Оотовкв 3, 1863.] 
more.* 
The mp riy of burning heavy land in the modes 
have been supported s the eet 
THE GARDENERS' 
large heaps of 200 or 800 cubic yards, it will eost | 
burning excessive heat is to be avoided in paring and 
urni 
8 | h was found that in burning, a considerable 
was rendered soluble and available for crops. 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
quantity of alkaline matter, and more especially of|into English; 
potash, 
949 
of ей de Ea avergne, has given a very good 
des of your agriculture а а work entitled 
3 L'Agriculture Anglaise,” Mop ees Dee E 
uw m 
ments an на 
renders | The per centage of alkaline нече soluble in the soil а. Gen iie, T wn eri to point out some 
years, and improves the first grain crop 20 to 25 per | in the four states was as follo features which seem to strike more pa icolatly 
cent. ; and the quality of the Barley is imported to Potash. Sodą foreign visitors to this country. The first is the nature 
value of 2s. quarter. But, perhaps, the m z s Slightly è p eii vg И 250 of у ildings, w are strictly limited to 
striking case on record is that of а piece of poor clay ast zer heat than No. 2.519 `81 what is necessary, and are mu ss extensive 
in p^r e In its w ed state it was h Leser ^ A T .544 .104 ct those that Pea be required abro т 
worth 7s. 6d. per acre. In May, 1840, d was skin јал | the same extent of land in the s М rd E 
ploughed to the depth of about an inch ar and a half, and ае of coni f js d v roli енді tivation, я I believe this practi on 
e: А | pursue, for i а gre nda of mita, 
cost, ecu spreadin пр, of 425. per acre. Itw С игин "di; D des d kx: ^ "y AS, which can thus be more noBeity- кеб, Нож. 
ploughed and scuffed, and pne perfectly p And the more7insoluble potash the soil contains, the » there is an improve hich ів much 
odiis d rni came Hone em which more likely itis celeris paribus, to be benefited Dy | "614ігей, and which has recently been much dis. 
sheep were folded t. ө following mu , This torrefaction ad bem clay, in which fragments of | °% sed—I n tbe dwellings of your labourers. 
followed by Wheat, whi 2 áls Th di potash exist, or Although the rural population in this country are 
and vidit ag fe more than the n eus of the гере 1Hd оу: ima discover а ii ange quantity of| 2000 th — - vs better clad, and 
land i шы йз mer state, insoluble potash, is sure to have а ОР this potakh [ОЧ in countries, it js very 
cellent results have followed the burn | mad ? | certain that i in my y places the Pi дя of the Hiboeross 
returning again ay. e gro B vasiy 1m- 
povedi in нег ње much more porous nd easily 
o less st tinag 
it and effects э 
WT dibus TT soil to yield u 
e available for plants by the judicious application | 
t. O de io 
nsoluble potash, "the ева of 
mu 
have not been improved i in proportio on to thei improve- 
houses. Iam happy to say tbat in this neighbourhood 
ch has been M in this direction; but much d 
remains to be To i si 
ne 
o | agricultural таг. is опе e purp 
f 
labo ured, The ploug hman „knows at once when he A Society, and as it ei an diee ке the attention of 
the lac mei 2 ей. Ld н abundanoo ОГ thes o Some | the landlord and the nd as 16 must be in the 
h it as if it t £i t I believe it is an o 
stituents that even ii p quantity rendered s luble Ы : 
йн Т E by the operation is used by ри the т yil балч worthy z ле d rise nt d. 
is ado Tu p pas em usb бег € eon adeqeato ppl 9 sss o | mist in this desir eg is, that ibo den land sho Mid раса bed 
is consists in burning, in large heaps, md , 
tho T of и ds, waste corners, ќо, aud spread- oa wia b Ug Mere gram E lite tat o t ihe brought to the = gh тен of — that it has 
the ashes over the land. rmer who practised | ;e and burning ЕК ted проп it. If been oem in « of the country, it is held 
his syste PIT. years in two English counties, Cam- liberal арр applica of "hnürure tolom arin апа | under tenure Sape: wit wi pee very distinct 
bridge and Bedford, thus describes the system :—“ The | pu aid Qe a i. eq а of the soil. would, o course атое b between Jide and tenant; but if there 
M: байте ing borders, headlands, &c., Mum in| be prevented ; but it is eviden da іепсу in. , I thi ink you bave e it sup- 
ay and continued throughout the summer, in heaps y 
containing: from 50 to 100 each, at an expense of | = od practico bes T wi NT pr E | і here between he various class society. How- 
fro . to 7d. per cubic yard. The quantity of the and burning when practised indisorimminately, an apum зата success has not made you deaf x Marcus calls for 
ashes applied to strong clay land varied from 40 to 50 forowhioh iti йй nat at аЙ ш mpr rovement. The — on of € and tenant 
ү E а e this application vh average murs ré a now za ouo FE to paring and right y often a attr d you attention, and has 
produce c: heat was in bush r acre, : : notice by one 
and other crops in | proportion 8 6-м Рр paa $e e eum nda АА m main vx ви sits of our friends, i in whose eek experience, and fair- 
