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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[SEPTEMBER 13, 1856, 
of them Tomin all, if properly managed, will arrive that maximum of produce which our the. of expenditure to be taken into account in addition to 
burned or ed throu gh sere ge ae A to kill all climate ill allow us. Ren r 
vegetable kers animal life of they contain the here is, however, one of these particulars which | In meir 3602., if the fall amount be paid `” re 
fires will Pie require but little has occupied less of our attention as cultivators p pae jainai aao — for niggers about FE 10 0 
ing up, a ork is com- | than it deserves. We have looked carefully to the Implement te ing th a0 
pleted, leaving about a load of burnt earth at each | tillage of our fields; there has been discussion| engine) S i . 416 2 6 
fire, and a 40 a be least on an acre, enough on thi position of the plant with respect ay pee one heaste. to. eonsame ‘Toots, Glover, ec, at AR ae 
valued at 2s. per loa on, for it is already | to its mn urs — thick and thin seeding have} 182. each . 540 6.0 
on, a this makes it so valuable, as all are y is | occupied the attention of our ppe >i — jc heifers Toer each | s =: 150 0 
d, and on hea avy la nds „Panu will be | sufficiently ; but the importance of a selectio 10 dalves at 3s each su = ieee 
required for the of the seed with regard to purity ae: art and | Saddle-horse ... we m. 30 0 0 
pris AR, re se ema need not exceed | with regard to perfect healthiness of growth 2 farrow iey at i A ~ 
r 12s. an acre, and the result, Taea not been put so prominently before our readers as | Man r p% +++ 105 10 0 
of the fee rr dresing a obtained, worth far | it deserves. KELEY has indeed lately given Pall tillage a s roots, &e. s= =.. 250: 00 
A over seeds a paien 'say s.. .. 30 0 
mor n the nished cost of ke ping his pei oly on the hered character of a | Half tillage of Beans, say pe - 80 09 
veut reen eee of the { following year. What | disease in O Mr. wson has urged on | Half ditto Clover “grr o eer is mr „oe 30 00 
land can a be manure ed in „autumn ho: uld have sts cultivators the need of care in choosing unmixed | *"! nica see ae Boo 
dressi and pure variaties ; but there has not been such | 728 bushels Oa ts for horses, at 24.8 ‘9a. 21100 «2 0 
pea and Cee ‘ploughed up and left till spring is | general interest in the subject as it ought to | 1S? bushels Beans, at 4s. 6d. ~~ ne 
uch early spr ing receive. This is more especially the case with |5 tons of Se , at 92. + 45 0 0 
po weg may be n eded to prea it either fo. el to the of ‘these considera- |5 tons of mixed cake, at 82., Paing deraya: “a ? 
the Bean erop or the Mangel Warzel tion The latter has commanded more general | jp mo a a a eiseamal a po 
— n, and Mr. Lawson speaks not more | Tradesmen’s bills 2000 
Tue E agricultural statistics ~i Scotland for 1854 for hiipi? than for a large body of experimenters Market and other sundry expenses = Sanam 
were published in ur ary 1855: those for 1855 | and observers to whom with himself the farmer is ys 10 6 
were published in December of ame year: the | indebte d. Drum MOND, Renoxz, Skirvine, Surron, | q 00 dtof 
statistics f 1856, so fa as the ge of the crops d of any note, gives his name |1507, for chqadi beeping, and 1507. interest of money, 
and the number of the live stock are concerned, r of the many sorts which every | As for reaping machines, &c., I think the holding 
were published on Sept. 1. progress here erin Plant presents. These sorts have been |s ely large enough to justify the cosi 
in a very important point—the quickness with | reare from sing yd seeds, carefully ‘gen ai 12. Estimate the quantity of straw which under your scheme 
which we are all info: co of the re: sults of f Mr. accurately compared with other ers, and fou of cultivation will be produced for use as lit wii fodder, &e, 
eae Soft 144) tate also the number giem fp sama ~~ which your farm 
Hatt’s inquiries. It will yield, naming the e probable produce of 
usin February, oner half f the aad al of the a or igin give it a claim to general iiis Lon. | srg rper acre, iain Tib koh Pag ole. 
