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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Maren 14, 1863. 
the whole field узг: finished by 1 р.м. on the follow 
ing day. cwt. of coals had been ойе 
of the previous season 
to h 
ave been in better condition for ы or to | instan 
me 
n better gn 
be eni unusually good 
pointment | 
a 
| half, was кишен to 
ew 
m Мг. LAWES 2n е for Grass 
> ари рарег |а 
Carrot 
In 
| SrRATTON, at Walls 
dressing m may*for а season produce a somewhat lam 
corn-erop, it is doubtful whether the ШУ тре: 
the land is not EN. M the xr b jd 
which is realised by the өең 
“ On the v nr 
nob to reco p^. 
ex lained, the pov 
more largely A Le. enous top-dre 
and vice vers 
ke eis with this is the experience 
Court, near Bristol 
ings may 
of Mr, 
em be in ктт нна last Friday, Te tool | we vant formation now, in order that it may be | in a appendix, w an extraordinary retum 
was crossing the autumnal cultivation of last | tur seas from a top-dressing of nitrate of вой оп his cly 
year’s Barley stubble. Ву shifted snatch-blocks To the other papers in | the volume. we shall her re- | soil, which, though described as an inferior a 
e tool was in the first instance drawn in and out = dice e a кее meanwhile the following | soil, is not poor in а chemical e but full d 
wherever desired, in order to the thorough culti- | may be a further contribution to the | mineral rich 
vation and planting of а somewhat ked head- | history of E Oulu which ш us las 
land. And the union of the round-about system | week. The field on which the eriments took 
of draught with the arrangement for turning the place wasofas к ewhat clayey poene soil— | E LAMBING SEASON, i 
tool th эв “м haraeterises Mr, |: moderately stiff and fir Whe: at g nd." The| Еукву bs benader at Сеһеер looked | forward with no 
SMITR’S plan of steam cultivation, is admirably | conclusions ша are stated thus ordinary inter e lambing se n approached, 
adapted to the application ofrsteam power 0 Ше „у Nitrate ofso dicit previous years, produced a and the state ч his pos flock Pyarably excites his 
GC uy of a sowi «dem а increase both іп corn and in straw. Si — He haroa that 
e cannot doubt the success of the new tool ; “9. The larger кобо Е -— т E pro- tio on в 
ine , 
it will be a very зачу addition to the advantages 
and гра whieh steam power has already con- 
ferred on arable fa We must add that it 
duced a correspondingly larger 
neglect, mi vélos or 
hence he endeavours to re-assure himself that he has so 
x: "€ NIB be seen that whilst je 
lue of 1 
urists s owe mue oh | 
partieular plan of eultivation by steam m power. | 
We are glad j omaa of any fresh promise that 
occurs to Мт, any other of our leaders | — 
n Оза of. i adequate reward for his 
a 
—— — Pnorzsson Davy has lately called the atten- 
tion of the Royal Dublin Society to the met cm 
—€— mane сора AND has devised for йе{егш: 
ing t iehness milk. Не €— it js de 
My [s sedie us and therein to di ffer 
the other Iro quality methods hith 
of milk, which are all more 
or less ineo 
жаныныз. s method consists in adding 
g glass tube, lesed 
ter. 
ot == C em ployed is then адды, the Pus al 
her, and alcohol to b 
te and 3 cwt. of salt gave an increase of 
and 2 cwt. of nitrate and 4 cwt. 
Thus for each 4 cwt. 
more nitrate of soda an additi onal increase of almost 
| exac А м авав of Wheat was obtained. 
used als 
in my Wheat ixparimente i in 1861 ; whilst in the jte- 
тз of 1860 and 1859 the addition of salt to 
heit marked beneficial effect upon 
4. Salt Мае торна at е rate of 3 cwb. per = 
ӨШ be seen, produced as large an increase as 1 с 
of ni Г 
This is a curious result, but it stands not solitary, 
for in ei hs соз produced an increase of nearly 
f corn. as salt alone in the years pre- 
50 had bua any effect upon the increased 
corn, it appears very desirable that 
m | be m 
"5. QS vian guano, applied at the rate of 2 c 
per aere, m nearly as good a result as 2 cwt. " 
nitrate of sod 
* 6, Тһе addition ofsalt to the се it реш, had 
ied d ы, further increasing the jer 
— unction 8 nitra 
more rem 
n, 
"S 
added both to nitrate of 
seen that whilst 2 ewt. of 
124 owt, 
: P Rhus it will be 
nitrate of: soda produced an increase 0 of nearly 
of difficult ti 
e third experiment 2 cwt. of nitrate of | seas 
as 
roduetion of c 
further experimenta with this cheap fertiliser should shou 
trate af 
tá таз rkable, since E, alone had 
such a былш effect hen used ш лә 
“7. Salt, 
жы ар pears to have о we nete] in the | gren 
he is now making every proper pr Ovision Tie 
REM ducendi passage em ре, 2 irying and 
—the lambin id the general 
сыа at t this precise ces "t a TE not be D 
riate to remind him of a few of the common and 
ordinary requisites necessary to insure á successful 
те Lambing Field. wc breeding farm of mode- 
near to the res 
asture, ih эк Sall sheltered, The [^r p- which \ 
they have been fed fo ast few should be 
NE mod z " Mo 
e 
brought dem, 
mb-pen and shelte tum made 
аг throughout the field. Tho ies H4 а 
the uge of the ewe immediately after lambing in cold 
ey P 
convenient paddocks, provided with lamb-pens well 
x ed, should be attached, into which the ewes 
is requisite in 
pa ust be yr as sweet and 
dein as аа otherwise the ала е е 4 
па com: 
Duis s indisated dbyt Ene marks on the tube. Але 
each additio disci the tube is to be well | 
ts, durin ex which time it is 
and 
tem era- 
BH 
а | 7 ewt. 
