NOVEMBER 12, 1864.] 
tells us 
in the "v arious countries of Euro 
ee  ' —á— 
us the whole history of the plant—the statisties 
‘of the eultivation rope, 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
present, ut, which seems ; likely to to be the permanent, 
of beef and m Auge t = might ex 
has proved liable, oul the e history of the Irish 
pe ne—| fuer 3 how y Lushels of séts are needed to 
d how p Ber and when they should be 
past, aid what the best method «d cu E EC as 
we : ot informe d. In the section on Barley w 
o te and that independent of the 
collateral wüvatts ages es Those 9 a dire ct profit | th 
upon the con vor cat of the Turnip or an gel crops. 
If we — -— expense of raising hen, à in 
roun raging 97. per aere (which 
beli ieve to de nob far pe the truth), that quantity ‘ot crossed with other breeds 
a bu 
llock of from 60 stone 
qe »" Pw» meee ats doctrine of the 
transmutation of species in plants, a apap ed 
by the generality of naturalists om all 
rational science, yet crim <p y 
The 
the 
at danw ! ! 
We make 
P Quot, ec 1} 
experiments as to set all di 
Number e a escape x el 
following e extracts — 
By 
— 
to find the 
1095 
| inthe park cud 
en ak thy of n 
70 stone, t ‘oa 
— 2 14. 
"s r from 242. to 28l., enge 
o d on v going. Py "hav 
edic h may 
S Xs h 
r | Firs 
attention 
and Beech are of ‘noble stir tho 
in 'the wood walks will arat the grea 
a subsoil a of this — serves to fertilise 
surface. 
t pri the 
frequently re ici for 1 
hs 
a new e ty of B E. which has no 
that we we a of, ye any mame, but wih 
under i such singular circumstances as 
cake are dn 
a notice, ` 
In the summer of 1856 Mr. John Ekins of Bluntisham, 
in Hun vingdons hire. 
P US which, dt is 
—— 
emoranda. 
RY FarmM.—The Cassiobury Farm, within 
new featu ure of he, dm 
Cassi 
this district, presents a. 
— > to show 2 d grazing is not y 
e. If corn or 
ad " 
- | by a windlass and bucket and wheeled on to Jan 
| barrows mw a bushel, of which 20 si 'to the lad, T 
which the work is calculated. The nse by 
it 2i. per 
= Alling i 2 ir^ amounts to 
the average, J. 
n under 
T ets "they bad 
attained about 1 fod t of height, an “this was repeated | 
thrice, yan’ hago. as the weather beca cold, and | Whe 
they no lon r grew rapi He. - were left: » dtand the 
win Th eh which E d till the spring threw 
power to ‘arable and wa land. 
no "ned as one of the Sorkari farms of Herth ordahire. 
the Health of Tow wns | Act was adopted by t the 
Moers Watford, the E 
Mi ous. 
he Seeretaryship of the Yorkshire Agricultural 
will.be vacant at the end of the year, Mr, 
is ‘so well known as an agriculturist 
i i n, “in 
| with the M to take t wage for agricultural | 
he point c of its discharge bordering on his 
out fresh m - at "ibi 
but, t; m 
of iy X 
the p 
better [on and ‘since > t 
the joa which ‘consists princip pally o of a long street, 
which rises with a gradual inclination of about 60 feet 
sh bank 
and Jan t, having tendered ignation, “ 
conseque of e ed p and business 
engagements render him e to give to the 
wl reme pm tim 
tial. ” 
"a Birmingham Show. .—The Birmingham Show isso 
inre. established in public favour, and so well sup- 
period so superior has | on the nory of the river. It is well-calculated 
val varie oved, and so much esteemed by the | for the discharge drainage, assisted by a 
alteters, Ir as been ted -generally 1 the | dant supply of water. The population contributin g ng its | 
cene in ighbourhood, who are ‘satisfied both | se matter is calculated at p 
with the ie quality rand the yield, We have now w a sampl e 
works where the sewage | is received consist of a 
= e beral prize list, and to make any changes from 
year to year which ‘are proved to to be desirable, In 
addition to the Society’: 8 € the number o of special 
of ‘this Darley 
J 
d 
factor to be of excellent malting quality. 
of species in | 
ELT 
P 
doubts at vut o ins c. AI 
defiance. have already 
- a pii oase « of Wheat at 
peu engine icon pipes, laid across the farm 
^ lies part 
s | greater p: 
argillaceous AU 
drained, therefore e fitted 
perhaps not affordi 
would be secure 
"m } 
which 
| ie A hene Y the esr. Amongst the special 
ttle thi may —— à e follow- 
ly on parre Ta the me but of which & the 
of a superior soil of dee 
on the chalk, naturally 
‘for the purpose, though 
a test of this system as 
The farm is 
art isa “plate 
loam re 
go good a 
an inferic or soil. 
l 1 } 
fordin 
d i 
ge» t 
The owing remarks by Dr. anore, & 
Gorman natura are rario e of the truth of the | 
doctri 
, this rema: 
Rye. 
veri ‘hed by. new "experimente, bnt we have pes 
th O ts, in n order tha t we may be 
Tahal 
V "hn nerai 
ing: By resident, pns Walsingham, a Silver 
Cup, value * lemen , for the - ox or steer of any 
age or breed, bred and fed by the exhibitor ; by the 
LE = — rd, l5L, for the best Short-horn in the 
I 
rs eepere of Birmingham, 
25 guineas, for 
E 
irrigation is pes hose ma me as in us 
ies vaso When the 
e Ac P qua sewage is not wanted, or 
of the drainage is aug 
S Gp several 
vhere. 
