588 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. | SEPT. 14 
might, perhaps, be harmless, but which » NEVER HAVE BEEN enough to suggest doubts of its 2 ar we should yards, to be trodden in by the stock moving at large; è —— 
HARMLESS TET, beau se they are made the occasion by the —.— be glad if Mr. Rothwell would re-examin it.] 2 — in most cases that the rain- we e — 
h 
in N hands oe are of commencing a and confirming t 
habits * which are, I firmly believe, one of the e man 0 
* go * which this country labours, I am sure Farmer rs’ pay Ds. tion of its valuable quality is lost, and too frequently is 
Gat the — of — and i nstructive reading, of NDON Farmers’ CLUB, ne 3.— Upon pO stagnating in 2 pen ditches, — — ning to waste in y 4 
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nter 
as superior to those ahah one 1 — "house has to offer Paing, showing how and to — extent capital sufficiently upon corn-growing farms, by havi Perhaps 
as ight is Superior te mi 2 . e 3 oo — 2 be applied to e zom quantity of land to ensure ‘the — cent upon eorn growin — — — the cares of 
who may be interested in this matter, but w — not be able thus convey awa r b 
to eons = m members of our society, ‘will yet assist Arn — —— — g Mr. Ba 8 “ ta of Pros 1.5 1 id his Process is . W Ber inn genie Peper es If this 
ey can to make this room as interesting and ve a r ern ve td e, = hi codons a pireng js ji] | tbe manure need be lost, for if no part of the deposte net 
sible. Bee and money to buy books, are whee we wane. toba tigation, A ded ve ie ma 3 : re my kus at wiil | cattle are allowed to escape, every portion must be retainey tt 
what I have said, however, on the subject of useful amuse- be best vas a farmer PETS “ste ally 7 * Say y taking up the | in so high ; oo an an 
eee toe the wur be se of displacing those which are mis- | question as a farmer's ques and i mining its various or all useful 
chievous, as addre Sheree only those of 
as made with reference pe it rf that obj = 1 5 fact I shall : ss, I h © mor in describi 
g | consider the land in its twofold character: first, as to the see — resorted to, and must leave every one 
investment made by the landlord, by which the largest return e whi e b i 141 venien 
by way of rent can be produced ; — secondly, by the tenant, si pretty much the yen Fia 25 readily applied ; 
a 
been speaking to Siang men o bee en 
them. If I had to address those you or ia 2 Pd 
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s a busi 
and skill, pon be miada to 7 the largest possible annual bam : 8 
re satisfact return. Presume, therefore, that the —.— * been | similar character; but as I resume that i = 
but I would confidently warn them that whether better pla thoroughly drained ‘and cultivated, — the investment made, | more or less green crops 5 — H 
are open for them or not, it really is at their peril they 4 — Si por in 3 ogress to realisation ; but it must not be | should always be to secure the largest possible quantity of th 
hithe z bi h s i i hose crops will produce by feeding 
truth to say T hundreds and —— have continued | the land — Participate in the gener / .. the 1 s x 
befo mora S ey haye come to wish that they had never cet = Saa afer removal 
en 
yea 
Clover Failure.—I venture to suggest the trial of an may be to be fu 4 established. The main features to be 
experiment on Clover cultivated under two distinct co on- ended | to o are e producing a large amount = te Crops | an idated as tar as possible, by iden are’ the loads of 
ditions. You may test the an pd 8 rimmed, then 
10y 
t ex ie 
: a. pronar rue that a on 
perie ricultur Soe If “ga n to sA than one at one ‘for a l grain E iaga whilst to green generated by fermentation will l escape ; ; but, on the other hand, 
and a the i 1 far m 
f experimen 
liminary step for acquiring a datum on which an | communicated to me by a most intelligent 93 as well | CTOPS uch other crops as precede the Wheat erop the 
— may be safely raised as to whether Clover eae oe other sources, — ay been found that more pesi =a succeed bet —— ned bet a ore p 95 Wheat crop 
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te the condition under which the seed is grown, If was fo und umerou dinate, that as the . the Wheat, Farms now said to be h —— st be e 
some 50 or 60 farmers will back a research on this sub- | became incre * the rence 3 the quantity of grain, sidered as having external aid by the assistance rr guaano ‘or 
