730 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Nov. 16, 
sent times, be regarded as more arny remunerative | labourers than one farmer cultivating 1000 acres (ed pa sled heat in rows at 7 inches, on an old whits 
in themselves, inasmuch as live stock fed upon them | the great farmers are, as we have before intimated, the | Clov ; the quantity of seed per acre differed, as in 
the present and prospective sources of profit, in | chief sufferers by the depreciation of corn) we on the pales? gy lp 
consequence of the general prosperity of the consuming | inclined to wish that farms were generally of smaller r acre, Produce per acre, 
classes. It ma; urged that a more extended eulti- | size in England to suit men of limited capital who (with No. 1 “peek Ee 1 2 pe ga 
vation of green crops (with a diminished production of | three-fourths by the way of that 8 deemed 4 = 2 5 40 2 0 
corn), will require more labour, and that an increased | neces sary) might pursue su uch a system as the altered 
expenditure for this is out of the farmer’s power. We ne of the times require, and such as would | The soil in this case differed fro in ‘the two A being 
rather question the validity of this objection. When | be sufficiently remunerative. — very ro my, on a oe subsoil 5 good land, but farmed in 
all the labour n. for the perfect culture of corn may not our farmers; with their numerous an ordinary m Experiment No. 4.—October 
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—of Wheat more especially—is considered, the hand- facilities of obtaining manures, suivante some Rape | 1848, I made the following 9 ai sowed two plots of 
hoeing, weeding, reaping, binding (at the season when | (Colza, seg” ts at the strong clay pis. for the seed, and | land with less seed per aer than I had done before, 
labour is most dear); threshing, and carrying to market, | hemp, and Fla ent in appropriate | These, with nother piece, ee drilled at intervals of 
it occurs to us that no more hands are required in the soils? When ‘Wheat bore a higher ae than now, we | 8 inche 
management of ane crops than in the management have seen Colza cu ivated “cor in the North- Seed che r bee See, 
of cereal crops. West of France, in piweren ce to it. The demand for OE Seat sec * “an 
The want of sufficient straw for fodder, and the| the oil . from it is very considerable, and the 3 Sa i 
dunghill, consequent on the proposed alteration of | value f Rape-ca — for icultural purposes is well re 3 eee See $ 
system, is nara a ogee A but not of a formidable — emp and Flax are highly remunerative. The land on which this Per riment was sy is a 
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Zufficient ae So to o supply the wants of the farmer’s a 10 acres of Rape (for seed) or Flax for seed and after Clover ley, summer eaten by ‘cotiples, 55 
establishment—bread and porridge for his whole house- ufacture. Linseed-oil is a treasure to the cattle- the spring a considerable 2 of dry food 5 8 a 
hold, meal for mene pigs, Oats for his e and if — ; and the farm accounts of the foreigner will The Wheat was my imperial w Nos. 3 suf- 
to this we the suggestion that lab with | show a credit of 150/. for those ten acres. Some fered much from mildew, and conjunt the quality 
families should be parily paid, on the Scotch principle millions of British capital are annually sent out of the was not 85 good as the produce of No. 1. Ex eriment 
and practice, in grain, the total * of 3 Gore ingdom for Flax to supply the . of He linen | No. 5.—October 10, 1849. Two pieces of land beside 
uired on a farm would be in most c manufacture; and though any o ar may uit other were dried pe ‘intervals of 8 inches, having 
would supply a eat deal of eta, * at lenap veer himself that Flax is easily cultivated and ‘highly Wheat ow left unsown between each, with my imperial white 
for the bedding of horses and e In nerative on any good Wheat or Barley soil, he does hea wad 
Shes, Sedge, terns, pee ves; 0 re pa att ente it, “ because it is new to him — because g eee Ei par oas 
le at the cost of labour alone; but is straw or | he does not understand it.“ Let landlords relax their No. 1 ce 10 0 
~~ er litter 5 if merely considered as a| stringent covenants regarding its culture, under reason- 
ing pi ures ? In the * able requisitions, a and let a few farmers combine here The land on which this trial was ' iade. afi ne an vel 
a state . Sete perece goma we no sufficient | and there ring an intelligent Flax cultivator from soil of excellent quality, and was highly fated the 
ses in artifieial manures 80 ble and so easily | the north of Ireland, in spring, to show them how to summer eaten after an excellent crop of red Clover, 
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cities and towns, which will, no fig’ bt, a a nad i to of Flax will double the value of a ma ‘of Barley, a and om the last; but 1 pile a aea wish others to draw 
= soil in a ata] and po ortable form, through | in ae gate, fom Clover succeed better than when their oo peg ~ A ow mildew — very 
th readth of the kingdom, before many | with t 1 ent, but both these > 1 0 eat ripened very 
years shall have passed over our heads? Is the folding It is by no means in a politieal view that we urge the | kindly. The above experiments seem to show that 6 to 
of sheep on Turnips, &c., an kan era e means of | culture of Flax, but merely as a substitution for some | 7 pecks of seed will r yar more Wheat than 9, 11, or 
manuring? Are the liquid tr s of the tank of portion of cereal crops. Any at apie ae force = = 12 pecks of seed per acre, by an average of 2 bushels 5 
little amount? In truth, the varieties s ot productions stitution of home-grown Flax for Cotton—by means of | this added to 1 bushel es ö pat makes a profit of 3 
which our farmers could raise s, that combination and the excitement of pas feeling bushels of Wheat per acre, and is decidedly against 
8 in aes niight follow pa iy other | against thé use of Cotton—would, in our judgment, be very thick so ving, The last es however sited more 
ually, 3 y exhaustion of the peter of | absurd, and bave the contrary effect from what it is in favour of thin seeding, but it must be remembered 
page ae D infinite i increase of os re, so hat desirable to prođuce, by leading away the: attention of | that the land, as — — re stated, —— in an —— state. 