mented | Gold Medals, 
red pn 
of 
g 
$ e best animal in 
the four xira prizes, o y 
Iereford, Short t-horn, Devo 
^ "201, pa ee rst for the 
and the ESTNE best 
eed or age, 
a 
spru ng fr crown that still shows the withered 
leaves of the Ow oe plant of va previous year. I repeat 
that this transformation does take place (about mid- | ro 
un 
ment ; th application of the sewage 
to 7 or 10 a 
fey 
cres annually, vates T under Rye-grass 
tation, The c crop is adio so cattle i c the summer, 
fou 
fodder e om into the ear; the consequence of 
which is, nsid. 
c 
orm 
est Rye. 
Society (agricultural) o of Cobu tales credit to ite. 
dari d 
turnpike road ar fi from St. Alban 
im s) 
o | Cassiobury Park, where the sewage is "distributed over over 
din the 
e bs with the vertus fo 
the e yea 
s to Rickm 
nyse RFT 
B, a ` 
worth, which divides this (Harw 
36 acres of the green swar - . This space i 
t 
hE} h 
n 
y iron 
d for 
| of the public for several years, E sed api to 
* LN WA hol? + 
th 
ha: ay or fed with cattle. 
tá 
2 
p 
E 
2 
R t 
D 
E 
$4 
"o 
= 
inl 
ES 
af 
aba 
T 
He 
g 
e 
3 
"mue 1: 
Mound the laws of nature with 
m. 
It has been asserted of late 
years by sgricnltorits of sd vnc - an cam 
and ot crops ar 
hese cases, of which valle "details may be 
“en _cridenca of the Earl of Essex, E 
ttee of the House of Comm 
in both 
found in 
before a Com 
March, 1 
han. 251., o is best pen of yearling 
Isi Exhibition; and by Messrs, Mapplebeck 
| & Lowe, v Cup, value 5l. 5s., for the best single 
The classes for sheep 
M rhe and cattle grazing ‘altogether, ‘so far as the 
the river which 
bu 
runs e arta the par 
xis after the manner be 
concerned, the bullock „shed being, at best, 
Sa Na 
fore described, by a 
Mor dig This Ls nde de 
Ves 
rs 
— to tako af the e | green crops, especially paap Ta tpa 
if pe por a Ta direct | mre gy eR Bem stock i by the fus Judges as extra 
& Turni ja op! improv Y 
is usually ip roo ‘and of blood from the well-kodwh stock of late 
pro balance on the wrong | Stewart he iem ibanks, of Bushey Grove, in the neigh- 
Seo e- Te page, those expenses ought in fairness to be | bouring parish, from whence the dairy stock is 
ead over the whole course of crops, which receive a | gradually roke. 
benefit, in the better condition and cleanness of The ber re a breed f 
the land, and ag ‘the in fho esi superior to enerally se aloa Pe h | us, namely, for White Wheat, 
after the Turn urnips are removed. If weadd to these the |t he buildings, wi the exception « ‘the dairy and cow- Peas, 
conversion of the into manure of a pea det house, have not a model aspect, here and at Harwood’s 3 
y to what was forme merly oat farm, the old buildings have been ada apted to modern |ears, sent with the B 
ip ements he yards are roofed ov: 34-inch | of Wheat, Barley, and Oats, an: m 
mr is - basis cm e yi boards, covered. with tp a — ao sanded, | Peas, Ti Ua um. uid E € "ud aor ene à 
rots of t i the cont á i e rch poles set- in iron | made in i 
ila 5 condition we T$ rn d bd pw 5 cient but der pendit covering at | two "iam aot Bin Jos n n by c € 
» the alternate culture and Turnip | : yard ; by this means Lo xconsiders | & Ry of Birmingham, a Silver tup, value 
intro me Srey PE i va great saving i is ^em in the consumption and | guineas, for best ‘collection of Long Mangel 
‘Ttisnotalways, however, that cattle winter grazing ing ‘of straw co ted into manure, aved Wurzel, Globe "Mange pres ‘Swetes, A ue podes 
* unprofitable, or attended with a loss: and at E am rainfall ats. "Though the herd of deer kept|six roots of each n; and b rs. 
y improved M "soil old; the 
AE es large third for 
the Tar r fr m bei B f thi eriment was commenced, the appli- are now ged OWS :— ters; Long-woolled 
"vd i iip Shear hg cd Rh : i eicesters; South and other Down sheep, 
vation and stones upon the cattle are taken me | part of the "Cassiobury estate, v is not described in rlings, and two-year olds; opshire sheep, two 
the acco 2 a heavy loss his rui o dn evidence. This was done on the (— wie > MAE Shropshire wethers, of any age; Oxford- 
at th of the seaso p, withou koning y farm, where arrangements were made in shire OS: un eep; there being 
imals b ident des is fi 1 f ! Leices! Lineolu and Cotswold, 
very heavy; and t argue a doom this, that from 24 stalled cows used for dde | South and other Down, X E pshire ewes. Three 
would be more Mab if they could mit with | The Aen manure is diluted with — bx eg) s, of the value five. guineas each, are 
k, and is vim 
von p^ ex sony - 
cond for Berkshire br dier g pigs, an 
Jonii -of a small breed; 
best 
cow or 
