THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
i ULY 5, 1856. _ 
e first ear that I noticed fairly shot was 
anag Ta me Corr espondence. g ys ago, and the growth since then Y ias been 
me 1 sibiricum, var. gegan- mre pid. During the past wee 
tewm.—Of our so fath inches ; average height to the top of the ear will 
i that > there w: ere gi iants on the earth i in those not be less than 4 feet 6 inches. I send as I 
you this 
perceive jem remarks in your last sea that 
which has puzzled alike divines, phi losophers, and Wheat i is rather backward. e Grass crops are likely 
were M Doi ‘8 aiie.. 
on a scale suficientiy 
large t 
o test the value of the process, and the 
and in Fainn 
4 ` p very good; there will be a F 
oo anne in the nay be said on s it aunty “hous: d to-day. Bor Wurzels ge ge = way successful, The exact mode in wh'ch the precipi- 
vated ear that, in animal wo’ rld, at r= there di id z vacancies hay tation was effected bas not been described to me ; but 
ring, n shape filled up with a y as the insignificant value of 
and sizer from anything to to be met with in e present | well and out of sA way of the fly. Potat toes are | the product is the ue to which I wish to direct 
be T to any of our museums or wae | ve w luxuriant ama are hes FaN good crop ; iE attention. 
a will amply Satisfy us on this in: Filed ere what late’ on account ot the frost, which e! a Il. 
f mastodon, mam Wat pee gs i 18 64 4 
Gidai, 3 chthyosaurus, and others of their kith and mege | grent ra on Budworth. ` ae Organi angsring Omi 3013 
but as fossil reliques under glass cove: lakel e. AAN le Phosphorie acid- i + A e n 
5 SY ia rs, or as old friend s| Corn Averages—Lady Day. —For the infor Peroxide oti iron and alumina 693 7.10 
with new faces in the ens of the ‘Crystal ringed fe oe of your agricultural readers, I beg to state Eika Sulphate of lin e 2745 3.14 
ania in the may be th e dege! zeneracy of either men or |the average prices of Whe: Aat, Barley, and _ Oats in Carbonate of li ime 6.43 3.70 
in th d e that | Fngiand and yo ales for the mlina ee 51.13 
observation el fairly bo be applied, to ae modern | = March, 18 ply s as follows, » viz. > - 
Tegete world. Ch rig at the account gi ta fee pene Koper Quarter. 100.09 99.83 
neue ares , 1856), of the B Bare t$ = ne 
Dade’ Cw lu 
Gum Tree of emmi pugbue) rt other Oa ‘24 
r| C Charles u Willich, KeA, PEM Life Asurance 
ociety, 25, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, June 
‘the h 
pres 145 to 160 feet in wigs 20 eed “pre an 
0. 
A very ti revy examina’ ration suffices to show that these 
Se are of trifling value. The amg which is the 
tains er cent of phosphoric 
when ca’ valeted according to se 
six inches thick 2 I fancy too that it would be no eas f pea aes the price of a gual 
be gp Ln d toin mow ; Societies. proves to be worth only about = ien ton, es the 
these trees whose total length was 318 EEI second Seater not d res ye hese and s milar 
and “which netted in writ an itor ! Much ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. |»ubstances are gravely dec! value to 
oe t — ing te ome nt. Passing OR ibe ta g aa July 2.—Lord Portman, Po guano, pi lage compa: z and extensive worka hsve 
from forest to en, I mi ae ine rate ? -en proposed for manufacturing them, he absurdi 
a modern neck oni es nene exo numera the Fivancrs.— Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of the | of et proposals is sufficiently obvious, but it may stil 
ania: Regia, or pee "Water ily ; but I hasten Finance Committee, presented | the monthly report on | be urced that the quanti ty of valuable ma atters whieh 
` more immediate object of this communicati: 
which is, to direct your ethnic to a: w Parsnip T. EPA in the hands of the bankers was | twn would be very co amas 
(Heracléum giganteum) 32 10 de it correct as an Sanici uesti n he ot 
garden plant, though ee alone par entitles i it to oe Grano Susstitute.—The Committee reported the practice i could not be mo ei ‘carrie ag $ 
