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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZ ET TE. 
701 
, Quantities ‘ow. — The 3 sown is from 8 to 12 1% bushel per acre, and the dibbled at the rate of half a bed and covering for the s nothing will succeed better 
pects per Scotch a . ur sowing season extends from the 2 per acre, but the etr: 7 was reaped on the 19th of | by sowing * K. 8 other g 4 when the land 22 80 
ast week in September till the m dale of November, and in ee 5 4 dibbled on the 26th, being a difference of seven | loose as not yh wh ed up furrow for the 
ot ion as the sowing is early, and the soi good condi- tter of some cote asi in a late season, and which, — ste ne —＋ and if, — 8 happens, 
tion, we give the lesser quantity—or later a amp, we give with "thei e inferior —.— of the grain, corroborates the opinion continued ine from work: 
the greater quantity; if any time we pass the middle of I had p usly as to the result that ape be expected | properly, the re mayt ‘be 2 — ed by tho eon ‘common paring plough, 
November, 14 or ecks are sown, as th ay be; from . par x 2 pe same report Mr. Hay states that he | or by a grataet for purpose, or e he seed ploughed în 
when Wheat is sown after green crops, 2 or 3 pecks more seed | sowed a pea = Wheat on the 26th of t, pn — rate of by a lig e pressure whieh foll 
is wed than after fallow—seldom, however, exceeding 16. | nearly 2 bus of per acre, which Saee to be too thick, Bite oad ghs fo! Pn par for the is a preparation, 
. rative advantages of Dri g, and | and that it 414 2 e turn out so well as e ted, the ramet being bat 1 then i in rainy — Ne that operation can b but imperfectly 
Broadcast.—The dibbling of Wheat has never been small, but it was reaped on the 13th a ae August, s and weighed | performed. In short, it just comes to this, the farmer is the 
tised in this district, so far as I am aware. A mode of 63 lbs. nme Footy being — days yiee 2 r bushel | creat of cire tances, ledge minst be soguired in 
ing was introduced by the late Mr. Murray, of Polmaise, | heavier than what was sow th 14 bushel of — —— 4 the — e a either adopt one or other 
and practised by him the few last years of 2 life. He at- this cannot be considere cy 2 Lederer trial, har ving tiona, n view, in the first place, to deposit the sank ae: at 
tached a seed-box to the co — N loughed the so much earlier sown; ha n sown with 15 perba er a sufficient depth, and secondly to consolidate the light land 
5 in, rows, „es ey — hi — COVE! 2 2 me ‘depth « of | a — that sown on the 28th of September with 2 b 
3 inches, y—the aT cular n 8 of whic ave | wou ave ter proportion o seed; but I — “id . WALKER á 
not been * i certain. 2 3 . had preparec 2 think it 33 if at . time it be prudent to "sow Wheat so in pe Als es e ares ee rler 
for Wheat sowing, a piece an = wn op of | very early as t ust, as ay lant has a at 
Beans; wet weather had set in before own, ao nd I did | tendency to get toe i 2 — 71 before — and — ie The varieties of pcso * chiefly — the Carse of 
i en | straw with a small head—to use an old local phrase, be 
eade 
ber ; gA of as the 
an, and the raat "Abed d, Wend 2 
tw. 
after such 
ig 5 has follow 
the principal aiticalty me have had “kd con 
1 $s wane the land bas 2 wait fi 
ry 8 solidated by w. 
Sad bed 8880 the 
R crop ; ree ot er lost the o greater 
of the lants, aF 883 ed very iadiffere rent iy, sya 
now n low is to hars 73 land made hid about the Segara 
A t, in such a N but if the weath A 
said: I will briefly state the 
sults of two experiment I made with different va- 
rietios of Whe 
ers were much impressed with the 
lish Wheats could be introduced with 
them most in 
with a the Edinbargh market of Scotch 
aa, bat rincipaliy of unfortunately, the day I did so, A found to 
rable for the raising . Po 
— — — ng setting in, 
2 to a of sowing the ‘held with Wheat th 
e 
up 
was mos 
kin 
of the oikada Septemb 
5 off, in order oa decide their Papen productiveness. 
The following results wi on™ 
a 
ev 2—Said to be a paes sample of ‘Hunter's 
Wheat 
3—Uxbridge White Wheat vee 
S oeninga Whi Mig te ae 
7 
7 
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6 
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7 
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8. 
d Red 
1 18 Balten in Edinburgh Market, being a 
goo ampe e of Hunter’s 
I sent a feach to Pez manufactured into flour. 
obtained the 5 —— return: 
9 
9 
7 
8 
ur, 
61 
„ and 
Weight Produce Total produce. 
roduce in Produce | pine Flour. 
= hird Flour, 
Bran. 
Bran. 
No. 
of rd pe 
Bushel o 
Wheat, Fine flour. 