i i i $ although it would have been considered otherwis the st other portable manures, 3 for producing the Turnip 
ject by merely leaving a single stetch without Barle r wise, as the straw . iti itable to their growth than for corn 
pier Y | was materially inor 8 and by increasing the quantity to or root crops; itis more suitable ir g r 
hen they sow their Clover next year, it is most pro- | 1 cwt. per acre, t no increase whatever in the grain rope, as experience proves ; and by a liberal application of it, 
ee le that two more rf or fe will not have elapsed before | from where no application took place. With Grass it was other. nearly or even the whole of the farm- Pind d ea 
have ascertained whether a failure in other | wise, and with root crops also ; an increase in quantity upon e stodi should ‘be DODALI Jards during the summer 
vast of a field extends to the stetch on which no trai * ac : amount- o 81 a Id be bet 
well as in ‘the winter, = it wou 
as 8 ul we ple ay No — E Hs yee 3 ave a division to himself, ICE: a be * = 75 
a not extend to that ridge, we may a say that | crops to become lodged, whilst with root crops 4 cwt. or even | yard. All the * foo ‘should first using 
e presence of the Barley has had something to do Sew ean be used if applied with skill, but 3 cwt. appears 4 = 
aay 
wit the failure elsewhere, and that 12 eed not repea tage; and in every experiment made by myself, when not seded a altogether. The det 
ges — — of 4 B= and 
w * ratte already suggested. may however nad — “ma I ewe A tag the goed plan to sow it a Ei cover with a 55 Pav 1 — e paan) j 
F zaja shallow ploughing a few days previous to ploughing for the Which pr 
to w 4 as ae said before, that I am now inclined to dep S siting ‘ans a: by anch process pasie aeta — — — April last. in the een nt year, foddered’ all my — and mee 
think the condition of the seed when raised from Crops | need not fear losing the guano by evaporation, as on its being | of my nea ma that system 3 
cultivated in the usual manner may have less to do with oered in, the ammonia becomes 2 once fixed and — it is important that a dre 3 of 17 50 Sel arable land 
the = than I had On aa t first ext possibly be | no a to escape. The making aad — — e ne mon se — T asco thas, © der proper management it may be 
hi W ug on ccomplis 
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5 } 
3 given, of testing this point also with direct ex- present time exists as to the mode in which it eey be carried | every portion of hay, t 
riment ; such as have come under m limi e 
to 
š Š š a; ape 
„me in the notion I had formed of the necessity of | below. In that case I think the means as hitherto resorted to any profitable —_ vt * tg arm. A bushel of 
treating the inquiry rather with reference to physiolo- are not complete; the flooring below the “20 io te Sun 52 antity o of m —— wg — n as equivalent 
cal en purely ec consideration. I have heard consist of an inclined irera from” the fron e back of Barley or P eas “has 3 t; therefore if the 
say they cannot afford to lese the Barley for the building, and sho with — rer Garion to the —— of — stone 3 of Bibs, of mea d bus 
s with asphalte, and ve 1 de i i rice of the meat is 
the — of keeping the. Clover healthy, and they imme- | be effected is estim ated en the m oderato cont is be derived the difference is a loss, and v 3 —— 
koa, arrive at ghee sch career ion = ee periment = * * once j a thereby saved of 3 and ä — g —— k 333 1 
e su useless. ut I need not tell e animals will be thereby saved and easily ‘conveyed epends. By an ap ling it out and 
me petit fo Sohini, for mixing with ashes, burnt may ensue to grain crops as by dolingit o tivator 
you that even i the Barley turn out to be the ergo other substance ; the opening will also allow the — attend. | therefore, practica Ta —— ie * —— 
—.— of these 2 there would no need of en- ing the cattle to haty — way manure, or even wash down | will be manifested hole farm, and no is too 
ly abandoning its culture in order to secure pone the floor in the best manner. The detail of application after. of the crops produced over the w blic pines me that the fields, 
Clover. Let us on hae merits and demerits of | Z295 Is FES not rte Some into, ra £ ita ay ths r oa a inhi ka or g 
until I am convinced e o ai utility than I am at having tio! 
