45S ` THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JuLy 5, 1856. 
Fang ve landlord g and landlord’s salso. We; seed corn, t 
sendy, wn oe ee even Ae A aa eres neces- | consider this as one of the greatest hindrances to good | the first year, or rather second year of holding) 
sarily occupied by large business apase Reap pd! farming or gardening. It may probably be here ob-| without any manure, sips vag burnt earth, in equal 
could not be devoted to vant never will su ceed | served by aaea that this constant —— of the soil so | rows, five on a stetch, at about half a bushel to a bushel 
without it. Land ingee ment in ee to äg a es ne ete hii f of corn riya ly | per yg aan the atk nga the ee year four 
surface weeds rminate more readily an uic rows in like ma ate mere ae utos 
ee, nal ot aama ot n dire ctly gione Per- and the > hoeing to injure the Tootle ts pa fibri - f ie | the tapaan eropping, &e., either with the sa me crop 
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yndividod a gon to it. This i as true of an them off again, if the aim is to aoe £ roy ‘and thei No font ars need be dntectained of grubs, ran &e., 
English esta at present as it has ona of a West posterity ? and rest assured that every time the land is | reducing such thin crops thus treated too much in 
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case will deputies or even principals, if they be dis- | fresh rootlets, &c., which take a firmer hold of|tough and old and stale ; do rabbits feed 
Aneaied by other cares, make pro’ ofit able manager s. the hid and prev vents its falling or ie odin (Root h freel en they are young and tender, 
ever, d chiefly from its being thick at | and the plants themse We es are thus more able to resist 
Daan aud ee — energetic Sar habits as are | an early: stage of its growth n.) fr ost and other vicissitudes pge those sown much . 
e it i mercial pursuits when a. we | ntly taken were ou vor hi find by experience is far preferable 
ah jean g to pae a ana improvements may ‘ t CRETAE Ea À, 
: and half a bushel is quite sufficient to secure the best 
= od one ineianoon: ite do not — of) a the first t year, y we aig not em hesitated ‘sacrifie ding of crops pe ecks Pe consider too much or more pe 
bee ere ng than the case late Ses noticed in our whole at season ; Ba would have | needful, i bushel extravagant, and over this to 2 o 
s of Mr. Fowrer’s estate o rtmoor. Here, adopted the loring course :—First, as soon as we |3 bushels quitte an sbomitation. Whatever ‘identi, 
n a climate where grain will h “i ripen—one of beea e in possession at Mich; elmas, w t our friends choose. to adopt, we recommend 
exceptional cases therefore quoted Mr deep! o 
Woop at the late discussion on breaking of Grass | waterfalls, would have felled the gi and Palana | erop) on the an principle, or procure 
Fow er, iver merchant, placed | plashed all the hedges to one uniform height, would | who has done so, as by repeated onthe yf “thin and 
in 1847. The purchase of a portion of th ploug the wind- | singly in its natural state without any artificial me 
moor was followed by the erection of farm buildings | rows ‘and headland coe de, and would have whatev ver in the s ee i stimulants, it srani i. im- 
ur he land c burned a!l topather | at t the very "first opportunit y bits, an y year produces larger ears 
dry we ather offe red, and carte ted the thousands of l d 1 fi , wi than it is 
f inclined, by various stimulants it becomes de- 
f the barren fields (which must now be to by bits and d or less, and i subject to diseases of 
a h 8 3 mi ede 1 a as irr and next year, &c., if ever a various kin Thi qually to all kinds of 
s worth in 1 ot 2s. per acre uld have orien a sp E a nber at | corn, aud * ‘all kinds of seeds, It is a rule invariably 
Summer grazing for nearly 60s. And now a| some mvt: the corners of the n the short lands as | with us, when we desire to keep a true stock of 
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present value borg cost and Subseque: ent | all in this country. Such little groups or coppices of trary and sometimes have dearly to repent of 
er re 1s great ‚it. This is especially exemplified in the case of the 
"anfortu ay piyer upt we À p que eff ided all liffe di A Pre at the present day. Mildews and blights and 
Powe day one ag EEA in triets, : € io € indate f me it is ases of various ki inly attac] ties 
‘ire Jast ptr sien pl desire P e amiss ; ne without soit, and such crops as have been stimulated with 
he ronson pros may | strong foods, such as liquid manures, guano, &c., 
aay ee | satel be secs fate in this country, or we may fo or forcing abundant crops large i in size, &e. It extends 
DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS. be endent on foreign nations for it to suit our too to animal life ; the fattest beasts for instance are by 
