OcroneR 16, mal 
THE AGRICULTURAL edhe aed 
hich is considered favo his grain, issown; more likely to sport. The Wheats which arise from 
m andy land, p is “deemed ert madly to the | artificial fecundation do not transmit their yet ete rd preen 
Tad and the prod is again upon. while a natural sport has seldo 1857 
E course of three youre s the ne a wili have acquired been found to sri at in any way. Sports ar pi 
be impressions of clay, ol, and again of c to be inferior, and someti superior to} Potatoes .. a sanety 
sach in the same if no onan mp s€ pia the original race. But a variety may safely be | Turnips  .. -i "850,047 
ne soil to anothe ever taken place the ded as pma forerunner o a better one, and there Hopia ang 
zmer who follows ats ane of Wheat ean is} is no way so of i wat ke the Wheat plant as oitua h E seer 
not much w n the person who imagined wA papig g sports no — which she may be | Carrots, Parsnips, & 
pork, ae a yo r mixture of fat and invite man other greenerops} 21,602 
yun, by alternately feeding his pig preg y . peri e ee Wheat “thronghont the rave = Vetches and 34,740 
arving it the next. But in some localities, and | numerous, but consi ering how long and how tal is 1,604,676 | 
i A especially in wet seasons, y found ne “hie — vas been ew pore mas rar a ai Lesere ea 
| dither not to be poss of vitality, or to produce a very frequently, a- — few farmers hd t 
reared plant, and in such cases e of | hi have Mannie sport to originate in their own crops. | y, shies ee saps see pa mi 
i . may meadow 
fe gmin which possess greater vital energy, but |and the parent race, inde the appearanee of the we hen Seta 
= for the sake of cha lants whe be dissimilar, and it 67,908 
change seed merely for the e ange is an|p hen growing may be very ¢ the nana pit on gra san eae ar 
Agricultural soc ties, in giving premiums for seed} 
Wheat, do not sate a se — 
dexription of soi 
mpetitors. Bu 
of a particular | 
mpose ‘restrictions 
mi prey of the pr 
characteristics, without differing much in the form and 
“peed of their — But aa = oe “iy of judging | 
hi of s g without repeatedly rep 
ays re pre and the 
| Total Saas ie asit lh daa lla 23, 25,375 
TOTAL EXTENT, IN STATUTE ACRES, 0 
Crors, 
P CEREAL AND GRIEN 
FROM 1855 TO 1858 Sesser: 
ones ioe be € be found mingled 
best variety. 
fader 
valuable 
with cows When a i sport h has been selected | 
aa eae 4 
for 
k 
all attempts to im 
seed of any variety, 
ut no | Sow! 
= merits, which will seldom ‘be fully brought 
d—the thin |a 
coarse appearan ce tothegrain. In raisi now varieti 
it is judicious to avoid gardens and all 
2 te w bps depredation of fowls, and if, Tess, 
| selec 
—— 
855 hr 
e 
taal 
Wheat, 
Oats. |now| $8 Potatoes. 
aag 
CTO. | Acres, 
22,817 
19,891 
21,374 
16, 489 
21 18,8 858 
2,037,487 
1,980,934 
K 976, 929 
Acres. 
226,620 
182,796 
211,288 
190, 721 | 
Taste 
Carrots, Vetch | 
Ter and 
pe: | Rapes 
Cab- 
E | ge. Flax. 
