THE GARDENERS OHRONIOLE AND AMIBICUMEUAM GAZETTE, 
[Avavsr 29, 1863, 
red, more and more 
the 
south | 
ese fail 
at the 
miel 
826 
perceive ` how great a contrast the current harvest eie wardness of e ate, 
ta to th f [3 
— б $ е cn чуан more of the so-called Clover-siek land | 
Crops 1863. average, | Атегаве. Eni | касон. чет ап other of like extent. 
Barley gs 300 2 19 the d of large er rops from deep rich alluvial 
баа 7 49 110 40 196 soils under the tropieal summer of 
pun DLL £ 19 [of France and the United State - 
- as а self crop, and not fed merely on 
Th following ou the other МЫ: is the report of | corn could d- саг y away. Butwh 
1862, and it wil be seen how exactly it is the | cher cation has gone on, we expect 
converse of that which our шн have recently 
t 
f the Wheat orop 
he 
Paving be ed, E one report o wind mpoverished soil— soil from 
n over average in 1862, only one being | which Barley has extraoted the last ounce of food, 
under average in 1865 :— and then we say that the land i s Clover-sick, 
ST Cro ааба Bio " Unde | Total | when in тө it is the seed that ука under 
ps. average. rage: | average. | Reports. | such con 8, 
Wheat 1 87 150 188 Anothe eumstanee which has contributed to 
е 96 108 58 187 the in: mira ЖЕТҮҮ of growing Clover on thin 
E = 188 soils has been that whereas we fi ly adop 
b 
s 
Peas 
е we give Er же n 1857 FR tol 
the plan of paring and burning once in a rotation, 
now this system has been nearly discarded, and 
1861:— to the divin of the Clover егор, as follows 
Rzronrs or Cnors, 1861, ёе. g and burning had the «Ќееё of жегу; 
чече ЗИ Rn cec а чооон | Some Y; the hard rmn ies irs a 
Crops. erago, | Average. -— Total. | which ease iti is broken up, and so restores lime and | 
ла с wem —— ki ost in thin soils, so 
Wheat, 1857 u 50 и IN jm t unfre uently the whole depth of 
ES n 120 £^ 19 . [soil lupon a a imestono dg consist of sand. 
» 1900 95 46 t 140 urning 2e the 
Wheat, i19) ..| n4 T8 14 204 Fas "већ із em quantity in what is 
Barley, ,, n 29 94 78 198 ое dea 
Жык 1] NN H 102 M other "Mont salutary effi the 
Peas, ^j Sb a 37 61 11 дейни E and mare cil. e 
wW 
—— The scheme of s uae ies leetures during 
the current session at the Royal Agricultural |o 
College, Cireneester, ineludes, as our readers are 
aware, oceasiona. 
Seedin ing 
to be delivered i in - theatre of x Colle ege by iie 
бет. 6 ‚ГҮ. We me son jhis his here 
and 4 
5 ы of. the College or viven n 
have the opportunity thus within their reach 
. 
—— We undis that the prize of 25]. 
offered by the Royal genita: Societ 
of|d 
England for the besten say on Steam Cultivation | Ba 
has been awarded to fo J. Мовсвор, of Kirk- 
leatham, near big te farm manager to R, 
CAMPBELL, Esq., of їн, те ar Faringdon, the 
steam oultiyaiion ы estate Re. been 
described in these 
THERE is perhaps no problem in эе шоге 
difficult of solution than that of Clover id 
There are few farmers 
various views have been expressed 
пров ilis li Majo ect, yet they all at last tend to the 
expression of an ome that. the land is tired of 
wire-worm ieh makes oads 
| all our orops, showing in Clover быз Жөн dion 
indeed arly becoming 
also from the determined 
destruction of bir 
e food of birds is in gni very mixed, 
escap 
уе mor ма 
дето поб Ea. ou account of а didtrence a pint for 
far bu $ 
busily endeayour destroy і ч, 
a^ о. RIA of ` year when they | tha I am employing an army of 
| are breeding they are and boil them. I 
and has got tired of the erop, but that he 
psy s got tired of the land. newly Dr 
| strain of Cloyer might be useful, and if it be so 
E апу one willing to try the matter 
ne ort ein, we are suaded, be as tede 
ained *s has bee new variety of an other 
oultiveted plant. 
