Aveust 9, 1856.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 541 
oppos TA pipen bea me whic = had previously traversed. | little or no benefit as a dressing for early As ny ane = e common Turnips have planted well, and the early 
This wire in n from ithe in connection with nae Turnips, Barley, Oats, or Tares, but it i far a Cattle Api are i srt wel th ‘the gop tok piaco 
Dien whieh pee ciay aT ae Sa rick, ond | effective manure for all these crops when thay i are sown | our best pieces of Wheat level with the earth. We con kajie 
sorted of al of clay escapes the mill, Taol on must be given to | late in the season, In beautiful conformity with this | having Wheat ready to thresh in tog =p and the opportunity 
the rollers alg sakes he driving ren and from them to principle, I learne ile I was travelling through | will ten ayn If the weather holds fine and hot as at present, so 
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to eu consideration of the ier of yee and pier | these oe are all sown in summer, and gro i eather is favourable to thes, 
bricks, an more than to say that =| sce i should be pn if = a Grae yy pa we consider that Deyv will in S meg A mene out of danger. 
d artment of the another theory for these facts than that leaves ave | The green crops gene ree cient tl gx} ut this district, 
jan ae cig sig the heat ep greater facilities during warm weather of fixing | With a Rosie bee Mobos ats he” Yadav excellent. 
bricks in order to dry those that are unburnt. monia from the atmosphere. I have lately found weather for the most aR rik been ungenial, wet and cold. 
The rage pamphlet is exceedingly interesin and | that a Kag observer distinctly states this principle, a e w son on Spek pont Reon re y in 
instructive, and deserves publication in a separate form and at the same time comprehends eae also— oom, re an ea ra jusi ie! ng the M A col Rora 
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A Plant b Ma Pro t h It is almost neeedless to say t that ordure signifies full one, and the weather for nA last 10 days not unfavourable. 
ane neca anure i portion to the f yielding Shakespeare | Turnip fields are in full plant, not early but equal; some distant 
Rapidity of its Growthk.—* The gréddest increase of Pa ying matters yielding ammonia, h T AES er and toe di in 
cereal crops that I ever obtained from the appli- ot have selected a better tee for t e purpose of | Pota althy and growing, bu 
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siderable quan uperphosphate of “has a 5 5 Ma he his sn Pais fi ef ney Ha Be Sy A 
been a plied to peel Barley in bing with the best| Zed Sulphate of Ammonia, Terme rs eae ye aa ie nyie Ar ene g Repel he ak Mined. dsstrict Abra hag Hews 
PP red basta cnet slightl of gas water, has come | Polled cattle b e ne e county, 
results, I would 10 times rather t my late-sown P $ g suguuy o 4 fp 2s 3 carte class. Our glen farmers would do well to 
Barley with superphosphate of Tie than I would my | der my n Tt is acid to test paper, er pr ib cron ran ig nar aky gr Poe 
eatly-sown Swedes with the same substance, I have. a comparatively feeble ep of ammonia when mixed | fewer profit by ce but all are sure to profit by 
J 3 +! with lime. Its mposi sition was— Kept ing pure the kind of stock best suited to the soil and 
therefore, no reverence for the r recipe, € phos phoru s for r “20.02 — of the district mich _— cupy, a mag hk of stook whioh 
Turnips, and nitrogen for corn? I shall have a few Oveant EL arene reat Zh has always commanded ighest price in the market, and 
ganic matter Pik ties Cay 18a ages which is tow likel 
Sete > y to be in greater demand than ever, both om 
words afterwards on the ammonia question ; and in Sanae at of ammonia R PEE PE a4 account of the high estimate in which the breed is held, per se. 
