160 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. {Marcu 8, 1886, 
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sample of 100 grains lost only about 2 per = of | aoe = lants in the centre of the circles, thi 
water. t in a platinum crucible not a smell of si eet k" datas. Mew, T hes 4 reed | ada d: rf g chem stow dition ep i 
Barn ve travelled | a sapaton for feeding in those cae a 
ammonia was given off, nor was a glass rod di ied te lra the globe, and Love and ro sagen witne; aaae the ais nme of ow De 
muriatic gk p e the least t degree tarnished by hee held |the operations of Natu cale, nevi luxu: Year Dy Jeke many nisite 
over it. of rning, ae my neg ges in tillage kad riors iaire por’ Piy to > understand the high > 
it, I. think, lost two, and in place of run rey it | in the Gazette I ean only offer the 3 a Migher saoderd AA 
peta ge Ky en Rico) ; Seals ai ng gr i y h ag can er the sum of a traveller’s e] brings add ed n mbers and a a higher of ex. 
the first time guano aon ay guano in it E haa and small scale: it may be thus stated, viz., that bl Enis 
. : and a improvement is wiotorieligst 
BAME mY satiate ry ra eT I balieve it it "to or vacant mt in our fields, | although they be 80 me i his tastes, his “pursuits, and his conduct the Bi rh 
be e contained a good deal of i iron a small | atmospheric current will pagr te th s 
quantity of fime a wei eighing), | ever i nea apa k spaces yrs = ere ~~ be | pester | Homers ad volte tamed plo rare: ara shows the 
a et di of clay, md a small percentage SU the | far distant from certain re and shrubs, will ventilate | adding more implemen nde by r reading mies baaka a 
waste ever saw. mI right in thinkin ng this rs S a ing i a “In my gress the OB" ; a ms and by oc de sheer status in sly allen be 
tun oie í g. ie business 
s0 e ody fine a state, ki fri iend said it smelt | steam- emiren on Aee Larta square method. ” The Mist ond a Thine h h diffe 
ly w Morris had it, the > time remaining t blindly foll ” that befo i } et of 
indiy following in | In arn ' land bj f 
and the of it ke of T avise the | past 60 or 70 ve: i t A } shold bo iins iiki 
account te no ammonia remaining when tested by | h H d | understood what soil ratio 
me. F.: I could get th f tk |r fi no | of “ poor.” The: a ‘sen wader i" x aos oeoa 
n he nam o lly failed, o ; nt of wha 
party aa ye it, alas pitana wh BM Sy F; aa bode l iti is aris that in in 1856 we stand i in this, pasisian | for the growth of a particular seed sown. One deny: 
escape loss do not ye ho trouble nee risk “of piata on t rusty old nail involved in the piem oe bh poy ve ap me aP fis z sidra Saena ree it 
& case of this kind, en taken in, sported square method of tillage, the sors usaping ee 
hehe gprs A oe "ake lr oe age, various practices of the | a rye yo "may produce an excellent crop of 
nothing about it. J. R. Pearson, economy, when placed ad a a whee then ye 
St Cultivation. — The: ere are lrei f two sides to | with certain "elar Ase — aaa i rss cease ilps a Ea fie or da cea ot 
most subjects, It req comm , navigation a a ina he venié peas nae chm sees tan TaS Such 
3 : £ q 5 — hn men insure an ave: S 
poem bar aptae oe ah siles” nt a poral the ae Piy jar”? hat fl of mechanical pr common sense view of the TORE, a win 
1 glean from “ Y. F, Ws” ender e v. 24, 1855, thar exertions and w Pr Spon ar 
derstand: method of he bers method of fi de 
ty lads So fordsed whan Cie Doain in OF tes pni ii sary ae e» ; operating p ian been pce aa years | straw ‘ond head. if the former as vigorously ead 
et nei AAN vo armen weal be. I shall | as much as the old road-method was perfected and hat | land ste wit ndie eats 
objections, and comm: of advancement, a few Now, us { ai. e 
them as Ly in hi 5 I yr lene 
3 Pt pa a a th thy thie ei allu ides to everybody sees thing, in respect to the old turnpike-road | to sow hl ip sone. hai compensate for the pead 
method i in p tilling 24 „acres of land, w e should e 3 or | of gol d the b ” fe ng E peeraa olip 
h hat e i in 
amount stated.) 2d. He alludes to atila and or Simt Agan ve or racic, any ol ee eee oe oar agin 
pi sd a the and a Neg me s0 ned would certain people Paving didoeciie nt trl ae f bt oles ie ns a hi uda ie d a. 
