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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
where the resistance was equal. ee $ to be so, 
did Mr. N. prove T md the same soil n drained 
4 feet deep, and 24 with an ative Fand well 
i| cultivated soil on. the. ark ao A 10 or 12 inches deep— ae 
br 7 under such circumsta ees would Mr. NI have f 
e point of resistance at 2 feet f I answer, no; ‘for 
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the o ordinary s peeing oiii oe ae 
wise be long Flax being beaten o 
scutching-tow, an a article > of very in tr w 
machine, he stated, appeared to clean up 
au ato oc 
was self- acting, and m nerely required the 
ami 
ote o ses extent of 10 acres} 
under my notice. One 
_ Bu t 
one acre of M that case the field 
rot ¢ 
season we had { the satisfaction. ‘of weighing 41 tons off 
angels. els. in 
would r woman. The esti 
of el hd oe wA in the day ms TB a 
been the water level, and precisely the same level as the oa Ibe 
ipes, for ah kiad us reason tee papra: clay (not = 
Mechi’s 50 fi part) contrac ate mt whic 
destroys its po = a Parsee tot the nip age of ater 
had hoped, wi cultivation looking us in the 
face, the atten H the e Central T ‘Club would 
have been more inclined Sh discuss whether or not 30 
inches of active soil was not more the order of the day 
th P. Mitohell 
Reviews, 
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Blac kw 
s per 
Journal mega ood & Co, q 
dical, 
Wurze 
a bet ter crop. I shall peA state a case in R 
pte people often en are deceived with their own crops. 
locality 
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ha practical tone of 
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Ae es size of a 
The of t 
several iong oy ‘ath’ tedious disquisitio 
“tee ptive, an mtains sho; 
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Mangel 1.—I like the ng 
ws Tanten s communication at ri; and 
tates a plain truth, viz., ke > ini 
green crop o ‘the farm. Our breadth 
Swedes eit vA exce 
work, 
was so 
pulled and weighed a 
satisfacto r that grave complaints were 
e growe 
creable produce, at 
ns another wholesome fat aspactin ng the modus 
ere. Like him, 
all the carts as anally as phe seat 
aa of yin loads. Yet there m 
|a thin g = yi 
as to the stated wae and both being comet of d 
clay. 
to the arte conditions : :—The ex of fie 
iscon- 
+h 
ja e w 
by 
pra tical men an 
nounce a safe judgm es 
ess a in its agroaltürad 0) 
carin g rr t incl 
short of of his rod rod calculations. I would suggest that sth |a 
who wish to encourage the e growth of roots s by 
confine he award to some few acres, but 
inelude the entire site of the farm. _In some instances 
which have come under 
5 acres are m 
some produ 
pa mc ap is ru robbing Peter to pay "Paul. We suds 
Maize. —In r reply t o “ Canada’s” oe eye 
done owever, on 
Salton; who supplied the seed, 
ee a were slowed to taka their chance nd with 
what result? With the result of a first-rate crop, | w. 
although the blanks were so many w of a ton | machinery, and o 
and a half of “ Rivers’ Stubble Swede” per acre being re a eae me Sai ok the 
g in the intervals. The latt sown tow: machinery » hd 
the end of July, a vd Cae aod never reached apparatus: brought forward by Mr. 