Tue subject of your leading article a week or two own neta no means the most free from disease. And even the 
back on “ eradicating weeds” is uf vast importane „| After this we would have effectually drained the human body suffers premature death from gluttony and 
and claims ial attention of all agriculturists, and if | entire farm, and then have i "a all subsoil excessive drinking. Ea dy and Son, Seed Growers, 
the best means of attaining your object effectually were fashion, regardless of weeds for the present, and after | Maldon, Essex, June 2 
ugh s our Gaz fe ad been thu ed t 5 inter, 
rough the columns of . ould it had been thus exposed to the frosts of winter, prepa- 
one of the greatest achievements o resent ratory for a summer’s fallow, “ ne have y 
a if we wait rp al taken the first opportunity of dry weather ir sf SOCIETY OF ARTS EXAM 1INATION IN 
effects it, paves) sek, crops especially, | spring for using the scarifier, Jevsstatear’, prat: Jeni oo my Nie Ad 
Se- i | . FARM »—In answering ing q 
Fp ager Aa r be e got illi rid | | Lea all Fran g Taa pegs ig eae esel 8 and t the managemen of farm, you will make your replies through- 
Ak MA gen willing | p 05 Ou: rass, &c., which was not brought ont consistent with the scheme of cultivation which you lay 
o pay sufficiently to the surface for so sun and droughts down for yourself in the first of them. The farm in question is 
them Having “ourselves taken two farms last Nee. ee renean i Perfect eee ee a a a E ae fone and fea quallty may be tndlented hy 
Michaelmas of eres, comp ith |as fi ibl i e sive lo s quality 
we eds of 1 of I = r letely bip out’ hb rhe or? + and r oled | it ‘dons tight, would then TY rent and rates, which a mount in all to 2, 53. per acre. 
wd 1. State the mode in which you will crop this farm, supposing it 
een an atom of ort or any other ero p the first all surface seedling weeds into action, when “we ma ted in midla vi or southern Bugis ey ing fa tated tin 
- year, but confined ou ting ated under e several crops you name—an 
of eie eee z _ —e | a hate ee de see php Speretion Pd ploughing, reference to your crops for cattle food) what the requirements of 
scuffling, harrow- your live stock may be. 2. State the quantity of seed you will 
dol ouian, but havi ng too ing, &e cy barrini ng the Saiit erossv vays f the la nd, need upon the farm for each _ a en grow. i cates 
seas cial cao arm year upsettin; eve field an Jean- the produce of the ushels of the several seed crop 
ite 7. toem Sas g # sie first bareek a berig g rae 4 = s coe on beinan fallow like. It grown; and state the sum you will realise for each according to 
= i | there would have been but little what you consider an ordinary price for each per bushel. 4. 
E pianis in rows nearly 2 feet apart t from to fear hurt, Then we would have Say how many horses you will need to work the farm, and name 
other, seats n stetched land, in order to waited bth next rains, and till the next crop of pee te brpa tele =, joa be engaged du aen rations 
vm 7 yee á of June and October respective telate the sev 
ope seta ae ene eaply as bch Medd humble weeds had established themselves i anwhile, when after Wheat harvest ay ace ff sneceeding Mangel Wurze! 
stances deters allow us. thus admitting | there would have been nought else to do, wo ould have erop. 6. Estimate the cost of each of these operations e E 
He s carifier, horse hoe, Bean hoe, set all hands to n with Parkes’s steel for ka, and eradi- give all the other eee which make up the cost per acre of the 
Tarn h hoe, hack h hoe, and hom — vs mip _ hpn cated every patch o Bong or Couch, Docks and such Missa Wurzel crop. Deseribe as concisely as you can the 
‘or the ach r and t pike Is hick culture of Sainfoin fet Trifolium incarnatum, among forage 
es b z P > eo ua eet summer fallows can or do crops—of the Carrot and Potato among root crops—o’ of the Bean 
Eais. or ie ones for g corn, min nate. This e believe are biennials, and ofthe Oat crop. 8. Say what quantity of purchased manure 
which are, or rather ought to have been, planted e arly, | be destroyed in one year by con- ™ay be reasonably applied during the year ae ——- ‘wet 
i merating the kinds and stating the application of each. 9. Gi 
and as singly and uniformly as possible ; 3 and this is | Ka cutting below their crowns if they are not allowed he nun ber and kinds of sén A, agricultural implements 
how all corn might and ought to be planted to ensure | to to seed, or propagate by offsets at their bas Some which you will need u tbe farm, state the cost of each, and 
the best crops, whatever thickness different cul- | pereon say Thistles do not seed ; this is not kiha case, what implements you would rare T w rice 
i ink proj i i | seeds your list had ihes oil of your farm n a light san! 
