Аласзт 1, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
ter during the past week, when great interest 
essed for the continued prosperity of the 
ho 
отсев 
expres: 
College. Professor CorgMAN, who presided, 
weighing 64 lbs per bushel, was obtained o 
extended area, In the extreme north of Yorkshire, 
“ * tha t the e institution would rally. ‚Не believed that | 
Essex the produce of three, acros was 27 que pa z 
rfi pec especially when the necessity ofa great and 
liberal education in agricultural matters 
acre.—The | 
pad sat down to a bountfal. rame displayed | 
RI 
. Hall ett 8 house. 
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poti nd 
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thoroughly und erstood. He believed that the 
whic 
after 
would recover from any troubles with which it might 
happen to be surrounded." 
ITHE MANOR n: BRIGHTON. 
А уы RING ofagricul k place on Wednes- 
z Mr. Hallett's Маи Farm, “Brighton, for the purpose 
making a critical examination of the results his 
principle of — ed selection ás exhibited in the 
ps growing ч 
"т he €— assembled к - ырл А including Sir | 
leock Esq M.P.; 
n She Bart 
V rm что, Ка, E Р.; Yo White, Esq., 
Rigden, gp James Wo вд. ; James 
T 
Tuxford, пе. ; Howard Reed, 
; R. 
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son, Esq.; | 
ыч ек кард а 
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F3 
Wheat from e parts o 
m was its mei] Pint of тч 
receding year, - » that t improvem ed by a 
singe generation of unen d might at 
inspe ection was important, 
id а vem of 
In diet! to prove "that apparen 
produced by qr Ы Ње рейїртее o Wh ad, 
as i e been m the — € of 
common nursery "тет wn in 1862 of 
red васи А would in admitted to be such 
hi descendants in 1863, 
— E 
udi to te уе When 
the result 
с 
веуега1 
нги such тесорпї' itio 
ve years imer UR 
In every case the p: rdi өң as the 
case might be, was placed csd sido y die - with its (e deni. 
and the increase 
dants, jn the number of “ wn 
and 
s contai tained in i 
in all cases both generations had been planted in = 
sim еа way, the results could be due to selection 
alon 
On. arriving at the Barley plots the effects of selec- 
tion were even more striking. The greatest nu umber 
of hith E th а single 
taining 
smallest оё the ears con contained. a number of grains 
this cereal. vine анне of pedigree is in der 
important than in other cereals, as 
in 
in the country, voie grain 
br bulere experienced by the 
of the prineiple of selection as regards 
төр каны чут d лче facts mpi detailed. Н. Е. 
THE APPEARANCE OF THE CROPS. 
HATTE Isle of Ely, July 20.—The season continues to m: 
tain its "tian for extremes. The winter was rond 
ild, t 
extremely cold and frosty. Тһе summer has produced 
— es both of heat and cold, and wi ring, and 
— have alike been extremely dry. » T a" 
ge а nice fall of rain, which gave an impe 
but it was scarcely enough to penetrate E у" р [on 
К of eT aee gh. This has been iucceed 
ed by | LINCOLN 
ture 
abundant. The 
iron ploughs by рото Б (Pool 
implements of husbandry i 
old huge dung: 
үйүү; steam неон an 
[oward а 
olker, Newton-in- Сайт, @% never saw 
I: crops look eter than they d 
r the last fortni as been v А.Ж) 
T Os | 
look wel. The hay crop is P i. P utl р" 
во well ed. Turnips of all irn dodk АА 
misin angels d 1 well. 
