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in payment of their daily services in the yet d. In oe a disposition to ‘seg ers and x wi stay mos sphere, circumstances whi 
and these se proved thus, the ae the whole , to ha roundness is ever a recom nore gn vs io red ‘by not keeping it in in places 
ich an are | —~ 
in gene create or 
clothed _ such or eae al ould strive ‘to Maluti a our | lar, . bulk stithogt occasionally 
In ——— instance, the best boys of the Cases anim: A We shall illa ee this oa of | sai on a {loor so Xpose 
school have been allowed pes many hours a-day|our subject by the following account of a foe oe this be done.a fusty mild 
Ti iggi xperiment :— ensues i ad 
operations, receiving 1d, an hour for their! A few years since [fung i growth at the expense of the seed, op 
work. It is more like the system of the late Mrs. | botanical questio É of) species me mar vith the re wish destroys their yi itality, t 
AVIES GILBERT, or that of the agricultural schools | Vetch, and at the same time to conti to as- These then are some of the circu 
f Ireland. The experience of these schools! certain how far we could suceced i Ft SA attended to in the growth of seed 
proves that such field peseare does not interfere | varieties of it. The seed chosen for the opera- | They are all dependant upon 
with, in deed it rather a oe incentive to suc-| tion was that of the Vicia angustifolia small- vegetable physio 
cess in r work of the school, sy TI The seed was ollet, and Kept should guide us in ane choice of sea 
The Po aioe then is th e oa sre of the industrial | o winter and sown in oe ; the resulti clim 
class of the Lamberhurst national school :— Hite rts the usual form of the x aber neni new sorts, &c,—these we shall ady eyt, 
The field selected “te the use of the working class | a pasare is ant aaas narrow leaves. Some few how- | article. 
in connection with the jog mberhurst National | ne more robust and with —_— 
i ssible 
; . They answer well in this 
o Gee ote atm “this at chan in . y EAE 
time it was well ma and ka ny a ood heart. | in three years we had 2 os a good sturdy growth eni al y ahah che. naa 
In 1854 it was sown with, Bevery, as ae eda at bose so-called ioia sativa, and not only so but the p i i i s 
th 25 ood al form of it 
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pe is ates ae sacs ey op. ae Springs Vatsions, — of this root. In the first place, we would say 
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an average of years; but it is hoped the marginof| Here, then, we see that in the the ka ise Requi sae 
s sufficient to insure that this industrial | some seeda are twice the weight, i seme s and as les sng artes: this root aay leaves the hegre 
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been shown i f cultivatin, ion, an 
Be | 3 Wh cat bly fe olov a a feld 
a aalancersheet Jor the year ending | Vetches that th larger seeds BEN bekoak sien ee ows. Taa 
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9 1s. 6d... .. 118 0} sample oof | Vetch seod” ocr eens. a larger propor- | could it well be otherwise ? coe 
plants... ..1516.0| ” ere Prd 4 6 3| tonal of the bi be prefe ae . ise and liberal manuring are essential 
z 0 do, sold Again, in wey mh to the “tab it may be ob-| Toots penetrate far downwards into the soil, 
(served that although thes are confessei xam- deriving a large portion of their sustenance, 
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TE td.” gay s Pny, yet weshall soon find away to estimate| As food for stock ot eve every description, we 
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Profit isi 2 On 31s 9|Ples of seeds i a whioh io ean institute 
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Bimpe r i ‘even small seeds according to. their developme | whether they are equalled by root gr hd 
plants. 2» 25 In Wheat and grain es < pecially ea arm or dairy cows they. pg, aable—ineress 
» do oftools .. 8 0 0| gan easily be made, and or one ph be aware: the lacteal secretion, keeping up the oma 
22 2 Eao aa easca e distri bie eee ee Io $ 
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ime a change of seed, whether for | it woudl} be an interesting inquiry to $ 1 others; and gel highly ea gpa to, hardwanaig 
bn: farm = aa generally admitted that pee és such samples to weight per Bushel and ee eee 
requires no argumen pro ifie gravity.” 
penni t, Bowen it is too often ra by what is we glance at the nature of a seed we sealife oe eee as age 
“rule of thumb,” that $s, cihpirinathy, | ewe li difficulty in understa: the matter. from their liberal use.. 
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foragers to the theory involved or purpose | fur if we view it as an advanced “ego” of the future prons description of root for a young’ s 
served, . we shall therefore devote a small por- | plant we shall usually find that. small seeds result | steer, under 22 montis sap whose present 
j our to a of s prin- | from dwarf forms, and larger the taller and the spectre rules easurement, is son 
ci that should guide us in a ce 
rod npn mi ia telierod that hig oth roe has been 
uces.a small ege whilst the 1 * elieve at hisother 
Eget ones; and ii a matter. settled Paja ain More need not be added to prove their value, or 
arf Varicti Bate f Peet Ge ene 
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img up a set of may | plant may be induced by a constant cultivati _ Now for their culture: he 
pe not inaptly be termed cultivative impres- | its most diminutive seeds, and there ie i aca Anpe ae ae es mo Ue eo 
i E acit J her roots, afi 
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aip t se Hes e possibly can, and thi Mowery stops 
5 it | too, as well murir pen be practicabl ga in the same furrow is 
] the progeny s: ; but if we thay t his 6. wey š 
cultivate the species, we collect the seed, and often thi point duly attend to we should n ot have to | Saree 
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here baya B J seni bad a ita Ti teden 
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5 course to where it is all OS ES mand to be 
; a i Sair aatal duction of the best, tends mere more to ny os 2 | between the rows will found 
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by size | which must not be here overlooked, namely, a df Defoe handas intha. pnk ot A S 
planting should not be f 
miee lose all its juices, sagt ana pra. vet 
may result in its contained | matmte tO It is well not to: a 
‘es; and above all it should be surrounded by| o arton, 1 gap brea ay a 