дї : : ЕД 
С effects, ог mpted E by ana i "foy: nover {bink o —-— we have the СЕ confidence. Б „hold іп my 
xture of heavy clay land, it now remains for us to | returning, i i us shape of manure, any] of the „А and the proposed form of agre m = е been 
examine ita гоог сіз on - рее These may Prima which the. "i & rendered ava КР "rà | prepare by your special committe y am not called 
be reduced to two heads— гоуз, or 2^ least | which the crops removed from the groun TS бу n the subjeck of tbe various 
diminishes, the organic see | н 2ndly, It pro- sequétoes DE вась а iystém ате manifest, ka Fepette ed clauses of the € "eode, but I ковок — n 4 
of tho soil chemical changes in the inorganic constituents | (56 ften, ^ WO Geak "an З" (5 е 
о | È 
ful fi mi QR LM TURNS UN д Xs Tu A хы Act of the investment of eran in funis is а 
in the soil, c its E carbonic — with paring ids mptoi I o£ | Step. in the right path, The code may introduce 
water, and ammonia are produced, apounds wid ia di. | exhaustion manifest osile 5 immediately. [f | 80026 more. 8 
aid in - 
and bur 
the farm, the 
written agreement ; often 
on the mM 
solvin ng Фа ineral const; ake it genos о - ed the rifle with which your 
Organ wem imparts to tbe. soil the property of ab- poui тоша not bé. fuite оо, objectiotable. Amd if | 50 soldiers € mplicated thing than the 
iat merce. largely. Тһе mere enumeration of : pled tt tho sums tmd, бг to tho 9а DIO "The steam ату on your farms 
these functions is enough to show the farmer that s а th ractice ma: айай 5 — ће various implements n farms—are 
and burning would be неа on all light | į i к рыл Tm ч n b co r often im | certainly =з dps e than red уо ich Virgil so 
cept the рй as it would r r them s ву sill нусу peste P | beautiful] bes, and which I secti at w 
газ kesy andmore > А Aint E REDE ES M futs ir% just as i Aotik p. себе] author of tbe 
quantity of о organi : matter uld | sure to end in the ruin of light land, Á E aes ir d creed E гы t d vs Sicily, 
nder. th rough the plains of Algiers. e use of steam power 
m is di reme - TR Lom ы dm in before. | While reprobating the abuse of paring апа burning, we | fnd of artificial re орну We perpos. 
improved : рта ent they supply the deficiency. 
a : " besides, а cla ж uu Lg кыа i an M dh "rg b the Sadicious |. Where hands become e emily o obtained, and where 
& otium Mois безебе b 1. astly and economica 2р 1 duri p ntary | 5,29 d of capital, I think it is ; adinitted that the use 
as light lands. "HP bo ion of € bin. а че n's ementary | o£ в ume the deamnd 
The beneficial effects produced on the inorganic con- женсе Э T | a: 1 " "e of pss dta of the 
ti ————— and capital it gives the wing out of t 
В ча of the soil by болна ave been recentl land an increased , for which in the pr 
anal 
ted by Dr. —€— т. 
ре» 
Sotíttíts. 
VALE ОР EvzSHAM.—At the recent annual meeting 
р 
state of ids тай у; dt d commerce outlets will 
always be easily fou - When I consider what = 
gress has been жет чети last 
and since 
а doption of ation " Ia 
hinh ft had 
temperature was 
Overburnt, and its cons Meus төн 
than in the natural The per 
e oee matter —— 
r mer eem X 
E acus g hont i£ 
— à 
red less е 
по dibi that the юй is P xn 
f н be ам, ош ө 
ertile when its inorganic cons vu 
soluble or available condition, it i 
moderate degree of heat may "Ж тегу beneficial but 
* Mr. Mechi, who adopts this practice, th t at7 
E yerd, which includes irowo уйн Ли A Өк. 
р. 
LI Lor the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 
1 Mr. Smyth, the manager of this farm, writes to me to 
that, after careful p aa he would strongly sarwa] 
the practice of burning for improving the defective quality of 
p houria ot the Roy. Agricultural Society of England, vol. ii., 
*i The of soluble matter here 
was 
ascertained by acing on the soil with dilute m: 
а red heat for half-an- er in an | the 
nw 
omar of soluble "^ 
uc d'Aumale, who pres esided as one of the landed 
proprietors of the паь We make {һе follo 
extracts:—He said: Gen oon es first of all, 
| — is the profession of m most он of m 
e 
pe powe 
that 
my po — b n 
the same h 
=. Je 
a pro of c ather 
induced to кани P that p a abigo. addit ional produéti 
wer be made u 
ve, 
r the wi in- whic 
"id dra а of it the innumerable Bebe ucts m h 
the Creator. 
munificence of our 
your race. 
Seen well егей! aes Gircametences, 
ee of ad 
eil 
carried [ fur ther, 
surpassed out of these islan: this reason that 
yoe a mirise is the subject of аду апі attention to 
many design соба mists and practical m men А 
of heat has been 
mamo ril 
not supposed to possess 
* The application of a moderete 
found very E on = = 
the condi tions tions suitable for the purp 
d your 
that the clay 
he | When 
oor ie 
вее а 
SEE HE 
| 
du 
HE Н 
Ё 
E 
j 
" 
— 
g 
I may meet in 
se omne doi ra that opery yonr Tm cleaner ditches, 