tivators may think proper to adopt their seeding. WA but their lie dormant a whole year before they 3° PN lal pea 9 Extn leap the expend ituro aini wages on 
contend not over l bushel per acre.) We have had m will pita d neither will they then, unless exposed the farm, ka parca the ary prices per of the following 
the present date, Jure E ce TAR hoe in to the surface of the soil, like all other buoyant operations; (a), hoeing w rim ON akene “Turnip; “Os =. 
Operation extirpating the hoeing be A ds, as jes Dandelions, &e, Then for the last pner? Potato a (d), ee z Clov ee {, ce ing Wiat 3 s 
Ae 2 finish. é h 3 3 YW A a rou estimate o0! capital e 
‘ t (sd tenancy of the farm, specifying the amounts required respectively 
| into mb pes tied off best suited as the fall of the land for rert and ara iabour, horses, implements, be) pps 
manure ; and say if there is any oiher principal ite: x 
int ture to be taken into account in addi 12. E a 
be leted aes Mira sumin g thus far to have the quantity of straw which under your scheme of cultivation 
en completed at about Mi summer, we bps then will be produced for use as litter, fodder, &c. State also the 
hav ve let all the land lie do ormant again n for six bibs ht | number of tons of cattle food which your farm will yield, bores 
the several crops, the probable produce of ne 3 pee jetta 
d th as on the whole. x how many and what kinds of live 
all possible despatch, = later than ‘the ‘ou expect to keep. Fa How long do the mare, the cow, the ewe, 
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last week in Ang or first week in September, have the sow, go with young? Name the months when you would wish 
ploughed all in again with the greatest precision and them to "E ee give reasons = your eno pen be 
$ ` $ sive the pro! ie annu consumption z 
every stetch in uniform order, scuffling, &e., | horse in fall Loess and sufficiently fed on Oats, Beans, and bay 
i E inane s an as | into a perfect bed preparatory fo for the reception of the in winter, and on Oats and green food (Rye, Vetches, and Clover} 
to s airat antage, ® The eo 66 of 3 aad tasa ExT n summer. Give the annual consumption on any other api 
surprising, havi arge e n practice of laying the land rough and clo feeding, for which igh ke provisio land 
f E 3: Nara cae superla rely fine, | in summer ps illo ows, with a view of clearing the land from seed f fa wae 6. S » ioe ae matic hannis te to food, &e., d its 
in the summer’s breeze, as nob! ling annual and perennial weeds which often become ruinous, is first Pay a Wolkbred calf to be reared for fattening. 
we ; belive that if | a fallacy, exce pu is for killing Couch Grass and such like old- | the routine of operations in the cattle feeding house during at 
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cannot thus germinate, and the land, too, by being thus exposed | to 60 or 70 imperial stone, to be ready for the butcher 
to the summer’s sun is much deteriorated and exhausted by | end of its third year; state the kinds and quantities of food tae 
years | evaporation, instead of being benefited thereby. The only consume during its last nine months, trom June til M: St 
motive au! was evidently i intri troduced for was to kill weeds—correct | 19. Describe the Neer of Feeney et say 
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not stirring. As corroborative of this statement, let a load or, the ath we have s poe had si in Fiems instead of ound 
aa tun rus. thore off stone = shot down in a fallow field aa the whole | or Surrey, what changes in the ee of cropping you Be 
ave land summer, ora or wood: stac! set up, or a door or shutter named would have become savisable ? hich 
be ape on any particular spot; ot choose a place! JT. THEORY or AGRICULTURE —1. Name the causes abated. 
or | where a building, house, or shed, &c., has stood, and the rest part | the increased fertility of land jnst drained is to be ‘ 
of the field be exposed to the summer's dronghts till the time of 2, State some of the purposes served by fallow on 
farmer ought 46 liave the sowing, and we will = for a a Ssp o of Wheat outvieing the on the soil, whether during the growth of the crop or 
3 2 a rest, and any one will hay lar dem onstration of it, as the 3. Describe the economical management of adung hesp, re! Hid 
generally spot will be visible as far as the eye can discern it. | resona fix’ thas several processes you recommend. 4 
