816 THE GARDENERS' OHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [SzPrzMPER 12, 1863, 
rk aa a 
place on man 22, followed by thatching on TURAL DIF 
І beli i$ raine A t night would kill a ai deal ot | succeeding and the tbreshing on October 3l. AGRICUL : IFFICULTIES, 
il 5 as least plump, most trans. |ÉThe following passages are ex та cted from an able 
Сө but it would have little or no ейге Voo year w: 1 d by Mr Сайаана; Jun., of Shields, Ауга айатощ 
grub; for they are very tough, and not ye killed in | parent, and reddest in colour. owden's largest, | Ит ar. Agricultural Association, ] TShire, to the 
E plumpest, бој "Ай... Жеңе "smallest, and in| T, There is first а of a sufficient agrieu]t, 
colour half way bn impete: and How en's, ducation. Notwiths g the poverty of its vol and 
OUR VARIETIES OF WHEAT. Hun lls, rigorous nature ofits climate, Scotland has long held 
— Shirrefi, of Haddington colour hout | the first place amon the agricultural countrieg of the 
cordon i, iq competition ir the United Вагов Agri 15. Contingencies were highly favourable throug hont | orld; but of late years our neighbours south of a 
mes Society's Premi the experiment. Тһе winter was 1 Tweed, and even some continental d in изү made 
. Soil.—A heavy the substratum retentive | time was the soil either saturated with moisture o 1 some rapid strides to overtake, and i s 
"ie ure, Тһе udis erop was Beans manured affected seriously by drought; the Wheat fly pra ments they have already surpassed us, 
in the TOM and an application followed the removal | none of the florets sterile; mildew injured not t Much of their success is doubtless attributap| 
f the mà ; quality of the pers ns, and wind diminished not шег causes over whi have no control, such as superiority a 
0 ^ — The ridges were Land x сЕ кеч; уы Тһе crops did not. receive rain after being reed 1 жыз ек L2 principal cause may be t 
8 
in the manner termed castin cut d the im rd mind—viz., education; andit ia wei 
Р th d fact that to a ШЕ сн in — M and some other countries 
e produce :— t tent en о educati 
ing the headland. The measurement буен.) T6 ridges, 16. The following is isa tabula view o + 1 - | especial in science and art of agriculture, tiq поле 
and the зра — formed the line of division Gra: das. Всотсн ACRE _ hitherto been customary with us Scotch; for whilst | 
xpo ride Бенд земат nnm almos ely at the practical е 
The fou ur species of Wheat were Woolly-ear, orm: 3|, g they have been imd mem а happy eril Baton of both it and 
> The seed of 1st. | 9d, || @ | Grain. | - | Straw. | (һе theoretical; and mere practic: às completely fail 
Mongose A mirer mpri к дө "А = aie ie É | E E make US m e Ae - яис 9 mere theory f tet the та 
маз о crop ooilyeear ап ung е. agriculture must as truly learne e art—its 
ungosw bd ll as e —the former bei 
at M ells, пама А ра ge cn ush. | bush, |Ibs.|lbs.| bush. | lbs. 22-Ib.st. knowledge of certain conditions whie rf. tha f. 
I cp te жыю а те пто ЧҮ ЫЫ ТР а Б, pianta, se, еч о pm 
ы s Mungoswells .| 49 | 53-10 63, 5799 which сап be compared in importance with that of awn 
коре Р —On 17th October, I NE sowed three Hunters .. d1. | 62-10 5620| 56 2-10 |3527 » for to it bel the production of food fo man and anis 
f grain on each a Woolly-ear d Howd 14 2 3930! 45 DX ni depen he welfare аі g lopment of the whole human 
— A xx le ies, t| es o! ates, and all commerce, i 
ost wesi terly position, Морони, Hunters and! Observatio | other profession in which the application of сого p MEE 
Howie followed in succession. The remainder of change o of. seed, "that i is, sowing gra in on a soil differen | productive of mo neficial effects, or is of greater and moro 
field was sown with Gregorian and Mungoswells| from that which produced it, is TO E will в | оомал ey notw Md "e farming is 
Wheat e seen by referring to paragraph 3, - e" | acknowle! ar pe arios of observa 
