25—1850. | 
t was objected by a farmer to whom 
sabi: aos nd who estimated the expe 
that the item for manure, — a 
— ng, — not to form an item of Geprek 
nure were actu a purchased, assuming th 
to pro —— -aih these 
sume Term un 
with their prime cost, with the food the 
id, that account 
manure left 
uxtable estimated this 
he stat 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
emk 3 had been 
es 
t about 7l. per 
— — 
unless the 
every farm — 
= cost a 
ting at the motive power per acre to | 
— however, we pre. 
If so, the cattle will be debited 
ey consume, and the 
will be chind to with t 
beh 
— Gebt 
a dif- 
we cannot agree 
= a ek 
acre 15 manual labour sufficient, neither can 
20 
we 
nti al basis for the other crops in the rotation, 
ome —— 
on + + 
Stoke 2 is 
des per acre on —— 
only for manure, W 
me that which invele ves 
rtion of the — a 
t 0 ei — —. T 
— rsa 
ive 41. per acre, 
have seen some experiments recorde * on feeding sheep which 
ng to 10s. per ards, Excl 
consideration instance part 
alue o Swede pty is * asc 
to Highland nto oem ye 
gro — 5 a — of 
— — after 
dur . presen nt purpose the ex 
straw, and other feeding s 
Be 
ing from our 
. 
ertained by letting 
and those cases in 
— don and other 
xamining gre mber of experi- 
ments and saloanctions; we — inclined to think, under favour- 
able circums stances, the feeding value of a goad crop of roots > fal ays. 
What pens of | you have in any corner of your farm an old hedge, covering 
is 
the manure left on the farm for the succeeding e the | 
tion o ts alone (for we are not entitled. to 2 
— — 
stuffs 
ve that we — se — oo oe — get more 3 
tton . sol This 
uce 
be Taunoa. 3 * carefully con dated 
, for — feeding value of — —— crop from 
coger — 
—— 
s by 
where 
the succeeding crops in rota 
— afforded to — 5 a panies conclusion, but that 
it may be estimated at from one-third to one-half,” 
lege 30 Nov. 3.— Mr. WILLIAM 3 "e ex- 
397 
as my own observ: 
an upon th 
— 
respecting the awful peers r 
* Marrer quanti 
a 
ing 
n the Cultivation of 
imself), re 
abit of sowing broadca — Where 
— — * this distri 
(although, by the bye, half we 
It is true that the w at s 
pre. Clap Soils” a an 
ely — —_ the strong clay soils, 
g those on which, 
th e. It can- 
e ee is 0 much later i ripe 
wit —— in “tis 
Should $ a quantity — — be still s A lens 
years ago. On strong ym tp —— as we e prac 0 
our — nor has the of the — cen- 
| tury as yet even g r an — Sia I shall in first 
with syi fallow. w. The foundation of all Ss on suc — 
soils is a judici eli tm 8 system of draining. Withou 
— all citar efforts are in vain. But as this — has — 
en e 3 1 ta 5 and has 7 to be bro 2 before 
— a pri say, i cessary me to sa e than 
that i it is — requisite that su 1 "poils — 2 * well 
drained. When this is not done, in oe to a weeds which 
3 accumulate, t there is a constant growth of what is com. 
nyo calle d “water Grass,” w ich crag increases the | 
1 aie f a fall the ised be not drained, I 
cannot too stron ngly u c 
keeping all his ditches c one 
year before the field comes in 2 for fallow. 
mone has yet been found equal 
quantity 
——— be m Ta 45 money 
d bone suftic ure 
—— diy copied: with — 7 — ae foe oy are — A 
L fera ca to a pros rage * — ads of lime ee are wasted 
0 uch tent than formerly), by being 
tow as — upon strong iore è 
rom five to ten yards of ground in width, I —— suggest that 
t should be burnt, and applied to your fallows—along with | 
any 5 of the suggestion Maur — in Nhs 2 — 
bourhood so 0 of broad, 1 Ib. of ho op; and 1lb. of = 
Clover, with a bushel of ye-grass, per acre, Others 
sow Pacey’s — ial ne -grass, ‘instead ba the Rye-grass 
above men Pb The a aed that Sa s is 
sorely thoroughly clean from — 2 wn "of van we t is 
se td = the ann Ry e-grass, and the d of 
rm. yard . — than usual, 
r a — — or two — — of some — or other 
artificial m When of thes anures, I ma: 
The analyses, which, have been published of the 8 and 
s of Mr. — 4 K b us with the data for 
that nitrogen is a very 
to the full Sevelopment of the cereal crops 
showever ean we as yet know of 
gee clearly demon- 
cre 
oxima’ — — all know 
9 — agent 
which follow in the cours 
0 cone ration. It 22 very curi 
— Mr. La ao, 
s bears : * — relation 
ot in d u 
the propo 
pen of sheep swallowe W 
gen, of whic FA lbs. only were carrie 
ile in anot ase, hich 9 i 
nt 
ach vase was capable 
monia in some > shape for future. fertilisation. 
