498 THE mt hE BA ae GAZETTE. June 19, 
cit” 1868. 
triennial system is so manifestly superior to t seed has eid that of this plant 
annual that the opinion of the majority must there w was plenty y yet they om on very badly p pataa its rap id growth pe Bo in w Case, 
prevail. self we Sve ever considered it as worse than | would pete ‘tn soil to thé almost tone it 
meat, and consequently only asa diluent in the of Aig Clover a These rema total exclusion ; 
THE prevailing ewe in gp samples of Rye- na in which it om it seeds freely, an y tend to show “that we can in ii 1 r5 hoped 
grass to _— we called attention last week were | the i weighs heavy, t age bad quality is enjin Pe aeei as regards can ity draw im. 
as follow often so well recognised a induce seeding it m small samples, and that ob i minte seedy 
Mamo by which | the m out profitable wa; ne disposing of it, | field of the behaviour and qualitie: of wa e 
Botanical Name. | Trivial Name. known to the and though the morality of suc proceeding | by themselves in ixti i oeda both 
Farm: may be questioned, and that too very severely, | affording ae highly wef ah capable of 
Bromus mollis a ft Brome Grass op. yet as some people would prefer anything that is | matter the theory and instrui 
se eee lanatus. “ Rees - +| Pog. cheap there seems but little hope of preventing | of piss sg IR practis 
Já aow feared Pan] BOMerOe seed dilution. In the examples before us we have e again uest from 
oe { Fire weed. less of Plantain than is usual; we have however | readers samples of Fog and fore; ony OÈ ou 
Sherardia arvensis. Bastard Alkanet f seen samples where as much as one-eighth of the | seeds, ign Bie 
|Corn same 
four of these weeds a i 
seeds, and so prejudicial to pict sa <a “both 
by diluting it abe S — sei sew pe that 
RE oe : 
IRELAND. 
nellv’s r 
J 
The D Beon oy ool i a stead species of Grass| _ “C d and Scotland, 185 — he | tive statement of the acreage, in statute measure, 
annual in its habit and fenntritions in 18572 | epi ah principal e ga = 
q y ; it is found wild in poor districts, but if bide > am capac a to give the following compara- ji in arm oe and Scotland i in that year :— 
sown grows still larger and becom rol 
i cultivation, and the circumstance 0 an | Crave: | PETAT | 
t | Extent. Total Produce. || 
very impure sample of Rye-grass seed will | | = —— 
in itself Mo fe ow it is so common an attendant | heat 50,646 Pioa 662, oo 
pon arable cultivation Bs size sete ae as, -s as | Barley 211,288 848,783 
four times larger than the R; ybe AEE A vos | 895, me 
distinguished by bck f hain pale bei Pilg of ciliated 1 A e. Beans and Peas 3,58 44, 046 = 
having a margi ssing a Tarni oe . 
- g from ab = one-third ae aie end of Potatoes 146,647 aan a iss s19. Ca 
e as from its size it up the ; 3 
bushel, and from its gravity adds to the saith of | The comparative yield Ea acre of the DPY `: Crops in Ireland and Scotland for 1857, as deduced from the 
m sayis a2 Increased price is often given for ee en 
ich i 8, tit is paid for 
(1) in in re, ee, (2) in in bulk, (3) in being a bad Grass KP, PY. con Bitar ew ee pa MOO ; 
pon prejudice of a good one, and (4) Crops. ASUPRE : ~ 
ast i a Tease t, in leaving a weed legacy for say Ere pamaen — stir 
years to Farmers should always be careful | ay Barrels. B 
to avoid it; but while R mai is seeded oes pn of 3 sone 5.0. as | ar me 
~ ving BaP ne gaaer it cee, Oe oe = ae ; T2 To | 35.0 a0 
and as being the most pro- in barrels of 16 stones mys 7:3 6.0 37.9 31.9 
fitable way to dis of it, we cannot wonder at | ve at ao m2 
artificial hay being so frequently wanting in nutri- | Turnips (in tons) . Ties Teo ; | 
ae ties, ea “proof,” as the farmer terms | E Meenrerd i aino “ = | 
i t a sample of seed where it is present ma 
ower in price, be Seon P aw ie “The entire number of holdings from which the|to the great ae = Tee in that country, which 
it is none the cheaper for th a: leel we ch ould Donna mgm in Ireland was 594,334, and in rune a lar; ge su pring 
it dear at an pan = feeding, xtent of the farms 
S a ap y pse aAA Cin E in - Scotch statistics do not include either the acre- | for which li are Mere bein, much larger in 
ay by uce of nearly 42,000 holdin r. Hall | land than the average size oi gs in ; 
a e considered as a weed, for like the pre- | M well i ing 81.9 . 
