10, 1838. J 
THE AGRICULTURAL i at ach th 
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ya ct of success, the probability 
oe greatly incre ased asien li ber al 
and though they have been treated in the same manner, | 
the plants have been greatly improv ved. Mr. Cooper has | 
Ath + 
Pot 
but most clay soils are rich in alkaline rye sf from 
"el of cur 
he same results 
an take up soluble silica 
much more readily than ren a 
„The la arge ppo n of phosphonic acid in Couch ash 
* o be spec 
ci ally noticed. United nee 
f bi 
years. rm the 
tof aiw ah cng nienti s on the crop or | at attributes the failures ‘of ae: people to shape planting | 
be fone n tly limed than on land fuse, est and best 
pi tat have been el bet br papidly into Mr. Cooper is se careful to sow the aan 
for. y of the operation, that varjes so | which he raises his rien at a con: cians di stance from | | 
As to the. Sie to give Tii that v ould any others. 4 Thus, w n his Radisl use, he | 
r ade u the pr wh ich jes most approves, and plants them | 
The cost is mac 
O per cent. of bone earth 
ch ash, a ser ANETE which throws some lig hta hi 
y Glouces te rshire farmers with 
by whom I 
lime 
Cou 
the experience of ma 
and 
lie te the same manner „he treats all other plants, 
use. 
swith that of coal A labour fi 
oe ey of carriage which depends u upon | 
m the kiln gee of the subsequent 
cage or scattering Ce 
to their nature. 
mall 
a friend sent him of a sma 
ey whi ch 
1772 
nd of Indian Corn, not larger ae haem 
o 10 ear 
am tl that Ta ie the land is aa better will be 
the crop of Turnips, ang wn without a 
esd ARSi jaral and burned. I renindber 
d 
wa aA once over a ve ry foul pie 
about fie id S s SNEEN 
t the land. The |produced fro on a stalk. They were | Cou by the remark of my 
ee g es fa eo y say 300 Tia small, and pion h: few of them} agrienitural friend who a me: “ What fine 
"ae to 57. per ial acri . There ripened before the frost. Some of the largest | healthy Couch, Sir, and will give me next year, I don’t 
oo k pointe — arliest of these saved, and planti docti a splendid crop of roots, although I do not mean 
eet Sait place x i etween rows a larger and earlie put a single load of manure on this land.” Con- 
sti that 1 bushel of lime will wal kind, the produce of them was much i improv red. He | sidering the large amount of Coue h wo is some etimes 
wt 700 ‘cat Jon ells from the kiln will bi g hat the first ipe | table remains, -e phosphoric acid, a very con- 
f a owder aRar al slakin siderable ae of bone erine t be given 
two or three col doen tendency of lime me | and quan per was er aarts to any that he nt ever | the Turnip er pe op in Co uch as : p ree 
ich i lied, a tendency which | lanted before. New Farmer’s Calendar, 1802. tained that a ti a larger cel ae of bone-eart! 
j “a va st einen mak a a low psec d| 2 brought within reach of the ‘Turnip plan in the r red 
A Ehi arino top soil. astly, I have not ASHES OF WEEDS. pe sigs meee ag SA then is ontained, 
nti f Mf lying lime, eavy essing 0 me-dust. oelcker in the 
oo otha most oo: os e E 44 be Eoy era. es oe of the ashes left on isang |. ian of the English Agricultural Society. 
ad- 
gilly to to clay so viz., 
ay soils bare falows 
THE general 
Meadow: matters, freed as much as possible from 
yawe I sm ar that placo oilala correspon ditvi heri ring arth, may be illustrated by two analyses, made Tom e Co orrespon ndence. 