> benef on Ree ond Anar “ihe gis p the vile ro a 
‘method of ti lerabl > di 
on istance apart, es barrenness of the soil 
ult, ma, 
enters upon tie Bore prin cipl es caveneéa: in rm be th z fel 
and says, 3d., “C. B.” seems wd tem the we as eae ‘ne i ‘ater. Paap i pt 4 The z a ts i eter suave ewe aan ee 
“ethene Bh te ot lle oh bay ior square” met ood. Ki thick — this is not practicable, nor can 
lose in power, does not apply to his scan wh | from seeking po work tillage hi | indiene ii ail aprinopg barye 
ie land 12 times faster than is now mnih 4th. | such a method C. Burcham, Lond. i bi Ri es T ass iret nl ee 
Y. F. W.” assumes the farmer malt ever require as Ag yricultural Progres: ess. —The testimon borne to th EEE E = ty Saas erp pares i 
i A series ‘of Sines ounit sas pal enplos Pe of Brit avis ¥ y e asuaelhee l bushel in ede ae and 5 n the 
ope ses owe the a n effect pe in his EGRA E Eoia, Scotland, a fe and co gore k nia en ed for 
vi only four, ore a spade, scr Trelar a es b 1 iania m pe T aite 
10e, and a cutting knife, the whole of which die could Edisburph 3 te abi tse a ticle is Sel ayer a Dia val ike an Tore 
“haft” | posed in a kindred spirit co cre of the work, Rp iTo ae anything e ne ri hooey of a 
o fit the lot.) ) 5th. My allusion t ing-machines, | will tend to make its merits widely known 5 it i traordi iah tenn ororlovked kje 
waggons, Ke 6th. GE G p the joitt me sg to | desirable that this treatise Sai slig! ae vey vr a RY Palos l pilis 
: mac is to ni a Mi rience in such matte 
my machine i mov: w base ol how haragan a read, ioasmuch as its lauda tory tone As the “pena ot thin n seedi ling meets s with but few com- con- 
eC. bid enh ae “eae ae “tt gely with t mee depreciatory terms mere verts i t ma, g po 
other its “is weigh ee. ESA na a not know | is displ: te Sovak : 
p! snes by nar all rsons not fa i Aljak 
where wort achin nery, or blesse, d with no other doikeationg iant pon cand ake to ap io thak =f iiy, iege ES M rer aba 
a ip lanii E ove y n r. G. Simmons, in 
maar E Wa a Dan =o sthamepower 1 “cm a kt sein Lar bei mfr se them without | last week’s Number, March Ist, condes escends to reason 
more needed to my method than itis to a railroad.—The dwell Can gen on the progress made be allan to. 22, aitly on our thin seeding principles, expressing only 
first point to ceo lant Y. à calls nioa is the | in civilisation. p A pi Tink le plan ppe oe Ga Se ee 
t was d, an insists upon the neces- tion ; but in ho roles s has en ee square Soe 
sity of economising land. Now for years past this | of hale than among sore o8 Whe ig mene ieni hi a pein arguuienk the Fs p 
d has been the grand stumbling-block to agri- gaano, or , mechanics or chemist oe my iE Sa Hs ry Chek Pee cay aig 
cultural advancement; it is the economy of manure, | effec a si A AE PIN ; bushel a oF sopd. eop per acre, ‘ie 
tos, bne, and money, not of land which | if the attend divert iyi isely say, or of Wheat is About from 1,280, 000 to 2,560,000 grains 
should most be studied in agriculture. No one has more | the phantom of protection toa aminat of | 2 gli alge ats vay pads nm 
foreibly illustrated than the farmer the story of the | business ; or babi n of fe i ti roduc d 
“boy an be cts a iie the strai ning at ah EFRA y has intr toe foot. If e or any of his advocates will take the trouble 
direction, and swallowing whole camels at the other. | clash and 
ft Eer mort EVEA , rasps. =| : = ports sain o, f pares S the State has deprived 8000 | grains ona Tod, or 264 on a yard, or 29 on a foot; 
: substance. Ba kai power sey A £ pa FOG be ene. mpos h equals 2 bushels s per acre ; also another square 
ghee aa pe ray -= s "iem al of th liberal palace s, and a better uirai 1 foot, sid for aga 
e gricultural o „t e righ i Saane ay pide Krae 
