131850.) 
THE Sabet a BLE hides 1 
205 
ft 
W. q y 
des top ned out so very 
hort, 
grown them since. 
aking into m 
demand for it at this s season for seed, testifies. that y 
1 it is becoming a greater favou: 
er. There are such a 
r after 
i s the Kil- 
Sheriff, 
not tried it, but inte a. 
Annat 
e greater 
In the . Transac- 
rts on the compa- 
tiv k Oats. Mr. 
l, Wester oil of a “clayey nature,” 
Ea 1 e Potato ‘Oat the most profitable. The Ho 
n the . n Oat most apes sag but not most 
and Berlie so: 
e places. The tom ‘Angus, Mr. Mitchell recom or 
of grain and straw. Mr. James Melvin, Bonnington, 
She c of five or six v 
many oth ties 
he 1 e Red, the Georgian, ‘th 
aa lng Swedish Oa at, a oani 2 
* o have been 2 
e st fae, than any Gistinet difference ‘tn their kind, qua ame 
or scab ae but which all m to be lost in the mo 
distinct varietie: of B 
may state t eee ret ascertaine 1 
would give the ‘reference’ ti the rage ene Bid Early Angus, 
B o Oat so shame- 
pe mishap or 
lace, he covers 
d comparison with aay other ; the pro- 
stan di 
be honestly tested, in nine cases out of 
tion, i it wil 11. 
Fett tercairn, W n 
cently onoir ‘intimates that in the Fettercairn distri 
lightish pe eaty loam, with _& coarse, sandy clay SEEE ately 
draine the most esteemed variety, = it 
produces grain at least 14 ib. per bushel heavier thani the ndy 
or any other; and the straw, though prai — better. The 
sun — "Oat is the second favourit , but softer, and = S 
The Kildrummie "Oat ranks third, 
cause strong and ittle liable to 
ten be declared 2 victor. The great ‘change in the pro- 
ductiveness of the soil by 8 draining, has allowed th 
earlier varieties of Oats to be so 5 awed 
Barbachlaw rts 
A 
gradually wearing out of cultivation, 
riy 
sown o n the = soil of the coast, 1 does not yield a gria 
erop on medium quality lan I am sure this mee * 
— obligations ie this a e. to Sir John, A 
nclusion, that the tate Angus Oat is preferred for 
clay Tend is Forfarsbire. I have been informed by a well- 
known extensive agriculturist, Mr. ree. pesa Raith, that i in 
irkaldy Terier. o clay loam in high 
i d 
when 
* 
er 
be an of gra 
v whether a poe of Oats should sem “taken along wit ith the 
rass 
and if 5 own in the latter end of ordin 
seasons, will afford a good bite ‘ae aA "a ine — ot J 7 
— middle of August, resists the alternate changes of the 
eather during the winter, and produces more luxuriaut 
herbage in the next and following years ; this may be said to 
orten the supply of food for stock. Hats intended for seed 
as consider 
season with eight varieties of Oat 
pt es report Siy T . The field 
sg 22 aa — half a mile of the 
vel, w hi 
pases — poor acre. With this treatment, I obtaine: d the 
following results per imperial acre 
= * of 
Name of Variety. * ol Straw. Meal from 
s e qr 
qrs. bush. Stones, lbs. 
The Berlie yielded} 9 6 858 198 
The Dyock 75 11 + 320 198 
The Hopetoun E 9 4 388 180 
The Sand 5 T 6 406 202 
The Early Angus F 8 4 296 206 
The Late Ang 55 9 5 397 19 
The to a 8 2 318 182 
se. 9 1 332 204 
I pers state that all t arieties, with the exception of 
the late Angus and — vaca en. from ä srs. Dam son 
— l Son, and that I consider the Bandy. . unsuited for soil in 
h high condition, as the excess growth is straw, no 
| keeping regular accounts, from the idea thatit would occu 
| — it the books are 2 eaily not numerous. 
1 loss is sustained in all the various processes of manufac- 
apt to burst, especia ug if Te 
board: 
m- To ee 
— — ee 
— ——ü— — — — —— — 
cash-book : and the — 29 in the amount of se sum 
and co! 3 f the year before, 2 
| — with t 1 ‘of the farm account, * The sd 
Sheet. ki isi inmatera at what season re the year the account 
is balanced, provided it is done at the period 
pig — — valued; as also an 
ste gered eso of what kind soever, belongi 
corn saved for seed, * the implem 
ee 1 l 
ecount. 
2 
any corn, hay, or 
ng to the pr ewe The 
8 
Ekrgößf ib 
stack-yard were kept, numbering rg poe: 
to the quantity and quality of each stack. 
DR BLA NCR SHEET. 
