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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Jawvanv 24, 1863, 
most — T ned of which, if I had space, I 
could give s exàm mples. 
put to prc trembles lest thorough | 
equally well known that these large-leaved crops 
derive considerable, if поб the greater Maii cen п 
their increase, from the atmosphere, t thou e 
draining, ad tillage, ка rational seeding should 
reduce farmers uds * bone and s SI "- lude, 
reducing the prices of their Se E but here, 
again, n he ЫЫ! exercise his thin kin ng eg he 
would find that his fi such is 
the low state of British Киш ng, t e pr ices of corn 
and meat, &c., are regulated by n урани of them 
from foreign nations, and not from the products of our 
own coun try. Does he 
mil 
chase Wheat of foreigners to ma 
n, and that no 
in as уеб "andotérmined. 
m- 
We М „that five-sixths of t 
our 
desi Sog has an 
moting the growth of our cereals, а 
евро! write: 
ich black vegetable |1 
aëration, i is complet ely 
erring 
свей minerals, he 
uste d." че Jt is is 
ave e acquired i is soon exha urely 
My a servation and 
MO that in pr opo ortion as und. AE 
rated, or, in other е exposed to Ыр 
ds qe 
s he seems to wr lest 
glut the nie epe they will, a is mora 
ultimately send very m ad. ugs poer meat to th 
bes now чй чы way thither y the 
t the evil i 
cept by v ау з sio 
though a fearful тыына yon over their [ess wi Е 
рго 
t thin-seeders should tiven 
ain, 
r 
ийелеу is the facility of its tillage, and its produc 
To what other end do w 
ell notorious among 
пн that lands so carefully tilled and aérated, 
under the ordinary : rotation of crops, and t the returns in| 
#: 
adds, 
ération the sm iuro quantity of vegetable. mould of 
аа h 
eed in their calling in their own way, and will n 
** Bone and Skin, — quet twin. 
Whose heads аг nothing in,” 
mpetent stock, do not in fact deteriorate, but 
aid pis * artificial 
the rig m 
5 We 
с гөйү» 
improve in а without the 
manures,” as they ar called. You have 
so much to 
Il rs: dw soils, i a dn 
gun 
Зер 
а а suspic 
ite so mu ch passive acanta. E of the 
erc ede we are а eve, and 
that, after all, here is no orar э so Ч а. ve 
lone 
8 а gents 
r crops—that 
that most Pus dum. one PT an be dad yes, Awful, | 
at sis ето of 
еу a кырат їп a nl cases, beneath the | n. 
he plough, i in'an insoluble 
pherie шй 
sarto lere stirred by * 
sta te of e exposure > to atmos чш 
€— famino tor then all е ships of the Britis n 
all t f in 
її 
m: ply |t 
gland with necessary foo eep the 
ke 
population from none by наре and disease, and 
their accompanying evils. 
from ‚ ав she all the world for 
food. p and infatuated Ae man must de ith | 
hi folly who believes she can; she must hav 
An isla ys es Great m Vide exist, depending The 
day 
Showing t till- 
um. ү ig ie edes eM his р lily 
Your correspondent ien aid been more 
wel had he associated the Dauben 
with that of Liebig, rather than that =, Dr y 
e Chemical Professor in our Agricultural pei 
laboratory of the latter is Me unde г 
College farm of 400 acres of arable land, in which im 
ucts many experiments, and take s much а 
еа 
ы teaching of the laboratory of the chem 
s You r со rrespondent's suggestions. in poesie to the à 
inevitably lost; her enormous wealth will avail nothing 
tion of the Owners of and. I believe with Pw - 
found all important both to the producing and consuming 
чае The former БАГЫ v M pomme Das price "p 
Sx wm , whatev consis 
Е, 
-— rica аве 
for the and ida of Чо 
үү à en 
d 
an uh хава 
facts to bear p. this questio о, {аке the 
past ears, viz., from the p of ied in 1851, and 
i asts an A Гавар. M А given. per dU If we 
místz w that ces ade in cattle has 
been otherwise E o the try gen тау In 
the 11 years, then, onding with E ‚һе! total Supplies of stock 
exhibited in the London market; under 
]y | TOTAL SUPPLIES OF SN iege due IN THE ages CATTLE 
y MARKET. 
- Sheep and 
Lambs. 
426 
Years. Beasts. |Cows. Calves. | Pigs, 
emm 
33,954 
39, Et 
32,354 
34,280 
38,940 
34,077 
28,922 
89,646 
30,999 
29,676 
36, EU 
5,083 
e 067 
6,030 
6,227 
5,625 
5,841 
5,630 
6,054 
6,007 
2 5,9 19 
2 16,262 
ing 1 61 у 1 
т уар was DES 95, 801 1 heads Н 
h 1858, which latter eriod 
1,549. 21,983 
27,225 
30,178 
24,853 
23,420 
20,395 
23,426 
24,164 
19,558 
25281 
9,000 
_ 
we find tË t, 
Thus compar: 
the ЖАЛЫ of beitta for the 
mpare 1 wit 
but if we co 1861 
early 20,000 ead. 
was nearly 20,000 head. But 
ets nity of 
under 10,000; whils 
EA оон creto, that the T" 
may be said that t E 
that, in point of fact, the increased s sequent upon 
Dm free import of foreign prc are poor. 5. be met with. _ 
Mr however, be con bus that the оша со: 
t ^ rri 
scarcity of food during a war with continental 
Fow Sa but famine will destroy her. Geo. Wilkins, |t | 
Wix Parsonage, Jan. 9. 