had dy ai, ao a ch food had | Ther not a ean in the country whose |w: w 60 pore i - 100 toa, 
been produced, a Mave in December such rater abe fession nor, let us say, one of any note uted Oat straw av dD acres oo a 
tion would have had comparatively N little influence on tual operations do net prove the gene $ —— 
the food trade of It the very | mation in which the subject of purity of sea 2105, 
E im o ao! trade that $ we should | held by cultivators, Mangel Wurzel, 20 acres (20) P wus 400 gp 
ve, just adh ator w year’s food t is the importance of perfe ctly formed and | Swedes, 10 acres (15) .. 5 w we 1 id 
begins, certain data laid before us tne which the | thoroughly ripened and Welder LM a ven to ta bec inten acres ( a pE 
year’s sup with tolerable certainty be | which we need now to call a No who 5 acres Rye (6) - e 0 on 
cal this, S otland has travelled through the penis in wa and |5 a nres Tye and ‘Vetches (12)" Ki red a 
is concerned, ave than e agri-| August, even in a season like the present, when a te and early Vetches (10) en 100 a 
diarai a Se d, Ki e Highland Society, mayin pened i i ips _ vend bore i PEE ere ra 
and its ene! etic secret The ese all receive the in this country it erally is, has failed to notice | 3 acres Italian “ e » 
thanks of tho ted i in the Wheat { elds Patches of dead or prematurely |3 žeres Potaies race ray crop "e S 
i e country, and who see ripened corn with bleached or dusky, empty ears, | 1 acre Swedes weet AB i gy 
Boarn br success be ieda in ce remarkable | Which puzzle the cultivator quite as much as the 1345» 
success which has attended the inquiry in the |do the passers by. He knows the past history of ne peene WBS anid one 1) rane OD gy 
nd, but that does note xplain t daar ey than ah d 
But the tables themse a as well as the time of | the several 
oh ac sper 
in the c aide z gems like the somewhat 
-4754 acres 
> there ai 
s there are 40-488 ac! 
revious year. 
e green crops, 
si 
E it receives fro 
c 
Stay ailea attention 
experience of the farmer 
of the gardener that the produce of a seed 
is de crates pe something besides the treatment 
the It grows not 
only i i 
Patatoes w about the same rari of 
land—viz, 48,930 a sont vein year, and 146,969 
last year. "Mang edana e m 
are 3 
ahont th: 
high 
separate A in the atla we Pada there is 
in Sco! 
two, viz., 
ve stock seem: 
ep ambs, 5, 
5,822,478 in 1856; of swine, 1 
— on the i ee 7 
nil recent 
appr uch s 
e ve ns as more a Aig climates yield, and should 
fect]: es as in s 
the | yield, 
ale 
s specimens as 
m Cli theroe refers to in hi 
0 
13. — how many and what kinds of live stock you iin 
two relays of 30 full grown beasts, calculated with 
the roots and meal, and eake and Clover, and Vetches 
ch eeding ; or one lotof 
and finish with 
and twenty 2-year 
two or three farrow ai young pigsas may happen’ 
14. How long do the mare, the cow, the ewe tbe sow, go with 
young? Name the months when you would wish them to 
bring forth, and give reasons pe pers of the time. 
J 
7 
There will be time to wean the calves before cheese- 
be ripened as perfectly and 
climates they more peoia R 
y a 
f diseases are amera i healthy plants alone 
"|The ewe should bring forth in warm districts as ear 
as February or March ; there will be time to a 
nore Mee the seed we odin e, and iE as the facts 
n, the 
ag oi anette 
t year’s obey and 
healthiest verte coger ch this get hes an 
— pily there is no 
Grass will be springy when the lambs are beginning 
feed, he ey will get before the time to go 
Turnips, an = rougi ewes can be got sigh 
s, where 
b 
d wherever this n well eee 
seed of the e bes st quality is to be had : and it it 
IL MaxwELL. 
l to; seater: 
oul 
o which d be 
nquiry as Mr. Carrott makes Sea that conducted in | 
Siion by the constabulary for 
Tm the mas 
, Was ne nan tag to te chet of 
grain as gia pore wever much i 
suffered as food. 
the 
y thus have 
th, 
men ted will har in ee place 
small Pota: 
TEER 
a full-sized 
15. Give the probable annual consumption 
horse in full work, and erg a on n Oats Ben 
hay in ae and. on e ay eg at 
and Clover) i wie Pa ive 
ay other scheme o! foeding, ifor for which you might make 
ision on a light land 
1 bushels Oats, 22 ditto 
green. fu am greta Peng 
9 tons Clover and V: 
45 bushels Oats, 45 ewi 
ANSWERS ae pap anism QUESTIONS. 
By Mr. HENR N, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
A TA ‘ont 
Laos Pt P- aan 
Ti. Give-a rough estimate of the capital needed during a year’s 
wor 
required res- 
meal, 
cwt. danii oa ap straw ad lib. Or ast 
bine 91 cwt. pay cut straw — Or w. oh 
rs on the arg 
tenancy of Kai nae specifyii 
pectively fo: taxes, labour, horses, im; 
» Taayi is 
and say if there any other p incipal 
|45 
hele. mr a bran, 45 
bushels Oat 45 sta hink “ol cwt. se 
old hay. I kno a roadster team worked (they say): 
