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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
LDesores 4, 1856._ 
ticularly adapted for early sowing than another. The 
selection of sorts most sae ought to be guided 
Ghasly by the penis value of hiker cs sr That 
is the best sor rt which taki ing qua ntity and quality 
ama , may b d most money per 
cre. And there are so many claimants of “hig h 
k E IE-S difficult to give thon 
severally their d We recei 
tian Wheat the a Phe day from whieh we rub 
nte 
hey are not 
peared o 
article, as there would be always some mouldy 
grains, it might answer very well for domestic 
purposes, or where a very pale beer was not desire 
Indeed some 20 ago we remember e ex- 
cellent beer being made from Barley which was so 
grown a e unsaieable, In the sample on which 
we experiment germination had proceeded so 
arti cle. . Thene roe 
ow 
water in 
Mr, Tiney manages ARB 
ar le a the Red Wheat introd need last year a 
as profitable a 
Ani other Places 
f ee pred palar, with su ipkala of copper 
=n solution Z potash g 
: Ti 
farm, we | to 
ave when boiled no red 
mi 
mention presently v 
iad favourable en, tho h tha Simos 
urious cir ce ath gainst it. A 
le 
Bs 
e, where 
q and for yield it has proved a al pepin aneia 
in Nosan tonshire. And w refer here to 
= aer — by M. Vin LMORIN in a recent 
mber of the Fre rn ic 
IN@’s Red, 22; Fenton, 18}; Vict oe y RS while 
singular to relate, a mixture of al the sorts erd E 
the most of all, namely, 294 bushels . 
Red Whea ts are, we ‘thi nk, rs sore 
b i or, fi suse, W 
fee ctly dy, and he neglected to w 
uch. T 
1 Wood or bu: 
acre 
8 
The 
responsible for the ag of the statement whieh 
ap i ese 
o, and the letter “from them in an 
columns iaitly represents and ieee ely state- 
ment which - ey originally made. Mr. Barer 
ocess as rien twice e as much as 
t. “The expense,” he says, “of 
my operation is as under :— 
To broadsharing 4 inches deep—four horses at 3s. 6d. £. s. & 
a“ d needs man, 34 acres per day, 5s. 6d. per _— in- 
luding irons of implement 
To ditto cross with three horses, at ‘33. 6d. 
Harrowin, 
To burning in 4-rod heaps ¢ at 8d., 40 heaps t ‘to each 
statute acre 
Spreading, at Ñ id. 
Eight trusses of straw, at 6d. 
shes 
COND BAM 
5 
3 
0 
6 
4 
4 
4 
ooon Oco 
Cost per ac 
“Tt will ve A po that the foregoing i is s rather an wena 
rises born 
red. 
found, ne the frst. seh equal in effect to 13 
Bae subsequent effects are visible for several years, and the 
land can be tilled at a considerably less sum, by reason of its 
worki ing more easily.” 
Now this i is a very 
h +l 
y as well asa 
he d. 
h superficial opaan på 
templa 
e 
ed upon the Exc lav 
and 
lt when sprinkled thus became one mas 
of n y 
ae 
seem surprising that the Barley |n 
hould be vial x pronto a secon 
f n 
amani sown in this coun ntry than > white Wheats ; $ 
which a appe ear to affect our | crops the more as | 
cultivation i ne pa fertility of the land. Never 
theless new sorts o. 
tidied, aia we 
excellence r proving exceedingly productive on the 
same farm to which we owe the red Wheat just 
_ Certainly very great “hg is done by those who 
by selection, cai cultivation in ethos 
improving the pan a Aat of our principal cr 
If a seed just germinating ‘n't care fally ita it d 
h th 
nd r 
disc is, in fact (according to Richard, w 
Hes writer o f the present article e niopted on 
atten ve examina ation of the erminatio f 
wi! 
