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— ae state of cultivation. The Wheat was after red appears to me that white Wheat uires d lan ht it seams strange that such shoqid he i. range case, 
Clover, eaten on the land by sheep. i Vell farmed to produce a good er Fy that it — ‘singe r Eee > ö ta by a 
— No. 4.— Also, on 3 19, aes the | not succeed so well as the rowipk ee Spalding sorts | — sy several othe a organic pt y many other inorganic. 
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7 - Spalding „ 43.3: L oy af ,. Ste a greater produce has been o incet than man tion e essential 
Battling Jack, r . G L oy ee, Se 16 9 | have been expected from the general average of th uired i rot ine 
1844, Experime nt Nos 5 it the . end of odii 1 2 ne © 8 average of, the fie Ta d by grain, and phosphate of Hie. ain 
two pieces o adjoining were sown with Wheat ould these statements be read by any of the es ive al ectio without bot ing. 
after red Clover, at bg rate of about 9 pecks per 1 | aristocracy or landed proprietors o. f° Britain. whose agents; e re wise k to limit the, sup ‘at 
on a good gravel so well managed, the produce m | hearts have not yet been touched as ws ree, bebe manure to one element only ; 1 if th * Ie be 
which proved as fol low: situation of their tenants, let them e average Fan i the plant will contrive to find out the other 
yo, Per acre o Value value value per acre of the different kinda of Wheat s stated in from the sources before ‘alluded to. Wich the full 
I. imperial Wheat a o. sh-p se. Rer qr. per acre. | experiment 8 1 of bea present knowledge ‘af these was anxious to ascertain, 
2. Spalding n Z rH . 12 12 0 | Year, grown on the best lan ve, with the a effi inip. 
„ 9 a verage | what the effect, would be of of app ling ta y Pop a 
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th my imperial white Wheat, which in value per | Bees geston, n in a Bell's Weekly, ‘messenger | stubble, and also on the worms and other insects, which 
in this trial I — — were found dead on of an 4 
cre had proved ve 55 re 
was disappointed, as the white wheat ripening earlier GRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS. that a powerful alkali, sueh as ammonia, 
than the red sorts, a great deal of it was blown out by| [The ale, Essay was awarded a Prize by the poison a lig d other pests of vegetation — 
av high wind, just at the time it was fit to cut; so So uth-East H. ts Agricultural and Cattle Show Club 4 fact in itself important, and consolatory to those who, 
that could not ascertain the produce correctly. They was read by hae Author at the annual meeting held at cannot divest. themselves from the idea, when casting a 
were all drilled adjoining each otter in, roya 7 inches Farcham on the 23d Septem 5 1850 ; and has been few hundredweights of Peruvian guano on the surface: 
apart, with 8 pecks of 1 per Soil, a good since printed at the expense and by the. express desire of the land, that while the cost, of the ication. is 
grayel, in a first-rate state of eultivaiion ; after red of the Members of the . Certain, the ngs to be derived. is alto doubtfal 
Clover eaten on the ana’ by sheep, having had much Hav * for several e a and hazar ediate. 
5 food thereon, ome ‘fered. by hi South- | su 
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perpa — No. 7th Spalding Wheat haying exciting others to assist in carrying out te e that is, which receive moniacal 
clearly beaten all the other soti, of red, Wheat, and intentions of the Society, has ventured to en . lists | application, and that which did not, The seed vegetated. 
lue p acre. my imperial white, as a competitor for the prize on the p er. asion.. well, and it soon became a good plant throughout the, 
i : It may justly be asserted that within the last, 10 field; but after à very few weeks, the land whieh had 
on the 23d of O years the practice Pf agriculture, in this country has received the ammoniacal application could be distin, 
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of land contiguous; to each „ having, ~~ in all my beth a assertions to the contrary, the farmers of Eng- rr pan ot of ays Laem is in RRS 
imental pieces, a row “upsown, bstmeen, a each land, we maintain, have made great exertions in im- throughout the tat in 
at intervals of eight inches ; To 8. peeks, pe proving, their art, the result of. which has been demon- 54055 Chrismas * — 1 a paama y 
Ai ma | Stra n the much greater quantity of Wheat, and greens had been the precursors 2 d monstrous 
2 eee ah. kg . per r. Per acre, the N larger supply of stock that is now, brought | necks, 12 to 18 1 nehes long, an 8 inches in 
r 85 — S — ned ates : into m ut probably there is, no better. circumference, On. cutting eo these necks, it was 
3. Australian white a BAS i = ipi 11 0 evidence of the progress of agriculture that ive these contained nul matter similar, 
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it war Bt . 12 the vast o1 the purchase | to s nec. 
