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Josy 26, 15e] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZET 
' TE. 509 
nly ¢ with, of liqui d manuring z by 
underground p ipes ad real of Italian Rye-grass grow- | 
and of feeding on boards under 
in 
atti 
nearly si ae feet 
with 
high, the land for ats 
ntion to a "magnificent erop of bearded Wheat, 
follows : hsb ws 3 a to 0 the you young plants was quite 
, occupied successively the 
attenti ion of the visi 
e 3 
with 1ts 
y itl 
} 
the Em of landowner and tenant in former days, 
and the activity ano iad of Mr. Mechi, who is him- 
self landlord and t s usual insisted on, 
a e in the 
nd 
e visitors had assem! mbled Mr. Mechi, accom- 
patil by them, made the tour of the fa 
manure from t 
“hal 50 
asi ois 
explained | how, by paang ng pad of 
s of Wheat 
rm. 
first to a field of Italian Rye-grass, he AA the 
of the animals was 2 stiktngly pre: 
gay ark months 
which was then ‘at “work, One of his labourers was 
three _ years he 
gl 
had only lost one. 
poche pas which are foo 
1 
the whole farm. From this pipe, 
hat last 
ha acre! whic ich pose ed on an 
e and a-half aa an acre, and the year 
before 70: acres which yielded five quarters all but a 
straw over the | been 
the sheep shed, without 
h the health | w. 
> as a proof of |a 
f 1200 fae ‘which he ha had in 
in the drills equally so ; lime 
worked in ‘whilat p preparing S land very y slightly bene- 
| ficial ; but lime applied on the Grass 
Ih 
pata cure, ave since that sis sii on ask thy ime to 
all the fields affected, at the rate of from 14 to 16 tons 
bushel. por pen acre, and with uniform success, excepting in 
Mr. Mechi next conducted his visitors over the where accidentally a few carts of lime 
covered sheep aa cattle pear the barn catalan pé ie dened? before it t could be 8 re and conse- 
pein aot nes and other appliances worked by | quent! The effect 
ard and on reservoirs in which the liquid | was most mar ae all aroun 
d th perfectly 
healthy, but wherever a shovelful e grop was cold o had 
worth 
, exhibited at the er lg nealing, was 
uring part of the day, as 
some « of the more ingenious impleme nts of 
? 
were a 
untai 
honk 
at | still ples consequently he the spaces 
erward U 
va exalt 
direction, ¢ a stream of liquid manure issued, at the rate | 
re land round a consi iderable circuit, 
"‘Bebiews. 
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The Journal of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the 
Highland and A Seamer Society hd — nd. July, 
1856. W. Blackwood urgh 
mo} ve or satisfactory than w: 
accident. 
“Of course it is impossible on =n, a subject t to lay 
= 
completely irrigated i and Son. and 
was so drenched consisted of the ordinary sewage| London ifferent individuals in different cle being so 
from the farmhouse at Tiptree pote ker Aa aoha) ie areae r of this Journal is full of useful | various, if not contradictory. My ience, 
a made by the cattle in tl A aa and ge mater on the theo: ory and practice of however, h as led me to re following ‘conclusi usions : on 
y decayed vegetable or an “matter, g hee ing | agricultu to the important | this fi and I think I may vi eae in this 
best collected in a reservoir on the premises, and there | “introductory paper by Mr, Russell on the Lawes and dite trict, lime is a wight cure, Oe wt as I know, 
properly di luted with water for | the purpose. The field | Liebig versy, and in another sectio n of our Paper the only one. ‘The best „period for applying it is to 
of Rye-grass, me been rele | we bal a extracts from some of t ontribu 
w for | 
z 
off three times duri ng th e present summer, no 
the fourth time bore aluxuriant crop. The decent 
s to its pages ; at present we give A paper r by Mr. 