the meantime I think my readers will now perhaps Actes Ath anna Add Pots ; h K 
concur as I do with Liebig, that ‘it requires all the Alkane oftime | Cindi oani Stace hi 474 it haa generally got hopelessly mixed in the lower districts ofthe 
s EO g b; ey g J A i 7 ounty, naverage weight of superior wool has m shorn an 
courage derived gro a sisi of intimate acquaintance Sate ak ke kW 4 sold, the price is 94d. per pound for black-faced washed, being m 
with the subject, to assert that certainly ammonia is eo ee SERE - i 5 : rope A 
But the 7 fitted for grain and pios horus for Turnips.’ 7 both as to numbers and quality. The flocks are all now diapersod 
he recommendat a that Pi Ammonis k oS ee 2 í mage through their native glens, in the full Se of freedom 
le? ee e m ; > f araos, with the food and temperature best suited to thi 
ji To name a substance which contains 14 per cent. of | n ire, and are rogressing po thon =a one 4 Every pair rable dea 
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pave A = ares I ae a contended, , by which i neration, and the native poor are well cared for and do not need to 
fectly well the authors of the Rothamsted papers, Pii doubt, many persons have ‘a has in, It is not hae an Goot a a Drant ree abt Pik 
d g 9 han 27, 2s. per ton. Professor Anderson in | and spread through the glens, avoiding as far as possible the 
dually drifting towards its recognition, although the | the J lof Ag lower districts ti of the country, account of the police, and 
current is still setting strongly in towards the soil-| | —_ TE t is ties they meet a e eling has ot Fet 
absorbing ieory, The recommendations which Mr. Calendar of of Operations. petrified by the influence of a legal assessment. 
Lawes has given in Rendle’s Farm Directory are con- GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—The following Sauvage as applying 
tained in a table. The quantity of ammonia required JULY A ND A D AUGU 3 i generally to the light dry soil on this range of hills (from 600 to 
th arl : ove ) may not be unacce; 
ing as be |: 1 APPEARANCE OF THE CRO! 
: i , Y| Born he eee Tar ue Say —One of t the maid characteristics | —good and well got up on my own property and in the immediate 
sown, is curious. I extract his allowances for a crop of | of the aioe is the many instances of failure of Turnips, nearly neighbourhood in the first week of July. Some farmers cut late 
Barley from the first and last columns of his table :— | every field giving guidence of the ravages of the fly, and “ee and have not yet finished carting. My Barley is short in the 
“i 1 fi Bo wii g | loss ae +! ill be, for although when abundant G th may be not | straw—a middling crop, but ripening fast ; will be ready to cut in 
Harley (catty sown) after: a grain ctop, or When the whole Of | worn mare than Ss: or 107. per tan, yet when ecires Yat tan | abont a week.’ Wheat loks avall kha Osko splendid. The roots 
the roots are taken off the land—3 cwt. of Peruvian guano per he substituted for this cheap and wholesome food for either sheep | Of every description have made a good plant, but are much in 
went Barley pown vty late in spti A beasts? Mangel Wurzel has also partially failed, but tehri of rope} shed meg of sae al whieh prevails ere of 
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he ‘recent experi ments,’ | quantity will be available for the exigencies of the ensuing | plain He bg item A oe ea meee resent s0 on has be 
inter. i i 5 wind, ur temperature on this range 
d very curious they pag Mr. Nesbit, in his Lastiives winter. We believe that, compared with former years, a larger oF hills Atibaia dechied ohanga ie tartihi zx 
0 & A gricultural Gline ; lls that hols breadth of green crops is taken, and therefore n a ropra r ge, y even, 
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amount of ammonia and nitric acid which descends with | best guano is enhanced, or that there is some difficulty in getting | Ata lower level I have no doubt the fluctuation would be many 
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instead of being sown very late. Mr. Lawes gives E Moore ae i 
no theory for this remarkable i nce. The! te this is the receipt for “ English guano,” which is more than ao in grain. The o crop I expect will be good. The 
explanation of this fact will afford a key to an| probable with some merchants, they can find a tolerable margin | hay crop is a fair average, but has been a very expensive one to 
ple in the theory gl aoui Onè or profit mt Bt. ape eae ton, the advertised price here for a Tamet mt bad out. a a ea look well, but there tnd Mg 
P m ng stuf. r, S. is perfect ht to obtain effective | great m: wedes grow very slow] 
would be very naturally led to believe, that as Barley, ARNE cbs moderate cost, awe orale etl suggest as a pro- | and there are a great many bunchy 7 among them. Late sown 
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S y also ; bottoms of dikes, a given quan ac Dig of on is EEG be rere y bri nging” See crops to maturity, i es eats of the 
