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oots now join | quite unusual Hay Hay on the lighte soils became hence the most abundant: su lies bt ined b; b 
sere ol Ё а ей did апу сгор promise better Hay withered, and a anc 80 suitable as "fuel, as to lend a a driving off tl upp мы T 4 
тапк, ano enl completed. Much hay has been got | farm er to nores his fear that his men „when mowi ng | or mountain limestone i in kilns, as 100 ]b. Y v^ when 
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ği condition, but on the, whole the crop f lime. 
Ei omnt и lar it eSwe — all the Lime, therefore, by the process of зай ла ча. 
is rnips before or within ps first few days of whole of dre carbonie acid, and a ton weight is reduced 
J. В. ^» Romford, „Л July 6.—1 report for this neigh- Ha са regularly, and with rain would yet до | to 114 с 
Hs Whest and Barley good, m — Beans well; but all the ,Turnips sown a about the mi ddle ог Тһе р dud opinion regarding the presence of 
qnd Peas average, Clover — hay h lime in the soil is £hat an sume м, ought not to 
(^ т mips average. I think 7» ету we have ап abundant fall| possess less than 1 per cent. of lime; and that 8 tons 
on the 16th pro dui We are eutting winter een The Aani bare en singled, are әл "ел, of burnt lime per acre would impart this pi portion 
"We ve had ins that give | but much needing rain. Tus earlier sowings of c to 6 inches of soil After a heavy liming no farther 
| } 1 f plenty of autumn feed, &c. the pieces of the late addition will, however, be requisite for six or eight 
| pr wings that have br rairded w ill also e fit for years, A cropat the utmost removes only e: 1 to 
: Ealing, July 7.— Wheat thin on high lands, co. Potatos are looking pretty w Же, КОК both ^ 2 bushels per acre of dg and the 1 land a t this 1 rate 
good on strong soils, whether ^ soils are rich. or and grazing, have been selling well. Seldom has there ptem Wi oe to t hi 
6 On the whole. s a ful a des Barley a f: d mand or higit. —faste мачы. the lime by its own specifi 
M av стр Oats m wide r Oats, or sown in > Ord i in ind but from the continued drought and Du. PA ane descends bol the active soil, ad 
Tim E ry Apr D very nfevouril to tl y fall. there, upon Ne g a кон, layer upon Mer of each 
s Beans тый rim Peas pre ood; Mangel tl y have undergone will be 
TE in е а fair сэ занне but in places 2м, pe a vill Ped erop is E igi agree the | found deposited. Lime - Pei не ies crops of 
Lus qd grub 6 day s without rain. сс а | Clover, but since we fini ате е had some fine | superior quelity and bulk to be урус t enhances 
(0 god pe and, m" m rains, сачу а +о good | showers that will bring o er Grassy mà iin the efect of undecomposed m UM fe me into 
erop; Potato: s good. Rainfall: January, 4:82 ; February, there is a plant of Glover гиа shall get a good cat, aot ion ie меф шау еба ган " lying dormant. 