ea 
ok nitrogen. 
about 50 Ibs. 
We may ta 
ae 
nitrogen left in Moda 
also leaves potash, soda, lim esia, p 
= 
+ 
o 
— > 
ir 
and furch , that 
staat Li 
h 
land, — oe E N yg — N 
— oe 33 
E 
int 
1 
fro 
1 
and perhaps, a smaller quantity of farm 
y< 
ar 
1 
crops, they a epen r good 
| Wheat sae, or following 'erops, * 1 — with 
‘burnt clay, or, f farm-yard 
those 
rom a market 
e carcass 
* 1. 5 . — were 
former case ther 
iving out am- 
From analysis it 
wedes contain beg 80 Ibs. 
whi = = c in 
fa 
my observations are most — k all Nee elde, 
the low headlands often get very high. These I won uld 
—— should be burnt when in the lea furrow. The 
t not be carried pjes too far, or the clay 
the . ap like a brick, 
comes yai 
g 
t may also be — ed a — 
valuable additian t to po — * slightly charring, no 
urnin 8 — the clay, this substance, which, ‘pee 2 
of best uvian guano, or 3 prepa ared m 
nea ied t6 ari arm-yard dun lig than fn ything I know. As to Fal- 
low Chops — strong clays, such as Turnips, &c., I feel con- 
vinced that, as far as ou A * knowledge leads us, they 
must still as e rule. ti 
anure, comes 
Newcastle streets, 
and cing 12 or 16 — Wheat per acre, which, if 
prorat — produce a poe change in the character of 
nd, t 
1 ce of tho succe eding 
k, th e, after eful -consideration of 
ole subject, we may a 8 that on well —— 
ed, the ro 
we sto 
hee 
e p rops, gi 
hosphoric and sul- | duc — h is a great 5 in high farming. 
magn 
phurie ries — chlorine, with other elements o 
the 
t crop, 
and 
such soils; but they would 1 — 0 be high 
farmed d, which can only m — e by keeping m = 
instea ion aropa 22 ees 
The 
3 pla ance. IT 
to the failure of Clover, 
ual 
s also les: ith r to he Loe Rye-grass, yy po 
— it it is at all — — our cold clays, I — ould recom- 
me enn 
give a 
u 
Cow-grass, or indeed — ou purch 
of seedsmen of — oril character, as it ex 
over-year’s Clover, which is con sequently 22 sol 
i r nothing — the disappoin 
e n you to purc — 
see — ane be it be — fr one y 
pastur A few days ago, when wal 
I heard the 7 express regret — 
which d own for 
of mou ey.” 1 — — 
168.“ Now we know it if Papaa o for pes saan to sell 
a mixture of good see coer for Al st e — bes ine ass for ep birr 
— — = we will n t giv g price, ca 
onde he rubbish ‘that t is pti — — shen me P ? can we > feel 
| surprised a the mag failures in laying land down to perma- 
nt pasture tha a nstantly coming to our mo ? 
Th e only way that w — eps ‘sae of obta ining good s 
send a list of — kinds as our experience shows bes ae a 
able for our lands, to such firms as are kno 
seedsmen and men of ue — e Ay ae whom we 
can ii ce reli od 3 — With hg 
a pet an y reason 
8 u rture— 2 can perhaps s Suggest — in palliation 
e first place, th d must be kept in good hea! 
