(SEPTEMBER 17, 1864. 
902 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. : 
us to understand tke nutritive ‘proce esses of ‘pla ants and [ be > answered have appeare ed t o. farmers t0, to be rather í in| my occupation Mage... pro oprie priet orb iT das l 
1 t, is the | he nature of an official prying into the ards of 
direction ow E The daily " de Ir ar pre ehm oroeeedings of pri individuale, than an honest] 80 years old, and not args to for mu Ap money, | 
ted tud J he ualities, the pes ire to obtain information of undoubted publie im i E. myse 4 te the gntes 
tution of the soil j^ dec den the food elements o! | portance. The knowledge of the results of our own | mostly A out. ave renewe de. ie mentor my own 
eager — e ji naar and the most efficient and at į harvests tof n ity be useful to the manufac expo, T gol ot ai n hf vole 
the sa conomical means of restoring to the soi] | turers of food, for such knowledge would teach them way wi r pay paw = ei^ Mus s 
thos p ü ilisin ae qualities of which, by cropping, the | when to sell and -- o hold MA eir AES diem io ic sere To Tade the fa was in a low contig : 
land i is bese sro e rived, For thus rit tes the great regulate | their future operations, and wou 21 b Me ens A. dod " Tee d ton, 
g the x e "A per ve 
END: T market. Agricultural statistics of a ears per year, 
he fer m d which s niil. für 9 or m sj ean only be furnished by the 4 Age action ~ E or e y 105. per acre. 
the produce o of his field, which ser 
e inning I would 
y as possible iR kA, condita at the 
sh 2 ave been willing 
will be oneal 
M petat $ j^ M the corn, and T 
e E Acres o 
ere, 3 acre 
I 
applie ‘ed six i dnd 
at the same , Tate, all ¢ of 
p to this ti tir ne) ) Ig 
" was got off the 
and beast, the farmer removes a portion of his soi es ken selves, and as a 1 
Thence ar: do the nec P z ppm or as Lie s enture to off the m a io Ap for the con. | comm 
terms it, compensation, the question ne country 13 now yen ty well EIE a bont 
3 i ry All manure divided into y es for Poor Tan p urpos the o crop f 
Puder ro mw? viene x 3 ean EE to a sime CM "chosen began by ie f 40s. p ar acre, 3 a 
which bas served as litter, of remains of plants, of the | by the  geonpiers of land. Iw ould begi n sth. me) O2 rhe ss at the r 
ge and solid — of and animals.’ The | taining the sult t of the ha ay, * sg i d 
compensati the zep ement of nutritive | return. d the estima -i yield per whi : did li; denou 
pedis which Wie erops have earried away from the | acre, might be collected as "o ee: "lite. feo | which did we an ght these 
soil, is the mere of rational I husbandr ry ; and this, " ach vot Unio These return: qus 
A ^ 3 ta y 
-— Ai € ers Lic re me chem same wen last nen Sha a is, I got 6 t 
y" ince in this Club a 
n 
yard man 
ad return 2. Wheat | 
s of | 
ly 
guano is in this ry, 
Se an interruption to that trado "will com oa the serious 
who are interested in 
the future of agriculture. 
x diede this part of my 
ns of hay out of 
cock, and I understand the qua antity o ob tained las& year 
was about 14 tons, most likely taken after the stack 
eated, This fie id, though the highest i in the farm, 
were dra aud in it 
when we 
| tion for ae lves the exercise of t 
inciple, they cannot object to gh sist rof pee 
same principle when other interests are concerned as 
still be a most useful return, and I cannot believe that | ha dh 
any : obstacles would be thrown in the way,|S 
b e occupiers of the "- l rote 
d the pasture there were a few 
tho furrows, gnai in the pasture there was à 
of Moss. The Cow Grass and other goo 
now plentiful in "both the meadow an 
doubt 
od viia ET 
nd pasture, and I 
not bat the hard heads which still linger in the 
wher Me da ains are 
subject by a DR de from a book which I earnest’ y 
recommen odes the albenia "ot our members, E 5. The Condition of the Labou anum 
* The Ben Laws of Husbandry, by Justus the position of - a laborer: qu tha 
Liebig. wie rational pursuit of Ps aces which of all other labou her labourers 
with the greatest economy of capital and la bour, erally wor rkin ng Segither + under the same roof, an 
the task of overlooking—the watching - labour 
highest crops it is capable of yielding, requires a pa asily and r sadly performed, and the com- 
compass of knowledge, observa on, and ex — € skiil—the efficiency of each man’s la 
more, perha s, than i in any other usiness. The ration: es sted by a scale supplied by the labourers 
what his 
observ 
tells dim in the AE which he 
ractice: in a word, h t bea 
ter." ? 