TIFICIAL MANURE 
gn б to the Corn crops, is mischievous. Tui Pers 
ialy increase the actual cropjof Corn 
they are ap far 
ure, d unquest 
ss than 
Tho tabi bir ap л! r ds exhibited in the metro- 
А COMMUNICATION from a PCIE — diio. > Т venture to state that, taking into rsen 
recently in in the , Times, to which some promine е was ation he produce о e entire. rotation of crops, | 215,326 
iven it be tl field "а теѓе 
progre e deterioration of the arable lan des this iei and,well preserved farm-yard manure will 
Боо, iul that this д. sf ita et scseratad b 
of “ artificial m n doe ctrine of this | 
e^ iversal | 
pub e 
of the land in pom islands meny if tru most 
serious calamity gin could befall the оошу, ап the 
arm those 
d 
tion = the ко ity | hors 
the same outlay. y, be more productive to the өнен 
than the stimulants to which I4 ed. Тһе 
еды: аге to the lan 
Where 
of the ri ees 18 required, and it ean be economical 
e suggestion is rs of 
who h t 
management of land, I wis to be perm h 
th 
about the 
tted, 
the same erem to offer а few абат проп the 
communieati which I have referred. They ar e the | 
m 3 г олана the use of all artificial 
ly | 
ай bas € eire AS түтү is the outlay of des 
S perm | 
Calves. 
A881. суй ..| 40,095 18,722 
1852  .. ..| 97,449 20, 219 
185$; ..| 52,344 29,6 619 
1864  .. ..| 49,603 17, 831 
1855  .. e 9,030 14, 617 
азе 15,564 
1857 ..  ..| 85222 19,118 
1858 E ..| 36,446 19, 614 
859 . .. ..| 87,974 21 537 
1860 .. „.| 46,231 | 236,699 19, 066 
Her сз +. | 44,236 | 235,910 | | 16,415 | 
is now necessary to consider w 
for many ; years, аа? also in the position 'of а tenant | increasing ve stock, and to the quantity and 50 benefited or suffered from the yis T stock - 
er. 1 t interest in the subject | quality of manure, all of h is returned to the land. | from abroad. Whilst Mie districts have slightly incre 
of agriculture, 1 have had m my eye on M as has been | The application of bones to land depastured by cows | their ee tope of beasts for consumption, others have suffered 
going on among my ire cech s the of a large | for a long period ia another instance of unques Mick ^ [ten enn inca dE DRM during t ыы ө 
district, comprising main уо алы advantage of ARS apices Базе er. Charles Lawr Nuncsed | statement of n чакае {то е "London has 
am. оек supplies in tha 
safely say т am not Sedis. arce a single instance in | p © “= 
sko ka any farm, ; uti did ES ordinary sys tamat cropping, | 'ISTRICT ERU BEASTS IN LONDON 
has been deteriorated; on the contrary, with rare FOREIGN LIVE STOCK. Моем | Eastern | Other 
tions i ich fa pens s have been in the hands of Tenante" HAS ITS IMPORTATION BENEFITED vs? Тева Districts. | Districts. | Parts of 
ith pital, skill or саге, increase of fertility and | тһе followi ОДО m IQ RSEN eo 
кес ree ` bes Mm ege 61,300; 
ere is really no comparison between the arable ШЫ 55,010 
lands, as cultivated in this country, and those referred ы ыт ы n fus С -— ie Mae uu v 
to in other countries after the clearance of foreste, your . Have we, as a nation profited by the free intro-| 1855  ..  ..| 55,400 
correspondent's account of which is помади те а ot foreign s $ 1856  ..  ..| 61,660 
In the latter case, a succession of corn crops is . Have prices of She beasts or sheep suffered | ' n TERNOS seo 
under very imperfect tillage, so jan as the land will fran foreign potnit 1850  .. . ..| 68470 
produce them in abundance and then tbey are le ft, to 3. Have the „losses of hotie-fed stock been equal Dee ERIS 6150 | 6160 | 
of produce is 
ever thought of; whereas the practic 
e | of 
| stock with 
4. Are the precautions taken to prevent the spread 
în this country i is to return to the. land all ке produce | of disease in ко же and elsewhere judicious, and 
_ except | equal to the eme 
TD] Lastly, we pr кәнә) fallacy 
utter 
the system EA паана the caeli of foreign 
tah, h 
our o 
1. The first question. 
It must be understood 
еа to Lincolnshire, ыб, | ыза, Pise 
d the *Eastern Districts’ to теше, S. icu 
Cambridgeshire. The statement show; 
the producing powers of the first sm Mondes, amo 
*stand-still^ system in me east, and а of 
scum n in other of England, as well as in 8 
How, then, have the consuming | 
bu period indicated? Have I dumme. 
ai will be 