pre- | Maxwell states that the area of the holdings which are | the former being 81.9 acres, andthe only 9.9: 
ceding it is in quality, an | i s e i 
li q Y, can only act by | omitted is about “ye acres e rented| “It is well Te that the small land ink 
eigednerd t 2" etek of oa Grass, and diluting | yearly, under 102. in 28 counties, and under . in six | generally grow Potatoes in wai Saas A 
utrim ts shoe in | counties; but tiga probablo extent of each | Tu: j 
samples of Rye-grass ae 80; y be judged the | on ‘them is not shown we nd a Sa aa beara are Mardik nd an bed ir tat is 
samples is us, 320, = . w sof this | holdings ; d he larger ae | and poultry ; ; they have but little stock, and seldom 
< ap sae seed ; it | "UO PE p, and do not grow Turnips in any quantity.” 
is true 
waiglit 5 ae vd even ced. itself; it Sheree “ Trish Rohighitio —Estimated decrease of o the Trish ‘Meas by agian from the 31st of March, 1851, 
fore exerts little in may a dil on-scene 
ple, b are x She Hstimated|Rstimated|in f crease of popula 
> with ee of the cea wA to be YEARS, Population. pir of number ‘off by excess of bi a i Ye nt ae eee 
—An poorest ita hs rish Ports. |birthsoverdeaths emigration. 
of the bana tea st Hills Slat ao en AOR | On 30th March, 1851 | 6,552,385} | 158,525 — 49,319 179,607 | e a A 
expecially upon the elites, leads us to Ty E E E E ge | oe toa 
: 2 4 of the s kind. Its m » 1994 8,180,369 se ,560 | 137,475 62, 085 140,555 year0 
= ation a ; ne so rapid that we — samen if 1856| 6,077, iosi | 132061 607090 00°781 30°79 
any ad kes plants = loped from a x ae Boars 195,080 388 60,692 95,081 ,389 
n, occupying: as saco of à i “increase by te 
nearly tesa yanda square. Of course “seeds” can ss would thus appear that during 1857 the popula- making allowance for the probable increase by the 
make but little ss amidst such a Aa Py ete reduced 34,389 persons Ke emigration, after | excess of births over — m 
this, which if constantly produced would, in the | * Te ostimated number of births and deaths has been at the rate of 1 birth to 81, and 1 death to'45 of the population. 
proportion of 240* seeds to a pint of Rye-press migration i. pcos bow psp emigration pra 1851 are given for nine months only, viz., pen Ist. April to ziet December, a 
Si pletely i aa x soil y oy wala pease April, ee but from that time hog SE are the | —— of actual returns 
r of cou: as it oat so by scions an earl imei a EEE 
ttack ent pl would prevent m z ee 
mischief; this may easily be i i orres ence. observ: olouri ee „taken 
small hoe, which mdeed might be neal DA| | 7. ion Ores i eal, atte oantaast miira oe E Tho ta 
tage in young Grass, though we ese that we dient? Teitei for by ex excretion or i exhaustion, or is [sap till it a er 7 ee ST ere has ben — 
pt mre 2 its = loom the reason being duced fallow ? An hypothesis = re rps ar Foe Grej tog and the returning ind i 
I pe erica once adva: an belie poisonous matter te 
tial part of that pe ge: or ie do not exercise any | roots of see yena which su non posed t that the | which a p as vers made to ‘take imien 
decided preference for the pleut “wide the J a different pists extracted different nutritive got rid of, It is notorious that evaporation or Py G 
supposed to buy, and the so-called s seeds” | which ly cuit ee rig This san y hy t the Leaves as sends drawn from the ail re 
ies, | ascribes a power of discrimination in plants, or rather | po sie Aten dissolved several miner 
which we cannot eredit. We h wots and in eae have beet 
to behave that fh e “ptt AE, substances, ‘These, it ty the riers eral opinion, all evente 
ca ey Wi mae pong through the qt to the leaves; at aller 
ver | fitting state f Te kps haron waaa in Lieb 
ing penta mig is w me . 19 | their upward passage ase been. We be p 
that the soil is identical 4 in cont if ever, it | satisfactory evidence that solid bodies thus held 5 
fe ke wy my ves a tm mp 
ot, and others veh a enter | tho ocean, ehh ee ee Saa er ma | 
id 
‘ » J S tions from thesea. ‘Li s “ The s ARET Gi 
low so got rid of may be a question instituted under Lavoisier’s mapas jong during the 
Apia By root is supposed by des Soudres et Saltpetres have omat vaslan P 
ten Which rerea mng binarie 
alternation of wpe, "but if ia the water, << enon ee snd nla not belege 
pro Tt is known erei wg 
ae {heso exere- | of plants in the direction of the he wind are 
5 been | crystals of salt, even at the distance of from 20 
