ADVICE. 
of Shipley, thus addresses Yorkshire farmers 
J. Fyfe, 
ex i in the Leeds Mercury.] 
in late dias ricts, 
Three y 
wo 
as € ye in Tbe | 
aft ter Se rains | 
e bake 
tions unde 
" E conv 
when ripe, furnishing a 
а long in ripening, and 
пБ or Sample of gun? But let the land be well 
ry poor sample de grain? 
nius, "med, manured, 
ion 
"ао acts mechanically on stiff clay soils, opening | 
ndering them friable. е is уе m im- 
Бога foo т plants, strentheni the в 
int 
m into wholesome ond. for the crops. 
then ИСЕТ ind ador 
able season arriv 
ae g it in the 
en, again, it was that s 
with various s elements of the soil, mioa nei 
D 
'pply of pr ИЕ ег 
pursued by the farmers of some parts of Scotland anc and 
Wales. 
il|is sufficiently dry 
build little pes Stacks, ike hay їз, 
two or three 
m a 
Instead of letting corn stand in — field till it 
or & great square stack, the 
artloads each, in the field 
sh 
ollow 
ев lor "loin hi 
fiel 
n does not 
y for ides е е stacks, the risk of 
oi lol n considerably nished. I a 
o do 
are soon 
harvest is rendered earlier 
all farmers, 
a series of esee м ell 
vat LS eer to sm: 
he d. 
a better petes uiis 
of its being ЗД by bad weather. "These con nsidera- 
consider whether any 
mo а s farming that would 
of Ted ue lands. 
t may be said, “ This is all very well en 
Me 
Зан dos me о о offer а few S friendly etie whi y 
Iam be of service in rie if 
їп tho tim , 
persua: 
not entirely obviating such evils i 
u farm. rather к to grow 
great We cde and n high 3e | cold, 
г eren ts Кы Jat, ill in the & favourable 
ar "y stimulated, and + 
m o have plenty of capital and leases t 
for their outlay.” І be m "шу 
1 
landlords prem l^ айу n their own light not 
granting leases to improving tenants Ifthey w rore r4 
grant, say 1 rs leases at mode is, stipu- 
lating that so much land should be drained and в 
uch lime laid on every year, 
aed 
becomes a qu 
is really e: ior. corn growing. Whet 
not you better, m be clearly to your 
t down in Grass d 
Seed 
ught | 
his | m. 
e. Butif tae 
th chang 
green side "pr. B would 
suffer. 
d | lan 
ct, it | 
he would have a just assurance 
his outlay. And c landlord шге оша Ta bene- 
be sure, and as the land became 
1 d i 
years, hat might hav 
re | had been followed. 
k 
has been iii "this year, an di in previous 
e been saved if some such plan 
OTES ON WEEDS. 
BY JAMES — F.LS, са алана OF 
во Mee GEO: 
THE Pea ptis ic hte ате said to 
long to the dnos ret Pupil onacn from the 
yt 
e ле mechanical peculiarity—such 
^ t 3t ay b a f o Fu rze—growing in abundance as to 
ет сн ир өү Mespeenlation for the E EIE eed оса 5 | choko p r plas as the elilot in corn, or else from 
improvements at cost, ough, of ouse he r habit o mbing or twining, smothering or 
ould feel m — odi seen with n mem But I fear there Lope crop "D in their vicinity, such as the 
ie many far: o have so little enterprise abou! t| climbing Ve рв or the choking Tares, 
| them that they e абан to lay Amon, re prominent forms in the weed list 
1а; аду we may 
В| proving their even though they were sure of 
getting о а сеа 
I believ: y Jailani would be willing to advance | 
money for "ата пе purposes, if the сша ts would 
agree to pay a iv percentage—say, 5 per iile on i 
would be found айу vahtageous to bo 
ood investment ; 
ur farming ipt 
tio: uld be conducted with epi cost, fewer EXE capi ital and i interest are safe and sure, an iti increases 
and horses woul required, yo ld 
furnish an abundant supply of manure, w 8| to tl e tenant.  Arable land 
liberal — of lie poet Men Dis drained pics e Tu deep at say 5l. per € "ihat 
improve suming most of your|at 5 per cent. EE кр to the rent. Suppose the 
is 35s., odd in future be 40s.: but 
of the corn markets and the weather кн А; Г ајпег) by at least four times 
- A friend of mine, who furiis "high land on = | к=) d uld very nearly save it in labour alone; 
of a moorin the north of England, was is- | for it is а well-known fact that land well drained and 
couraged a number of years ago Vise 
harvests in Mes ese 
Met es plan I hav mended, and fo 
а greai ossis - мен жамы: 
him three years ago he was in 
doing well. 