in this case a stiff loa be Whes t was after of concentrated manures. Upwards of 1,000, 0004. were. forced on at the expense of the bulbs, but this 
white Clover, summer eaten by * and the land in sterling is now annually expended in the purchase of was found not to be the case; for, on testing some ave- 
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very good order, ese fertilisers ; hen British, are rage rods with the other part of fad, k found 
Experiment No. 8.— This trial was made on a very | charged with being supine, they may justly. retort. that that while, the latter proved to be at the rate of 22 
different soil to > ay rine e preceding, being of a moory | they expend more money in the purchase of concen, tons to the aere, the ammoniacal ones yielded at the, 
or fenny n and was formerly Grass land, On the | trated manures than the whole world besides. If thig | rate of 27 T fn, 1 case did ha pry hes are 
19th of Bolte 1846, two sorts of Wheat were drilled | be the case, hom important, must it be to discover, to roots reach, a in consequence of having 
on lands adjoining, at 8 inches apart, at “> bia: of. Pats and to practise the most judicious and econo- been left too ‘thick "lal less, than 160 to bis m0), 
about seven to eight pecks of sed por acre, e mploying t ts. which arose from the cire „of th 
ving been eaten two seasons by sheep ; the land whats 80 likely to, lead to further i improved practices, drilled only 18. inches apart, whilst the roots =a 
condition. than the possession of correct principles.on the subject, out as if the rows had _two feet asunder. I ; 
a Value Value and the discarding of old and exronenns n brasa: One no daubt the crop would haye been greater if the 
pk- gale per . per acre: | of the en nations that has greatly tended. to re- number of. roots had hers onerthird less, I shall. 
ttention t 
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1. Imperial White. on } 
2. Spalding red ite 45 0 å = TE, 13 13 0 tard re general emp 12 of concentrated | attention to act that 
Ihe superiority of the white, Wheat. over. any of the | manures, has been the idea that such manures merely | the ammonically-treated Swedes were noticeable from, 
piesa edin sorte hel rent as to the value per acted as 3 ; and that their beneficial effects the others ; 8 equally well, and vegetated for, 
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as one othe k i i a y GWAR, a a D lant. 2 
years after, in consequence. of mer ene us made to ~<a 50 regarded. ver was therea greater lime in a, soluble state. I by no means with 
me of the extraordinary produce. from to or three ™ Wi ae Ne. sg We when 
kinds of red Wheat, and supposing ae Clover Wheat I Th ese fertilisers. contain the essential food required | superphosphate of lime is ap to che land, it is 
Experiment No. 1, — possibly not be the KA the p pnt i they felia consist of various constituents, always reconverted into a, pl phosphate before it 
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N 8, Prat roast t beef and plum segia r: are to be considered w Turnip: d with, the superphosphate, ad- 
** pa sce her, < pes 14S A nd fine as . pet de 8 The only in- | Vance over, phe = ed with the plain phosphate, 
> — on vel 80 10 n were | Stance whi nure: timu- ear * 
by sheep, A 1 ee A lant is when one essential ingredient is supplied in ex- superp hosphate is at once taken and eager! 
of seed per acre, at. intervals of 8 inches. cess, and others are denied the effect being that the by the young and tender plant. E hayeknown Turni urnips, 
Per acre. Value Value | Plant is forced to extract from ne aag those other ele. | manured with superpl 4 their appearance 
Bsh. Pk. gal, per qr. per acre. | ments which the manure should have supplied, and is on the third, day, two days, before those manured with 
PO... dis 12 — 6 | thus reudered so much the For example: if a bones became visible. e learn from the ‘ia lage 
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S; aa d. Wheat. heine with nitrate of soda, he would supply for the most part — of ammonia to the Turnip crop is to force 
iar Mh Dai Wie [one valuable ingredient only, that i nitrogen . 
— hoo offered:.ta, the publis, ind — latter instance in the form of nitrie aeid, and in the not done at the expense of the bulb, but rather as an 
their merits: against, my imperial white Wheat; there, | 01er in that of ammonia; and the result would be, | addition to it. At the same time; we might a leo draw 
; 1 —— — either ont me land mada oon eae of 9 — 5 ages e appl is 
Sigg. | essential ingredients, or that the erop forced on s — 10 or urnip crop. 
ole py ie a e Y — aare = stimulating effect of one in ingredient won would not a -A at Wich the view of extending our knowledge of. the 
PNE mapen 3 in conseque: the of other essen- subject, the nde Pe application, in a liquid 
Value. Value | “als (prin N the “phosphates. Tf, however, these form, was en Bg Wheat stubble last 5 
~ EE Pi 7 sgal, per acre. are tappled : k the ¢ p that has alread recetved a at r the * had been once ploughed, ae ai vith, 
Browick red ie ra ae 428. 410 2 0 ng o 8 ung, then their application, Oats in t g, a certain amount of p ate of, 
2. Imperial white z — o 2 405 — WIS. 6 in moderation, is no longer 833 but highly. hanp lime Wein ater the time of sowing. An excellent 
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The Wheat was, after a good crop of white Clover, | plies a 8 ingredient which is ah t required to though purposely, none the ammonia, if Was 
eaten on the land by sheep; one 33 = that extent by the plant to Which it is applied; but in found that where the * Was N the 
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partially blighted. No. 5 suffered . . anit by the plant. It was to ascertain and illustrate this with the Wheat crop, although ‘ean as was 
appeared darker before cutting than any of the | point that the experiments to be poe to were in- not so striking, in consequence 
other pieces, stituted ; but previeus to our mentioning them, it * ieati 
so much on your columns, I must be well to observe that practical agriculture, |£ 
by remarking what a great disparity i in | modern science, has established the fact that the oo a" 
value per a hese experiments have | ficial effects of manures are mainly owing to two ele- 
the white Wheat a 1 adapted ments, nitrogen and e oan s. the, ie in- | riser 
ion, still it may, and I have heard | ie, or earthy, iY ea n „on testing the ewes found thatthe yield was 
Hy well in other s and the former orga, in that. of — bg 
ituations; it At first at the rate of 80 bushels per 
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