viz. and the spring time re Vise ts Mangel —Obs Paper of th 
ai kaaet an ge erving in your Paper e 
the rey propere ata llow. crop, baa boen already very mi ae tb er e Bb trot glee dh Ne ie 29th N ats in an h utide on the cultivation of Mange el 
— Cotswold Hills, namely, the Seni Thistle Wiri, the fo ollowing remark—“ O 
(Ca iäti acaulis), an a Cou The firs when | Construction of th ricarp in which the true seeds are 
ga its T aoti ; A p rg ry sub- contained, no sowing machine tae hitherto been gene- 
IMPROVEMENT OF CR Rice and 74 to 75 per cent. of water, and left on | lly empio however, an ee ee 
available, Peyang , but i 
OPS. 
foww imperfect seed is a practice nearly allied to | 
madness or folly 5 a folly of whi ch our wives are never 
pee ove e pa ing at ai 
a e the eggs 
er their os. ond. seed: 
burni ing 9. 66 fe ‘cent ofa sh. 
. 844,74 + tial 1 
the absence of such, 4 is obvious the culti- 
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furnished in 100 par 
er mage of the Ash nis the he Stemless Thistle Caga yore oe 
&e. 
vation of an in anne extended breadth of Man anal 
Ww 
More SEE e wed, aes thing ‘Seb Chis ride of sodium .. ae) a pel og Be efficient A simple ieee for sowin 
id Lime R 41.44 t, 
Coalities aaa ito paes si 440 Mangel Wurzel se er 0) ti wea tpl piers 
e either i in peat, quantity, oe ee cue ro Pi osp sph es eit alumina « m t Ea tno Wood witl ith grent m ik any requir ir 
u 2,92 acre or distance 2 s; and ar pai z 
sown; much of it, Sol oblo eilien arid sand 3,50 quantity pera or woman can with ease 4 ac ’ 
will a Te agp “3 gn Carbonic acid, and loss 2 more per day, at an expen Sire Before ST 
Eri shies ott oi it invented and made this little machine I was subject 
i d 1 e careless irregular 
ould certainly not sow black, o Lime it will be seen is the principal a of to much vexation an y. gu 
E ny srik I think I —— : This may e i à pr iea ea read Spe) was of often drop ped by the 
er heavy black Wheat for seed, to th , | delights to grow on the calcareous ormati ou- 
on y „Smutty ae ie cestershire. In addition to lime, this ade. ee a | of the Logie any paT order for 10 or 20 of those 
eighty o 
eth t we of the crop, and its 
bya E "vegetable gluten which 
arises 8 fro 
very large proportion of salts of potash, and besides | 
m | Sulphuric acid, soluble | silica, and bia 
of 
othon pe E are 
Bla 
machin! 51. each could b quickly acne in time 
Gr 
if gijon at once. John Grant, 
on. 
ft the kernel, whence, from its maturity a 
= ce, the infection may be no mor 
axiom in cattle-breeding, that “like 
so successfully may: 
RE acid which is by means aia a 
n | This acid is evidently sin chiefly with lime as 
phosphate of lime. 
Tn, preparing the ash of Couch, it was found extremely | 
; notwithstanding all 
2 
— ereation ; 
Yani t's 
ai k da. upon in the vegeta ble 
aes Sex eames idris in 
t forward ana 
it is an old 
that 
aie seth 
as likely as a luxuriant plant 
e in sowing such, 
atthy and "ian plint: 
xpense thrown away of having seed 
over carefully by hand. 
' Opinions and practice of Mr. Joseph Cooper, a 
and ph hilosophical American cultivator, Appa 
decisive on oe interesting subject. 