Uxbri: ter, Hopetoun, and 
Fe nton. I might . several additional kinds, occa- 
sionally wonne 3 Rey ened e as the Talavera, Chid- 
dam, &c. , after a few years’ 
generally — — our climate. The Red. 
chaffed is a very fine 2 Wheat, and is yin suited for land which 
throws uj uch $ defects are want of bulk for the’ 
d towards harvest, 
3 and 
was long 
rpi hardy but — ‘ia es 
teen 5 more pro- 
have en 8 Hopetoun 
: 
giv 
ld in 322 being not 
and well-liked ee bakers ; 
Hauei sti re. Ot al the ng taken b 
duc 32 
— woe indicate. 
sora gh —.— e preference 
bette 
wa "> 
rare roe 
— oy pede piam — of — 
the pe r d the me Sr a go 1 does immen 
injury. I have heard 1 the Fenton Wheat a 
orter time — 4h of the 
mpressed, 
h of cover for the seed, I tib it as — described ; F th 
has th sufficient co ver for th 
en reducin to t 
- Scorr,- Crai iglockhar ee In, regară to. th 
a on observatio 
different ieia On 3 
others; but after repea a i 
ood ‘condition fer autumn 
Dg. 
3 a bed 7th of September. 
ard various qua 
8 
2 bushels, a nd increasing as the 
per imperial acre, but I het pinay eo — ad 
Wheat in December or January ; if it ot be got 
the beginning of December, it i — better to ‘postpone ibe. —— 
hich period 3 bushels per imperial 
1 
from drilling, I 
eg 
9 A See fully as great a 
sowi 
subject to —— 8, 
ompara 
om in both | 
ain is obtained from | 
he quality of f the dibted Wheat is, how- } 
_— ater | 
pie eg — 
n, 
— pt 
ken into consideration it is doubtful if an 
ag ar paas gained by dibbling. I may observe that in the 
r has rep ade which may probably mis- 
peint : ie odyo of ł of an acre of each is thus stated: 
Broadcast, * prm * tenths, enen — eat 62 Ibs. per bushel. 
11 1 ual per acre to 5 qrs. 
A z „ 4 6-10ths bushels, x 
Dibbled, » — 94 "s mont Wheat, 59 lbs, per bush. 
27 of li | 
12 2 equal per aer 8 ‘ 
o N 6 8-10ths bushels. 22 
Which should have been 6 qrs, 0 8-10ths bushels. 
both of these experiments, the oust was sown on the same | 
hich h shows mi bs oye eg the refe 
Pret ag cultiv: 
In 
day, the 28th September. The broadcast at the rate of 
st. Ibs. st. 
151 4 
9 4 
13 5; 
S. | st. Ibs. Ibs. 
8 
= 
£ 
uł 
) 
iid 
3 
rom the ‚foregoing ta table—frst, as regards the acreable pro- 
duc: — four most productive 8 . thus :— 
1. Heckland’s. 2. Smooth-eared Red Wheat. 3. Red Essex, 
4, Hun —— ; 
But, then, as regards the e per es and productive. | j, 
ness in fous, “their position is reverse, v 
1. Hunter’s. 2. Smooth-eared. 3. Red mines 4. Heckland 
A Oo tO 
. 
1 1 
a Tee 1 
ae 
2 — 
2 
or “many es 
* arm. ‘anne 3 became 
he pore of the Hopetoun, and ultimately 
r in 
Tau — Dean. 3. Red Wheat. 4. Hoia- 
5. Pe Me 6. A mixture = erg as ag eal 
tly introduced from England, an 
posto se Nor as made was rather of 
uriance in 
Eent 
zeros atedly ik the — hal, lenken, 
. rice 
rred to. 
— varies from 450 
| sea, and the soil upon it, generally speaking, 
quali 
soi next point embraced in this day’s discussion is — 
. — fe of seed necessary to sow. This mu st be regulated 
of the es climate, season of 
and condition 4 the ari and may vary, 
—— 16 pe 
eat a g 
hen drilled, less is — — than w ‘oadcast, a 
that summer fallow land will do with m halt less Pe atier 
or 
would therefore eN, on all land rate Ay 
sowing broadca. I 
= clay, or even wit h a moderate proportio 
large proportion 0 
en the 
agricult T t po 
cet — eb ages Or “drilling, cbbling g, or 
preven ts a 
Dicxso: W e Aaen 
eat in the months of reg 
it — laeri in the season, incre: 
it is all put in with oe drill — 
the best mode of 80 heat. Indeed, ee yon 
there =. e any diference of opinion ont hey subje 
drill places the Wheat in the and aiak A thit 
3 in 1 a which 
to the —— — of the Wheat erop. 
observed the great ad rated i 
stg man 
ted e: Scotland ; m; 
f for several > years, —. found m. . eatly improved by 
a I would — on others 2 pHs dyr: giving PR a fair 
trial, and I 2 not the least doubt they will find the same 
result as myself. 
3 
Agriculture in the Hundred o 
* the Wirral — 
Society. J. Cross, Stamp 
al paves on Prac 
teresting and useful prow. It ae 
resolutions and conclus a F 
88 a such seit 
umn Seedings, Storing of Roots, 
Cattle "Feeding, b, Milch Cows, Horses, m Servants, 
Sprin g, Clove and G eeding, Root Cro 
Hay-making, Harvest, Implements, and Farm Accounts. 
could be a better table of contents for an agri- 
t t ifferent topics are clearly 
and intelligently discussed, so that the whole perfor 
hich, while it reflects great eredit on the 
district whose practice it criticises or bes, is at 
to benefit readers in other 
select a passage appropriate 
3 season. 
Seeding. —« Wheat i is allowed by al 
5 Be their staple product, and in this * Fs is, in 
