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stronger texture, capable of retaining in store, and not losing by 
ev: eni Sy from heat or filtration from rain, the food of plants, | > 
which was put into it i ine application of manures, and like- 
wise by this stronger t re being made better able to hat LS 
the Swedes were _ 
| 21 years, as woke, m might singer ‘The result was, that 
A Bae bith te 
and 
x the difference « a the ters. One for 15 years was 
the severity of oats, eon the sudden alternations of hea’ mith’s hor: ng t summer, | mar 
= barges eee 80 Mpeg fos hoe birorta Be Me til th e too large to admit of this opan er srie for 21 years 1760/., viz. 1307. more for the 
over plant. is 1 e pa a Š -fas 
150 to 200 cub. yards per acre would be a good dressing. I have | tion. The Swedes a are an rt crop for the se longer te uring the whole ac Another os 
now reached the last description of land that frequently—some- | and are now being sliced with the turnip-cutter for the years was s 16201, bat fo od ” years 1730% being a 
times altogether—refuses to grow Clover. Of all the foregoing | sheep and cattle, which, with artificial food, are] ference of 1102. Another for 15 years was 
! p 
ttita in the most eminently fertile, and tn all onsen of olo ay awi | thriving fast. 14002, and for ~ gp om rs 162 l., making the great 
I land, treat t this is thə bes 
sone 4 ave a cuesiberale breadth of this description, which, Iam d. The Barley crop—after the Swedes were fed off} difference of 2261. other seven competitors offered 
ld, grew red Clover well 20 yea: ; long since it has con- last t winter by the sheep, baris corn, oil-cake z pint only for a term of 21 years. Thoms for another farm 
tinuously fail pe it is FB Ge s er plone vera | of d 3 bp. of eake dail y) and clover-ha diti nd let for 13057., of six 
tolerably successfulin restoring this plant, by apply urt-yal t ving 
anuro to oS te paal ve hip poe Line robot and partiy dete h pth e Jand he 3 Patent nny 0 ore e hort for Io n- Boring 
Aud in my ex ni th from i dol a, I have š 2 
found, where li ery expensive and difficult to obtain, or | bushels per acre, in rows of 8 inches apart ; the shall n on another assertion, and say that 
‘where the lease was wearing to a close, when the expense of limet oa can) l harrowed and crushed with Crosskill’s | the kanea is “eal for large nals It used to 
ss pe Hh ag re MeT iaae ver han po on roller. en the Barley was sufficiently high, it was | be the ment against the poli fi that 
ved satisfactory ut while prove satis- 
faction that the application of beh am ener Ae the way gost alternately horse-hoed and clod gepeaoa several ‘times there was less peter ition for saya in a Shaper 
stated is a tol ly s me storing w fac Hag l 
of s K Y d pre also pi ai neg herons reg oi the horse- hoe raising „the ma uld so dip IER to ao. whe y let—f mycin wate 200025 
0 this ‘SCrl on is also ighly vi 
aban I had a feld. in young Grass; the Clover seeds were | this „means increasing the bulk ; the dobaus Th ten offers ; for one ofl 130, airs fo my va bape 
soin alon; yi z sa z -S acon bagel: in dee pr for one of 258l., six 
gave guano to the Barley, not court-ya £ 
i MEE erel gee a ar rm Series kone my eae tenant, and 
e ving occasion 0 > 
c rm, I convenient for a road one of the | falling. This peso ia s adopted o n all the B g 
dges of this <r nge f a seed aam sah with | Which was plan uary an at March ; and | condition, aoe two, Mr. rey at m. 
‘it Shanes the 4 Siole oft he Clover anes of my geld, íI OaE where it was 4 the Basey did not a although 5 Wheat good for See correspondent of 
that this roaded ridge, lying in the middle of the park, retained | it was a very full crop. oo system was not | the or. New Yorker, W. Garbuh Wheatland, New 
be cere pias both of ec Hedin. oak ies more, | entirely carri oa Suk as was ‘th. de Barley | York, states that sprouted Wheat is about as good for 
when e grow (o) ng came s solitary ridge shot away, . Pi > 
and the Rye-grass, as well as Clover, was far enough advanced | P!anted in April, the Barley aid fall. The last hoeing | seed as that vac: 2 is uninjured by wet h wr Mr. 
to afford a bite for st ays before the rest of the field; and | was | done by men in order to hoe instead of to harrow | Garbut says :—The excessive wet weather in harvest 
this is ating new, for how k. Mam ate th See a h which lf of the | sprouted so much of the Wheat in this that 
kneaded head s of our fields the best planted with re ious d 
Clover, going to prove where such occurs that the land needs Bean ey 1 and Bea: a ann being left for winter When “se pe Sine y iasa that the sake pees 
consolidation as much as re-invigorating treatment. As to the ty or bar eans al eas) assu: y 
general rules which I think may tied in the manage- The Clover a French Ka Clover seed, | be solicitous on that accoun t, for Wheat tha! t has been 
— of land pAs refuses to ie ii ra ye say, in at the f 18 Ibs, r acre on 
st, t o non-growing Clover lands the 
years rotation, instead of the five, and let court-yard manure | Barley land, 20 bus le of f sot nd 20 bushels of ashes | the firs with equal To sie sala 
be applied to the white with which the Clover seeds | being sown upon eve: in the month of March. io ine of this monta I eae peia tl E rasan 
are sown. If by this application the Clover comes up thick The first crop was mown as ee’ hay in sie the secon nd eat that I every | kernel of it had gro wn, and 
enough, but dies out during winter, then I w Say, press tl d partly fed off b 
or roll the land in autumn, after the removal of the white crops; | CTOP partiy mown and partiy eep. Where > eh iit gv Hedley ~~ Ki 
or, better, if the climate is early enough. t as mown the sheep wi sai and ut it into ric moisture. 
