arm 17, 1858.] 
seed should T 
Turnip- land, 
t 
oa el how enormous would be the Gin. anomie honera 
Ti nm anure in that part of the et £ 
hat a pemnietar re adap cae iene ity 0! 
ae w vas the bes nure that could be 
that every practical farmer present 
as a Lieis rule, guano was much 
ich were de t in organic ei 
n that pama or w 
thought t 
PrE that, 
soi table i 
AT ils na 
J; 
e given ES 
no mopped ey f plants t = stand till the 
spring. The utmost exertions o h nd: 
ad 
o 
if w appe 
Supposed t that they were of 
nth the sowing 
y drilling. In 
h 
he resu 
to depos: 
hi meen ee sdei in getting pont aie 
however, was mixed with mould, or wood and peat 
- H believed that, sa a general rule, the best yer F 
i no for roots was to sow it t broadcast, and to har 
theri 
t | latter 
"lime, was the best plan "that could be 
could be no doubt that, for Mangel Wurzel, 
Saree geen though, in tha t 
a wt A il per acre. 
m of some 
0] 
mhosphate of 
here co! 
d'the sul 
to the ey of ma drills the lateral roo 
misty ount of nourishment. It could h: 
use of guano for parece 
best manuro that ie x 
was the Tos ‘orm te ‘whieh 
t prices, guan 
i be ned.. With regard to 
aa hiry soluble superphosphate would do better than tilled a 
manure. rte It is 
oy ee wick Shona] S 
bject ‘of making all the 
eed y Do Pai apt! eae 
This April Fiha n the ose 
shall therefore take this 
Farm Memoranda. 
l OLMES’S FARM NEAR SPEKE, LIVER — 
} Tis frm 109 acres, in the om tad crops :— eaten 
1) aeres; meadow ant Ao mown, a ac ve Bibi: 
"ler roots, 14 acres 9 neres:s ; Barley, 1 
‘Beans, 2 acres ; Peale 8 acres; Turnips, í e, 
2 acres; ss garden, homestead, &c., 
wns. Total, 109 ac 
“ion, Potatoes d Turnips ; 2d, Wheat ; 
Oats; 4th, Clover and seeds for several 
es; 
2 
e price, and, fi or fattin, 
“Tt is, farther, the best of al 
sowing Grass seeds ‘with, ya them 
Easy or Sea, without rob in; 
farmer depe: in 
horses, 12 aiy cows, 4 stirks, 
Total, 36. 
po 
at t ginning 
ril. “To have these a 
it isa A D ol 
per 
ya and 150 
me ail Phan si See 
S land.” ‘Draind me the las 
= 
‘or sowin; 
the several’ 
eads. of ‘the ut utility oi of we sE which ee induce a 
oa farmer to enter r froeg pa. She culture, The soil to 
chosen, 
which! mi 
e, to which ie ri a bos applied 
he farm 
a omy fed on the land, 
to these wide intervals are numerous, If kept clean hoeg, the 
THE SAAE UTU FA ee 
useless expense. 
f 
t 
a cern 
The i ce of a general system of soili never be 
impressed too frequently. The repetition and influence of 
th efit pervad ery crop on the = . Inasmuch as 
dung is important, this praetice is so, ing, without it, is 
made during half oe year; with it, through the whole, and h 
only who knows the immense © uence g dung, 
can duly appre zkiak the necessity of soiling, 2. e soils that 
suit Lucern are all those that are at and rich. If 
they ane these two criteria, ther re i r but they will 
produce large crops of Lucern. A friable deep sandy loam on 
a chal or a dry marly bottom is excellent for it. Deep 
trid sands, warp on a dry basis, go page I n chalk, 
ry marl vel, alldo well; and, i Te that 
are good enough for Wheat, and dry’ enou ps to be 
fed on the land, do wellfor Lucem. If eal > fertility, 
this circumstance may be compensated by but I 
never yet met with any land too rich for je "Ss, The 
re A 
D 
323 
Lucern licks up so much dirt, being 
rain, &c., that it is unw holerome, 
these spaces, that it mu: Pe 
beaten to the earth by 
ead the plants ee so into 
Beania which is 
S 
g 
nine-inch Bar] 
Barley at a foot; per! “2h nthe latter Fre bos method, as there 
a ess probability of the crop bs ing aid, to the damage of the 
cern. The be 
e richness S thel m one bushel toa 
3; or, 
painoin 
2s. 6d. to 
perform all ex expe msive ; necessary to 
ws iti in a jisdicheate manner, so that it may be done to the 
est advantage. Just before planting, the land is to be 
ploughed from from her nding. yh a hey last earth. This earth 
urn in the 
p 
expen: Upo: 
Ar feet, it se for 4s. an acre, 
al rats 
the are ~~ = ne ig 
teat 
case less than 20, 
directly, cov raring up the 
hey apo then be left roa 101 12, 0 or cne 
state 
rype the: 
ming T 
pee 4 thei © influence of the atm 
fe from rain. 
the crowns su 
reduced too much. The Northumberla 
toa roller eight feet long for four 
oe men feet oso mda € 
d on 
g on constantly, four pieces 
a 
the prt agg 
the 
So goin; 
kitchen jack-chain, about two feet long, rooney pe 
to be ee er, pd in the centre, will cover t 
ever 
ie other 
esi ree h, ie ing on or weighti 
halt an in Aoh deep it is is sufieiont. As soon as the plants 
distinctly above ground, if of soot be e drilled 
to the amount of 10 or 12 Gash. 
against the fly. One 
pein 
n- | and last the sl ora agement 
frees from ds ter any + gro ge ee 
time iches. Upon land previo 
of these may do well enough; but lat nota pordeg qt 
oe upon that b; ne ig a kiret * oe frost continued -= the 13th, y a 
may be, is not uite clean. n regard begs: thaw set in, 
mode of sowing, the success by far that has been | q AS Throughout the succeeding fortnight we were very 
pment Se broad-cast method, which is nearly universal al On the 23d we commenced the sowing of Oats, and on 
among the Lucern farm ven among mi ho admire | the Sree we had some 32 acres satisfactorily harrowed 
and practise the drill husi in many other articles, But | in, planting a few acres of Pi Last week very 
as mostly (not all) depend on severe wing for | little was done outside. Tuesday was wet throughout, and on 
kee their crops clean, which isa troublesome and expensive Wednesday we had a s fall of snow, and ever since 
operation, I shall venture to recommend drilling, but very | the ground has had a respectable covering of it. To-day 
different drilling from that which ta? ase 1 almost universally | although still eee the ae disappearin d so soon as the 
practised, viz. at of 18 inches or ate feet. Objections one eae ee igh the gro will be far from-dry, thie 
p! 
be again at work. Part of the land for Barley still 
