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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Арві 11, 1863. 
n from year to year as they do in the tw 
pred of жый which we now waren 
URNIPS,. 
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Name.—Copy of Label.| (Sept. 1860. der Remarks. 
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f the land v 
kless 
eckl 
о а numerous tenantry at the aik annua] 
ensuing season, prim many в tenant 
farmer on the ы will say Professor Low was Tight, 
| and р rais c: 
| teacher 
cent. 
46 
| per cent. | per 
Mousetail, 18 A 96 | 
40 acres—of stiffer clay than 
Scott t, which was being 
Old Seed 
n Sept. 1860, 
Pomeranian e White| 
| when the 
Globe, 1859 . 
Yellow Tankard, 1859 
Nimble Green Round, 
colnshire New Red 
lobe, 
|Smart's Mousetail, 1860 
Green Top Stone, 1860| 
Sutton's Imperial 
er Globe, 1860 . 
EN Topped Scotch, 
1860 
10 Early Six Weeks, 1860 
Came up, d = 9 
Failed, 1 
Came up, eo 
Failed, 1860 
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9» | 
h 
were made. 
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f 
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i 
nderit 1860, 
ary year for th 
h an seeds d fruits of all 
ыта нра) 1860 was just {һе reverse; and 
the season has а marked influence on the qualit 
of s 
this Mes therefore, seeds of being 
ll grown, a year's keeping did no & cH Wen M 
to be faerit, туз е the reverse, when 
n 
p 
ok a at tie сен for 1862, we shall f 
| pe "ior irampling of th 
| foul Bean stubble had been broken up 
herd and crosse 
n 
any зеб ng no regard to mo. T d e 
and with no regard whatever to the effect 
n thei 
dc 
out |o 
nd whatev 
rops were usually sold Standing, ү ds no 
иа x hee “land. 
sake o 
stra 
bey айу а great demand for straw (termed © 
t 
2s. or 13s. per acre—two crops and а 
e 
pes 
ere in 0 year з аро, 
hoi 
x Menge 
eed-like than ipd Loss, there de 
irom the same station 
of 
in ep 
s Bedford the | ooa was 
3-tined grubber last autumn, and now а 10-horse engine, | wetness, 
on 
all bel ee канч гт in seasons iig 
When, owing to the exceeding slaclness of 
| stationed in the middle e side of the piece, 
rs 
— the 5-tined implement an inch or two .deeper | | artificial contrivance for the 
escape of surface w ш E 
y being gathered 
nd west through e: whole о it 
| кү its place. Then it had dra 
equally 2 through it, pics ud. recrossing t 
first till and when I su Ris Ша other day, ib w; 
th the 5-tined tool i i 
e|— 
led urface, | t 
е Aar 
it The land w 
Trin e е winter and a dry 
into high 
the same Кан backed lands some 2 Же: ог more above their ' furrows 
the water was retaine don 
ам abund- 
P 
sad 
ion o ^ 
il| ош 2 " “ Cheddington Field,” A.D. 1858. 
gh. „Sta of m of the 
and 
bog-like 500 acre 
n. extent,in the deep artificial furrows of w ihe. fat 
! bottom boat might float! S 
t| 
distance, of а tract some теб 
heep stock—the 
erar were run over the stobbles and 
waste— 
uch past uro laid down un- 
could make it. зав LA 
T moist enough ; but ther 
fud "that үм “samples о 
exper sedis were made, and we have 
esult :— 
Per cent. 
. Germination of Seeds 3 years old . A9 
Failed ditto — ditto .. .. 
b. Germination of Seeds 2-year old . 
Failed ^ ditto ditto .. 
From these results we тау мей: "that 
however good and well saved seeds ma 
the keeping of them over two, especially three 
seasons, causes а sad falling off in their powers o 
germina ation. 
has 
If, however, we examine the samples separately, | e 
shall find that the ere is after all pe z I 
ose of 1680, seeds of 2 years old, e 
ing in the seed, how- 
at some opi sti с шогу) апа Ше оре- 
falio wou ШЕЕ het e been a better illustration of how 
steam cultivation, after or land се enables 
one to aught maxims old-fashioned 
jt 5 
POE | Ly dene as fori ble a lesson as 
tilled and clay land wet 
more will ее СӨН} be a striking illustra- 
h 
tion 
clay lands which they will Ж: to the introduction of 
steam 
et m 
£ 
drained steam ploughed lande close 
n be d 
he difference between clay land Ne and 
and poached. Ment- 
of that improveableness of our calcareous 
cultiv: - ion after drainag. : 
ow desc ribe imr салои Ы the lomo 
LT 
he 
farming, E Кз drill or bate. machin e bad been com: 
bined with this last vice in one, as in Mr. Smith's 
eather of the week which 
e i | 
„congratulated о | 
hed his Oat sowing in first-rate ede with very | 
Беде else than steam power. 