cient prej judic ice y a neces 
1l planted them on 
e of his produce is greatly 
other person who’ supplies the 
h +31) >. tat, e im prove- 
TAY knowing it, is the very same 
pted by Mr. Bakewell, in England, 
m ti 
led to his present practice, which he 
40 years ago, by ia that vege- 
= subject to change, with 
ice of coming io. maturity and tht 
it the best aa never failed to 
i ong a great number of 
entions the following :— 
eeds of the 
Fet 
the Flitet eet Wrest; if plump and red 
dhering fine soil from the Couch 
incomplete, as w al be seen by a glance at the sub- 
Satie analys 
Cou oh on boring po d an ash, coloured slightly 
xide » derived no do ubt chiefly | from 
Drainage. at present engaged in the 
Apindo of a tract of land prei reclaimed from the 
Eo land as to my m pate ot proceeding “The roused 
land is hintly love vel, and t 
main drains to es: exce 
land which when wet i 
summer it is mi e aver is 
made, _ We hav e tw o aifcaties to contend w 
the drains; and seco: vii ie 
il Mr. Kensington, now 
SOW 
ee assistant to fo Sad ay ha of Glas 
Composition of the Ash of Couch. 
otas oe Be ee ms i 10.02 
Soda oh ba 5.69 
re of sodium 3.34 
Lim eis 5.58 
Magni 5 -04 
Oxides. of i iron and alvimina 12.40 
Phosphoric acid á 9.38 
Sulphuric acii 5.3: 
Soluble silica 24.92 
Insoluble silici y d) 17.50 
Carbonic acid, and loss n 5.8 
These te alaa probably are united in this hen 
ash as follow: 
Carbonate rot fe potask . -- 14.10 
Potash in a state of silicate” s. 27 
Soda in a state of silicate .. o. 5.69 
Chloride of sodi ee i 3.34 
Oxides of iron a alum 12.40 
united with phosphorio ead 9.38 
te aal to pee rth é (20.32) 
és, 9.06 
Catena ot of lim 3 3.3 
Magnesia in a tatë of silicate ‘ 
Soluble silica . 24.92 
Insoluble silicious matter (sand) ` 17.50 
h of Couch, it will be observed, differs i in wp, 
tk om jo of the stemless ae fc latter 
bl 
canker which forms i in them. The hes by which I aii 
as follows :—The whole fall 
from floodgate having “been brought up 
e ti the embankment, 
at right angles to it, which „serve as Virions for the 
pein nanan tt rains 
both en 
p in an raat 
v8 are e laid as level as rod 
to seo any sand and aaite which may 
late in nf $ d am using 2-inch pipe tiles with 
collars 4 inches in length. They are embedded in 
Moss chopped fine and well on ed do o act 
filter to prevent the a in. If any of your 
readers can give me any infor ain ae Aa be of 
service I shall feel! greatly i sate — GD 
erhaps some of our corr pen + ATS 
North Wales, may be able to oe their experience, | 
Sorictics. 
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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. ss 
Montuty COUNCIL, Paa? 7. — Colonel Challoner, 
Chair. eigl were 
rustee, in the 
gg 
—Mr. 
Raymond Barker, Chairman of 5 
Fin RNT ay ORN presented the ‘nye 2 
the accounts - * the Society, from which it appeared 
that the curre cash-balance in the hands of the 
The 
espects fr 
Sutasi but silica, whilst 
FA antec! of ouch, 
and potash i 
hi 
having a coll m soils 
cter. This 
of a sim 
as ees ‘consistent with our present mem 
sk-SHOEING.—Mr. Chairman of the 
, of “Hor T ee 
Journal Committee, reported thi aE PUER Sorina cheap 
article in the Tast Journal 
Ho: 
Exi ( hic 
of purchasing copies (at the 
er Square) at the rate of 
dozen. 
h soluble set ‘for its 
rented i in the same place 
TE lt 
ii what they were then. 
e had from New York in 1758, | 
oi 
| EDITORSHIP or JOURNAL.— —Mr. Jonas had leave 
to 
“on the best course parae eo 
well as in calcareous and clay soils. The |t 
wo ef AT A soils often, “it is true, #2 not con- 
| tuin any silica in the shape of sand capable of being 
the future edi torship of the Journal,” till the 
Monthly 
Lavan 
Council. 
RES. — Colonel Challoner, at the previous 
