aria 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
e better for it too, and that is answered for | 
one — pool by these —— ents: 
| Weight | 
of 
Straw. 
Weight 
per 
Bushel. 
Oit. k Qu — 7 
— 
beh. 
75 
75 
| 
3 
éh 
gals. trus, Ibs. 
On soil manured with 14 
loads of dung © | Me ò 
On soil burnt in large heaps... 
aos 
0 | 116 24 
On soil manured with 14 
loads of 
80 
dung 
On soil barnti ins small i heaps... 
82 
115 y 
A. 
0 
4 
A 
rning 
Thus 
the soil is an ea, and more 
to 14 ond of farm- 1 nure, and i 
weight of the grain “and t 
not lable, — ore, 
urged a 
than an en ty 
further 9 _ the r 
upon the e of Wheat, y after year, in 
Same ground. ight of the er devoted to these 
oduce of one-half, 
17 
5 8 os * at, 6 
and the straw, 103 lbs. 
of them 
| 
none at a any sort, 
same prn nd d in bulk o: 
surpasses 
at first, an 
8 of the a 
e reig: has had 
at all 3 the whole 
3 
gil 
acre of 
d 23 Ibs. of potash, 
largest profits stand to the account 
of. potash combined with small doses 
8lbs. Ae Ti „and 18ibs, aer “~ eta 6d. 
188. 7d 
. 
no loss; but after balancing the success against the | 
failures, calculation gives profit of Se. 4d. per sere 
1 L. Vernon Harcourt, West 
; ABOUT DRAINING, 
3 believes 
strong Let him 
yet 5 
produce in 8 falls little * of that whieh the 
bor w fay man 
© | of the ploughin 
pan beg by actual fact. 
from weeds, 
It does happen that I have 
sedges, 
by = able ao 3 with the ag 4 2p bran 
3 roots are 
ays? Ten ed; all 
on them, they look as smooth pa a — of highly glazed 
_ w Bath eat but if te tread on them, espec cia ially 0 
are — 
mounds in in t the 5 — de —— 
2 inches wide, perfectly flat, a 
m continue 
Us quicker 
gung. 
asty shower, which f 
has 
| imbibe and filtrate it, it 00zes or 
received at various interv 
wei bas and is 
ter-furrows, which are 
h 
poe 
your taps the q 
pe beg one oms 
t is now a settled fact that 
longer The 8 nå peann args 
pu 
8 
8 
winter, the dee 
longer. I obs rve the =e 
from the N San 
—a deci 
32s. per acre 
this to ve 
It never before 
ced 
for not 5 hig r: acre in 
Tiptree Hall, D 
Home 
s in Tre 
— 
; Seek e that open 
| strong clays do not under-drain the 
ditch that was filled po eA after rating 
nous, it is a 
r years, is 
and i t for rs, the differe: h 
ability c oft the surface — — for “that period, 
s and abs 
. Mi ar 
a iie: the Ay iether 
ows into t 
cely per 
they 
ief tH been i by haying cold 
ao 
i r ye It 
proprietor 
adjoini 
T- 
s 
nd = furrow the depth | th 
he 8 
arative pe a deep and from h. 
HE 
in 
eep drains begin rather sooner 
than the pest ones, — continue ae much 
is Bar re pure and clear | 
is 
ed advantage to 
|, drai eet padi and 5 50 feet 
its water In the N 
ily than it used to do. I attribute | Banff, A 
r deep cultivation. Where tor | practice 
, | drains it is ct or on the safe side, by draining more 
closely, but de: is 
ce; We er . 
t 
favourable Saen, I mean 
—— 
, = two 
case y 
| entirely = erate mera by rA agri 
do such work as saving hay securing 
bad 08 was apprehend i 
Wheat v. Oats.— A 
with ita 1 —— ee, 
— 2 than 1 * for 
If Í am no Aam nran n, w. be so 
kind as to giv 11 which T am 
good 
r hors My idea is that a — of half 
5 — haif good — Wheat (both crushed), would 
con Imost twice as much n ion in it as the 
I am a A isha, 
to 
and if nted you 
t upon this idea in the 
weight of Oats; 
2 
ag food for 
tomach 
— iee 
bt 
5s. per bushel of 60 Ibs., is just Id. 
— 3d. * ee or 188. ber quar arter, is only 
5 — re nutritious than Wheat; 
— at 865 per qua 
f t 
the Royal nr 23 
Qualificati 
Dee. 8, L observed 
On the whole the remarks are judicious 
plicable, but in my opinion the writer 
sand-bank, which has proved fatal 2 
culturists as well as others, va that of attaching u 
— rtance tay 
not an unfounded o one, nor do I make it without a firm 
conviction —— truth. ften do we see 
who inte — uch study cutting a 
lamentable figure _ brought to pi . theory into into 
practice ; they then ex perience that, 
be to are fal 
bro — to see that six mo 
agricul 
t it not that I look with contem 
the assistance of science, far be 
to d 
system ‘of farming, a system which i is bore J deg of te ew 
and advanein 
see men have 
rable degree of peifeetion in their — by 
= 3 * * years (land agent or farmer, as 
or my remarks ap ly! to > either) 
side e present md I cannot g arin, to 
lift one my vies fir opinion, weak and humble 
they may be, in their behalf. B 
som 
i s But, it E 
that it may pay un 5 
and although T do not A i U 
this, I think I shall proof 
which I allude — the counties of 
Kincardine, and —it is a 
to p 
eb 
12 
r a 
to consume 
n mo 
d 
igre 
fant hi 
il 
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