281; March, "91; April, *66; Mays 3 98 ; June, tl ver, ze never to be laid upon the lan 
Total, 15:16. W. C. Spooner. y, but those put in later than the end of yo fter limi 
MERSE OF pm July 1.—The а adran of June have not come up regularly, and do | off Pr its is rad ormed om mmonia, lime e destroys marsh 
month is the driest о: cord. The — bas ihe за not look во healthy. Mangel із good іп some places,and | and heath р ants, such as Moss, ath, Bent, and 
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. $n the end of May the weather continued remarkably should have expected, ind. there is no doubt we shail | sufficiently limed, The quantity of [кед requi enu varies 
warm, and Grass got very abundant, and — have a good erop. Barley is also good, but very f mach in A to the dryness of the soil, its stiffness, and 
where not early bitten by ewes. Stock is in od laid. But Oats were never kno wn to be so bad; the amount of vegetable matter 15 contains. Poor 
condition, and lambs doing much better than i hay, and some fields have сатра 80 хаш Jands are soon worn out by repeated liming and 
when losses were heavy. The threatened 1 i of ith rubbishy tobda that they have , bee en opping. То exterminate Moss, sour Grass, &c., the 
and has got a decided check, and on | ploughed up, and the bes pplied in a live state, Generally speak- 
| hard clays and hungry light soils spring corr will be [M half а crop; es vo пеге they, are best it те the more completely and immediately quick lime 
very poor indeed. There is поб much Wheat to Ье will be difficult to decide ve they ought to Бе із incorporated with the soil, tbe more effectually the 
; ut loo d | cut, as they are not coming all together. Peas | slak ing is accomplished in connection with the soil the 
unequal in g. What is early sown on dee ме generally a good crop, Anny кошо are now being | bette: ЕЧ mures sonia Grass, ho pree where there 
loams is, of course, exceptionally good in а dry year. | cut, but the best trope are hardly fit yet; they i ti destroying the herbage, it is better 
Of Tumips it is difficult to speak; strong land has al turning à toona idly, es en we had some fine | first to slack the lime in the open air, reducing it to a 
unkindly. Some pieces of Swedes are | showers abo a fortnight a о, and since then they pply f mild 
ог наре d A ier are A lime. In this state the quantity of quicklime still | con- 
scorched and flea-bitten to а degree unknown іп our | healthy, and à still tained in it, should, however, 
time, Patience is largely exercised, and some have | patches of Certe © E pow wm d the whole eoa necessary chemica 1 changes in n thi 
been tempted torisk second sowing, but their seed, | is well up, Ma үа reudy for h The land | ultimate efficacy depends. Quicklime hod never » 
as well as Yellow and White Turnips in general, will | has been so c dnd. e have got оше quicker — : light, or thin ege — or 
be nowhere unless we have rain soon. Beans and Tares | than usual. qu fe od i їз {за т short in some places, | Ма lim has effect similar to 
stand the drought best of all' — X as the weather continued aset: too long dry, mountain. Times stone. ET а car абал ќе of magnesia in 
REY: Hoe Bridge, Woking, Fuly 10.—I think | but we may expect to have it more plentiful tl b 
the crops in this neighbourhood have never been more | the autumn. All ims of — still dear, especially. in burning; but must be used more келге than 
various, The Wheats on the old Clover leas planted | sheep; full.mouth e air quality, which f magnesia, since it re-absorbs carbonic 
vae y bad, and are e still very thin and poor; but | come out middling fat. "t bent е 4 Аф caper of 8 lb., acid more "midi s nd remains longer caustic. Its 
where the plant is good, and the land of good holding | cannot be got for less than 385. more "properly made to arable than to 
d well done by, the crop is good, and ехе d us as Wheat, Barley, and all cereals require 
beoe well headed, and the ears well filled; but this is ive or зе and perhaps 36s. a each of their voee bs | maguesia cm the perfect development th of their 
às ezoeptiom, as tin the greater part of the crop is | after losing from o 5 per cent, does not leave, straw and corn. Chemically supply ying to the plant 
the ground, short in the straw, and, especially | much profit; if we were to charge anything like | both lime and carbonic acid, lime, ав an alkaline earth, 
ва! very bad indeed, and | fair i d other 
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altogether decidedly below an ave rage. he same may | they must get, they wil leave the balance in soils, couverts inert vegetable matter into stimulating 
of the Barley,—very various, but upon the|on the wrong side. ere the land is good,|food for plants, and aids the mineral "pcs aequ of 
I think we shall геа ап е crop. Peas perhaps wether fatting does better than buying old | irom, manganese, alumina, potash, soda, amm and 
he indeed, and n early fit for cutting. Beans | ewes bs lamb down, and then fat ; but when the land is] silica in soils., To its perhaps 'overstimulating effects, 
M Me" pm. inda not goods Oats, t so good, perhaps the latter is the safest plan. |in act, may be traced the origin e adage, “ Lime 
n ean years, Мап ood, and a larg Harvest will begin about the last week in July, and to | enriches the ra d the sons.” Lime, 
ik "iw edes and "uripe. Punt well, d sum up the prospects, we may say of Wheat it may however, does not necessarily exhaust the soil, unless 
ip: Potatos good pla d healthy. be above average; Barley, the ваше; Oats not half а applied with vuspating prodigality. The apparent 
hay about one-third a a а E poor in Кы, кее — average, but very unequal; Beans, y 
hay a average crop, fair | few eabout; Mangel promises well; Swedes | the sole a applica cation to the land. has consisted i in laying 
pu. and well secured. tu very 7 healthy, i puce dg deri Tight, but good. Not much old corn on successive doses o e, 
1 moderately plentiful, the late splendid showers | left in Нека LY. other manure have beentoo scanty. It is where limealone 
having wonders. Edward Hilder. 