and Di 
the spot 
ee iia ada Whea 
urity against | game and other an ile ies 
Tho Secun: 
— of the florets taking place in the bud, and +n 
go the cee of the chaff valves ae bp Anes 
ames 
asol SBEAN 22, 201] 27,968 
1897 350,047 31,629 80,011, 
858] 887,877 8,107) 28,41 
ted that 
y arrar ma 3 ve ore of ‘Wheat at 
» but there is 
oer eg 
of. Wheat 
Qh 
J 
ainai improve pa ienai he produce 
d — of oe by selecting and cealirating 
The history of € sary — of the 
em 
paine be lim 
ties of Wheat, new a British egitodinare; may 
pasan —In 
ie- ss ‘3 me — get 
be 
Y 
EXPERIMENTS WITH BRITISH ECONOMICAL 
MANUR 
[The following Koi appears in the North British 
to | Agriculturist 1st eek, | 
= hora Howe Harpe. d karr rt ‘Oct. woh ed 
Poe Fn Hook 
uestions asked i n n your cir- | 
reference mrga 
ure'tried here, the ‘allowing i is my ë 
“Sir,— n rapip 
arise. 
Countries, The late Mr. Loudon, of Bays- 
Mebtowed on er wri ter of these remarks 
‘ron of all the: agricultural seeds which | he ny ed 
the 
orl d, 
E oan mas ato afforded of f tening t the 
many foreign Whents. 
Fere uncongenial to the soil mane climate of East Loth 
few ere ana to be deserving of extensi 
properties 
ibn 
4 
FF 
ost all of the varieties 
fan, | 1 
d | Man e spaces 
er tha, og a aiie 
s ag — 
. On 2aeres of old Grassin meadow, m off 
| Acres. 
29,406 ‘or075 
29,183} 106,811 
34,740] 97,721 
50 184,441] 91,6551 7 
ye 
$3,507 ar 042 
20,784 
HY a 
= siamo 
1'S00 003 
1, 424, 578 
Toran NUMBER or Som STOOK 1 IN Bach YEAR FROM l! 
1858, THOLUSIVE. 
Increase in 
1855 
857 
peni easured 
in he, middle of my ~a acre ye yyri m agira and 
e prrs the rate of re, no 
roduced without any ie sed quite as 
Nd ‘the British Econ 
small fields un 
der the same crops at 
ass a 
manuro was x 3 
wae field of old 
atu per dang at eel: drained in 1857, enn at ih owt. 
numbers from 1855 to 1858) 
1856 <. 
1857 .. 
1858 .. 
| Increase ordecreage in er mgit 
1855 to 1858 .. 
Toran VALDE OF 
cu 
1855 .. 
1856 .. 
1857 
Commissioners Sa 184 
6l. 108. ; sheep, 
No one oa tell he crops, W 
we Ab ‘On $ ars be Si thelen By 3 Rr 
ater a field 0 3 
2 drills d manured with 
“aot iat beard. 
AE 
EI 
The 
y' 
20 without any sort of manure, « 
w= field ith the British Economical M The re- 
It of this trial penu my entire satisfaction 
ene rm e in this 
t was, and is 
it ‘sown 
aan yea) š Timed that autumn on the stubble 
in 1957, and Turnips again this 
escri 
“The manure was mixed 
“Directions for Use’—I-am, yours re 
with 
a 
UTHERFORD,” 
TRISH AGRICULTURAL ro 
Ture annual apn of the land under crops 
[i 
P 
Sg 
many of the seeds seemed t: 
ann fh hal 
the year 
same period, 4 
extent o 
the were heie 7 eee Be 
are of no little interest. Pa Pee 
E 
AAA 
Hi 
gE 
Oats 
man, Bar! 
ps 
the higher the state of 
placed, they are the 
876 
F7s6.598 | 2,748,401. s 
a 427 
= ae 748,401 : 
38,427 acres. 
A 158 ~ y 
the 2 
our correspondent “J. 
tion o o that i interesting and important qo 
ein mode cola which Ipe es derive sag gone 
with ashes as directed in the | 
in and niece ogg 
which ‘season the Paper by mo, To oly sponk 
recollection. ean vee 
and aise thet dioii va 
‘Increase or decrease 
short time since 
vasible ~ 
exudation, t be 
and pcre adh into the structure of 
‘this macilaginous perspiration mf 
to the animal saliva and 
Taal y state bland and ‘onion, 
‘acid nor alkaline, unless subjected 
