NovemsBer 1, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
731 
Jand is afiected by their depression! Of old our foretathers suid, future the furr ere sow te Turnips, following years continually, They sv destroyed the 
“Tant a E homme, tant rak la — (as is the worth of the fees missed ge! ettin D A piin of Swedes.* crops from 1824 to 1833, A tural Associs- 
Jabourer, the worth of the lan | left mr waste decoys on my own farm also, and only sowed | tion distributed circulars over England and Scotland, requi 
onion ero pros fonr or five stetches distance more or ini m on the nature and habits of jeni Turnip ny noe 
less r rdin soil or weather), and still never failed of obi turns, but with little = 
ing plant. too expensive and did not meet. every 
E TURNIP FLY, ae In 1825. I gier os rresponden: a Te PAKUA 9 of| To sow Turnips very early to be in time to sow a ‘ = time 
RLES ii of Society of Arts on the subject, which esha a year and | in case the fly the plant, ently causes a loss by cost 
Stang Cuan oe „has pe hi Sari mat half, —_ the Society awarded me a Gold Ceres Medal. They | of seed an sr the first sown the fly, itis very 
Bier : Arts, whic! aS had it tried in the neighbourhood of Blandford, Dorsetshire, as | liable to mildew, and to be of inferior quality; and if the fiy- 
been recenti yp The f an pat in i Eont of the Transactions of the ey. a r 1827, attack the first sown, waiting to rtain wheth 
t of it. neki aea = Me ~ stated that the result of t ( the plant will survive may prevent sowing a till it is too- 
yg tained during the last si is $26) in | late to gei good he a Crni 
E piis the great loss of ices of Turnips last year, and that part of the. ERN 826 happened to be the most general Sariren an anes the fiy (if the land is ughed), is: 
destructive fly year recorded, or my system would have Bec no | cause it a length of time without being stirred, and has. 
destruction of a this year—so similar 
red from 182 
has lai 
Ts ae hen: ben will be the case if left untilled for a 
f proj for sowing, according to soil 
5 to 1833, me 5 eie rea | et, an anis WANE had n thats toh sve bean pien» d unsown till the proper time 
hich has taken place saving crops from the attacks of the fiy. weather. 
g years—I am led to ptt rey the reall Mr, Spence, chairman of the Entomological Society (being A seed merchant (a correspondent of the r Agricul- 
bservations on ubject, although I am quite ® visit to Mr. Kirby), called on me to inquire about the po be 1 tural Association) stated, that those who so welt vom were his. 
E the: diffienlty:ofi-the: sabreet fr aie t . had adopted, and seemed not to doubt but it was adapted to pro- | best customers.” The question to be considered is whether it is 
aware y: ss om past experi- | tect the Swedes. Sir John Sinclair had a copy of the account of expense to sow decoys dun ring two or three years when 
ng spondence with the Se sag ei it, ERDIA by ee ere of Arts, inserted in an Edinburgh | injury would have — oar the attack of the fiy, or to lose: 
of the Society of Arts, upwards of 303 _ rs since, whic and had s of it struck off to distribute in Scotland, lant, and have to ploi re-sow the land once in two or 
o half, re T Si r soht mea feats atie to distribute, and it led to a long cor- | three years. It is not so Ay yy plant i. destroyed only, but 
ec Soe jety; v poy “45, 8 as respondence eee oe idl Ae a indu: to try the arree a is jagged, and pre ke retarded in its growth, and a 
3 eco; stems esi , they should continue to-use tl 
same bps to obtain a plant Ses sed pursue, until they = ra 
The Doncaster Report on the Turnip Fly, lietam | ba spans ok a probability yar ssa pan eA Turni 
im marji consisted of 89 pages. I can, how , but or Mustard, being drilled thiek, pi ing acrop. There are fe g ome Corresponde: 
iefi upon the subject; thus my observations farmers who have not seen where a pert Salter has been stopped ing Machines.—It will be recoleted I designa- 
hie! A a b i aa proposed: within. the = nore te eed S Serd very Nek till t ite wore. briko over re ted the present reapin hines as unphilosophical 
ris at when the H i 
mers. individually to ppplys and ce a | a ov ge fiel have. been swept off ci the fly, the one venami 1 eos I explain 
of so so reducing th e fli nd tng to or, thickly drilled ig ithstood the attack of all the flies long after ly, or it will be 0 ted whether A. Un 
them har leaa, if — destroyed. It is the same if seed is spilled in some | or oe have that sympathy with true mechanical progress. 