y y Fowler 
A aa to perform its work in a satisfa ctor 
1st October they g 
zed—many of heiit i bets aa DaD 
ural Maize from which the we eight was ¢ ca alculated, w. e | weight pe oe Ras dent he thi o ia Mire vier oa ed 
Suetthee a state the exact space cultivated ; the deduce the possibility of growing a goo crop of psn carried on i in siran e tenacious clay- -field, and, upon 
produce as stated and was consan ne by our horses | even when there y be a scarcity of plants. pro- | Timent of several hours, the +n that the yoba 
with one at avidity; the variety is very different fet | duce referred to was—of Yellow Globe Mangel, 31 tons ine ee Si “sary esp et g Cane 
= = oo wi acquainted, and was sent us 6 ewt. per acre, an mg Red 28 tons 14 cwt y 
eet Ailey map eee an for — : ound was well manured when the ridges were form 
à uced eight or ten i of farmyard dung, 3 cwt 
s each, O feet high, and in rank luxuriance guano, and 5 cwt Two or tines 
> . e water- 
resembled a breadth of Arundo nax; we shall be | ings of liquid sedehsns were likewise given to a re e 
jas chamera eri ar ma anada.” ble of the most pro plants during: the period o 
o'Quarantain “ our i s| their growth. i i i 
literal signification, but we seated the ` variety recent out salt, but ether wise soot. fg nae nt ja t er 
introduced er the name of “Forty days,” ing | the remainder, the defi Pl ae wherihe ter m: 
that grown by Mr. Keen in St. James’s Park. “Tt is | percepti! eto the ae oon oving the fate so sal apes ` ume this cost 
—— een nore ane Racor pe A when esse to this crop, at least in our inland districts, pa A 10 ‘ive 
bears his offeri ‘ks for th take 
guidance of “ J. 8,” we did so with no intention of per. |in The Cy ee Saeed ar mchinery of tne oa |e 
Gaieecae en” under as to and Bo public is not a little indet. to the Royal est 
we know to the contrary, and although we have thought ii of our numark the syran ae 
proper to grow it so many years and and h -| Th ho ae P = 
gested = me ee desirable for others who local utility yes rine has pos a 2 Ta see oe 
w 4 me 
choose a pak 3) e zeat to kam the difference i some “oo Society’ s notice. The i kaaa of to-day is 
or ever but four varieti gt Pil joans Ajoi 
n me jes of TRI in tate it is | others, machines a better principle are “tie for i su 
— absurd ; sid Canada ” undertal prove crushing the “Apples ‘but taa are generally of rude 
hat we have been in the is oun. wo Risin aren of the work requir uired of them re: ot te te rs consid aa 
4 ” 
i rie Foote ek bibiteT oe Soma rigare ’s i i the ee he eyder frequently amounts to more a acre. Acco 
diced eye.” he would have kinson?s 16 acres of | and that "eho calgon ag on, Which it is made, | eag saving of fally al the cont by Powier'a pn 
Mangel urzel to the AIRE We havertio nuportaat Reem i- ion oi eao AUH a is an | be done b by horse se labour y equ to, if not better t 
hesitation in saying ave b fe h ure e w 
they were all large, h a aataeente, found ar ats an Sa —— 
over 25 Ibs. each pe your to draw the attent. 
20 tons (how from chow re all were i tahini i oni Neen Neen exis ed in : 
> tons per acre), referring to the si i ie ee that cyder mill i c 
a is 4A ita; minm bulb weighing 4 atest: admitted into its list of 1 machines, ted on small moveable carriages, and these sh 
the ground a month weighed 43 : ut of| Every farm has its cyder a a eae number proportioned bo tu length of the furrow or 
specific gravity was as i mindere ritis phat its | the great demand for a good an Si sh im Ce wea PN pe 
if it was growing pois, heh fashion it tae ete | would well repay any clever machinists w Aoao having satisfied themselves as to ta 
ed, and that too in the New Forest, not wotoreng, | oo steention to its manufacture, G. P. s f tat vate araia eae 
rich. His Swedes it would be ditioni acres = al in the pos 
to match them in England, but it ame bce 
3 ge > ridi So cietes, 
e t 6 weighi dd be. unless the whole field w f 
trust b t no | 
wo description of soil mor mote of | Me By on oo a ere 
à good crop seed. of a A Pye, "of Ips: sent speci of t! 
sat sown: i aerior | Phormium tenax 
joa wn; hein nt gay liy ets idie lie nta a be feta ras hean? 
athe states it fo be to hi EY aetin to it S opon, | oertain defects which impeded its use as a material fed | iha 
Land Dr pon Eik ig in th if a were made om th ibr 
aa eae pan mara aaa Sais Win Mi ir 
ers Club. I believe how eat enaa int of 
oiei whiteness ever that he, like many | and the of spinning ‘quality, 
st ae nd nom, pt» bar oko ura ent ra 
paR a some ymeni d thi 
wriet sound: this T guess others besides Me Br Dorcas | aese in the opinion of the meeting, had sa ploughing, and Donma ened gave thai 
illing te all ow. Mr. Nesbit puts the s lotre SaR very great improvi ere is sample satisfaction, anything that ; 
Tiwhiel ke v far will water penetrate into soils ? Aate ann pein the nn give way when se the. -mas ; 
resistance to fa doe answer :—“ Until the gio well suit suited Ay wh in di vided filamen 
from above.” And om exits ae for | eae chairman rte Ao cop hep ng. i 
it was found on a soil that the water aa cation to make re TIENE Kier ming ei e bottom ofthe 
a depth of 2 feet, is Mr. N. invention of Messrs, John or tn eee 
Me = preetimes was point | fast, n Rowan & Son of Bel. 48 SO com] 
3 He called attention to the great waste ny O DeL | by horse 
fibre in | 1 1} inches deep, was 
