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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JANUARY 9, 1858, j 
eig an extent. “The very 
f th 
he position of the old furrows se will decid 
a 
ation of the surfac 
the whe 
‘limate 
of their luxuriance there. As Tf ully concur in most 
tie asked ridges on their cla ay soils, had 
. 
ri requirements of the grow. ~ a 
are aly such as we should have expected to, occur. j forward by the lecturer—his defence of the gridiron PE lity. nE requ “eo evant does not par a T 
Whoe ‘alte = noti ice of t t and hi possibility of con nverting character of ‘the Bye ger Bag on of our soils b 
Kinds of l remarked that they | so o-called excess of water into | an agent of fertility. He of transpor and be tg elong exactly to t i 
di ] | ] l ich they aa es ral ge — kno 
vag i a e a] n net be a sufficient practical guide—nothin short of 7 
no possi y to so | ; 
| : 
S 
ent, I cannot avoid 
Ew 
B 
ponde: feel- | “ excess of water,” it was well | the 
ing 3 rami and Ereni “aggrieved ie find myself so | weather after a certain aie in nc season mete better s 
much m ented or misunderstood as I seem to b | was the coj of Wheat. 
by him. can have very little acquaintance with m e| „Other peakers s referred to the difficulties in the 
ar my writings v when he sta ates his belie that I d | both pene and as the artificial 
him as 3 result of prevailing AT of ċultiv ation. Mr. Moo ore 
n by 
sctainly I cider. botter than 
| 
| E 
* distinct species,” for cer 
think a 
hosphates, nit a 
ra t distinct specifically because it is sdtpiasoes: Peto nitrogen tute 
prolific”? an Pring the “sturdy character” which it | dr raina e, joa that te any “a > existence yes gD ite mater more esp cially potash, are the most a 
possesses at At hom I have seen Sinapis nigra 6 feet in idges oe shallow cultivation a ed with what efficient manure A: 
height in Britain It i is always yin extreme dissatis- | might be theoretically the correct ice. he estio on arose, what description of manure mp} 
faction th forced to consider a ton replied that he wo ad not, any more than you to use? and s papon a = “iv ou to el n : 
as ane ricci which has Previously | been looked upon [M Mr. P k, disre; in his draining the ex istence of | manure of a certain char: 3 
as only a variety. rses, rds which water ha acquired a 
between pla ants ey are probably distinct species; | “ “abi ” of tending,—that his praise of the gridiron | what i E 
1 , barrenness or fertility are only t the ad only extended to its being a unifor di E 
results of soil, situation, or clim ate. I trust that I shall ear ox Babin pe for the water which fi 
ce, | ur nifor rmly —that any perfectly unifor z 
‘to dns “Wie er th ney were in straight tes i in n England and Scot 3 
Balksisally toad ten Sener given to me ate your lines or concentric lines, E di 
correspondent. Charles C. Babington, Cambridge,| As to the alleged harmlessness of excess of water— f: 
January 3, 1858. that was stated m erely of fertility eee! S not of | advantage in some instances for corn. He knee at the eyma i 
Ka s But, on nees rich in Bai are apii ™ 
aize.—We have found Mays à poulet ripen f any particular of the with preat benefit to corn zarobi". Henta Eoi rotten Iı 
nign before Mays quarantain or “ Cobbett’s,” in mee vata neato that had been cited m ight have shown | was better than fresh manure, because weight for wegil £i 
e have never known it fail, which mayin some degree | that it w aus ndant vegetable EOR sd in the | contiined a lan arger i Be 1 
be attributable too ur having a annually age it fr rom Prey alt seed that was the particular form of | has aco aa z 
the conti ng ‘the a ah as coma. ‘ate “get 
atingor tin in this country. e have e gro wel On Artificial Man frags valuable o x ut 0 of it % mths a m a t peus canse ar 
< Cobbett’s” without nlermition since its introductio; -—On cia anures.—. e on | contained a larger RAER o 
and have never had a decided failure, yet ‘the rip pening this subject. was lately given by rined Yoelekar of rape fst nea ‘Tuantity grenier roots han 
h to | the of which we give the dig a “results, becaus 
cultivate it in preference to the For rty-day Maize” lately | follow bridgement : —Dr. dolk commenced b; 
introduced, which, resume ry edicted by your ce ‘that there are two classes of persons who, manures dia no 
corresponden ts) has been discontinue: R q i l ch Y 
tain and à poulet have other ntertain diametrically opposed opinions. em 
adva that 
variety in addition to earliness, Partionlariy when the 
or pheas' n bei 
much smaller and nearly round, Sa Min pea grind- 
ing or any preparation whatever. We enclose y 
fe of a variety which has in our opinion 
eat claim to notice an of green food 
it wi pen in this climate). We have produced 
at the rate acre i ur to five months, | 
of ns per 
and nutritive properties ar 
will be considered fabulous, act nevi 
dou! but it ae: facrn 
: theless. B. Page & Co., Seed Herat Sou Air otl | 
Wind hat | all 
t improvements t 
Tenes 
ne oi 
think nothing more is necessary for successful farming t. of 
| than to r a5 one or two ks upon agricultural recollect tno, fast there was a great difference between 
chemistry, and perhaps Mr. hi’s letters, or some 
ilar popular treatise, containing a strange admixture portion 
of science ractice; and th nd of knowledge | ¢ 
ait believe will enable a man to dispense ba be 
fn diora a make a living by 
a 
bypewe eri fe all who had an 
he r 
Alkaline vate 3 vere vay efficient for ret 
any experiel 
— of artificial 
ery 
Bean experience, 
ciples of sci nce, Moreo 
applied to roots, because it oo 
er, young men with ascientifie guano thie 
depended e 
jands, pidde areka ac of co 
ore could k adoptet Such ee I belare. at 
ork in of this country, and particu 
Sarly i in ‘the county ot Norfolk. some of your ri tenders 
who have practical experience would furnish the public 
with a plan hate of 
expe rience oa others who were 
| e | principles of Gaoi : 
He should confine himself to one vi very important subj ae fi 
that of artificial mans, and aoa to aed some vi He A 
~ the — which whom mirs y ould be of s 
ractice 
d 
‘ignorant of the | continu onor four 
Laas ntirely wit 
ey 
structions they would confer a a palpatie benefit upon the 
farmin interest in general. I have A induced to 
observati 
ing passage in Londons E 
fer Villa Architectur 
a Farmers’ oe 
ARRINGDON.—Theory of Land Drainage. 
—A lecture on this a on given os, rd 
Aae eB der resided 
tj 
ce of 
nt which are commo; 
the 
ciples as everywhere 
the 
another oni 
= 
re o; this Journal. 
all poeta 
possibility therefore ‘of Supe 
here appli- 
been introduced Pa o an 
Aena for artificial envi 
bee 
large or too small quantities, 
in quantities that bai st 
—too large, that s for Gila 
mee to the exclusion of farm. 
cial m: 
has i ote ers ; sel y? 
r artificial eee vould hej 
the pie chine 
duced 
n- 
y coincide with i 
e commercial value of artificial m i 
character than the practical | not only 
produ 
upo: 
soluble and insoluble ne phosphates there 
in their 
ip lime ufacturer 
a e oabing effect upon the land; in other cases none | a condition 
ma 
atever. 
weet Boon. tte rae a aaier no good od farmer limes ; cannot be absorbed 
