"— E22 1865.1 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
901 
m iwosbear, Which fetched 14} guineas. These] 
from t 
« “From a variety of of. considerations, it has always 
| being carefully kept separate, and the result proved as 
fon 
of these ајы 
71 guineas; and Mr. Meire, of 
capital зарада 7 дн токсун 
we n&. nes в С. еі 
med to рау 
. | pure seed-ero P Th 
ME 
accusto to pay so little attention to rd ising of 
MM 
-crop apart yes the. rest of t 
produce raised on a farm; but 
ве 
sieh а a practice, he would 
. Found only two smutty еск in the wie 
пао which жүз i the care taken, might 
hay rom an ge. 
lo. г F 20 +л An hl is id 
No. 6. About a 20th p tiv ears. 9 
а : Ábanta Eth + Ее 4 
c 
v “Fromm. js it эрш that the blue vitriol, 
skim 
rop fror om eve " ми infected with bunt or smut, 
ming, prov ved to be an 
effecta] cu 
hich of Шеш 
ased by DA Fortune for the Кап of Powis. 
Davies, of M 
Im tinte, 1 ре" invariably used vitriol, and have 
Iti 15 Ct. rtainly tl 
this or to purchase his seed from those deg pay par- 
A m wit ith the praiseworthy 
Уза sheep of that district, sold one 
guineas; this being secured by Mr. 
na, The 
early 18 r his lot, 
ймы) уча] УЕ. rams m 
guineas е "m nd his ra lambs 5 
ER. 
ia 
guineas each. 
of 
o Kenyon, 2 
We shall make only one more extract, in which a 
series of experiments are recommended with the view 
ished 
x actical reader to 
"n 
years’ experience оп " pv of 
100a acres sof Wheat айр АУ, that one ме а sack 
А КыЛ revent the d — as Ih ас Li had 
mut;y Wheat since, I dad he cure was са 
in the above jun destroying th e vegetative powers of 
the damaged seed, for x wil be observed that "n 
ierra was clean iu proportion to the thickness of the 
o „have only to. add that we have found the use of 
nam 
own practice, and | also to encourage the habit 
sale coni with 
BR of ce ie "Aver 
aged 9 g 
аі. Тһе sale was resumed on Wednesday, VUE 11500 
though at tho rate of only half a pound per bushel, 
* A parcel of AAEN bunted o d 
should be divided into a number of sm: ia, s, each 
„if v 
from 3/. to 
1 the day's A Teaching 6,0 
OW 
r taken place. 
was attended by buyers from "an pot of the United 
ots (at Edinburgb).—Mr. Moffatt, Kinleith, 
оке ghe, 82[.; average, 11. 
BLACKFACED. гаты tke en, Listonshiels, 85—highest, 
34.; average, 67. 1 
ОХ STEEPING WHEAT FOR SEED. 
PON the careful preparation of Wheat for seed 
onsiderable degree, the value of the 
future стор. eral isis to which the plant is 
sbject аге) believed or kno have their Бепо 
msident in the seed ог on its URL Mud to remove 
these should always be the object of a c ШКО 
tion at seed time. ` 
g ery small, FA ge со жайла 
Pe: uber of "grains. When any aft үр, 
ste герей ог washe d, t the floated g and 
ungi be ] 
it in this solu н, 
tria ka is entire! mpose 
sulphate of ipe. Pg to 4 it tot the LT ка after 
steeping it, ав above, would, therefore, be. n^ -— en to 
"iu done B one "o ie above 
for Ter experiments, being car refu ully labelled 
A ds 5452, ape to show that yd уке pm 
from the packets o f seeds * No. 1, * No. 
of that substance for this purpose. , Mtr ad 
follo ows: —Dissolve half a pound of e m a a 
proces: 
к, a. Seeds unwashed, to serve as а comparative 
xperiment. 
хо. 2. Washed in cold water only—(2*), in scalding 
it over a sack of Wheat on the barn floor, ary СЕ "it 
| over and over, s0 every sh e. ins и пешу 
Jt will be n and r тоду for ing in 
three hours time, 
hav e too much 
done al rem as 16 is better that it 
. Mortows 
ios 3. Washed in water with lime, the proport alà not lie long in heaps before sow wing. 
specified. | pea Calendar. 
No. 4. Washed in water and brin 
ie) uncia Ja de pr proportion of 2 water to THE CONTINENTAL FEEDING OF DAIRY 
(5) Mixed in in stha proportion of 1 water to COWS. o 
brine. ‚ THE great feature of the continental management 
(e) Miel i in н proportion of 1 water to 
нп 
аз well as the winter. soiling of the animals, or what is 
called the *stabulation quen ” It is to the 
smut and bunt з inth er, which is ashed in nis of copper. Co nt, therefore, that we must look for Iw best 
йе more d е two—because the grain not washed, wit ith lim exposition of the advantag d disadvan of tbe 
"tains its form an „appearance iu the sam] ple— “ eee set of ае тау Бе сел with | system, only noting here that, in the opinion of by 
itic F 1 clean corn, to е with the floated Fungi | far Boa re Pra ag of authorities there, th 
fetid odour; in the former this smell is ing, and | obtained in washin зв is abov eigh co a ai the vantages. 