Mentmore is the mansion and estate of The Ваго; 
mag de Ro -— М.Р. Тһе purchase about 15 
— о e 500 acres in this neighbourhood. 
nu СЕ єр around which d 
over some 20 square ides d 
. And vs one of the rising | 
ury, in which for 
| the most part the property lies, zn mansion has arise 
Wi 
from Sir Joseph Paxton's designs, тераа with | 
the wealth thus represented. Апа so e 12 res  vatio 
and 
Р. 
inspection ES works in progress A: the 
r hand labens , and it was dec 
Ае їп 
п to nd to steam : as е epo 
"m 
Lees аге 
ds, view to the formation of а Park. 
any = oth iedperoms pns bee 
In 
forward to t 
t was necessary to look 
the arable 
commen 
ing drainage 
the eventual контей оЁ Ше 
fields — iare together— decre “miles of roads 
have bee t great e xpense constructed, and com- 
farm 
that li 
aviy in the seed ut that the overplus of a 
glut | year | finds its way into the mar rket at a future 
on every s de Man fp lantations have bee 
made on deeply ел and well drained sites, dnd 
general designs have been formed and carried 
Du f th 
infli 
We eden that seedsmen do sometimes че exyeri- 
ments of the kind we have ta oed ut, as we 
may expeet, and indeed ha to kno ow, in some 
e Seia only in order to есм them in their 
rgains. 
These cheap seeds then, if of sorts in demand 
under the direction: of тй Joseph ; the Whole 
ot ае operations, includin 
der the immediate 
ac a урысы of Mr. 
estate lies for the most part on the so-called 
Gault formation, a stiff calcareous clay which, dur out 
of the subsoil, whitens as RU dries, but forms naturally 
с Taylor. 
The 
th 
deeply driven 
sharp outlet-run for em 
to ы. р em ера т сн Ў нала of 4 feet. 
embrace, as far аз 
naturai loves s admit, е eaoh ai фка 100 statute acres ; they 
h bore ipes іп 24е 
6- -inch mains, laid diagonally across 
intended Lees 
covered outlets, in lieu of open ditches or watercourses, 
ere resolved upon, especially as the outfall was for 
most 
into a portion of the Hence - 
t flat and aac; and main: 
for em istances 
nsis& of 
x apes 
are sold with all kinds of ee мыч and if 
genuine they become with u to 
the new Шз уч pared by the admixture о 
and extremely poor and infertile, except when 
drained. 
Soi from the hill top on which the village 
with the poor stunted growth | 
for killed- Charlock for I: seed 
is hard to believe that Jand which turns out such poo 
irs pasture, yet. grows 5 
of а eden in the Hedpoiows of the уйе below ; and: и і 
the 
урма) e 
rt ie Weee e to 10 quarters of Oats per aore, i 
of Man of Beans, | clay 
2- E round pipes, 1 foo 
o 
ld furri rrow rein we 
and heavy crops of gels, Clover, and 
8 In furthe: r illustration of increased productiveness of 
.— MENTMORE, thorough drainage, an steam cultiva: n AE 
THERE was no lesson of эзе xm press urse | wards ау it may = кик ce that ihe harvest 
of the agricultural lectures of the 1 late Professor pod of 1861 1 yielded of Essex R Rough chaff white Whea 
e ns Univ ии һе еа шоге 1 
r upon his students the impolicy of a too of other corn crops, as also of green er being in 
Ene ri кее m z ines in my | proportion to that of Wheat. ` хам in 
treasure box not haring bon yet die 
The lock has however here rege 
e d the into 
Baron Жорга ү тт this then 
poverty-stricken  undrained tract was * common. 
e t 
e free dre the 
inereased to wu E feet, 
