500 TILE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. ' [June 
before, and bears Wheat at least twice in six ye ars. Subsoiling should not be » don a 
one at a eas 
Ace ording to the latest ait onito the mos st profitable | than twoyears prior to the Flax er Top. This gives thee 
But, until th 
EENS d K EA Clover, to eat down the | draining be general, it will be perm. hig ee thorough 
eh th tem of continual feeding ie Clov er with folded aon and then to o use the e grou und plough anyin yin autumn, to the de epth u i Oats, 
system was most advantageous to the cattle, and also 
most econo’ A sc the farm 
The Chai said t that i should have 
tor or bullocks. He never fed th c the land into ridges, that ‘en eight 
esa day, and he zean bal with a slicer, if fein were f iie for cereal crops, assisted by a top-dressing of | ceive the frost a and air, and make surface draing may re. 
y be, followed by roots nourished with super- | off the rains of ero Ploug ini 
ting. t thi th ane ery ee comeinaidofgood|or four inches deep, so as to 
allscks to a ‘sod before pris i ‘thee y have had | methods of c r. Thomas has eight or nine | surface for the roots of the Flax. The spring Winter 
their fill. On his farm he fed his cattle in yards and | of How: ede 3 iron arma moth light and heavy—iron | sho given some time before 
not in fields, for the reason that he had a certain KATONA. to match the pagak : ee ta stir the | allow any seeds of we in ¢ 
nt of straw which he wanted to turninto manure. | earth, a bber to gather , half a : doz Fehen $ vegetate, and the harrowing in a ho Flax 
cin; ma d hon se- e deal o 
agai 
ain barn | whi 
with the opinions ordham that Boag } e have iready eibhe, hish mariana anglewise. 
arose to the cattle oe tie pulping system, altho oa dresses, and divides the corn according to its quality, di rene —The seed best adapted for the 
he admitted Pagina was a stranger to iy ving never felt | and raises t Riga, a piicagh Dutch has been uel Dae 
it n ss his present sy: granary, b dide a Bean-split a series of years, with pata 
Mr. Fo: n brie al ok e pas the arguments | a cake- crusher, and cima k: pakar ani corn or mp success, penny on ptak clays. American does 
hipsi oaet a uced “ghey the discussion. He had | With machinery no large barn is required in g y , as it is apt to producea 
found that the jority o brs e speakers were in favour bei climate ; the corn can remain in the es be branchy stem. If used, it should be on d Ta 
of the » pulping o "mincing to although there Was | required for market. About 2 and soils. In buying seed, select it plump, shining, 
some little differe: s to the mode ys under an aged chief are oomatantly employed heavy, and of the best brands, from a 
pa Thomas w ished to ask if it was proper yia give ‘No Jand is her e lost by u unnecessary fence ; no food mer rchant. Si ft it clear a na the seeds of weeds, which 
to pigs i r fi i trouble, when 
Mr. i aa daid that giving ecg too much salt by wee eeds; no time or labour is thrown a away. One growing. This vt be y ie fanners, aie i 
art e — ut still in summer it pre- | prepares the avay for pain mi ge wheeled plough, wire sieve, 12 bars to the inch. Home-saved 
under the charge of a boy, fi ollo ows quick as produced such p n an % ie that it is 
; hould o aiy oa 
Mr. R moved a vote of thanks to Mr. | the footsteps o of the Bore 
Fordham for for his admirable paper. to ee of form by RLE only t the 
Mr. Tyler seconded the motion, which was carried | ewe-lambs, and hirin iring or buying the best aa quantity i Flax crop of t thay following season mont 
ore h aving been acknow- | rams, The profit of keeping first-class stock was |The thinner portion of the crop, or what grows 
ledged, M oved, and Mr. Thomas seconded, | proved at the Christmas weke of 1856, when 25 pure | or cross ridges, would be the best for this pei, 
a cordial vote of "thanks to the Cha.irman, and the pro- | Down shearlings, of 20 months old, MR were zod when Flax grows thin, it produces much seed, The 
ecedings terminated. | by auction at 33% <i a ap an average of 4l. 8s. , | plan, besides the saving effected in the price of foreign 
being nearly ore ce hagas weight. The roa sowing seed, would effectually secure the farmer from 
produce, TE eat, is the result of a/ any danger of loss from fraudulently made-up seed. It 
system the very peti oe that practic by the Bel- | will be best, in most cases, to use the which is 
| gian peasant proprietor, or French metayer, whose main | saved from "this, in the following year, for feeding, 
adr e E kka i a gues ct is to feed his Ronda aad aoe eN ossible | or to sell it for the oil mills, although it often pro. 
rig H shat en sash in cas r laying sut n manure, or | duces good crops. The proportion of seed may be 
Pilo food for AE manure, N: notion ever stated at 3} imperial ae ky) the Irish or plan. 
Se whi ci ins “een oe keen a rable crosses the minds ing those p aa Snia hard- livi ving | tation acre, and in proportio he 
locally called I which Bo Aan wae d faii rabbit. | Peasants, and the diminution in the means of Cunningham, an the Engish a or statute acre, it i 
warrens to corn-fields by the Norfolk system. 'This|€2ce im consequence is almost past calculation. He| better to sow $36 thick than too thin, as, with thick 
intelligent cultivator a nis an since to | WPO puts most into the land, api poe most out of it, is | sowing, the stem grows tall pt ateit with only one 
the Central Club ha apek h es stat ted, with the | the true farmer. The bad cultivato or gives little, and | or two seed bolls at the top, and the fibre is 
assent of his tenant audience; that y high receives accordingly. Mr Sidney. in n the Quarterly | greatly Ramen. d n nen ess and length, to that pro- 
farming it only possible =y a t = inferi 
reduce the fertility. Mt the soil T n ae nches gr but a very inferior 
growth of fa Mesh or ae joking, cies Bebicws, quality of fibre. The ground being pulverised and well 
after Wheat, and haia o, ‘ts ‘te once fatal system o Si aaan mn a aow- Vf if Le = cake to tan 
idge 
e said that, under the Journal sd the Bath and West West of En, Wee and Agricultural | feet broad, in order to give an equal supply of seed 
A 3 
Farm Memoranda. 