3. Extension of Green eA Calture.—* The continuou: 
rip which we experience at d 
moisture, or dri 
intervals throuchoat the ifa while t it too fr 
isappoi 
our hopes in harvest time, always psok 
nd other green 
of Grass ai 
us to uce in per mi root c v 
animals may be reared an ened dui 
Surely, then wo is 5 tho Aecton ar ke 
sound 
otl 
foundation, the leadi ing teature, of En nglish agriculture, 
Td 
es 
orough man, sid 
not a half and-half creature kra — ws no more about 
i with just s skill enough to 
erops, and enables 
dja 
ur fulure enterprise. 
cefo e the 
r a wide c" nse 
of labow 
: D: iy "ie distant sates of their labour. 
e that ortion: of — labour may be, |! 
> Lis mre c still much remains 
perform n the eret =. daily labour alone, 
8 | ed i 
d therefore the disposition A his mind janes en 
ently | d his a poi 
of the utmost import- 
the Grass is very oe and is eate are, 
JE "this to the roots of all the coarse s tem and 
ed, and only the sweeter 
20s. s. per acre in mixed 
yin the additional crop. 
9 follow will be 
in tended tom 4 seed- bed t oo dry, the m 
a summer this s. [havea We plant of Turiijs 
in a field bs 1 was told I cou t geb Turuips at 
all. Iapplied 45s. worth of M ad Mus besides 
| some fold-yard manure to part, and 1 o the other 
| par art, I have plauted about a dozen pet of Potatos, 
which I go ot f rom m him 
itt his amily a sufficient supply of plain a d 
d 
- enr of laying down 
past e, I conside 
rity, 
1 
er as comi ng from no sulilent autho- | 
education to his 
Bo as Ares with hope to — — may be 
elle to we e a bird's s-eye view of agriculture. The 
great variety o! f gre en erops which ma 
y 
ow no reason 
why the motto of the preseut day, s Excelsior; > may 
tk This 
po arable farms, in great ps spam M exceeds 
g and feeding 
When stock-farming shall. T taken 
through the length and breadth of the land, in 
manner and to the extent which pores necessity 
j n the 
contin ida, 
d fat-forming proportions — 
| man goes forth ma his daily task with a cheerful mind, 
willing. to a n that state of life to which it has 
pleased God to call him. Let us take the other 
instance, the man hired on n the poe of supply - 
demand. 