ile secd-vessels burs st, dispersing E Mies contents| No. 7. rubbe t will be qs Tu, therefore, to glance briefly at 
before the general ripening of the с crop, Smut is more s E serve as a comparative experiment. Vers are the modes adopted on the Continent in е 
&mmon in Oats than Ж. any other grain crop. (2) F. 3, © F. i (d) F. 5. anagement of d cattle; and in doing this we 
EE аай ао n long before е who adopted € ‹ Another set m be prepared with clean corn, cannot do better than follow the celebrated tr 
т any definite ide: f nd | by n E. Peers, entitled “De la S bulation de 
cde that ne. Deet method of avoiding them | then rubbed a tha: Fungi obtained by si Аер ТЕзрёсе В " premising that, although the те ks 
"m da оршу to cleanse the seed. ts have | washing in ^in a SNo. 2 | of this celebrated authority have special reference n 
йе informed us t. hat "he success of diis CONS don is; No. 8.8 d in Jime, and rubbed with F. 2, the district of West Flande: vea - о 
owing to its removi ng from por surface of the seed the . 9. i and do. e modes adopted generally cred e iod 
germs of those Fungi to which these diseases are owing | No, 10.» inent. There are is e systems tial cn 
not above -455 g, “ These last may МР repeated у ааа бы stas and disti raum nen e system of the wa vna] 
meter—so- small, iu fac that. ts are | clean еу they have been steeped, to remove any of|housing, al 3 
erii by d the Mes of the young plan А x he mixture tha may here adhere to the surface." mixed or wepi ; and (3), the bo will gystem. 
The follow: g puma ges are extracted. from Professor| Iu addition to brine, blue vitriol, ; Glauber's| These three systems "under which the milk cows jon 
Henslow” r Referring to the bunt or pepper- | salts, the sulphate of sod een recommended to | wg have - their unco: ep 
, he say »- -= be used just as the sulphate of copper, and then dried E is Ig kon. та Р 
һана Simply immersing the grain in water, the | with Nes which gea "S and leaves caustic pus and one may have benefits w 
seeds float, күз А the water being poured off оп He surface of the l with and destroy another does not possess. RITU ROS 
ing but the'sound remain in the vessel. This | the gw the fangal germs w which may cling to it. In discit where the arable Agi gos A, 
Мне pr , ie is neve effective, may add the following report of Ar asp оп | well cultivated, Rc чри СС P ir им 
"088 in threshing the Wheat, many of the infected ie pas as is taken from a statement made | and where the i ue E а 
nins (smut.balls) are crushed, and spores are P years ago by Mr. David to the Са rdi (f Farmers supply of hay are n " а! f the ie 
ìn the fo fin wder, which quien b ub 3 measure Б ад to adopt tho rst o bo 
*In November, 1822, I selected three bushels оЁ nam 
alkaline qualities 
eer Common potash, an 
amm onia, as the liquid дуйнө! of 
x QU 
No. 2. Washed and skim: med until it was clean, then 
Uu edm perd arsenic, € a variety 
materials w jk 
lich à ot possess р 
lato i PPosed that all these solutions r^ rather 
roperties of „бо Fun 
t which the 
das H 
п tho cautious to be bakon 
Pa Bait ci is offered which 
rir the attention of farmers, Pro- 
No. 3. No aration. 
No. 4. Wakhed and signes: well until clean, 
No. 5. Washed and skimm 
quicklime over it, and шөлү 
пал - i 
MN Ro usually adopted, with a 
les, i in 
yards i EIE i vui 
te of near five bushels 
ET ELI 2, and 5 came TX thin, seemed to be at the 
rate of nds two bushels per acre. 
No. 6 appear 
r 
T 4 appeared to be at the rate of about З bushels 
per acre. 
m. 3 appeared at the rate of about 4 bushels 
per acre. 
“Sept. 5, 1823.—The whole was reaped, each lot 
mersed in the vitriol water for three hours, | mile: 
вир 
тар then ал 
of a an 
ed to be at the rate of about 2} bushels | 
that of the permanent 
nstituting th 
und чиен, 
рш] ie an oily or greasy matter found i in | Wheat, which I had атеке, ч t зал qv i mor which (шшш, Че со it e basis of "their 
n order t ti ат * 80, . p 
ка coni s "in e | plantes sarclées), such abbages, Turnips, ы 
considered us add some alkaline ley to the | I had a quanti: of аа вей into it, until the | P arclées), suc s 
Piet in which tioy a are rpt because e oil and alkali whole, was mu uch Ма ckened. The lot was then умей Wurzel, ts, are therefore in a measure forced to 
Tite and form a sibstaiied, alf a pound | form part rotation of the farm. The rue 
тъл 1 ps adhere to the surface of E tha ях of ia dne vitia in eiling water, the Wheat was pickled caran 4 ow Кузэ 7 of large wien jn 
e 
Eon 
digest 
D А 
use on the frontiers of ешн аа of the 
find tl 
necessity to сла the system mi ES rman 
pasturage during several continuous 
