Feorvary 18, 
1858. | 
THE Seek GAZETTE. 
115 
aes as flour, which is 
and improving 
Maize —Mess 
piblie t Sarge 
: uld 
Maze that wo prod 
xem 
aste. 
bread, and Rice- Mouri is ee e. yili 
rege pu Iping it saves this 
OST i eeaeee 
ome Re a 
e 
ur Jour 
intelligence, 
o 
four to five months; doubtless many others 
a great w Tt does 
g the produce. 
ndence 
iente to the 
e, while in- | wi 
d, in rows about 2 feet asunder and 18 inches apart | 
in oe rows. The Kohl Rabi is perfectly per and 
kee 
be taken 12 hours at least after that the animal has 
been fed. Jame. olson Esholt Hall, Leeds. 
Capillarity, Drai e, Evaporation —We all know 
that porosity and dryness draw up and diffuse water, 
ill stand s evere frost better, and in store for a 
onger period, than the Swedish Turnip. It also resis sts 
the attacks of the fly and grub. Its k ing 
ce d of it. r. Innes, or Pe Colonel 
North Wroxton Abbey, favoured us with 
following estimate of his crop this.season ; and although 
ne 
kes it appear a heavier crop, he prefers ite Pipi 
for feeding purposes. He > also thinks 
dryness. 
Without capillarit ity the roots of plants 
ae be deprived of much moisture, and be 3 Jess 
pao 
e ne eye cer ime aw 
te 
gyself would greatly 
uy 
as. Pur to 
aiia if = ae 
og “ef 
that they gr 
fra pori 
juve weighed ov 
of Indiana erig 
abondance, and T may 
4 
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| 
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Messrs. Page & Co. 
cog? 
- tobelieve ti 
~— dneed by Co 
Eo s 
ve as a 
-by Messrs, ae 
wr Oo’ s statement po E relied 
k 
e & 
nee ‘lowes ed 
cg! reply by stating it is eight fom ago 
the h 
provided hee os all equally good, must 
40 lbs. Ih 
werthere grown that would weigh 1 
essrs. Page & Co. ha ae ore pode 
a grain 
ps this country, 
of ‘gre 
he idea, I believe ome put forward 
“ Co.; I did noi 
through your Paper 
have seen the tall — 
where it is produced in grea 
safe] cami no single plant was 
igh 10 Ibs., and I chal- 
toproduce statistical accounts to 
Forty-day Mai 
Ei 
¥ 
xt season, by planting mys 
ewt. 
15 
E. 
5 
$ 
Gf res 
Bulbs 
Leave 
Green Pe 
» ” s 
— Peter Lawson & Son, Seedsm 
Ma Wurzel.—Messrs. Page, of Southampton, 
send us the following froma known corr Eke epe — 
he weight per acre of our Mangel last year was 
40 tons, O cwt. 3 qrs.; ri — weight we have ever 
grown at Parkhurst w: apie cates "bal gar) È 
mention that these were als val. cleane d, , and the whole 
gh-bridge. 
The Ash of Mangel an Turni ip.—In reading Mr. 
Bowditehs a on his new manure I met when the | 
r 
Does not th a sete ‘for the success FoF 
lager! rem, EE Ash. 
Potash 41.96 a 29.06 
Soda .. 5.09 19.05 
Lime 13.60 2.17 
Ox. ofi iron, alumina, &e.. 1:28 0:56 
Phosph. acid 7.58 3.11 
Sulphuric acid 31.60 3.31 
ona eof sodium 3.60 14.18 
aipa. btb 4,11 
roots oE an om or for neste a rA atm or 
demands ; not probable that after the drains have 
g there would aporation in t ins 
air circulated and that capillarity would :draw 
water to them 'fromieverysi If so the d ld 
ibs em. 
rate tly 
beg) cinta ie Teaves of of iris is PORATED more 
o of co warm climat tes than in „our If I 
of all on rainfall from ri until anaes is 3 carried 
up by e vaporation ; and ARE NI e not justi fied i Frater infe: erring 
+} 4 
or fallow increases. pan: the enn the 
he _simosphere al all pw alemania ee deat which it 
contained I ‘belie excellent 
friend “Weedon owes rhor of his sontinued 
success o neg P alis arising from deep PUAA 
| abundant porosity, and i 
pre ession of a heavy: soil iby cartage produces Denne 
n of air 
y 
The contraction or Expansion in soils and in 
ure mus cause circu 
mpera! 