eni 
With “jusufficient ood to restore the wear 
and tear o of his daily wo rk, he becomes careless of him- 
UOA: in by addi u5 p *« 
two familiar instances. In the one case, wh the 
whieh | labourer is looked upon by his employer rather in the | much more orous than the old sorts dati got in 
winter. | light of a partner, iu a certain degre ge he owner | the eign kis taken up I intend to report 
sity and | and occupier of the land. His e thus uantity and quality. M. t, which was 
In | described :—he has a dwelling where Tie can m being z 5a by y predecessor, looks pret ll; it has 
his family with decency and comfort; his money wag however, "attacke d by the brown aphis, and wil no 
| enable him to sustain and recruit his own wee ee Oats, which I sowed on a fe 
cre, are gort deficient, 
T 
just drained, d gave 30s, per 
which. is the ease wit 
d i 
bet throughly $ studied and | — as 
of all future operations in hus ry. Again: if t 
system of free —, wn prej aged as Ped i 
Wheat in home markets, we derive an 
PIE 
reference M - e called ‘feeding stuffs,’ 
excepting the t food recently manufactured by 
the ? Legislature Tele the able directions boy ee 
at 
e | of a parent’s neglect become in his children patent to 
the world. With a sense of ill-treatment ever — 
k, 
to his mind, he shirks his fas task, feeling er 
a n his €" Contrast the tiro an 
when the strict rule of economy, in 
which act v ss A the ch sd the 
red La i "ie “continue, gentlemen, the end of the 
a 
used on the continent n 
not over t n t of my 
neighbou My land is troubled with a a many 
weeds, of site Coltsfoot seems the worst. e Grassis 
also difficult to keep under, and S histle is abundaul, 
have not much Twitch, Charlock, or Po ies, My 
seeds were also troubled a good deal this spring with three 
weeds—Chickweed, a small Bed-straw, and another 
weed—all of which spread over the ground, and T 
only attached to the ground by one small root, and 
think if Ihad run a hand or horse-rak Ta 
spr ing it would have pulled : a good de t up, 
t adt hath id t appears to me 
that. Clover IE before. sowing should be e Gites " 
dressed o y 
early in | the jet ing bring v Barley hs and Lam 
not sure that the better be not be to sow 
Clover by -— and not e ig 
ll plot w wd - Mus Lupines that are 
ood, but I ca unos get 
id ead PY se they will 
-yard for manure. I 
T think Tares are au 
any of my animals to ea 
have to be put into the fold 
suppos cattle would eat them. 
tha L upines 
sing out, and 
men, arises the difficulty. We ask the far mers of nde arrots not being sown early make nothi 
England to NO bhoir aoe and herds, ince to = a E, the ocoupier of the ian, m shall fel a 3s Parsnips ai ad. seem io get on. I think both 
in himself that he is receiving his fair share of the | uld be 
supply butchers’ meat M MRNA ab reasonable of the earth which his labour in so great a| these re ta aeti sowing earlier, and the land sho 
prishte? Er has painfall espe een A Ee ek" d s appétr- 
y shown or hero pd blished inaugurated er colour and more vigorou 
a fearful extent the 'ravag yes - ——À - Ball por, ment £r midland a agricultural institution, not for the | an ce of s te Oats and Barley “grag he drains are just 
will reach amongs and all-pox | exhibiti : E its clear indicatio me that we want to 
amongst sheep, pluro- pneumonia diuo à, pu othe topies. Birmingham, with its Midland Counties Agri- | © cultivate. deeper, a nd if I "cannot “get the lock of PH 
diseases amongst — DA » too freq i cultural Association, and this its Midland Counties | Steam plough, one of which 
absorb the pro r yours a and imper eril the | Fa armers' Club, takes a rank in "cepe as high as| "1e neighbourhood, I i to use kis s dign 
A pu of the serial; t s ploughs which are made by Cuthber ti "ihe same 
tI maintain that we have here a difficulty which ciple isused by Fowler with his Aa qu ee 
= be ames i vd dealt ith, ere we can expect l E bes pid ould not break up seeds ti 
to see a sufficient capital embarked in carrying out rain m to me edad geet y A 
satisfactorily the obj have in view. In reflecting Farm Mem sare d pa particular in procuring ha best seed corn—L intend 1 
this poi ve frequently asked myself the| REPORT or a SMALL FAgat.— O Havi long been con» | try some of Shirreff's "a Ed E Hallett r 
Why cannot the farmer avail himself, in an in supplying i s with manures, also thin if we yu to be das of sga i 
t. | seeds. 
and adv entures ? I|under my own desit I thought I eould combine | be more ikel to s pronos a a y oA erop than ing rn te 
lade, or. cone, to the principie aa eme ractice with bes. a and begin to try what I had | pr romiseuously; this of course following . XS dis 
the general belief | previously reco selection, but I do not mean carried s R ad 
—. o the collection} I this spring E a small farm of 53 acres of w It is well known that it is easy to lay crop y tI 
—— myself | may be called strong-bodied sand lying upon a g heavily manuring wi stimulating i a 
to the pro- | mar! arl. Though this land had been professedly drained l believe if we are on poor land, constantly apples. ae 
informat tion, hefore, it required Spe net d this cost about 70s. per | manare containing not ae ame o; of of much 
e Wi 