1f, however, you should not see your way clear to 
adopt e pan E ха. still wish to conduct your farm as 
в corn the =F : e реч, be indeed the 
only thing ус you ue do i endea 
und | 
hen I Бат 
wit bad il 
а мари he determined to wot, stiff land. 
h fa 
in good spirits, and was | beca 
r less rii 
an 
improve it; he will co 
amount of labour that m ndrained lan 
and the poor crops à yields, s, together with the оета | 
to a certainty—that on co 
bacl 1 d land he will lose end harvest eu of Men he| 
th gh | 
immense iedit that 
d 
pays igh rent— 
h for the best land, and that what in loses your 
one. ia Rs 
limed, well m and 
коор i into a py! state ob. bi Miei а 
heart, your harvest most assuredly ues uld 
even three weeks earlier than at presen 
"Look at the present condition of Mui Ms and. Itis 
cold, stiff, clay land. 1f the winter is 
wet, it is far into the 
ood ij ju uie hid out, in bringing the present land 
|plants; the climbing Vetches та 
ld | as they too о 
1Л8Т ОЕ NATIVE TEL GEO BED WEED PLANTS. 
Scientific Name. ] Trivial Name. Remarks, 
EN ILLI E 
j| Тех eur в. ..|Gorse or Furze  ..||Mostly 
9| Genista anglica . c Беу Whin . .||nous shrul 
s» tinctoria ..|Dyers' Green Weed|V Weedsof 
4 |Cytisus — г вові ы bani 
Ononis ai ..|Rest Harrow 
6 Anthyllis Tulerira . |Ladies' Fingers 
y | Melilotus officinalis Melilot 
8 Medida maculata Spotted Mediek rable and 
9| Trifolium arvense Corn Trefoil . ..| y Special Soil. 
16 fragiferum ro berry-headed Weeds, я 
11 веб hirsutum ..|Hairy Tare .. Me 
19! s,  tetraspermum .. Smooth Tare Corn We 
i3|Vieiasepium — .. ..|Bush Vetch T 
ji» Clac .|Cow Vet ^ 5 i - Ва 
151% punc .|Wood ies 
Narr ved Hedger 
16|Lathyrus s |l Everlasting = Weeds. 
17 ае рано Sweet Milk Vet 
Amongs 17 species will ui puo several 
may well bear out both these assertions, 
ten grow 
require, more especially in the position in 
be pied them, they are properly to be considered as 
- The well known Furze, which so soon take 
€ assured, my 
f the neglected un B or E Я 
nswer best 
your land w 
water Wed: дозага маре € would become m 
open and friable, and you would be able to EH it 
воопе ла, easier. This would be no small advantage 
to begin w. 
Then кесе in the present а ае of " land, it 
often happens that, after the о grow, the 
soil is for weeks dem er ae. with water. 
теген 
ed. A ve 
limed, and tiled, ч the the believed it possible. 
into a field that was still on 
has. to be weeded out befor ires 
The plan 
, poor Uu оа ns vea Mes ch s 
ра? T* these times. ust go forward, or be content | for t urpose, is that of sprinkling $ a Чен | 
to go backward—you фы: stand of naphtha over the bus! 
К а poor, high 
into an P Misinine. one on the new, and 
E H о 
the 
Short, and lekt, in in rs other it n was sides phe | 
апа "heavy, and took me quite overhead. . “бо thou, | 
lose thy reward." 
Much valuable time might be gained by selecting 
the € kind ofseed. А crop mi бош, seed pro- 
cured ood, dry, forward ap 
N ду ч аїг пог һеа& 
ыран лл... 
lants, in. fact 
m which — slowly obtain а | 
or foo d. Isitany wonder, then, 
Fe | ht set 
m perde er im ed a field 
|my n: and do likewise, and thou dati in no wise | 
Aldi 
ll be ripe a fort- | Den 
from poor, 
with | liming 
rd land. A farmer 
good Scotch Oats, but ie having a sufficiency of д 
for ad whole foli, he procured some grown on 
land. The result was the Stotch 
ripe, pee housed a fortnight 
before the 
ready. Surely this is worth the 
of farmers of late lands. 
The evils of а broken harvest єс be very much 
weak, d Icy, long in 
mitigated by adopting the plan of stacking corn 
attention | sm 
it 
y 
bit of wich ge be econ 
w to he detriment "ОЕ what we 
hich we 