: д $ se 
no such season TR жа od esi rn MANURES AND CROPS. in the formation of nitrates ; and the mrs of nitre 
i July, and when s ENT цай, ог saltpetre is dependent upon those ки of win 
^а the erop was plucked because it would по! Liming.—No more extensive prae ce apart fr from Ње | whereby nitric ac n m veget 
t year "en were heme complaints of drought, ordinary routine ‚оё fertilisation is known i in ied tig тай matter. That invaluable salt, nitrate of lime, i = "vage 
ha тошоп, { r Barle ey and Oats than the application of lime—a nd n onder, its|to be found in old compost heaps. “ Under ordinary 
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e "e" n f it, as it is called, is мсни Societ y) “апа with the presence 
ке s litter i т dicm wel s tà “Although ro a irai ape of raising scourging crops and ture, lime is “capable of preia d уйре e C 
is ared for the п a soil. 
dew is agn SA be sadly defi баео тиу 1 less | that Liebig designates опе c class of plants Тро locked up in the soil, lime may be the Keay i at "the 
earlier yen. This i - drought set in much pu They are represented by, кз Clover, | command of the farmer, his means of rendering imme- 
although Wheat is again to ve our bulkier Beans, Peas, eir even Potatos—but lime is found only rn ap stores of weath rcm can heme 
m much lighter than that of last year, whilst | in the leaves of the Potato, very : small traces occurring ly be brought into use. In this view lime 
gathered zniversaly light, and on many fields, if | inthe а па vell deserve the 
With at all, will require as in 1826 to be plucked. | the potash er The Clover sickness to which we have | been | giv en it, namely, that of a “stimulant,” for its 
Фу a, of this ерду the filling of Oats | во frequen ently referred is ати русе by | | application Ет in some sort re н диин 
possi ble, ` tli the soil; so nbury or inger- | ammonia; w ts excessive application by 
away. The sen as Ld Shey are now rapidly defic cience, y of lime in dixe aa 
"00 oni bet А Е із being | Т do not ойр рий 
" epa i ч h f the root in consequence of its being | are so jostiy а е o pus 
ested; but th nt the the} = gun di be - actorily har. -— г зто out shoots and ta код in search “| this assumption too far, but ve ER truth bet 
ground one cá ai lime for its skin. A crop of 2 tons of Clover removes | it irem the impor ortance ing lime in 
paia P ik , and | id so tel te Jano 7 felis th 2 са 130 Ib. o f Pac iie the "i; and ap — | quantities at short intervals, rather than in large doses, 
ine. ai e alike, Clo ently been found to be |once in many years. " 
at. Betting better i eos his ah тоок oom to or раіна oF of lime. "ipeum or sulphate of lime Sulphate of lime or gypsum is the most abundant 
пође 0 farm be high or or low, light or heavy, pirrast is also found highly bene: f er the natural sulphates of earths or metals, 
withont ;, "Southern exposure, essing ог | from the ретары ез ere with incredible rapidity ; and a large quantities of the pure gypsum quarried 
алу аў ib much affected alike, if there be|ton of quicklime when slaked acquires three times its! in Mer агза Mr. Parr tells us (Letters to Farmers), 
las the a a ll, it is on the side of the man who | original bulk and weighs 25 cwt. The only advantage, | in an unburnt state and ground to powder are Е 
ined i uction t; t P 
powder, m ж má apr id 
he € and becomes once more carbonate of | by гакі nga i pon wo of value off the ton, This, 
` amidst sunshine and hest есе us аге |lime—the condition in which it usually exists, and adulteration is cet » an incredible extent. Chemi- 