on 
Pope at that point in the rotation which will admit of 
Hate, of Haugh, West Lothian, Turnips are sown, 
Pip es for ` conveying the ERER manure ¢ over tl the farm | Tur nips : a a thoro rough incorporation with the soil, a 
by - | aper aa Lo in Turnips needs unfortunately no | sieve suficient time A beneficial effect being pro- 
t ris t £ the | description ; its ravages are but too well and too widely | duced. Applied imm Eyed after st, where 
g nown, and are now excitin coal interest and | Turnips are to dea ies yp it sui enough, 
soot oe ot ay from this field in M Ee oe urse of the | alar The extent of knowledge regarding the disease, Dok Epa noti ticed ‘th that th ough die op appeared 
season. of his experience of irrigation is that | however, is begs limited, having been Eege pores a uld be 
he aia ys p’ enty of food rau manure on a very | confin n acquaintance ais its effec de eteetod, I therefore much an earlier appli- 
ra are . soil, a ei sell hay and roots as regards its ger or its cu si s as yet E a al in | cation. itis i sola to have the lime ploughed in ina 
it pays to do ges keep plenty of stock. | almost as much uncertaint nty as the Potato disease. In| caustic state, I have always followed the system of 
Besides, the fertilsing ‘effects of the i rs ion continue | 1852 the ihe was remitted oe ay Highland ee applying one good dose of li preference to two 
ba bs E e gt miga y a other s than Grass | to Professo ‘essors Anderson and Balfo ur for investigation smalle: er ones applied at intervals, an would recommend 
the 
PETEN 
after his met ae Ha wou aa be able to supply 
information. 
The facts observable in different districts 
were thus obtained ; but the learned gentleme n 
by | 
quantity. The opposite method is, I am aware, , advo- 
eg by 7 maay y wines opinions are entitled to respect > 
that any e: xperi riments have ‘been 
vated 
food for the whole picid without r recourse bei 
had to importation, sal he 
J 
ben te 
that would result et the ges by irrigation of | 
the sewage of towns, in the shay e of liqui uid manure, to | 
the land of the ohne fa A f Mangel |t 
Ata late 
pe“ of g aes a for discussing the clan of 
Man d to o by m 
ngel hil ogg. 
deny — was allu nde 
Wu irzel whic h ha a been Aail and irrigated like the 
for the Turnip w 
Mr. hen said the cost of his liquid manure works, me 
Taar Ee ee prsa Spe ee else con- 
vein wit th them 4l. 5 Iron was cheap 
aaa ‘probably 
now rh cost him ston 61. an acre, 
At irs cent., 
mode e Gnas 
ear Sty yel to a great ex 
Gai would | a m whic 
mon 
marie lasted any aan I cannot pretend to solve 
it. In these days, when lime is so os and so 
op 
ote 
sen 
ra statement of my ex- 
t ae sell 
pe the al qu uantit yof w: ater obtained from that 
“ For the sake 
m T vig 
urce p 
irrigation He adv teed his Y visitors to dra in deep, | w 
a he anticipated the time when the sig pages of steam 
e soil 2 o 
n would become of all 
rn 
that ty. eg oh ie dee 
said his experience taught 
i e he go rth of o 
extra i nm ot “AL. w 
of Wh 
wide 
moved. 
“ In 1846 “i 
was as formerly s subdivided 
fen nsisting 
precision, I shal 
confine 
he Einum followed ‘nad the ‘eects 
» but which 
note, by a 
now re- 
e field gt een 
mpo: UPAG 
avi and ditch, 
field was Pepe 
to 
this date „be gan to be 
satiety 
nce, believing it to. be the duty of oe one to | rig 
| is so 
a 
ed Man 
| a n understanding by ets name a manure 
e 
lt to ł it certainly interests all 
of us to have some more explicit information on the 
subject.” 
a cellaneous. 
