874 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. рзютала 1 qe 
Karo. ; one animal was | 
isease a appeared атоо 
as they gave evidence 
ial | 
disease 
very ill and died, the re 
a loss whether to cut them in a wet 
The latter 
| farmers were at 
| state or to allow them to get over-ripe. 
E 
$ 
3 
$ 
grain to lie on the ground |і 
| the most "apes еер to eau: 
he 
e symptoms-—partial|evil was doubtless the least; but where crops were иу at сг by far tle Б most В 
Уч beet Ам, promontory T market ar па | laid and twisted from heavy storms, or becoming | cereals. ndeed, К bulky cro s 
Zu y Mr А ý И cows: when the disease | choked their only resource was to tio deep so the crops I have урш em, 
T cut them, | о дөр ls in Оо Т in Souti ч 
became apparent, all қам ont to di oae ur sold, Although a few fields are still to be counties of Seotland ns Ü MR 
(3.) Mr. R. had Ібн i gas eire pn: the south and south. eastern counties. of England, Es one the largest Oat-growing eounti 
all were sent away and sold (4.) Mr. S. had 140 about one-third deficient. Ezo ur Ei. 
cows. The disease broke out and destroyed several ; на counties has been carried. In the Midland | soils, where the sample is shrivelled and d 
but 104 were sent away and sold to i ate the unties, too; medi: is E "bat finished, and three- | quality is Liege the T" being full and plu 7, е 
disease elsewhere. In these four > n one Iu Yorkshire, | on the whole the Oat crop has sustained цар: а 
small neighbourbood, over 200 ls |L weather, P the ears of the grain P ү. 
were sent away and distributed. y teens t the and rh me one- eere secured. t ho l will be great, pubes with the lengt 
воцпіт ту; the question naturally „ar ises, what i is counties N England the is erben "i the ү 
t sheaf ; ps up to the end of last week NON! the general failure Обввейа last year a larga 
be extended to the wnole of the rever. herbis a sto заз carried. In ^j dum zu too, woes of Peas was plan ted, es — Ms "eed. еы, 
t er, 
dicit = still further to the country generally. | ће farm s, antici ірі B iore AMYOUFSHle Wes кіда minster. [e 
deer нір pori one-half of the crops previous seen iie crop is eher ica 28 and n 
The faet really is, that the first attempt on the e pre ба were qnéut, and] With thé supe erior rage, an the quality 
part т Government to obtain information of ut still As ШЕШӘ die уйт dé "P 
the existence. of the disease under a penalty for ys LI Р п ан deep 1оашза — 
li itle Ys VE been carried. As the operations of indeed, on E do clays md those of the 
on-compliance with their Order, led to а result cutting and. carrying have been uninterrupted t & fall keina ОИ 
directly the opposite to the o tended. Cattle | w g ч "o d gud 5 
owners at ien ону that M TN were bar To very large area о ied i d el tg and average crop. 
about to be co andas ven | excellent ‘condition, and with MM Pet week there|  Potatos аге in almost every riet and 
d, as gi : ; on evey 
of compensation; phen a e t variety of soil a most luxuriant оғор, and sh tle 
keep atter It is worthy of notice that i in the upland districts оне, of which there are lready unmistakable 
in the dark as is as possible, and 
get An "of the infected stock to the best advan- 
harvest has not been so early since 1826, nor have 
crops ripened so pci wes that year. Indeed, у Кет 
коө eer бе ‚ the — ver тше hundreds | cutting commenced n early soon in the Vale of , The Turnip crop—which supplies the chief winte 
and thousan If pr - ls ожа Toss; 141 мы еН уры ніт. неон ag 
be estimated. exaetly in th y qus in the ыа districts мате ub Gru rasses, and is withal the most prete: farm 
-— fected with small-pox,and sent among | those in the lowest. This sim intem Же of КЕЕ the most costly to rai ee oughous 
hea althy flocks i m all parts, а good ide - will be | the тора in the different districts caused, a lar, vir rali 
ping machines were not use sed, а short t supply of of stif soils tbe infant plants wore etely de 
the eount ry by th ese means, ы the necessity for hands, LT d by the Turnip йу (staltica venne) am 
atmospheric influence, or by the assumption of its| A 
spontaneous origin is entirely done away. that t a county or parish can scarcely with 
мне Pere фен inquiry is—what has ev" accuracy Q^ virg In › 16 was not uncommon | 
to witness two poti ing fields on tbe aame farm, the 
t 
don t the spread of the malady, and 
with rel: төше : 
ade the present а lingering harvest. 
on all such soils resowing was essential. 
S ma 
11 vae TI have been so variable this 
This question we propose to dio 
ot crops, and pe^ - 
[a daho ciency of moisture greatly retarded its growth on 
demaridis n of Fortunately, v 3 the 
of its lea 
unfr Yequent. enemy to ro 
there was 
here ul 
diseuss in our ne | one were a full average and t! ose of the other ligh amount of rainfall to fécovet thë ирен "nin ad 
uu ds дү е f The Wheat crop first claims attentio; E cent rain ieh proved so injurious to hare 
ur advertisement columns inform us Kent, South Esser, on the deep : soils in ЭД. Vid orovod мей to ipa. mw" 
that M Mr. ROBERT Surirn's annual f Exmoor wi E ls. 43 i i 
E the stro ys red soils generally, indeed, are singularly luxuriant; and 
Cobs, Gallo ays, and large-sized Ponies from shire, in Leiceatershi i Lancashire, ые — | although there are some failures on the burning soila 
Pony Mares, will take place at Bristol, on Wed- rar Berwick, the Lothians, aud in the „Саге of | in the south, and al tchy fields to be seen on the 
M. October 4. bays with s in Yorkshire, Northumberland, Ber- 
blaek points, and combine good form and aeti eed, 5 iekshire, and East Lothian, y e are 
i Mara v metn Mr. SwrrH'8 - иа soils the Wheat crop ge Pep tho usani iin ч and iu general the Turnip crop promises io bea 
d 1000 to 1200 feet above the sea, is a Poe, „and large and closel y set ears, plump well- | average. er deep autumn ы tern amd 
in. however 1 ring, n 
sufficient guarantee ч their hardihood. нас: E s Tu "QE DER Dip S hier? 