% e question how far n be made | result of their examination into another claim which ld t 
available for cattle food by field culture. {ey ea had been PRES ented in fo rm for the Society’s 1090ER a venta cost, it is indubitable that only a small 
siedo to thi are was by . vc ste e reed t propor we sof va cape of ae age vai b 
6 years ago y my exce oi riend J regained, anc ter pr ecipitation, a Isrge expen iture 
Mr. Tabo. wt Ihave echieatadie. both | in Norfolk and ox Jurors. the motion of elyn | would be required to bring the precipitat 
ir 
1 Mr. Ev 
Denison, M.P., sec coved by Mr. obbs, a new 
on of excellence ; m an o: ox, sheep, | duced by 
ot for hie over fatness” bat re his beng to` 
baedi circumstances in wh icl not 
Detention of ta 
Mi the Precipi- 
tation nf sigt Water — — 
AY 
Pad 
a an available condition, and the methods ott 
t have been extremely varied. | 
catia taken for the pur- 
arious plans for es 
the Bokhara Clover, or any other similar ents ; and though chemi 
Samuel Taylor, Wotton Parade, aaier, di 
Professor Way and myself— rev 
= [done both byo 
Grape ae Oia anticipate a very excellent crop ammonia, the most valuable constituent of a manure, 
constitu 
e ever since, besiles distributing seeds Fisher Ho marketable pi ariasi aon the cost of transport wo d 
and plants in ious quarters. Indeed, I m may say, that die was ordered fi ‘old medal of the value of Mi be so large. mpar n with its value, on “ae ken 
when a plant has blossomed, there will be no fear to be present ted. = “the name of the Society to om. d, except in the immedia' 
of losing the stock ; for hundreds of seedlings aro‘sure Tiss era ses the apropat commissioner from bs neighbourhood My th e place o of m nth is 
to spring up beneath and this Brent Ey and ch of the foreign jurors qas stion I have discussed on theoretical pecan tar 
‘plant. L. used to say that a hi who aliaa py ear a Chelms! aed meeting. pre dla duce the 
amusement than any Gir in ‘his ncn from the | _ IMPLEm k Tuners — Colonel Challoner, Chairman o j opinions 
: “of its growth and the great size to which it the Tplën eme mmittee, reported the pale i Hiii SRE OS alps n the pvc i instance | before us, 
ined. By the bye, in ie latter point, his opinion | of the list of agen of Implements for the Chelmsford | the expense o 
seems varied with his experience ; for | “Meeting. exceed the value of the manure, “and as the whole 
in his “ Hortus Britannicus ” (1830), he records MEE ‘ouxcit.—On the motion of Mr. Fisher | process is represented as much cheap more 
8 feet as the maximum heig Hexacle eum, in his Hobbs, seconded ty Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Edward | effectual than yet sed, these analyses be 
pi 1 eyclopeedia of kiara (1841), | Pores 1 pie Cs Dorsetshire, was unanimously ee as a pretty conclusive proof of the futility of all 
che says, “` aah ing on deep loamy soil and elected mber of the Council in the place of the cesses for - ia pitation of sew. ave 
liberally -ne with water when it is kandar pop its | late ~~ r. Hampden Ty Tur Pron, deceased, oe aeons r the opinion: pa oraaa pre- 
flower stalk, f 12to 15 feet? | Com m the Earl of y Forendon in | vious nu P ll, it 
The piama af this. sinioro. am able to co oniran | rele EEC’, lish C uano 5| must be pee in toto ie igual manure, I do not mean 
“as the following m the anihoritiee of Bath and Salsbury ; aod aton to assert that this can be done with DEG & that pea a 
this house will show. I shall merely Abeorve hapi the Directors of the Gol beli n Tapestry Works Piclenides 
great size is ind: ent of any aiveatbons France aii or it is obvious tbat everything must depend on the 
aid; for it has had no other moisture than what fell The Council ened to their special meeting at | cost of the w necessary for carrying it out.” Dr. 
from the heavens. The : il is, as recommended by Chelmsford on Friday, the 18th instant. erson in the Transactions of the Highland Society. 