ammonia contai in the soil. The early-sown | excavated every year; and it is our intention, as indeed it has | coming har is generally very good. forward farms 
Barley or autumn Wheat has far more time to search | been for some time the practice fare pr preies to stifle-burn Wheat cutting will commence on ‘Monday pote und, with a con- 
for both ; but while it finds plenty of the one substance, | these hassocks or turfy “oy of — and vegetable matter com- | tinua wa on of wien riia the following Monday ‘harvest will 
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a ee few and small, though healthy at present. There now occurs an | be entrants ly ery honey ope of be ground, and wi Oats x also are looking 
x e kind of soil wi interval before harvest that is generally devoted to all kinds of ane rrace the breadth of both these crops have this season 
absorbing properties. After z thinking K at. ene over ber and ends = = —— = and oiling harness, levelling | been ey a nah Leib great harppi: TE iain ea 
this question, I know of no objections to the r 3 Frith i t as in 
that thesistesown Barley ns aleiteds fila 4 pee Buk deepening ponds, carting out the r remain nder of the ure for showing the disease, but not to regen exten er 
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5 - lentiful, and will be for eeina week or ree then if the athe and this, co rere with dry weather, renders prospost for a 
etter explanation of this, and hundreds of other Bontifiubs warm and dry, there will be a great demand ft Aids ia Turnip crop an indifferent one. ‘The chief antmal produce of this 
parallel facts, than I gave years ago: ‘ When the phy- | of all see n z Peterborough: paren sheep and —_ have vi tore rake Seea 
siological characters what simil: FARM ELMSFORD : Aug. 1—The crops of Wheat and | tive prices, and altogether we can re vourably e agri- 
pin a moins plants ai somewh x Ho = Barley u upat an fateh will be nay for the sickle on the 4th | cultural prospects of this neighbourhood. H. R. 
k nia required In manures 1s in the | inst, ; a forward piece of Talavera Wheat has been commenced | NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. —I think that the whole of the corn 
inverse ratio to the amount of heat and moisture reaping aa ere The straw is free blight or mildew, and |in this neighbourhood ar ne average, and, with fine 
i during the ti imary grain > yi weather, I think the pros pest of t coming harvest is a favour- 
f plants are developed. The higher the pe The White Wheat consists of Talavera, Hopetown, and | able one. ae ie! Bin of angik harvest will eae ut 
ps CAA Taunton Dean; the whole are promising, but much is lodged and | not a general preta iag bane ourten arrn hie mittee mpton. 
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manure thus serves for late’ or summer sown | 1555, "Phe sam : lar; t breadth, n 
a P á 5 ple will undoubtedly be erate ides remem- | Short straw. Potat ge crop, gren T 
crops. This law is a universal one. Wheat, Barley, | bran ance we never recollect having TEN is m blight | of seat Hay: grt cut, well got up, E. J. spat syed, 
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e te arried ; the stooks, however, are placed closely together, Notices to Correspondents. 
the cereals alter their natures altogether when sown at | 20d the intervening spaces are planted with Cattle Cabbages = or Bricks: das ster. Mr. Chamberlain gives the following 
midsummer ; they will all put forth three or four leaves | *"4 Coleseed. ved Bet ‘pecs aad te as a Wie nine faite vot ia ot ean The ua mee Shen tae 
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Tndéed. 4 or one they would put fo in É excellent, we never recollect having had it so fine; the Long Red | cost of which kiiin 80 ee ‘betwee: meng aed and agri- 
sit „appears to me that in all cases in which | and Globe Red, shelve are pace to the Long Orange and cultural districts. Ad ext ja coats or fuel for burning, which 
crops are increased by superphosphate of lime, when | Globe Ora: oppo oor eties. Upon : na pol ening Speer entirely nges from 3s. ge e. per ti D, Rh Aeon to or district of 
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the zoil tarred a ae bape wi Largs with guano, = ure, and salt, = pif are started for | country. Again, pi c ay requires nditure of fuel 
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seed, but upon that portion manured with farmyard dung and | to be used, in order to attain the most intense heat; while 
rb | guano, and a like quantity of salt, many have run to seed.| another will burn sufficiently hard at abou as 10° 10° Wed gwood. 
T wa 3 i : coal for enaa g brick, with t the 
ample less leaving them to form ipia r nd bas are very unsightly clays, from 3 to 20 ewt. per 
| Our early — Swedes are excellent, the later sown very Earty Lams: EA. Where there is a good market it is probably 
pia l as I have long pe pointed out, is of } cient, as they are generally found to be throughout the di a. the most profitable of all management. Large sums have been 
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