Blood —Chemists and farmers, I believe 
ure com- 
hie or entirely of dried blood, and it bears 
manure. It is 
re, that it should be known that a manure 
e dit oo Apak is no more a super- 
Turnips ; the variety 
as Swedes up e month of August, te 
iole cc ag Fox th and igen: EE 
rter looking spots at 
tby- 
dyes =e 
w quality, and contains an ex- 
tremely pet quantity i ammonia. re ea ot nea 
Water 
Sulphuric acid 
Alkaline salts 
Sand a 
d Turnips one year, — vetween the two 
fill T bel 
there was eaea a sound root to be oa per of 
cro a dea 
Tare 
next “raps o of Wheat, and then a hea 
Wurz 
T 
» and | the p was a 
and 1 ent ‘of 8 enlpha e of ammonia per acre, gn 
washed in by the rine but he preferred ploughing it in. 
It had been further gio by the i por of a 
manure manufa bred by Dr. Segoe rban dt, fro the 
common ‘¢‘ paai 
was ve 
} 
md 
d loss. Of 
th is novel i invasion, 
superphospha 
If this substance had Eom ‘sold asa at 
ee named ; to call it a blood 
ee ither to 
wou neil =— n correctly 
man ae mislead | the 
os Sm line I 
no Lime had 
been applied to this part about 10 years previously ; Z 
the pa th side had pro! 
not 
produce 
and which ing s abet teed toa haan process, 
yields ince ‘utes = poun “ig of great value as a 
manure. xt w ain 
oationa $ a the c 
that at this 
at 
er, and was in no Aien i 
compe ailse successful men who ado opted the 
ek 
during my occupancy ; so 
found disease existi ing. 
obably never ee ng 
er 
apo pa a 
peter 
certainly 
t indi 
of ee substance patton a ow buy a 2 manure ene 
may not be suited to the 
Prof. Anderson, in ie Jou al of Agricul 
The Flat and Ridge System of Turnip re: —The 
_ advan vantages of growing Turnips on = 
ak. 
ae of the 
disease might be attribut: 
currence of Turn 
as of course n 
ities by, og erg 
d | this 
poin 
disease pore i pasture, and on fields never before 
under Turni 
“ The 
ip crops on the e eames soil, toc Seer 
fo all along the ‘ies of the old fi wh i; 
ce, 
ome ee e De gains ad T appe 
falla acy o of tł 
pretty spark exploded, ag ~~ a wie 
ed the too frequent re- 
rving 
e the 
an main strength of weg hears has ge: nerally 
pod sr in showing that ge flat system of growing 
roots was indebted for any superiority it nigh? posse 
eee no 
and the 
at confirmation on 
t has since Teti reg in the oceurr 
apology for entering into the matter here. w have 
nearly 20 years’ experience in Turnip Ain, and 
eld ius went through the usual rotation on 
the flat than the ridge, an 
moist climates item when formed, yt a paca or 
watercou channel between the artificial heights, 
ered princi ‘ip le. 
2 
nd it was the duty of the land- 
ph: to ga vu initiative in “reference to it. If land- 
ample ca 
never to use a man if 
uld get instru ritt 
ag the ae required ey col ge an Insi ment to | 
at less cost. He then pointed 
mae excepting 
ments, which we 
I had applied to part of it on the Grass, i in autumn 
i Pre- 
t young plants iter ‘thinning. 
lā 
portion of the fie 
been most comp! 
and Potatoes 
sha È 
re poh AiE d in 
a portion reserved for experi- 
acts for 
fluous moisture 
are left, in 
way, 
hates 
hot 
lime rou 
Í had cho 
where the destruction form 
Turnips I a applied 
ete ; and the result I found 
lime to 
some of the 
osen for trial a 
erly had | 
as 
to be 
and n 
the ata 
proper s ng 
po the case 
otlan: 
surfac 
col ipit reversed in the dry divisien” of England, 
gi ee more than 20 feel of rain fall ead 
The mer heat is also greater, and of course th 