Mr. Loudon, a deep loam Doctoring Clover Seed.—The practice of “ doctoring ” 
Dimensions of Cow Parsnip. Ft. In. isce)laneous. | Clover pa w A such a fearful extent scme 
Circumference of stem near the ground ae A The shee ep ste E of f Great Britain —The sh eep of the | years ago, as to be m subject E inquiry before a 
» Sen raer Ak ahe und ve iy ee ritish Isles are beli about 35,000,000 ; committee of. the ae of cog hi lover 
Lene Borie tower branes = g : can England alone possesses about 27, = 00 0,000 ; "Scotland, | se rst wet, an napaa to the fumes 
idth of do. average ... = 4 6 | according to the agricultural statistics of "185 54, gani Duroing sulphur ; while pe bright blue colour 
ee E A es 13 OF 4,78 7,235, and Trels sat in 1853, had 3,142,636. n Onis pat the red variety was improved by being shaken in 
in emplating a aha “of ia aov ifi h 30s. a- sheep abag with indigo, or “with a preparation of logwood 
cent Ee Tsoi one is Ra De. to inquire she ow it | stock o! f Britain is ; worth 52,000, 0002. mieit, The | wari ith a little copperas, and sometimes with 
is that all this immense of vegetation should be well Siy of verdigris.” Not only was old seed improved in appear- 
to run to wasi “ail ping say, an ai, tha: l they not only nman ‘ance by se means, but often the germinating power 
attempt, at least none I am aware of, uld have emhance the seetty of ‘te soil and afford : ood of the best seed was panes destroye From 6 to 
made to turn it to a sai practi eal farm doom o largely contribute to the 8 d will rally ra Ne a a to sow, 
` very name would indicate, its ‘adaptation to something | feeding and clothing of our populat jon. ee t mixed with Rye-grass, if the se 3 but as we 
the rascal . 10,000, oe x laet ros g on an average 80 the are quite uncertain of what ie ing, we 
holds in common with 16 pom seven or of t re = for food, This would recommend a much larger quantity to be sown. 
family ; the rest, making in all 30 in nu abe sci. 00.000 The uiton, or on an average Some recomm as much Ib, ; while 
described by Loudon as simply uninteresting, with the if rather more ay n ha it pound per bes ne others, amongst whom some of ‘armers 1n 
of the is! each individual in the aires grape The the Lothians, never sow rage than b., aia of red 
for medicinal, as its characteris- | er pound is worth 20,000,000. sterling Clover alone, or mixe aaa — aot ye ello te 
g length, or | Professor Low estimates that, pM for the deficient Clover should never n fields intonded ‘to be cut 
this, | weight of the wool of slaughtered = and habe, r hay, no in nt asture, 
as it sooi each fleece E 4} lbs. and the total annual more than one yea We should — forget the 
pT like 4 feet, or under produce of wo ie therefore is ira 00,000 Ibs. principal use of ah Clover, fear as green fodder om 
nA gee la go  bigher Fixiog the value at ls. 3d. .» the total 7 cattle, or for hay ; ndeavou to produce 
e of the wool of ‘Great Britain park 10,000, eavy crop, we fife i guar inst raising & Coa” 
r ow n the a lin . Besides this large home growth al sr pla Our object t ere by having 
per 40,000, lbs, are annually received from hieis as many plants as s for the thicker the — 
= in the field wy = 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 Ibs. from the Cape Ri Sigs er will be the stems: while a plant here am 
, reduce him Hope and British India. y ye sa will be sure to produce a coarse W oes 
ranks, and this his. s seeming degradation hae. countries eg scarce) ly a ans und of woul. which is never so well omy k animals ; and a 
tion; for in the A hun ritain were the oe ady: antage of k seeding. Quarter'y 
Mr. F. Dun. 
=e 
Calendar of ” Operations. 
harvest is progress- 
n of the Grass crop, 
so productive as à 
2S 
hay 
ager wi it satisfactio 
rove 
a ER OF 
most oan vie 
although f n many wn 
one time they were 
ved heavie! ethan 1th it has been in this neighbour! nae ee 
eee as the whole of last week w: chara Tare? 
weather, hot an ing, <p ei 
ped and Clover were secured in fine condition 
by beau 
quantities rf both hay “overal farmers here to mow their Clover 
It is the practice 
