5S THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JANUARY 28, 18 
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he instances given, they er ages to be cheaper in the end, hie s bit be oat as being inary lifer fie kare be, 
rar ma which placed Mr. Max AX Prk TE pos $ i- and more re -_ SW Sa woa conclude that the irae 
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Notwithstanding this responsibil, of which he | seed, we prk all ‘find | that they chiefly deve e ei nk it vo ald be thec cheapest gher; y 
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was made paret the ast Feary. Mr. | selves into ee following he hen; 
MAXWELL did not withdraw a att tha oa knor arar | n pk bo : r “epee «o constitution. tL hae nio we per na 
in that case “it would have ‘teen im oat e ant of purity 0 Bs 
to have ‘ha oas the inqniry for 1857 at, ow- a Want of fait fr fro — RR e me ct Mier to fully birediieete this matter À 
ever, has now been completed withits usual su ine — of lie conditions sha 
To the THE LIGHTS OF SCIENCE; 
— sie, em on gaar — pede al eet a abi a J. Farms armers ; usually feel satisfied v W vith a oe ARE all the lights supposed to have a hrom 
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whether f fulfilment by any | my 
jp eon mar a differ | er glimmerings of ignis fatuus ? i 
The difionlty ‘appears to have arisen out of a | both, from where the seed was n to se fron eatin Ueyont di tsp shah tc iy 
misunderstandin of what — position was. The} it i s to be sown, and this secured fo us ually care | et ioe linckinnialtibed ao Aaa eon 
dit Office rite looked w ir, May Las) but little for the appearance of the seed itself as to hk aka Teir sobs ts renee caghito deae A 
.a member of the Civil Siti. ~~ bound therefore | whether the grain—in Wheat, for example—be o are again tossed on the stormy ocean of disputed 
e rules which s- disbursing | the typical shape of its variety, whether it be lean n Mr. Mechi, was en wi’ th of draining 
money in that service. if: nan LL; ee hether its skin px T coarse, Tough | excess, now cri I 
other hand, has looked upon himself as a. con- mooth, broken or unbroken—indeed he usually | , 
tractor, by permission of the Society whose officer rp prefers a sample lp o means ‘possessing the b etter | anxie 
he is, and whose influence for the performance 
that contract he is permitted to wield—an inde- often vainly i ima: git ning that defects “igh Lyin milly 
pendent contractor undertaking a certain work a Fett bere oe in one season by the change. Bu ut | 
a certain sum, an suas it with his own ins recollect that it is with seeds as with 
ments in $4 thant + It is indeed ee that arn cannot always be got rid of in on 
it is an fort of anomaly that generation, but constant as is required in Aae p 
tractor” sliould return the i saii of Hi o remove any hereditary trait, and as the one uk. Akio 
contract, wh Mr A ne : | defects we have indicated be the result of} |. pbs otha indeed nothing morei is necessary 
bu y not allo nuane an | blight in the straw, of which a starved seed) oy Satin of ame prev ent ttit it 
exceptional or anomalous proceeding for the sake|is a sure indication, and as the seed from a Blanipnts Yidkcahling ER piein ie 
of the good actually done? No one disputes the blighted are never either so perfect, or of so good | mission of w. ater; Si an 8) peer thin ona 4 
economical and successful performance of the con- | a constitution as that from clean straw, we should | required to ren idok our ie dunghills fruitfal in amma 
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tract undertaken, and what more can be desired ? | endeavour to know something of the history of its AA » in volatile amm E 
If the proceeding must be brought strictly within | growth before we implicitly trust to the chances Again, we find aoe “rarking and bringing rt 
the scope . MAXwE i ed i ess of sowing. e | inorganic matters ensure us heavy successive € 
let a definite grant be made for the work. This ca: may depend upon it that coarse, diseased, and Whe: at in fitting soils withont other manure tl 
be done, now that the expenditure has been fally blighted aie with large flagzy leaves; is as sure — some: experiments howe 
ascertained, without any risk of over or under-pay-| to result in bad seed, and that bad seed to trans- not been satisfactory i a, this. ae oft 
ment—and whatever be the disadvantages of such| mit these defects to t the future crop, as coarse+ tn 9, barel anit kekeh Eis 
a plan in the eyes — = those who think the | horned, “ thiok-tailed, gouty- iy kry PEE a E ae cient or the hoeing aags 
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in undertaking such a work, or of those hee would | Consi: ie then Caren in the |p some sort of = which is recomm d 
= required, as, possibly, Ay jim the surface 
maintain unbroken the strict rules of the Audit and| choice of vegetable as of animal stock—and in praes x te atmospheri eal ti 
all er Government offices—at any rate allow it | order irae one result from defective seed, we |° How ar e: poo oley le 
the continuance of its present success long enough | wo ould e following experiments from the bese or what'to follow. Will the eyn ot look to Ol 
to disabuse- the minds- of those agriculturists in Journal of ibe Royal Agric palin a ciety for qao.: * | toes’ plans and stick to their fathers? “ie 
England and elsewhere who look upon the inquiry hree: years: since d four plots: o; =e not deep draini aigna and deep workings,.an 
as either mischievous or useless, When this has Whea cat m or oe order urings r 
been done then the. coun i prepare on peer fullest se aea of leaf ai er al 
for one general. scheme, d Government att drainings, mere surface workings, and noni 
may undertake it without the Much diseased r Much diseased: manurings for those crops which: it is- desi 
sonal influence, and, if it described: that quickly bring to perfection their seeds? 