commercial results I have сонга the following 
und numbers. whilst = vise of Peruvian 
gano gave e 92 cwt.’ of increase, in the same 
quantity of guano mixed Mee 2 bud ot sit n — 
only an increase of To show the 
table. The Wheat is valued at 48s. a quarter, the price 
at which it was actually sold, and the straw аб 305. 
per ton, as a usual selling price. 
x As regards Meroe ie there can thus remain no 
of a gave tonly an increase of 9$ ewt. of т іп 
And 
to remain in the lamb pes 
to ге their A: with great 
restlessness takes place. This 
cause of great loses amongst the ee lambs, the 
e after their own food than to tike 
These common attentions Bog provai ae 
d well as Peruvian guano, d their requiremen 
apicis win Eus pes сно to th | either M or piua with. s may be used with great | lambing. Тһе Midi should науа. Ies E 
Жерден! of сар milk'in butte ик ые" т Wheat—at least, оп m upon principles v patience, quietude, 
B ose | careat i toms rl 
жж асг ка рт т 
ivi а се on to ume of | ur, the ыйа ега should keep a { 
milk m рге hes this latter to x pint or “Оа t Mad, guano and salt appear to me 1 nable time (and plen of be 
the amount of butter in arie d. antity of milk | preferable to ~ ena GE salt, — guano should bo given) he Le should with же; aid of his s 
fi plies phosphates ап jes, as we as nitro- i pront 
cn he knee арча a fd he | genised matters, whilst nitrate of soda is efficacious as аыр whi ich e. 5-я ed by the fn ger, and 
e accuracy of this enr o etermining А » х А ad ond _ 
: Eius D a manure sole virtue of its nitrogen. he ought to find the muzzle же а forefoo 
quantity of butter in milk, Professor dies ““ Caution ought, therefore to be used in applying | side А. ib. E somewhat c it. is Ln 
satisfied himself of by experiments; and Bs ilis m x Б top-dre ыр for Wlkcet on li gs E кта А а her io B d 
is of opinion that it might f much use as a | The е that Е top-dress ам Pu efforts кы asem с КШК. or rather Me 
means only of testing the milk supplied to ficially applied to Wheat grown on poor pee requires | the lamb begins to protrude and becomes ев discolo Ye d 
different public institutions, with a view of detect- | to be accepted with ion. If the poverty, ог | ог the ewe exhibits signs of exhaustion ; in mer 
ing adulteration, kar е the purpose of rather СОА is Sit is а Ља mechanical he must no longer wait, aid her Thi lan 
having the em sup plied w of a certain j best. Ifbe has to draw t? д 
nes ger hat diseovere lt y should gently lay h er on her rigbt реч 
by rthis c o fall (e а fixed standard it mei lover ich Sis s are not er than | as AT as possible seize one of eir genemllf 
should not be чй into these йшй; > hing а-ы to air, and | very w it forward, (the ewe w^. {o dran) 
milar means for y unproductive 2a Ron adore = e she зерта en take hold о. 
dl oils. But if "ME в Kis vicis e like many | when brought out, he à 
M St rt of the "оет for 1863 of the om, : soils, simply because зрэ does not contain іп | ће other leg with one hand, endeavour wid 
Royal € dep Society has | sufficient quantity all the mineral constituents which | other to Ps the head forward at "the same f the had - 
à rs Journal o the "res osition of the ash of Wheat, | поё forth; the e: should com: zm ys ў 
18 тано прове ГОА P'itrate of soda will tend been brought forward, i& will шшейин 
eo vie volume at once | top-dressin it of soda wi T he 
4 to „be the usual | ite more ас exhaustion; aud though such а | {00у ; the lamb should аре gently d M 