mless, by a systematic Pietas } reapi 
From. the lo ss of the first aoa nt of grame all farm- poe i to the As aota posed aches Earainn pts ve e: I profess. I he peg 
„and | of this. treatise. Be an experiment, Turnip seed ai and sim ply because it — to be last a series, y 
hay-harvest at the TR, to; no Teen; ail phe an gar ould 4 inches, on Se fourth day had shot ical offen Viewed in a practical light, it. is 
fit to-h ‘a i Jae ; PS | forth a radicle z inetios long. and a germ 1 inch. a downrig t imitation f 
oe w ant e mane is sae f the second Sowing: ‘Thus therootreached'frum te amaos ticles, whilethe germ| gM ths cas rs 
take, the Turnips are not fit to hoe till corn harv: then 3inehes under the surface, and at the same ratio, in| E- = 
Mr. Steen nt to Sir erin ep varie” Roek 
— Never sparc mylar attribute 
draw 
~ ‘ingham, says: 
is 
each other up.” C: Barnet, et, E: 
If ‘001 
rilling thiek. Plants | | spren ad, 
Str wave Park, Nort! hamp- 
tonshire, says Yoni it lag at "and when te sadn 
& severe attack, ore able to withstand ai 
itto1 i renee iit Bid d 
defiance to | o 
—Extracts from 
ae deep 
ssociation Re; 
Mr, Taylor, late of Ditchingham y; Norfolk, and a pen If a 
Mr, John Hayward, of Stoke Hail, near E Brey sufo both four anys more, the Lat te 
“ broad-casted very ti ae and cut the Turn with the | the radicle had ope gars abt rensled 
horse-hoe, and alwa: neceeded a, plant,” Mr. | below the influence of parching winds, and the plants would not 
Taylor gees Mr, Hay cee both oceupied good Turnip and seen be o to withstand the rate of fly, and if no greii would 
or I doubt Teie yi plant could have always been o provera gre — eak, and be very slow in coming to the hoe. 
defiance of fiy, if broadcasted, unless nate thick, We tae extremes to show effects. 4 inches seem too 
pred the carrespencaat ts of ster Association state, | dee! p to à t Turnip seed, and 1inch is evidently t 
that by sprinkling lime a the a apa plants several times, | one pt ng Sete TP or moist eases and it. is 
they commonly obtained a oe of Trnina others state | by using a a stag that Turnip seed Som tng > a ep re & proper 
et Seps acon to soil and’ weati A few after I 
s ar a smali sp ai with 
m inch; thus in the 
would have reached 
Pine. dbr vats whee 
4 inches in. depth, and not 
. BA r cso 
saved a plant; water obtained at eyes ends of the field 
I could greatly increase this list of s 
most kopulaco onig; ga but 5 Lab fro: 
hat 
Sanga The 
yas Ae A E Mustard 
teh, highly 
rapidly eee eas Pens be: n sa ee 
i better, not being affected by ewe and pie 
why it sme rational ly be supposed that it bite the fly seed is commonly cheaper, and I have hra it oe ada 
from Puiroriog or injuring tha Turnip plant, and that itis but | t° mon Tarni the es, s iwas k t for huei 8 for r mth Boss igi 
a trifling expense, and little trouble, must be explained, and of fly “pias re Pane Gases ach Maat T ea Bea 
facts stated. rnips fom bei tig yf toa: by hed pandi pype pem of ihe 
heidni my neighbours’ Turnips were so infested tha’ 
and children to gather them oi of Thad 
Swedes might be 
Ton 
Having hired a heavy land farm, boun on two sides es bY | sav 
extensive iio which I was informed pa yri late Rev: Wm, | §* 
pail (the een entomologist} th wes n ba beh eal pras in| th 
ood = 
tai fat ee tie dais hy barton jT After ascer w decoys during upwards of 30. years, and 
Ti hed pan ver failed N “obtat ining a tidy although after finding hisa a 
certain mode of obtaining a plant in spite of the fly, I oann ae 
antity of paes I had cn gape i a quarter of a 
jess, a 
aide to oo up hiba 
to grow Swedes, as ely obtained a 
pantig, had to sow i second time, and; I did not 
caed then from se: 
and thus the plants were less able to stand 
row Pershore, stated that, “ ‘having cleared 
n til | Piece of rough Tents , and planted it with Hops and intermediate 
rows of Canbaree, the Cabbages became covered, and ultimately 
sigir des rae Ghee! by ga flies; and having See aa the Cabbages, 
ked the Hops and destroyed them. 