t plac, £ the 
Goen after the ; in the third place, Beans, 
ot = oo ane should be Lee or dee once in eight 
twelve, o pre 
ty os 
ce in a . Clover 
crop eon. pie Ni 50 e e vunt 
+h h Batal EF; 
e Be romy in Crop, 
| for 
: cleanest oan aac fallow, the driest and kindliest field must be 
lected. Th ps mu — ed fi 
home. They s 
r Warnes’s Tanne 
your manure is rich 
tom! its cons 
che! válas 
3 and of the e the benefit of which 
* 2 8 
which increases the manure pm 
extends beyond that erop. We submit, 2 that in the poroi of green crops. In — ee nope, Tdo not 
jh of th — * shift the excess of c t beyond the actual n only Turnips, but Italia ae Rye-grass, 050 — Rye, Man- 
3 th mals fed is char — ine equal parts on the gold Wurzel, Kohl Rabi, wever, we have to do with 
a gen- 
s not the subjec 
bong sone res crops, none of which upon this N 2 
ny furt Thou a the remunerativ: of 
for our diseussio 
ing, some of the calculations of Mr. Huxtable have ‘so much 
2 og — 
0 he un- 
of the farm in this district, who, in 
speaking of our inferior. olay — says: — ! Much has been 
barin 
—— ight editions within a short 
e now 2 
chemiat — un 
a given qua 
Own satisfaction on 
5d. per Ib. 
aid w zeleno 
disco 8 pien 8 st 
be ec  sonsidered t type), the pioneers 
uit; neither w. ould wi 
i necessarily vary according to 
— . — irrelevant. 
* the experim 
a bus 
pi to Sae established to 
se data, by etic, that 
bigas can be grown eine vee at REA a 1 and beef at 
— pat i an us to undervalue the 3 wat rine = 
ag t amoun — 
as quite fallacious ; and 2 — s that its va 
We may —— 
e elements of any 
— we btain 
g on 
— owners of land (the pamphlet having gone through s some fallow 
said opon. kyes angi of 3 — 8 * om land to lie 
and Ie n qne i on soils of the heen 
7 th eh 
he Clover cr T is 
em pipi er classes mi undrain 
} ivated, but th cotch Grey 
soil, 
3 * 
d . — 
hould be e applied - the Clover crop, = 
bt better fa atmibe to apply m — — small qua 
tities and often han | in large quantities ‘ae I also t — 
the Clover crop is the part of the roaro of . clays on 
which to apply artificial manures. of soda, which at 
possible, 
se 
never seen tried 
judiciously mee artificial manure for Clov 
period), that a few 
Mr. Huxtable | the growth of that root — ba persisted in year after year, ieres 
r. Lawes—arith- | the field comes in course for fallow, without a gre 
di 
E 
E 
E. 
© 
+ 
© 
B 
gq 
fo 
(of whom af Raab —— consi 
culture, whose 
indica tes to those behind) the bogs s and uick- 
the proportion of the expense chargeabl 
The suffer in his followi 
escription, * — abies tha 
I eat deprecia- 
ion of the land. uoi pe ia soils the growth of 
furnips must be pa rarer, or the farmer will most aanren 
— The . ato is a much less ob- 
lan aes s we — speaking 
analysis shows us that both 
bout the sam 
have — ou a e 
see rops. He isted for some time, 
Er t — pre * e pdoned the — and I feel con- 
vinced that arely do * after — in this 
district, pa tieulariy in — soils as w w discussing, 
tions 
at; — “o mes the “ Spalding Erolife,” 
he — so prom. nently 
Whe 
tọ | The fine 
e Farieties, which have -wely been 
. per acre for 
seed | 
would, for instance, enable 
to the Oat oop; en can be very briefly inmate 
that is req Nn ugh, 
should like 
aie 8 some maa 
have already sai 
undoubtedly b (vera — te 
ng 
, the plough, the h 
Now I should like to i 
Crosskill’s roller, whic n 
re and make fine in a day what would otherwi 
e a month. I should also li 
is admirably adapted for 
m se — 4 —5 haan 
o bes 
T 
very useful implements, which only require 
to —— heaps of their utility ; po we should all 
to econo e, which is —.— Every hour in the day w 
are — money y, paying rent and taxes, interest of capital, 
refore we — strive to dò all o 
$ 
E 
laying d o permanent pas 
consider that — jas 55 alt — 
of many other 7 — which 
He was quite 
quantity of Rye-grass, 
amply repay —— for the extra outlay, i 
he land to e. 
of stock—say one or two sheep extra per 
more than pay for the additional quan 
uantity of seed ; and the 