PEST OF THE FARM ROOT CROPS, 
Iw the summer of 1852, 1 was struck w 
astonishment on visiting a field of Swedish Tamin 
whic days before һай been covered with 
n de her some 6 inches high, to fin 
а trace of orem of any kind, but a 
hite surface of chalk and flint, 
t 60 
с Dar 
segetum), the noise өг whose ea бей xn 
sound caused by a hea P er of rain, 
mormng upon Ака b 
t grouud, nothing ir 
wide could be seen of t 
м ч ^ 
£c 
оч 
squa c 
кузе. a а trench = afte: 
below) all r ‚ап i 
this trench т ва to the feeding p" 
upon them йрт! acid mac. water. Тһе fow th 
d to be 
e far ear they 
d, having tel aod 
es of a ашыц еа of white Carr 
D 
PE 
mos 
of insects, but itis just at this rm et they 
кр! кн Ше тара, and just too a£ this time that 
are working the most mischief. Thus it 
| bs as that on a recent visit 
man employed to жер the birds from a field wher 
se ey-sowing. 
ely to pie 
of the еги ter— "b 
m LB ur: an we e saw in а 
Th rye Wool. r^ ave done 
more good to e Barley and sue coeeding Clover 
by E up blazing 
away arrows m a twelvemonth, 
ooks and spa 
at this paas mig 
morning, Still that it is found difficult to 
. | Clover year after year pecu) de dy 
t| LAWES wx GiLBERT'S ex 
int, as the follo um - remarks i 2 the 
„ы “е growth of MALO е» мшу, 
on the growth lov 
dirent d desine of manure, Sane 
1849, a with the oee 
UM: EM 
are 
sick, 
Жы а not, hes 
т а moment айн ir our pm hat ‚ар vih iaa 
gius k ttig height of as much as 2 feet, whilst | particularly potash, and, more or less, phosphoric 
from which iez have been derived | acid als iderably inereased the early crops 
S ood to 6 inches ; ihat our crop plant | Whereas ammonia salts had comparatively little |! 
broad-leaved, more or less gend emp But after b first few years all further 
parent is- Pm AR hairy grow Clover year after year on this 
LT and that id te natural : 
er climate, we m: 
ts grown mid cera а 
the summer, would have 
stand the. 
may expect that i 
broad. lover fien y itself | in TDI ноћ a во oil of three centuries, and it 
f | ordinary garden eultiveiqh | 
it hase 
before the OCcttes- 
ром sy si 
and this 
difficult is it ibd 
ошу increases in 
m 
Mete A ан stand. Datt this 
in. proportion to the thinness of] 
ч ing 
duri ring the period) n is at t the 
little or no indication of failure 2 us эш йш, 
with а s wth of 
Clover we have had only the pure 
eal wit. 9j refore some day to be able 
to Dorsetshire we saw a | ?' 
OW | ТТ The ЖО en wit 
off the 
proba ly for Wo o or Ea 
pic | 
аар. шш T tbe à маа fields belonging to a neigh- 
> I fo eo 
bour, d half his erop gone alrea. у, of course 
forga im of Уба t | going on, Аз they 
nce caused rly a fa im iu er and necessi- 
tated the calling оць of the soldiers to eolleet them, 
aud it s that their ravages are mo 
nfined to my own crops, I have thought it 
right put brother agriculturists upon their 
guard, "he following description is from Morton's 
denen of Бүйүз ” und heading Surface 
he оз Д; m аз large as a goose 
of t 
е5 tio: on in 
they are also o тет destructive in the с ea E 
of "PES 
TE 
year, and i 
кәй nii grown from m gii 
xe failed; notwithstanding that fresh aun known b 
gain been sown, Neither am otf; an 
righton, August 18. 
T 
ON mm FERTILITY, - я 
Жаш ОР "the аер ора as these 
Hines by the exper of far 
has ce 
he must es 
Hpo к е eondu 
tad 4 и" 
purpose 
E ERES үү 
1s Jus of à re je ta 
PUR а Eds Viii tid eie e an 