saira Entonar Scotl | treated wi oes not this indicate a division of our ain 
z present the only possible means of accomplishing without RA | sulphate of copper. pews date <ingroving green.crap snd 2% 
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proposal, E <a ner ro die = ove pee ] h 4 a. hat the heavier 
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the meantime the Society entirely adopt the view ia = — soils pa: water J 
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Perfect picked Perfect picked 
_ taken by their and haye- a reso- 
lution approving of te: ooures; Hi Tine followed 
correspondence, 
seed, with, | 
We hive often advocated in the pages of the | E ig a 
; a ~ th ral Gaze ty ent ge e of strict atten- 2 
S| ae A pn Ae : Soha he seed. Upon “The results of these experiments were as under :— th 
eee fully a ain a Sir s von sh a wee sn 1. Much of the seed germinated, but the, crop 
4 i gardener to offer another seeds in the seareely e cr i oe m aE bien 
condition that fi times present them toj i 
er agriculturists at market would b tt 
of which he d not soon hear the last. PES & pai 3. Gertinatd with d etm 
It may however be said that wit garden seeds| “Plot 4. The ee 
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therefore that care in selection i 2 and | des estroys the seed so as to. prevent. Se who 
little ~ hes but we f Marit thet ia = sine at Scone ae mee oe sea ee jate a hom iex return th han und 
A : ee aa d ways employed, no pickling is at 
Ethe: foular EN ee = per true that a diseased progeny must role | “the = E 4 
care he x bestow to eep his reputation, so. the eaving this to in animals.” | certain tracts, to. green . cro 
ro cas uality at sight ¿s tell its own tale, we would | on aaas ty eaten ce 
h “aa q ight is even observe that it has aften ae ished us to hear the by planie i are sutppoeed to load. the 
: Sow is fr seal” l for pion epee corn. * th that it | exeremental maj anes ee ik ey te ere: 
oe we do ni think sfc ent ati intin tage been | not'so ire mapen see to entitle it'to 
p tie keie of those laws upon which good | We find th an". 
od | We e practice of Më. Smith. 
e seed depends, We are accustomed to Salinas a — it, a —— there a 
thn pobeble int spp ce tne mor |i camino th mee oy 
. ation. “The subject is 
i mportant element 4 in thais E ehois Wel ait lisa ineidentaliy Gaw Ae oe say 
can zn rf an po nial Fo ae lants See 
‘mgonnde pure, stated ‘at the, great | therefore little to be relied on. 
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3 mary sample of|in such aeriform or soluble sta 
oar ang Spod; sag grass we could find, we ascertained | v ‘eh ba receive, and that at they masta 
t cannot. assi 
No. aul trer. . (measure) of Perennial Rye-grass, | therefore throw off; b but we have: no 
uite free from weeds, of fine sn weighed | that the excremen late ieor 
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No. 2 2 an (measure) of me i 
i ese pri ye-grass, with th 
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= : might. cost. more they would be| ~ ee we tee sn me cases, Need the property gap ea 
: Professor Bu egetable tissue. J. M. Gi 