even the precious ave tato should have an ample share of | those who are anxious to promote the increased con- These 5 uts have not pro ved quite so satisfac 
1 for this production, mineral manures (lime | sumption of Flax, from the only true means of attain. as I could wish ; but it would appear that the proper 
ery form) and ashes are the most suitable. ing their object, Yiz by reducing the cost of its pe | quantity of seed heat acre is somewhere between 
P talves This i is a key note which introduces pea ~~“ tion as er 5 bod with that of Cotton. The is | 4 and 7 z on and. in 
agriculture to our attention for a moment. If our | ample 72 r both . Cotton is n abe dition, and in the early part of October; but it would 
notes have had true tone, they. will 8 1 to some purposes than Flax—and Flax might not be safe to sow less than 7 or 8 pecks on the general 
re force when Ireland is the theme because the | be betieficially oo rage for some of the uses to mails quality and condition of the land in this country. 
climate of that country, generally, renders it far more | which Cotton is applie “i: hace o = d down as to the proper quantity of 
the culture of green pore than for that of Wheat| We only par aber Flax „Hemp, and Rape, as eed P 70 much depends on the nature and con- 
ey, and because the farmers of Ireland, en instances of changes that the ‘farmer may make with dition of amn the imd and time o ee 
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rom the following ‘cireumstance nee. In England | crops not commonly cult e c cattle and pig m uch the same, which has indidded me now to drill my 
the farmers till on a great scale; in Ireland on Ia small 8 8 vege- Wheat generally at 8 aha being a very convenient 
scale. A largo proportion of the « tahoe els the attor JI i Pa x 
DOS bere, not dei assume that a | ought not to —when e els an 
fami net oboe. E capital or skill, oeceupy a | p e improvemerit, would prc aly M. B. | Straw, as it would have en the trouble in con- 
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AS being connected as they w ere with many othe as to 
is | ON DHE CULTIVATION OF Whats. | OMe urn ano Vanya 
iS d b e oe were an the great advantages | to be derived from = very thin I probably may lay before your readers. If more ie 
re es nothing PN See ar 0 s pal t t so; : $ 
t be wo mpy 11 or 40s. per quarter and ng, conimenee a seri reater benefit would be derived than most farmers 
of Oats or Barley—on the ‘supposition that their land, pes pet o test tally hs the nasties at bar system (being imaginé. Much more might be written respecting the . 
callirated with due re 9 successions, pro agrichlturists) well kno — tint sid inge kind 1d | disadvantages of very thin seeding, but I think enough — 
more corn than is required for their domestic use, W. — — aida’ Gis Pein sA With 8 could | has been show ution those who have doubts om 
assume that the rent is paid by the sale of milk, butter, I Jay the result of my 1 y Fee gee the subject. ust however confess, that the — 
or of pigs, and that the surplus profit is expended in| fee} chat in times of ooh, weren , depression: like th | indebted wo Me: Hewitt Davis = adta ing 1 
pes ay S anı 5 articles of | prese ; anything that may tend to benefit the f ö as it m itted ~~ 
furniture, are p aseable at a much | ou ; on 
3 rate than when bread was dear. In the e ach | ought not apese ee cmt sere ali | sown ahd par iy . E. Pawlett, in Belle 5 
as na of 81 or 50 acres, and upwards, there must fairness, for I had no other object but truth in view. | Messenger. ; 
e ware. dir ah ing 10 * . e mode of living, It mattered little to myself, in a certain sense, w r : 
certain portion o arm deducted in his calcula- | 3 pecks, or 10 pecks of seed Wheat per acre were the Home Corresponden 
S | proper quantities to sow. Eaperiment No. 1.—October he Great Airi icultural Movement bag: 
15, 1844, on a piece of white Clover ley, having been | / Plas —A company, comprising man of the “ag 
summer eaten with sheep; three slips of land, about | nobility and pare as is seeking from r 
1 rood each, contiguous to each other, were drilled with Royal Charter to 19 5 neouragement to a 
Wheat, the quantity of seed on each being different, i>» and farmers to bring “into immediate e tivation, 
intervals of 7 inches, a row being left unsown betw least one hundred thousand acres 
each plot of land. du 
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pece. — pi- = 
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5 115 7 Taa from foreign natii 
The soil a good grav. loam, but not in a very good drying, o 
manures; | state of cultivation, y ey, No. 2.—Thre ie the fibre is separated from 
wank, k. 2 Ee. 
P 2 High Parikas —At the close of the l 
oe * Si „ 140 i 1 1 I Agricultural Gazette n 19th’ ult. 
| This trial was made after 3 4 good coop a Clover, | ef 
within | eaten on the land by 1 having at the same time 
much ¢ ed Soil, ag . pent loam, in an ex- 
eed per acre, Produce per acre. 
peeks, ~ 
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