5. Germinating.—Mungoswells Wheat came first| Woolly-ear and ма —d omm ee iE on E Urban бы cT. 
above ground, 1t diff people Rees Кысу its theory, and ignorant of iis 
Howden's second, and он ear last ; 
the difference betwixt the first and last four days. On 
De 
| parity of — rent ren of iw v 
the ' Віз t place, sown in do same field, their tr 
n 
ue | pra 
art to be more technical 
cember, all the kinds appeared 
equal in thickness, сев Woolly-ear, А а 
thinner than the 
6. Modes and ce nces of Growth.—On April 1, 
r presented а green of 
Mungoswells and Hunter's. The plants 
y sowing t 
весоп iy 
By p dis aph 4, each species of Whea 
ces the same T of bog when this к Pine 
мут їп ection with wh 
sein ng the and in | paragraph 
15, regar 
6, pelea tillering, the "different. „thicknesses or | amount of 
of Mun ned E esee а „раје green tinged with 
I shall 
not conjecture what effect a more liberal allowance of 
number 
yellow, 
illers 
Howden’s, but believe the pro- 
1 
in every particular rese mble those 
do 
1 
ees of Hunt 
Lo Wo. ear уон orden в. The "ginis ғ) "unter s | lessened by €: 
is conclusion. wit egard to 
| Mu be cai аі it is almost established by ti the fact 
E the field (10 
е portion of t acres) carrying this 
and 
esed 
„у 
return than the реше acre. А ei mei 
of appearance 
ET Woolly-ear ^ Sinis however, real, and 
heir broad Jea and erect stems concealin ng Ё 
round more effec AiE from view than са and 
ungoswelis, the leaves of which are 
eal, ises fi 
T а of foliage, as de soribed. і in n paragraphs | 
6th, 8th, 9th, and 10%, will obtain genera ally. „Cire 
procum vig 
load 
ices may 
vigoro 
а result of their inferior 
| dre 
erect, e nd u adim d decaying. Mun- 
has rey flag 1 leaf large and pierin bending, 
the addek leaves fresh апа vigorous, the colour a glossy | ea 
pleasing green, aud superior to othersin a apparent health 
and strength. Hunter's still resembles Mungoswells, 
but the dese of р чач раг and о! pearances 
е | ceeds from a fun ngun & 
d | term is often appl 
50 
"The yellow tinge alluded to in paragraph 7th, pro. 
and is the true rust, although the 
ied to m'ldew. "is a mitia bit of 
ке growing at Mungoswells, the | ©з 
Talavera apariar was least affected by rust. 
e germ 
чну kinds X 
earing early (see para- 
as are in the 
ped th. 
he size of the grains of Wheat, and perhaps of |t" 
corn generally, i is eee Ед се thickness of the crop. 
other арреа 
ea машы Howden’s is still lik 
Woolly-ear, but rre faded in leaf, and thinner on the 
.9. In Woolly-ear t escaped from the sheath 
y on А218. ni Hover on the 13th, Ae 
the 15th June. 
e grains of Mungoswells Wheat, in 
the experiment, у. mixer than usual (see 
graph. А ы а it, are, however, generally 
regard to 
SUA E а DURUM: Tui. Tie ter's 
ider than Woolly-ea ае * 
Howden's by 4. and Rr pe y6 inches i 
11. Rain fell NN A on 3d July. 
and Howden's were not lod ged 
and Mungoswells were co 
Hunter. Ultimately every staik of Hunter’ 
odged 
I t, Mungoswells d 
Hunter’s last. Difference between LI tes 
erent]y dressed 
and all the kinds might i in бы еы to 644 lbs. 
per bushel. hi 
| greater aniy of ocan quality of grain. 
ы to have ord favourable to Woolly- 
s about to ear, The leaves of Woolly-ear eel — p 
| season on , Mungoswells, and remained у А 
sons 
ation, earing and aped of the m 
ing 
graph ГОЯ the fly Tenerally y des ing eggs on such such an 
escaping from the тезро 
as Сето 
has 
In this ease there would have been a Mie oi 
far higher abilities and a far 
or 
а 
espe: 
farmers Бе edueatod к кы other men in some- 
for res 
of their avocations ; 
which was thinly rhe 
ie ra - rfe mdi ultural school 
сет an in founding an agriecultu 
на" se which would doub jos UP hailed with acclamation 
d M an анон of the kind 
tablishm t in this neig 
sayi 
iy T 
үү ОЕ! Жү vd 
- should асе the proper 
| 
w 
d be а mighty impro vement огей 
and would also opoe a preventive of a vorid oroni of 
A. the ede a i ei irre method whi 
zt Tus (ио: which he pd pays), though hebe utter! 
t farmer. 
ii 
E 
а 
um 
adiu 
АЩ 
iem vere appened to 
show риф hich c 
of late; but T 1 sha pali ара at Vd De ed RE fre rem 
and factors 
playing a Pise 
E 
e 
i 
Е 
Е 
2. The next difficulty with which we have to m 
Sa dd 
сеа | Howdew' scatet one of the а регїзһей, апа 
consequently these kinds were not affected by their 
want of till 
The boun 
Шу оЁ Providence is is manifest in the abund 
e years more than 22 
ren d 
usions.—Woolly-ear and чаа do not tiller 
laces | much, and therefore may be sown 
H s and Mungoswells tiller "plexcifally, and may 
be sown thin. 
с desee and Howden's yield жыз straw produce, 
nce of success on 
nd сап ЕБ be cultivated with iin 
"E in у Г high condi rer emn to 
cei deri erii punc 
in this к н жуаны! not bai ving arraget, f for the | B4 
e successive bushels per 
life. ` 
No can have perused the address delivered E 
Gamgoo, of E ди at tpe International Con C еб 
urgeons in amburgh 
at th the Y m mortality am Stock 
Cisl ee 
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