in bee have a certain infiuence. At all events the 
bem efit of a ste eaming al ere fone 
> , we may take asan enné the Rev. Mr. : 
Lois-Weedon. Sees Sage! ploughing and a ae 
substrat um, which is t e ordinary mena of British 
J 
D 
Mechi, Tiptre 
Co oe and sian cine T wit ve — the rae 
form of acknowledgmen 
all needful 
u 
i oit. | chloride of. sodium am unting to 33 23 parts i in its eom- 
ucing erop it cannot | position ? ri not t the mall quantity of oe 
no more than that farmers | acid and of lime present in the Mangel as m to 
een fi aize to the | prove that superphosphate of lime is not 
e discussion on ) pply ano is known to beneti 
the minds of your agricultural | Mangel much doit on he of its ammonia ?), 
intend to open fire 
u had 80 
tial third ber oy am 
in lodgers y have never 
as bol is sah a A AEP sprain’ a in it, might not 
s0 al? 
; bu 
done s0, witht “my consent, and i the promp pt power i 
their co 
nitra! ve benefici 
mpor n both the columns., 
‘Could you sug- 
eee 
y 
tity. 
procure it? 
Wood ashes are not often to be had in: eR fhe quan- | 
Does peat supply much | potash ? seo nee owe 
tinuing the practice if commenced. 
PBS fag tod gorn A acknowledge that I hold of Mr. ——— 
Monday the —— day of pre wags 
ion the h of ————,, and that I am to 
t any time on four weeks’ notice in ie i to 
m to me or left at or ai 
Messrs. ‘Page -& Co., and which they that Potat o, bein affixed to the door of the 
seed, and not in the | dust te lime) in large quantities, Ought not, terete sid cottage. tit if Tpaball at. a Tor hish is or assigns, 
ject manure “sr or.any persons authori: mshall be at liberty to 
Have : any “of your cnmreapepiene found it su be = enter and fale ‘of: the Alee an and to eject all occu- 
pants thereof, and :to s eee the furniture e mete 
sus whole Roots.—I quite with you from. n That Lamto keep:the.windews in io 
di that'M: M‘Laren is resis Hg roma the increased ge nip pood er nae ei n. That I apa Yearly tome rn re padan 
live weight of cattle in d experiment at 6d. | with g after ithe rate of 16 bush 
nearly half a century. | per Ib. But I would go farther, oa apply oe remark ri kerahe a oer Tods, an Ñ mot to hae 
should Šó EE E AE experiment whether the increase Potatoes from the.same two years successively, 
Sneath A glad if SOME of ¿your was all beef and fat is not cay the question but to and that re ‘am mot 40 take ir -any lodgers. Witness my hand 
the market 4 F- + e —— y i a A 
i mekilns. Lim very | and ded t from the price at which they could be | 4% l t. 
anad iis thie |s sold-when fat, and-see whether the difference aoa ge by | = 
: west cost | the ber of Ibs. of increased live weight will amount 
ion Gs à great part of that cost is the fuel, the | to Ga. T presume it would be found res MR aE Aai T SIP: 
TON EAN estat less. “To illustrate what ks mean, I will take one aver- a e 
e estate 
bushe! ie 
a “ee ig very broad at the 
a that 
I hay 
we burn all 
week, ani athe’ Ries ave 
pears there is a very 
as ice it hought of remedying this 
> kiln, 1, leaving a chimney in the 
L and ving an 
ide nig hy which to pass on 
feel sure it would answer the 
tha we we is as but peat, 
farmers, thoug' 
ies ca very much prefer 
the first experiment. Your leader does no’ state the 
live homer a “a ane take it at ra cwt. - sjem an ne 
tof 
n judge, the market 
good oem. old Bullock of 10 cwt. lives eight 
see bet in ta ha 1855 or 167. The wi 
62 ewt., which at 60s. per ewt. would 
increased 
1, 5s. 
or barely Ba = lb. for the increase in 
Again, ot understand ‘how the norte of the 
treacle, and Linseed meal is pu 
ies TA rg for the nose or oot 19s. 2d. for each Beas 
for at the rate of fi ioned, I —— 
it at less than Bi. 8s. 6d. for e each beast—thus 
His treacle for est 67 Ibs. remy ret 
pë rome Beans ‘> 
rous inquiries 
i age vies for Tarip. consumed by pie sil 
‘Whatever | 1 
a over 1s. 9d. per ton. The-above 
re of the experiment as to 
i 
arke! 
value ein vidal bA 
extracts from | sa 
Consider tliem t0 Mr. Clarke in contrasting the facility of steam applica- 
ROY. 
WEEKLY Counci, Feb. 10. arene Challoner, 
‘Trustee, in the chair. 
tein, 
weight when | opinion in E 
-as reported in the s journal. 
