I ever knew them, and e Man 
failing. One of my neig count. dont than are not 
213 slugs round one — The d where there 
is any, d s not seem to i I fear pr 
The Pea straw I 
the offt 
inter. t down e of Rich- | on th 
maia and Chandler's cheater, tnd rz 1 find my 
w like run short Ca 
the Turnip crop as long as possible, and “hold them | doing remarkably well. LT Read, of ^ Plumstead. 
e old seed and Grass d giving go cut Oats, — RoxBURGHSHIRE: Clarilaw.—I think that the crop 
tificial foo so lead out of corn in this neig Chasststol is nearly an average, 
Pea s ly to I must mix Oat straw Cabbage when so fort as to — T em , The except Oats, which are a sig) poor crop, Lex two- 
with it. Surely the dug € ei ines «€ fields is present fine season is now flushing the G | thirds of an average; we hav ess deal of the cro 
801 ing fresh ; no o aving land very much, and I think by economy and care wi tanding out. 1 bos a f 
their roots 80 much injured h in n this wiy "ntl. the last | shall be able to carry over the stock in a healthy state home yet. The Turnip crop looks well, but we — 
two y and they seem to attack the crops as much | up to next "e pa The cattle will require a greater have to keep fewe do not know the 
where they are — Z with poem manure as Consumption es and meals, &c. William Dudding. | way to eke out the rcity of the supply of food ws 
where dung has bee I am sorry I can give | LINCOLNSHIRE : (2) Long Sutton. =a shall venture to | sheep 2 EN b: " think oilcake a very good help. 
you no more * information on the subject, a A give my ” &c. c., comprising | Patrick Br * 
must be a inatter of vital importance to farm I ‘aa try situate between the towns of Boston SALOP : Munsiow, Church Stretton. — 
Mark Moe | Poo Ely, ERES 
cott 
Downham, Lynn, ie, | Harvest is hi gens and never was sec 
The Wheat is lik 
: (2) Dumpton, Ramsgate,—The corn in this TAN a large tract of marsh jana, y high land, and | finer condition. ely to yi 
ED i was never harvested in finer condition, | fen land, The ot Wheat an are above a expected before and the qu 
there can be no doubt but the yield will be quite | general avi ey is "Outs bulo c abe en year. The Torley wil be 
than was expected e commence- | an average, bad crop caused by aphis, Potatos neon qug vane gis Pagani pc ed 
P t t is no |a fair crop, but tu small, Ee med as last year. very good. The straw of every 
inducement for ag thresh, but those rod have | Swedes he, worst re we remember, Turnips | description is a “ist will be eaten well by the 
threshed find the ce greater than they expected. | scarcely any 0 be fo und, € oleseed the ‘ors erop ever stock. , The Swedes in this district have made con- 
pe EN — ail condition is so ign uk in | known Turnip 
seven bushels of Wheat will produce as "For cattle and horses, hay. and straw | are a failure. - I consider we are much fica al por — 
XA Aa mt as eight bi bad .|provender may readily be made to suffice, with the Turnip uch 
Barley also prove a great crop; it varies much inj customary ad: "E ns of cake and corn. Itis the winter worse, our hay ipi, -— got Tet. pei po 
quility, some being harsh (or steely, as our malts ment df the flock and young cattle wherein | worth less except as man There are considerable 
term it), but most of it is very heavy, and if not fit for | À the difficulty. Old sheep willdo very well upon | quantities of cake being pri] now, and will be as long 
malting give a large amount of food for pigs and | horse and{cattle ve but young y gie err and |as the -— remain in the pastures. ave no — 
ts were much shorter i e straw Top pen beasts, m t have a ration food | after ca are taken to t the yards mags wp » 
usual but they yield well in proportion to straw. | daily, however cont it may be. ff, pulped roots being 
Peas are quite as good as were ex: Beans are | above, sheep troughs are to be seen a ta aala the most economia food to use dug the et the 
(5 cgi reported before—a half our usuai | giving evidence of "preparation. to supply the hen cattle are upon the etes and grain with a mixtur 
À cattl ae t farms | in the yards. Richard Shirley. 
Bri 
Bie as it was six weeks since. „The e rains we 
live had, followed by warm growing yer pun i 
much improved the appearance of things generally. 
vest is rather better 
Cattle food for winter 18 
Cabbage and 
have a small stock of green food. This ‘bs eked Boake: —The har 
very spies and given along with wen straw, io. it was ecd | to be. 
out 
cut hay, cut Oatsheaf chaff, Barley-sheaf chaff, scarce; Turnips a complete failure; 