RVEST AND CROPS. 
аунай пеат ea minnt in à 
g undor oro A преси 
"kingdom dM any Perm, veh pin id 
— my не А based on many end 
experience of testing the field estimar by the 
of test 
floor results of the farm crops of 1885. 
„Іа n шу interim. report, itd in the end of May, I| 
| Surrey, Sina "d Hants the Wheat стор rea ches the 
eld o 
wa t тт, 
са degree of moi 
these counties. 
"noires of Norfolk, the ge soils, 
which mparatively small рк in Lincoln, the | 
strong and well farmed clays in Nort umberland а ind 
these соп 
| low a үе! 
loams 
ture. and a fiue frost st pulverised 
average erop Нау 
Ё ЖТ к : 
ting, is unusually ; good, being 
Mangels are a M 
was well secured, ai 
math, or second eu 
Yorksh: T l is in 
eim ue реп ng-sown n Wheat ie most deficien nt, 
ing iani ч — and thinly planted. Rust attacked 
the — ugust з but, 
man 
y 
Pastures are singulariy ab abundant, and are puc 
an на quantity of stock. 
, Unlike those of last ye 
Ti 
а the erops caused by the singularly forcing weather |t 
ern of Whea! fe en 
those ] lato sown in spring, the c ad of thi 
rZ 
n May, ma to the extraordinar: 
luxuriant 
mpa: ad maiad, Like the 
ann 
of Whea s very, "vari riable. | The 
the quality small | 
e, le, ас and without referencë 
and taking " 
4 
Takin g the c crops as a wh 
to the жы сгорз оЁ 1868 vd 1864, 
account t the high average erret in EET 
ate the 
e pr ospects wi 
check | Un to the 
was the 
but the greater онд carried previous to the 
preseut тев, n. ein d кн condition, will be some | 
tim e before fit for arke | етеп then the 
— their 
luxuriant hue being s suddenly changed into а "1 
gra 
some of & earlier vari and 
Poem Me ise 
rley—happily termed es Mr. Caird the w 
i 5 псев is now sul 
area under the Pun 
assumed a stunted and spiral form. It 
Suis, i Mdy hot the absence £ rain and the prevalence | 
ме ly 
apidly in Ae easing. 
ves is 
This may partly be маен E 
tho. comparatively higher price now re sed f 
ealis 
, such а 8 Т alavera aver 
ту has diens ved by чыя à 
Adag jp ie a 
anticipated i in gi 
of buichers ru 
prices for store ets espec 
than those E" fat; so meat, 88 special 
liy je е аге px imn 
cia sh | 
FE. weather 
n hs $ed of saw, of ot whieh the | 
indieated such 
is ing more appreciated, and as Barley is the 
Pipe 
st intervening or ор чн: e and ists mes 
m onduce 
Pty e NA 
the 
deny soil has eut up well, (4 thick ou the 
Early sown Pay. e | 
groand, | 
Ёл] 
bably pri бё. 
Daring € the past year many y farmers w 
with stock their ent ire produce of Өз 
m 
ts and 
or, 
coma nding 20, and 
ware) — they eould not sell these i 
з 
ears of all the cereals 
—the great Barloy-producing county, with its 
varied | 
loam sand, 
c "exclusivo rig wing fermer has no 
‹ the long еа 
compared with the length of Straw, E 
of July sn n improved iu fre akona 
у arlier were too а to be 
ur ha d m x^ many cases, especially on light 
soils, the ears of the corn scarcely got clear out of 
e hoe. 
t Kent, South Essex, 
n the iur rudi of а and 
n^ Ber kshire on the 24th o A 
been those 
Catting си in 
Hertfordshire, 
Suffolk, and i 
the soils vary. On si We light soils which skirt 
die eastern mg di p has suffer jet фа ly from 
drought, in ces being burnt totall up. | quar 
2 the бал рч еВ f form а аро area | 
the county, Barley, though fa bes d - ye 
erop, îs 
coit n average. Every п Parleys a 
ing thinly p неа th the extreme dert | 
Шегі 
m "while a considerable p „of eim 
4. ot; кой wies he at 
staple p 
сап oot h en uditu 
he етае ч us on he is i^ ыб, ed 
geospettt withons préceden 
with this t 
— са" 
тт 
y spring пов months of the 
рч 
heavy rains — every seeond day, 
mih a -— Le ag mms 
во that maltsters will lin іп | 
vela for ше enr snnples of Jaat year. Wher 
harvest operations ам t daily inter- | 
rupted, кг grain ка discoloration d sprouting 
considerably injured. The cereal ps being all ripe, 
et allo owiug the Barley to lie in swa ie ed VP T 
у when cut, the Des from sprouting and discolora- | an 
tion has been great, Indeed, this mode of allowi ud - 
ма 5 which realised 
Men 
| market, 
ы Cambie 
Vn re 1 
average 35l. 
"1 jets in | 
It is, чоры ір File sheep-rearing distri ES 