he case, an n your mical experiments m present, I fear I never shall, per H in rank vegetation „ whilst those sg — — pee od 
furnish 3 for cm far modilying — practice may lead me. I have not come to this —— sion without suf- and at a d e from the — „hay A 
shall enable th ers id e rops o — 5 me 5 doing, 3 Ia T m quite oy mea that upon 1 —— DEY ‘appearance, vache The successful application 
e r m making manure is to use all the | and lean ears in ote rt it on 
Clover over — difficul — to which they } hive 8 inferior straw for litter, pai for the —— of absor ioe the | of manure should, as far as possible, be at semai me — green 
them. I observed several suggestions and con- animal fæces ; we thereby have it in The most convenient state | and cover it in speedily with the plousl us that large masses 
jectures dönt Clover failures and the remedy for them, | for application to the soil, and thus return the ingredients that | crops; but 2 autumn it Spoeg A ops 0 f Wheat and Beans, 
of later years; but I i — — the i 
= 
1 
e 
i ; have entered into the formation of the straw have to be moved for th 
3; but ave only heard of a single in- | system next introduced is that of confining he cane soil, The — then it is absolutely necessary that itable and as 
stance of a direct experiment having been made of the | in covered sheds, called boxes, the floors of which are sunk ted during the continuance of n the 
time to which I refer, and in that case there were no 1 feet 3 the og wee in each Wr ; in these places 5 A as 15 ae ste 5258 ee aie to such an — 
i e ani ina mits of the we < ucing 
ar ald . part of the crop, so that no satisfact months together, A> Aer being added daily ; the accumu- the cultiv atio rar Bib. — on general 
result eo be obtained, If it had been thought worth | lated m thus made is found to be highly concentrated, | manure, and by its application yearly in — of the con- 
while his experiment in every coun Eng- no other 30 sture haying been ‘admitted but such as is —— of — Se and progressive advan n it teelf i 
suggested, I a 
f the — to maintain 
d 
we should long since have had an opportunity of | abl hry is — 
: e on some accounts, for young animals especiall „ wh make the largest return with the greai t object 
knowing whether the cause of Clover failures is rather growth is better insured ty having liberty Of action, ans | Another iost H t point is, how best to ei sen — obj 
or che y has been 
i I z jurious to them if afterwards subjected to the changes of at- | fore presume that the farm d m of con- 
3 ä 8 al mosphere that follow upon exposure ; —— for all breeding horses at all times to carry out ‘an expeditious i heor 
1 refer, are a stock it is highly objectionable, and, a stem, can only be verting the land to the ee ae 9 removed; for unless 
likely to throw 2 on the present question of Clover made applicable to fattening cattle, or bor cattle designed from — lately upon the present one oc to realise the largest 
failure. J. S. H. the * for fattening; ne ge 8, * a farm where such is- the case, it will be impossible e if its ability is not 
ao Stoc E-I think ill find d 8 ription 8 outils oy ept, K*. x 5 int ETE available pae as eat Gi the farm — 5 give ll 
8 — mired w — an landlords are dis tmost. es 
€ stock ac count, > ublish 1 rity hy to erect, and it is a question still unsettled whet 82 — w 247 through h all anions that the — ght as 
P Pag 3 would a to be gained is equivalent to the annu an that | sufficient, removed, ng the summer m d can be ploughed “ 
wo ge be ch 3 down weeds, 10 
. 159d, 
per ter was sold at 15d. per Ib., or. = ih Whi 
f: of “cattle may be kept fi i = the fi — crop. 
— 2 t th alle ae quart ; in 1840 the 3 sold at | rain- water ae be allowed by this ‘proteus —— — of years upon the same land, will by be compara- 
DG., but the * at 3s. per quart! This of cou manure in the yards, and in fact the result is = same as in | weeds, and the hoeing of the crops will thereby 
will materially alter the amount of produce sold per the box-fee y he cattle | tively reduced to a — of what origin cular cultivation 
large amount each cow 
ce oer -n — i y ot movi ing i abou ut over the whole extent of the It may perhaps save —— Bh on mo p 
e 1 yards; bu judging from observation, the manure thus pro- xia 
—.— — called my attention to the particulars, I | Auced'is better than I have seen n under any ines system. The better exemplifying the system purs a to is of 
should, however, very much like to see a fair statement | Rer. Mr. Cooke, of Semer, in Suffolk. has peter mo 8 erally with The land absolt s — fe 
of the real average value of a cow per annum, anà succeeded than any other person in carrying out this system; | a light or 1 9 , with a 
many other of your readers, I d | bis re well aranged, and the buildings —— con- loam and strong l and clay alterna 
: >* aave no doubt. Buffer. | structed, and, as models, may be viewed wi b th of staple, originally of a poor character, iray- 
Ee aas that part of the A 32 Selves Lak * lock, Corn Aren 
; ik only was sold in pee any one desirous of adopting this eee om a — * excellent d Radish, town as white Char Ian on 
tent AS where did the come m t and system. The common and almost universal practice in this | weed, and a species of Vetch ane z with the wheat 
of m milk given is that of the kingdom is to keep the store and breeding stock in open | lighter portions of th be ont of the wer of 
* the 3 2 yards; d to stall the oxen under Covered buildings, the | and crops to such an extent as 1 1 datorii ying the crops 
4 manure from which is, or ought to be, daily spread over the the hoe to eradicate without partially 3 
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