Turnips, instead of Barley, givi y. ure; of course “a rags were | aa at the rate ewt. per acre fifth day much of it made its appoaranoe, and now, on 
selecting a damp enough till in early spring to cause the land to The Wh ea, | the ei eighth day, many of the —— are 3 inches long, 
a 2 Ls Fence ba eee a fe a sfur | 0! ce ploughed, he-wesda and Couch | having been forked and as mandia and as ever saw young 
ver greatly benei e most success: j e 
crop of red Clover that I ever had*was in this way—viz., per by men ‘and boys ; the Ux! a ridge white bb se the | shoots of Wheat. Bieri ketiak “of os seg The 
Gate. Oma sppticat a hes se fais egies, nae swiss g | Spalding and Cone Wheats, wi en Year-Book of Agriculture. 
e e aj isa 0) anure fails revive oF ad 
I would on moorish and loamy soils apply lime; while on sand ier nae drills’ 10 inches apart ; the _ A Histo da as on atts Last yae T I 
and gravel it would te right to amply ie Nevertheless, I ainoa AiB numerous springs ; 
An Eoma, proper eo madens a Te Sb, court-yard re times fin the autumn to consolidate it for the winter. | natural ge of the surrounding p ns 
Clover crop less Seypentiy ta our rotation, will have a satis- h IE dars fti 
factory effect. scape, and in course of ti 
A the bale ‘ot ni on the salt to “atien, | gase, and | away the soil to re ie gegen el aa 
n weight | depth of two 5 eet below the level 
Potires _of Books, e grain. The 10-inch Lad gy a of Smith’s | surroundin ng land, In this case, we h t = 
ee ar being used in manner as “to raise out! tlet drain to tho depth of about seven feet, 2 
The Gorse ; F a ATE AN and Culture. M. Wedlake rien of mould, and then rhe clod-erusher so con 
» 118, F enchureh Street. solidated§ the ‘land and strengthened, re zas of the whieh is constantly runni ing and. conveyed to the farm- 
which has | Wheat, that the ry reed in| house. Had the water which brea! aks out here not 
This ier nre of all the information 
appeared o on the subject | in T ral} journals and 
raw ve 
respect of its stiffness ; this process o erp e horse- 
ing and clod-c crushing was repeated bevia times 
with trade illustra- 
tions in ae Aah of Frequent = tibet Aenima to 
the faet that Mary Wedlake & Co. manufacture th 
best -crushers, Oat-bruisers, &e. &c, 
aan mere! rchants, 
e | pe aie ever seen 
in so bad a state. 
during the 
spring, until the crop became the _largest, 
and at 
a 
found a vent, a bog wou! d, 
and raised pitt apc above the adjoining surface : 
this we Be thigh ae with, and when drained the 
w meadow lands, which were 
e same time the most u ppright, whi 
when had b 
the land 
as 
_ The pigs ei the last winter were fattened upon 
resent along wi — Pine i ‘eatin 
Barley. and Pulse, steamed by Stanley’s | i 
roots of Alder trees more than two feet above Fon 
obtained, I 
sry. T 7 
‘J 
1 of ther g that i 
in a 
case a ths 2i ‘last year at a 
tivators have annual if not more reset 
t occasion to Th 
read such lists, this is really a of securin 
way g for use 
cultural information Brenton _and publicity 
therwise re 
a meadow 
ah gone: this was 
soe ope with meadow 
d d I could barely obtain thr 
bone and “musele, and are generally ‘strong. carriage 
ish, which does 
oa diais outfall into an open 0 
I had to obtain the fall in the drains ns by 
been perform 
The phjec ctis the sale of Wedlake’s Gorse mill, and the | 
ae om wore exaggerated Sima 
an aati cau of extracts, of whi seers. 
out of degen 
their work, and yet prevents the | price from being very 
PAE nga Recht Read in the Journal of the English 
Agricultural 
ellaneous 
on of ki , Pifeshire— 
the depth at the E aa. to 4 bee A we 
quantity of water is discharged, an um 
Hs 
Fea ak ai 8 
language e employed a and “a the opinions given, we 
xtract an absurd little question and answer from the 
Gist pha d= 2 — 
The author asks :—* Why is Welsh mutton an 
? (1) 
Simply because the sheep a 
d he answers :— 
For some years he edited the Dublin 
griculture, 
Farmers’ Gazette—he h had for 
contributor to columns, and he wrote 2 arm of 
the articles on the I Practice of A, in the 
Cyclopedia published by Messrs. Blackie of of Clg. 
fed on Gorse ” (!!) 
The book consists of some eighty 8vo pages. 
nie emoranda. 
ENHAM Manor Farm.—The summer of en 
e. d to drain it where requir 
malt whats et it into ge me tite’ rotation of 
5 loads of pig man 
as ere Temne rolled ae drilled with 2 — 
of ashes 
Sanay last. His loss will be a= Be felt in his 
as that of one 
and 
it wi lored b; by a large 
s attached to him by the quiet 
led fi 
dero thei Cover Ski 
parca warm aiaaties and pleasant humour 
er e delightfally meg ox It will be felt a his 
country, as removal of one of the most 
inteligent = e ia men among i 
to think | 
proving a 
ent ii length o of term er 
air course of crops ; and in 
ariig arge eu. ae 
But in oferi two beg E E e 
e yare ama. ond 0 bushels belie that tenants of fed of tr td, wiat Mi, Faria le a 
and upon 3 sa pest as. eae Eea. eetas ciently obvious to all practical farmers who know the 
ae N hs gl okeod J demanding great eT om without the roa aaa T of | effect of a dry season on their hay Where water 
land was then rolled with a I i brought fi high wed She sis ee 
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