, DIDLINGTON Parx.—Our mana Repent farms 
tenants, mnt ey in par 
Review. duced fi wn Flax, which grows coarse, and 
to esent volume i 
nee - Y | agricultural information in a very reada Je orm. | wi i ly spread, and avoids 
heep, wh ae my of a: corn t on Near] all of it is contributed by Ta of the west M eai ae a the Meath of the harrow. 
Ms ye nekad renderin. picts. oe ciate fox ava country, and a good deal is either on west country sub- | Finish with the roller, which will ag: me seed covered 
he straw valueless ws fodder, while the young Clover Eaa e pis est of ee pe on of such topics | about an inch—the proper depth. ridges should 
as stifled and killed by the lodgment of the Barley on i teres : 
erop? Thus, while Homes agriculturists, with all their | 
oniko” na were en yA = pester s “th 
2e3S2e°¢ 
o 
[vance an exhaust e, after ages of cro | 5 be 
ia arid Ki te he point of sg oerabndant fert ret i! peally pier y per a a subject Do abl E won havo eon seeds ne with the Flax is not dvised, v when njise rete 
—an d, not by an; ed rule, conveniently 
permitting: the diligent and intelligent, tena teat nie er 4 | tare =e “ee and itte vith speck Miser SS ee the we ends of the Flax; b ee may be $ sown, m 
n ti aker we have | soils of the west. The arp pe — ots is way the | may ste 
ser Se = e 
won, Cane the mi neat fone ee iy fitting address of the soci $ ut it has | and cleaned, and one. act cat liquid manure. 4 
thousan nds | a a very high ree a of its aiat- local | stolen crop of Rape or etches, 0 s 
At Lidlington, where there i is strong clay to deal: with, since i es ies Se eee n Brg or, ee "Globe heritage Ps tigen 
e Flax is pulled. Rolling the groune av when 
to 
and mo 
nal of the nation al'Soviet xs ‘night copy with advan PES j ing taken not to 
eiea age re eh food ‘to Keep ive" O | One of a antics in this section, entitled rantage, ig is ery avin Me uae ties earth adheres 
and 1000 sheep sold fat, b Pag abou <n You ung F Mr. Robert Smith, is remarkable rll. chemical 
flock 400 Downs, the T R w a Shey a e for the wealth o £ useful suggestion, eon evidently | « yy, e for Flax Crop.—. does 
sheep the Ii ae tar apne yk red b | of experi ience, which ‘it contains. We sha Il from time aneri have shown’ gdt the e re re 
ertain hough 
large a proportion as several other commonly culti: 
t of our ae 
—— so : 
are tted for vated aoe T he soil all the 
market, the Turnips arè drawn, topped, tailed, and pa l pes ty for the ae, of the ya o which the plant requires, with the oen turned by 
rtable machine. ‘Thus | Flas i Ireland, de. Belfast : Daily y Mercury Office abstracted m ERD 
otini aa aT | Fhia tia rao of per- | fed neon it, or an equivalent, if the 
as any roller, the li ml compres | manent value besides is. history, ofthe Societys |fe upon tor an, equivalent Pao fertility as babs 
prepare soil which would’ scarcely fe eed aan o api a Mee AA ool The following para- following com d. has been by Prose 
rabbits for lux prasa . The cattl isti He ease thes gals a manure, which may be sown $ 
of tw ‘year-old De i Dev ns Her e ‘Sar coe instructions on the growth and cultivation of this i dex poe to the last harrowing before sowing the 
three-year-o oy lesea ‘runts, purchased at Preparation of the Soil.—One of thi ts "I lax Triak 
f ing 40 the pac phe risen AR e poin ih PEE FIAD a gs. 0h 
rs accord sain ty e inferi mk in greatest ae dy the culture of „Flax i s by E eiei 30 Ibs cost about a8 
3 6 
40 
Muria‘ 
winter, then into the 7 ET Be Paha lend rq % g ee of sodium cdr salt 28 Ibs.) » 
Swedes, Mangels, pers cake, npare or Barley meal, | and cleanes sete This w sop at : ape) Bone dt dust, 54 Ibs. 5 
tha allowed an unlimited supply of clean water. "When | to penetrate, ke oem fi the rts Sulphate of magnesia (ipsom salts), 56103. s _4 
the spring comes round thas ai Emenee ida h penet which they will often do to'a d depth equal a 
and sent market ox fab ey become ripe, lo be sufficien to cleaning t 
ving left behind them a store of manure, which is the | light, fri fiable le ran my al re ae hk better ; and, en it a the ol arctan mete, but if there be any 
which ils, three ely after harv. m rom 
on saree iro a ee tn Sof Apel cae a À I1-fours. This ae ti 
s Of Blackthorn, dividing the fields into | will, of course, depend on the aata pos April, Much | their kn neos creep along on all jit done 
Dor eel Under the old system 200 | knowledge and experience peras kani. “ saloon be « romemetrmnailenens a 
sture ; now under the rotation system | should be so drained and sub-soi i * The of seed averages about 12 ast) would #0 
four times as much live-stock as lin flats, which will give more ler igh ine nel Dolte about A aia 4 te seed saved off one 
x Ay ou! ve. 