е of t] 
for . Iknow 
мена is contrary to y: Жр 
LEICESTERSHIRE : K088i iit ey Many and pro- 
ет ; Oats, кое һеге od Nc t avid short in straw [M acd 
late sown ; Bar! average early sown, late came up at two 
growths ; ае ок well; Mangels, i bad; aami rnips, much 
injure ed by the fly; Hay crop 8, light. 
ded by 6 it rae of PEREN a crop; the late sown thin; both are very healthy ; 
and br m ue: afew days ago pee an harvest is Barley: y 
thi ge, r һа hot} will be an average crop; the late sown very short 
Shd зін ае for emu days suddenly became cold in. Oats: Not quite an average. Beans: Winter Beans an 
For a succession of days the thermometer stood at 80° 82° ave , ppm — with filth; spring sown thin, 
in the sha and Saturday night (July 18) we had а Peas average. Roots: Bes of plant, but 
t. е 
erfectly black and 
nis LE — 
romising, and has iud fipeni 
erri the тар & hee other Might will injure їі 
not tell; nce of the effect 
We shall anxiously 
Skould the frost 
n premature ripening, what pro: 
p wil beoniyethin shrivelled samplo: upon the whole we 
de rm f Wheat. In some БЕ upon the 
deal aceordin (4e to AA dryn 
n dry lands it is Of straw, whilst 
fonds яз d Ие, ous р? stra 
Polands 
ours, 
h о 
— а very fair crop in ái бло condition. 
е have *' smashed up" one field of Clover ley with Howard's 
bind апа made a capital job of it. On the gravelly 
us T ар admiral Y. 
а few cry A 
e 
e 
m 
ж — — such bare 5 
We рей. |^ P 
spring, aud Y 
Seni» RU. Due etm атте 
соне у 
РЕ rain we shall ngon be ep shori to Lr be) 
ood the cattle, уш ders ag А T "e winter 
dion x On cool lani эйе - TM yq 
and appear less affec| нс fh 
other crops. We have Lied fah ошогода, dor e 2. 
feed for the winter, Тһе plant has come 
y 
ncombe, Д 18.— The grain 
ell in n this n neighbourhood, eei] 
ро average. el € 
гоповвтвандык Жж o» 
eral aj pearance о 
Жз of SERIA and E 2 ^ vel 
stands stiff and thic nd, an 
кырей, - 15. 
he Wheat in this oe сфу 
mising; it 
on the Presents a ine 
been very favourable for the b 
id x but some crm i with n у bed 
Ey do potes 
weather, harvest will be carly, and if fruitful will be а t 
е —— to the este gon — - ‚апа more particularly to 
2 Jn ucer, afte me defective seasons, 
Bia R 
HANTS: iin ng, Southampton, July rop а little 
Barley | is farhor illustrated by the faet that whereas 
in the neighb ouring farms t is almost imp pone to 
produced. was of chara 
өст этели s о "ойу of the б but of the 
piers of ry adjoining lands. 
BE 
ropriate to give ag om "or three о! 
а for reasons that will de readily under- 
extreme points 
Wheat 
ce of rust, but on the "m ole the c бор is v 
The Whe звы tg do 
e at 
Wheat crops Will be ligh 
strong А the niu 
"—— A! 
hite Wheat, but this v. 
6 bushels 
gro ,b 
ripenin E, we hope there will be an average yield. The early 
beim Barley is ре ad very well; the late sown has suffered 
much fro on continu ed dry weather. On the 
an 
red i 1 Sidon 
secured in splendid condition. өрә. sr iab а от, 
about half the seed havin; еу GE us d julie 
ved ans promise 
Р to fp erything 
8нво : Мис .—Our pro dci e Wheat crop 
this y oir ri far more promising ы, it has Aaa for the last 
three years, and if the present glorious weather continues 
for another fortnight we may anticipat ea good е сгор; 
the bulk of straw is поб heavy, but the ears have come well 
опе, and are now beautifully in bloom, and the weather is Ы 
that сап be desired for tkis critical — in this distric 
жеме 
Hi 
corn 
йан i 
РЕ 
Wheat, Barley and сае luxuriant, now 
by the late rain. W. J. P. 
8 are йай. promising. W. J. 
—На 
n 
ж 
Wr ILTS 
9А * laid " 
жз rsr DoRnsET.—The cropi 
Pope, eh go 
arvest is at hand; indeed one 
ext week it will be general. The 
mn itle where sown in of or time 
is likely to 
last пу month, уг 
; and Swedes so 
arly, and at present sowing 
bU qam peeled 