r radicn- | 
end, as it is “called. “The adan" are merely 
Conse- | need t 
quently i = = left till the vie of i no aa 
the oy 
ald 
other e timate, ding to th tity 
will be found that whence weather be sum Tess than fisada hoos We had 
- | acrospire and barea spring is attached to a Tittle upwards of 100 acres of u 
saucer-shaped or plano-convex disc which is in| one season at a cost less than 30s. per acre—the 
intimate contact with the mealy contents of the| paring (it was done by the breast-plough) was put 
seed. As soon z rain swells with moisture, | at 12s. to 15s. per acre—the burning at 1 
and the starch begins to assume the condition of|acre, and the y 
sugar f agreed on for spreading th 
not 
been beaten d 
those ears which had 
| lar 
ne BAN 
In 
into powd er, 
vi 
the ake ea men 
g 7s. per acre for Spiana aif dl the soi es be dry 
nt as to the 
acral regards malting and sowing. | 
which had been cut, it seemed desirable | to try some | said, ae: UD so as to Pe pate of kis rubbed 
er germinatin 
of any in our ieghbouhoed a 
cn Out of wi T sear 
d which was pa S 
convey nouris mar again when the starch is ain 
cir 
| placed in 
ha 
not more or less move ; 
subsequent burning a 
it does not cost 10s. an acre: 
operation pr within the sum named by Messrs. 
Har 
CONSIDERABLE displeasure has been excited by t 
ho ever 
seed was | 
ma 
et 
intervals was thinly spread vat hi 
1 
the 
the judges at the Athlone mig 
experimen goed grinding condition. The seed 
fener divides into two portions ; 185 were com 
ee 
nag 
and two on 
Tefused to a at al. The 71 T plants were healthy, |t 
and would dou ose 
e yielded as well as o hers 
ma The 300 ns 
no sign, oe rew out both, rie 
not germinate at but „first 
3 
po 
rth, aR the a a E 300 s steeped | 
the firs | whe 
without du 
r | where 
observation of ce performance, judges v 
T 
uty for 
h ip for a already, and A 
o great to PPY before t 
Pa dry, Paice has b 
heating or of mould. We will con 
|in the follo 
een no chance either of th 
Inde 
f th yal Agricultural ino Society 0 
Ire i Mr. Torr, well kno icolturist of 
at the a Siesia ns 
w hours’ or 
ated upon the merits of an Aaria ral 
ae Ton reported to have spoken on this point 
m eh Sen —“ He ha to tell them that 
ement nue of d ha os a= d 
of the large and 
a 
grain. Some "farmers within our knowledge have 
stated their i of usi i 
the same cfg asa Higa wit 
were eovered with Beniniin glaucum 
apee Mucor:* The 42 — in malting | 
when 
> an ro 
aa expense. It would be well, therefore, to act |n 
| under compet U. M. J. B. 
ent advice or not at a 
ssrs. Harpy and Son hav 
re! Ovr correspondents Me 
been taken to task by Mr. BAKER of Writtle for the | upon 
e faulty estimate, as 
e believes, at which the ey put 
Ina 
t tical point of view itis Prin T whether 
the dise be considered radicle or coryledon, as its office remains 
exactly the same. 
advantage 
first 
about 
mission to has me kapiem ie vata Ra 
to kiln-dry sp le 
what result we ie mek yet heard, nor do we quite see the 
gained except ex- 
they did not wish to lose, ‘ad feared { that Y "hey ey 
competed they ap sat seine en by 
Se ‘lows. The o 
ot want money prizes at all; but 
ed to avoid competition an 
He held that pila there was 
ould beno test for Joesion 
RD, of pari » api a properly, as it 
s, s, protest a of this 
gainst the 
“80 far, Maid Ak 
t they desir 
tion altogether. 
e | competition t. 
meai 
Mess 
appears 
deonta g> 
combination reverse Ís 
fact; in peat of which a Sore m the leading 
fenia res aes morn 
bas informed us there is great doubt 
there is ‘fear ol of heating. An 
aod yar 
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si EL 4 A E FF Y 
society. 5 
the legality of brewing with 
a? o MES 