€ without one e wort 1 ied hee that if rigt m ner Nena pal Spry tenants and good | ing both clean and treatin ng both crops in yu By other 
et eae Yoke BO nwa to. ea tefie iae pip y or all of these influences com- | way alike, either on poor or rich land, he or they may 
e wrought the change or not, at least fm. “ 
is manures, his means, rr yei peA upon the evident „there is a chan rapid. maoae hed sh SAY Ry Se lattes experiment phtaini ener te 
‘ g 350, both himself and his count , Tapid, continuous, and jears from each plant, whilst from the thick planted 
emainin: J y p ul, as yet in the infancy of development, |th inky 
hil havo lar method we and promising to — a very fine fellow in its T Sig 7 era ona Ten ara palo 
1 march to uri These refi are | f one P e perfect ear of 50 perfec t grains 
inery, which mi o afterwards be = esi agree a. ples f 
i r ed k — pe al wands ms athe nce by Suggested by the  ncresing evide: aces whic ag arround ever, be so fi jy Aa ME Beror ey bam hsp 
fertility of cultivated acres, I believe there is} by th readiness whi il Tani tested | Produce by such a proce as a matter of cours 
iar ; wba $s ok 4 ORE zA e readiness with which they ava Ceha of ahd ppe oig conse: Ale it would be a roduee 
k l 3 y p! ryn reliable source for ` s a j 
oF tillage is 8o devised that if we do but establish the | orodno ia men asà the hate, ray r augmenting their of no less than 50 times 2 bushels per acre! which 
es it will compensate the farmer, through ony ay ted operation Wo ay ot trial ging or for | thick seeders never do or can attain, Hardy and Son, 
es Load keep, double cropping, saving ot a a kas a f ef as e yp fe Fan nn Bence. 
cartage, y increased fertility in the cultivated areas, | las Aue origita Statistics. Those who oppose the collec- 
to which ‘ ua ; he may suffer. The seeond point oa re ye Taro = vigorous atempts sa ‘of | Mt leh tion “of Ra aga ay statistics sy now be left alone | $ 
É saah l land or 
ert na és Ww.” refers i is ventilation : Bo ‘orm arks | co athe na in atic oan ye the ear Apai St that djh Vi peg f the 
. epi duce to | i the hun sandy z TEk eee 
the 7 rahe he hal cle ia, meagre i he walk ; Tabbite isepen ar to h id be tang 7 
circle. ow this is not e Genet the fact the first | make w he for Turnips ; fish and wild “a Ppe the to |s ts SE OF the ey will mislead. here is 2 
place, I iny those 2 aeiia MAN not fe ‘eft untilled still if dominion to Coleseed p 2: Whea resign t ir seoran margin of error in all human Pisi takings, 
they ‘were so left many exp cpr this does not much matter, and one error perhaps 
tai him this bonus of space, ad deka ae ae e: nce for man ; corrects another, If however, p there ane an areor in the 
tance between each plan t, wi Pool a mar to bec ~~ oho one oh. boast org f ser mination the. ner ih e data, all will be 
whole icing eatly conduce to increased prod machines for everythin : uire a tase peas ek, | ae A chided less, and this I “hin is the case with 
a iso ord Wien Í ee the theory and Pice Lance them ; maste ious i a Gains statistics as now published. In eight 
find o pe see the field my especial stu Y, I desired to | that would amd a mathematician and uk peel be counties Gite ao relatas itim ree gee aor 
and _— oo te the y enlason of our crops | inform a naturalist, If a f: d qis Meee mi he st aie ied. si a oe Fotarne. jie, Sab, fis 
: possible that in the form of fairy | hend botan pthc lp: pa 
rings and blighted spo:s among growing erop nH Pa Pye iegpacag HaTe pane | rimtai utter ‘confusion ae Be) whole, ia 
K pabiities lt is said that these ey 
acciden $ i sibie m: 0: ae me o 10% hi 
“a ne left visibi ari E h HA ? fa son of De n vijen of Map. and if he does not | counties are Highland, and the re est oe land as bate 