ese circumstances it appears that tifa a small space 
sown (or ime tter, if se gis ae some time, and the 
it of sowing the better, Deters, Pass wn, fe 
asez te aalr ce mi eh says 
ote 
me to Leimert 0 grow e a 
ommon Turni 
long. ‘fier Swedes, apa ate all the flies existing in 
anon re dra’ Swedes, 
‘inking that it ie s th might enable Oro 
Pav instead of Finen inrada my ag a ire to obtain x plant, 
being aware that Mr. Paul ot Starston was in the 
decoys for the flies, and catching them off with a inet T 
drill ia y clean ajoa Ap ying slong ft the side 
width oss tl 
haulm 
Paige od — as far as flies 
o it from end to Sie iiit up the Turnips, 
e flies which had existed in the woods , drilled a few rods in length, will draw 
s r by 
the plants draw each ph up, and a. heavy roll passed over two 
vec common Turnips (having | or three times must surely destroy all the d flies. This count be 
iron barrel to my drill, with pas = an we is ploughed and a heavy roll passed over it; 
ped on; and having it hem. A small garden pete of Turnip seed will 
erred the Swede to — apo yee a 
slish this treatise from the Turni| 
aninch or 
a Ea bref bunch of poate a little 
then lf ti er portion plucked out from taph 
Se Se ft f we singing By this means I got a epee plan 
, considering that it was late for Swedes. 
oi pecheiiatedh that the fly Ts the common Turnip to f reque) 
L drilled white Turnips in alternate rows in future | enough to ae Ak flies. 
, to feed the flies) and Swede seed for a crop, and never ei Havi 2 acres of Turnip seed—whenit 
{Turnip flies settled on some. 
ee way throaghy where the 
g 
rnip seed in alternate 
sca es 5, Nae tener nee See the! 
< cae EE ATSR 
d make ”—a and | total; “— Doncaster aport, 
r" nio eireumstanee showed that was 100,0004: were lost by on. Of the: Turnip rope Aes 
tervals, and: in ina ra aay iat 
red:1 inch f 
is had i ring a mmeo ipin neh oe in fong 
rm hal ratio, with: m 
to deal with is a ‘ce 
t be placed i 
ontinuously « ig ig or wipes its use will be 
table toa vpreg ion can sel 
still it 
y 
nig pee’ out to my. farmer frien absolutely: 
nanan hg. the gh rpc hea a 
perman pan pon expensive mechanis 
kept continually a going, “that im 
essenti 
grew my decoy seed 
E RRR of selected and PaA tn Toots produced | & 
; it should bo drilled so thick that | talki 
A etree ies pos 
! 
the decoy rows thick | most important 
ruined ; ;” and again w ten read i 
“our mills are only anion we deepal or great 
in co! nee prevails.” aah w lookatagriculture. 
you 
labour being lowered to atone wer eats 
machines for the workman is 
often amounts to 500}, and in some;cases 