May 12, 1849, 
To stacks, as per 
3 Ma 
3 950 
10 ledger 3 100 0 
f the 
56 0 
204 10 
2, 1849. 
lls 
| May 
By Wheat, 500 bo 
| 
E 
Balanos . 
coo eo >e o 
0 
Oo 
0 
v 
304 0 
0- 
0 
0 
n 
— saved 20 10 0 
£1310 10 a 15 
havin; bro 
310 0 0 
with many 
gh- 
er reason why they should di 
be too ripe is their aptitude ie ane by the powerful steamers 
so generally in use threshing.—Mr. La then read a 
Leerer, 1 on . variety of the Oat, — “e must post- 
pon marked— on this is the last meet- 
ing separate without con- 
— vou, and the Highlacd "Society in 8 on the 
success ee has attended these meetings. 
value, not only from the amount of practical knowledge ich 
they elle, go also from the me they give for oa ii 
erchang A z Kaar Pearls Be among the members, I hope the 
aa bee t desson, and that they will long 
‘ths ae and efficiency which have 
3 
riie 50 plein 
n them. 
Farmers’ Clubs. 
October: Farmir ccounts. — TAM | 
5 
ANDERSON, V. b., said: Farmers are frequently N trom | 
y 
They are of ene | 
w 
| each other. 
gr 
| culties ; ‘at that was no reason why as near an a 
monie not * made as possible ; 
on ney trade, 
tn % 
realise the in 
much labour he got from ‘his hous 
ai The farmer stood, 
itfer ent position to that of the merchant or the man 
But, making every allowance for 
the fa 
much of their time; but very little reflection will show them 
they appear. Still, 
books are "necessary ; 3 and. it is w ‘highly desirable for 
x ether they are gaining or losing 
to allow their affairs to get into | 
who have not paid so 
by their business, so as n 
confusion ; and if we can age ce 
r tt e quantity of 
re 
a crack with — fom i 
grain. me r Beg aea aT adapted for prost- much attention tö the minutiæ of book eepi ng, and encourage but, undoubtedly, desirable . ie was fpi As. boo oks, i it wa was. 
able cultivation on andy The Oat 3 TE — 
then quite new to “aa 77 118 e 3 een c o maintain that any farmer cannot find leisure to write a few 
there was a second ped sown in me county of Ross. lines i e two, or tree books, during the course of a whole Reb ew. 
. AN, ie said: My experience and ob- — Arrar wra rae I may menti 4 hb, Kina? i 
servation ia cultivating the Oat, ranges over a period of Durh — — ae 3 land n ccount of t Zi we Aa = Somborne School. Ex 
upwards of 30 years, in a highs altitude, from 600 to 800 font —— a paon Arig rham, 2 lized eee be — yAn tracted from Minutes of the Committee of Council 
pagia 22 9 pitious — a, 7 account 3 — health), his ae get ae oe of his farm Wz, A e re et 8. R ‘Groombridge a and Sons. 
for the growing of oom than any other of the — al grains ; esa nts and transa s forwarded t every week, and aigc 
to varieties | best suited for seed in these alpine tricts, my | be knew — — —— — tr the farm. Upon mere. Population 2 procure ptu map a is the 
remarke shall more ticu larly r ref mat ee 55 pene Nor iowa tale ent 5 to — 2 ee 8 a sub- 
under such changes ae pnd the e, aoe = ploughing on the 
propie selection of the ‘on variety for seed must be a matter | Close half a day, ‘and | requested to know where he was j etd raie T ever —, _ Probably patties e has ever 
e difficulty. In the earlier stages of 3 oe the y he day; when the farm manager | underta 
— to 3 ordship f his fas y, and wa to al. for the children of —— in a country N 
fitted to resist the vicissitudes of weather, to which they oars lowed half a tale 3 — 9 1 ae e ac al- per either ultimate rm entire, Sa at the be fea, ere 
ae — The 3 “i Blainslie, and Tar- pace y partial disa 
tarian Oat e in general use ; bes p niioned e ot „ but to the mall farms, of ppointments, ar 
plies ‘of ene To the tne of cattle, their ‘mealing qualities were | from 200 tee of ived bushes ody, 4 that I shall be ver sa * of ti that novelty which had rhe pr given — . 
ex oor — 7 wee K nt in quantity to some of direct the attention. = ok te Ci at at ha . 5 ee ta of so much prosperity, and from the withdrawal of 
the e: ariei The achlaw was undoubtedly the a chil à A 
—— Bir —— ng 3 competitor with all pe mention a few books, the s a umber that ought to be the 1 dren at the b M the agricultural year. e 
varieties. Its thin — a 0 shape made it eagerly bought kept even on small farms: 1. The Journal, or Memorandum- Now, in 45 Somborne School, where 
for the feetling of horses, as inducin tter mastication than | book, will — ~ — Si = pipe for 74 ** down temporary pro- no such LN iodical failures appear to 5 
any other, While — sowing of the late Oat was persisted in ey pei ape warde copied e into the proper i that ly small interest taken by l in 
on high N they were sowu upon the middling or ex- 3 "purchase, or engagement made TROSE failure 
hausted soils in better climates, for purpose of supplying a fons way of 8 2 The Cash-book, where alls r deten of their e to which S- 
tiele more elevated bretaron with good seed cora ia Dad | money Pa 1 wane e di cores ere are attributed, are moat usefully diseased. | 
seasons, when their own was — fitted for that p se. 1 rather PP page ; u,“ i 6 of its 
There are two of the Barbachiaw, the white awned „Tb. if <H the ~ e little benefited by 
and the black awned,” but the is inferior to the former. Ledger, A farmer’ s transactions ns sre d in ready 1 . we ; poor t our > 
and petri = unless by Tae Bia tes fa to more | ( is o 3), yen rier ee end TE to gt N to 
importan iderations, ' H y least chan i 
i ‘ pally sown i mn away on ce Of p em- 
in the south of Scotland. high as on credit. Were it entirely on ready money, a ledger would be i 
productive Oat. The — * ee — 2 unnecessary, hm e 1 the state of every account as | Ployment, let zus remem that they have themselves. 
instead of the later and native varie honed 88 in 88 it stands betw n you in whose name the ac. | had orce the matter 3 that in the education Ww 
seasons, and upon kindly soils, ab t crops, but being eaunt le the ‘seed merch e guano „c, offer to their children, the s of opinion among. 
easily shaken by the prevailing winds, unless in shelte accounts, if not closed within the year, the ce will them have never been wants a 
i as i groat loss was often tained, and unless in the | have to be ed forward to the eeding year. 4. The It i 5 of con 
most red spots nearly abandoned. It must still, how- , or Petty Cash- = is book are t is in this awes's. 
pd —. i plum pri — put down at the time, might very provab ye pennir led, t ‘th Er, r = E imo get th 8 
P and | 7 o! 8 8 i : n e 
though g strong conditioned 23 he improvement | Ch. n alert tae pocket of i vat en fie ie i eyrat t lanata 
by 9 vai n conduciv te its more general use. The Se Soot $y at short „ 
Hopetoun has been pretty generally Era. in years 2 but lost. and, of course, f the entries ogy = = he offers to their wants, bya ca ate of oc con- 
seems beat suited-for kindly soils and favourable seas It if entered in the general phased at 5 there dition. The pe fe Somborne mme 
P and tin, Semana, grows s long, “though | Manent record of them. This atain the petty in the exercise of t fai ith | in * affection of 
rather coarse ida the straw, Vents well to th and com — such as tolls, postages, travelling gee market ex- | e 2 a 
from its Snip appearance, 888 other small su ums, which may be entered into the la man for | chil 
hut in a bad senson 1090s — in the estimation of the farmer | Feneral cash-book in on be to save the Nr 4 or that the wages of labour in the p 
than it gains in many years . The Ear has with so many small items, 5. A orne are very low, 
3 found to succeed well upon strong soils, | amall book is quite essential to contain an account o! pro- nen rode leben . 
and peculiarly adapted for newly improved land, where lime consumed in the farmer’s house by his family—the amount "HA line schools, * — 
has been liberally applied, ripens early, and seems well s at the year’s end to be carried to the panapas the farm, less the | that he would be pa 
= Feletoa . ; upon damp | amount expe boarding: farm serv ts in the farmer's — Bim for what E 
sal, Iris ape to produce reens at ripening, but has long | e e, Account Book, It shows „ 1 the high fee 
proved a great favourite wa the plasi farmer. The Sandy ide „ that has been incurred on account of the | and this ” i? EE 
Oat ande in ur district about 10 years ago, and farm, an a : side the gy gs or | to create 1 ind. , 
— extensively 5 ce. It seems well adapted ss ge 1 = ce uont ancing this book, 3 And the fact is, that this school, reese m a cond 
> marena naturally cold and hati, upon soils it pro- a tor meire: a pal ag = 5 ot and exclusively agricultural parish, where 
uces less return acre ar > its fine farm prod rd i 1 
rar, and early ripening, e e tion this ore A ee is d jopega ia 2 in the from 68. to 9s, eek, wh 
by the er. It seems to be losing gradually in its pro- name 1 a 1 rig 4 * been m —— G icon hier above the 
. ducing qualities amongst lowland agriculturists. The the amount to their wins ee giving ee ae same | farmer, is wholly self su i 
Berlie Oat is the variety 1 ee into when paid. All monies received are placed also on the 5 “Th 5 P ; 
tricts, and though only of few years’ standing, the result of | Side, and cash paid on the contrary end of th e children buy their own By 
that trial justifies me in py ghiy in 15 favour. In its * tural ee the ledger care’ “gone over, : and om pay the salaries No child 
ae 4 = ance on e very open accou 12 
Sronth aud time of ripening, it much resembles the Barly WE tects arrears io added the cash in hand, as shown by the} do che school free of oer No arrears of the school 
